Low Pressure
Brown Sandra
Bellamy Lyston was only 12 years old when her older sister Susan was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamy’s fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene along with her memory of what really happened during the day’s most devastating moments.Now, 18 years later, Bellamy has written a sensational, bestselling novel based on Susan’s murder. Because the book was inspired by the tragic event that still pains her family, she published it under a pseudonym to protect them from unwanted publicity. But when an opportunistic reporter for a tabloid newspaper discovers that the book is based on fact, Bellamy’s identity is exposed along with the family scandal.Moreover, Bellamy becomes the target of an unnamed assailant who either wants the truth about Susan’s murder to remain unknown or, even more threatening, is determined to get vengeance for a man wrongfully accused and punished.In order to identify her stalker, Bellamy must confront the ghosts of her past, including Dent Carter, Susan’s wayward and reckless boyfriend — and an original suspect in the murder case. Dent, with this and other stains on his past, is intent on clearing his name, and he needs Bellamy’s sealed memory to do it. But her safeguarded recollections -once unlocked-pose dangers that neither could foresee and puts both their lives in peril.As Bellamy delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Susan’s slaying, she discovers disturbing elements of the crime which call into question the people she holds most dear. Haunted by partial memories, conflicted over her feelings for Dent, but determined to learn the truth, she won’t stop until she reveals Susan’s killer.That is, unless Susan’s killer strikes her first…Review‘Sexual tension fueled by mistrust between brash Denton and shy Bellamy smolders and sparks in teasing fashion throughout.’— Publishers Weekly on LOW PRESSURE‘A relentless pace and clever plot twists keep the pages turning.’— Publishers Weekly Starred Review on LETHAL‘It’s a great, entertaining read, with lots of surprising twists and turns, credibly flawed characters and a love affair that’s as steamy as a Savannah summer.’— Lisa Scottoline, Washington Post on Ricochet on LETHAL‘A masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats.’— USA Today on LETHAL‘Millions of readers clamour for the compelling novels of Sandra Brown. And no wonder! She fires your imagination with irresistible characters, unexpected plot twists, scandalous secrets… so electric you feel the zing.’— Literary Guild on LETHAL‘Brown’s novels define the term page turner.’— Booklist on LETHAL
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Łowca dusz
Kava Alex
W położonym w ustronnym miejscu domu letniskowym w Massachusetts sześciu młodych mężczyzn toczy śmiertelny pojedynek z agentami FBI. Niedaleko FDR Memorial w Waszyngtonie zostaje znalezione ciało córki senatora. Maggie O'Dell jest specjalistką od portretów psychologicznych seryjnych morderców. Dlaczego więc jej szef, zastępca dyrektora Cunningham, zdecydował, że to właśnie ona powinna rozwikłać te dwie różne, pozornie nie związane ze sobą sprawy? Kiedy jednak Maggie i jej zawodowy partner R. J. Tully zagłębiają się w nie, związek między tymi sprawami staje się widoczny. Łączy je osoba wielebnego Josepha Everetta, charyzmatycznego przywódcy religijnej sekty, która rozrasta się niemal z dnia na dzień. Młodzi mężczyźni z domu letniskowego okazują się członkami kościoła Everetta, córkę senatora zamordowano tuż po jednym z organizowanych przez wielebnego spotkań modlitewnych.
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Loyalty in Death
Robb J. D.
In 21st-century New York City, tough-as-nails cop Eve Dallas can survive a bombing, seduce her husband, and outsmart a terrorist-all on four hours of sleep. In this latest installment of the In Death series, author J.D. Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts) casts our heroine against an enigmatic group of terrorists named Cassandra. With no clear motivation or demands, Cassandra feeds on the thrill of senseless killing and the calculated destruction of Eve's world.Relying on her own brawn and brains, as well as that of her aid Peabody and her husband Roarke, Eve begins to unravel a mystery that began decades before. When the killer's threats land close to home, Eve knows she has no choice but to gamble her own life for the chance to save her city as well as her loved ones.J.D. Robb's combinations of mystery, suspense, and romance keep the fans of this series clamoring for more, and Loyalty in Death has equal amounts of each. While the passion between Eve and Roarke is as good as ever, the introduction of a new romantic element certainly turns up the heat and is a welcome twist. Though the evil-terrorist-in-NYC theme has been done before (most recently in The Siege), these beloved characters put up a good fight, and keep us glued to the pages.
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Lucharon Por La Patria
Shólojov Mijail
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Lucid Intervals
Woods Stuart
A brand-new page-turning Stone Barrington novel from the perennially entertaining New York Times-bestselling author.It seems like just another quiet night at Elaine's. Stone Barrington and his former cop partner, Dino, are enjoying some pasta when in walks former client and all around sad sack Herbie Fisher…with a briefcase containing $14 million in cash.Herbie claims to have won the money on a lucky lotto ticket, but he also says he needs a lawyer-and after a single gunshot breaks the window above his head and sends diners scrambling, Stone and Dino suspect Herbie might need a bodyguard and a private investigator, too.
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Lucky’s Lady
Hoag Tami
She is willing to risk everything – Lucky Lady, from a New York Times bestselling author. When Serena Sheridan's Grandfather vanishes into the vast and infamous swamps of Louisiana for no apparent reason, she feels compelled to abandon her successful career as a psychologist and go and find him. But Serena is deeply afraid of the hostile territory she is confronting and her only guide is the renegade Lucky Doucet, a dangerous Cajun who offers little hope of protection in the steamy Bayou swamps. However, determined to find her Grandfather at whatever cost, she sets off with lucky on a journey into the watery maze that will change both their lives irrevocably.
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Luftslottet som sprängdes
Larsson Stieg
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Luminoforce [litres самиздат]
Пузырев Сергей
К две тысячи сто двадцатому году нашей эры Земля, которую мы знали, исчезла. Мир, который мы помнили и любили, был погребен под грузом неизбежных катастроф, вызванных неумной жадностью человечества. Старый миропорядок пал: политическая карта изменилась. Большинство старых стран исчезли, слившись с теми, кто оказался сильнее. Залогом процветания стало обладание новым видом энергии – квазинергией. Евроазиатская Конфедерация. Артем, выросший на попечении бабушки, только что закончил университет и теперь направляется на запад страны в надежде начать там новую жизнь. Конечная точка его маршрута – Новаград, финансовая столица Конфедерации. Знал ли он, что, приехав туда, попадет в самую гущу событий, грозящих уничтожить этот мир раз и навсегда?
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Luna De Miel
Patterson James
Hermosa, elegante, inteligente y seductora… la mujer con la que todo hombre sueña, amante y compañera perfecta. Y también, despiadada asesina. Nora Sinclair ha conseguido triunfar en el selecto mundo de la alta decoración. Su maestría sólo rivaliza con su capacidad para elegir a hombres: famosos, políticos, estrellas de cine, atractivos y con suculentas cuentas bancarias. Acaba de encontrar una nueva presa: un joven escritor de best-sellers enamorado de ella. Desearía dejarlo con vida, llevar una existencia normal, pero ha vuelto a escuchar la voz que la impulsa a convertirlo en víctima. El FBI lleva tiempo detrás de esta viuda negra. Pero siempre un paso por delante de ellos. Sin embargo, el agente John O’Hara está dispuesto a hacer todo lo que esté en su mano para reunir las pruebas que permitan detenerla. Pulso a muerte entre una mujer fascinante y carente de escrúpulos, y un hombre decidido a meterse en el nido de la víbora para cazarla.
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Luna Funesta
Connelly Michael
C. Black desea cerrar su historial delictivo para siempre. Trabaja en un concesionario de automóviles de Los Ángeles, pero un hecho inesperado le obliga a jugárselo todo a una carta. Necesita dar un golpe final que le permita realizar el último sueño. Para ello recurre a Leo Renfro, un amigo de los viejos tiempos que le propone participar en un gran robo en Las Vegas. Cassie cree que con su experiencia como ladrona de guante blanco logrará salir airosa de la operación.
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Luto riguroso
Perry Anne
Nunca se había visto envuelto en el escándalo el aristocrático clan de los Moidore, una de las mejores familias de Londres, a cuya mansión de Queen Anne Street acuden los más encumbrados personajes. Ahora, sin embargo, la bella hija de sir Basil ha aparecido apuñalada en su propia cama y la noticia corre de boca en boca por la ciudad. El inspector William Monk recibe la orden de encontrar al asesino sin demora, aunque evitando causarle mayores trastornos a una familia ya abrumada por la tragedia. Monk se halla aún bajo los efectos de la amnesia que le dejó como secuela un grave accidente, pero sus facultades continúan intactas y, con la ayuda de Hester Latterly, se aproxima paso a paso a un asombroso descubrimiento.
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Luz Perdida
Connelly Michael
Desencantado con el cuerpo de policía de Los Ángeles, Harry Bosch decide abandonarlo tras casi treinta años como miembro del mismo. Sin embargó, desea seguir ejerciendo y retomar aquellos casos que no pudo resolver durante sus años como agente. Uno de ellos es el asesinato de Angella Benton, una joven que trabajaba en unos estudios cinematográficos. Su muerte se produjo días antes del robo de dos millones de dólares que iban a utilizarse durante el rodaje de una película, y Bosch cree que ambos hechos podrían estar relacionados.Si en el ámbito profesional Bosch prefiere ahora actuar por su cuenta, en el terreno personal también es un solitario. El recuerdo de Eleanor, su ex mujer, sigue vivo en su memoria; tanto, que Bosch decidirá visitarla en Las vegas.
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Lying Eyes
Atwell Amy
No-nonsense jewelry designer Iris Fortune yearns for a normal life. But life as Vegas magician Cosmo Fortune’s daughter is anything but normal, especially since dear old Dad is also a scam artist. When Cosmo’s latest scheme goes awry and he pulls a real-life disappearing act, Iris is left holding the bag.Now Iris must be a master of illusion-play the poised partner to her politician fiancé while trying to save her father and stay out of reach of Mickey Kincaid, the sexy thief who claims he's only after her jewels.Detective Kincaid is deep undercover and seeks Iris out because of her connection to Cosmo-he never expected to be so drawn to her. While working with Iris to find the elusive con man, Mickey learns a killer has Iris in his sights, and he must do everything he can to save her, without blowing his cover.Mickey's put his life on the line before, but never his heart-and now he’s not sure which is more dangerous…
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Lying in vait (J P Beaumont[12])
Jance J. A.
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Lying in Wait
Nugent Liz
The last people who expect to be meeting with a drug-addicted prostitute are a respected judge and his reclusive wife. And they certainly don’t plan to kill her and bury her in their exquisite suburban garden.Yet Andrew and Lydia Fitzsimons find themselves in this unfortunate situation.While Lydia does all she can to protect their innocent son Laurence and their social standing, her husband begins to falls apart.But Laurence is not as naïve as Lydia thinks. And his obsession with the dead girl’s family may be the undoing of his own.
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M is for Malice
Grafton Sue
From Publishers WeeklyApproaching middle age warily, PI Kinsey Millhone of the Southern California coast is mildly depressed, romantically vulnerable and in the process of reassessing her family ties. Yet, when it comes to her professional abilities, she's at the top of her form, as this deftly plotted and absorbing novel (her 13th appearance, after L Is for Lawless) proves. Bader Malek, a local industrial tycoon, has died, and his four sons now stand to inherit a substantial fortune. But one of them, Guy, has been missing since 1968. A drug addict, ne'er-do-well and all-around miscreant, Guy had been disinherited by his exasperated father shortly before he vanished. But that particular will has disappeared, and Kinsey has been hired by the family to find out if Guy is still alive and thus in line to collect his original portion of the estate. She quickly succeeds in locating him and brings back a sweet, guileless and totally reformed man. But is he? The three other brothers?a truly devious, arrogant and greedy lot?are deeply ambivalent about Guy's return. A murder in the family leaves the surviving Malek kin as prime suspects. This is a subtle and swiftly moving novel, pleasantly unpredictable, with an agreeable overlay of smoldering romance, as fellow PI and former lover Robert Dietz reenters Kinsey's life. Grafton's heroine?more introspective, yet still feisty and surefooted?leads this finely tuned and at times electrifying tale to a thoroughly satisfying conclusion. 1,000,000 first printing.
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Mackenzie's Mission
Howard Linda
Night Wing-the revolutionary test plane with a top-secret weapons system-was Colonel Joe "Breed" Mackenzie's number-one priority. And weapons expert Caroline Evans was his number-one distraction. True, the stubborn blonde was giving him the cold shoulder, but Joe hadn't become the best of the best by giving up. Then he discovered someone on the inside was sabotaging Night Wing, and with her late hours and specialized expertise, Caroline seemed the obvious choice. Now Joe had to choose between allegiance to his country and love for his prime suspect…
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Mad About Murder
O’Hara Scott
Sure the doll was dead. But that didn’t mean Jack Forrester was going to pay for his clandestine crime. |
Mad River (Virgin Flowers[6])
Sandford John
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Made to Be Broken
Armstrong Kelley
Nadia Stafford isn't your typical nature lodge owner. An ex-cop with a legal code all her own, she's known only as 'Dee' to her current employers: a New York crime family who pays her handsomely to bump off traitors. But when Nadia discovers that a troubled teenage employee and her baby have vanished in the Canadian woods, the memory of a past loss comes back with a vengeance, and her old instincts go into overdrive.With her enigmatic mentor, Jack, covering her back, Nadia unearths sinister clues that point to an increasingly darker and deadlier mystery. Now, with her obsession over the case deepening, the only way Nadia can right the wrongs of the present is to face her own painful ghosts – and either bury them for good, or die trying. Because in her book, everyone deserves a chance. And everyone deserves justice.
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