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In Document #4 of the Edgar-nominated series detailing an
outrageously funny family of detectives, former wild child and
private investigator Izzy Spellman finally agrees to take over the
family business. But the transition won't be a smooth one...
First among her priorities as head of Spellman Investigations is to
dig up some dirt on the competition, slippery ex-cop Rick Harkey--a
task she may enjoy a little too much. Next, faced with a baffling
missing-persons case at the home of an aging millionaire, Izzy
hires an actor friend, Len, to infiltrate the mansion as an
undercover butler--a role "he "may enjoy a little much.
Meanwhile, Izzy is being blackmailed by her mother (photographic
evidence of Prom Night 1994) to commit to regular blind dates with
promising professionals--an arrangement that doesn't thrill Connor,
an Irish bartender on the brink of becoming Ex-boyfriend #12.
At Spellman headquarters, it's business as unusual. Doorknobs and
light fixtures are disappearing every day, Mom's been spotted
crying in the pantry, and a series of increasingly demanding
Spellman Rules (Rule #27: No Speaking Today) can't quite hold the
family together. Izzy also has to decipher weekly "phone calls from
the edge" from her octogenarian lawyer, Morty, as well as Detective
Henry Stone's mysterious interest in rekindling their relationsh .
. . well, whatever it was.
Just when it looks like things can't go more haywire, little sister
Rae's internship researching pro bono legal cases leads the
youngest Spellman to launch a grassroots campaign that could spring
an innocent man from jail--or land Rae in it.
"The Spellmans Strike Again "is hands down the most hilarious,
thrilling, and moving book in this bestselling, award-nominated
series. And it proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Isabel
Spellman, no matter how much she matures, will never be able to
follow Rule #1: Act Normal.
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The Hollow Ones
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Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan
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First published in 1944 Fell Murder sees E.C.R. Lorac at the height
of her considerable powers as a purveyor of well-made, traditional
and emphatic detective fiction. The book presents a fascinating
`return of the prodigal' mystery set in the later stages of the
Second World War amidst the close-knit farmerfolk community of
Lancashire's lovely Lune valley. The Garths had farmed their
fertile acres for generations and fine land it was with the
towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Garthmere
Hall itself was old before Flodden Field, and here hot-tempered
Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled his
household with a rod of iron. The peaceful dales and fells of the
north country provide the setting for this grim story of a murder,
a setting in fact which is one of the attractive features of an
unusual and distinctive tale of evil passions and murderous hate in
a small rural community.
Hisataro, a young member of the wealthy Fuchigami family, has a mysterious ability. Every now and then, against his will, he falls into a time-loop in which he is obliged to re-live the same day nine times. Little does he know how useful this ability will be, until one day, his grandfather mysteriously dies... As he returns to the day of the murder time and again, Hisataro begins to unravel its secrets. With a sizeable inheritance up for grabs, motives abound, and everyone is a suspect. Can Hisataro solve the mystery of his grandfather's death, and prevent it, before his time-loop ends?
THE BRAND NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING #1
BESTSELLING AUTHOR TOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST
NIGHTMARE A gripping, grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific
crime writer' ----- ANTHONY HOROWITZ Tom Thorne has it all. In
Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his
side. He finally has a love life worth a damn and is happy in the
job to which he has devoted his life... He has everything to lose.
Hunting the woman responsible for a series of grisly murders,
Thorne has no way of knowing that he will be plunged into a
nightmare from which he may never wake. And he'll do anything to
keep it. Finally, Thorne's past has caught up with him and a
ruinous secret is about to be revealed. If he wants to save himself
and his friends, he must do the unthinkable. PRAISE FOR MARK
BILLINGHAM 'Mark Billingham is a master of psychology' Ian Rankin
'Fast-paced and twisting' Paula Hawkins 'At the very least it
should reach the shortlist of this year's Booker prize' The Times
Sunday Times bestseller on 14th and 21st June 2022. Rabbit Hole by
Mark Billingham was #1 Sunday Times bestseller on 1st February
2022.
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HEWBRIS
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Ian Macpherson
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Life is good for reformed standup Hayden McGlynn. He's living in
rent-free luxury in London's Kentish Town. His soon-to-be new agent
is the hottest in the business. The rights to his autobiographical
screenplay, set in his native Dublin, have been snapped up. The
future is money. The future is success. The future is Hayden
McGlynn. But Hayden has a problem. Screen Hayden is none other than
Wolfe Swift, The Greatest Actor Of This Or Any Other Age. And Wolfe
Swift, as he prepares for the part, becomes Hayden McGlynn! Is the
world ready for two Haydens? He also has a second problem. He's
committed one murder and got away with it. He hasn't committed a
second murder. What if he gets done for that? Which leads to
problem number three. The screenplay is autobiographical. Has
Hayden inadvertently grassed himself up? Hewbris, a post-postmodern
crime anti-thriller in the same vein as cult classic Sloot, posits
five levels of comedy, lands Hayden with six biological mothers,
and proves the existence of God through a joke. Which came as a
shock to the author.
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The Edge
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David Baldacci
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The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town
in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America’s dirtiest
secrets—can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out?
When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine,
government officials have immediate concerns over national security.
Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong
hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives. In need of someone
who can solve the murder quickly and retrieve the missing information,
the U.S. government knows just the chameleon they can call on.
Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine spent his time in the military preparing
to take on any scenario, followed by his short-lived business career
chasing shadows in the deepest halls of power, so his analytical mind
makes him particularly well-suited for complex, high-stakes tasks.
Taking down the world’s largest financial conspiracy proved his value,
and in comparison, this case looks straightforward. Except small towns
hold secrets and Devine finds himself an outsider again.
Devine must ingratiate himself with locals who have trusted each other
their whole lives, and who distrust outsiders just as much. Dak,
Jenny’s brother, who’s working to revitalize the town. Earl, the
retired lobsterman who found Jenny’s body. And Alex, Jenny’s sister
with a dark past of her own. As Devine gets to know the residents of
Putnam, Maine, answers seem to appear and then transform into more
questions. There’s a long history of secrets and those who will stop at
nothing to keep them from being exposed. Leaving Devine with no idea
who he can trust… and who wants him dead.
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