Death In Desolation

When a remote farm is visited by a killer, Chief Superintendent Littlejohn must uncover the secrets of a tight-lipped clan in this British mystery. When police investigate a fire at Harry Quill’s desolate farm, they find the owner dead and his invalid wife unconscious. Mrs. Quill had apparently started the fire as a call for help. Already investigating a criminal gang raiding isolated farms, Littlejohn and Inspector Cromwell are on the case. But the gang was just arrested in Northern Scotland. Surely, they cannot be involved? The Quill family is old and widespread, a closed shop to all except its own, who keep its many secrets among themselves. They are headed by Aunt Clara, a formidable matron who rules by fear. To get to the truth of who killed Harry, Littlejohn must engage in a battle of wits with Claraand her crafty coven of lawyers.

P.J. Tracy “seems to have found her literary sweet spot” (New York Times Book Review) with her dazzling new series, and in Desolation Canyon, fans get a deeper look into the complex characters who call Los Angeles home. LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan is struggling to move forward after the death of her brother in Afghanistan and taking a life in the line of duty. Her stoic parents offer little support – they refuse to address anything difficult, and she’s afraid their relationship is eroding beyond the point of recovery. The days off are the hardest, because they give Margaret time to think. A moment of weakness leads to cocktails with a colleague—an attraction she knows could be dangerous —at the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air bar. A stroll through the grounds leads to a grim discovery beneath the surface of Swan Lake: the body of a successful attorney who made his fortune in international trade. It initially appears to be death by misadventure, but the case is anything but straightforward. As a series of shocking revelations emerge, Nolan finds herself confronting a sinister cabal that just might destroy her and everyone she loves.

A murder in plain sight brings Scotland Yard to investigate family secrets in a sleepy English town in this mystery from the beloved series. In the close-knit community of Enderby, Ned Bunn wasn’t what you’d call popular. In fact, there were some fellow residents who wished him dead. But when Bunn is found dead on the doorstep of his own shop, the town is in shock. As Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard investigates, he finds more than typical small-town animosity in the victim’s past. Surprising revelations about Bunn and his family bring new leads—and new suspects—to this unexpectedly baffling case.

What happened in Kirven, Texas, in May 1922 has been forgotten by the outside world. It was only a co-worker's whispered words, "Kirven is where they burned the [Negroes]," that set Monte Akers on a quest to find out what happened and, more important, why. After years of following clues found in old newspaper clippings, NAACP reports, and the memories of the few remaining witnesses who would talk, Akers here pieces together the story of a young white woman's brutal murder and the burning alive of three black men who were almost certainly innocent of it. This was followed by a month-long reign of terror as white men hunted down and killed blacks while local authorities concealed the real identity of the white probable murderers and allowed them to go free. Akers paints a vivid portrait of a community desolated by race hatred and its own refusal to face hard truths.

A dead metropolis. A strength-sapping bionic arm. A long-forgotten friend. John Osborne has a four-week lease on life. His survival depends on finding the Northland Core, an enigmatic power source hidden within the forsaken ruins of Minneapolis. With a whole city to scour and time growing short, John needs all the help he can get. When his former commanding officer arrives in Minneapolis and offers to assist, John can hardly refuse. But he's soon to discover that in this Desolation-ravaged world help comes at a high price. Every twitch of John's arm draws death closer. Can John unravel the mysteries of the Minneapple in time? Or will he become another corpse rotting in the murky swells of Desolation's wake? The body count continues to climb in this bullet-riddled third installment of The Northland Chronicles.

She couldn't escape, even in death.Cold. Stiff. Buried beneath the ground for decay. How do you comprehend waking up after being dead? For Dakini, that is a reality. Her last memory is of her land being destroyed as she meets her demise. Something or someone brought her back. But why? The world she remembered is gone. The last thing she wants to do is face her killer again. Blending in seems to be her best option. Until she comes face to face with the true hell her people are experiencing under the new leadership. Sold into the kingdom of dragon shifters, she chooses to compete in Ruination, a set of death duals, in order to gain her freedom. She must face her challenges head on if she wants to take her land back from those that ended her life. Can she become the High Fae her people need?

After a triumphant return from Persidia, Arian plans for a final confrontation with the elusive aggressor who continues to wreck innocent lives. He sits in council with his monarchs and commanders to craft strategies for war. Then he leads his forces into the Land of Majestic Mountains where death and mayhem found new meaning and where they made the most noteworthy of friends.

Duncan's whole world is the orphanage where he lives. Aged ten, he is sure that his mother is dead until the day she turns up to claim him. Maggie Bright, a soprano who was once the talent of her generation, now sings in a run-down bar through a haze of whisky and regret. She often finishes up in the arms of Joshua McGreevey, a Vietnam vet who earns his living as part of a tunneling crew seventy feet beneath the Bay. Thrown into this adult world of mysterious suffering, Duncan finds comfort in an ancient radio - from which tumble the voices of Apollo mission astronauts who never came home - and dreams of one day finding his father.