Author: Carol Wyer Publisher: ISBN: 9781786816979 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 338
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Charlotte's baby is safe. But is she? When the body of mother Charlotte Brannon is discovered by her husband Adam, in their bedroom, Detective Natalie Ward is first on the scene. The killer has left a chilling calling card: The word 'Why?' written on the wall in blood. As Natalie begins to delve deeper into the couple's lives, she discovers that Adam has a dark past he's been hiding and she's sure that the Brannon's teenage babysitter Inge has secrets of her own. Then another mother is murdered on her doorstep in front of her young son, the word 'why'scrawled on the wall next to her. All the key suspects have alibis and with her own marriage hanging by a thread, Natalie is struggling to stay focused on cracking her toughest case yet. When a young woman and her baby disappear, a member of Natalie's own team is put in terrible danger. Can Natalie stop this twisted serial killer and save one of her own before more families are torn apart forever? Gripping, fast-paced and nail-bitingly tense, this book will send shivers down your spine. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott and Karin Slaughter. Readers are going crazy for Last Lullaby: 'Wow wow wow!!! What a book! ... I found I became completely oblivious to what was going on around me as I was that engrossed! ... suspected each and every one of them... so many twists and turns it made me dizzy! I honestly found myself holding my breath at the end of every chapter! The ending was superb and I really don't think I will be able to contain myself until Book 3!! ... Absolutely bloody brilliant.' Stardust Book Reviews, 5 stars 'Absolutely freaking amazing... nail-biting... grabbed me from the very first chapter I simply couldn't put it down. This story has plenty of OMG moments and you keep you guessing until the end... Boy I wasn't expecting that... I cannot recommend it enough giving it all the stars.' Chelle's Book Reviews, 5 stars 'Oooohhh. This book is good... will have you racing through it in a matter of hours, unable to put the book down.... brilliant... Tense, fast-paced and totally engrossing, this is a book that will exasperate you, thrill you, chill you and truly test your detecting skills...I cannot wait to read more.' Jen Med's Book Reviews, 5 stars 'Ohhhh my... brilliant book!!! Well I just love this author she is one clever writer and just makes it so damn impossible to put a book down and it makes me very grumpy when I have to!! ... fabulous.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'Wow... grabs from the word go and spits you out again at the very end... Truly a superbly written book... I can't wait for the next one.' ILoveReadinguk, 5 stars
Author: Carin Gerhardsen Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 1405914106 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
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'Carin Gerhardsen writes so vividly, like she is painting with words, gripping your heart and soul' Peter James. Discover one of the best Scandinavian crime series since Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole. *** It's the call every officer dreads. Stockholm Criminal Investigator Conny Sjöberg finds a mother and her two young children lying peacefully in bed, their throats coldly and efficiently cut and no signs of a struggle. As Conny and his team get to work they draw a blank on both motive and suspect for these cruel, senseless murders. The only lead they have is a mysterious benefactor of the family - who eludes their every search. Distracted and hampered by the mysterious disappearance of one of their officers, Conny's squad struggles on - until an astonishing discovery turns the case upside down and threatens to tear his team apart . . . Praise for Carin Gerhardsen: 'The pages turn themselves, right up to the startling final twist' John Verdon 'Fast paced and addictive' Barry Forshaw
Author: Denise Hamilton Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0743258339 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 367
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“Nobody can do multicultural Los Angeles better than Denise Hamilton.” —The Denver Post Now, the Edgar Award–nominated author sends reporter Eve Diamond on a suspense-charged investigation of the deadly criminal element in the city as colorful and unpredictable as Eve herself. Shadowing a customs official for a story, Eve is a witness when gunfire erupts at LAX. A beautiful Asian woman is killed, and her little girl is swept away by the INS. Eve suspects the toddler is being used by smugglers who trade in human lives. With the return of her ex-lover, Eve has everything to lose as she races to protect the child from ruthless armed men -- and may find herself caught in their sights.
Author: Chuck Palahniuk Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 1400075572 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the New York Times bestseller Choke and the cult classic Fight Club, a cunningly plotted novel about the ultimate verbal weapon, one that reinvents the apocalyptic thriller for our times. "A harrowing and hilarious glimpse into the future of civilization.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune Ever heard of a culling song? It’s a lullaby sung in Africa to give a painless death to the old or infirm. The lyrics of a culling song kill, whether spoken or even just thought. You can find one on page 27 of Poems and Rhymes from Around the World, an anthology that is sitting on the shelves of libraries across the country, waiting to be picked up by unsuspecting readers. Reporter Carl Streator discovers the song’s lethal nature while researching Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and before he knows it, he’s reciting the poem to anyone who bothers him. As the body count rises, Streator glimpses the potential catastrophe if someone truly malicious finds out about the song. The only answer is to find and destroy every copy of the book in the country. Accompanied by a shady real-estate agent, her Wiccan assistant, and the assistant’s truly annoying ecoterrorist boyfriend, Streator begins a desperate cross-country quest to put the culling song to rest.
Author: Amy Sumida Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781546823117 Category : Magic Languages : en Pages : 392
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Elaria Tanager comes from two old, distinguished family lines. Her father's people are witches and her mother's are sirens which makes her something very rare. Elaria is a spellsinger, able to weave words into witchcraft and she's made a lucrative business out of her talents. Anything is possible is Elaria sings the right lyrics. She's made a name for herself within the paranormal community and now a fairy duke has come all the way from Tir Nan Og to hire her.
Author: Jason Segel Publisher: Yearling ISBN: 0385744307 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 354
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“Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.” —Publishers Weekly, on book one in the series Stay up late with the hilariously frightening middle-grade novel Nightmares! The Lost Lullaby. You thought the nightmares were over? You'd better keep the lights on! Not since he faced his fears has Charlie had so many bad dreams. Whenever he falls asleep, he finds himself in a Netherworld field, surrounded by a flock of CREEPY BLACK SHEEP. They’re not counting sheep. They refuse to jump. In fact, they don’t do much at all. Even eerier, though, is that it’s not Charlie’s nightmare. Somehow he’s trapped in someone else’s bad dream. And he’s pretty sure the twins ICK and INK are responsible. Charlie and his friends thought they’d put the twins out of business, but it seems they didn’t quite finish the job. Now the WOOLLY NIGHTMARES are closing in, and INK has shown up at Cypress Creek Elementary! Charlie is convinced that INK is up to NO GOOD. And if he’s right, it could be a very long time before anyone’s dreams are sweet again. Praise for the Nightmares! series “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and . . . readers will want to accompany him again.” —The New York Times Book Review “A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night.” —US Weekly “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Sarah Dessen Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0142501557 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 371
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From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All She’s got it all figured out. Or does she? When it comes to relationships, Remy’s got a whole set of rules. Never get too serious. Never let him break your heart. And never, ever date a musician. But then Remy meets Dexter, and the rules don’t seem to apply anymore. Could it be that she’s starting to understand what all those love songs are about? “Remy and Dexter jump off the pages into the hearts of readers, who will wish for a romance like this of their own.” —Booklist Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Books by Sarah Dessen: That Summer Someone Like You Keeping the Moon Dreamland This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Just Listen Lock and Key Along for the Ride What Happened to Goodbye The Moon and More Saint Anything Once and for All
Author: Katrina Charman Publisher: ISBN: 9781338122718 Category : JUVENILE FICTION Languages : en Pages : 0
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When a powerful vulture uses dark magic and an army of spies to attack the magical land of Perodia, a tiny owl, his squirrel best friend and a lone surviving firehawk become their home's unlikely defenders.
Author: L.J. Smith Publisher: Simon Pulse ISBN: 9781416986775 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. Sarah Strange's life was what you might call ordinary. Then her mother died. Now Sarah has visions -- visions of a place where dragons darken the sky and a young girl is fighting to survive. When Sarah confides in her best friends, Mal and Kierlan, about the devastation in her dreams, she discovers that her friends are not what they seem. They are part of the Night World -- and they believe Sarah has a special role in their world. And if Sarah's visions are any indication of the impending danger and destruction, there is no time to lose....
Author: Polly Ho-Yen Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA) ISBN: 1789094267 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 309
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For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale, a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored. "With fabulous world-building and a plot so tight you could bounce a quarter off of it, Dark Lullaby is a Handmaid's Tale for the modern world, about the ways our human need for love can serve as both society's salvation, and its undoing." Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors The world is suffering an infertility crisis, the last natural birth was over twenty years ago and now the only way to conceive is through a painful fertility treatment. Any children born are strictly monitored, and if you are deemed an unfit parent then your child is extracted. After witnessing so many struggling to conceive – and then keep – their babies, Kit thought she didn’t want children. But then she meets Thomas and they have a baby girl, Mimi. Soon the small mistakes build up and suddenly Kit is faced with the possibility of losing her daughter, and she is forced to ask herself how far she will go to keep her family together.
Author: Carol Wyer
Author: Carin Gerhardsen
Author: Denise Hamilton
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Author: Amy Sumida
Author: Jason Segel
Author: Sarah Dessen
Author: Katrina Charman
Author: L.J. Smith
Author: Polly Ho-Yen