Max is a 17 year old. Who is sired by a vampire from another world, only after he kills his best friend. This is the tale of his love for Jasmin. Yet when the ghost of his best friend intervenes everything turns upside down. Will his maker get what she wants? Will she open a doorway to her world once again. Read the Immortal door to find out. Views: 46
Vancouver, 1959. Margaret Spencer has moved out of her upscale Kerrisdale manor, left her stultifying marriage with Harry, her pompous lawyer husband, and is living alone in a basement apartment in the trendy Vancouver suburb of Kitsilano. Happy in her job as assistant to detective Nat Southby - whom she has also taken as her lover -, she is also harassed by Harry who wants her to give up and return to the upper middle-class life they once shared. Yearning to escape the pressure she decides to head north to the Cariboo District for a week on a dude ranch.This novel is replete with lush descriptions of the countryside between Vancouver and far-off Williams Lake, and as the whistle-stop train takes Maggie through the picturesque towns of Squamish, Whistler and Lillooet, further and further from civilisation, she is drawn ever deeper into a new mystery - a husband gone missing and a series of murders whose roots go back a decade. The conflict between Vancouver's hustle and bustle and the bucolic, but in the end, frightening splendor of the wilds is a canvas onto which Southin has painted a cozy with elements that appeal to a broad readership. Relations between the generations, marital tension, betrayal, arrogance and violence run through the story on a current lifted by sharp dialogue and a well-paced plot. Ultimately, a kind of existential resolution leaves the reader satisfied, but with a twist. A broad cast of characters add depth to In the Shadow of Death: Henny, the crackpot office helper hired in desperation by Maggie before she leaves on vacation; Vivienne, the Jezebel sharpshooter wife of a wealthy but wheelchair-bound neighbor of the missing man; even odious businessman Lenny Smith - whose story which begins the book and lends credence to all that will follow - is somehow made attractive, while the closed-minded and petty local RCMP man in Williams Lake practically leaks bile off the pages. Maggie is almost shot while looking for clues, the bodies pile up, and in a startling climax that takes place is the lightless shaft of an abandoned mine, Southby is the target and this time, Maggie does the saving. Southin is at her best in chase scenes, and this one is a real page-turner. About the Author:After emigrating to Montreal from England in the 1950s, Gwen Southin was a home-maker, raised three children, then worked as secretary to the CEO of an international telephone company until she and her husband abruptly decided to abandon Quebec winters in favor of the temperate Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver. Long involved in writers' circles and writing workshops, she also helps organize various book festivals in her community Views: 46
The only thing Rebecca Carson ever wanted was to join the FBI. Now her career is in danger because of a situation over which she’d had little control.
Gage Daniels has made a pretty good life for himself. As a professional football player, he’s used to getting almost everything he’s ever wanted with just the snap of his fingers. This includes women. A well-timed smile is usually all it takes to attract the opposite sex, especially in Nashville.
When a stalker threatens Gage, the team owner calls an old friend, Rebecca’s ex-partner Travis Hansen, to help protect his star quarterback. Hansen offers Rebecca the job, something to keep her from going crazy in her apartment while she waits in limbo, and she jumps at the chance. Now Rebecca must work to protect Gage while staving off his advances. The last thing she wants is to be another notch on a hotshot athlete’s belt. Views: 46
As a dedicated district attorney, Lily Forrester presents the perfect image of a defender of justice. Only she knows the dark secret of what happened six years ago, when a desperate crisis drove her to step outside the law and exact a horrifying personal vengeance. Now her ex-husband, faced with serious criminal charges, threatens to expose her unless she compromises her most cherished beliefs to help him. A violent rapist she put behind bars is back on the streets and looking for her. Her beloved daughter seems to be the target of a dangerous madman. And Lily must call on her deepest strength to face her accusers and ensure that the values she holds most dear will triumph. Views: 45
It was on 6 June 2004 that BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen in a quiet Riyadh back street. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range.Against all the odds, Frank Gardner survived. Ten years on from that horrendous attack, although partly paralysed, he continues to travel the world reporting for the BBC. His acclaimed, moving and inspiring memoir is now brought up to date with a new chapter recalling his return to Saudi Arabia for the first time since he was shot. This new anniversary edition is a reaffirmation of his deep understanding of - and affection for - the Islamic world in these uncertain times. Views: 45
The "hollow ghost" haunting Chicago P.I. Malachy "Mal" Foley's dreams is Lammy Fleming, one of Mal's high school classmates. Mal, a new kid in school, had befriended Lammy at first, but Lammy was slow, chubby, bad at schoolwork, and terrible at sports, and he was the target of taunting and worse by the other boys at St. Robert's. Eventually, swayed by the cutthroat crowd of adolescent boys, Mal found himself unwilling to challenge the pack by championing such an unpopular boy. The way Mal turned his back on Lammy, the way Lammy became an invisible boy, has haunted Mal for more than twenty years. Now Lammy has been accused of assaulting a young girl in his neighborhood, and though the legal case against him is slim, the neighbors have already tried the case. Lammy is facing harassment, vandalism, and threats of worse. Mal's conscience has decided that clearing Lammy's name and protecting him against attack will lay Mal's guilt to rest. But challenging the girl's story - and her... Views: 45
