Jack Reacher returns in the latest fast-moving, action-packed,
suspenseful book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child.
You can leave the army, but the army doesn’t leave you. Not always. Not
completely, notes Jack Reacher — and sure enough, the retired military
cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State
Department and the CIA.
Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of
Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the
target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters
of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott — an American
marksman gone bad - is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison,
he’s out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G-8 summit
packed with enough world leaders to tempt any assassin.
If anyone can stop Kott, it’s the man who beat him before: Reacher. And
though he’d rather work alone, Reacher is teamed with Casey Nice, a
rookie analyst who keeps her cool with Zoloft. But they’re facing a
rough road, full of ruthless mobsters, Serbian thugs, close calls,
double-crosses — and no backup if they’re caught. All the while Reacher
can’t stop thinking about the woman he once failed to save. But he won’t
let that that happen again. Not this time. Not Nice.
Reacher never gets too close. But now a killer is making it personal.
How do you make peace with the dead if the dead aren’t ready to
forgive? In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper’s new novel,
the answer lies in the twisting shadows of a small town, and its secrets
yet unearthed.
When Deacon James’s younger sister Melanie calls him, terrified, he goes
to her aid in the small Georgia town of Sociable. What he finds is a
scared young woman in the grip of what she insists is a paranormal
nightmare — and murder. Two local men have been killed under mysterious
circumstances. And Melanie is the prime suspect.
Trinity Nichols left a high-stress job for quiet, small-town life. But
news of the murders has left her — and the town — on edge, especially
when there is nothing remotely ordinary about how the men died. And her
investigation is yielding more than she bargained for, including a group
of strangers who have descended on Sociable, some with abilities
Trinity finds hard to believe, and agendas she refuses to trust. For
some reason, they know a lot more than they should about what’s
happening in town. And what’s happening is growing stranger by the
minute.
Now Trinity, Deacon, and this odd band of FBI agents must work together
to solve a series of disturbances so incredible that Trinity, and the
town of Sociable, will be changed forever. She just isn’t certain who —
or what — will be left standing when it’s all over.
Izzy McHale wants her new Trendy Tails Pet Boutique in Merryville,
Minnesota, to be the height of canine couture and feline fashions. But
in a week of wedding bells, someone is about to hold their peace.
forever.
Love is in the air, and Izzy is hard at work coordinating two special
weddings at Trendy Tails. First, Izzy’s friend and mentor, Ingrid, will
be tying the knot with her old flame. And a week later, Izzy will host
“pupptials” for two lovable dogs.
But even with the hullabaloo,
the Trendy Tails crew is intrigued by Daniel, an enigmatic writer
boarding above the shop who’s caught the attention of Izzy’s zany aunt
Dolly, who gossips like most people breathe.
Unfortunately, it’s
Daniel who stops breathing when he drops dead at the altar on Ingrid’s
wedding day. Then Dolly is found at the scene with the murder weapon,
and it’s up to Izzy, her Trendy Tails pals, and her scrappy pets, Packer
and Jinx, to find a killer before the two affianced doggies bark down
the aisle.
Whether it’s to satisfy a craving for chocolate or pick up the
hottest new bestseller, the locals in charming West Riverdale, Maryland,
are heading to Chocolates and Chapters, where everything sold is to die
for.
Best friends Michelle Serrano and Erica Russell are
celebrating the sweet rewards of their combined bookstore and chocolate
shop by hosting the Great Fudge Cook-off during the town’s Memorial Day
weekend Arts Festival. But success turns bittersweet when Main Street’s
portrait photographer is found dead in their store, poisoned by
Michelle’s signature truffles.
As suspicion mounts against
Michelle, her sales begin to crumble and her career seems whipped. With
Erica by her side, Michelle must pick through an assortment of suspects
before the future of their dream store melts away.
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES
Includes Scrumptious Chocolate-Making Recipes!
As Thanksgiving approaches, Jordan Bingham is grateful for her job
researching rare books for Vera Van Alst, the infamous curmudgeon of
Harrison Falls, New York. But when an uninvited guest makes an
appearance, much more than dinner is disrupted — and Jordan is thankful
just to be alive.
Vera Van Alst doesn’t normally receive visitors without appointment, but
she agrees to see the imperious Muriel Delgado upon arrival. Shortly
thereafter, Jordan is told that her position is being terminated.
Evicted from the Van Alst House, Jordan is determined to find out what
hold Muriel has over her erstwhile employer.
It seems Muriel has designs on Vera’s money and property — not to
mention a particular interest in her collection of Nero Wolfe first
editions. When Jordan discovers a deadly connection between Muriel and
the Van Alst family, it’s up to her to put the house in order and stop a
killer from going back to press.
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!
When she’s not dreaming up irresistible
dessert bars for her Minneapolis treatery, Bar None, Charity “Chase”
Oliver is running after her cat, Quincy — a tubby tabby with a gift for
sniffing out edibles. But what happens when this cat burglar leads Chase
to the scene of a real crime?
The jig is up for Chase’s
adorable plus-size cat, Quincy. His new vet says “diet” — that means no
more cherry cheesecake bars. From now on he gets low-calorie kibble
only. But one taste of the stuff is all it takes to drive him in search
of better things. Quincy’s escape is the last thing Chase needs after
the nasty run-in she has with underhanded business rival Gabe Naughtly.
Chase
tracks Quincy down in a neighbor’s kitchen, where he’s devouring a
meatloaf, unaware of the much more serious crime he’s stumbled upon.
Gabe’s corpse is lying on the kitchen floor, and when Chase is
discovered at the murder scene, she becomes suspect number one. Now,
with a little help from her friends — both human and feline — she’ll
have to catch the real killer or wind up behind bars that aren’t so
sweet.
Includes recipes for people and cats!
And the best performance as a skull goes to
After years
of hiding in the Thackery family house, Sid the skeleton is delighted to
finally have his moment in the spotlight. He’s starring in a high
school production of Hamlet. Well, not so much starring in as being a
prop. At least part of him has a part — he’s using his head to play
Yorick of “Alas, poor Yorick” fame. Every day, Georgia Thackery’s
daughter, Madison, who’s also in the play, brings in his skull, and
every night, she takes him home.
Until one night when he’s accidentally left at school — and hears the
sounds of someone being murdered. But the next day, there’s no body and
no one seems to be missing.
Sid is not a numbskull — he knows
what he heard. Georgia thinks he imagined it — until a week later when a
body is found. Now Georgia and Sid will both need to keep their heads
as they stick their necks out and play sleuth to catch the conscience of
a killer.
Dream Team
Business consultant Taylor Blake has returned to Savannah, Georgia, to
help her sister Allison turn her dream of running an old-fashioned candy
store into a reality. Allison is also interested in dream
interpretation and invites Taylor to her Friday night Dream Club, where
members meet once a week to share and analyze their dreams.
When a local dance instructor, Chico Hernandez, is found dead in his
studio, and the murder scene has an eerie resemblance to one of the
dreams shared at their meeting, Taylor can’t help but be intrigued. And
when her sister, who was briefly involved with the dance teacher,
becomes the prime suspect, Taylor and their fellow club members can’t be
caught napping. It’s up to them to dream up a solution to the murder
before Allison faces a real-life nightmare.
