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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the
secret power of his "family jewel," so who better to fight
alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?! Momo
Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum
regarding what they'll believe in and what they won't. Their quest
to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes
and paranormal battles they'll have to participate in to believe!
The banana-stealing Serpoians are back! And they've trapped Okarun,
Momo, and Aira in a void to have another go at stealing their
reproductive organs. The subsequent battle causes the powers of the
Acrobatic Silky dwelling within Aira to awaken, and she temporarily
joins forces with Momo and Okarun. But will they be any match for
their opponents after the aliens merge with their minions to form
an even greater being?!
'"The purpose, the illusion, the spirit of a waxworks. It is an
atmosphere of death. It is soundless and motionless... Do you
see?"' Last night Mademoiselle Duchene was seen heading into the
Gallery of Horrors at the Musee Augustin waxworks, alive. Today she
was found in the Seine, murdered. The museum's proprietor, long
perturbed by the unnatural vitality of his figures, claims that he
saw one of them following the victim into the dark - a lead that
Henri Bencolin, head of the Paris police and expert of 'impossible'
crimes, cannot possibly resist. Surrounded by the eerie noises of
the night, Bencolin prepares to enter the ill-fated waxworks, his
associate Jeff Marle and the victim's fiance in tow. Waiting
within, beneath the glass-eyed gaze of a leering waxen satyr, is a
gruesome discovery and the first clues of a twisted and ingenious
mystery. First published in 1932 at the height of crime fiction's
Golden Age, this macabre and atmospheric dive into the murky
underground of Parisian society presents an intelligent puzzle
delivered at a stunning pace. This new edition also includes 'The
Murder in Number Four', a rare Inspector Bencolin short story.
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Black Wolf
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Juan Gomez Jurado; Translated by Nicholas Caistor
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The highly anticipated sequel to Juan Gómez-Jurado's number 1
international bestseller, Red Queen, now an original series streaming
on Amazon Prime.
Antonia Scott is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work
behind the scenes to solve the most dark, devious and dangerous crimes.
In southern Spain, in the Costa del Sol, a key mafia figure is found
brutally murdered in his villa, his pregnant wife, Lola Moreno, barely
escapes an attempt to kill her and is on the run. An unusual shipping
container arrives from St Petersburg in Spain with the corpses of nine
women.
Now Antonia, with the help of her protector, Jon Gutierrez, must track
down the missing Lola. But they aren’t the only ones – a dangerous
hitman, known as the Black Wolf, is also on her trail. And Antonia
Scott, still plagued by her personal demons, must outwit,
out-manoeuvre, and, ultimately, face this terrible, mysterious killer.
Translated by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia, Black Wolf follows on
from Red Queen and features Antonia Scott, the most compelling and
original detective since Lisbeth Salander.
From bestselling author Patrick McManus comes the first mystery
starring Blight County sheriff, Bo Tully which Kirkus Reviews
called "one of the most entertaining debuts in years."Bo Tully,
sheriff of Blight County, Idaho--and a fellow who dropped twenty
pounds on Atkins--had been thinking about asking out Jan Whittle,
his grade-school sweetheart. Problem is, he's already promised to
celebrate his dad's seventy-fifth birthday with him. Thwarted
romance proves to be the least of Bo's problems, however, when a
dead body turns up on Batim Scragg's ranch. Forced to put on his
sleuthing hat, Bo finds himself faced with a whole slew of possible
suspects. And what quickly becomes apparent is that, while the
sheriff's investigative methods may not exactly be legal, they are,
for better or worse, The Blight Way. A bestselling author with more
than two million books in print, the curmudgeonly wit Patrick F.
McManus delivers a page-turning mystery filled with mirth and
misadventure set in hook-and-bullet territory.
Just when Sophie Sayers is starting to feel at home in the Cotswold
village of Wendlebury Barrow, a fierce new vicar arrives, quickly
offending her and everyone else he meets. Banning the villagers'
Halloween celebrations seems the last straw, particularly when
instead he revives the old English Guy Fawkes' tradition with a
bonfire piled high with sinister effigies. And what dark secret is
he hiding about her boss, the beguiling bookseller, Hector Munro?
Whose body is that outside the village bookshop? Not to mention the
one buried beneath the vicar's bonfire. Perfect for fans of M. C.
Beaton's Agatha Raisin. Previously published by Debbie Young as
Trick or Murder?
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