![]() ![]() But as they race along DC’s legendary Black Broadway, conflict in the spirit world begins to leak into the human one-an insidious mystery is unfolding, one that could cost Clara her life and change the fate of an entire city. ![]() She’ll need the help of an unlikely team, from a handsome jazz musician able to hypnotize with a melody to an aging actor who can change his face, to pull off the impossible. The task: steal a magical ring from the wealthiest woman in the District.Ĭlara can’t pull off this daring heist alone. ![]() So when a powerful spirit offers her an opportunity to gain her freedom, Clara seizes the chance, no questions asked. C., 1925: Clara Johnson can talk to spirits-a gift that saved her during her darkest moments, now a curse that’s left her indebted to the cunning spirit world. "Never make a deal with shadows at night, especially ones that know your name.” NPR Best Book of 2022! Paste Best Fantasy Book of 2022! "This smart and entertaining, magical heist novel hits all the right notes!" ―T.L. "itch perfect, with wit, romance, and a lovable found family." ― Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]()
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![]() Who could have wanted Mark dead? His wife, Gabby? His girlfriend, Darcy? Someone who wanted his seat on the council? Or another citizen of this sweet Texas town that holds some seedy secrets? Now, she’ll have to use all of her reporter’s wisdom and wiles to clear her name. Since Sam mixed the drink that Mark imbibed right before his demise, she finds herself at the front of the suspect line. It turns out that the victim, Mark, was poisoned-his drink spiked with oleander. But the party’s over for one of the council members, who keels over dead soon after he sips the bereft bride’s bitter brew. ![]() She intends to use that as her “in” to become an in-demand party mixologist. At a meeting of the local historical-homes council, she serves up the homemade bitters that she made as gifts for her wedding party. ![]() But Sam has a way of making lemonade out of the bitterest of lemons. ![]() A Houston reporter-turned-mixologist mixes it up with murder in this “clever, page-turning mystery” series debut-for fans of Diane Mott Davidson and Lee Hollis (Darci Hannah, author of Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop).īad news for Samantha Warren: The plucky Houston, Texas, reporter lost her job and her fiancé in rapid succession. ![]() ![]() ![]() After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. ![]() ![]() Unlikely alliances form, and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.įrom the master storyteller Stephen King comes this compelling tale about finding common ground despite differences, a magical story with deep resonance for our time. Missy may be warm and friendly, but Deirdre is as cold as ice.Īs the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12K run, Scott begins to understand the prejudices the women face, and tries to help. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Scott also has new neighbors who have opened a "fine dining experience" in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals: Deirdre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly conform to a lifestyle the community approves of. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition he's losing weight without getting thinner, and the scales register the same whether he is in his clothes or out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a list of all solicited Marvel Omnibus Editions currently set for release between today and January of 2023. 1, and the Avengers By Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. ![]() ![]() 1, the Star Wars by Jason Aaron Omnibus, the Avengers By Busiek & Perez Omnibus Vol. Plus, on top of all of this, there are a ton of much needed Omnibus reprints that will give fans the ability to pick up previously sold out editions, such as the Moon Knight Omnibus Vol. Gwenpool is also getting her first Omnibus Edition, in the form of the Gwenpool Omnibus. Some of the highlights include the X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus, the Doctor Doom: The Book Of Doom Omnibus, the Thor by Matt Fraction Omnibus, and the Black Panther By Christopher Priest Omnibus. This is one of the longest lists of upcoming Marvel Omnibus Editions we’ve had in a while, so there is plenty to like here. Today we’re looking at all of the new and exciting Marvel Comics Omnibus Editions. UPDATE: A more recent list of Marvel Omnibus editions is now available. ![]() ![]() She had hoped her investigation would lay that suspicion to rest, but her podcast seems instead to be inciting new victims. While media and law enforcement long ago concluded that TCK had suicided, Elle has never believed TCK was dead. ![]() Then, within days, a child is abducted-a young girl who seems to fit suspiciously into the TCK sequence halted decades before. When Elle follows up on a listener tip only to discover the man’s dead body, she feels at fault. Then, after he took his eleven-year-old victim, the pattern-and the murders-abruptly stopped. Twenty years ago, TCK was terrorizing the community, kidnapping and ritualistically murdering three girls over seven days, each a year younger than the last. Now she hosts a popular true crime podcast that focuses on cold cases of missing and abducted children.Īfter four seasons of successfully solving these cases in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Elle decides to tackle her white whale: The Countdown Killer. Bailey, internationally bestselling author of Woman on the EdgeĮlle Castillo once trained as a social worker, supporting young victims of violent crime. ![]() “A masterful, heart-pounding suspense that ushers in an astonishing new voice in crime fiction.” Psychological Thriller, Girl, 11, the debut novel from Amy Suiter Clarke, promises to be a suspenseful ride! Author Interview + Author & Book Info + Author Pet Corner! ![]() ![]() ![]() Plagued by haunting demons from his past, an all-consuming rage, and isolated by an abhorrent hatred of being touched, Flame's days are filled with suffocating darkness, pierced only by a single ray of light-Maddie. The Hangmen’s most infamous member, Flame, is ruled by one thing-anger. But when circumstances conspire for Flame to need HER help, Maddie bravely risks it all for the broken man who has captivated her fragile soul. ![]() And the man who stirs something deep within her numbed heart. The man who protects her with a breath-taking intensity. The man who ceaselessly watches over her with his midnight dark and searing eyes. Free from endless years of physical and mental torment.Just… free…At age twenty-one, the timid and shy Maddie is content to live within the confines of her new home-safe from the outside world, safe from harm and, strangely, protected by the Hangmen’s most volatile member the heavily pierced and tattooed, Flame. ![]() Free from the suffocating faith she no longer believes in. ![]() Now living with her sister in The Hangmen’s secluded compound, finally, Maddie, is free. "For fractured souls are like magnets.Drawn to collide into an impossible bliss…"Labeled a ‘Cursed’ woman of Eve from birth, Maddie has endured nothing but pain and repression at the hands of The Order’s most abusive elder, Moses. ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. ![]() A darkly funny novel of romantic love and cultural warfare from one of Australia's most admired Indigenous voices. Told with humour and a sharp satirical eye, Mullumbimby is a modern novel set against an ancient land. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko A darkly funny novel of romantic love and cultural warfare from one of Australia’s most admired Indigenous voices. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbours and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is the story Robert Draper tells in Weapons of Mass Delusion. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was a terrible day for American democracy, but many people dared to hope that at least it would break the fever that had overcome the Republican Party and banish Trump's relentless lies about the stealing of the 2020 election. That is not what happened. Instead, “the big steal” has become dogma among an ever-higher percentage of American Republicans. What happened to the Republican Party, and America, during the Trump presidency is a story we more or less think we know. What has happened to the party since, it turns out, is even more disquieting. ![]() The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new breed of Republicans-led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Madison Cawthorn-far from moving on from Trump, have taken the politics of hysteria to even greater extremes and brought American democracy to the edge One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() He continues to grow and evolve, but his suffering almost did me in.įor the first time, Logan is tested as well. That fact makes what he has to go through while figuring out his powers and how to control them even more poignant. ![]() He is one of the strongest creatures around (a nekhene cat), but he is also very human. Depriving mates of each other’s company, testing them to the limits of rational thought? Duels with several participants where everyone knows only one will survive? I could go on… ![]() I thought it was cruel even for werepanthers to make their people suffer like that. The werepanther society we got our first glimpses of in the second book unfolds further and the picture that emerges is that of archaic laws, cruel traditions and downright horrible rituals. I thought Jin and Logan had a hard time in the second book, but things in this round get impossibly worse. What an amazing continuation of this extraordinary series! The first book was great, the second only deepened my admiration for the world building and the direction the story took, but this third volume – let me tell you, this story will stay with me for a very long time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After a time, the ogres began to become smaller and take on much more human-like appearances. As time went on, they were forced to change and limit how much they took. They did not control themselves, but feasted on the entire soul leaving nothing behind. In the early years, the ogres were monstrous creatures that devoured souls whole. The ogres have evolved, or perhaps devolved depending upon who you ask. Not all are portrayed as you would expect. And you thought you had a dysfunctional family?In true fairytale fashion, there are ogres, witches, fairies, and ruffians. Although that familial tie is not explicitly stated, the King was the children's father and he married the ogre. She chooses to include the ill-fated mother, brother and sister, as well as the villainous step-mother. In a few versions of the tale, there is an evil step-mother or mother-in-law who attempts to eat the leading lady's children.The author makes use of these characters and plots in her novel. If you are familiar with the Grimm and Perrault versions of the tale, not only the Disney one, then you will notice many similarities. I believe that her mother's is the shortened form of Briar Rose, like German version of her tale by the Brother's Grimm. In the french version of the tale, Sleeping Beauty's daughter is named Aurore. Her name is Aurora, like the Disney movie's princess and her mother's name is Rose. The main character is actually the daughter of the cursed princess, who awoke from a kiss. ![]() Princess of Thorns is a not-so-classic retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story. ![]() |