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The Missing Children Case Files: Case 6 'Mind-blowingly addictive!' Samantha Lee Howe, USA Today-bestselling author of The Stranger in Our Bed Three decades of disappearances... Every day bestselling investigative journalist Emma Hunter fails to solve the string of abductions corroding the south coast of England could end with another child's grave. Two decades of searching... After a brutal shooting in Leicestershire pulls the rug from beneath her meticulously crafted research, the local police in the small Midlands town tell her the suspect wants to speak to her. One second of shattering realisation... But when Emma arrives on the scene there's no sign of the suspect. Instead the police start questioning her. Because the woman they're holding in their cells is not who she seems. She's not remotely who she seems. The sixth instalment in The Missing Children Case Files concludes this unmissable crime saga about what happens when those charged with protecting us betray us – perfect...
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Certain Death

In a universe of immortality, are we so different? Why choose death?Immortality had never been something Jane aspired to until one fateful encounter changed her peaceful existence forever. Giving in to the inevitable, Jane decides to make her current unfortunate situation work in her favor and she embarks on journey that will change her life into something she never imagined. Vampire Assassin is the first book in the Jane novella series and runs approximately 15,000 words.
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Bridgewater, Texas

A ROSE IN LOVE -- AND DEATHWhen Sheriff Matt Buchanan discovers FBI profiler Jenna Taylor snooping around his crime scene, he isn't pleased. The last thing he needs is the FBI meddling. But Jenna is determined to find her best friend's murderer, and she won't be bullied out of town. Then the madman strikes again. His calling card? A red rose.Realizing they're dealing with a serial killer, Matt accepts Jenna's help. But when Jenna becomes the madman's target, the danger -- and their unrelenting attraction -- is imminent. Will Jenna find safety in Matt's arms -- or will the next rose she receives be her last?
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Closure: Jack Randall #1

* Security, book four of the Jack Randall series, is now available for pre-order. Look for its release on December 20th, 2014. * When a prominent lawyer is shot while waiting at a suburban stop sign it sets off a nation-wide manhunt for an elusive killer. Special Agent Jack Randall of the FBI finds himself appointed to track down and stop the shooter. Not by his superiors, but by the killer himself. As more bodies fall the shooter takes his message to the press, earning the support of the public with his choice of targets and confounding the FBI at every turn. From the desert of Nevada to the urban jungle of New York City, Jack and his team follow the trail of bodies and haunting messages left behind by the killer. With the pressure to find him mounting on Jack, the assassin’s crimes grow bolder, and his message more sinister and closer to home. It becomes clear to Jack that in order to find the shooter, he may have to look inside his own past, and become the man he was years ago. CLOSURE is book 1 of the popular Jack Randall series. You can continue to follow Jack and his team in the novels PESTILENCE and SCARCITY, as well as TIME, a collection of short stories following each of the main characters in the first three books. Look for SECURITY, book 4 of the series, scheduled for publication in October of 2014. Randall Wood is the author of the Popular Jack Randall series. Before becoming a novelist Mr. Wood spent his years in several occupations ranging from Army paratrooper, to Teacher, to Flight Paramedic. Finding time between missions and 911 calls, he would pen short stories about his co-workers featuring the odd locations and strange situations they were called to. Never quite finding his niche, he eventually listened to the little voice in his head and devoted his time to writing full time. He currently resides in Southwest Florida with his wife Jessica, their three children, one cat, and a soon to arrive but yet to be named Great Dane puppy. About the AuthorRandall Wood is a former Army Paratrooper and Combat Medic. He currently works as a flight paramedic is southwest Florida. This is his first novel. 
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Starless Night

After years of running, Drizzt is finally prepared to face his past. To do so, he has to go to the one place he never wanted to see again... the underground realms where the sun never shines: The Underdark Unknown to Drizzt, his dearest friend Catti-Brie follows him there in order to help him on his quest... but, can either of them hope to survive the terrors that lay under the surface?
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Sight Gag

Sight Gag is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Laurence M. Janifer is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Laurence M. Janifer then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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The Hidden Life of Deer

The animal kingdom operates by ancient rules, and the deer in our woods and backyards can teach us many of them-but only if we take the time to notice. In the fall of 2007 in southern New Hampshire, the acorn crop failed and the animals who depended on it faced starvation. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas began leaving food in small piles around her farmhouse. Soon she had over thirty deer coming to her fields, and her naturalist's eye was riveted. How did they know when to come, all together, and why did they sometimes cooperate, sometimes compete? Throughout the next twelve months she observed the local deer families as they fought through a rough winter; bred fawns in the spring; fended off coyotes, a bobcat, a bear, and plenty of hunters; and made it to the next fall when the acorn crop was back to normal. As she hiked through her woods, spotting tree rubbings, deer beds, and deer yards, she discovered a vast hidden world. Deer families are run by their mothers. Local...
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The Love of Frank Nineteen

Minor Planets was the one solid account they had. At first they naturally wanted to hold on to it.
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Graves

When a gravestone appears in his neighbour's garden Greg Micheals thinks nothing of it. Neither does anyone else. Until everyone starts dying...A remote island community is subjected to a terrifying reckoning after a grave mysteriously appears in the garden of one unsuspecting resident. As death visits the islanders, one by one, at the hands of an unseen and unstoppable force, the inhabitants begin to turn on one another. Graves, a work of horror that recalls the classics of the genre, re-edited and re-released in a new 2016 edition. Read it now ... before it's too late ...
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Little Miracles

Sometimes only faith can hold you together... When a routine trip to the beach turns to tragedy, Julia Fearon's life becomes a heartbreaking search for the truth. When she arrives in Spain with fiancé Charlie and their toddler Hadyn, Julia is excited at the prospect of meeting his family. But Julia's happiness is short-lived as she becomes increasingly isolated from the strict and deeply religious clan, and lies from her past threaten to destroy her future happiness. Then tragedy strikes and Haydn disappears on a day out at the beach. Whilst the authorities presume him drowned, Julia is tortured by the thought that her child is alive – and has been snatched. Grief-stricken, Julia searches desperately for the truth, whilst Charlie throws himself into his work. Consumed by the fact that they may never know what happened that day, can Julia find the strength to let Haydn go? Or will her faith be rewarded with the truth? Heart wrenching and morally complex, if you love Dorothy Koomson...
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[Sarah Jane Adventures 09] - The Wedding of Sarah Jane

Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look. Sarah Jane is acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected — Sarah Jane has got a boyfriend and she’s going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane’s life, things are not as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!
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Perfect Life

"Jessica Shattuck's engrossing, deceptively ambitious novel explores a wide range of subjects . . . with a shrewd and sympathetic eye."—Tom Perrotta"In this smart and engaging follow-up to her well-received debut, The Hazards of Good Breeding, Shattuck focuses on three privileged Gen X college roommates who are now grown up, coupled up, and raising kids in pre-recession Boston. The cracks in their 'perfect lives' begin to show when the most precocious of the trio, a gorgeous striver named Jenny whose husband is infertile, makes the unconventional decision to have a baby with a sperm donation from Neil, her brainy, slacker ex-boyfriend from Harvard. . . . Stylish storytelling and sharp social commentary . . . make Perfect Life both topical and eminently readable."—People
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Jacob's Cross

Alicia goes fishing in the dark of night to wrestle with her grief and to try to understand the nature of loss and sacrifice.Lucy London puts the word genius to shame. Having obtained her PhD in microbiology by the age of twenty, she's amassed a wealth of knowledge, but one subject still eludes her—people. The pendulum of passions experienced by those around her both confuses and intrigues her, so when she’s offered a grant to study emotion as a pathogen, she jumps on the opportunity. When her attempts to come up with an actual experiment quickly drop from lackluster to nonexistent, she’s given a choice: figure out how to conduct a groundbreaking study on passion, or lose both the grant and her position at the university. Put on leave until she can crack the perfect proposal, she finds there’s only one way she can study emotions: by experiencing them herself. Enter Jensen Walker, Lucy's neighbor and the one person on the planet she finds strangely and maddeningly appealing. Jensen's life is the stuff of campus legend, messy, emotional, complicated—in short, the perfect starting point for Lucy's study. When her tenaciousness wears him down and he consents to help her, sparks fly. To her surprise, Lucy finds herself battling with her own emotions, as foreign as they are intense. With the clock ticking on her deadline, Lucy must decide what's more important: analyzing her passions...or giving in to them?
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I Like Martian Music

I Like Martian Music is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Charles E. Fritch is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Charles E. Fritch then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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