Sourcebooks aug 2008 (6 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - It is May of 1272, and Prioress Eleanor of Tyndale, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, journeys to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor. Although Eleanor hopes to regain her strength in the midst of pleasant childhood memories, Death reveals a most troublesome fondness for her company. A ghost now haunts Amesbury. And when a man is decapitated near the river where the grim figure walks, Sister Beatrice, Eleanor's aunt and acting prioress of Amesbury, shows an uncharacteristic hesitancy about taking charge of any investigation. As others apparently fall victim to the vengeful ghost, Eleanor struggles to put a human face on the restless spirit, and Brother Thomas, pursuing a secret mission for the Church connected with the Priory's famous Psaltery, finds that his own demons have unexpectedly taken on a very human form.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Evans always incorporates detailed research that adds depth and authenticity to her mysteries, and she beautifully conjures up the Micco County, FL, setting. This is a series that deserves more attention than it garners.' --Library Journal STARRED reviewFaye Longchamp is once again at Joyeuse, the family plantation in Florida she labors so lovingly to restore. She's happily doing archaeological work on a site once owned by her family. But her joy abruptly ends when thieves break into the home of her friend and mentor Douglass Everett and kill him, inexplicably ignoring his impressive display of artifacts and valuable art work. All that's missing are Faye's field notes.Among the items the thieves left behind is the magnificent emerald that Faye had just unearthed and brought to Douglass that fateful evening. Why Then another murder quickly furnishes a clue that only Faye is likely to interpret. It launches her on a treasure hunt connected to Marie Antoinette and to the history of the Confederacy.The killers have shown they will stop at nothing to get the information in Faye's notes. It's only a matter of time before they come for Faye.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Elderly Jonathan Lydell III is proud of his family history. For him, family, status, and history are the only realities--that and his antebellum house. Lydell is restoring the house to its pre-Civil War configuration, complete with a 'stranger room' for unknown travelers. Separate from the rest of the house, the intent was to protect the family from unsavory guests. But what protects the travelers Nearly 150 years ago, an inexplicable murder took place inside the Lydell's locked stranger room. Now another identical murder has been committed in the newly restored room. Why would history repeat itself Does the Lydell family history hold the key to the mystery Dr. Frederick Ramsay, a retired Episcopal priest, lives and writes in Surprise, Arizona. Stranger Room is his fourth novel to feature Sheriff Ike Schwartz.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - After a second World Championship in four years, the Boston Red Sox have finally buried the Curse of the Bambino-- or have they Sox owner Louis Kenwood receives an extortion note signed 'Babe Ruth' claiming that the 2004 World Series was fixed--and demanding $50 million to keep the information from getting to the press and the Commissioner's office.If the allegation of a fix becomes public, Kenwood fears irreparable damage to the value of his franchise and to his legacy as Lucky Louie, a the man who finally brought a championship to Boston after 86 years. Thus, the Red Sox turn to private detective Sam Skarda to find out who's behind the extortion plot.Kenwood insists that his beautiful executive assistant Heather Canby accompany--and monitor--Sam on every step of his investigation. Unsure whom he can trust, Sam follows the clues to the Los Angeles underworld and then to the slums of Venezuela. Can he assemble all of the pieces to this puzzle before more lives are lost and scandal blasts the Red Sox Nation Green Monster is the second novel in the Sam Skarda series, following Amen Corner.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In Heyer's latest Regency novel, beautiful Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine, find Julian St. John Audley, the Fifth Earl of Worth, to be an arrogant, insufferable dandy. Unfortunately for them he is also, quite by chance, their legal guardian.

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