Editorial: BookRix
What will Miss Amelia Wainwright find on her arrival in Bermuda? There is a secret map and the hint of hidden treasure. However, the mysteries held in store were more than anyone could imagine. The story takes a supernatural turn and a long hidden historical mystery begins to unravel. What will happen next?
The rather disgruntled pair is sequestered in the Grand Adlington Hotel having made a pig's ear out of their latest case. But, whilst sipping mournful cocktails, with Tommy oddly dressed as a Parson, they are gleefully accosted by their old acquaintance Mr. Bulger who has London's most beautiful stage actress, Gilda Glen, in tow. Feather brained and a little confused, Gilda takes Tommy for a real clergyman and scrawls out a desperate note to meet him away from the hotel. Whilst Tommy and Tuppence mull over the note, in storms a man, an old flame of Gilda's claiming he wants to ring someone's neck. When the duo turn up at the meeting place all hell breaks loose after a high pitch scream is heard.Ver libro
A universally beloved woman has been murdered. But who would have the heart to kill Agatha Webb? Would her husband do it for money matters? Or would it be the cook, who died at about the same time? Or would it be the rich and well-connected Mr. Fredrick, who ran away into the woods? This work is also for feminist fiction lovers. As the story starts right after the murder, we see how miss Page, a servant at a rich house who is the sweetheart of the same Mr. Fredrick, wants to join the investigation- and is constantly prevented from doing so by conservative men. (Summary by Stav Nisser)Ver libro
"The accuracy of medical details and credible bomb threats mixed with genuine characters guarantees an unputdownable read. Buckle in and get ready for a fast-paced ride!" —Ivanka Fear, author of The Dead Lie and Where is My Husband? A trauma patient's dying request of AJ Docker leads him and his retired police dog, Banshee, to embark on their latest adventures. Partnering with his patient's sister, they embark on a quest to uncover powerful research that could alter the course of humanity. Shadowy enemies pursue them in Washington, D. C., in a race to capitalize on the information, while a new threat reveals itself at Doc's hospital. A greedy corporation is attempting to take over the emergency room, threatening the quality of healthcare nationwide. Doc has to fight a billion-dollar company to save more patients' lives as well as the careers of competent medical professionals. Banshee has his back as he battles on all fronts. Deadly Equation, book four in the AJ Docker series, delivers nonstop action alongside dramatic scenes from the emergency room. Using his own medical experience, Gerlacher brings listeners into the chaotic, sometimes humorous, and sporadically violent world of the emergency room.Ver libro
Then. When I buried my husband, I never thought I'd see him again. I said my goodbyes at the funeral like everyone else, pretending my grief was as final as laying Luis to rest. The scent of lilies, cloying and sweet, drifted through the parlour. When it was my turn to speak, I told the story about how we'd first met. How it felt instantly so right that it seemed somehow inevitable.Saying goodbye felt like a lie. Because even as I spoke about letting him go, something deep inside me whispered that I would never - could never - truly let my husband go.Now. Standing on the train platform I think I must be losing my mind. They say grief does strange things to a person, but this can't be happening.It can't be him. I look again and there he his, running his hands through his dark hair, his eyes glinting in the winter sun. It's the husband I buried. The love of my life died in a car crash. But now here he is. Am I going crazy, or was my whole marriage a lie?Ver libro
American Alana Eastwood is researching her family tree. Remarkably, Alana traces her Eastwood lineage to an African child, living at Wortley Hall Manor on England's 1801 census. The boy is known as Otobong. Alana believes Otobong to be her earliest traceable ancestor and plans to visit her distant relatives still living in Nottingham. Discovering he was connected to a homicide in 1835 sets Alana on a mission to prove his innocence. Then the body of a man turns up on a beach in Mississippi, eerily close to where Alana's father was born. When the police identify the corpse as her estranged cousin, Sigmund Griegg suspects foul play and gets involved. From an Arabian stallion shipwrecked off Africa in 1798, to a mysterious death at a posh English estate in 1835, to the Renahta Plantation as President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, the international intrigue surrounding Alana's pedigree does not disappoint. The sleuthing team you've come to love knows murder never gets old . . . motives like revenge, greed, and passion are timeless. As Alana untangles the matters engulfing her family for generations, she comes to appreciate just how much family matters.Ver libro
Komorebi no Sato: The Shattered Mirror Cycle “There is no truth—only the stories we cling to while the darkness eats us.”The Hungry Forest She ran from her past. Now, it's hunting her. Rin Saito, once a celebrated Tokyo journalist, is now a disgraced pariah, her career and reputation in ruins. But the city's shadows offer no escape when a chilling call drags her back to Komorebi, the isolated village of her childhood, a place she desperately tried to forget. Her mother, the village priestess, has disappeared, leaving behind a legacy of cryptic prophecies and a terrifying secret: "The forest is hungry." In Komorebi, silence is a weapon, and the ancient Guardian Trees watch with predatory eyes. As Rin fights to uncover the truth behind her mother's vanishing, she confronts a village gripped by fear, whispered legends of a shattered mirror, and a forest with an insatiable appetite. Caught in a terrifying cycle of sacrifice and ancient power, Rin must race against time to unravel Komorebi's mysteries and escape the hungry darkness before it consumes her too.A literary audio series blending psychological horror, speculative folklore, and metafictional experimentation. Prepare to be devoured by The Hungry Forest, the pulse-pounding first book in The Shattered Mirror Cycle, where folklore and fear collide in a desperate battle for survival.Ver libro
