From the author of The Dada Caper: Chicago private detective Chance Purdue learns that nothing good comes from working for the mob—except cold hard cash. A quick and easy buck sounds good to Private Investigator Chance Purdue. But the paycheck seems to be a bit harder to earn when the job entails more than just looking into a minor league baseball team in southern Illinois. His new client, the gangster Cool Lips Chericola, is definitely leaving out details. Enter Brandy Alexander, whose unexpected appearance in Stranger City, Illinois, complicates things. Then throw in the Bobby Crackers' Blitzkrieg for Christ religious crusade, and you've got a super-charged powder keg of a caper, with Chance holding both the match and the barrel. Praise for Ross H. Spencer's The Dada Caper "Parodies of the private‐eye novel come and go. Here is The Dada Caper by Ross H. Spencer. It has every cliché down pat,... Views: 34
The complete trilogy, bundled together for the first time! Follow the story of Nolan Aeron from beginning to end. Please note: this is a compilation volume containing all three books of the Chosen Trilogy: Pins and Needles, Evasion, and Swordsmith.Pins and Needles (The Chosen #1)In this debut novel from N.M. Santoski, human history is intertwined with the supernatural to create a world in which the gods of old still hold sway. We follow the fate of the Sword of the Nine: a relic that's been given many names--like Excalibur--throughout its long existence. We follow eighteen-year-old Nolan Aeron, the chosen descendant of Jupiter, as he attempts to reclaim his birthright and take his place as Swordsmith and ruler of the numen--those who hold the powers of the gods in their hands. Book I tells the tale of Nolan's year of training, leading up to the Rite of Passage: the test all numen must pass to be considered full adults. He must spend a year amongst his worst enemies, gather the information he needs to save his life, and rise to take his rightful place in history.Evasion (The Chosen #2)Accused of crimes he didn't commit, hunted by a man set on destroying him, Nolan must stay one step ahead of them all. New enemies and new allies are coming out of the woodwork, and it's hard for Nolan to know who to trust. Book II of The Chosen trilogy, Evasion is the story of what happens after the Rite of Passage-- as Nolan and his friends fight for their lives.Swordsmith (The Chosen #3)Nolan Aeron continues his quest to claim his rights as Swordsmith and recover the Sword of the Nine. Will he be able to protect those he loves and conquer the forces bent on his destruction? Alliances change, people are lost, and worlds shift as the growing conflict comes to its ultimate conclusion in the final chapter in the Chosen Trilogy! Views: 34
The latest killing of a beautiful girl appears to tie in with others – they were all contestants in a beauty contest. But as Inspector West ponders the mystery and examines the scene of this killing in a park, a question arises; is the killer just one person, or are there more? And why pick on these women? It is a puzzle worthy of Scotland Yard's finest and most methodical, down to earth, detective. Views: 34
Get back to where it all started in this race-against-the-clock short story, as a young PC Mark Heckenburg tackles the first in a long line of very bad criminals... Including an extract of the new Heck novel, HUNTED. Publishing May 2015. It's 1997 and PC Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is patrolling the rain-lashed streets of Manchester. In the quiet hours of the early morning, nothing stirs. Until the crackle of Heck's police radio signals that all isn't well out there in the darkness... 'The Spider' - a housebreaker notorious for his violent, vicious assaults - has come out to play. And it looks like Heck's about to become his prey... Views: 34
"A tense and compelling drama of the wars without and the wars within—and of the flame of violence that burns through the American psyche." —T.C. Boyle, New York Times bestselling author of *The Women"Stunning . . . [Parker is] a brave and daring writer." —Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy"A great American family novel. . . . Parker is playing in the same league as John Steinbeck." —Stephen Harrigan, author of The Gates of the Alamo and Remember Ben Clayton*Patrick Norris has seen the worst that Afghanistan has to offer–excruciating heat, bitter cold, and death waiting behind every rock as comrades are blown to pieces by bombs and snipers. He returns home exhilarated by his new freedom and eager to realize his dream of a sport fishing business. But he is shocked to learn that the avocado ranch his family has owned for generations in the foothills of San Diego has been destroyed by a massive wildfire and the parents he loves are facing ruin.Ted Norris worships his brother and yearns for his approval. Gentle by nature, but tormented by strange fixations with a dark undercurrent, Ted is drawn into a circle of violent, criminal misfits. His urgent quest to prove himself threatens to put those he loves in peril.Patrick puts his own plans on hold to save the family’s home and falls in love with Iris, a beautiful and unusual woman, when disaster strikes. When Ted’s plan for redemption goes terribly wrong, he tries to disappear. Desperate to find his brother and salvage what remains of his family, Patrick must make an agonizing choice.Three-time Edgar Award-winner T. Jefferson Parker is known for his many bestselling crime novels, from Laguna Heat to The Famous and the Dead. Full Measure marks a departure; it is a literary novel that explores many subjects, among them the bonds of loyalty between brothers.Review'A tense and compelling drama of the wars without and the wars within - and of the flame of violence that burns through the American psyche.' T. C. Boyle, author of World's End 'Chekhov once wrote that a pistol put onstage in the first act must go off in the second act. In FULL MEASURE, the characters themselves are the guns - each a weapon defending a different idea of what America is, and all of them fully loaded with human fallibility. Thanks to intricate and excellent plotting, their struggles with one another -- and with their own consciences -- make this book as compelling as it is unpredictable.' - Stephen P. Kiernan, author of The Curiosity and Last Rights 'I have always loved T. Jefferson Parker's thrillers. Now he has done something truly rare for a writer--stepped way out of his comfort zone to create the stunning Full Measure - What a brave and daring writer. What a good and thoughtful-provoking read.' - Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls 'Scorched earth? T. Jefferson Parker begins there. Emotionally devastating, tense, moving toward an explosive climax, this is a great American book by a master at the top of his game. Parker is entering East of Eden territory here. Family, war, racism, violence and the sometimes painful demands of love fight for air in this charred landscape of the heart. Wow!' - Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway About the AuthorT. Jefferson Parker is the author of more than twenty highly successful crime novels. He is a New York Times Best Selling author and the recipient of two Edgar Awards. Views: 34
RetailIN THE ANTIDOTE, Barry Werth draws upon unprecedented inside reporting spanning more than two decades to provide a groundbreaking closeup of the upstart pharmaceutical company Vertex and the ferocious but indispensable world of Big Pharma that it inhabits. In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America’s most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Werth described the company’s tumultuous early days during the AIDS crisis in The Billion-Dollar Molecule, a celebrated classic of science and business journalism. Now he returns to tell a riveting story of Vertex’s bold endurance and eventual success. The $325 billion-a-year pharmaceutical business is America’s toughest and one of its most profitable. It’s riskier and more rigorous at just about every stage than any other business, from the towering biological uncertainties inherent in its mission to treat disease; to the 30-to-1 failure rate in bringing out a successful medicine even after a molecule clears all the hurdles to get to human testing; to the multibillion-dollar cost of ramping up a successful product; to operating in the world’s most regulated industry, matched only by nuclear power. Werth captures the full scope of Vertex’s twentyfive- year drive to deliver breakthrough medicines. At a time when America struggles to maintain its innovative edge, The Antidote is a powerful inside look at one of the most intriguing and important business stories of recent decades.** Views: 34
Calla Hart just needs the money. She doesn't want anyone to get hurt. She wants to go to class, party with friends, and pay her bills. But when she agrees to go with a friend to an audition she is quickly pulled into the underground world of escort services, where the money is good and the secrets are worth even more. Once you're in the club, there's no getting out. Views: 34
Thirteen boys were born at midnight on the stroke of the new millennium. Twelve of them are dead. A violent cult called "The People" has executed each one and will stop at nothing to reach its last target: thirteen-year-old Adam. But Adam has no idea he's in danger. Raised by adoptive parents, he doesn't know his real birthday connects him to the other victims. Adam's life goes up in flames when a cult deserter tracks him down with a warning. He has until New Year's Eve to thwart the cult's plans to kill him—and the clock is ticking. Views: 34
Danger and Desire: Ten Tales of Steamy Romantic Suspense Views: 34
No-nonsense physical therapist Gwen Radley has scraped for everything she has, so she surprises even herself when she gives into the advances of a sexy ex-patient the night before he returns to Afghanistan. Then she learns she’s pregnant, just as the news arrives that her soldier has died.Grieving over his brother’s death, billionaire Carter Anderson questions Gwen’s motives when he accidentally learns about her pregnancy. In his experience, women can’t be trusted, so he doubts Gwen’s insistence she has not interest in his family empire – especially after she moves in with his mother. When her therapy expertise has them collaborating on a lucrative business project, Carter sees her in a new light. But his suspicions persist, leading them both to wonder if he will ever embrace his brother’s baby – or the love that’s blooming between them. Views: 34
