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It all started with a red lace thong. Normally Kate is a twin set and pearls kind of girl who wouldn't be caught dead in such a thing. But that's exactly what happens when sudden chest pains leave her lying in a parking lot with her skirt hiked up around her hips for all of Princeton to see. It's a man in a Grateful Dead t-shirt who saves her life, and then disappears without a trace. A total stranger-and... (more)

Murder on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight Mystery)

Murder on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight Mystery)

by Victoria Thompson

In this all-new Gaslight Mystery, turn-of-the-century New York City midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy discover how the squalor of the streets can breed madness and murder.

Murder on Gramercy Park (Gaslight Mysteries (Paperback))

Murder on Gramercy Park (Gaslight Mysteries (Paperback))

by Victoria Thompson

After a successful delivery, a baby falls mysteriously ill. But midwife Sarah Brandt soon discovers the source of the baby's sickness-and a scandal that's paved with greed and deception.

Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery)

Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery)

by Victoria Thompson

In turn-of-the century New York City, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy see birth and death--and even murder.... Phenomenal praise for Murder on Astor Place : "Victoria Thompson shines....Anne Perry and Caleb Carr fans rejoice!" --Tamar Myers, author of The Hand that Rocks the Ladle "Tantalizing." --Catherine Coulter "Fascinating."-- Publishers Weekly

Ghost Brother

by C. S. Adler

Twelve-year-old Wally's older brother, Jon-o, has been killed in an accident, but his spirit reappears when Wally least expects it.

Memento Mori

by Muriel Spark

Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone informs each, "Remember you must die." Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled by these seemingly supernatural phone calls, and in the resulting... (more)

Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry

by Jane Livingston

Playing Beatie Bow (Puffin Books)

by Ruth Park

A lonely Australian girl from a divided family is transported back to the 1880's and an immigrant family from the Orkney Islands.

Witwe für ein Jahr.

by John Irving

Roderick Alleyn Mystery: Book 18

Scales of Justice

by Ngaio Marsh

A country Eden blooms with murder Swevenings village is pretty as a picture, but its secrets are ugly; and its gentry dread the publication of Sir Harold Lacklander's memoirs. When one of them is murdered, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's investigation takes him through petty vendettas, an ex-commander's blend of whiskey and archery, and cocktails on the lawn with a femme fatale. But the motive he's angling for lies... (more)

The World's Shortest Stories of Love and Death: Passion, Betrayal, Suspicion, Revenge, All This and More in a New Collection of Amazing Short Stories-Each One Just 55 Words Long

The World's Shortest Stories of Love and Death: Passion, Betrayal, Suspicion, Revenge, All This and More in a New Collection of Amazing Short Stories-Each One Just 55 Words Long

by Steve Hall

Building on the enormously successful World's Shortest Stories, here's an all-new collection of super-short fiction-each story a mere 55 words long! With nearly 150 contributors, including Charles Schulz and Fannie Flagg, these stories offer love, betrayal, passion, and death-in less time than it takes to count the words in this blurb!

Daemonifuge: Heretic Saint (Warhammer 40,000 Novels (Paperback))

Daemonifuge: Heretic Saint (Warhammer 40,000 Novels (Paperback))

by Various

Graphic novel (science fiction) set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe.

ZOMBIEPOWDER, Volume 3 (Zombie Power)

by Tite Kubo

Pierce Me Standing in the Firegarden When the prize is a Ring of the Dead, murder is a small price to pay! Stealing the comatose body of Wolfina's brother (and the Ring buried inside it), Balmunk the mystic lures our heroes to his deadly circus, where fire-breathers and knife-throwers await them. Has master swordsman Gamma Akutabi finally met a foe worthy of his skills? As the circus train races across the... (more)

Doctor Glas: A Novel

by Hjalmar Söderberg

Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siècle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So when the minister’s beautiful wife complains of her husband’s oppressive sexual... (more)

Until Angels Close My Eyes

by Lurlene McDaniel

Be sure to read this summer's highly anticipated companion to Angels Watching Over Me and Lifted Up by Angels: Until Angels Close My Eyes When Neil, Leah's warm and loving step-father, reveals that his cancer is no longer in remission, Leah finds comfort in a visit to Amish country to see her true love, Ethan. When Ethan chooses to leave his life on the farm, he moves in with Leah and her family. But once... (more)

Amelia Peabody: Book 15

Children of the Storm

by Elizabeth Peters

A Great War has ended, but evil still casts a long shadow over a violence-scarred land. One woman -- an adventurer and archaeologist with a brilliant mind -- must now confront a dreadful adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. But by doing so, she may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and innocent.

Professor's Daughter

by Emmanuel Guibert

Imhotep IV is an Egyptian mummy who’s just opened his eyes for the first time in 3,000 years. Lillian Bowell is the daughter of a renowned Egyptologist. One day, when the Professor’s away, the two go out for an afternoon on the town. The heap of trouble that they land in—brought on by Mozart, afternoon tea, and a passing gentleman’s sensitive nature—only deepens when they learn Imhotep IV’s father is in town. ... (more)

Life After Life

by Raymond A. Moody

In Life After Life Raymond Moody investigates more than one hundred case studies of people who experienced "clinical death" and were subsequently revived. First published in 1975, this classic exploration of life after death started a revolution in popular attitudes about the afterlife and established Dr. Moody as the world's leading authority in the field of near-death experiences. Life after Life forever... (more)

Magic Can Be Murder

by Vivian Vande Velde

Nola isn't much of a witch. She can work only a few useless spells, like the one that lets her spy on people by enchanting a bucket of water. But there's no spell for keeping her mother-who hears voices and is a magnet for witch-hunters-out of trouble. The two of them evade the authorities by traveling from town to town, taking odd jobs and moving on-until the day Nola magically witnesses a murder. . . . ... (more)

Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death

Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death

by Mark Fuhrman

We all watched Terri Schiavo die. The controversy around her case dominated the headlines and talk shows, going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House, and the Vatican. And it's not over yet. Despite her death, the controversy lingers. In Silent Witness , former LAPD detective and New York Times bestselling author Mark Fuhrman applies his highly respected investigative skills to examine... (more)

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