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RUTH RENDELL – THE SAINT ZITA SOCIETY
When millionaire banker Preston Still kills his wife's lover by pushing him down the stairs, he looks to the family au pair to help him dispose of the body. But the au pair belongs to the Saint Zita Society, a self-formed group of drivers, nannies and gardeners who are servants to the rich - and whose intentions are not entirely benign.
Accidental murder, illicit affairs, and a young man recenlty released from a hospital for the criminally insane come together with devastating consequences in Ruth Rendell's gripping new crime novel.
RUTH RENDELL – THE VAULT
Featured in The Times Top 10 Crime Books of the Decade
The twenty-fourth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.
The impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila.
Wexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the hand of the law.
But a chance meeting in a London street, with someone he had known briefly as a very young police constable, changes everything. Tom Ede is now a Detective Superintendent, and is very keen to recruit Wexford as an adviser on a mysterious murder case.
The bodies of two women and a man have been discovered in the old coal hole of an attractive house in St John's Wood. None of the corpses carry identification. But the man's jacket pockets contain a string of pearls, a diamond and a sapphire necklace as well as other jewellery valued in the region of £40,000.
To Wexford, this is definitely a case worth coming out of retirement for. He is intrigued and excited by the challenge, but unaware that this new investigative role will bring him into extreme physical danger...
S.J. ROZAN – BAD BLOOD
Most people believe Jimmy Antonelli is bad to the bone…
New York detective – and an old friend of the family – Bill Smith is one of the few people who has ever been willing to give Jimmy a second chance. Given his own brushes with the law, Bill has an unsurprising sympathy for the youngest Antonelli brother.
But this time Jimmy has gone too far. There’s a corpse of a local gangster in the cellar of Antonelli’s bar and Jimmy has disappeared...
But finding Jimmy is going to be a whole lot easier than proving his innocence...
A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Crime Novel
SABRINA JEFFRIES – HOW THE SCOUNDREL SEDUCES
The third deliciously sexy novel in the New York Times bestselling Duke’s Men historical romance series, featuring an investigator who sets out to find gypsies—and unexpectedly finds love.
Investigator Tristan Baonnaud has one aim in life—to make sure that his half-brother George can’t ever ruin his life again. So when the pesky Lady Zoe Keane, the daughter of the Earl of Olivier, shows up demanding that the Duke’s Men find a mysterious gypsy woman, he seizes the opportunity to also hunt for a gypsy friend who knows secrets about George. Tristan doesn’t expect to uncover Lady Zoe’s family secrets, as well…or end up falling for the woman who will risk all to discover the truth.
SABRINA JEFFRIES – WHEN THE ROGUE RETURNS
The second sparkling book in the New York Times bestselling Duke’s Men historical romance series, featuring the Duke’s cousin and a skilled female jeweler who must unravel a mystery ten years in the making.
They are the Duke’s Men, an investigative agency born from family pride and irresistible passion, risking their lives—and sometimes their hearts—as they unravel shocking deceptions and scandalous transgressions!
Victor Cale never imagined that his sweet, shy bride, Isabella, would use her talent for creating exquisite imitation jewels in a criminal way. But there’s no denying that Isa’s handiwork was used in the brazen heist of the Dutch royal family’s diamonds—after she disappeared into the night.
Ten years later, still reeling from her betrayal and enraged that her duplicitous side was so undetectable, Victor is sent to Edinburgh to investigate a wealthy baron’s mysterious brideto- be. Simple enough—until the “fiancée” proves to be Isa, masquerading as an alluring young widow.
No longer the meek and mild girl he once knew, the bold woman vehemently asserts that it was Victor who abandoned her after he helped steal the royal diamonds! Piecing together the truth of the past reawakens their volatile passion, which burns hotter than ever. But with a decade of secrets between them, Victor and Isa must trust each other in order to bring the real thieves to justice—without getting burned themselves.
SAMUEL R. DELANY – BABEL 17
SARA SHEPARD – BURNED ( A PRETTY LIARS NOVEL)
#1 New York Times bestselling series
The twelfth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.
High school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have made some terrible mistakes, but nothing compares to what they did last spring break. Now the girls are packing their bags for a Caribbean cruise, hoping the trip will be a much-needed vacation from their stalker, A. But they should know by now that A won't be left high and dry. Sure enough, A shows up on deck, ready to send these pretty little liars to a watery grave. . . . .
Full of unexpected twists and shocking revelations, Burned is the twelfth book in New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard’s compelling Pretty Little Liars series.
- Stalker On Board: Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer thought a Caribbean cruise would be the perfect escape. They were wrong. A is on the ship, and there’s nowhere to hide.
- Secrets and Lies: The girls are hiding a dark secret from spring break, but A knows everything. And this time, the truth might just get them killed.
- Forced Proximity: Trapped on a ship in the middle of the ocean, the liars can’t run from their tormentor. Every shadow could be A, and every deck could be a trap.
- Page-Turning Suspense: The twelfth book in the series that inspired the hit TV show is packed with the twists, turns, and shocking reveals that fans of the Pretty Little Liars series crave.
SARA SHERIDAN – BRIGHTON BELLE
With the war over and the Nazis brought to justice at Nuremberg, Mirabelle Bevan (retired Whitehall secretary) thinks her skills are no longer required. After her lover's death she retires to the seaside to put the past behind her and takes a job at a debt collection agency run by the charismatic Big Ben McGuigan. But when the case of Romana Laszlo - a pregnant Hungarian refugee - comes in, Mirabelle soon discovers that her specialist knowledge is vital. With enthusiastic assistance from insurance clerk Vesta Churchill, they follow a mysterious trail of gold sovereigns and corpses that only they can unravel.
SARAH REES BRENNAN – THE DEMON’S SURRENDER
The Goblin Market has always been the centre of Sin's world.
But now the Market is at war with the magicians, and Sin's place is in danger.Keeping secrets from the market she loves and struggling with a friend who has become a rival,Sin is thrown together with the Ryves brothers, Nick and Alan - whom she has always despised. But as Sin watches Alan struggle to protect the demon brother he loves, she begins to see both brothers in a new light. But how far will brother go to save brother- and what will it cost them all?
SAX ROHMER – DAUGHTER OF FU-MANCHU
Across the sands of Egypt, Nayland Smith pursued Fah Lo Suee, the deadly daughter of Fu-Manchu. She was possessed of all her father’s subversive secrets and driven by his unquenchable thirst for power. She had pillaged the tomb of the Black Ape for the key to its ancient mysteries –and therefore leadership over all the evil cults of the East. No one could stop her – unless it was Fu Manchu himself!
A brand-new edition of the classic novel.
“The true king of the pulp mystery is Sax Rohmer—and the shining ruby in his crown is [the] Fu-Manchu stories.”—James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Colony
“Sax Rohmer is one of the great thriller writers of all time! Rohmer created in Fu-Manchu the model for the super-villains of James Bond, and his hero Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie are worthy stand-ins for Holmes and Watson… though Fu-Manchu makes Professor Moriarty seem an under-achiever.”—Max Allan Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Perdition
“I love Fu-Manchu, the way you can only love the really GREAT villains. Though I read these books years ago he is still with me, living somewhere deep down in my guts, between Professor Moriarty and Dracula, plotting some wonderfully hideous revenge against an unsuspecting mankind.”—Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy
“Fu-Manchu is one of the great villains in pop culture history, insidious and brilliant. Discover him if you dare!”—Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling co-author of Baltimore: The Plague Ships
SAX ROHMER – EMPEROR FU-MANCHU
Adrift in the lonely rice fields of Northern China, American agent Tony McKay found himself face to face with the most diabolical evil he had ever encountered. The “Cold Men,” spiritless creatures that did the unscrupulous bidding of the most dangerous secret organization on earth–The Si Fan!
What freak of nature had caused this horrible revival of living dead? Hidden in the mountains of COmmunist China, the terrible leader of the Si Fan cast his web of intrigue and death. McKay would learn that when Zombies walk and murder is the law–the dead will not be still…such is the realm of–Fu Manchu!
SAX ROHMER – PRESIDENT FU-MANCHU
Fu-Manchu journeys to the United States for the first time, and is the power behind a "League of Good Americans" candidate for the presidency. From Niagara Falls to the catacombs of NY's Chinatown, Nayland Smith and federal agent Mark Hepburn seek to stop the Devil Doctor and his plan to assassinate a presidential candidate – 30 years before The Manchurian Candidate!
BONUS FEATURE: This volume includes the first of three "lost adventures of Nayland Smith". "The Blue Monkey," follows Smith and Petrie as they become embroiled in a murder investigation in Dartmoor. It appeared in Rohmer's 1920 book of short fiction, The Haunting of Low Fennel, and has only previously been included with the Fu-Manchu stories in France and Belgium.
SAX ROHMER – RE-ENTER FU-MANCHU
The 1950s the era of the Cold War. The USSR is poised to begin the space race by launching the Sputnik satellite, Mao Zedong rules Communist China, and the greatest global fear is of the atomic bomb. Missing for nearly a decade, Fu-Manchu re-emerges in an attempt to wrest control of China from the accursed Communists. Nayland Smith pursues his enemy from London to Cairo to New York, determined to end his reign of terror. But there s something amiss with Smith something his allies need to uncover before it s too late.
SAX ROHMER – THE DRUMS OF FU-MANCHU
"Imagine a person, tall, lean, and feline, high-shouldered, with a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan..." FU-MANCHU EUROPE, 1939—the year before World War II and global chaos. A time of shadows, secret societies, and international conflict. Into this world on the brink comes the most fantastic emissary of evil society has ever known... In order to control the Si-Fan, and then the world, Fu-Manchu must assassinate the dictators who have brought Europe to the brink of war. This places Sir Denis Nayland Smith in the impossible position of defending warmongers who may be as evil as the Devil Doctor himself! ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: A LONG-LOST NAYLAND SMITH SHORT STORY! "Fu Manchu is one of the great villains in pop culture history, insidious and brilliant."—Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling co-author of Baltimore: The Plague Ships AFTERWORD BY LESLIE S. KLINGER (THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN by Neil Gaiman)
