Update on Crime

Update on Crime

Carolyn Keene

Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers / Young Adult

/MEGA-BOOKS Nancy is brought on board to work as an investigative reporter after threats are made on the life of handsome WRVH-TV News anchorman Hal Taylor. Nancy finds the evening news to be filled with violence, ambition, and greed--and that's just behind the camera. And Nancy's sure that if she doesn't get to the bottom of things so
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Serpent's Gift

Serpent's Gift

A. C. Crispin

A. C. Crispin

THE FUTURE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT HARDERSerge LaRoche was a gifted musician, until a freak accident took away his hands. Now he’s focusing on his career as an instructor at StarBridge Academy. His newest student, brilliant but undisciplined Heather Farley, is looking forward to StarBridge being her first chance at the security and stability that she has lacked her entire life. But now an archaeological find beneath the cold surface of the school’s asteroid base threatens their hopes for the future…and possibly the future for StarBridge itself.''PRAISE FOR THE STARBRIDGE SERIES“These novels challenge our understanding among intelligent races…Readers will care about these characters.” — Library Journal“...the series is batting a thousand!” — Dragon“This is the type of rousing adventure story which Heinlein made so popular a generation ago…Excellent!” — Andre NortonBOOKS IN THE STARBRIDGE SERIESBook 1: StarBridge - Earth discovers they are not the only sentient beings in the universe and their first contact turns deadly in an unfortunate turn of events.Book 2: Silent Dances - Deaf since birth, Tesa is the perfect ambassador to the alien Grus whose sonic cries can kill. Has earth made its own discovery of a new sentient species?Book 3: Shadow World - A young man learns how to cope with death from a golden-eyed race of beings with tragically short lives.Book 4: Serpent’s Gift - A young girl creates a mind-link with the StarBridge computer, and a series of deadly accidents threatens all life on the asteroid.Book 5: Silent Songs - Amphibious beings from a distant world land on the planet Trinity, threatening the native creatures and the StarBridge ambassadors.Book 6: Ancestor’s World - When a member of an archeological team on the planet Na-Dina is brutally murdered, Mahree Burroughs arrives to find the killer, no matter the cost.Book 7: Voices of Chaos - The feline beings known as Arrekhi have requested admission into the Cooperative League of Systems, but they are harboring a secret that could have deadly consequences.Review"Rousing adventure... a very exciting and reader-enticing series!" -- Andre Norton
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A World of My Own: A Dream Diary

A World of My Own: A Dream Diary

Graham Greene

Fiction / Thriller / Memoir

Graham Greene was always deeply interested in the role played by the subconscious in his writing, and the private world of his dreams was one that he nurtured carefully, recording it almost daily in his dream diaries.  Selecting from these dream diaries, he prepared this small treasure for publication just before his death in 1991— a last gift from a great writer to delight and entertain his readers. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Masters of Fantasy (1981) Anthology

Masters of Fantasy (1981) Anthology

Terry Carr; Martin Harry Greenberg

Terry Carr; Martin Harry Greenberg

Thirty-one tales of fantasy and horror by such authors as H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, James Blish, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Bloch and Shirley Jackson. CONTENTS Introduction - TERRY CARR, MARTIN HARRY GREENBERG The Rats in the Walls - H. P. LOVECRAFT The Woman of the Wood - A. MERRITT Trouble with Water - H. L. GOLD Thirteen O'Clock - C. M. KORNBLUTH The Coming of the White Worm - CLARK ASHTON SMITH Yesterday Was Monday - THEODORE STURGEON They Bite - ANTHONY BOUCHER Call Him Demon - HENRY KUTTNER Daemon - C. L. MOORE The Black Ferris - RAY BRADBURY Displaced Person - ERIC FRANK RUSSELL Our Fair City - ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Come and Go Mad - FREDRIC BROWN There Shall Be No Darkness - JAMES BLISH The Loom of Darkness - JACK VANCE The Rag Thing - DONALD A. WOLLHEIM Sail On! Sail On! - PHILIP JOSE FARMER One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts - SHIRLEY JACKSON The HellBound Train - ROBERT BLOCH Nine Yards of Other Cloth - MANLY WADE WELLMAN The Montavarde Camera - AVRAM DAVIDSON Man Overboard - JOHN COLLIER My Dear Emily - JOANNA RUSS Descending - THOMAS M. DISCH Four Ghosts in Hamlet - FRITZ LEIBER Divine Madness - ROGER ZELAZNY Narrow Valley - R. A. LAFFERTY Timothy - KEITH ROBERTS Through a Glass—Darkly - ZENNA HENDERSON Jeffty Is Five - HARLAN ELLISON Within the Walls of Tyre - MICHAEL BISHOP
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Moose Street

Moose Street

Anne Mazer

Anne Mazer

Welcome to Moose Street Lena Rosen is eleven years old, and her life is pretty typical. From babysitting her little sister to spending time with friends to sticking up for the class outcast to sneaking off to buy candy from the corner store, she is just like all of the other kids on her block. Except for one thing—she's Jewish. Lena's family is the only one on all of Moose Street that isn't Catholic or Protestant. "You're the ones who killed Christ," her classmates tell her. Lena knows that they're wrong, but she can't help feeling different. Anne Mazer's captivating novel of youth, difference, and acceptance is a must-read.
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Priceless

Priceless

Christina Dodd

Thriller / Suspense / Romance

She was one of the celebrated Sirens of Ireland, a captivating creature of fiery spirit. Bronwyn Edana stunned titled society with her courageous exploits and daring adventures. Yet in nobeleman Adam Keane, she met her match. From the moment they first clashed, the headstrong Bronwyn was swept away by a breathless desire. Betrothed to Adam, a man branded by his haunting past, Bronwyn soon found herself at the center of a shocking conspiracy that could rock the British realm. From the dangerous streets of London to sweeping Boudasea Manor, she followed her most passionate dreams—and risked everything for the only man she would ever love.
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The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller

Literature & Fiction

If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world were so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they made it a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere-and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.
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Rocambole 1--Legacy of Blood (L'Héritage mystérieux)--New English translation complete and unabridged

Rocambole 1--Legacy of Blood (L'Héritage mystérieux)--New English translation complete and unabridged

Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail

Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail

PONSON DU TERRAIL'S COMPLETE ROCAMBOLE SAGA IN NEW, UNABRIDGED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS ROCAMBOLE 1 – LEGACY OF BLOOD (L'Héritage mystérieux) In this first series of the saga, Rocambole appears towards the end as a young teenager, already well versed in evil and crime. The saga starts in the steppes during Napoleon's Army's retreat after the Russian Campaign. A despicable crime is committed, which will eventually cause two half-brothers to fight each other: one for Evil and one for Justice. Twenty years after the event, a disputed inheritance will see bloodshed and despair until Evil is defeated...but for how long? This volume includes a new unabridged English translation of the original French text: "L'Héritage mystérieux" ​​​​​​​ Text translation and layout, artwork, introductory notes, author's biography , synopses and chronology: © 2023 Roland Radaelli and IP Rights...
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A Bone to Pick

A Bone to Pick

Charlaine Harris

Urban Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Horror

THE SECOND AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERY—NOW A HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERY ORIGINAL STARRING CANDACE CAMERON BURE!Death comes calling on small-town librarian Aurora Teagarden in this entertaining mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris.Going to two weddings—one of a former lover—and a funeral for a member of her disbanded crime study club keeps Aurora “Roe” Teagarden quite busy for a few months. Unfortunately, her personal life seems to be at a standstill—until her fortunes unexpectedly change.   After the funeral Roe learns that Jane Engle, the deceased, has named her as heir to a  rather substantial estate, which includes money, jewelry, and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat. Knowing Jane, Roe concludes that the elderly woman has purposely left her a murder to solve. So she must identify the victim and figure out which one of Jane’s ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer—without putting herself in deadly danger...
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Thunder Rolling in the Mountains

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains

Scott O'Dell

Scott O'Dell

It is spring of 1877 when fourteen-year-old Sound of Running Feet, daughter of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, sees white people panning gold in the little creek that feeds the Wallowa River, and brings word of them to her father. "They are the first, but more are on the way," he says. "We are few and they are many. They will devour us." It is Sound of Running Feet who narrates the story of her tribe's fate. Readers will be gripped as she shares with us her respect for her father, her love for handsome Swan Necklace, and her destiny.
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Orbital Resonance

Orbital Resonance

Barnes, John

Barnes, John

Melpomene Murray's concerns are those of any teenager: homework, friends, dates. But Melpomene lives on the Flying Dutchman, an asteroid colony located thousands of miles from an Earth almost destroyed by disease, war, and pollution. She and her spaceborn classmates are humanity's last hope, and Mel's just starting to realize how heavy a responsibility that is. Her parents and teachers have trained her from birth to lead mankind into the future.What they never realized is that Melpomene might have plans of her own...
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Essentials of Murder

Essentials of Murder

Kim Davis

Kim Davis

After a scandalous arrest in San Francisco, Carissa Carmichael has moved back to her small Southern California hometown to start over as she opens her Aromatherapy Apothecary shop and reflexology services. A tourist destination, Oak Creek Valley, seems the perfect place to put the past behind her, but it seems no one will let her forget. When she finds the man who threatened to drive her out of business murdered in her shop, Carissa becomes the primary suspect, especially when her fingerprints are found on the murder weapon. Despite her father's position as Oak Creek Valley's chief of police, most townspeople assume she's guilty.Refusing to run again, Carissa knows she must prove her innocence to save her shop and save her father's career when the investigating detective turns his focus on her. With suspects acting as slippery as the essential oils she distills, it's up to Carissa to apply pressure and sniff out the truth before it's too late.Includes essential oil and...
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I Can't Lie to Myself

I Can't Lie to Myself

Uwem Umana

Uwem Umana

This collection 'I Can't Lie to Myself and Other Stories – Volume 3' is a continuation of the author's compilation of his life as a teacher and an expatriate living across different cities in the world. The author has brought into his writing, his detailed observation skills, which have made him turn ordinary daily occurrences into extraordinary tales. This volume features 'I Can't lie to Myself', which is the title of the collection of short stories. In this story, Alfred starts the journey of meeting up with his father, building a relationship with him, and unearthing the truth about him being sent to prison courtesy of his mother's fraudulent capability. This collection makes a simple yet intricate read about the psychology and complexity of relationships and their effects on the participants.
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Lyin' Eyes

Lyin' Eyes

Julie Mulhern

Julie Mulhern

Get me to the church on time! Not so much the church, as the patio. And not if Ellison can't stop finding bodies. She's finding corpses in pairs now, and planning a wedding, and trying (truly, she is) to steer clear of the murder investigation. But when she finds a third body, Ellison becomes a suspect. Will Ellison get her happily ever after or will a devious killer turn her wedding into a funeral?
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