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A call from Stella’s little sister brings the news that Stella’s step-nephew, Chip, has been threatened with serious bodily harm if he doesn’t settle his unpaid gambling debts. Stella makes the drive to Chip’s home in Wisconsin, only to walk in on a wee-hours dismemberment.

After succeeding for decades in a cutthroat, male-dominated profession specifically by using her skills as a woman to become a leader of men, Linda Smith is on a crusade to teach all women how to harness their unique feminine abilities as women to succeed, not by becoming a mini-man, or beating men at their own game, but by using their unique feminine superpowers--what she calls our Kick Assets—to give women a remarkable advantage when it comes to the modern workplace.

The sultry escapades of her unforgettable Miami twosome have made Barbara Parker a best-selling author again and again. This edgy tale of romance, politics, and secrets is her best yet. The action is hotter than ever, as attorneys Gail Conner and Cuban-born Anthony Quintana rise to the challenge when shadows from the past threaten their plan to marry.

In eloquent, down-to-earth language, Johnson describes how she faced breast cancer, from the chemotherapy and radiation, to confronting family and friends, to preparing for her own death. This unforgettable program is available in audio exclusively at audible.com.

Author Emily Carmichael has won three Reviewer's Choice Awards from Romantic Times for her highly charming romantic comedies. In the follow-up to her immensely popular Finding Mr. Right, Carmichael reintroduces Lydia, an angel stuck on earth in the body of a Welsh Corgi named Piggy. When Lydia finally found the perfect match for her best friend Amy, she was certain that heaven would be just around the corner. She was wrong.

In the 16th book in this New York Times best-selling mystery series, Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson and her growing family are in top-notch form. With antiquities to uncover, and nefarious villains to confront, there is never a dull moment. This series and Audie Award-winning narrator Barbara Rosenblat are an unbeatable and endlessly entertaining combination.

Frances Beacon, longevity guru and best-selling author of Sex, Drugs and Social Security, is at the peak of her second career when a New York City cab catapults her into the afterlife. Shocked, confused, and royally pissed, all she wants is to go home. Instead, she’s enrolled in the University of the Afterlife, where this over-achiever turns into a dropout after being hit with a tsunami of obstacles. Frances spars with a host of bureaucrats, misogynists, and a mysterious Court that can condemn her to frigus repono - permanent cold storage.

Romy Belkin - 28, unrepentant English major and a Michelangelo in the kitchen - is the culinary genius behind the viral YouTube channel A Dash of Paprika. Its star is the fabulous Pia Zimble, Romy's dearest friend. But one day, a fan of the show materializes - a man Romy has to admit is perfect for Pia - and sweeps her friend out of their kitchen and into a whole new life.

Amelia Peabody and her family of archaeologists are back in a new mystery in which Emerson and Ramses are close to unearthing the legendary site they've been searching for—the tomb of King Tut.

Full of nonstop suspense, Lisa Scottoline's Moment of Truth marks the return of one of her most popular characters, Mary DiNunzio. Mary is a lawyer with an unusual problem. Her new client, Jack Newlin, is an innocent man claiming to be guilty. Now she finds herself risking her own life to discover why a man would frame himself for his wife's murder. Can Mary find the truth in time to protect Jack from himself and others who are willing to kill again in order to see him take the blame?

Tom and Nedith have been married for 30 years, but their marriage is one of convenience and finances. Their 22-year-old son, Peter, has recently split from his wife after less than a year. Three more couples are experiencing the throes of middle-class disaffection. Times are changing, the generation gap is widening, and the stage is set for a stormy weekend for these five couples.

Vienna, 1938: With the Nazis closing in, Sigmund Freud is granted an exit visa and allowed to list the names of people to take with him. He lists his doctor and maids, his dog, and his wife's sister, but not any of his own sisters. The four Freud sisters are shuttled to the Terezín concentration camp, while their brother lives out his last days in London. Based on a true story, this searing novel gives haunting voice to Freud's sister Adolfina - "the sweetest and best of my sisters".

Embarking on his eighth adventure, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't have time for cowboys and criminals. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in two weeks, and the wedding locale arrangements have just gone up in smoke signals. Fearing Cady's wrath, Walt and his old friend Henry Standing Bear set out for the Cheyenne Reservation to find a new site for the nuptials. But their expedition ends in horror as they witness a young Crow woman plummeting from Painted Warrior's majestic cliffs.

Irene Nemirovsky was arrested soon after completing the second part of Suite Francaise. Ten days later, on August 17, 1942, she died of typhus in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her husband, Michel, perished in a gas chamber on November 6. Their daughters, Denise and Elizabeth, survived, hidden in safe houses and convents, carrying a suitcase packed with clothes, photographs, and their mother's manuscript written in tiny letters to save paper.

In Who Stole Mona Lisa?, author Ruthie Knapp crafts a fascinating look at the disappearance of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911—retold from the point of view of the painting. Mona Lisa gets millions of visitors from all over the world. But one night, she hears footsteps, and before she knows it, she’s ripped right off the wall of the Louvre! Who would do such a thing?

'Pigeon Tony', as his neighbours know him, is an elderly pigeon racer who is involved in a 50-year vendetta - a blood feud that has brought great tragedy to his life. When Pigeon Tony murders Coluzzi, Judy Carrier, the young, gutsy lawyer, takes on the case. Pigeon Tony admits to the killing, but the revengeful Coluzzi family are determined to dispose with them both before the case can go to trial. In a case steeped in blood and memory, it will take a stroke of brilliance to save Pigeon Tony.

The Rubin daughters are three eligible sisters from an affluent suburban Philadelphia family whose well-meaning but domineering mother is single-mindedly determined to see them all happily married.

Alex Cooper takes on the case of a young woman who testified years earlier at a landmark federal trial - and now reveals that she was sexually assaulted by a prominent law enforcement official during that time. As the case grows more complex, Alex, along with NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, find themselves in uncharted territory within Manhattan's Rockefeller University, a research institute born of tragedy that has evolved into a premier scientific facility.

A "pitch perfect" (David Sedaris) ensemble of audio talent - featuring Edoardo Ballerini, Kathleen Chalfant, Jonathan Davis, Dion Graham, George Guidall, Priscilla Holbrook, Robin Miles, Elisabeth Rodgers and Barbara Rosenblat - unite for The Face Phantom: Tales Inspired by the Mütter Museum. With music by award-winning composer Brian DuFord, this chilling, atmospheric collection of short stories is evocative of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story. Each of the 12 tales is inspired by an exhibit at the Mütter Museum.

The Manhattan waterfront is one of New York City's most beautiful vistas, boasting both the Statue of Liberty and the George Washington Bridge, the world's busiest traffic bridge. Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman, in the midst of their own growing relationship, take on a case that forces them apart as a killer's twisted plan draws ever closer to home.