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It's 1910, and Daniel Pitt is a reluctant lawyer who would prefer to follow in the footsteps of his detective father. When the biographer Russell Graves, who Daniel is helping defend, is sentenced to execution for the murder of his wife, Daniel's Pitt-family investigative instincts kick in, and he sets out to find the real killer. With only 21 days before Graves is to be executed, Daniel learns that Graves is writing a biography of Victor Narraway, the former head of Special Branch and a close friend of the Pitts. And the stories don't shed a positive light. Is it possible someone is framing Graves to keep him from writing the biography-maybe even someone Daniel knows in Special Branch? The only answer, it seems, lies in the dead woman's corpse.

Detective Angie Pallorino hasn't forgotten the violent rapist who left a distinctive calling card—crosses etched into the flesh of his victim's foreheads. When a comatose Jane Doe is found in a local cemetery, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and nearly drowned, Angie is struck by the eerie similarities to her earlier unsolved rapes. Could he be back?

The place, the rugged coast of Northern California. A bluff high above the Pacific. A grand mansion full of beauty and tantalizing history set against a towering redwood forest.

Turns out happily ever after isn’t what the storybooks promised. We thought it was over, that we’d earned a peaceful life filled with love and tender moments. We couldn’t have been more wrong. With Sunday and our sweet Eden at the center of our group, the four of us are more protective than ever, so when I’m called to return as Headmaster of Ravenscroft University, I assume our family is safe.

Commander William Monk has learned to live with the fact that he cannot remember the events of his life prior to a horrific carriage accident years ago. But when a ghost from his past, a man he has no recollection of, attempts to frame him for a series of murders, he must rely on the help of his wife, Hester, and his close friend, Oliver Rathbone, in order to free himself - from both the charges and the demons that have haunted him since the accident.

The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.

King Henry's blue-eyed champion has been sent to quell a nation's rebellion. He vows to seal their peace by wedding Gilbert de Lontaine's beautiful daughter, but although the girl with smoky eyes holds his heart in peril, the real danger lurks in unexpected quarters. Can true love bind two hearts and bring the Wolf's bride home?

In the posh London street of Paragon Walk, a young woman is brutally raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of sleuths, Inspector Thomas Pitt and his young wife, Charlotte, peer beneath the elegant masks of the well-born suspects and reveal that something ugly lurks behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk, something that could lead to more scandal, and more murder.

Does the idea of speaking in front of an audience make you nervous? You're not alone. Most people experience a natural fear of public speaking, but it doesn't have to hold you back. With the proper guidance and tools, you can turn your anxiety-ridden monologues into awe-inspiring speeches that captivate, educate, and motivate. This book offers practical strategies to help you overcome fear, boost your confidence, and deliver impactful speeches with self-assurance and skill.

"Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed the shimmering strands before they reach the ground."

She’d always been my destiny. The woman whose life was tied to mine. I just hadn’t planned on falling in love and being forced to choose between my vows and my soul. No matter how deep my connection to her ran, I had a greater purpose I was meant to serve. And now that she was carrying the Harbinger of the Apocalypse–the result of our passion–I had to get her away from the rest of them.

From Alma Rosé, the orchestra's main conductor, niece of Gustav Mahler and a formidable pre-war celebrity violinist, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, its teenage cellist and last surviving member, Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra, its members, and the response of other prisoners for the first time.

Anne George’s novels offer a delightful mix of gentle comedy and compelling mystery. Murder Runs in the Family finds two feisty 60-something sisters doing a little amateur sleuthing into the death of a visiting genealogist. Mary Alice has spared no expense for her daughter’s wedding. Two days after the glittering affair, Mary Alice and Patricia Anne are spending a fascinating lunch listening to the groom’s cousin explain the ’dog-eat-dog" world of professional genealogy.

Governess Abigail Chantry will do anything to save her sister and two dearest friends from destitution, even if it means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of finding something to sell. Instead of treasures, though, she finds the owner, Lady Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected. Appalled, Abby rousts Lady Beatrice's predatory servants and-with Lady Beatrice's eager cooperation-the four young ladies become her "nieces," neatly eliminating the threat of disaster for all concerned!

Desperate for love and a family, Danielle is ready to leave her isolated life on a horse farm and start fresh in Dallas. But her boss has other plans for her -- he needs her to show his prized Arabian stallion at an international horse show in Paris. He promises to find her a husband, but first she'll need a wardrobe upgrade and a beauty makeover. Little does she know, this transformation will change her life in more ways than one. Will she find love or will her boss's plans backfire? If you enjoyed the classic tale of transformation, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, you'll love Jo Anne ...

Short stories and a novella about the very real world of espionage involving a fictional U.N. intelligence organization. From Ireland to the Balkans to America's extreme right wing, operatives Alexei Bukharin and Mai Fisher juggle their personal lives against the demands of their unusual work. Just as Bukharin seeks to retire, Fisher needs her adrenaline fix, and she just may sacrifice happiness for it.

When Max hired a clown to boost sales in his jewelry store, he didn't expect his heart to be the one doing flips. But Maury's sharp wit and whimsical charm are impossible to ignore, even if she comes with a checkered past. For Maury, love has to wait--she's too busy keeping her gambling-addicted brother afloat. Between stolen glances and wisecracks, this unexpected romance might be the one trick neither of them saw coming in Romancing A Clown.

A peaceful spring afternoon turns into DC Holly Towns’ worst nightmare, once the sun goes down. A blast of gunfire tears through the glass walls of a turret that rises from one end of Quinn’s Landing. It spins Holly’s world upside down and sends the Criminal Investigations Unit on a single-minded pursuit of the shooter. Holly and former detective, Danny Cavallo, are meeting with Geraldine Quinn at the elegant lakeside home that has been in her family for generations. The older woman claims she’s become nervous on her own and wants Cavallo to install a high-tech security system, with...

Teenager Stacy Vaughn wants a horse, but not just any horse. She wants a wild Appaloosa that's for sale at the stable where she takes riding lessons, but her mom says “no.” When her future stepfather helps Stacy get the horse of her dreams, she feels disloyal to her dad's memory but not enough to refuse the gelding. Can she train the horse well enough before the end of summer to please her mother? How can Stacy prove that the gelding is no longer dangerous? Horse-crazy girls will love A Horse for the Heart by Jo Anne Barnes and Dana Crigger DVM!!

Die Reise in die Unterwelt geht weiter! Nach dem Erreichen der vierten Tiefenschicht müssen Maeve und Blaise feststellen, dass ihr Weg zum Grund der Katakomben noch nicht beendet ist. Eine Heilung für Maeves Zeichnung rückt zunächst in weite Ferne, bis neue Verbündete auf alte Feinde treffen. Auf jenen Ebenen, die kein Mudlark je betreten hat, enthüllt sich das meistgehütete Geheimnis der Katakomben.