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A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing.
London was still recovering from the devastation of World War II when another disaster hit: for five long days in December 1952, a killer smog held the city firmly in its grip and refused to let go. Day became...
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It's a cold crisp day at Secret Seal Isle's outdoor skating rink, and Cookie is enjoying the time with her best friend Scarlett, even if they are trying to sort out Cookie's relationship woes. But when an unlikely object lands in a mug of hot mulled wine, clear evidence of foul play steers Cookie toward another investigation.When FBI agent Hunter O'Neil comes to Cookie's aid, he discovers more than one body part is upsetting the sleepy coastal town....
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Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance-that's village life in wartime England...
When a German pilot bails out into the town square, members of the Housewives League are more intent on salvaging the parachute than capturing the enemy. The pilot escapes, and shortly after, the body of a Land Army girl is discovered. Blame falls on the missing pilot, but Lady Elizabeth believes otherwise and sets out to prove it. Meanwhile,...
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Searching for Breath is a very personal investigation into the essence of our most important bodily function, breathing: how it sustains and lets us thrive – physically, psychologically and spiritually – and how we can manage it to make our lives better.
Every one of us breathes 25,000 times a day; it is intrinsic to life on earth. However, almost everyone takes it for granted and yet this essential bodily process is something we can control....
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Hercule Poirot must solve a perplexing case of midair murder in Death in the Clouds when he discovers that the woman in seat two of the airborne aeroplane he’s traveling on is quite unexpectedly—and unnaturally—deceased.
From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers on the short flight from Paris to London. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly
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Mike Shayne has 2 hours to solve a murder-or else watch his lover die It's 2 hours before midnight when the woman in room 360 calls the front desk to report a murder. The house detective sprints upstairs, but finds room 360 totally empty: no killer, no victim, and no woman begging for help. Across town, Mike Shayne is driving back to his office after a romantic evening with Lucy Hamilton. Despite the quiet and the moonlight, in his bones he knows...
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A twenty year old unsolved murder compounded by fractured haunting memories surfaces with a vengeance as Natalie Grant tries to unravel the disturbing tie with her best friend KT O'Neill's recent suicide. The Irish always pay every respect to their dead, Natalie thought. The funeral would be long-winded and she would be the last to give a eulogy, anyhow. Natalie prayed she could mentally detach herself and sink back in time and successfully connect...
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We're destined to destroy each other, but we're going to finish this game, no matter how long or what it takes.
In my line of business, everyday dawns with the smell of death in the air. But it's not a bullet that's going to slay me. It's Sabella, the woman who was promised to me, the woman who betrayed me.
I hate and want her in equal measure, an agonizing situation of my own making. We're heading down a path of destruction, but there's no turning...
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They've prevailed against the greatest of odds, but will the ultimate battle lead to their reckoning?
The beautiful Irish witch Alainn O'Brien and her husband Killian, a handsome warrior chieftain, have been in love most of their lives. While danger has followed the gifted witch and her sovereign guardian ruthlessly and relentlessly, their love and commitment have always saved them. But now, finally returned to their castle, they and the other witches...
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Two doctors. One killer. One woman in labour.A killer infiltrates the obstetrics ward of a Montreal hospital just before Christmas, taking one pregnant woman and one resident doctor hostage at gunpoint.Dr. Hope Sze struggles to deliver her patient's baby with blood on the floor and death in the air.And when Dr. Tucker tries to rescue their tiny crew, only to end up hostage material alongside them, Hope's heart just might break, even before the kidnapper...
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This is the story of the last few months of WWII in the Pacific, seen through the eyes of one man, a radio operator aboard a B29 Superfortress who kept a diary of 28 missions over Japan. The diary tells of the horrors of war. It was written in darkness, and often fear, with a pen-light during lonely hours confined for up to 18 hours at a time. Herb Greer our main author, 23 years old, frightened and sitting on up to 20,000 pounds of jellied gasoline...
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Sandra Benson appears to have her life in order. A Christian with a popular talk radio show, she makes sure no one sees her struggles with alcohol and tries to tell herself it's not a big deal.Then a caller who names himself "Lucifer" makes a startling statement - he killed a woman. Sandra is rattled by the call, especially when she learns she has a connection to the dead woman.As her life slowly unravels thanks to Lucifer, Sandra struggles to help...
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Two tall tales of mystery, the occult, and death-defying escapes The women of London have taken to wearing thin black bands around their necks. Is it a fashion accessory-or a stylish way of hiding bite marks? A string of strange deaths has struck the town, and witnesses claim to have seen a vampire bat fleeing the scene. The London police can rest easy, for the vampire has left for New York. He makes his first appearance in a Broadway dressing room,...
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For readers of Into Thin Air, riveting high-altitude drama and the passion and drive that inspire outsized mountaineering achievements.
Master of Thin Air opens with a fall that the author very nearly could not stop down an almost vertical rock ramp leading to a three-thousand-foot drop. The qualities that saved him then on K2-in addition to his mountaineering know-how and sheer good luck-drove his sixteen-year journey to summit all of the world's...
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The incredible, untold story of the men who risked their lives in the first transcontinental air contest-and put American aviation on the map.
The Great Air Race reclaims one of the most important moments in the history of American aviation: the transcontinental air race of October 1919 that saw scores of pilots compete for the fastest roundtrip time between New York and San Francisco in frail, open-cockpit biplanes. Riveting the nation, the aviators-most...
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A fire destroys a New York City rare bookstore-and reveals clues to a treasure worth killing for. . . . A disgraced scholar is found tortured to death. . . . And those pursuing the most valuable literary find in history are about to cross from the harmless mundane into inescapable nightmare.
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Tropic of Night comes a breathtaking thriller that twists, shocks, and surprises at every turn as it crisscrosses centuries,...
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"For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and...
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"[A] history of air conditioning, chronicling the numerous gimmicks, failed attempts, con jobs, and eventual successes ... a surprisingly interesting journey." - San Francisco Book Review The air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world's greatest inventions-yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits; saved countless lives, and caused countless deaths. First appearing...
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