Allison Brennan –
In New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan’s latest thriller, Lucy Kincaid’s trip home for Christmas takes a deadly turn.
The Kincaid family hasn’t been together for the holidays in twenty years. Now, after a heart attack puts the family patriarch in the hospital, the seven Kincaid kids and their families are doing everything they can to be home this Christmas. But getting everyone to San Diego by December 25th isn’t easy—Lucy and Sean are forced to stay the night in Denver when a blizzard shuts the airports down, and a bad evening turns deadly when they discover a body in the hotel exercise room. Meanwhile, Lucy’s siblings are facing troubles of their own, from missing friends to death threats. Slowly, a terrifying picture begins to emerge that hits closer to home than any of the Kincaids are prepared to deal with.
Partners in Crime. Agatha Christie. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, restless for adventure, solve cases using fictional detective styles of the 1920s within a framework of Russian spies, codeword 16, kidnappers to outwit.
- Pink Pearl – Thefts in rich country houses follow visits of kleptomaniac Lady Laura and French maid Elise
- Finessing the King – Sir Arthur mourns wife killed at costume ball as Queen of Hearts, apparently by their best friend Captain Hale, dressed in newspaper.
- Man in the mist – Actress Gilda Glen, brainless beauty, beaten upstairs after new lover Reilly leaves, stolid policeman appears suddenly from fog.
- Crackler – American Hank P. Ryder assists tracking counterfeit bills from gambling Laidlaw couple, lovely Margeurite.
- Sunningdale – Miss Dora Evans ran from Mr Sessle, found later stabbed in his distinctive green coat, after meeting lady in brown coat on golf course.
- House of Lurking Death – Rich young Miss Lois Hargreaves consults pair over worries, dies next day from ricin, as does parlormaid, and suspect, heir Dennis Radclyffe.
- The Unbreakable Alibi – Blonde Australian lovely Una Drake bets rich Montgomery Jones he cannot break her alibi, being two distant places at the same time.
- Ambassador’s Boots – American Ambassador Randolph Wilmott has kitbag replaced after shipboard mixup. Nothing is missing and Senator Ralph Westerham denies losing his.