Луиза Пенни4.1 Роман "Смертельный холод" продолжает серию расследований блистательного старшего инспектора Армана Гамаша - нового персонажа, созданного пером Луизы Пенни, единственного в мире пятикратного лауреата премии Агаты Кристи.
В деревне Три Сосны, что к югу от Монреаля, произошло невероятное убийство. Смерть настигла Сесилию де Пуатье на заснеженной поверхности замерзшего озера, где она вместе с другими болельщиками наблюдала за матчем по кёрлингу, а орудием убийства стал металлический стул, подсоединенный к источнику тока. Кто-то тщательно продумал и спланировал убийство, не оставив жертве ни малейшего шанса. Старшему инспектору Арману Гамашу из полиции Квебека нечасто приходится сталкиваться со столь изощренным и жестоким преступником. Но чем заслужила эта женщина такую ужасную смерть?
Чарльз Финч3.3 Викторианский аристократ Чарльз Ленокс - истинный джентльмен, всегда готовый совершить благородный поступок. А потому, когда подруга детства леди Джейн просит его провести собственное, приватное расследование обстоятельств смерти ее хорошенькой горничной Пруденс Смит, Чарльз повинуется - и сразу замечает крайне странные обстоятельства дела.
На первый взгляд Пруденс явно покончила с собой. Но где вязла простая служанка редчайший, экзотический яд, ставший причиной ее гибели? Значит, все-таки убийство? Чарльз начинает задавать вопросы - но раньше, чем он успевает прийти к каким-то выводам, убийца наносит следующий удар...
Donna Andrews0.0 Hold on to your hats, everybody! Donna Andrews is taking us on another ride into the wonderful world of Meg Langslow, a world filled with laughter as well as the knotty problems Meg always seems to encounter and---somehow---solve.
Okay, maybe there are people in Antarctica with penguins in their basements, but in Virginia? Only Meg's dad could manage that one. A body down there---well, that's somewhat more likely.
It turns out that explaining the penguins' presence is easy---Meg's dad volunteered to take care of the birds until the future of the bankrupt local zoo could be determined. But identifying the body in the basement proves a harder task---could it be, as Meg fears, that of the vanished zoo owner?
In the small southern town of Caerphilly, rumors fly quickly, and all the other well-meaning citizens who have agreed to take in zoo animals are now worried that they might be stuck with their guests indefinitely. So when Meg's dad generously offers to help out anyone who can no longer care for their four-legged charges, a parade of wild creatures begins to make Meg and Michael's newly renovated house look more like Noah's ark.
Meg and Michael have been planning to elope in order to avoid the elaborate wedding their mothers have begun to organize---a plan that's threatened by both the murder investigation and the carnival of animals. The only way to set things right, Meg decides, is to identify both their uninvited visitor and the killer who put him in their basement.
The award-winning Donna Andrews has demonstrated her immense talent by creating and nurturing a series that continues to delight and surprise with each new book.
Риз Боуэн4.2 Шотландия, 1930-е. Леди Джорджиана Раннохская, родственница Георга V и тридцать четвертая претендентка в очереди на британский престол, оставшись без гроша в кармане, переезжает из фамильного замка в Лондон, чтобы окунуться в городскую жизнь. В столице ее ждут сюрпризы: оказывается, в кафе можно познакомиться с интересным мужчиной, а на чужой свадьбе - бесплатно поесть! Правда, в ванной комнате Джорджи обнаруживает труп, а в свободное время шпионит по заданию самой королевы...
Молодой аристократке предстоит обелить запятнанное имя брата, найти настоящего убийцу, а заодно научиться разводить огонь в печи, варить яйца, подметать полы, да еще попытаться покорить сердце сына ирландского пэра... Другая пала бы духом, но Джорджи происходит из древнего рода Раннохов, а они никогда не сдаются!
Известная английская писательница Риз Боуэн поражает читателя блестящим слогом, захватывающим сюжетом и типично английским юмором.
Margaret Maron0.0 As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the countryside. An early spring sun has begun to shine like a blessing on the fertile fields of North Carolina, but along with the seeds sprouting in the thawing soil, violence is growing as well. Mutilated body parts have appeared along the back roads of Colleton County, and the search for the victim's identity and for that of his killer will lead Deborah and her new husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, into the desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor.
In the meantime, Deborah and Dwight continue to adjust to married life and to having Dwight's eight-year-old son, Cal, live with them full time. When another body is found, these newlyweds will discover dark truths that threaten to permanently alter the serenity of their rural surroundings and their new life together.
Элейн Виетс0.0 Helen Hawthorne has a knack for keeping a low profile. But in South Florida, it's going to get a lot harder to fly under the radar...
Working at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale keeps Helen safe and sane. But when a maid is found dead in a Dumpster, those days just might be over. Dead bodies mean another chance for the cops to find her. To make matters worse, her ex-husband is hot on her trail. Sadly, the cops don't seem to care much about a murdered maid-but they take notice of her coworker's shady story. If Helen doesn't manage to dodge their questions and shake off her ex, it could be checkout time.
Хенк Филиппи Райан3.5 Чарли Макнелли - популярная тележурналистка, звезда прайм-тайма. Она давно вознеслась на профессиональный олимп, но удержаться здесь непросто, нужно вновь и вновь подтверждать мастерство, иначе вместо престижного канала мгновенно окажешься на провинциальном телевидении. Чарли мучительно старается найти тему для острого репортажа.
А тот, кто ищет, как известно, находит... проблему на свою голову. Сама жизнь Чарли оказывается под угрозой, когда она узнает, что невинное послание в электронной почте - первый шаг к убийствам, потрясениям и многомиллионному мошенничеству. Журналистское расследование приводит ее к Джошу Гелстону, очень для нее полезному и слишком обаятельному. Чарли имеет безошибочный нюх на горячие новости, но люди - совершенно другой вопрос. Теперь ей предстоит решить, можно ли доверять Джошу...
Бет Граундуотер0.0 Feeling neglected by her workaholic husband, forty-something gift basket maker Claire Hanover joins an aerobics class. In a moment of weakness, Claire agrees to let charming aerobics instructor Enrique come to her house to give her a massage. She realizes she has made a deadly mistake when Enrique is shot and killed in her bedroom and her husband Roger is arrested for the murder.
Determined to clear Roger's name and save her marriage, Claire sets out to find the real killer, encountering drug dealers, jealous ex-girlfriends, and angry cops along the way.
Deanna Raybourn3.0 These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, receives from his killer. Before he can show them to Nicholas Brisbane, the private inquiry agent he has retained for his protection, Sir Edward collapses and dies at his London home, in the presence of his wife, Julia, and a roomful of dinner guests.
Prepared to accept that Edward's death was due to a long-standing physical infirmity, Julia is outraged when Brisbane visits and suggests that Sir Edward has been murdered. It is a reaction she comes to regret when she discovers the damning paper for herself, and realizes the truth.
Артур Конан Дойл, Дэниел Сташовер, Jon Lellenberg, Charles Foley0.0 More than seventy-five years after his death, the famed creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, remains one of the world's best-loved authors. This candid, never-before-published volume of letters sheds light on Conan Doyle's fascinating career, not only as an author but as a physician, sportsman, war correspondent and crusader for social justice. From his troubled marriage to his controversial Spiritualist beliefs and from his early whale-hunting days to later celebrity, each chapter of Conan Doyle's life was as gripping as any of his own adventure tales. Gracefully written and warmly revealing, these letters illuminate Conan Doyle's life, character and career as never before.
Пенни Уорнер0.0 Girl Detectives--get your roadsters in gear!
Perfectly coiffed, with Titian hair to die for, an ever-adoring fiancE, and the best sidekicks a girl could want, Nancy Drew is still finding clues, escaping from villains, solving mysteries, and saving the day--all without mussing those gorgeous tresses.
And now, so can you: "The Official Nancy Drew(R) Handbook "will teach you how to live the Nancy life, with tips on fashion and beauty, romance and relationships, survival, sleuthing, and
success. Learn:
- How to Locate a Secret Passageway
- How to Tell a Good Guy from a Bad Guy
- How to Tap Out a Morse Code Message with Your High-Heeled Shoes
- How to Manage Your Hair When the Convertible Top Is Down
- How to Thwart a Kidnapping
- How to Write SOS Backward with Lipstick
Girl Detectives need look no further to learn the life lessons of a super sleuth!
Сара Баки0.0 Molly wishes she and her friend Emily had an exciting volunteer job that really helped in the fight to win World War Two. Instead, they're magazine delivery girls at Oak Knoll Hospital. Soon, however, Molly and Emily start to suspect that something very un-patriotic is going on at Oak Knoll--and their snooping leads them deep into trouble!
Кэтлин Беннер Дабл0.0 Twelve-year-old Samantha Sam likes to memorize fun and weird facts, like the size of the largest bubble-gum bubble blown through the nose or how jelly gets into a donut. Sam doesnt like being teased by that irritating boy Billy Burnham or the fact that she has to spend four long weeks at her grandparents farm this summer! Sam loves her grandmother, but her prickly grandfather, a.k.a The Colonel, is another story. Sam has never had an easy relationship with him and now that the Colonel has retired from the military he is worse than ever! But Sams grandfather is being secretive and acting strangely even for him. He keeps disappearing into the woods for long stretches of time and wont let Sam go into the old barn. Finally with the help of Billy, Sam decides to follow the Colonel to see exactly what it is he is up to. Narrated by the voice of an adolescent girl and filtered through her perceptions, author Kathleen Benner Duble skillfully mines the depth and complexity of human relationships and what happens when dreams, once deferred, may finally be realized
Джон Файнштейн0.0 The Super Bowl. America's biggest sports spectacle. Over 95 million fans will be watching. But teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson know that what they'll be watching is a lie. They know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams have failed their doping tests. They know the owner is trying to cover up the results. The only thing they don't know is how to prove it.
"Every teen with NFL or ESPN dreams will appreciate Feinstein's latest sports mystery." --VOYA
Mary Hoffman0.0 Sixteen-year-old Silvano da Montacuto has wealth, good looks, a new hawk--and an infatuation with a merchant's wife. When a man is murdered in his town, Silvano's bloody dagger is found, and he is accused of the crime. For his own protection, he is sent to a Franciscan House, where he poses as a novice, or a young monk. There, he lays eyes on Chiara, a lovely novice at the nearby Abbey of the Poor Claires. Both Chiara and Silvano are put to work mixing paint pigments for a nearby basilica. But murder seems to have followed Silvano, and soon several other dead bodies turn up. Who is committing the crimes? Will a young man accused of multiple murders be able to clear himself? And what about the girl he adores? Fans of Mary Hoffman's critically acclaimed Stravaganza series won't be disappointed in the romance, colorful web of intrigue, and rich, marvelous setting--a Name of the Rose for teens!
Робин Лафевер4.4 Меня зовут Теодосия и мне 11 лет. Мои мама и папа - египтологи и работают в лондонском Музее легенд и древностей. Всю свою жизнь я провела в этом музее и знаю каждый его закоулок, с закрытыми глазами могу найти любой саркофаг, мумию... Хотя, честно говоря, их лучше не искать. Я обладаю особым магическим даром - вижу проклятия, начертанные невидимыми иероглифами на древних артефактах. А уж эти артефакты мама притаскивает в музей в большом количестве. Так что в мои обязанности входит не только правильно расставлять всякие безделушки по полочкам в хранилище музея, но и противостоять могущественным темным силам. Признайтесь, непростая задачка для одиннадцатилетней девочки, а?
Когда в музей попал легендарный амулет - Сердце Египта, Теодосии пришлось не сладко. Ведь в этом амулете, найденном в одной из древних гробниц, содержится великое зло и черная магия, которых бы хватило, чтобы стереть Британскую империю с лица земли! Теодосии придется призвать на помощь все свои знания, умения и смекалку, чтобы предотвратить хаос, способный уничтожить не только всю страну, но и изменить привычное течение времени...
