Detective Inspector Sean Duffy returns for the incendiary sequel to The Cold Cold Ground. Sean Duffy knows there's no such thing as a perfect crime. But a torso in a suitcase is pretty close.Still, one tiny clue is all it takes, and there it is. A tattoo. So Duffy, fully fit and back at work after the severe trauma of his last case, is ready to follow the trail of blood - however faint - that always, always connects a body to its killer. A legendarily stubborn man, Duffy becomes obsessed with this mystery as a distraction from the ruins of his love life, and to push down the seed of self-doubt that he seems to have traded for his youthful arrogance.So from country lanes to city streets, Duffy works every angle. And wherever he goes, he smells a rat ... Views: 20
The acclaimed author of Seven, The Iceman, and the Gibbons and Tozzi series pens a chilling standalone thriller In the tradition of classics like The Silence of the Lambs.FBI profiler Trisha McCleery has been on a twenty-year personal search for the person who brutally murdered her mother. At the same time serial killer Gene Lassiter has been on an obsessive twenty-year search for the daughter of his first kill. If she finds him, justice can at last be served. If he finds her, one man's reign of terror can continue unabated. In a stunning life-or-death final act, the hunter and the hunted go head-to-head, with a shocking ending that bleeds justice dry. Views: 20
A brand-new Richard Nottingham story only available for Kindle. Convalescence takes place after Come the Fear and before At the Dying of the Year, and it’s meant to wet your appetite for Fair and Tender Ladies (coming September 2013 in the UK, January 2014 US). Views: 20
Professional victim.
Escaped slave. Grad student. Angie Clark is all three.
Angie Clark began life as Sarah Miller, an innocent girl
deceived and enslaved by vampires. Her escape from torture and captivity set
off a political firestorm among the vampires of North America, and in order to
survive she took on a new identity. Now Angie leads a double life. By day she
is a grad student obsessed with arcaneology—the study of supernatural species. At
night, she is Angeline Devereaux, a woman who specializes in fulfilling
vampires’ fantasies. She has everything under control until Steffen Scott, Lord
of the Puget Sound vampire Province, makes an unusual request: he wants to fall
in love.
It’s the ultimate challenge, and Angie can’t resist. But Steffen
turns out to be the least of her worries when Angie puts her life on the line
to prevent a war between humans and vampires. Fantasy and reality become
blurred when she turns to Steffen for comfort and discovers that while he was
falling in love with her, she was developing feelings of her own. Now she must
decide how to deal with emotions she fears even more than death.
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Kaila Guidry has always known she was different. When she meets Jordyn Stryker one day at school, she finds out just how different.
Jordyn was born and raised far from Earth, a starseed, one of six new students sent to Louisina’s Bush High to learn human ways. But Jordyn did not count on meeting a girl like Kaila.
When Kaila is pushed to her limit by high school bullying and cruelty, Jordyn awakens her to a new reality. But to prove herself, Kaila must look the other way as the real purposes of the starseed unfold.
As the horrific plan behind the starseed visit to Earth moves inexorably forward, Kaila and Jordan, caught in an impossible love, must determine where their real loyalties lie. Views: 20
Gathered and passed down over the centuries from India, Persia, and across the Arab world, the mesmerizing stories of One Thousand and One Nights tell of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate. They are related by the beautiful, wise, young Shahrazad, who gives herself up to murderous King Shahrayar. The king has vowed to deflower and then kill a virgin every night--but Shahrazad will not be defeated by the king's appetites. To save herself, she cunningly spins a web of tales, leaving the king in suspense each morning, and thus prolonging her life for another day. Acclaimed Lebanese writer Hanan al-Shaykh has selected nineteen of these stories, retold them in modern English, and knitted them together into an utterly intoxicating collection. In al-Shaykh's hands, Shahrazad's tales are lush and evocative, rich with humor, and utterly captivating. From... Views: 20
The Dom Project By Heloise Belleau and Solace Ames By day, Robin Lessing has a successful career as a university archivist. By night, she blogs about her less-than-successful search for Mr. Tall, Dark and Dominant. Living up to her handle “The Picky Submissive,” she’s on the verge of giving up and settling for vanilla with a side of fuzzy handcuffs when she discovers her best friend and colleague has a kinky side, too. Sexy, tattooed techie John Sun is an experienced Dom who never lacks for playmates, male or female. If he can’t satisfy Robin’s cravings, maybe no one can—after all, he knows her better than anyone. So he offers to help her master the art of submission for one month. Robin eagerly agrees to John’s terms, even the pesky little rule forbidding any friendship-ruining sex. But rules are made to be broken, and once they begin their stimulating sessions, it’s not long before she’s ready to beg him for more—much more... 60,000 words Views: 20
In his latest escapade, eccentric New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet is plunged into a chaotic Carnival deluge that turns the city inside out. When big-time criminal Willie LaRue flies into New Orleans for a heist at New Orleans First Alluvial Bank, the job appears to be cut-and-dried. With the caper planned for Mardi Gras eve, LaRue figures he and his gang will be lost amid the confusion of parades, parties and other festivities. Indeed, kooky characters abound, including a bellboy cum union activist, a reclusive gay couple from Atlanta, and a gold-digging Chicago blonde looking for love. But a mass of black clouds threatens to wash out Carnival as well as the crime, and when the storm finally hits, revelers and robbers alike run for cover. Hemmed in by Mother Nature, the befuddled - and bedraggled – survivors find themselves marooned together. As the thieves plan their watery escape, it is up to Tubby to thwart their murderous intentions. The body count rises as the tempest subsides, and Tubby finds himself fighting not only for his own life, but for the very soul of his beloved city. Views: 20
A Barney Thomson novella by Douglas Lindsay.
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Tom and Sophie Nightingale live on a barge with their zookeeper dad and vet mum, and as many animals as you can get on a small boat. Surely there's no room for any MORE animals in their life?When a tiger at the zoo has a dental dilemma, Tom and Sophie can't help but get involved. But there is a carnivorous culprit closer to home that they must also diagnose - and quickly!An animal-mad adventure written with the help of the brilliant team at ZSL London Zoo. Views: 20
