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Two boys, Ellis and his best friend Neckbone, find a mysterious man named Mud hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life, including how he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper. The boys agree to help him, but it isn't long until their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out...

Down in the darkest alleys, there is a killer on the loose. Preying on the city's women, this killer is as precise as he is cruel. As Police Commissioner James Gordon tries to calm the fears of Gotham's citizens over the butcher named Jack the Ripper, the masked vigilante Batman does some detective work of his own, with the help of the sultry and surefooted Selina Kyle.

Publisher Annotation: Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim, the four members of the Thursday Crime Club, are still celebrating solving their first murder case. With the hubbub of investigation already behind them, they prepare for a well-deserved season of rest and relaxation at Cooper's Chase, their posh retirement community. But it seems that there is going to be no luck because a few days later an unexpected visitor will arrive: an old friend of Elizabeth's...

Apareciendo de la nada para horrorizar a la tranquila ciudad turística de Sanibel Island, Florida, docenas de zapatos idénticos de aspecto ordinario flotan en la marea y son arrastrados a la playa tropical, cada uno con un pie humano toscamente cortado en su interior. El agente Pendergast, llamado fuera de sus vacaciones en otro lugar del estado, accede a regañadientes a visitar la escena del crimen y, a su pesar, rápidamente se ve atraído por...

Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series...

Las mujeres de la familia Jackson siempre han sabido que podían contar la una con la otra. A pesar de la fuerza del vínculo que las une, madre e hija son como la noche del día. Indiana es una atractiva bohemia de espíritu libre, sanadora especialista en Reiki y aromaterapia, y pese a llevar tiempo separada, sigue reacia a comprometerse con alguno de los hombres que la desean: ya sea Alan, el rico vástago de una de las familias miás importantes...