Joe Gunther and his team—the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI)—are
usually called in on major cases by local Vermont enforcement whenever
they need expertise and back-up. But after the state is devastated by
Hurricane Irene, the police from one end of the state are taxed to their
limits, leaving Joe Gunther involved in an odd, seemingly unrelated
series of cases. In the wake of the hurricane, a seventeen year old
gravesite is exposed, revealing a coffin that had been filled with rocks
instead of the expected remains. At the same time, an old,
retired state politician turns up dead at his high-end nursing home, in
circumstances that leave investigators unsure that he wasn’t murdered.
And a patient who calls herself The Governor has walked away from a
state mental facility during the post-hurricane flood. It turns out that
she was indeed once “Governor for a Day,” over forty years ago, but
that she might have also been falsely committed and drugged to keep her
from revealing something that she saw all those years ago. Amidst the
turmoil and the disaster relief, it’s up to Joe Gunther and his team to
learn what really happened with the two corpses—one missing—and what
secret “The Governor” might have still locked in her brain that links
them all. Views: 32
RetailSheriff Zeb Hanks has his hands full when sociopath Jimmie Joe Walker, recently released from an Arizona state prison, masterminds a devious plan to make himself filthy rich. His plan involves Ángel Gómez, a down-on-his-luck half Mescalero Apache/half Mexican. Ángel’s alcoholism and far-fetched dreams make him an unwitting dupe in Jimmie Joe's plans which end up endangering Ángel’s own life as well as the lives of those he loves. Set in and around the mining towns of Safford and Morenci, Arizona and near the San Carlos Apache Reservation, this Sheriff Zeb Hanks tale takes the reader on quite a ride. While dealing with the consequences of choices he has made, Zeb is confronted with inconceivable loss in his personal and professional life. Deputy Kate Steele’s relationship with Eskadi Black Robes, Tribal Chairman of the San Carlos Apache Reservation, becomes conflicted as she works with Josh Diamond, local gun shop owner, to provide support for the sheriff. Ultimately circumstances cause Sheriff Hanks to question everyone and everything in his world, shifting his very foundation. ADIÓS ÁNGEL reveals the complexities and contradictions that are part of life’s gritty nature. It is a story of evil, alcoholism, love and betrayal. This is the third in the SMALL TOWN SHERIFF: BIG TIME TROUBLE series. The first two are NATIVE BLOOD and HOLES IN THE SKY. All are available as Kindle downloads on Amazon.com or in book form on Amazon.com. Views: 32
Barhaven is on the south coast within commuting distance from London. It is, however, a fairly sleepy place and it seems incredulous that it could be the kind of town where the local councillors could manage to line their own pockets. However, there is something odd about the borough engineers behaviour, and it seems strange that the owner of the local amusement park is unknown, and the Town Clerk himself is acting peculiarly. Enter a young lawyer, who finds himself at the centre of a major campaign against racketeering. The public and the press become involved and it ends with a twist that is totally unexpected.|Barhaven is on the south coast within commuting distance from London. It is, however, a fairly sleepy place and it seems incredulous that it could be the kind of town where the local councillors could manage to line their own pockets. However, there is something odd about the borough engineers behaviour, and it seems strange that the owner of the local amusement park... Views: 32
Where are all the bedroom Doms? Sick of men pushing her limits, Bridget Sanger brings up the issue on her secret blog. Bridget is ready to give up on kinky love and focus on her career. The blog is supposed to be her last rant, but it takes off. A meddling coworker tracks the page to her and knows the perfect Dom for Bridget.
Stuffy-outside-hot-inside History professor, Scott Kasten finds Bridget an intriguing challenge. History has taught him love never lasts, but their kink could be forever. She’s never thought of Scott like that, but it turns her on all the more to see his sexual side. He’s a man of his word, and she trusts him with her body. The sex is amazingly intense, but she wants a real relationship, and she won’t settle! Views: 32
A Delicious Mistake One day I’m getting canned from my job as a computer programmer for having wild copy-room sex with a guy I thought was the new game designer. The next, I’m crashing my ex-boss’s business lunch in a creative attempt to get my job back, and men are eating sushi off my naked body! That’s when I realize a) My ex-boss is hiding corporate secrets b) Hot copy-room guy is an undercover FBI agent c) I would make a kick-ass spy! Then Special Agent Hottie brings out his cuffs, and things get really interesting.... Views: 32
Over three generations, the Gibbons women of Chesterton, Virginia, have built their reputation as a family of shameless—but refined—gold diggers. They even have a strict set of rules by which they operate. But the rebellious, youngest Gibbons is about to break them all...Lauren Gibbons is committing the ultimate family betrayal: abandoning the tradition of seducing men for money. Nothing is worth the abuse she's endured from her sugar daddy. Now a sous chef, Lauren is hoping to break from the past for good. And when she meets hot former NFL player Crisanto Weaver, she even lets herself imagine a future. But the small-town rumor mill—and her own sisters—aren't ready for a new Lauren. Between her conniving relatives, her vengeful ex, a mountain of debt, and a whole lot of haters, can she escape her old life, and create something new?"Can't Stand the Heat marks the debut of an immensely talented writer whose characters leap... Views: 32
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Chinese people suffered what may have been the worst famine in history. Over thirty million perished in a grain shortage brought on not by flood, drought, or infestation, but by the insanely irresponsible dictates of Chairman Mao Zedong's 'Great Leap Forward,' an attempt at utopian engineering gone horribly wrong.Journalist Jasper Becker conducted hundreds of interviews and spent years immersed in painstaking detective work to produce Hungry Ghosts, the first full account of this dark chapter in Chinese history. In this horrific story of state-sponsored terror, cannibalism, torture, and murder. China's communist leadership boasted of record harvests and actually increased grain exports, while refusing imports and international assistance. As reviewer Richard Bernstein wrote in the New York Times, 'Mr. Becker's remarkable book...strikes a heavy blow against willed ignorance of what took place.' Views: 32
