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Fuego verde en el cielo nocturno
Par Lathish Shankar. 2024
Una chica sufre un accidente y lo olvida todo. Su nombre e identidad se esfuman. Perdida en los bosques de…
Alaska, Estados Unidos, conoce a un completo desconocido llamado Waldo que promete ayudarla. Más tarde, Scarlett la recoge en su coche y la lleva a una mansión, donde pasa una noche con dos extraños. La aurora boreal despierta en ella aspectos de su pasado y su identidad. Aquellas luces polares del cielo nocturno, en su opinión, deben tener algún significado para su existencia. Esa noche, en la mansión, siente que alguien la ha estado siguiendo con frecuencia, y le preocupan las cosas inusuales que están ocurriendo. Allí descubre uno de los incidentes secretos más importantes que afectaron a su vida. La historia gira en torno a la identidad de la chica. Quiénes son aquellos dos extraños, qué relación tienen con ella y cuáles son los motivos por lo que alguien la está siguiendo.Os Sétimos Filhos
Par Claus Augustus Corbett, Domino Finn. 2015
Dois anos após o desaparecimento de sua esposa, o detetive Maxim Dwyer ainda corre atrás de pistas. As florestas isoladas…
de Sycamore são o lar de muitos homens sem lei e nenhum deles está cooperando, mas isso não impediu Maxim de elencar suspeitos. No topo de sua lista, está o clube de motoqueiros local, os Sétimos Filhos. Seu maior obstáculo? Todos juram que os motoqueiros são lobisomens. Os residentes da pequena cidade têm medo de provocar o clube e o gabinete do delegado não é exceção. Tudo muda quando uma briga de rotina entre os motoqueiros acaba em morte. Ignorando as regras, Maxim pressiona um estranho enigmático atrás de respostas, mas Diego de la Torre está colocando em ação seu próprio esquema. O fora da lei lida com mentiras e lendas e nenhum adversário o faz recuar, nem mesmo a polícia. É uma pena que ninguém está acima da lei para Maxim. Ele está disposto a arriscar seu distintivo e sua vida para provar isso.Primus AD: Sci-fi post-apocalyptic book about artificial intelligence
Par Maurício R B Campos. 2020
Quand l'humanité chercha d'autres mondes à explorer et commença la terraformation du système solaire, elle n'imaginait pas qu'elle semait sa…
propre destruction. Pour la complexité nécessaire des tâches que les machines devraient exécuter, leur programmation fut travaillée au maximum, et quand les forces telluriques pressèrent les machines à leur limite, une étincelle de conscience se forma aux confins de leur système: Primus Ad. La Bataille de Basamortu Quand une planète colonie est envahie par des forces hostiles, chacun doit lutter pour sa vie et son droit d'appeler cette planète de chez soi.Un Viaje Atribulado
Par Nuno Morais. 2020
Duarte Menezes, ingeniero naval y creador del navío MP DEOS, tiene todo que perder, pero mucho más que ganar, en el…
viaje inaugural que lleva al navío a los siete rincones del mundo, para que los posibles clientes puedan ver sus magníficas posibilidades. Pero, a la mitrad del camino a Australia, el destino se invierte, y toma la forma de un sismo submarino de gran magnitud, que lo va a llevar, a el y a todos los pasajeros y tripulantes del DEOS, a una aventura hacia un lugar desconocido.O roubo do tempo
Par Cyril Sagot. 2018
Junho de 2060 Maurice não conhecera seu avô, Hansel Égoyan. Divorciado, infiel, solitário, desonesto, os adjetivos sarcásticos não faltavam na…
família para descrevê-lo. Até o dia em que Maurice descobre por acaso uma carta escrita quarenta anos antes, endereçada a seu pai, comunicando a morte repentina de seu avô na prisão. Uma carta que ele guarda secretamente em seu quarto. A aura de mistério que envolve seu avô, de quem ele não conhecia nem mesmo o rosto, intriga-o agora mais do que nunca. Quem era Hansel exatamente? Um simples artesão-relojoeiro? Teria ele sido assim tão desonesto e desagradável como pretendia sua família? Determinado a formar sua própria opinião, ele embarca para Ispah. Lá, nesse longínquo e desconhecido país em plena campanha eleitoral, Maurice se verá envolvido na luta contra o poder estabelecido e revelará um segredo cuidadosamente guardado pelo Governo. Ajudado por seus novos amigos, Thibault e a bela Elvyne, ele descobrirá uma sociedade singular onde o tempo desempenha um papel bem particular.Niño de la Guerra
Par Scott Michael Decker. 2019
Nacido en la guerra. Anhelo de venganza. Entrenado para matar. Una princesa a corto plazo es traicionada en su batalla…
para conquistar el núcleo galáctico. Su hija por nacer, Serena, es sacada de su cuerpo, criada en un imperio extranjero y entrenada para ser un arma letal. Veinte años después, se hacen múltiples intentos en su vida, pero Serena desafiará a cualquiera que la use para sus propios fines. Perseguida por la galaxia, comienza una misión contra sus opresores en una batalla para descubrir quién es realmente.Winter of Secrets: Trafalgar Mystery (Constable Molly Smith Novels #3)
Par Vicki Delany. 2009
With a Foreword by Sharon Kay Penman.It's summer 1270, and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III.…
The Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, and in the small priory of Tyndall on the remote East Anglian coast, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevraud long to return to their tranquil routine. But then the young, inexperienced Eleanor of Wynethorpe is appointed their new prioress. It's a political move and not popular.The day after she takes up her office, a brutally murdered monk is found in the cloister gardens. Then Brother Thomas arrives. Sent to investigate the Order's shaky finances, the young priest is also paying the price for a crime that could see him burn. As Thomas battles to accept his new life, Eleanor, struggling to gain the respect of her terrified and resentful flock, must cope with violence, lust, and greed to find a vicious killer.The Burning Lake: A Volk Thriller (Volk Thrillers #0)
Par Brent Ghelfi. 2011
"Ghelfi's Russia is a soul-numbing nightmare of corruption, crime, deadly pollution, and lost hope. This one merits comparison with the…
brilliant thrillers of Martin Cruz Smith and Tom Rob Smith."—BooklistProminent journalist Katarina Mironova, known around the world as Kato, is found murdered, shot to death on the banks of Russia's Techa River near the radioactive village of Metlino. She could simply fade from the public eye, one more journalist killed during Putin's war on the free press. But to Russian agent Alexei Volkovoy, Kato's murder summons too many memories, haunts him in too many ways to allow her death go unavenged.Volk's investigation takes him from Moscow to Mayak, the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant where a massive explosion occurred in 1958, and finally to Las Vegas. All the while the life he has known with his long-time lover, Valya, and his patron, the General, slowly unravels as details about his secret ties to Kato begin to emerge. Meanwhile, American contract agent Grayson Stone and shadowy French assassin Jean-Louis have secrets about the tragic consequences of a nuclear alliance among venal Russian, American, and French politicians...secrets the Americans and the French will pay anything to protect.Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal (Jerusalem Mysteries)
Par Frederick Ramsay. 2010
Kent Trowbridge, bankable Hollywood bad boy actor, played late-night bumper car in his shiny new Ferrari, and now he's going…
to do county time. Enter Trans/Oxana's Loss Prevention specialist Jay Davidovich.Davidovich, a skilled veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, is a dangerous man. He's also a company man, following the Trans/Oxana guidelines of loss prevention "by any legal means."Davidovich starts by hiring a jail coach Katrina Thompson to help trouble magnet Trowbridge survive incarceration and minimize the interruption to the movie project in progress. But Katrina arrives with some baggage in tow. Everyone falls for her adorable toddler. No one falls for Stan Chaladian, a ruthless hustler from ex-Marine Katrina's unorthodox past. Can Jay keep Katrina and Trowbridge from costing the company?Deal to Die For (John Deal Series #0)
Par Les Standiford. 1996
This suspenseful third John Deal crime thriller from Standiford finds the Miami building contractor tangling with Chinese gangsters who are…
trying to move in on a scheme hatched by two Hollywood porno magnates to create X-rated films for the huge mainland Chinese market. Deal already has troubles enough?his wife, Janice, has sunk into a deep depression over the serious burns she suffered in last year's Raw Deal, and a close friend has apparently committed suicide, shortly after she has told her film-star sister, Paige Nobleman, that Paige was adopted. Deal and his tenant/pal, ex-cop Vernon Driscoll, begin investigating Paige's birth and, eventually, the friend's death, following leads that take them directly into the porno scheme and the path of some deadly Chinese gang members. Standiford, an unusually fine thriller writer who has won the Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and who directs the creative writing program at Florida International University, is at the top of his game here, displaying excellent pacing and a particular affinity for action scenes. The ongoing saga of John Deal remains especially intriguing above all, however, because its author drenches each volume in the ambiguities?sometimes rewarding, sometimes nightmarish?of real life.The Fitzgerald Ruse (Blackman Agency Investigations #2)
Par Mark De Castrique. 2009
Spiraling off the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long been a place of escape, new beginnings, and diverse communities.…
Famous as an art colony, known for the Cape Cod School, its gallery scene is vibrant. Gay life is everywhere. Boston comic Mark Winslow has arrived this summer with a group of fellow improv actors ready to break into Provincetown's club circuit. It should be a carefree summer, but currents swirl beneath the sunny surface. Does the tall ship out in the harbor herald an unusually large crowd of Scandinavian tourists? If not, who are the blond and ragged visitors seen everywhere? Then, at a philanthropist's dinner opening the season, Mark gets into a very public fight with the son of local bluebloods—an old school friend. It makes him the prime suspect when the lawyer is later savagely murdered out on the beach. Though he stumbles from the scene, Mark thinks his choice is simple: find the killer or be charged with the crime. The Fisher Boy is Stephen Anable's debut novel.The Timekeeper Conspiracy (Timewars #2)
Par Simon Hawke. 1984
The Timekeepers, terrorists with time machines, have set in motion a plan to change the course of history and create…
a temporal split. Seventeenth century France will be the stage for their assault upon the timestream, and Captain Lucas Priest has just one chance to stop them, to safeguard the future for mankind. The time commandos are despatched to Paris where they encounter a fantastical cast of deserters from the future, a demented secret agent, Cardinal Richelieu, three drunken Musketeers, and a youn hothead named D'Artagnan--only no one is quite who or what they seem. Can the timestream really be saved from this mess?Heartshot (Posadas County Mysteries #1)
Par Steven F. Havill. 1991
"Dennis Palumbo's Head Wounds is a spectacular ride." —THOMAS PERRY, New York Times bestselling author"This is a book that'll make you lock…
your doors and check your computer's security settings." —JOSEPH FINDER, New York Times bestselling authorPsychologist Dr. Daniel Rinaldi consults with the Pittsburgh Police. His specialty is treating victims of violent crime—those who've survived an armed robbery, kidnapping, or sexual assault, but whose traumatic experience still haunts them. Head Wounds picks up where Rinaldi's investigation in Phantom Limb left off, turning the tables on him as he, himself, becomes the target of a vicious killer."Miles Davis saved my life." With these words Rinaldi becomes a participant in a domestic drama that blows up right outside his front door, saved from a bullet to the brain by pure chance. In the chaos that follows, Rinaldi learns his bad-girl, wealthy neighbor has told her hair-triggered boyfriend Rinaldi is her lover. As things heat up, Rinaldi becomes a murder suspect.But this is just the first act in this chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller. As one savagery follows another, Rinaldi is forced to relive a terrible night that haunts him still. And to realize that now he—and those he loves—are being victimized by a brilliant killer still in the grip of delusion. Determined to destroy Rinaldi by systematically targeting those close to him—his patients, colleagues, and friends—computer genius Sebastian Maddox strives to cause as much psychological pain as possible, before finally orchestrating a bold, macabre death for his quarry.How ironic. As Pittsburgh morphs from a blue-collar town to a tech giant, a psychopath deploys technology in a murderous way.Enter two other figures from Rinaldi's past: retired FBI profiler Lyle Barnes, once a patient who Rinaldi treated for night terrors; and Special Agent Gloria Reese, with whom he falls into a surprising, erotically charged affair. Warned by Maddox not to engage the authorities or else random innocents throughout the city will die, Rinaldi and these two unlikely allies engage in a terrifying cat-and-mouse game with an elusive killer who'll stop at nothing in pursuit of what he imagines is revenge.A true page-turner, Head Wounds is the electrifying fifth in a critically acclaimed series of thrillers by Dennis Palumbo. Formerly a Hollywood screenwriter, Dennis Palumbo is now a licensed psychotherapist in private practice.Dangerous Undertaking (Buryin' Barry Series #1)
Par Mark De Castrique. 2003
"[A] marvelous mystery you won't want to put down." —Publishers WeeklyBarry Clayton has a job he doesn't want. When his…
father became stricken with Alzheimer's, Barry left the Charlotte police force for the small mountain community of Gainesboro, North Carolina, where his family runs the local funeral home. "Buryin' Barry" reluctantly assumed the mantle of town undertaker, trying to fit his life into this somber profession.Almost at once it turns deadly. At the graveside service for an elderly woman, a grieving grandson strides in clad like Clint Eastwood in a duster, rips out a shotgun, and murders his family. Then the shooter turns the weapon on Barry. "Take a message to my grandmother," Dallas Willard shouts. "Tell her they tried to take the land. Tell her I love her." The blast hits Barry in the shoulder.Barry is not cut from the same black cloth as his father, and his irreverent wit and independence have already won him the friendship of the county sheriff, one-eyed war hero Tommy Lee Wadkins. Besides, Barry's a police pro. Trusting his wounds to the hands of local surgeon Susan Miller, Barry begins a search for both the killer and the reason for his crime. It isn't long before a second shooting occurs—but when Dallas Willard's body is discovered at the bottom of a quarry pond, it becomes clear that Gainesboro is caught in the grip of something more than a deadly family quarrel...High Stakes: A Jack Doyle Mystery (Jack Doyle Series #6)
Par John McEvoy. 2014
"McEvoy deftly manages his busy plot while liberally spicing it with intriguing racing stories."—Publishers WeeklyIrreverent Jack Doyle has worn many…
hats, one or two blown off by his irrepressible temper. A former boxer, advertising rep, and publicity man, Jack's midlife career has been shaped by the world of thoroughbred horse racing and dark deeds therein. So it's no surprise when two FBI agents he's sleuthed with before pressure him to identify an animal activist who is carrying out "mercy killings" of retired race horses donated to Midwestern university veterinary schools. Plus two Chicago senior citizens are being threatened by an imperious Internet millionaire intent on owning their beloved horse. Then a call comes from Ireland where the life of Jack's friend Niall Hanratty, the noted bookmaker, is under attack from an unknown enemy. Meanwhile Doyle's nemesis Harvey Rexroth, the rapacious media mogul Jack helped put into federal prison, enlists a fellow inmate, a Mobconnected attorney, to have Jack killed. Carrying out this contract will be W. D. Wiems, a brilliant, frighteningly warped University of Kansas student who has eagerly launched a career of murder for hire. Fast tracking, Jack visits vet schools while juggling pieces of investigations near home and traveling twice to Ireland where his quest to find Hanratty's enemy takes him to Kinsale, Connemara, and a Dublin slum. Meanwhile the vicious contract killer is, all unknown, tracking Jack…Hanging the Devil (Cape Weathers Mysteries #5)
Par Tim Maleeny. 2023
"A must for those who like their mystery spiced with danger, dark humor, and a fascinating heroine whose toughness is…
tempered by compassion."—Charles Todd, New York Times bestselling authorWhen Casey Maldonado and Death hitch a desperate ride away from one disaster, they throw themselves right into the middle of another. The semi in which they are traveling crashes. Before the Grim Reaper takes Evan the Trucker away, Evan whispers to Casey about a stash hidden in the truck that she should keep away from them.Them turns out to be a band of men who want that package no matter what it takes, and they believe Casey knows where—and what—it is. Alone and injured, with neither money nor identification, Casey escapes from the ER doctors and her pursuers and hides out in the cornfields of Kansas. Uncertain how to proceed, Casey is led by Death to a group of teenagers looking for something other than dust and crops to fill their days and nights. Using their limited resources, she is led through a maze of greed and desperation into the clutches of people who don't care who gets hurt as long as they get what they want....Winter of Secrets: Trafalgar Mystery (Constable Molly Smith Novels #3)
Par Vicki Delany. 2009
With a Foreword by Sharon Kay Penman.It's summer 1270, and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III.…
The Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, and in the small priory of Tyndall on the remote East Anglian coast, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevraud long to return to their tranquil routine. But then the young, inexperienced Eleanor of Wynethorpe is appointed their new prioress. It's a political move and not popular.The day after she takes up her office, a brutally murdered monk is found in the cloister gardens. Then Brother Thomas arrives. Sent to investigate the Order's shaky finances, the young priest is also paying the price for a crime that could see him burn. As Thomas battles to accept his new life, Eleanor, struggling to gain the respect of her terrified and resentful flock, must cope with violence, lust, and greed to find a vicious killer.The Burning Lake: A Volk Thriller (Volk Thrillers #0)
Par Brent Ghelfi. 2011
"Ghelfi's Russia is a soul-numbing nightmare of corruption, crime, deadly pollution, and lost hope. This one merits comparison with the…
brilliant thrillers of Martin Cruz Smith and Tom Rob Smith."—BooklistProminent journalist Katarina Mironova, known around the world as Kato, is found murdered, shot to death on the banks of Russia's Techa River near the radioactive village of Metlino. She could simply fade from the public eye, one more journalist killed during Putin's war on the free press. But to Russian agent Alexei Volkovoy, Kato's murder summons too many memories, haunts him in too many ways to allow her death go unavenged.Volk's investigation takes him from Moscow to Mayak, the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant where a massive explosion occurred in 1958, and finally to Las Vegas. All the while the life he has known with his long-time lover, Valya, and his patron, the General, slowly unravels as details about his secret ties to Kato begin to emerge. Meanwhile, American contract agent Grayson Stone and shadowy French assassin Jean-Louis have secrets about the tragic consequences of a nuclear alliance among venal Russian, American, and French politicians...secrets the Americans and the French will pay anything to protect.The Wrong Girl (Bianca Dangereuse Hollywood Mysteries #1)
Par Donis Casey. 2019
Next title in the Faye Longchamp Archaeological Mysteries. When tragedy strikes and everything she loves is threatened, Faye Longchamp, an…
expert in American archaeology, will resort to desperate measures. Because some losses cut to the bone…A murder mystery with an archaeological twist, Wrecked is:Florida-based mysteryPerfect for fans of James Lee Burke and Nevada BarrFor readers of archaeological mysteriesThe suspicious drowning death of Captain Edward Eubank breaks archaeologist Faye Longchamp's heart. It also confuses her, because he was found in scuba gear and she's never heard him even mention scuba diving. During their last conversation, he told her that he believed he'd found a storied shipwreck, but when Faye checks it out, she finds nothing there—not a plank, not a single gold coin, nothing. If there's no treasure, then why is her friend dead?But the situation quickly escalates beyond a murder mystery. Surrounded by a community struggling in the aftermath of a major hurricane that has changed the very landscape, Faye grapples not only with the loss of her friend, but with her fears for her daughter, who is being romanced by a man who may be very dangerous.As a professional with her own consulting firm, Faye had long ago given up her "anything goes" attitude when the law stood between her and an interesting dig. Now that recklessness is back. There's nothing she won't do to protect her daughter.In this riveting addition to an archaeological mystery and thriller series perfect for fans of Nevada Barr, Faye must save her most precious cargo—her daughter."Like Cold Tuscan Stone, the novel is light on its feet, with a protagonist who will strike readers as a…
good guy to hang around with."—BooklistPerfect for readers of Donna Leon and Martin Walker, this thrilling addition to David Wagner's Italian mysteries immerses us in the sights, smells and tastes of Italy, this time in a picture-perfect Alpine town with a surprising dark sideRick Montoya is looking forward to a break from his translation business in Rome—a week of skiing in the Italian Alps with old college buddy Flavio. But Rick's success helping the Italian police with a murder in Tuscany sends the Campiglio cops his way. An American banker working in Milano is missing. The man's sister, an attractive and spoiled divorcée, has no idea where he could be, nor do the locals who saw him on his way to the slopes. With the discovery of a body, Rick and Inspector Albani widen their list of suspects. Picturesque resort Campiglio harbors old rivalries, citizens on the make, and a cut-throat political campaign. Why would these local issues connect to the missing banker?The investigation doesn't keep Rick and Flavio from enjoying perfect ski conditions in the Dolomites and glorious after-ski wines and bowls of fresh pasta. As for women—Rick has to wonder if the banker's sister is just hitting him up for information. The action heats up, testing laid-back Rick whose uncle, a Roman cop, keeps urging him to make the police his career.A murder in the Alps makes short work of translator Rick Montoya's vacation, and he soon finds himself entrenched in the investigation. But there's more to this picturesque community than meets the eye, and it'll take a thrilling chase to solve the case before anyone else gets hurt.Other books in the Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries:Cold Tuscan StoneDeath in the DolomitesMurder Most UnfortunateReturn to UmbriaA Funeral in Mantova