Mystery Sale

When Fredericka Wing arrives in South Sutton, Massachusetts, a tiny New England town, it seems an ideal place for a working summer vacation. She plans on managing Miss Hartwell's bookstore while working on her own writing. She never dreamed she would find a body in a hammock in her own backyard. Someone brutally murdered Catherine Clay, an heir to the Sutton fortune. And more violence follows. Together with Peter Mohun, a professor at a local college, Fredericka sets out to discover the murderer's identity.

Tras ocho años entre rejas, Max Dembo vuelve a Los Ángeles con sesenta y cinco dólares en el bolsillo, un traje pasado de moda y la intención de reinsertarse en la sociedad. No es tarea fácil para quien, en su corta vida, no ha conocido otra cosa que el crimen y cuenta sólo con la improbable ayuda de un rígido y prejuicioso agente de la condicional.

Walter's family is holding a yard sale, but there are few customers. Walter, farting contentedly near Father, wonders why. When a man offers ten dollars for Walter, Father readily agrees. Walter wonders why. Walter is sad to leave his family behind but relieved to discover that his new owner is a clown. Walter figures he will help the clown bring joy to children on their birthdays. But the clown has a dastardly plot: He will use Walter's gas to inflate balloons and then pop them to stun guards during bank robberies. Will Walter turn to the dark side? Of course not! He comes out a hero and is reunited with his family by doing what he does best.

A dangerous, depressed place reeking of bad memories, South Chicago is a neighbourhood private investigator V.I. Warshawski left a long time ago. But now she's back, drawn to the streets of her childhood once again to do a favour for a friend. It was never going to be easy - and when the mother of a local girl asks her to look into claims of sabotage at the factory where she works, V.I. quickly finds herself caught up in something far more sinister.

Margie Halloway is a normal woman. She works a job she doesn’t care about, avoids men who catcall her on the street, and goes home every night to Salem, her beloved cat who also happens to be named after the town she lives in. Despite its namesake, Salem is a pretty normal town. Until a string of murders occurs in her small town and she starts to feel…different. She can do things she couldn’t do before, like move objects without touching them, or get people to do whatever she wants.

Prix Landerneau Polar 2023, ce roman noir implacable, ancré dans les terres du Nord de la France, nous tient en haleine jusqu’à la dernière page ! La disparition de la fille du notable du coin révèle les pires jeux de pouvoirs, entre violences de classe et violences de genre.

Raven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the minister for war will have violent repercussions across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and in search of the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind his deadly assignment.

Ingrid often said that one could find anything and everything they needed at yard sales. Perhaps she was right. In retirement, she laid her hands on the biggest yard sale find of all. The love of her life, Jerome Prioleau. Now, there was a wedding to plan. Meanwhile, strange things were happening in Juniper. A woman was murdered, her body found deep beneath Lake Murray by one of Ingrid’s former students. Later, the woman’s husband, none other than Juniper’s mayor, was found dead. A victim of his own poisoning.

Dici Acapulco e pensi a spiagge di sabbia finissima, mare cristallino e palme accarezzate dalla brezza. Ma oggi la perla del Pacifico è molto diversa dall’immagine da cartolina usata per attirare i turisti. Il narcotraffico si è insinuato in città e gli omicidi sono all’ordine del giorno. Ad Acapulco vive Lydia, che si divide tra il lavoro in libreria e la famiglia: il marito Sebastián, giornalista, e il figlioletto Luca, otto anni e un’intelligenza fuori dal comune.

Tempi duri per la dottoressa Ardelia Spinola. Sta rimuginando sul rapporto un po' troppo intimo tra i suoi carissimi amici, il commissario in pensione Bartolomeo Rebaudengo e la pianista Norma Picolit, quando riceve una strana telefonata dal suo ex fidanzato Arturo. Strana perché ha come la sensazione che lui taccia il vero motivo della chiamata. Passano pochi giorni e Ardelia è sul luogo di un crimine per esaminare un cadavere, ma il corpo che viene ripescato con un proiettile nel torace dalla piscina della villa di Davide Drusi, imprenditore ligure, è quello di Arturo.

The Social Code is the much-anticipated sequel to Patrick Hanlon's widely acclaimed book Primal Branding: Create Zealots for Your Brand, Your Company And Your Future. The book illustrates how to design and attract social communities, using underlying principles that have already created great brands, internal cultures, political and social movements, even civic communities. The new mission is to create a fan community that becomes so passionate about your success, they are willing to create it themselves.

Il neige dru sur Belfast lorsque, tôt le matin, Karl Kane, allant chercher le lait devant sa porte, y trouve aussi une main sectionnée. La deuxième à se matérialiser dans la ville en quelques semaines. Que signifient ces macabres cartes de visite ? Attiré par la récompense substantielle qu'offre un homme d'affaires inquiet pour la réputation de la ville, Kane enquête. Un caïd local, brute impitoyable qui contrôle la drogue et la prostitution, retient son attention.

"Souvenez-vous, ça revient sous les traits d'un enfant." Un gamin diabolique qui provoque immanquablement la disparition de vos proches...

Un'ondata di reati a carico dei più deboli, gli anziani, vittime di furti e di truffe. È questa la notizia del giorno che campeggia sulle pagine di tutti i giornali. Polizia e Carabinieri, gli eterni rivali, fanno a gara per correre ai ripari, per dare qualche risultato all'opinione pubblica impaziente. Ma in Questura uomini e mezzi sono scarsi. E allora perché non chiedere aiuto a chi è andato da poco in pensione, ma non ha perso il gusto per le indagini?

Jamie and Sherry were kidnapped over a year ago and they have now been sold to a rich Columbian couple. At first, it seems like a good situation, but it doesn’t last long. They soon learn that Carlos and Maria are not the happy couple they appear to be. As the couple’s relationship nears a breaking point, Jamie and Sherry are once again worried about their fate.

Uma história sobre o misterioso comportamento dos consumidores: quem são, por que os perdemos e como trazê-los de volta. Uma nova abordagem para compreender o que o cliente realmente quer, hoje e no futuro. Os clientes podem ser um verdadeiro mistério–e para desvendar seu comportamento é preciso pensar como um detetive. Neste audiolivro, David S. Duncan conta a história da rede fictícia de cafés Tazza, que está perdendo sua clientela mais fiel às vésperas de abrir o capital na bolsa.

When dozens of children disappear within hours in broad daylight from schools all over North America, it quickly becomes apparent that this isn’t an ordinary kidnapping. Agent Harper and Detective Boyd begin a race against time to find out where the children have gone before it’s too late. As the sun sets, only one child has been found and her captors detained. Will they reveal the clues needed to find the other children?

Follow Jamie, a 10-year-old American boy who was kidnapped from his school and smuggled out of the country along with dozens of other children. After hearing a shocking story about his parents and why he was kidnapped, he forms a bond with one of his captors and makes friends with some of the other children. Knowing the fate that awaits him and the other children, Jamie fears these newfound relationships won’t last.

It's 1964. Philip Duran has been driving all night to make a sales meeting in the wee hours of the morning in Hollywood. Vern Grayson has the purchasing power at MGM. Mr. Duran's new invention could be just the thing MGM needs to pull ahead of its competitors, but can Duran convince Grayson to buy his contraption? Find out here, because Philip Duran will do, anything for a sale.

Deveria ser mais um trabalho para o agente secreto Adam Soares. Disfarçado de lutador, para prender o chefe de uma quadrilha perigosa, ele não esperava que seu inimigo tivesse uma filha refém de crueldades, ou que ela desviaria sua atenção do foco principal. Carina Andrade vivia um dia de cada vez. Responsável pela limpeza da academia do pai, tentava passar despercebida pelos homens que a rodeavam. Mas um deles a viu, em seu pior momento, e parecia disposto a tirá-la do seu sofrimento.