The Slantwise Scales of Justice
Karr Phyllis Ann
Editorial: Wildside Press
Sinopsis
A widow in 17-Century England leaves a note on the grave of her husband. The note also contains a testimony, and a confession
Editorial: Wildside Press
A widow in 17-Century England leaves a note on the grave of her husband. The note also contains a testimony, and a confession
Prepare yourself for an audiobook that will seize your attention from the first word and refuse to let go. This is a masterfully crafted journey into the darkest corners of the human psyche, delivered with a performance that will haunt you long after the final chapter. Every twist is a gut punch, every revelation a gasp. If you're looking for a relentlessly gripping and unforgettable listen, this is it.Ver libro
It’s the middle of the breeding season in Upstate New York, and the top stallions in Kent Stephenson’s veterinary practice are being systematically eliminated by sudden death, rare disease, and mysterious disappearance.Kent, his Redbone hound, Lucinda, and his teenage daughter, Emily, put their lives on the line to find out why. Their investigation leads them from horseracing’s seedy underbelly of fixes and doping, to the staid aristocracy of Kentucky’s famed bluegrass horse farms, struggling to keep their legacy of great stallions.Then they descend into the world of a super-rich, South American drug lord, who collects horses the way he collects beautiful women. It’s a race to the wire as they jockey to keep themselves alive, save the stallions, and stop whoever is behind it all.What they discover rocks the horse industry.And it will rock the very soul of any lover of these great beasts.Ver libro
Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. "How in Tartarus," cried Flambeau, "did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?" -- "Oh, one's little flock, you know!" said Father Brown, arching his eyebrows rather blankly. "When I was a curate in Hartlepool, there were three of them with spiked bracelets." Not long after he published Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton moved from London to Beaconsfield, and met Father O'Connor. O'Connor had a shrewd insight to the darker side of man's nature and a mild appearance to go with it--and together those came together to become Chesterton's unassuming Father Brown. Chesterton loved the character, and the magazines he wrote for loved the stories. The Innocence of Father Brown was the first collection of them, and it's a great lot of fun.Ver libro
In The Thumb Mark of St. Peter, a cloud of suspicion haunts the quiet town of St. Mary Mead when Mabel, Miss Marple's niece, finds herself the target of damning rumors. Her husband's sudden death—following a heated argument and a strange purchase of arsenic—has the entire village whispering about murder. Desperate and alone, Mabel calls upon her shrewd aunt, Miss Marple, for help. With her unparalleled intuition and attention to hidden details, Miss Marple uncovers unsettling clues: a cryptic phrase, "a packet of fish," and a trail that defies the obvious. As she peels back layers of village gossip and family secrets, Miss Marple faces a riddle that only someone with her insight could solve. Who knew that justice could come in the form of a kindly, unassuming lady from St. Mary Mead?Ver libro
Beth wants to love her new home on a quiet suburban street. She wishes she could make friends with her beautiful neighbour Oksana. She longs for a new group of friends. Welcoming neighbours to visit. Coffee dates and dinner parties.But life here feels so closed. Then Beth runs into Oksana's garden one day to fetch her runaway dog, and she sees something shocking that makes her wonder who her new neighbours really are.A girl in the window.A pale desperate face.A hastily scribbled sign bearing only two words.HELP ME.Who is the girl? What are the neighbours hiding?Sometimes, it's the most perfect neighbours that hide the most terrible secrets.Ver libro
Cameron Winter is troubled in heart and mind. He's plagued by memories of his time as a government operative investigating a notorious Turkish sex trafficker. The fact that the mission was left unfinished still haunts him and threatens to tear him apart. In the midst of his painful soul-searching, Winter crosses paths with an ex-flame—his first love—and the chance encounter ignites a passion he thought was long lost. But just as soon as she wanders back into Winter's life, the woman vanishes, leaving Winter scrambling to track her down. His pursuit takes him deep into a world rent by partisan violence, where extremists clash and Winter sides with no one. As he faces his most dangerous case yet, victory might simply mean getting out alive. Like previous entries featuring this "complex and determined" series character (BookReporter), A Woman Underground harnesses multiple Edgar Award-winning author Andrew Klavan's crime writing expertise to explore some of the biggest issues facing us today. The result is a poignant must-listen with an intricate plot, shot through with high stakes action and unflinching humanity.Ver libro