When Lucie Montgomery finds the body of prominent wine merchant Paul Noble hanging from a beam in his art studio not far from her Virginia vineyard, she is unwittingly dragged into Noble’s murky past. Once a member of the secretive Mandrake Society, Noble might have aided in a cover-up of the deaths forty years ago of a disabled man and a beautiful young biochemist involved in classified government research.

A seemingly innocent favor for an old friend of her French grandfather sends Lucie to California, where she teams up with Quinn Santori, who walked out of Lucie’s life months earlier. Soon Lucie and Quinn are embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game that takes them from glittering San Francisco to the legendary vineyards of Napa and Sonoma, and back home to Virginia, as they try to discover whether a killer may be seeking vengeance for the long-ago deaths. As Lucie and Quinn struggle to uncover the past, they must also decide whether they have a future together. Blending an intriguing mystery with an absorbing plot, vivid characters, and a richly evoked setting, should be savored like a glass of fine wine.

Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him...for the life of the girl Jasper loves. 

One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei's neck tightens. And tightens. 

In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the "thing" inside her.

When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch….

Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she's special, says she's one of The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.

Griffin's investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help—and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.

But The Machinist wants to tear Griff's little company of strays apart, and it isn't long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she's on—even if it seems no one believes her.

Fraudeonderzoeker Katerina Carter heeft het moeilijk met de alzheimerdiagnose van haar oom als ze plotseling de grootste zaak uit haar carrière in de schoot geworpen krijgt. Maar alles heeft een prijs…

Als miljardair Zachary Barron Kat inhuurt om onderzoek te doen naar mogelijke verduistering binnen zijn hedgefonds, ontdekt ze een verband met het geheimzinnige en machtige World Institute: een mondiaal bedrijf dat er alles aan doet om regeringen en zelfs de wereldwijde financiële markt in zijn macht wil krijgen. En hoe dieper ze graaft naar hun onfrisse handelspraktijken, hoe meer ze beseft dat ze op het punt staat te verdwijnen in een ravijn vol duister bedrog, gewetenloze corruptie en keihard geweld.

Met de levens van haar familie en vrienden op het spel en haar carrière in de waagschaal moet Kat de moeilijkste beslissing van haar leven nemen zodat ze de mensen van wie ze het meeste houdt kan beschermen. Want het sinistere World Institute gaat over lijken om ervoor te zorgen dat hun geheimen nooit aan het licht zullen komen.

Kat speelt een dodelijk spel: ze moet een vijand die nooit verliest, geen getuigen in leven laat en Kat zelf met de dood bedreigt met gelijke munt terugbetalen…

From Publishers Weekly

In a summer of panic and death in 1878, more than half the population of Memphis, Tenn., fled the raging yellow fever epidemic, which finally waned when cooler weather set in. The disease had been transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which came in swarms on ships from the Caribbean or West Africa. This account has a narrower scope than James Dickerson's recent Yellow Fever, focusing on the Memphis tragedy, but journalist Crosby offers a forceful narrative of a disease's ravages and the quest to find its cause and cure. Crosby is particularly good at evoking the horrific conditions in Memphis, "a city of corpses" and rife with illness characterized by high fever, black vomit and hemorrhaging, treated by primitive methods. Crosby also relates arresting tales of heroism, such as how two nuns returned to the quarantined city from a vacation to nurse the victims. The author profiles scientists, some of whom died in their fight to identify the cause of this deadly disease. She also describes more recent outbreaks in Africa: yellow fever is making a frightening comeback despite the existence of a vaccine. Photos. Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers selection. (Nov. 7)
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About the Author

Molly Caldwell Crosby has previously worked for National Geographic magazine, and her writing has appeared in Newsweek, Health, and USA Today, among others.

Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it’s cold and lonely and totally predictable. Instead, she’s sent back to Earth where she must face the evil she despises and the good she always feared.

From Booklist

Cross' first book to be published in the U.S. is a hit-and-miss affair. The main character, Nathan, hears a knock on the door and is shocked to discover the caller is Bob, a person from his past. When they were younger, the two men were involved in something so horrendous that they both took a vow never to speak of it again. Now the secret they share is literally about to be unburied. Can the truth remain hidden, and will their involvement remain unknown? A premise that has been done to death rises again here, but the lack of an intriguing and likable main character gets in the way of whatever freshness Cross manages to bring to the story line. Cross is the head writer for the solid BBC America series MI5. He has the chops to write good thrillers, so he deserves another chance. --Jeff Ayers

Review

"Burial is not only a page-turner, but also a sensitive and atmospheric portrayal of a man at the end of his tether....Creepy, unsettling, and subtle."
--The Guardian (UK)

"Burial is a terrifically scary and all too believable tale. It's brilliantly written in taut, humorous prose, while being exceptionally well observed and paced."
--The Mirror (UK)

"This compulsive page-turner is a thrilling read."

--The Sun (UK)

"Cross marries literary values to the page-turning crime narrative...There are some readers who won't thank Cross for taking them into such moral terra incognita, but even those feeling a little grubby won't be able to deny the author's sheer mastery of his unsettling task."
--The Independent (UK)

"Stunning...it has been a long time since I've read a novel so compelling, chilling and satisfying."
--Peter James, London Times bestselling author of Dead Man's Footsteps