#1 Amazon Bestselling Author Christine Kling does it again with WRECKERS' KEY! "A taut, fast-paced thriller . . . Kling's prose is strong and authoritative." -The Miami Herald From harbors of Key West to the wilds of Biscayne Bay to the night lights of Miami, Kling's tough-minded heroine has carved out a life that is uniquely her own. Now, in WRECKERS' KEY, the fourth book in the series, this fiercely independent woman is at a turning point . . . and in a dangerous duel with an unseen enemy. Before Key West was the party capital of the Florida Keys, it was built by wrecking skippers who in feats of derring-do raced to shipping disasters to save valuable cargos from the ocean depths. But when a friend is killed, Seychelle begins to suspect a chilling scenario: that modern-day wreckers are causing yachts to crash onto the reefs-and killing off whoever gets in the way. Seychelle's dear friend Nestor Frias was piloting a billionaire's luxury power yacht on its maiden voyage when it ran up on a reef. A few days later, Frias was dead. His eight-months-pregnant widow Catalina is distraught, and a host of questions surround both Frias's death and the ship's accident. When Cat turns to Seychelle for help in proving Nestor was murdered, Seychelle embarks on a dangerous course through the shoals and channels of the case and her life, unaware that a greater danger is looming: a murderous human storm designed perfectly for her. With its vivid, colorful characters and rich sense of sea and land, Wreckers' Key is a brilliant addition to Christine Kling's fascinating, entertaining, and thrilling Florida mystery series. Praise for Christine Kling "Christine Kling's novels just keep getting better and better. . . . She takes her readers on fast-paced tours of areas into which few writers have ventured." -Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, author of Luck of the Draw "John D. McDonald would get a kick out of Christine Kling's suspense novels." -Chicago Tribune "Exciting . . . Kling is an author who bears watching. She clearly knows how to add texture and color to her narrative. . ." -The Tampa Tribune "Seychelle Sullivan fights off a very real array of land-based predators with a grit and determination that John D. himself would have cheered." -Les Standiford, author of Bone Key****From Publishers WeeklyAt the start of Kling's salty if at times meandering fourth Florida suspense thriller (after Bitter End), tugboat captain Seychelle Sullivan, who inherited her dad's business three years earlier, is still resisting advanced GPS technology. Her more successful competitors, like upstart Neville Pinder, have no compunction about using it, while such unsavory developments as an increase in insurance fraud (an unhappy client is suing her) have her questioning her future. When her friend Nestor Frias runs a millionaire's yacht aground in Key West, Nestor insists the GPS navigation system was somehow compromised. While Seychelle is towing the yacht to Fort Lauderdale, Nestor's killed in a windsurfing accident that his pregnant widow insists was murder. An unexpected reunion with an old childhood friend, Ben Baker, once a nerd, now a hottie, provides some romantic tension. A shocking resolution to this solid tale of nautical adventure will catch most readers by surprise. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistWhen tugboat captain Seychelle Sullivan agrees to tow a friend's disabled yacht from Key West to Ford Lauderdale, she is confronted with a mystery: Was the yacht deliberately run aground by pirates? Then, when her friend is murdered, Seychelle decides that this might be her final case; the prospect of getting out of the salvage-amateur sleuth business is looking pretty good. But first she has to solve her friend's murder, and that proves to be tougher, and more deadly, than she anticipated. This is the fourth installment in this interesting (if not especially remarkable) series, and although fans will dive right in, newcomers might wonder whether the character warrants an entire series built around her. Recommend this one to fans of the series and perhaps to devoted readers of nautical mysteries. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 12
Benny Cooperman's idea of untamed nature is a dandelion growing through a crack in the sidewalk. So what's he doing in a rowboat in Algonquin Park?What starts out as a simple babysitting assignment turns nasty, and before he's even had time to work on his tan, Benny Cooperman's up to his waterline in cults, black flies, and murder!Book 4 in the Benny Cooperman Mystery series. Views: 12
Constant craving: Adam Grayson will capture your heart from page one as he tries to portray a geeky accountant. His sexy supervisor, Eva Burgess, wants to use Adam in her scheme to make her parents believe that this mouse of a man is her husband, hoping they will hate him from day one. Instead, Adam works his way into their hearts, and thaws Eva's ice-queen reputation. Private lessons: Banker Grant Riordan was a bit of a stuffed shirt -- until Harley showed up on his doorstep and sent his libido skyrocketing. Hired as the 'entertainment' for a bachelor party, Harley dressed like an exotic dancer, but had the eyes of an innocent. Unfortunately after a little accident, she didn't have a clue who she was. Harley might not have known who she was, but she definitely knew who she wanted. Sexy, serious Grant made her heart race and her body tingle. But he needed to loosen up -- and Harley was woman enough to help him do it. There might have been a few holes in her memory, but she had no doubt she could give Grant some very memorable lessons. Nobody does it better: For author Paris Sommers, truth has become stranger than fiction. she's fallen in love with a man who exists only in her mind -- a man she invented as a pseudonym for the fast-paced, testosterone-laden spy novels she writes. Now the man of her dreams is standing beside her, touching her, loving her. But who is he? Bar owner Devin O'Malley wanted Paris the first moment he saw her. And he was willing to do just about anything to get her -- including becoming novelist Montgomery Alexander, but his deception worked too well. Before long, he'd stolen his way into Paris's bed and into her heart. Was she in love with Devin -- or the fantasy he portrayed? Night whispers: Kelsey and Mitch have known each other for since they were children. Kelsey was always the pest and sister to his best friend. Now she is rented a floor in his house and doing a sexual radio show. Mitch has a hard time seeing Kelsey as the woman she has become. Views: 12
In these uninhibited letters to Penthouse magazine, the writers reveal everything that goes on behind closed doors, as well as in back and front seats of cars, locked offices, airplane toilets and other places. Views: 12
Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's most fearless journalists, was gunned down in a contract killing in Moscow in the fall of 2006. Just before her death, Politkovskaya completed this searing, intimate record of life in Russia from the parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the grim summer of 2005, when the nation was still reeling from the horrors of the Beslan school siege. In A Russian Diary, Politkovskaya dares to tell the truth about the devastation of Russia under Vladimir Putin--a truth all the more urgent since her tragic death. Writing with unflinching clarity, Politkovskaya depicts a society strangled by cynicism and corruption. As the Russian elections draw near, Politkovskaya describes how Putin neutralizes or jails his opponents, muzzles the press, shamelessly lies to the public--and then secures a sham landslide that plunges the populace into mass depression. In Moscow, oligarchs blow thousands of rubles on nights of partying while Russian soldiers... Views: 12
Shock jock extraordinaire Wendy Williams lets loose with the first in a series of novels based on her alter ego, the divalicious radio DJ Ritz Harper. Ritz puts the "s" in shock and the "g" in gossip, and Drama is her middle name. Ritz is a suburban girl on the outside, but inside she's a hustler's hustler who's masterfully maneuvered her way into the spotlight after ruining the career of a well-respected newswoman (and former college friend). Ritz's "exclusive" rockets her to the top of the ratings, and she's rewarded with her very own show. Like a talking Venus flytrap, she verbally seduces her on-air guests, only to have them for lunch as she spews gossip about their lives. Ritz becomes the darling of the station's afternoon slot. But what happens when Ritz goes from drive-time diva to drive-by victim? Has Ritz bad-mouthed the wrong person? Has her signature cat-and-mouse "bomb drop" been dropped on her instead?As Ritz lies crumpled on a city sidewalk, all she can... Views: 12
Renowned scholar and "New York Times" bestselling author Gates delivers a stirring and authoritative companion to the major new PBS documentary "America Behind the Color Line." The book includes thought-provoking essays from Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Russell Simmons, Vernon Jordan, Alicia Keys, Bernie Mac, and Quincy Jones. Views: 12
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An unabashed animal lover, Paterson, New Jersey, lawyer Andy Carpenter has grown a fast reputation as that rare defender who saves both dogs and humans from Death Row. Thanks to the high-profile success of his last case, he's at the top of every local felon's wish list of attorneys. But despite his newfound fame and fortune, he's suffering from a painful attack of lawyer's block, rejecting every potential client who comes his way. His office is eerily quiet, except for the pen of his secretary, Edna, scratching nimbly across and down the New York Times crossword puzzle, while his soul hungers for a case to sink its legal teeth into." "He's about the get his wish. And it'll be a first-degree kick in the head." It begins in the asphalt heart of Paterson, with the discovery of a once dirty, now decapitated cop. Then not one but several prime suspects emerge. Drawn into this affair, Andy has things under control...until the last suspect turns out to be none other than Laurie Collins, Andy's lead investigator and the love of his life. Now to clear Laurie, Andy must spring a brilliant yet desperate courtroom trap - before it engulfs them both. Views: 12
A robbery goes terribly wrong. (RL3.0) Views: 12
