One freezing February evening, a Filipino barman named Ramon witnesses someone plunging from the seventh story of a luxury penthouse. Instead of calling the police, he heads straight for the apartment from which the body has fallen. It belongs to an old woman with a mysterious past, who could not get out of bed by herself. Superintendent Mike Yeadings and Sergeant Rosemary Zycynski lead the investigation. Searching for a link between a teenage drug victim, a missing care assistant, and an unidentified corpse, they discover further mysteries behind the glass wall of the penthouse. Other lives are threatened and the circle of menace widens to involve the dead woman's unhappily married doctor and estranged granddaughter. Clare Curzon's latest mystery masterfully unpicks the events and motives that lead toward the apparent murder of a woman already mortally frail. Her brilliantly fast-paced style keeps the pages turning as the chilling truth is... Views: 21
The circus has arrived in town! A little girl named Mia understands and speaks the language of the animals. Her dream of joining the circus is about to come true! Yet a conversation with a tiger at the circus has suddenly changed her mind. Now she wants only one thing - to free the tiger. Mia wanders around the circus, asking all the grown ups for help, but instead of helping her, most simply brush her aside the way adults often do. Mia prefers to talk with the animals, in the language of emotion, unbound by words. The animals come together in an adventure to release the tiger. Along the way, Mia meets many characters, most of whom can't speak her language, but by the end she also meets some who do. This is a story that teaches children about true feelings, and will also help grown ups to find the inner child within. Views: 21
What Does It All Mean?Readers who devoured "Boyfriend From Hell" and "Earth Angel" will be captivated by the third book in the Falling Angels Saga. As summer break for Glendale Union high begins, heartsick Megan awaits Guy's return while struggling to control her emerging abilities. Love is in the air, but can the new loves in Megan, Maudrina, Suze, and Aunt Jaz's lives be trusted? Nothing is what it seems. Meanwhile, the Satanists are set to hatch their most diabolical scheme ever, and if it comes to pass, Satan may finally win out. Megan has precious little time to unravel the cryptic message hidden in the riddle she received at the end of "Earth Angel." If she doesn't, the life of someone most dear to her will be lost forever, and Megan may yet find herself living in HELL.The third book in E. Van Lowe's Falling Angels Saga is his most thrilling yet.ReviewPraise for E. Van Lowe's Falling Angels Saga"A thrilling suspense / mystery / fantasy book mixed with reality and some romancescenes that will get you hooked up till the end." -Lalaine Faye, Lalaine's Fiction BookReviews"Boyfriend From Hell was a great surprise. I didn't know what to expect before readingit but it was a fast and fun read that made me laugh more than once. What madeBoyfriend from Hell unique to me was the sometimes tongue-in-cheek tone it had. It's agreat YA that's also poking fun at some of the predictable Young Adult clichés. If you like paranormal YA but sometimes find yourself rolling your eyes at the way the characters are acting, you'll love this book too." -Lisa Choboter, Cold Moon Violet Books"E. Van Lowe's fluid and masterful writing made this book one that I needed to finish."-Elizabeth Talbott, Fishmuffins of Doom"E. Van Lowe does a great job of capturing teenage angst, dating woes, and parentalissues without over-doing it. Earth Angel was just as fun to read as Boyfriend FromHell." -Nicole Etolen, Pretty Opinionated"I just finished the last sentence and I'm left stung that I have to wait for the final book to come out. I can't wait! I loved the first book, and was so excited by a story of a girl battling Satan. I mean, how cool is that?" -Freda Mans, Freda's VoiceAbout the AuthorE. Van Lowe is an author, television writer, screen-writer, playwright and producer who has worked on such TV shows as "The Cosby Show," "Even Stevens," and "Homeboys In Outer Space." He has been nominated for both an Emmy and an Academy Award. His first YA Paranormal novel, "Never Slow Dance With A Zombie," was a selection of The Scholastic Book Club, and a nominee for an American Library Association Award. His Best Selling novels, "Boyfriend From Hell" and "Earth Angel," are the first two books in the Falling Angels Saga. "The Zombie Always Knocks Twice" is the first book in his Hollyweird series.E lives in Beverly Hills California with his spouse, a werewolf, several zombies and a fairy godmother who grants him wishes from time-to-time. Views: 21
Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 Operative Aidan Snow returns in a short story preceding the release of the third Aidan Snow thriller 'The Dangerous Deadly Elite'.As an ex-pat Brian Webb has a great life, a sexy wife and a perfect daughter. But all this is put in jeopardy when on his way home from a night of heavy drinking he is chased by a group of armed assailants. Who are his pursuers, what do they want from him and why are they shooting? Webb would rather not hang around to find out. Crashing a stolen car in an attempt to escape Webb is blooded, cornered and out of options...left with no other choice he calls the only person who would never let him down. He calls Aidan Snow.Arriving in Kyiv, Snow takes the law into his own hands in an attempt to find and rescue one of his oldest friends. With the ghosts of the past on his shoulders Snow must again rely on his SAS training and will not stop until he discovers the truth. Views: 21
FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem Dick Longg is one of the most energetic and in-demand adult film stars in Hollywood. A man who has everything. Women, money, fame. His life is complete — and lived only for himself. Until one day a woman from the future suddenly materialises in front of him pleading desperately for his help. She has travelled back in time 2050. A powerful cabal known as the New Victorians have imposed their puritanical values on society. Sexual feelings are repressed and impure thoughts purged before they can be acted upon. It is Dick’s worse nightmare — a future where the only thing stiff is an upper lip. A reluctant Dick is forced to travel to this future where he becomes a member of the resistance movement with an invented past and a new identity. His fight, however, is not just with the ruthless government; he has to wage a constant battle against his rampant libido, which would reveal his true self. Dick Long: Sexual Saviour of The Universe is a brilliantly funny sci-fi comedy thriller — certain to appeal to fans of comedy, science fiction and adventure stories. Views: 21
If you like Mary Higgins Clark, you'll love Wendy Corsi Staub.—Lisa Jackson, bestselling author of DeviousOne of the most exciting of the new breed of thriller and suspense writers, Wendy Corsi Staub asks, Are you ever truly safe...even in your own home? With Nightwatcher, the acclaimed, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Hell to Pay delivers a ripped-from-the-headlines masterwork of suspense, the first book in an electrifying new series. Intense, powerful, and refreshingly original, Nightwatcher returns to the site of America's worst national nightmare—New York City on September 11, 2001—as a serial killer, plying his bloody trade in the chaos following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, operates unnoticed by everyone...except for one frightened woman who has seen his face. Author Lee Child has called her work, solid gold suspense, and any reader who's ever stayed up... Views: 21
When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, she has no idea what awaits her. At first she enjoys exploring the area around their new home, including the boyhood haunts of the celebrated American writer Wallace Stegner, the back roads of the Cypress Hills, the dinosaur skeletons at the T.Rex Discovery Centre, the fossils to be found in the dust-dry hills. She also revels in her encounters with the wild inhabitants of this mysterious land-three coyotes in a ditch at night, their eyes glinting in the dark; a deer at the window; a cougar pussy-footing it through a gully a few minutes' walk from town.But as Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality-a story of cruelty and survival set in the still-recent past—and finds that she must reassess the story she grew up with as the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of prairie homesteaders.Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and imbued with... Views: 21
Kennedy Sinclair is given a pair of simple sunglasses. Or so she thinks. Within twenty-four hours, she discovers they are far from simple or normal. The lenses open a door to the dark side of her personality and a serial killer, who turns his focus on her. Can she outwit, outrun a murderer? And if she survives the night, does she have the strength to become the person destiny has created for her? Views: 21
