Manny Moon, the agile one-legged detective, is back on a case involving the son of his old friend Ed Brighton.Young Joe Brighton had been found by the police standing over the dead body of Bart Meyers, president of the Purple Pelicans—a juvenile gang to which Joe belonged. The knife used to kill Bart belonged to Joe's father, and the police believed they had an open-and-shut case. But Manny didn't think Joe was a killer and when he started investigating he uncovered some very dangerous information that exposed a gang of dope peddlers. Manny had to keep one step ahead of them to save his own life and clear Joe from the murder charge. Views: 26
ReviewA thundering adventure...to be savored. (Publishers Weekly) Product DescriptionThe Dark Place finds forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver on a trail that stretches from prehistoric times--to present danger. Views: 25
Science Fiction. Southern California -- sunny days, blue skies, neighbors on flying bicycles ... ghostly submarines ... mermen off the Catalina coast ... and a vast underground sea stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Inland Empire where Chinese junks ply an illicit trade and enormous creatures from ages past still survive. It is a place of wonder ... and dark conspiracies. A place rife with adventure - if one knows where to look for it. Two such seekers are the teenagers Jim Hastings and his friend, Giles Peach. Giles was born with a wonderful set of gills along his neck and insatiable appetite for reading. Drawing inspiration from the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Giles is determined to build a Digging Leviathan. Will he reach the center of the earth? or destroy it in the process? Views: 25
Northern Florida in the Eisenhower era, complete with Johnny Ray on the jukebox and a Womanless Wedding—interrupted by an explosion at a moonshine still.Lily Trulock, owner of Trulock’s Grocery & Marine Supply, leads a pretty quiet life until a stranger comes to town. The new guy’s not what he appears, but then, some of St. Elmo’s residents aren’t either. Before she can say, “down the hatch,” Lily’s at the center of a vicious murder and a no-holds-barred bootlegging war—with a nasty storm on the way. Views: 25
Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!In bed with her ex!Three years ago, Jarrett King walked out on Sian Morrissey, breaking their engagement and leaving her completely devastated. Now he's returned and is expecting Sian to hop back in his bed! Jarrett is certainly living up to his playboy reputation. But Sian still feels a passion for him that she can't deny...Originally published in 1983 Views: 24
In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends Hellebore to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However, Nelson’s apprehensions over French ambitions in the East are more than justified. Edouard Santhonax, Drinkwater’s old enemy, is already preparing for a French descent on India. The hunt for this elusive Frenchman and his frigate is combined with British naval operations on the flank of Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign. It is during the attack on Kosseir that Drinkwater is left for dead. His escape and the subsequent desperate attack on Santhonax leads to a still more dangerous situation under Augustus Morris, former tyrant of the midshipmen’s berth on HMS Cyclops.Drinkwater’s fight to bring a half-armed ship safely to the cape of Good Hope is beset with personal enmity, the activity of the French and the violence of the sea. Views: 24
Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan Aged fifteen, innocent Laurel had been the victim of an attempted assault, and hard-edged Oliver Savage was the journalist who reported on the story. Laurel's reputation ended up in tatters, leaving her devastated and slow to trust... Years later, Oliver is determined to right his wrong...only to discover that feisty Laurel doesn't want his help, she wants vengeance! But the chemistry between them is instant, and undeniable... Can Oliver's expert caress tempt Laurel to put her plans for revenge aside, and succumb to desire instead? Originally published in 1983 Views: 24
From The Inside FlapFor the first time in book form, here is a collection of Louis L'Amour detective stories--vivid tales as memorable and exciting as his beloved frontier fiction. Each story is personally selected, with an introduction, by the author.In the dark alleys of the pulsing cities and the savage criminal wilderness, Louis L'Amour introduces a new brand of characters: men like Kip Morgan, the ex-fighter turned detective who is tough enough to bounce a bouncer, yet has more up his sleeve than sheer muscle; Joe Ragan, dedicated career cop who fears nothing in the pursuit of justice; and women whose soft laughter covers their underlying cruelty.These are fast-moving stories of brawls where once a man goes down and doesn't get up fast enough he's through, of flashing knives that whisper death, of guns that blaze their fatal file through the blackest nights. Views: 23
The Flawed Marriage Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan Nurse Amber's life is changed forever when she's left emotionally scarred and physically crippled by a horrible accident. Returning to her career seems impossible. But a handsome stranger is about to make her an offer... Joel needs help raising his son, and caring Amber is the perfect candidate—besides, he wants her tempting beauty under his roof! He knows she can't say no to the money for an operation. But how long will it be before she can no longer resist the desire between them? Originally published in 1983 Views: 22
As incidents of frenzied murder and mutilation terrorize Los Angeles, police chemists discover a new drug sweeping through the gang subculture. "Crazy dust" — a variant of PCP one hundred times more addicting than heroin — creates inhuman monsters willing to go to any extremes to finance their addiction. Drugged gangs wander neighborhoods. Crazed punks besiege police stations, ambush narco strike squads with automatic weapons. Only Able Team has the guts — and the firepower — to combat a Soviet plot to destroy democracy with a proxy army of drug-mad devils. Views: 22
When forty thousand human colonists are abandoned on a planet called Gehenna for political reasons, and re-supply ships fail to arrive, collapse seems imminent. Yet over the next two centuries, the descendants of the original colonists survive despite all odds by entering a partnership with the planet's native intelligence, the lizardlike burrowing calibans. Views: 22
