Timothy and the Dragon's Gate
10 best books like Timothy and the Dragon's Gate (Adrienne Kress): Charmcaster, Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword, The Briefcase, A Shrine of Murders, Toby Alone, The Refrigerator Monologues, A Darkness Absolute, Thomas and the Dragon Queen, The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris, Keeper of the Castle
| Author | Sebastien de Castell |
| ISBN | 1471406709 |
The third book in the page-turning Spellslinger fantasy series.
'I was getting almost as good at running away from enemies as I was at making them in the first place. Turns out, I wasn't running nearly fast enough.'
Kellen has begun to master his spellslinging and the Argosi tricks...
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword
| Author | Henry Lien |
| ISBN | 1250165695 |
Welcome to Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword, where the blades are sharp and the competition is fierce.
Peasprout Chen dreams of becoming a legend of wu liu, the deadly and beautiful art of martial arts figure skating.
As the first students from the rural country of Shin to attend...
| Author | Hiromi Kawakami |
| ISBN | 1582435995 |
Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, "Sensei" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him "Sensei" ("Teacher"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship, traced...
| Author | Celia L. Grace |
| ISBN | 0312093888 |
A SHRINE OF MURDERS (Amateur Sleuth-England-1471) – G+
Grace, C. L. (aka P.C. Doherty), 1st of series
St. Martin’s Press, 1993-Hardcover
Kathryn Swinbrook is a physician in 15th century Canterbury. Pilgrims come from everywhere to visit the shrine of Thomas Beckett, and someone...
| Author | Timothée de Fombelle |
| ISBN | 1406313157 |
I consider this a literary masterpiece.De Fombelle not only creates a new world,he creates a while we category.Imagine the world as the 'Tree' and the 'Grass'.The possibilities are endless;lichen forests,tamed insects,bark caves e.t.c.This is the dystopian story of Toby Lolness,where his life...
The Refrigerator Monologues
| Author | Catherynne M. Valente |
| ISBN | 1481459341 |
The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women in superhero comics.
A series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who’s ever been “refrigerated”: comic book...
| Author | Kelley Armstrong |
| ISBN | 1250092175 |
When experienced homicide detective Casey Butler first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives. She knew living in Rockton meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail,...
| Author | Shutta Crum |
| ISBN | 0375857036 |
A kingdom is at war.
A princess has been kidnapped by a dragon queen.
A brave squire volunteers to set out on a quest to rescue her.
But there's just one small problem. He's Thomas, the shortest of all the squires. With little more than a donkey, a vest, and a sword, Thomas will have to use all...
| Author | Leïla Marouane |
| ISBN | 1933372850 |
Once again, I found myself at the conclusion of the evening with my plans all awry, the girl - Nadja? Yasmina? Djamila? - fled into the night on the feeblest of pretexts. It is for the best, Mohamed, said the voice in my right ear. Why don't you call your mother? But I ignored the eight messages that were still...
| Author | Juliet Blackwell |
| ISBN | 0451465806 |
In the latest Haunted Home Renovation mystery from New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell, San Francisco contractor—and reluctant ghostbuster—Mel Turner gets hired for a job that's to die for.
Lately, Mel has been worried about finding enough historic renovation work...
Still More Two-Minute Mysteries
| Author | Donald J. Sobol |
| ISBN | 0590447866 |
I marvel at making up sixty-three "Still More Two-Minute Mysteries", even as brief as these. They entail one conversation but comprise a fantastic variety that are the right size for entertaining. A party would provide their best light; rollicking with a few instead of marching through, which readers...
| Author | Ted Sanders |
| ISBN | 0062275909 |
In the third book of Ted Sanders’s Keepers series, Chloe, Horace, April, and the other Keepers return, only to discover that their talismans of power may be dying out. Now the race is on to save their way of life—and the world as we know it.
Horace F. Andrews and his friend Chloe have worked...
| Author | Geir Tangen |
| ISBN | 8269013404 |
Et høsttungt Haugesund våkner til drapet på en kvinne som er kastet ut fra høyblokkene i byen. Et varslet drap. Journalist Viljar Ravn Gudmundsson i Haugesunds Avis mottok dagen før en epost han ikke tok alvorlig. Når en ny epost kommer inn, står Gudmundsson med begge beina plantet i det som fortoner...
| Author | Tetsuya Honda |
| ISBN | 4334746683 |
This is a crime-procedural story that takes place in Japan and is the second book in a series, the first book being The Silent Dead. The main character is Lt. Reiko Himewaka who is an officer in a police department in Tokyo. It starts with the finding of a severed hand, at the beginning -because of the location-...
| Author | Nicholas Bowling |
| ISBN | 1911077252 |
It's 1577. Queen Elizabeth I has imprisoned scheming Mary Queen of Scots, and Alyce's mother is burned at the stake for witchcraft. Alyce kills the witchfinder and flees to London - but the chase isn't over yet. As she discovers her own dark magic, powerful political forces are on her trail. She can't...
| Author | Sara Blaedel |
| ISBN | 8770557136 |
Midt i afhøringen af enken efter en ung mand med rockerrelationer, der er blevet skudt i sit eget hjem, bliver kriminalassistent Louise Rick ringet op af sin plejesøn, Jonas, som beder hende komme straks: En klassefest er endt i vold, fordi en gruppe unge rødder er trængt ind for at få fat i sprut...
| Author | Andrea Camilleri |
| ISBN | 8838933448 |
La giornata comincia storta per Montalbano: intervenuto per sedare una rissa sulla spiaggia di Marinella ha colpito l’uomo sbagliato e poi, scambiato per uno degli aggressori, viene fermato dai carabinieri. Infine scopre che Adelina ha scambiato un galantuomo per ladro e gli ha sbattuto in testa...
Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church
The first in a series of books that have taken Europe by storm and are soon to be filmed, featuring a chemist-turned-sleuth who battles ignorance and superstition—as well as killers—in a beautiful setting and in a gripping and mysterious era of history
The Apothecary Melchior series...
Un niño escapado de casa escucha, agazapado en el fondo de su escondrijo, los gritos de los hombres que lo buscan. Cuando la partida pasa, lo que queda ante él es una llanura infinita y árida que deberá atravesar si quiere alejarse definitivamente de aquello que le ha hecho huir. Una noche, sus pasos...
On June 2nd, 1894, in the wake of President Marie Francois Sadi Carnot’s assassination, France descends into chaos and riots in the streets of Varbourg. Many lives are lost in the mayhem, but when one lady of the night is found murdered with brutal incisions and no sign of a struggle, it is clear something...
The edge-of-your-seat, monstrously-exciting, laugh-out-loud adventures of the most unfortunate monster-hunter ever to don armour… continue.Things can’t get any worse. Legends are running riot. Half-hunters are out of control. Darkmouth has been taken away from Finn and Emmie, and Finn’s...
The Jolly-Rogers and the Monster's Gold
| Author | Jonny Duddle |
| ISBN | 1783704454 |
When Matilda discovers a treasure map inside an old bottle, she shows it to the Jolley-Rogers and they all set sail to find the mysterious island. Only to end up in the belly of the dastardly Pirate Cruncher! Can Matilda and the rest of the Jolly-Rogers rescue themselves before it is too late? Or will they...
| Author | Celia L. Grace |
| ISBN | 0312109784 |
The Eye of God is the second novel in the unusual new series of medieval mysteries featuring Kathryn Swinbrooke, physician and chemist in fifteenth-century Canterbury. Based on extensive research, C. L. Grace's series highlights the fact that women doctors played vital roles in English medieval...
Gelo per i bastardi di Pizzofalcone
| Author | Maurizio de Giovanni |
| ISBN | 8806222295 |
Un giovane ricercatore di grande talento e sua sorella, una ragazza tanto bella da togliere il fiato, vengono assassinati nel loro misero appartamento. Qualcuno ha interrotto le loro vite un attimo prima che trovassero il riscatto, ma non sembra esserci movente. Lojacono e Di Nardo sono impegnati...
| Author | Jan Merete Weiss |
| ISBN | 1616953535 |
Jan Merete Weiss’s Italy comes to life as Captain Natalia Monte of the Naples Carabiniere returns to investigate a murder committed at the heart of the great city’s art community.
When the bodies of two men are found, shockingly posed, in the garden of an elderly countess, Captain Natalia...
| Author | Sebastien de Castell |
| ISBN | 1782066772 |
Following his beloved debut, Traitor's Blade, Sebastien de Castell returns with volume two of his fast-paced fantasy adventure series, inspired by the swashbuckling action and witty banter of The Three Musketeers. Knight's Shadow continues the series with a thrilling and dark tale of heroism and...
| Author | Takis Würger |
| ISBN | 3036957537 |
Eine raffinierte Kombination aus berührender Liebesgeschichte, Entwicklungsroman und spannungsreicher Ermittlung eines Verbrechens in einem hermetisch geschlossenen Kreis.
Hans Stichler stammt aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Als ihm seine einzige Verwandte ein Stipendium für...
Tide of Stone follows a year in the career of Phillipa Muskett, who has been selected as the 2014 Keeper of the Time Ball Tower. The prestigious job comes with a list of duties, not least the upkeep of prisoners who live in the tower. Why, you might ask, would convicts be kept inside a building constructed...
| Author | Celia L. Grace |
| ISBN | 0312290160 |
A violent past haunts Sir Walter Maltravers, the wealthy lord of Ingoldby Hall. As a commander during the War of the Roses, he fought alongside Edward IV at the bloody, fratricidal Battle of Towton. Decades earlier, and thousands of miles away, he served in the fanatical bodyguard of the last Byzantine...
In This Fallen Prey, the next installment of New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrongs thriller series, Casey Duncan is about to face her toughest job as police detective in Rockton yet.When Casey first arrived at the off-the-grid town, an isolated community built as a haven for people running...
