The killer she can't escape . . . The heartbreak she can't forget . . . The one man who can stop them both. When Samantha Fairchild witnesses a murder in the wine cellar of the restaurant where she works, the Harvard-bound law student becomes the next target of a professional assassin. Desperate for protection the authorities won't provide, Sam seeks help from Vivi Angelino, an investigative reporter who recruits her brother, Zach, to protect Samantha. A Special Forces vet with the scars to prove he's equally fearless and flawed, Zach takes the job, despite the fact that he and Sam once shared a lusty interlude that ended when he left for war and disappeared from her life. Now, as they crack a conspiracy that leads to Boston's darkest corners, Sam and Zach must face their fears, desires, and doubts, before a hired killer gets a second shot... Views: 31
About the Author Praise for the Garrett, P.I., Novels "A wild science fiction mystery that never slows down for a moment." — Midwest Book Review "Garrett, private detective, returns after too long an absence. . Cook makes this blending of fantasy with hard-boiled-detective story seem easy, which it isn't, and manages to balance the requirements of both genres superbly." — Chronicle "Cook brings a dose of gritty realism to fantasy." — Library Journal "Eminently satisfying." — Booklist Views: 31
Can you scan 800 barcodes an hour? Can you smile and say thanks 500 times a day? Do you never need to go to the toilet? Then working at a supermarket checkout could be just the job for you. Anna Sam spent 8 years as a checkout girl. Checkout - A Life on the Tills is a witty look at what it s really like to work in a supermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with people-watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude. Sam's story has won her fans all over Europe, turning Checkout A Life on the Tills into a huge international bestseller, published in 10 languages. Views: 31
Guided only by the barrel of his pistol, former deputy marshal Gideon Hawk no longer abides by conventional laws. Known as the Rogue Lawman, he serves his own brand of justice by carving his way through the West, leaving fallen criminals in his wake... This time it's Hawk who's been tracked down. The same governors who had a death warrant on Hawk's head now desperately need his help to end the bloody carnage sweeping the Southwest... A gang of merciless Apaches, along with their leader, a turncoat called Wilbur "Knife-Hand" Monjosa, are on the loose. Losing his hand to a Mojave axe, Monjosa replaced his bloody stump with a razor-sharp knife. He's a savage who'll cut down anything in his way... Knife-Hand can only be matched with the kind of ruthlessness that burns within the Rogue Lawman. Monjosa's killer instinct is as sharp as his hand, but Hawk's fighting with something mightier than anything in Knife-Hand's artillery—a personal... Views: 31
A smart, sophisticated mystery involving theft and bizarre characters, set in New York City. Marley Z. is a hip, outgoing, and confident New York City kid just starting eighth grade. When her best friend is accused of stealing a priceless violin on display at The Juilliard School, Marley steps in to prove her friend's innocence. So begins her mad dash around the city—from the Metropolitan Museum, to stately doormen buildings, to a violin teacher's artsy brownstone, to her favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant. Suspects and motives appear and vanish, but intrepid Marley won't stop until she has the right answers. Smart, quick, and lively, this book introduces a great new detective and the city she loves. Views: 31
Dark magic is afoot in the City of Jackals… Eighty years Bijou the Artificer has been a Wizard of Messaline, building her servants from precious scraps, living with the memory of a great love that betrayed her. She is ready to rest. But now her former apprentice, Brazen the Enchanter, has brought her a speechless feral child poisoned by a sorcerous infection. Now, Messaline is swept by a mysterious plague. Now the seeping corpses of the dead stalk the streets. Now, finally, Bijou's old nemesis—Bijou's old love—Kaulas the Necromancer is unleashing a reeking half-death on Bijou's people. And only Bijou and her creatures wrought of bone and jewels can save the City of Jackals from his final revenge. Views: 31
In Los Angeles making a documentary about upscale day cares, Maggie
MacGowen visits MacArthur Park to get contrasting footage of the
pubescent prostitutes that populate its dark corners. There she meets
Pisces, a fourteen-year-old hooker with manners that don’t match her
profession. As they bond over a plate of pastrami, Maggie talks her into
spending the night in a shelter. But Pisces comes with baggage: a
nine-year-old hoodlum named Sly. Maggie takes them both to a convent,
where they are fed, bathed, and tucked into bed, just like normal
children. The next day, Pisces is dead, her throat slashed by an unknown
hand. The Los Angeles Police Department has
little time for murdered hookers, so it falls to Maggie to find the
killer. The keys to the case are the young girl’s manners, and the fact
that she died with her virginity intact. Views: 31
One of the Bright Young Things in that brilliant and stimulating era between the wars. Alec Waugh remembers 1931 as being a year of firsts. It was the year he attended his first garden party, the year he made his first transatlantic phone call, the year he became a member of the MCC. But it was also a year that marked the end of one epoch and the beginning of another, far less frivolous. Nostalgic for the best of that time, Alec Waugh recalls the writers he knew and met here and in America - Somerset Maugham, A J Cronin, John O'Hara, Thurber and Dorothy Parker. Here is an insight into the literary and publishing world of the thirties through an account of the author's own experiences. We hear of Alec Waugh's life at leisure with stories of his family and brother Evelyn, his affairs (with Ruth in California, with Mary in Villefranche, with Elizabeth in London), the wild parties, the tours round the speakeasies, the Atlantic crossings and the fascinating people he met on them. Views: 31
