Rebus finds himself with a number of problems on his hands. His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation — with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available. While out drinking, he meets an old army friend, Deek Torrance, who admits to being involved in shady activities, telling Rebus he can get his hands on 'anything from a shag to a shooter'. Rebus spends so long out with Deek that he misses dinner with his girlfriend, Doctor Patience Aitken. Furious, she locks him out of her flat, forcing him to sleep in his own flat, on the sofa. Views: 52
The adventure and intrigue of Zoe Sophia's Scrapbook: Venice is back in Zoe Sophia in New York. When Zoe Sophia's great aunt Dorothy Pomander, comes to New York, she and Zoe Sophia quickly become embroiled in a mystery as they research the subject of Dorothy Pomander's new book. Their hunt takes them to many of the sights of New York, including the Empire State Building, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Penguin House in Central Park, the New York Public Library, and Lincoln Center. And as clues are revealed one by one, the excitement really begins! Views: 52
SWEETER THAN EXPECTEDIn Victorian England, a young widow has two choices: remarry for security or remain in mourning for the rest of her days. Isobel Duckett is determined to do neither. When she learns her brother, who was entrusted with the management of her dead husband's brewery, has nearly run it into bankruptcy, she takes over to save her legacy. What she learns about herself is more than startling. She can love again.In London's East End, a man has few options for bettering himself. Silver-tongued and handsome or not, hard-working and clever or not, his place in society is fixed. But Nat Cotter is unwilling to play by those rules. Not when his father and the rest of his family are on the brink of ruin. This holiday season he must make a choice to obey the dictates of society or challenge all that stands in the way of happiness. The reward will be greater than he ever imagines: the heart of a woman not only above him, but his equal. Views: 52
The Z1 Virus has escaped from an off-shore lab, infecting the population at alarmin speed. The virus has no name, it has no designation until it is to late. The scientists and government simply refer to those infected as being the cause of the Z1 Effected Disorder Spread positive, soon abbreviated to ZEDS. Yet those who survive the disease will know these early days as the Z1O5 Zombie Outbreak! Views: 52
Julia Winward, a young American woman, has been missing in England for nearly a year. When her mutilated body is discovered in the Thames, her brother Josh is determined to find out what happened to her during that lost time. But nothing Josh discovers makes any sense and he soon unearths a terrible secret. Julia had been working for a company that shut down 60 years ago, and living at an address that hadn't existed since World War II... Views: 52
One of our most important public intellectuals reveals the hidden history of our current global crisisModernity, secularism, development, and progress have long been viewed by the powerful few as benign ideals for the many. Today, however, botched experiments in nation-building, democracy, industrialization, and urbanization visibly scar much of the world.As once happened in Europe, the wider embrace of revolutionary politics, mass movements, technology, the pursuit of wealth, and individualism has cast billions adrift in a literally demoralized world.It was from among the ranks of the disaffected and the spiritually disorientated, that the militants of the nineteenth century arose—angry young men who became cultural nationalists in Germany, messianic revolutionaries in Russia, bellicose chauvinists in Italy, and anarchist terrorists internationally.Many more people today, unable to fulfill the promises—freedom, stability, and... Views: 52
The KGB is ready to sow a deadly crop. Seeding the air over the cities of the Western democracies with the Proteus Enzyme, which eats its way through the victim's stomach wall, the Soviet terror machine plans to spread mass malnutrition. their insidious mandate: to starve the citizens of the free world into submission.
The five battle-hardened men of Phoenix Force track the Russian death merchants to a tiny Greek island, where the Stony Man warriors plan to reap their own harvest.
Hell will look like paradise by comparison. Views: 52
A grisly quadruple slaying drags Marian Larch into a shadowy government cover-up Marian Larch is tired of murder. This NYPD veteran has seen the worst the city has to offer, and she's not sure she can stand another day. Temporarily assigned to the chaotic Ninth Precinct, Larch is saddled with a callous lieutenant and a partner who can't stand working with a woman. Just coming to work every day is becoming a trial—but it's about to get a whole lot worse. In the concrete jungle of Alphabet City, East River Park is a rare strip of green. When four well-dressed men are found there, handcuffed together and shot through their eyes, it's up to Larch to find their killer. They were employees of a top-flight tech firm with ties to the US government, and their deaths were meant as a warning. But who was the warning intended for? Answering that question will show Larch that as rotten as the Big Apple can be, it has nothing on Washington.You Have the Right... Views: 51
Spitfire Lacey Mosely feels stuck in a life she didn't necessarily want. But will she find a happy ending with the man who broke her heart? Liora Blake concludes her witty and poignant True series with this spirited romance.What do you do when the one boy you were never quite able to forget lands on your doorstep? Lacey Mosely feels stuck: in her rural town of Crowell, Montana, at her job as manager of The Beauty Barn, and in her lackluster love life. Enter Jake Holt, one-time misfit and Lacey's secret high school love. Ten years later, Jake is a private pilot whose travels take him all over the world, and once he shows up in Lacey's life again—at the most unexpected time—he can't seem to stay away. Now it's up to Lacey to decide if she's ready to let go of the past...and take a leap of faith for love. Views: 51
