Following the critically acclaimed and top ten Best Seller The Deadhouse, Linda Fairstein now takes us behind the scenes of some of New York's magnificent and mysterious institutions in her most electrifying Alexandra Cooper thriller yet. The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship and showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museum's elite: IMAX time trips and Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper, off duty for the evening, observes the proceedings with bemused interest until the Met director suddenly pulls her aside: the body of a young researcher has been found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Teaming up with cops Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the silent sentinels comprising New York's museum society, investigating not only at the Met but also at the Museum of Natural History and the Cloisters, to find a killer. Atmospheric, chilling, and shot through with procedural authenticity. Views: 28
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With greedy anticipation, Alan Admont listened to gangster Joe Inbrun plan murder. The Deadly Dove, a ruthless killer, would be hired. The Dove worked quietly and swiftly. The result would be a fatal accident or illness.Alan had just married wealthy and eccentric Christine Belder, who was old enough to be his mother. It was a pleasant setup for Alan—until Joe Inbrun saw in it a way to collect an old debt. Then suddenly Christine cut Alan out of her will and Alan now had to try desperately to keep her alive.But the Dove was at work. Not even Joe could stop him. Alan waited in terror for the deadly blow that would leave him penniless when, without warning, murder struck in the Belder mansion.But the victim was not Christine... Views: 28
All are welcome to the Harvest Home Cat Sanctuary. Vanessa Abbott hoped to leave her sleuthing past behind and build a life of tranquility and calm at their new country home. But murder and intrigue follow them there when the first visitors prove to be more than they appear. A serene picnic turns deadly as the competing personalities find the only way to resolve their differences are with murder. Vanessa, Henry, and the others must work with their old friend Detective Pete Wheeler to unravel the mystery. Can they reveal the truth behind the crime before the killer escapes? Views: 28
First come lies Then comes temptation... Former Black Ops soldier Logan McCabe is in high-tech heaven. The "smart" apartment he's staying at has it all—luxurious amenities, walls that change color, and a seductive and nearly naked woman in the living room. Now that's everything a man can ask for. Except Kensey Roberts is no pixel pinup...and the sexual tension between them is most assuredly real. Kensey is in way over her head. She's undercover to expose a possible art thief and clear her absentee father's name. She doesn't need a distraction—especially the ex-military, crazy-sexy hot kind. "Captain McBabe" is over six feet of pure, delicious temptation. But one sizzling night won't just compromise her reputation...it could blow her cover sky-high. Views: 28
**BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR HM WARD Money. Power. Sex. ** Just stay away from Pete Ferro. How hard can that be? But every time I turn around the man is there with that beautiful face and those wicked lips. He pins me in place with eyes that are fifty shades of blue. I become someone else, a woman who feels alive and defiant. I'm sick of being what everyone else wants. There's a woman inside of me screaming to break free, and I know just how to release her from her bondage. Every inch of me is excited, all I have to do is follow through. Genre: New Adult Romance This story unfolds over multiple volumes Length: Approx. 130 pgs Views: 28
A dark threat faces the world of Erdas in this riveting new saga from the New York Times bestselling series. A heart-pounding new adventure from the New York Times bestselling series. In the world of Erdas, every child must discover if they will summon a spirit animal, a rare and incredible gift. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan were rare even among those few. They summoned legendary animals—brave guardians who were reborn to protect their world. Now more of these legends are appearing across Erdas, bonded to special children. But a dark force has emerged. Older than memory, it has slept for centuries beneath the surface of the world. With the power to tear away spirit animals, it begins a rampage that will be felt in every corner of Erdas. If the young heroes can't stope it, the darkness will first consume the spirit animals . . . and then the world. Views: 28
Aurora is a wolf princess who has never fit the Alpha female mold. Unlike her older sister Talia, Aurora likes getting her hands, feet, and any other part of her body dirty. She would rather wear Daisy Dukes than designer gowns. She keeps her hair cut short instead of long, the way most alphas do. Moreover, she doesn't like alpha men...alphas who aren't related to her in general. When she meets Nolan, Aurora finds focus...and maybe more, but will her family approve of her taking a mate who isn't an alpha? Views: 28
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000244 EndHTML:0000012276 StartFragment:0000003168 EndFragment:0000012240 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/twk/Desktop/00_2015newversionebooks/Cold%20Allies_anthony_new-id5.5/bookfiles/Cold%20Allies-metadata.doc Cold Allies By Patricia Anthony Price: $5.49 Publication: July 30, 2015 Imprint: Event Horizon Ebooks/Event Horizon Publishing Group eISBN: Copyright © 2015 Patricia Anthony Original Copyright © 1993 by Patricia Anthony Print History: Hodder and Stoughton 1995 Dedication: To Charlie Ryan, editor of Aboriginal Science Fiction, who pulled me from the slush pile and gave me his kind, tireless encouragement. And to Mary Ryan and Laurel Lucas and the rest of my extended family. Description: Cold Allies—Friend or Foe? Into the crossfire of a great World War, into its last desperate struggles, a new, enigmatic player intervenes: A force of aliens who appear as Cold blue globes of light hovering over the bloodied battlefields of a dying Earth. Sometimes they save lives. Sometimes they kill ... ... and no one knows what they want or which side they’re on. Into the Light ... The light halted. Gordon had the eerie sensation it was regarding him. A sort of wintry lassitude weighed him down, the same placid comfort that precedes a death by freezing. His eyes started to close. Faintly, in the back of his mind, he could hear the monotonous tap-tap-tap of sleet striking a window. He shook himself out of the half-sleep, and his eyes popped open to darkness. He’d inadvertently shut down the CRAV. He gasped. Violently he jerked his head twice to the right. The vision field came back. The blue light was closer, right at the fence; and he could sense, as he could feel his robot arms and treads, the light’s intense curiosity. “Arm missiles!” he screamed. The heads-up display sprang into life. The blue light was square in the center of the kill box. The words MISSILES ARMED, MISSILES ARMED marched in red across his vision. He touched the stud in the little finger of his left glove and tried to bring it into contact with his thumb. His hands were shaking like a drunk with the d.t.’s. Jesus God. He didn’t have the strength to push his fingers together hard enough to fire. Review Quotes: COLD ALLIES — winner of the prestigious Locus magazine readers’ poll for best first novel of the year. “The best first novel of 1993 ... The perspectives keep switching like turns of a kaleidoscope ... vivid prose, masterful plot handling, and an overall humane intelligence. Read it!” — Locus “Gripping and realistic ... an assured, imaginative, and distinctive debut.” — Kirkus Reviews “An enormously capable first novel ... so fluidly readable that I went through the whole thing in one sitting. It should herald the beginning of a major career.” — Darrell Schweitzer, Aboriginal Science Fiction “Stirring ... an original blend of political intrigue and unique speculations on alien first contact.” — Booklist “Scary and exciting” — Ursula K. Le Guin “Absorbing ... gripping and realistic ... assured, imaginative, and distinctive.” — Kirkus Reviews “A gripping near-future thriller with a unique air of mystery.” — Washington Post Book WorldVersion:1.0 StartHTML:0000000244 EndHTML:0000004746 StartFragment:0000003486 EndFragment:0000004710 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/twk/Desktop/00_2015newversionebooks/Cold%20Allies_anthony_new-id5.5/bookfiles/Cold%20Allies-metadata.doc Bio: Patricia Anthony published her first science fiction novel in 1992 with Cold Allies, about the arrival of extraterrestrials in the midst of a 21st Century Third World War. This was followed by Brother Termite, Conscience of the Beagle, Happy Policeman, Cradle of Splendor, and God's Fires, each of which combined science fiction plots with other genres in unconventional ways. Several of her short-fiction works were republished in the 1998 collection Eating Memories. Her 1998 mainstream novel Flanders is the highly metaphysical story of an American sharpshooter in World War I. Anthony's best-known and most critically acclaimed work is probably 1993's Brother Termite, a tale of political intrigue told from the perspective of the leader of extraterrestrials who have occupied the United States. Views: 28
Joanna Jepson was born with a facial deformity that led to her being mercilessly bullied through childhood and adolescence whilst a strict evangelical upbringing imposed further challenges. Reconstructive facial surgery and a religious meltdown left her unrecognizable and disorientated, and triggered a search for identity and belonging.After ordination, a spell in the cloisters of a Welsh convent and a burst of headline-hitting fame in relation to the cleft palate abortions in the news a few years ago, Joanna became the first Chaplain to the London College of Fashion, with unique opportunities to explore the world of self-image.Not just an autobiography, A Lot Like Eve exposes the cultural idols and preoccupations that hook so many women into trying to prove that they are worthwhile in the way that the world expects. Like the first (metaphorical) woman, Eve, we too are still trying to pretend that we are wonderfully adorned by our own kind of fig-leaves. Views: 28
