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Mazarkis Williams

The Emperor's knife

Meine Welt

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Melinda Wells

The Proof is in the Pudding

<p>A mouthwatering new Della Cools mystery-recipes included.</p><p>Owner of a Santa Monica cooking school and cable cooking show star Della Carmichael is one of three judges for an A-list cook-off-but it's the celebrities who are getting knocked off.</p><

N D Wilson

The Dragon's Tooth

Ashtown Burials

<p>For two years, Cyrus and Antigone Smith have run a sagging roadside motel with their older brother, Daniel. Nothing ever seems to happen. Then a strange old man with bone tattoos arrives, demanding a specific room.</p><p>Less than 24 hours later, the old man is dead. The motel has burned, and Daniel is missing. And Cyrus and Antigone are kneeling in a crowded hall, swearing an oath to an order of explorers who have long served as caretakers of the world's secrets, keepers of powerful relics from lost civilizations, and jailers to unkillable criminals who have terrorized the world for millennia.</p><

Nancy Warren

Aftershocks

<p>Earthquake aftershocks trap Mayor Patrick O'Shea and his assistant Briana Bliss in an elevator. But emergency services are stretched to the limit with 911 calls. The mayor and Briana wait. And passions flare…</p><p>Briana Bliss planned to use her job as Mayor Patrick O'Shea's assistant to get back at him for allegedly destroying her uncle's political chances. But she's unprepared for the way Patrick makes her feel. And in the close confines of the stalled elevator, Patrick and Briana give in to the attraction that's been sizzling between them for months. Now how will Briana ever prove to Patrick that she acted out of love…and not revenge?</p><

Nancy Warren

British Bad Boys

<p>What woman isn't a sucker for a sexy hunk with a hot English accent and a very large…estate? Fall in lust with three British Bad Boys who like it shaken and stirred, and who know exactly how to give a woman the royal treatment, in bed and out.</p><p>George and the Dragon Lady</p><p>George Hartley is high on the list of England 's most eligible bachelors: he's young, single, gorgeous – and, as the 19th Earl of Ponsford, lives in a castle. Granted, the castle has seen better days… but nights with the Earl are what LA TV producer Maxine Larraby keeps thinking about…</p><p>Nights Round Arthur's Table</p><p>Seattle thriller author Meg Stanton desperately needs a quiet place to work. Stag Cottage in the English countryside is perfect… until she meets local pub owner Arthur Denby. He's as dark and brooding as one of her imaginary villains, and Meg always falls for her villains. But there's nothing imaginary about the things Arthur does to her after last call…</p><p>Union Jack</p><p>Former head chef and current love cynic Rachel Larraby can't believe she got dragged across the pond for a catering job. Weddings – ugh, she's had enough personal experience, thanks. And though recurring best man Jack Flynt is quite smashing, she can keep it to just a steamy fling. Until this very bad bloke starts looking at her with those forever eyes…</p><

Nathanael West

The Day of the Locust

Novel by Nathanael West about the savagery lurking beneath the Hollywood dream. Published in 1939, it is one of the most striking examples of the " Hollywood novel" in American fiction. Tod Hackett, a set designer, becomes involved in the lives of several individuals who have been warped by their proximity to the artificial world of Hollywood. Hackett's completion of his painting "The Burning of Los Angeles" coincides with the explosion of the other characters' unfulfilled dreams in a conflagration of riot and murder.<

Neil White

Beyond Evil

<p>There's no way back...</p><p>The picturesque city of York is rocked when the hellraiser and lottery winner Billy Privett is found murdered in a town centre hotel - his corpse brutally dissected, as if someone had performed a post mortem whilst he was still alive. Chillingly, the walls of the room bear words daubed in Billy's blood, including "Free" and "The Process is Coming Down."</p><p>Billy's infamous reputation had been sealed a year previously - when a local university student had been found dead in mysterious circumstances at one of his debauched parties - and his death is little lamented, apart from by his lawyer, the young and ambitious Amelia Diaz, who remains convinced of his innocence.</p><p>But who could have killed Billy in such a way? Unbeknownst to the police, a terrifying new cult is on the rise, one that may hold the key to Billy's death; The Church of the Free Mind. The cult is presided over by the charismatic and terrifying Charlie Watson, who holds absolute power over the church members. But when Amelia is drawn too close to the group whilst investigating Billy's death, it seems that these fervently religious cult members would do anything to protect their leader - even murder...</p><

Nicholas Wilcox

La Sangre De Dios

<p>Tercera y última entrega de la exitosa trilogía templaria.</p><p>Simón Draco, un detective privado de Londres, antiguo mercenario en el Congo, recibe el encargo de viajar a Hamburgo para recoger dos piedras negras que forman parte de un antiguo legado templario. Siguiendo su rastro, Draco descubrirá una trama más compleja de lo que sospechaba, que llega a involucrar a criminales de guerra nazis emboscados en Paraguay, mafiosos sicilianos y monjes ortodoxos. Éstos custodian el arma más potencialmente subversiva para Occidente: la verdadera reliquia de la sangre de Cristo, a partir de la cual un laboratorio de ingeniería genética se propone devolver a Cristo a la vida. En este punto, la intervención de los servicios secretos de diversas potencias, entre ellas el Vaticano e Israel, conducen sin respiro al lector hacia un sorprendente e inesperado final.</p><

Nick West

The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators

Nina Wright

Whiskey with a Twist

<p>Whiskey Mattimoe never thought the skill set of her Afghan Hound Abra – stealing purses and farting – might interest a professional dog breeder. But that's exactly what's attracted Susan Davies, who wants Abra to participate in a canine competition… as a Worst-In-Show example of how not to train an Affie.</p><p>Soon, Whiskey finds herself bored and embarrassed in Northern Indiana Amish country, watching Abra wreak havoc at the Midwest Afghan Hound Show. But when two champion pooches vanish and a handler turns up dead, the sleepy community's rustic charm disappears… along with Abra.</p><

Oscar Wilde

El retrato de Dorian Gray

<p>El retrato de Dorian Gray fue la única novela de Oscar Wilde, publicada en 1890 en la Revista de Lippincott. Como la mayor parte de su trabajo y de su vida, este melodrama gótico, fue polémico. En el prefacio al libro, Wilde estupendamente bien escribió: `no hay libros morales o inmorales. Los libros están bien o mal escritos. Es todo`.</p><p>La novela es un retrato brillante sobre la vanidad y la depravación, teñido de tristeza.</p><p>El cuadro del título es un trabajo espléndido de Basil Hallward que ha pintado a Dorian Gray, un joven huérfano y heredero de una gran fortuna.</p><p>Dorian declara que daría su alma para poder ser siempre joven y que en cambio fuera su retrato el que envejeciera.</p><p>Así la obra es una recreación del mito del personaje que vende su alma al diablo a cambio de su eterna juventud. En este caso, Dorian es un perverso y halla su placer en el daño que inflige a los demás. Su retrato va consignando el paso del tiempo y la crueldad creciente del protagonista. Mientras el Dorian Gray de carne y hueso no se marchita, el retrato se va deteriorando a cada nuevo horror que él comete.</p><p>Es un libro hermoso que produce cierta desazón.</p><

Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost (Illustrated by WALLACE GOLDSMITH)

An amusing chronicle of the tribulations of the Ghost of Canterville Chase when his ancestral halls became the home of the American Minister to the Court of St. James<

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

This is a story of moral corruption. A gothic melodrama, it is full of subtle impression and epigram. It touches on many of Wilde's recurring themes, such as the nature and spirit of art, aestheticism and the dangers inherent in it.<

P A Wilson

Imperative

Quinn Larson quests

P G Wodehouse

Jeeves in the offing

Jeeves and Wooster

P G Wodehouse

Much obliged, Jeeves

Jeeves and Wooster

Pam Ward

A Clean Comfortable Room

Patricia C Wrede

Across the Great Barrier

Frontier Magic

<p>Eff is an unlucky thirteenth child — her twin brother, Lan, is a powerful seventh son of a seventh son. And yet, Eff is the one who saved the day for the settlements west of the Great Barrier. Her unique ways of doing magic and seeing the world, and her fascination with the magical creatures and land in the Great Plains push Eff to work toward joining an expedition heading west. But things are changing on the frontier.</p><p>There are new professors of magic for Eff and Lan to learn to work with. There's tension between William and his father. And there are new threats on the frontier and at home. To help, Eff must travel beyond the Barrier, and come to terms with her magical abilities-and those of her brother, to stop the newest threat encroaching on the settlers.</p><p>With wit, magic, and a touch of good pioneer sense, Patricia C. Wrede weaves a fantastic tale of the very wild west.</p><

Patricia C Wrede

Thirteenth Child

Frontier Magic

<p>Eff was born a thirteenth child. Her twin brother, Lan, is the seventh son of a seventh son. This means he's supposed to possess amazing talent — and she's supposed to bring only bad things to her family and her town. Undeterred, her family moves to the frontier, where her father will be a professor of magic at a school perilously close to the magical divide that separates settlers from the beasts of the wild. </p><p> With wit and wonder, Patricia Wrede creates an alternate history of westward expansion that will delight fans of both J. K. Rowling and Laura Ingalls Wilder.</p><

Patricia Collins Wrede

Calling on Dragons

Enchanted Forest

Those wicked wizards are back – and they've become very smart. (Sort of.) They intend to take over the Enchanted Forest once and for all . . . unless Cimorene finds a way to stop them. And some people think being queen is<

Patricia Collins Wrede

Dealing with Dragons

Enchanted Forest

Tired of the boring and stereotypical life, Princess Cimorene escapes from a marriage with an empty-headed prince and goes to live with the dragons in the Mountains of Morning. Upon arrival, the spunky princess makes friends with her dragon, Kazul, as well as other people such as the Princess Alianora and the Witch Morwen. She settles into an enjoyable new life and executes her duties as a dragon's princess perfectly. The smart Cimorene soon notices that the sly wizards have been up to no good, and sure enough – the King of the Dragons is poisoned, and a dragon is cooperating with the wizards! It's now up to Cimorene and her new friends to prevent the new trials for a King from being rigged and catch the cheating culprit!!<

Patricia Collins Wrede

Searching for Dragons

Enchanted Forest

<p>Mendanbar, the King of the Enchanted Forest, plays hooky one day and goes for a stroll to the Green Glass pool. He finds a section of the forest destroyed – apparently by dragons. Perturbed, Mendanbar visits Morwen for advice. Morwen counsels him to pay a visit to Kazul, the King of the Dragons. So Mendanbar retrieves his magical sword from the castle armory, and sets out for the Mountains of Morning – but not before he is paid a suspicious visit by Zemenar, the Head Wizard of the Society of Wizards.</p><p>Mendanbar journeys to the cave of the King of the Dragons, only to find her away on a diplomatic trip. But he does meet Princess Cimorene (Dealing with Dragons), now Kazul's Chief Cook and Librarian. Cimorene admits that Kazul has been missing for days, and that she plans to go out in search of her. Mendanbar insists on accompanying the princess, with whom he finds himself very much taken.</p><p>The two set out in search of the missing Kazul. On the way, they visit two wacky giants, contend with a defective magic carpet, and help out a well-meaning but financially-broke dwarf with a brood of royal children. But there is danger on their trail – for, once out of the Enchanted Forest, Mendanbar's magical sword starts leaking magic, attracting the attention of a horde of greedy wizards as well as an overly-inquisitive magician. And, as Mendanbar and Cimorene continue on their rescue mission, it becomes clear that Kazul's disappearance is linked with the Enchanted Forest. The Society of Wizards has invented a powerful new spell – and Mendanbar's sword may be the key.</p><

Patricia Collins Wrede

Talking to Dragons

Enchanted Forest

Daystar has lived all his life with his mother in a cottage on the edge of the Enchanted Forest. But when one day a wizard comes to his house, he is sent by his mother on a journey with some strange sword. Little does he know that this is the magic sword that belonged to the Rulers of the enchanted forest, and he is the rightful heir!<

Patricia Wentworth

Anna, Where Are You?

Hired to trace Anna Ball, who has vanished, Miss Maud Silver encounters an eccentric art colony, bank robberies and counterfeiting. As with other Miss Silver mysteries, the story relies on character development. Nadia May reads clearly and distinguishes individuals well; her British voice is ideal for this genteel period thriller (1951). Agatha Christie fans will enjoy this one. The narration is speeded up to fit six cassettes, but it is not hard to follow.<

Patricia Wentworth

Beggar’s Choice

When Car Fairfax starts his mysterious new job, his sole duty seems to be to dine in expensive restaurants, but soon some odd coincidences and dangerous deceits open his eyes to the truth. <

Patricia Wentworth

Danger Point

This is one of some 30 Miss Silver mysteries which Patricia Wentworth wrote during her lifetime. It concerns money motivated marriages and has a complex plot, full of suspense. The author has a large and devoted readership in both Britain and America.<

Patricia Wentworth

El Estanque En Silencio

Ninguna ley impide que una famosa actriz, con mucho dinero y algún que otro remordimiento, quiera sentirse acompañada en su vejez, tras retirarse de la escena. Pero el sentido común debiera de impedir que, a cambio de no estar solo, una vieja rica reuniera en una solitaria mansión rural a un conjunto de parientes parásitos dispuestos a quedarse en exclusiva con su herencia. Porque así pasa lo que pasa: se empieza con envidias, rivalidades y rencores y se termina por encontrar cadáveres flotando en el estanque de la finca.<

Patricia Wentworth

Grey Mask

Four years ago Charles Moray had been jilted at the altar by Margaret Langton. Four years later he returns to London to find his ex-fiancee mixed up in a vicious plot involving kidnap and worse.<

Patricia Wentworth

Ladies’ Bane

Immediately on her arrival at Ladies’ House, Ione Muir realizes that all is not right with her newly married sister, Allegra. The town of Bleake is charming, but the medieval manor house itself-known by a sinister local legend as Ladies’ Bane-is full of gloomy depths and twisting staircases. Her brother-in-law, Geoffrey Trent, intends to purchase the expensive property, with which he is clearly infatuated, although his wife seems frightened by it. But it is soon obvious that Allegra is under the constant influence of narcotics. Miss Silver, hired by Allegra’s godmother to investigate Geoffrey’s finances, is the first to suspect foul play when his mischevious young ward, Margot, dies in a mysterious accident. Her keen intellect and uncanny understanding of human nature help Miss Silver to reveal the ominous forces that are at work in this strange household. <

Patricia Wentworth

Latter End

Things had never been quite the same at Latter End since Lois had taken over. Suddenly life seemed to be an endless succession of bitter family rows, which Lois invariably won. But when Lois Latter is murdered, it's shocking to discover just how many people might have wished her dead.<

Patricia Wentworth

Lonesome Road

Someone is trying to kill beautiful Rachel Treherne for her fortune. Enlisting the talents of Miss Silver seems the only way she can stay alive.<

Patricia Wentworth

Miss Silver Comes To Stay

When James Lessiter returns to Lenton after many years to claim his family estate, his reappearance opens old wounds never healed. Then he is found bludgeoned to death by a fire poker and the suspects are too numerous to count. Thank heavens Miss Silver is in town to visit a friend.<

Patricia Wentworth

Miss Silver Deals With Death

A chance encounter restores Giles Armitage to his fiancee, but the shipwreck has left him with amnesia, and their happiness is threatened by Carola Roland. So when Carola is murdered, Giles is the chief suspect and it takes all Miss Silver's ingenuity to unravel the real significance of the crime.<

Patricia Wentworth

Mr. Zero

When Gay Harkwicke and her fiance, Algy, investigate the mysterious Mr. Zero, who is blackmailing Gay's cousin, Algy ends up becoming the prime suspect in a messy murder, and Gay must find the true culprit.<

Patricia Wentworth

Out of the Past

<p>James and Carmona Hardwick are spending the summer playing host to numerous friends and relatives in an old Hardwick family residence by the sea.</p><p>The arrival of Alan Field, a devastatingly handsome though shady figure from Carmona's past, destroys the holiday atmosphere in the old house and replaces it with a mounting tension, culminating in murder.</p><p>Fortunately, Miss Silver is present to unravel the complex mystery and seek out the murderer amongst them.</p><

Patricia Wentworth

Pilgrim’s Rest

When Columba and Janetta Pilgrim think it unwise to leave their ancestral home after their brother suffers a fatal fall only days after talk of selling it, and Roger Pilgrim barely escapes two nearly fatal "accidents," Miss Maud Silver is called in to look into the case. <

Patricia Wentworth

Poison In The Pen

<p>When a mysterious suicide follows an outbreak of poison pen letters in the quiet village of Tilling Green, Detective Inspector Frank Abbott of Scotland Yard dispatches Miss Silver to investigate. Disguised as a vacationer, the retired governess stays with Renie Walsh, the town gossip, and learns of the marital and financial difficulties among the Reptons at the Manor House as well as all the petty details of life among the other village inhabitants.</p><p>It soon becomes apparent to Miss Silver that the suicide was murder and that there is a vicious and demented killer at work. The officious letters still come, exposing or accusing, and the terror mounts with two more seemingly unconnected murders. Miss Silver almost becomes a fourth victim, but outwits the killer with her usual straight-spined aplomb.</p><

Patricia Wentworth

She Came Back

Assumed dead, Lady Anne Jocelyn meets varying degrees of welcome when she returns from Occupied France to her old life in England. Though her husband Sir Philip is not overjoyed to see her, he agrees to a trial reunion. But a murder raises his doubts, and then a second and third send Miss Silver to a curious consideration of life after death.<

Patricia Wentworth

The Alington Inheritance

Another case for retired governess turned private detective, Miss Silver. After the death of her guardian, Jenny Hill inherits Alington House. But the present owners, distant relations of Jenny, plan to cheat her out of her inheritance.<

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