When an Inverness Councillor is murdered in broad daylight in the middle of town, Detective Sergeant Joe Galbraith sees a familiar figure running from the scene.According to everyone who knows him, the Councillor had no enemies, but someone clearly wanted him dead.The victim's high profile means the police want a quick resolution to the case, but no one seems to know anything. Or if they do, they're not prepared to say.This second novel of Highland Noir from Helen Forbes continues the series with a crime thriller that moves between Inverness, North Uist and London, reaching a terrifying denouement at the notorious Black Rock Gorge. Views: 44
While visiting a shady bar in Popayàn, Columbia, André, an investigative journalist, overhears fragments of a conversation about a planned kidnapping of a wealthy woman. Did he hear correctly that the female hostage is to be killed after payment of the ransom? Why? Next day, he joins Bianca, an Italian student, on an archeology excursion to San Agustin. She charms him with her vitality, and he falls for her. While being driven by Jeep between two sites, masked men take them hostage and march them into the Cordillera high country. The situation seems to fit the kidnap plot he overheard. Has he become its unintended victim? He guesses that whoever is behind the kidnapping knew Bianca’s itinerary to minute detail, and he does not like its ominous implications. How can he escape, snatch Bianca from their captors, and then thwart any attempts to being recaptured? But if he expected that success would mean the end of the ordeal, he is sadly mistaken when, on their return to Rome, he is arrested and accused of having faked the kidnapping and rescue in order to publish an heroic news story. An action-packed tale, full of unexpected twists and daring exploits. Views: 44
SUMMARY: John Grisham delivers his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. Holiday gift giving will be a breeze this fall when John Grisham’s latest legal thriller lands on the shelves. Filled with the intriguing twists and turns that have become Grisham’s trademark, this newest novel will prove once again that no one keeps readers in suspense like America’s favorite storyteller.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 44
IMPRISONED BY DESIRE.... RESCUED BY ECSTASY.
It was an age of great rebellion, of a sweeping call to freedom, and a
war that had to be. And no two people belonged to their age more than
Katherine Devereaux and Captain Matthew Hampton -- the cool Union beauty
and the dashing Confederate Captain who had the audacity to abduct her.
From the wartime shipyards of Boston, to the locked cabin of a great
clipper ship, to Liverpool and white slavery, and back to the cotillions
of New York -- their stormy romance sweeps across a world at war and
blazes with the conflicts of an era! Views: 44
An eccentric old man is dying of cancer, and his painfully proud daughter must ask an embittered doctor for help. In this moving story of sacrifice, sorrow, and redemption, a quiet town in the Shenandoah Valley and the powerful city of Washington D.C. become the settings for a story of personal healing and renewed faith. Written by a beloved and best–selling author, One Shenandoah Winter is a heart–touching novella that reveals the true meaning of Christmas. Views: 44
