South by Southeast

South by Southeast

Anthony Horowitz

Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

It looks like Tim, the world’s worst private detective, and Nick, his brainy kid brother, are in trouble again. They’re dead broke. But money is the least of their worries when a mysterious man bursts into their office and offers Tim a wad of cash for his coat. Minutes later, the stranger is dead and Nick and Tim are left to puzzle over his final words. What could he have meant by "suff bee suff-iss"? Or was it "south by southeast"? Neither one seems to make much sense, but the Diamond brothers will have to figure it out, and fast! Whoever killed the stranger is now after Nick and Tim!
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A Beautiful Broken Christmas

A Beautiful Broken Christmas

Sara Barnard

Sara Barnard

Six months after leaving home to live with her aunt, Suzanne is forced to spend Christmas with her family in the town she left behind. Even though all she wants is to be back in Brighton with her friends, where happiness is, she can get through one day, right?A companion short story to Beautiful Broken Things.
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The Immortal Detective

The Immortal Detective

D. B. Woodling

D. B. Woodling

Sometimes being immortal makes you wish you were dead. Celeste Crenshaw has survived her parents' grisly murders, grueling and gender-biased police training, a battle with rogue vampires, and even her own death. While immortality might seem a dream come true, can she accept the strings attached?Celeste spends the start of her immortal life being mentored by the Elders of the Hollow Earth. They release her once they feel certain Celeste has honed her supernatural powers. But little do they know, Celeste isn't wholly committed to granting eternal life to those deserving. Upon a return home to her immortal lover, and the Kansas City Detective Squad, she battles mortal foes, not so unlike the demonic undead. And when a fellow detective falls victim to a murderous gang member, Celeste faces a gut-wrenching decision and the possible wrath of the Elders.
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Alpha Shifter Seductions (Shifter Paranormal Romance Boxed Set)

Alpha Shifter Seductions (Shifter Paranormal Romance Boxed Set)

Kiki Howell

Kiki Howell

Alpha Shifter Seductions features your favorite NYT, USA Today, International Bestselling and Award Winning Authors bringing you a scorching ***ALL NEW*** book collection of never-before-seen page turners filled to bursting with seductive shifters.These hot Alphas will seduce you as you follow dragons, wolves, big cats, and other shifters behind closed doors and between the sheets toward that happily ever after every romantic at heart secretly craves.Find out what pleasures these Alphas can offer when the temperatures shift!
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Protected by Her Wolf

Protected by Her Wolf

K. J. Lavallee

K. J. Lavallee

My name is Stella Butcher. I'm thirty-four years old and live in La Junta, Colorado. I thought I knew what life had in store in for me. I was very wrong.I've worked extremely hard for everything that I have. That's why, when I wind up pregnant after a one night stand, I do everything that is in my power to make sure I can provide for my new baby.When my son, Byron, turns five, something crazy happens. He turns into a dragon! Three years later a group of strangers wind up at my door. One of the women claims I'm her sister, and that she's a dragon, like my son. But that isn't even the icing on the cake. Apparently, I'm a shifter as well. Not a dragon, I'm something else. Their story is bizarre and crazy, yet God help me, I believe them. My life is turned on its head, but thanks to a sexy wolf shifter, I'm able to navigate my new normal with ease.As things heat up between us, can I trust him with my heart and my sons? Only time will tell.
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A Drink of Deadly Wine

A Drink of Deadly Wine

Kate Charles

Kate Charles

Father Gabriel Neville has everything going for him as vicar of St Anne's, Kensington Gardens: intellectual prowess, physical beauty, a happy family life and the prospect of promotion to Archdeacon. But his perfect world is shattered when he receives an anonymous letter that has the power to destroy his career and marriage, by threatening to expose something that no one could possibly know. The only person Gabriel can turn to is David Middleton-Brown, an old friend and a man with a few secrets of his own. Against his better judgement, David comes to London, where his discreet enquiries bring to light a whole host of suspects. There's the eccentric church organist, Miles Taylor; the gossip Mavis Conwell; the disapproving Dawson family; the Churchwarden, Cyril Fitzjames, who's in love with Gabriel's wife Emily; and the charming and talented artist Lucy Kingsley. In his efforts to help Gabriel uncover the blackmailer, David hauls numerous skeletons out of cupboards, and enters...
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Deadstick

Deadstick

Terence Faherty

Terence Faherty

Owen Keane, failed seminarian, once hoped to find cosmic answers in human mysteries, but he's traded that quest for a 9-to-5 job at a New York law firm and a quiet life. Quiet, that is, until a cryptic request for information on an accident that took the lives of a playboy aviator and his fiancée cracks the solid earth beneath Keane's feet and pitches him once again into darkness and doubt.This Mystery Company edition restores to print Terence Faherty's Edgar Award nominated first novel.
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Mac Wingate 6

Mac Wingate 6

September 1943. Norway lay crushed under the sadistic Nazi occupation when Allied commandos were sent to join the underground forces in a top-secret mission.But the whole operation is undermanned and poorly armed and the high command is relying on the one man with the guts and know-how to pull it off—Mac Wingate, special agent and demolitions expert.Never has Mac faced a more difficult job: to make his way through the frozen Arctic sea, penetrate the tight Nazi security and demolish Hitler's floating nightmare—and come out of it alive!
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The Titian Committee

The Titian Committee

Iain Pears

Fiction / Art / Mystery

Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Theft Squad and art historian Jonathan Argyll have charmed mystery readers around the world. Their latest case is baffling to the extreme, when clues from a Titian researcher's death by mugging point to murder -- and a criminal conspiracy...
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