Synopses & Reviews
Politics, money, love . . . what could go wrong?
Susan Callisto is pushing thirty and taking stock. Before she traded financial security at a Boston law firm for sandals and jeans in Waltham, she specialized in real estate law. Now she has reinvented herself as a political consultant for ordinary people seeking low-level office. Her income may be dicey, but Susan loves her new life—until her sometime boyfriend, Detective Lieutenant Michael Benedict, dumps her without a goodbye. Not one to mope, Susan uses humor and perpetual motion to push away the pain.
Susan's new world is one where politics can turn deadly and even love may not survive. So when local high roller Charles Renfrow offers her a huge retainer to advise his political campaign, Susan is wary. Why would a scientist stalking the human genome want to be mayor of a small Massachusetts town? Finding the answer takes Susan through a maze of toxic secrets including those floating around Renfrow's biotech company. On her way to confront him, Susan instead finds the body of his beautiful assistant. Assigned to the case, Michael reenters Susan's life.
When Michael's suspicions settle on Roddie Baird, yet another, and favorite, of Susan's clients, Susan elbows her way into the investigation. She hopes to prove Michael wrong. As she probes—and lays her own life on the line—Susan uncovers a crack in everything….
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"Parshall’s latest is more than equal to earlier series entries (Broken Places, 2010, etc.), with spine-chilling tension from cover to cover. " —Kirkus Reviews
"In this tense and compelling entry in one of my favorite series, Virginia veterinarian Dr. Rachel Goddard and her fiancé, Deputy Sheriff Tom Bridger, deal with a vicious murder and the devastating consequences of illegal dog-fighting. Believable, sympathetic protagonists; a beautifully evoked setting; a haunting crime--Under the Dog Star is one of the un-put-down-able reads of the year." —Deborah Crombie, author of Necessary as Blood
"Well recommended, as it’s the fourth in an Agatha Award–winning series starring veterinarian Rachel Goddard" --Library Journal
"...a suspenseful tale distinguished by its sharp prose." —Publishers Weekly starred review of Broken Places
"Edge-of-the-seat suspense and a budding romance for Tom and Rachel make this essential reading for fans of Margaret Maron and Karin Slaughter." —Library Journal starred review of Disturbing the Dead
Winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel for The Heat of the Moon
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"Highly recommended for suspense fans who like a smile with their mysteries."—
Blogcritic"...A Crack in Everything is cleverly devised and constructed, if a bit too busy at times, and readers will be rewarded when everything, as it were, comes together in the end."—Mysterious Reviews
"A Crack in Everything is an entertaining and well-written mystery novel by first-time author Angela Gerst...Mystery fans will enjoy this book and want to read more from the author."—Portland Book Review
"Susan Callisto is a funny, strong protagonist worthy of a long series of books." —Mystery Scene
"What an amazing audiobook! ...I couldn’t turn this one off and finished it in little over a day."—Audiobook Fans
"Gerst gets good mileage out of her political roots, but it’s her finely honed plot that seals the deal. Here’s hoping she runs for another term." —Kirkus Reviews starred review
"...The plot unfolds like a set of Russian nesting dolls with each solution hiding yet another surprising development and each testing Callisto's resolve and resilience" —Publishers Weekly
"Gerst does a fine job with plot maneuvers, bringing in an exciting twist at the end. A promising new series." —Library Journal
"Welcome to Angela Gerst, who makes an impressive debut with A Crack in Everything. Her heroine, Susan Callisto, gets more than she bargained for when her client's beautiful young assistant turns up dead, and Callisto follows the trail like a pro, as it leads to the killer—and to a man she once loved." —Lisa Scottoline, author of Save Me
"A street-smart, Italian-flavored, Boston-area debut mystery novel: Gerst knows her turf, and renders it entertainingly." —John Barth, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and author of Every Third Thought: A Novel in Five Seasons
"Murder stalks the polls in A Crack in Everything, a dazzling debut by a sure-handed and gifted writer who takes you on a wild ride through Massachusetts towns peopled by characters who leap to life on the page. With an abundance of wit and humor and intelligence through the roof, Angela Gerst introduces the freshest, most dynamic accidental sleuth to come along in years--Susan Callisto, political consultant. Susan’s candidates will do anything to win. There’s poetry in Susan’s soul, voter surveys in her hobo bag and a Swiss Army corkscrew in her pocket. She needs all three to eke out a perilous survival in this page-turner that readers will want to slow down and savor." —Mary E. Mitchell, PEN award-winning author of Starting Out Sideways and Love in Complete Sentences
"As Susan Callisto, observer extraordinaire, led me through the unexpected twists and turns of this fresh, riveting mystery, I fell into step with her droll outlook, her savvy love of food, cars, plants and of most of the people in her life. By the end of the book, Susan was my new best friend and I can't wait to hang out with her again." —Sally Ryder Brady, author of Instar and A Box of Darkness
"Overall, Angela Gerst’s debut, and the first in the Susan Callisto Mystery series, is a solid freshman effort. With enough interesting characters to lend just the right amount of complexity to the story, Gerst weaves a tale of political ambitions, intrigue and power struggles that casts a guilty pall over just about everyone."—BookFetish
"Angela Gerst’s debut makes a promising start to a series with a smart, tough lawyer with a sassy wit and substantial courage. Gerst's own experience as a lawyer shines through without being overbearing, instead bringing entertaining anecdotes to the table." —Suite 101's Thriller/Mystery review
"A CRACK IN EVERYTHING is Angela Gerst's debut Susan Callisto mystery. It is an amusing, action-filled story with headstrong characters who ensure that Susan Callisto never has a dull moment. This story is quite entertaining and a snappy setup for a series."—Fresh Fiction
"Fast-paced with a strong protagonist and solid support cast, fans will enjoy the political consultant learning a “You Can’t Take It With You” lesson about money, power and clients."—Harriet Klausner Reviews
"It is a purposefully convoluted plot, but Angela Gerst writes with assured and fluid prose. Susan Callisto is a funny, strong protagonist worthy of a long series of books."—Debbi Mack, Mystery Scene
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"Dialogue as distinctive in its way as Elmore Leonard’s." Kirkus Reviews
"The true joy in reading Kilmer is in his writing. Witty and stylish, his prose echoes the hard-boiled terseness of Hollywood with the speedy dialogue of its screwball comedic masterpieces." Steve Shadow Schwartz, steveshadowschwartz.com
"Scandal and money woes plague Stillton Academy, a struggling art school on Boston's North Shore, in Kilmer's taut seventh Fred Taylor mystery" Publishers Weekly of A Butterfly in Flame
"A Paradise for Fools is a delightful change from most of today's thrillers, about people functioning out of greed and what's in it for them."—Mary Ann Smyth, BookLoons
"Readers will appreciate Nicholas Kilmer’s New England caper who like the hero will wonder whether a Bosch masterpiece has been found." —Harriet Klausner Reviews
Synopsis
In andlt;iandgt;The Gemini Agentandlt;/iandgt;, as first-year final exams week kicks off, several incident reports with serious allegations against James T. Kirk end up on the Commandant of Midshipmenand#8217;s desk. None of the allegations are true, of courseand#8230; or are they? Kirk is being plagued by mysterious blackout periods, so he finds the allegations difficult to refute. During these blackout periods, he has no recollection of what he did, save for some very disturbing and disjointed memories. Kirk needs his friends, Bones and Uhura to help prove his innocence. Who is targeting Kirk, and why is he being targeted? And how far are they willing to go? Someone close to Kirk holds the answers to all of these questions, but can he put the pieces together before itand#8217;s too late?
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Recherches histologiques sur quelques tumeurs du testicule... / par Jocquain sic] Talavera, ...
Date de l'edition originale: 1879
Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.
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Synopsis
Recherches histologiques sur quelques tumeurs du testicule... / par Jocquain sic] Talavera, ...
Date de l' dition originale: 1879
Le pr sent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la litt rature Fran aise mise en place avec la BNF.
HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant num ris ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant la demande.
Certains de ces ouvrages refl tent des courants de pens e caract ristiques de leur poque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jug s condamnables.
Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins l'histoire des id es en France et sont susceptibles de pr senter un int r t scientifique ou historique.
Le sens de notre d marche ditoriale consiste ainsi permettre l'acc s ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune fa on le contenu.
Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
Synopsis
Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva have one thing in common: They’re addicts. Addicts who have hit rock bottom and are stuck together in rehab to face their problems, face sobriety, and face themselves. None of them wants to be there. None of them wants to confront the truths about their pasts. But they’ll all have to deal with themselves—and each other—if they want to learn how to live. Because when you get that high, there’s nowhere to go but down, down, down.
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Something terrifying is happening to the dogs in the mountain community of Mason County, Virginia. “Missing Dog” posters cover the waiting room walls at Dr. Rachel Goddard’s veterinary clinic. A pack of feral canines roams at night, attacking livestock in a desperate search for food. Now a prominent physician, Gordon Hall, has been found dead, his throat torn open.
Sheriff ’s Department investigator Tom Bridger believes the killing was premeditated murder, with a trained attack dog as the weapon. But Dr. Hall’s son insists that the pack killed his father, and he organizes a group of men to find and shoot the animals.
Rachel and her friend Holly Turner make enemies by trying to move the pack to sanctuary. Tom, in love with Rachel, struggles to divide his time among the feral dog problem, the search for the dogfighting operation, and the hunt for Gordon Hall’s killer. It’s complicated by Hall’s five rivalrous children and a multitude of suspects—human and canine down the dog-fighting operation (if he can locate it), and hunting for Gordon Hall’s killer. Could one of Hall’s five children hold the key to his murder?
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The young woman in the hair salon raises her shirt to show a friend a work in progress—a riot of stunning tattoos. From the barber’s chair, Fred Taylor knows that those images—weird insects, beasts, and naked human figures—could only come from something amazing: a hitherto unknown painting of rare and significant value. And the girls don’t have a clue.
Fred knows such a painting needs to be found. His inquiries lead him from the salon to the illegal tattoo parlor of an unlicensed genius. Everyone who must have seen the painting denies that it exists, despite the vivid proof increasingly laid bare on the canvas of the hairdresser’s skin.Fred’s employer, the collector Clayton Reed, is out of the country. So Fred, left to his own devices, is free to follow the trail, despite the distractions presented by the intriguing librarian Molly Riley. Fred must proceed with caution. Then he encounters the first serious bump in the road: a suspiciously convenient hit-and-run that brings one potential informant to an abrupt dead end. A must-read for all Michael Connelly fans—read it to see why.
About the Author
After law school, Angela Gerst moved from New York to Massachusetts where over the years she worked for literary journals, as a Boston Globe correspondent, as press secretary for the French Library, and most recently for Newton Magazine. Her interest in local issues involved her in organizing and running Newton campaigns for alderman and mayor, and from thence to creating the fictional world of Susan Callisto, political consultant. She and her husband live near Boston.