By Laura Childs
New Orleans scrapbooking store proprietor Carmela Bertrand delights her shoppers with the delicate appears to be like she achieves with their scrapbooks. yet between her client's keepsakes she unearths a tip of her own-about a murder...
By Dolores Gordon-Smith
It's midsummer 1923 and Isabelle's mom and dad are celebrating their silver marriage ceremony with a superb ball at their Sussex nation apartment. yet Isabelle has a limitation: males, the glamorous Malcolm and the quiet, Arthur are in love along with her. Her romantic problems are forgotten even though while one of many site visitors it seems that commits suicide. yet Jack Haldean isn't really confident.
By Benjamin Wallace
“Part detective tale, half wine background, this is often one juicy story, even for people with no real interest in the fruit of the vine. . . . As scrumptious as a real classic Lafite.” —BusinessWeek
The Billionaire’s Vinegar tells the genuine tale of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux—supposedly owned by way of Thomas Jefferson—that bought for $156,000 at public sale and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it. was once it really entombed in a Paris cellar for 2 hundred years? Or did it come from a mystery Nazi bunker? Or from the moldy basement of a devilishly marvelous con artist?
As Benjamin Wallace unravels the secret, we meet a gallery of interesting players—from the bicycle-riding British auctioneer who speaks of wines as though they're girls to the obsessive wine collector who came upon the bottle. Suspenseful and thrillingly unusual, this is often the classic story of what may be the so much tricky con because the Hitler diaries. Updated for paperback with a brand new epilogue.
By Sally Spencer
A small mining village is rocked by means of a stunning homicide within the newest Monika Paniatowski secret . . . - Tensions are operating excessive within the small mining village of Bellingsworth. there was a decision for extra moves, and retired miner Len Hopkins, who was once identified to be opposed to a brand new strike, is murdered. Detective Inspector Monika Paniatowski learns that Len were threatened the evening sooner than he died by way of one other outdated miner. used to be he killed as a result of the stand he took opposed to extra moves? Or are there extra sinister forces at paintings? Paniatowski investigates, yet unearths that she has difficulties a lot toward domestic . . .
By Bernard Scudder, Arnaldur Indriðason
Within the wake of an earthquake, the water point of an Icelandic lake drops without warning, revealing the skeleton of a guy half-buried in its sandy mattress. it truly is transparent instantly that it's been there for a few years. there's a huge gap within the cranium. but extra mysteriously, a heavy conversation gadget is hooked up to it, probably a few kind of radio transmitter, bearing inscriptions in Russian. The police are known as in and Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli start their research, which steadily leads them again to the time of the chilly conflict while vivid, left-wing scholars will be despatched from Iceland to review within the 'heavenly state' of Communist East Germany. The Draining Lake is one other amazing Indridason secret approximately passions and shattered goals, the destiny of the lacking and the grief of these left in the back of.
By Louise Penny
‘Many secret buffs have credited Louise Penny with the revival of the kind of conventional homicide secret made recognized by means of Agatha Christie. . . . The book's identify is a metaphor not just for the month of April but in addition for Gamache's own demanding situations — making this the sequence standout so far.’
--Sarah Weinman
Welcome to 3 Pines, the place the cruellest month is ready to carry on its threat.
It's spring within the tiny, forgotten village; buds are at the timber and the 1st flora are suffering throughout the newly thawed earth. yet no longer every little thing is intended to come to existence. . .
When a few villagers choose to have a good time Easter with a seance on the outdated Hadley condo, they're hoping to rid the city of its evil — until eventually considered one of their get together dies of fright. used to be this a ordinary demise, or used to be the sufferer one way or the other helped along?
Brilliant, compassionate leader Inspector Armand Gamache of the SQ (Sûreté du Québec) is named to enquire, in a case that would strength him to stand his personal ghosts in addition to these of a possible idyllic city the place relationships are way more risky than they appear.
By Marcia Muller
Sharon McCone is employed via her husband's protection enterprise to trace down "the ever-running man," a shadowy determine who has been leaving explosive units at their quite a few workplaces. She doesn't need to look for lengthy. while McCone narrowly escapes an explosion on the defense firm's San Francisco workplaces, she catches a glimpse of his backing out determine. The ever-running guy is dangerously close--and someone attached to the enterprise appears to be like inside of his lethal diversity. To complicate issues, McCone is compelled to query her intensely deepest husband, Hy, approximately his involvement in a number of the firm's darkish secrets and techniques. The heritage of corruption may possibly jeopardize their marriage, yet uncovering the secrets and techniques of the company could be the simply approach she will shop her husband's lifestyles, and her personal.
By Dolores Gordon-Smith
A lacking guy leads Jack Haldean directly into danger...
Mark Helston, the emerging famous person of Hunt espresso constrained, used to be winning and renowned, with lots of funds and every little thing to stay for. but at part prior seven at the night of the 9th of January, 1925, he walked out of his Albemarle highway flat and disappeared. eager to understand what occurred to Mark, his uncle, previous Mr Hunt, appeals to Jack Haldean. Inspector invoice Rackham of Scotland backyard thinks it's a thankless activity. maybe, says Jack, yet why should still Mark Helston vanish? after which Jack unearths a body...
By Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
El protagonista, cuyo nombre no conocemos, pasea por l. a. montana cuando es alcanzado por un rayo. Conmocionado, regresa a su casa y descubre que su telefono movil, su televisor y su conexion a web no funcionan. Al principio achaca esta averia a los angeles tormenta electrica, pero poco a poco se da cuenta de que ha adquirido el extrano don de desactivar todas las redes de telecomunicaciones a las que se aproxima. Tras reflexionar sobre los angeles esclavitud a l. a. que nos someten nuestros smartphones, tabletas y ordenadores, come to a decision utilizar este poder para exigir un cambio a las multinacionales que tanto interes tienen en que estemos siempre conectados. Si no ceden a sus reivindicaciones, se movera de un lado a otro generando el caos en las redes. Bajo el alias Nadie, comenzara una cruzada own que puede devolvernos los angeles libertad en un mundo cada vez mas deshumanizado, mientras el CNI y l. a. CIA unen sus fuerzas para capturarle. / The unknown protagonist used to be struck via a lightning. He discovers that his cell phone, television and web connection dont paintings, and realizes he can disable all networks he techniques. Reflecting on web slavery he comes to a decision to exploit this strength to call for alterations to multinationals producing chaos. less than the alias of not anyone, a private campaign is begun.
By Umberto Eco
Durante a última semana de novembro de 1327, em um mosteiro franciscano na Itália, paira a suspeita de que os monges estejam cometendo heresias. O frei Guilherme de Baskerville é, então, enviado para investigar o caso, mas tem sua missão interrompida por excêntricos assassinatos. A morte, em circunstâncias insólitas, de sete monges em sete dias, conduz uma narrativa violenta, que atrai o leitor por seu humor, crueldade e erotismo.