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781) A Long Island story
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans--Ben, Addie and their two children--are moving their lives from the political heart of Washington DC to suburban Long Island. Benny was a successful lawyer in the Department of Justice, but all that has come tumbling down. With the McCarthy era of paranoia, persecution and propaganda at its height, his past has come back to haunt him, forcing him to pack up his family and leave the...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It is Christmas time at the home of George and Denise but all is not well. George is worried about a friend while Denise frets over the Christmas concert at their church. Solutions come to the fore on a Silent Night, when everyone is reminded of The Gift of Christmas.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Marry in haste... Murder at leisure? London, 1888: Susannah Chapman rushes into marriage to a young and wealthy surgeon. After a passionate honeymoon, she returns home with her new husband wrapped around her little finger. But then everything changes. Thomas's behaviour becomes increasingly volatile and often violent. He stays out all night, returning home bloodied and full of secrets. The gentle caresses Susannah enjoyed on her wedding night are...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1988.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
A pet-shop owner is killed in his store, and Mr. and Mrs. North take it personally A smart businessman would never think to open a pet shop in the inconspicuous patch of Greenwich Village known as West Kepp Street, but J. K. Halder isn't here to make money. A millionaire animal lover, he keeps the shop as a hobby, even though it's fate hangs perpetually in the balance. As it happens, Halder won't see it through the end. He has just opened the shop...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
Una pareja en crisis decide pasar un fin de semana de retiro en una cabaña en el bosque en Hidden Springs, pero cuando Ryan Huff llega para encontrarse con Miranda la puerta está abierta, hay dos copas de vino sobre la mesa, nadie en el interior y el cuarto de baño se encuentra lleno de sangre. Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff es un thriller psicológico de ritmo vertiginoso donde parece imposible encontrar a Miranda con vida. Lo que...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home. Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy. But after his brother Archie's death, Daniel is keen for new perspectives. He first travels to Peshawar to bury Archie in the place he loved best, and then...
787) The accomplice
Author
Series
Eddie Flynn volume 7
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Sandman killings have been solved. Daniel Miller murdered fourteen people before he vanished. His wife, Carrie, now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believe she knew and helped cover up her husband's crimes. THE LAWYER: Eddie Flynn won't take a case unless his client is innocent. Now, he has to prove to a jury, and the entire world, that Carrie Miller was just another victim of the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
While vacationing in Florida, Mr. and Mrs. North investigate a doctor's murder It's morning in Key West, and Pamela North has gone fishing for pelicans. Her husband, Jerry, insists it's impossible to go fishing for birds, but when he finds her later on, she's surrounded by pelicans on all sides. He shouldn't be surprised; Pamela has made a career out of doing the impossible--and she's not finished yet. A blizzard is battering New York City, but the...
789) Gente ansiosa
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situac̤in de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la ̕vspera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequęa ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, ̕s lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es a̕s de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa ̤cmo huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer. Pero puedes confiar en la poli̕ca....
Author
Series
Harlequin romance volume 4613
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Solitaire Saunders will do anything to save her family's café--even marry enigmatic billionaire Xavier McQueen! As his contracted bride, she's there to secure Xavier's inheritance--not to enjoy his delicious kisses... It's only meant to be temporary, until the pretense of being married starts to feel passionately real!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First world edition.
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas Haldane was dead, but he wouldn't lie down. And now Julian Hardy, the man who hired him in a bid to destroy Richard Daws, a top official in the National Crime Agency, is out of prison and has changed his surname to Mannering. Patrick Gillard, working for the agency but within the Avon and Somerset force with his wife Ingrid Langley, receives a request from MI5, for whom he used to work, to investigate Mannering. They are then called in when...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Every Kind of Wanting explores the complex intersection of three unique families and their bustling efforts to have a "Community Baby." Miguel could not be more different from his partner Chad, a happy-go-lucky real estate mogul from Chicago's wealthy North Shore. When Chad's sister, Gretchen offers the couple an egg, their search for a surrogate leads them to Miguel's old friend Emily, happily married to an eccentric Irish playwright, Nick, with...
793) In the deep: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Real-estate mogul Martin Cresswell-Smith is the best thing that has ever happened to Ellie. After her daughter's devastating death, a divorce, and an emotional breakdown, he's helped her move as far as possible from the grief, the rage, and the monsters of her past. Ellie imagines her new home with Martin in an Australian coastal town will be like living a fairy tale. But behind closed doors is another story-one that ends in Martin's brutal murder....
Author
Series
Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Suspicion at Sanditon, a new adventure in Carrie Bebris's award-winning Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery series, takes Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy to Sanditon, the setting of Jane Austen's final work. There, accompanied by their friend Miss Charlotte Heywood, they encounter an array of eccentric villagers and visitors. Among Sanditon's most prominent residents: Lady Denham, a childless, twice-widowed dowager with a fortune to bequeath and a flight of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edición México : Agosto de 2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Un hombre anticipa con ilusión el momento de reunirse con su esposa mientras ultima los preparativos de su nuevo hogar en Lisboa. Atrás queda una etapa de sus vidas en Nueva York marcada por el indeleble recuerdo del 11-S. Él se adelanta con la mudanza mientras Cecilia organiza el traslado de su proyecto científico sobre los mecanismos neuronales que rigen la memoria y el miedo. Un tranquilo barrio de Lisboa ofrece la promesa de un futuro...
796) Cruel is the night
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Prizewinning Finnish author Karo Hamalainen's English-language debut is a literary homage to Agatha Christie and a black comedy locked-room mystery about murder, mayhem, and morality in our cynical modern world. Three cell phones ring in an opulent London apartment. The calls go unanswered because their recipients are all dead. Earlier that night, four Finnish friends meet for dinner. It's been ten years since the host, Robert, has seen his once-best...
797) La pareja de al lado
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La vecina nos ha invitado a una pequeña fiesta en su casa pero prefiere que mi hija de seis meses no vaya. Nada personal, es solo que no soporta la idea de que llore. Y mi marido está de acuerdo. Después de todo, dice, es la casa de al lado. El plan que me propone es que nos llevemos el monitor infantil y nos turnemos para ir a verla cada media hora. La niña duerme la última vez que voy a verla. Pero ahora la casa me parece excesivamente...
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