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At a Halloween party, Joyce – a hostile thirteen-year-old – boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, detective Hercule Poirot is called in to find the “evil presence.” But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer. Red meat for Agatha Christie fans!

Need a little romance? Valentine's weekend, Art and Marion Fowler flee their Cleveland suburb for Niagara Falls, desperate to recoup their losses. Jobless, with their home approaching foreclosure and their marriage on the brink of collapse, Art and Marion liquidate their savings account and book a bridal suite at the Falls' ritziest casino for a second honeymoon. While they sightsee like tourists during the day, at night they risk it all at the roulette wheel to fix their finances-and save their marriage. Hey – love is a gamble.

The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, from the mystery writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age.

The Broadway actress, and star of Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys film provides a guide for those looking to have clear and authentic communication with others by using digital technology as a tool—but not the only tool. Through personal stories and easily applicable practices, Marino explains how to become a master communicator in personal and professional settings by knowing when to use digital technology and when to put the devices down to have a direct conversation. Essential for any parent concerned with their child’s “digital time.”

A twisty and propulsive read, this dark psychological thriller of sibling rivalry, love, betrayal and the dire consequences of family fallout brilliantly plays on our fears of loneliness and abandonment.

If you are like most people, no one taught you about money. In fact, you may still sometimes feel like you don’t know what you are doing and are unsure of how to teach money principles to your teen. This quick read shares the knowledge and tools to help you teach your teen about money to help your teen build a strong foundation for the future.

Mario Conde investigates a murder in the Barrio Chino, the rundown Chinatown of Havana. Not his usual beat, but when Conde was asked to take the case by his colleague, the sultry, perfectly proportioned Lieutenant Patricia Chion, a frequent object of his nightly fantasies, he couldn’t resist. The case proves to be unusual. Soon Conde discovers unexpected connections, secret businesses and a history of misfortune, uprooting and loneliness that affected many immigrant families from China in this page-turner. 

In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die. Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to Hell. But something awful's brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up. Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world? I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough in devouring this book.

Throughout Southern India, 86 villages are set to completely submerge due to a government-sanctioned dam across the Krishna River. One such village, Nilgi, has so far avoided the illegal iron-ore mining and floods that have ravaged the district for decades, believing itself to be indestructible and incorruptible despite warnings of impending doom. One night, Reshma, a young orphan girl, appears alone in the village. Her presence, and the mystery of her origins, sets off a chain of events threatening the protests, the family and Nilgi itself. Soon, secrets and corruption flood the village along with the waters.

A quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won’t lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father’s cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor’s life. Beautifully-written collection of short stories in this second effort by one of Ireland’s most gifted new voices.

 

Tucker, a young veteran, returns from the Korean War to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers don’t have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything. The story of people living off the land and by their wits in a backwoods Kentucky world of shine-runners and laborers.

The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.

Drawing on social science, philosophy, biography, theology and eastern wisdom, as well as dozens of interviews with everyday men and women, Brooks shows us that true life success is well within our reach. By refocusing on certain priorities and habits that anyone can learn, such as deep wisdom, detachment from empty rewards, connection and service to others and spiritual progress, we can set ourselves up for increased happiness. Highly inspirational.

The eleven stories in Mackin’s mesmerizing debut collection draw from his many deployments with a special operations task force in Iraq and Afghanistan. They began as notes he jotted on the inside of his forearm in grease pencil and, later, as bullet points on the torn-off flap of an MRE kit. Whenever possible he incorporated those notes into his journals. Years later, he used those journals to write this incredibly powerful book.

Wild biography from the former SNL comedy writer and star of Better Call Saul.