Bird Mystery

Mange mennesker har lig i lasten, men nogle har flere end andre. Marcie, en 22-årig kvinde med kælenavnet Bird, møder op ved sin bedstefar Jacks dødsleje. Hun er vokset op i hans hjem efter morens død, og deres forhold er meget nært – modsat Marcies forhold til bedstemoren Mary, grandtanten Alice og faren Alec. Bedstefaren er indimellem temmelig uklar og konfus og taler om en vis Rebekkah og en kvinde med reb om halsen. Det er tydeligt, at han nages af ubehagelige minder, men der er hverken hoved eller hale på det, han mumler om.

Los Angeles, mitten in der Rush Hour: eine junge Frau wacht auf den Gleisen der U-Bahn auf mit nichts als einem Rucksack und einem rätselhaften Vogel-Tattoo auf ihrem Handgelenk. Wie sie dort hingekommen ist kann sie so wenig sagen, wie sie sich an ihre eigene Identität erinnert. Sicher weiß sie nur eins: wer auch immer sie dort abgelegt hat, hat es auf ihr Leben abgesehen und wird sie umbringen, wenn sie der Person nicht zuvorkommt. Ein atemloser Wettlauf um die Zeit beginnt, als sie verzweifelt um ihr Leben und ihre Erinnerung kämpft.

On a school trip to the Royal Swan Natural History Museum, Ava finds herself at the center of a heist: hundreds of invaluable bird of paradise skins from the Alfred Wallace Collection have been stolen! When she discovers a large jet-black feather, she's sure it's a clue, but the police won't listen to her. Slipping away, she takes the case to the Twitchers in an investigation that leads them to the bizarre and sinister world of fly-fishing, and to a mysterious girl with a pet Raven called Caliban and a dangerous ring of thieves and smugglers.

A week ago you woke up in Los Angeles with no memory of who you are. The only thing you knew: People are trying to kill you. You put your trust in Ben, but he betrayed you and broke your heart. Now you've escaped to New York City with a boy named Rafe, who says he remembers you from before. But the two of you are not safe. The same people who are after you are tailing Rafe as well.

Après vingt-quatre années passées au bureau du shérif du comté d'Absaroka, dans le Wyoming, Walt Longmire aspire à finir sa carrière en paix. Ses espoirs s'envolent quand on découvre le corps de Cody Pritchard près de la réserve cheyenne. Deux années auparavant, Cody avait été un des quatre adolescents condamnés avec sursis pour le viol d'une jeune indienne, Melissa Little Bird, un jugement qui avait avivé les tensions entre les deux communautés.

Join former sheriff Jessie Townsend as his journey takes him across a nation that is a mere shell of its former self after suffering numerous devastating blows from an orchestrated collapse and the attacks that followed.

Orphan Edie is sent by her art-dealer guardian to Knight's Haddon School, on a secret mission to find out whether Anastasia, a Russian princess, is being persecuted by the other girls. But what Edie uncovers instead is a dangerous mystery that only the girls themselves can solve.

Strange things have been happening to Layah and her younger sister, Izzie, ever since their mother dragged them to a rain-soaked cottage miles from anywhere in the Lake District: there is a peculiar whistling at night, a handful of unusual feathers appear and a sudden, frightening banging at the door. And their mother is behaving very oddly. Layah is mourning the loss of her dear grandmother in Poland - and can almost hear her voice telling her the old myths, legends and fairy tales from that place.

When five-year-old Winnie finds a little bird that is hurt, she wants to take it in and take care of it. Her mother is reluctant. She is terrified of birds. As she rightfully should be.

George Woolfe is a young working class East London printmaker in 1900. Frustrated by the constraints of his class and station, he sees an opportunity to escape when, by chance, he meets Charles Booth, author of one of the most comprehensive social surveys of London ever undertaken. But this apparently auspicious encounter has tragic consequences for George who, within six months, is charged with the murder of a young woman. But did he do it?

Drawing on the infamous Lord Lucan affair, this compelling novel explores the roots of a shocking murder from a fresh perspective and brings to vivid life an era when women's voices all too often went unheard. In the summer of 1974, Mandy River arrives in London to make a fresh start and begins working as nanny to the children of one Lady Morven. She quickly finds herself in the midst of a bitter custody battle and the house under siege: Lord Morven is having his wife watched.

Auch im zweiten Teil der Blackbird-Serie ist Sunny vor ihren Verfolgern noch nicht sicher. Nach dem schockierenden Verrat Bens schlägt sie sich nach New York durch, in der Hoffnung sich dort mit weiteren Verfolgten verbünden zu können. Und dann ist da noch das Versprechen von Rafe, dem Jungen aus ihren Träumen, der sie liebt und ihre wahre Identität zu kennen scheint. Doch in New York ist Sunny ebenso wenig sicher und das tödliche Spiel nimmt weiter seinen Lauf und dann taucht auch noch Ben überraschend wieder auf.

Nigel Bird and his stories have appeared in so many places that it’s about time the best of them were brought together in one collection. His work has also received so much praise that this collection should be a must for the fan of the short story, particularly those fans with a taste for noir, crime or unusual fiction. Praise for his work and, indeed, for some of the stories collected here includes: 'A tremendous writer.' Donald Ray Pollock (The Devil All The Time) 'A rare talent.' Allan Guthrie (Bye Bye Baby) ‘I was surprised by every story. These are short, punchy, thoughtful, hard ...

He saves her, but can she save him? This is no fairy tale... Amidst the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands, mysteries of the past converge with the present, weaving a tale of lost love, haunting legacies, and redemption. Jack Mathers is drawn into a suspenseful journey, seeking answers about his mother's death and his father's bizarre behaviour. As ancient folklore involving enigmatic Highlanders, sinister wolves, and ethereal cranes resurfaces, the Mathers family is plunged deeper into a supernatural enigma. "The Crane Wife" by Max China is a heart-wrenching exploration of love, ...

"Flieg, kleiner Vogel! Der Adler wird über dich wachen." Ava Canary will in die Fußstapfen ihres verstorbenen Onkels treten und eine erfolgreiche CIA-Agentin werden. Bei ihrer ersten Außenmission kommt es jedoch zu unerwarteten Schwierigkeiten. Ehe sie es sich versieht, gerät sie zwischen die Fronten und findet sich in einer Welt aus bedrohlichen Technologien, Lügen und Doppelagenten wieder.

With President Ronald Stamp and Kim Jung Ill threatening each other and the world with nuclear war, Joel Thomas and his college roommates head to the Outer Banks' primitive Portsmouth Island for a week of camping on the edge of the ocean. The possibility of romance develops when they meet Holly and her friends from WVU. Joel and Holly become acquainted with Elsa Newland, a preteen with uncanny abilities. She claims that a treasure chest buried on the island contains an object that has the power to establish world peace

When Jack discovers that someone is hurting local pets, he's determined that the Twitchers will solve the crime. But the Twitchers are more interested in the rare and endangered bearded vulture spotted heading for Aves Woods. Determined to prove himself, Jack sets off to investigate, only to find himself in deep water. Friendless and alone, Jack must use all his bravery and skills to not only stop a terrible crime, one that could put the bearded vulture in danger, but to prove to his friends that he's a deserving member of The Twitchers after all.

Life in a Florida Retirement Mobile Home Park is - complicated. It's spring time and romance is in the air - all around Patty whether she wants it there or not. Everywhere she looks people are in love, or dead - or both. Told you it was complicated. The latest murder in the park involves friends and frenemies, and is motivated by fear, jealousy, love, or simply being crazy. As usual it lands in Patty's lap. Will Patty, and her heart, survive?

Mia has settled into her life with the Della Torres - Milan's premier demon-catching family, accompanying them to exorcisms and even learning some way to be useful in the family trade. Then Bernardo comes into her life, handsome, well-mannered, someone who makes her forget her impossible crush on Emilio, her cousin. But always lurking in the background is the demon who possessed Mia once before, and who has not given up on possessing her again - this time for good.

Waking up in a brothel with no recollection of previous events, Tricia, an android, is on a desperate quest to find her true creators. Trapped in the hands of gangsters and slavers, she's done being abused and manipulated by the men of this world. But what she discovers after regaining her memory is more terrorizing than she ever realized. Now, it's up to a robot with a conscience to carry out an impossible mission. Will Tricia prevail, or is her fate already sealed?