“Alas, Babylon.” Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness. Views: 67
There aren't enough hours in the day for Jo, overworked newspaper reporter, mother of two, and newly divorced after ten years of marriage. She's close to cracking the biggest scoop of her career - a cover-up with serious implications for her own family. If she knocks on the right doors and asks the right questions (with a little help from her outrageously smart friend, Bella Browning) then a real exclusive could be hers . . .But how will Jo meet her deadlines when her distractions include two needy daughters and a Barbie birthday party to organise, her pompous ex-husband, his new 'girlfriend' and the romantic intentions of a scruffy but delicious young super-chef?Time is running out, but who needs sleep when you can stay Up All Night? Views: 67
These horror stories — never before compiled in one volume — are carefully crafted, compelling and believable. Written in about the same decade as the Sherlock Holmes series, they will convince you that Arthur Conan Doyle was a master of more than just the detective story. Views: 67
Katie Maguire goes undercover in the new gripping and gruesome thriller from number one international bestseller Graham Masterton. DS Katie Maguire is at a loss. Last year, she and her team destroyed the biggest drug trafficker in Cork. So how is the city's drug trade at an all-time high? Meanwhile, a spate of violent attacks which leave victims severely disabled has brought confidence in the Garda to an all-time low. As Katie investigates, she realises that the two cases might be connected. Someone is using brain-damaged victims to smuggle drugs into the country. And the only way to find out more is to go in undercover... Views: 67
Indigo's mum has had it with her boyfriend and has moved her girls out of their cozy home and into "the flat from hell." But Indie is not about to show anyone how it really feels, especially not her best friend, Jo. "I tell her how we cleaned the whole place from top to bottom, then decorated till every surface was bright and fresh and clean. I tell her about the bookshelf with the rainbow stripes, and the polka-dotted drawers."The truth is, the neighborhood is bad, there's not much heat and little to eat, and it's hard for Indie to ignore such a drastic change. But with a little sister who's too small to understand, and a mum who's feeling desperate, Indie is the one who's got to take charge.Indigo Blue is a powerful, moving, and tender book about love, family, domestic violence--and feeling blue. As always, Cathy Cassidy's characters are delightful and real. Views: 66
Kayla: I don’t know how much time has passed. I don’t even know what is real and what isn’t. There are times where for a matter of minutes, I’m in a dark place. The room is dirty, warm, and I’m alone. My hands and legs are bruised and I feel weak. I want to fight. I want to find my dagger and go after whoever is doing this to me, but I can’t. I feel the wards around me, but those wards are different than the ones that protected the Academy. These are dark and keep me from using my nephilim abilities. For the rest of the time, I’m always with Hunter, and we are at the Academy, but there is never anyone else around us. It’s just him and me, and everything should feel perfect, but I don’t trust any of it. It’s all too perfect and life never is. Views: 66
Jamie Clark purchased an old Victorian house nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but she didn’t know about the spirits that came along with the package. After a terrifying experience with the paranormal, Jamie and her new friend, Dillon, learn about the old house's tainted past and its hidden secrets. Views: 66
Life may imitate art...but death follows it.
While studying art history at New York University, brilliant and beautiful Finn Ryan makes a startling discovery: a Michelangelo drawing of a dissected corpse-supposedly from the artist's near-mythical notebook. But that very night, someone breaks into her apartment-murdering her boyfriend and stealing the sketches she made of the drawing. Fleeing for her life, Finn heads to the address her mother had given her for emergencies, where she finds the enigmatic antiquarian book dealer, Michael Valentine. Together, they embark on a desperate race through the city-and through the pages of history itself-to expose an electrifying secret from the final days of World War II-a secret that lies in the dark labyrinthine heart of the Vatican.
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You fell in love with homicide detective Nick Christianson in the Gotcha Detective Agency mysteries. Now you get to see his story, from his point of view. Monday's Child is a crime novella set in San Francisco, California. SFPD patrol officer, Nick Christianson, is the first on the scene of a dead boy found in an alley. When the homicide cops don't have time to find the killer of a "street kid," Nick takes it upon himself. But even after this case is solved, it haunts Nick for more than a decade. See why... Views: 66
For much of the year, some remote areas of northern Canada rest on land so precarious there are no real roads. They're accessible only once the perfect conditions appear. It's no different for certain people.Some say life has passed Emily Moore by. They're wrong. She's just waiting for her moment....And that moment arrives when she discovers her friend Daniel is missing and a stranger—supposedly Daniel's nephew—is living in his house. Emily has no reason not to believe him, but odd things are starting to occur. There are break-ins along Creek Road and no news from Daniel. Then there's the fact that his "nephew" seems more interested in Emily and her parents than in the family history he's supposed to be researching.Welcome to Three Creeks, an ordinary little prairie town where extraordinary things are about to happen. Views: 66
From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . . It was the corporate collapse that appeared to come out of nowhere. In late 2001, the Enron Corporation--a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful--imploded virtually overnight, leaving vast wreckage in its wake and sparking a criminal investigation that would last for years. But for all that has been written about the Enron debacle, no one has yet to re-create the full drama of what has already become a near-mythic American tale.Until now. With Conspiracy of Fools, Kurt Eichenwald transforms the unbelievable story of the Enron scandal into a rip-roaring narrative of epic proportions, one that is sure to delight readers of thrillers and... Views: 66
