New Releases by Kate Milford

A standalone mystery from a New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author set in a contemporary world tinged with magic, in which two sisters spend summer vacation in a small town in the shadows of abandoned amusement park that is not what it seems. Ivy and Dahlia Vicar know this summer’s trip to visit friends in Rialto, Missouri, is going to be different from their usual family vacations. Twelve-year-old Dahlia, an artist who lives with anxiety, is looking forward to something new. Rialto, after all, has its own abandoned theme park! But mystery-loving, fourteen-year-old Ivy is struggling with how to be the right kind of big sister to Dahlia, and longs for the way things—especially vacations—were when they were younger. In Rialto, it quickly becomes clear that this vacation will also be different in totally unexpected ways. For one thing, the town stands in the middle of an improbable forest that, according to local legend, swallowed it overnight decades before. Then there are Dahlia’s even more improbable sightings of impossible creatures—a giraffe with antlers and a leopard with wings. And there’s their new friend Remy, whose family inherited the house they’re all staying in from an aunt who left bequests for local friends that Remy must personally distribute. When he enlists Ivy and Dahlia to help deliver these gifts, they find themselves drawn into a mystery going back to the time when Rialto Park was still open. And it begins to seem that, if they are going to help Remy solve it, they will have to find a way to believe in magic. Themes of friendship, family, mental health, and resilience are expertly woven through this magical, richly imagined story of two sisters and an enigmatic town that transforms everyone who visits it.

DUE IMPAVIDI GIOVANI DETECTIVE PRONTI A TUTTO Poco lontano dal fiume Skidwrack, sulla cima di una collina innevata, sorge una casa dalle vetrate colorate. La dimora, appartenuta a un famigerato contrabbandiere, ospita ora la locanda dei coniugi Pine e di Milo, il loro unico figlio di dodici anni. La casa è quieta e silenziosa, i Pine si accingono a trascorrere qualche giorno di meritata vacanza invernale, ma nella prima gelida notte di riposo, suona inatteso il campanello degli ospiti. Poi suona ancora. E ancora. Presto la locanda si riempie di avventori riservati e misteriosi. Chi sono e quali segreti nascondono? Cosa li ha condotti lì? Mentre alcuni preziosi oggetti scompaiono e gli animi si infiammano, Milo e Meddy, la figlia della cuoca, proveranno a districare la rete di enigmi sempre più fitta che li circonda. Kate Milford costruisce un mistery avvincente come un gioco di ruolo e appassionante come un giallo di Agatha Christie, bestseller del New York Times, vincitore dell’Edgar Award e nominato al National Book Award.

Stop met zoeken. Je hebt je nieuwe lievelingsboek gevonden! Magisch avontuur, voor de liefhebbers van Winterhuis Hotel. Milo woont met zijn ouders in het Hotel met het Groene Licht, boven aan een besneeuwde heuvel. Je kunt er alleen komen met een knarsende kabelbaan. Op een donkere winteravond stroomt het hotel vol met onverwachte, vreemde bezoekers. Allemaal lijken ze een geheim te hebben. Spullen verdwijnen, traptreden kraken midden in de nacht, schaduwen sluipen rond het hotel... Milo vertrouwt het niet. Welke geheimen zijn er verborgen in het Hotel met het Groene Licht? Samen met Meddy, de dochter van de kokkin, gaat Milo op onderzoek. Hun spel vol raadsels en aanwijzingen brengt hen steeds dichter bij de waarheid en dan blijkt dat sommige geheimen levensgevaarlijk zijn...

Mysteriöse Geschichten aus der Welt von Greenglass House Seit einer Woche regnet es sintflutartig, das Wasser des Flusses steigt unaufhörlich, überschwemmt Straßen und Wege, und die zwölf Gäste der Taverne »Zur blauen Ader« sitzen wie in einer Falle fest - unter ihnen ein Kapitän, zwei tätowierte Zwillingsbrüder, eine Musikerin, ein alter Kartenspieler, ein allein reisendes junges Mädchen ... Um sich die Zeit zu vertreiben, erzählen sich die Anwesenden Geschichten: mysteriöse Begebenheiten, sagenhafte, gespenstische oder skurrile Phänomene. Und was sie wiedergeben, scheint mehr von ihren verborgenen Verbindungen oder Vorhaben zu verraten, als sie zu enthüllen beabsichtigen. Wie hängen die Personen und ihre Geheimnisse mit ihren rätselhaften Geschichten zusammen? Als der Regen mit seinen unheimlichen Wassermassen immer weiter steigt, wird klar, dass die ganze Stadt in Gefahr ist - und nicht allein durch die Flut. Doch die Gäste haben nur ihre Erzählungen und sind aufeinander angewiesen. Wird das reichen, um gerettet zu werden? Gefährliche Geheimnisse, übernatürliche Verbindungen und die Kraft der Erzählungen treiben das fesselnde und rätselhafte Geschehen dieses fantastischen Romans voran. Nichts ist bloß so, wie es scheint, und jede Geschichte enthüllt mehr als nur das vordergründig Erzählte ...

Marzana și prietena ei cea mai bună, Nialla, se plictisesc. Într-un oraș în care regulile obișnuite nu se aplică, s-ar crede că aventura e prezentă peste tot. Totuși, lor nu li se întâmplă nimic interesant. Însă, atunci când părinții Marzanei sunt cooptați pentru a ajuta la rezolvarea unui caz de răpire greu de înțeles, Marzana și Nialla au parte de acțiune din belșug—doar că nu trebuie să se afle că s-au implicat în această poveste. Ele adună în jurul lor un grup de copii-detectivi cu abilități speciale—inclusiv un magician, un maestru al camuflării și fiica-fantomă a unui căpitan de vas—pentru a lua parte la teribila cursă contracronometru: suma cerută pentru răscumpărare e imposibil de plătit, iar termenul-limită se apropie! Dar, într-un loc în care nimic nu e ceea ce pare a fi—de la arhitectura care se schimbă peste noapte, la profesorul suplinitor de matematică și chiar la părinții Marzanei—devine repede clar că până și răpirea ar putea să aibă alte substraturi. Sunt multe enigme de dezlegat și multe lucruri de descoperit despre familiile lor și despre ei înșiși, iar tinerii detectivi nu au timp de pierdut! „Nodul Tâlharului este plin de enigme și de răsturnări de situație surprinzătoare.” — Washington Post KidsPost „Intrigi, doritori de aventură curajoși și niște fier suspect de ingenios... Cititorii cu spirit de observație se vor bucura să strângă laolaltă indiciile pentru a descâlci nodurile alături de membrii Nodului... O poveste fascinantă și complexă despre prietenie și o misiune de salvare.” — Kirkus, STARRED review „Un joc de inteligență cu adevărat întortocheat, plin de puzzle-uri, piste false și aventură, bine echilibrat în ceea ce privește ponderea emoțională, perfect pentru publicul aflat la vârsta gimnaziului... Poveștile din Nagspeake ale lui Milford sunt întotdeauna o încântare, dar aceasta, cu subiectul ei dens și inteligent, cu o creștere emoțională încurajatoare și un cadru dinamic, strălucește puternic.” — Booklist, STARRED review „O adăugire merituoasă în cadrul deja consacrat al Hanului Pungașilor, care va atrage noi cititori... Pasajele descriptive scrise de Milford sunt o încântare.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books ISBN ebook: 9789731288444

"Nothing is what it seems and there''s always more than one side to the story as a group of strangers trapped in an inn slowly reveal their secrets in this new standalone mystery set in the world of the best-selling Greenglass House. The rain hasn''t stopped for a week, and the twelve guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship''s captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories--each a different type of folklore--that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down--an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain--the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood. But they have only their stories, and one another, to save them. Will it be enough?"--Jacket flap.

When Marzana''s parents are recruited to solve an odd crime, she assembles her own team, including a ghost, to investigate the kidnapping.

In 1810, Lucy Bluecrowne, twelve, is bored living ashore with her stepmother and half brother until two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need for their evil plan.

Welcome to the irresistible world of Greenglass House, where thirteen-year-old Milo is spending the winter holidays stuck in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem. There are fresh clues to uncover as friends old and new join in his search for a mysterious map and a famous smuggler’s lost haul. Sure to thrill both fans and newcomers, this smart, suspenseful tale offers ghosts, friendships, and a cast of unforgettable characters, all wrapped up in a cozy mystery.

A rambling old inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart middle grade mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books and "The Westing Game."

"A quest story to find the three pieces of a magical engine which can either win the War of 1812 ... or stop it altogether"--

"Set in the seedy underworld of nineteenth-century Coney Island during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, two orphans are determined to stop evil forces from claiming the city of New York"--

When two brothers walk into town bearing the corpse of a man who disappeared half a century before, it''s not long before Natalie Minks finds herself entangled in the task that brought the boys to Arcane with their grisly burden - an undertaking which somehow involves the mysterious Simon Coffrett. Meanwhile a vicious peddler maned Trigemine waits with terrible and deadly penalties at the ready, should Natalie and her new friends fail ...

Thirteen-year-old Natalie Minks loves machines, particularly automata—self-operating mechanical devices, usually powered by clockwork. When Jake Limberleg and his traveling medicine show arrive in her small Missouri town with a mysterious vehicle under a tarp and an uncanny ability to make Natalie’s half-built automaton move, she feels in her gut that something about this caravan of healers is a bit off. Her uneasiness leads her to investigate the intricate maze of the medicine show, where she discovers a horrible truth and realizes that only she has the power to set things right. Set in 1914, The Boneshaker is a gripping, richly textured novel about family, community, courage, and looking evil directly in the face in order to conquer it. This ebook includes a sample chapter of THE BROKEN LANDS.