The Woman in the Alcove

Anna Katharine Green

Synopsis

When a New York high society party ends in murder, a young woman must clear her new fiancé’s name, in this 1905 mystery by a detective fiction pioneer.Having grown up an orphan, Miss Rita Van Arsdale never expected a life of glamour and romance. But when she is invited to an elegant party—she finds herself surrounded by New York City’s crème de la crème—and falling in love with dashingly handsome Anson Durand. Rita’s life later takes a turn when Anson proposes marriage . . . but the evening has more surprises in store. A beautiful woman has been murdered and her spectacular diamond has disappeared. When Anson is named the prime suspect, Rita is determined to prove his innocence. But there are dark secrets lurking beneath the sparkling veneer of New York’s high society, and some are willing to do anything to keep them hidden.

Disponible depuis: 25/01/2022.

Longueur d'impression: 332 pages.

D'autres livres qui pourraient vous intéresser

Burying Ben

Ellen Kirschman

"A deftly crafted novel of compelling complexity," this first book in the mystery series featuring cop therapist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is "absorbing" (Midwest Book Review). 
 
 
  
As her police department's newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has a lot to prove. Especially since everyone on a small-town force doesn't see any reason for a shrink on staff. So when the rookie cop commits suicide, everyone's looking to blame Dot—even Dot herself. Dot knew Ben Gomez was struggling to adjust to police work, but how had she missed the signs that he was at the end of his rope? 
 
 
 
Now, with Ben's and her reputation on the line, Dot goes looking for answers. What she discovers is the dark underbelly of a town—and a police force—who have very little patience with a woman who asks too many questions. Dot is determined to get to the truth behind the young officer's death—even at the risk of losing her job. Or her life . . .

Voir livre

Centipede

Timothy Yeo Guan Keng

The only female member of an IT delivery team gets stricken with a lustful curse. 
#2 of our Asian Horror short story collection.

Voir livre

Killer Greed - A Hunter Harden...

SM Kahan

Hunter Harden, an LAPD investigator, refuses to be defeated by a severe injury and a career setback. His latest assignment appears insurmountable: a series of murders targeting charity CEOs, carried out with brutal precision and leaving no trace. The common thread? DonorScale, an innovative software employed by these philanthropic titans. As Hunter teams up with the enigmatic architect of DonorScale, Emma Harper, they unearth shocking revelations. Beneath the veneer of altruism lies a dark nexus where benevolence and malevolence collide.

Voir livre

Odyssey Through Jerusalem An...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Nora Godwin

A fire erupts in the Chapel, which the Friars are able to extinguish. However, the Confessionals can still take place. Meanwhile Holmes has contact with an important witness.

Voir livre

Murder and the Mermaid - A...

L.B. Hathaway

A haunted old hotel deep in smuggling country, a friend in need, a local dancer who has disappeared in the depths of winter… Posie Parker heads to Rye in Sussex for this golden-age style mystery novella!
December, 1925.
A dark, smog-filled London doesn’t seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, receives an urgent call from one of her oldest friends; Rufus, Earl of Cardigeon.
Summoned to ‘The Mermaid’, a reputedly haunted hotel in Rye, on the Sussex Coast, in the heart of smuggling country, Posie, together with her husband, Richard, finds her old friend in a real state.
Rufus has been promised answers here about his missing wife, Dolly, but instead there’s simply a bizarre string of events: a priceless car mysteriously driven off a cliff; a missing Frenchman, and telegrams from men who simply don’t exist. While Richard Lovelace, Chief Commissioner of New Scotland Yard tries to work out if Rufus himself is the target of a complicated plot, Posie has her own rather more personal, pressing investigations to make.
The local tragedy of a missing dancer, Rosa Rossoli, fascinates Posie. It has been dealt with by local police as an open-and-shut case. But Posie soon discovers it is anything but. And she suspects foul play.
And as the snow falls, and Christmas lights go up, Posie becomes involved in perhaps her most touching case so far. Soon she becomes aware that danger lurks at ‘The Mermaid’, and not just for Rufus Cardigeon. In the twisty old smuggling tunnels of the hotel itself, a murderer is on the loose and they have Posie in their sights.
A totally gripping 1920s historical cozy!
Please sign up for the newsletter at: lbhathaway.com

Voir livre

Never Letting Go

Stacy Claflin

A destination wedding is the idyllic escape. Except when there's a murderer on the loose. 
Ariana and Damon are thrilled for a getaway weekend to celebrate their friends' new life together. Everything is smooth sailing until strange things start happening . . . Unexplained noises. People feeling watchful eyes when alone. Mysterious threats. 
Then a member of the wedding party goes missing. 
Everybody must work together to find their friend. But who can they trust? Any of them could be behind the disappearance . . . or it could be someone who came without an invitation. Either way, they're dealing with a desperate person who will stop at nothing to end the marriage before it even begins. 
Ariana is determined to find answers before anyone else vanishes . . .

Voir livre