The highly anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, Fatal Isles. Perfect for fans of Shetland, Broadchurch and Ann Cleeves.'TREMENDOUS ... A TERRIFIC FOLLOW-UP' JOAN SMITH, SUNDAY TIMES'EVOCATIVE' CHOICE MAGAZINEA disused quarry. A suspicious death. A dark past bubbling to the surface . . .Though Detective Karen Eiken Hornby returned to her homeland, the island nation Doggerland, from London some years ago, she has largely avoided visiting the northernmost island where her father's wayward family reside.But when a man's body is discovered in a flooded quarry on Noorö and with illness preventing any of her colleagues attending, Karen has no choice but to head north to investigate.However, with limited resources at her disposal Karen is largely on her own - and she cannot shake the feeling that her relatives, with their somewhat lax approach to... Views: 201
Longtime lovers and con artists Sam and Rachel sign on to help Sam's old mentor, a legendary grifter known as Aunt Sally, pull off a scam that leverages the racist sentiments, gimlet-eyed avarice, and sleazy lust of an odious white supremacist college professor. But the couple has dragged their past behind them, and the Philly mobsters they ripped off not so long ago have set a relentless hunter with a head full of demons on their trail, with a mandate to inflict as much pain as possible before he puts the couple in the ground. As they put the grift together, Sam and Rachel uncover secrets and surprises about Aunt Sally, her enigmatic partner William, and themselves. People Like Us is a story of love and loyalty, of the lies that we call history, and of people who fight to live and love outside the walls of normal society. Views: 201
They'll have to trust each otherin order to survive this mission.After escaping Trinity, a terrorist organization, trained assassin CJ Grainger has insider knowledge about the group's plans, but she needs resources that Cole McCastlain, a member of Declan's Defenders, can provide. Yet they face a dilemma: they must either facilitate the deaths of government officials or become Trinity's next targets. CJ and Cole will make it out alive only if they can place their lives in each other's hands. Views: 201
From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny Reid One week. Home alone. Girl genius. Unrepentant slacker. What's the worst that could happen? Mona is a smart girl and had everything figured out a long time ago. She had to. She didn't have a choice. When your parents are uber-celebrities and you graduate from high school at thirteen, finish college at seventeen, and start your PhD program at eighteen, you don't have time for distractions outside of your foci. Even fun is scheduled. Which is why Abram, her brother's best friend, is such an irritant. Abram is a talented guy, a supremely gifted musician, and has absolutely nothing figured out, nor does he seem to care. He does what he feels, when he feels, and—in Mona's opinion—he makes her feel entirely too much. Laws of Physics is the second trilogy in the Hypothesis series; Laws of Physics parts 1 (MOTION) & 2 (SPACE) end with a... Views: 201
Fifteen-year-old Charlie stays home from school so he can help his brother, Tom, who is in a hip-to-toe cast after breaking his leg in a football game. When not waiting on his brother hand and foot, Charlies does some detective work. A series of break-ins has the whole neighborhood on edge. Things really hit home when Charlie nearly catches the thief and then foils an attempted break-in at his own house. As he continues to piece together the clues, Charlie realizes that the easiest way to avoid suspicion is to hide in plain sight. Views: 201
When the shadows ride in Wongan Creek...Fenella Rose-Waterman is happy running The Cranky Lizard winery until a broken relationship lifts the lid on the Pandora's Box of her past. After years of repressed memories haunting her dreams, she is forced to face the truth to find justice. But with truth comes a danger that puts everyone she loves at risk.Kieran Murphy left Wongan Creek a newly-wed and returned a widower. He believes he and his young son will find healing in the town that healed him once before. Instead, he finds the woman he loved running scared, her life in turmoil and her business under threat.As the shadows of the past gather on the horizon, will they lose their chance of happiness or will they find healing together? Views: 201
Star Crossed lovers? The mage and her Knight? The Fool and the Genius, the world's oddest couple?Claire and Anthony have a storied andcolorful past. Ahem. It took Anthony nearly 1,000 times to ask Claire out on a date you know? Like come on? They were adventuring together for years! Maybe he wasn't the fool.Claire, didn't notice you there- don't give me that look! You're starting to scare me…Uhh, okay, so, this world's greatest love story continues. Though Dena I not a safe place. War is on the horizon as the humans and beast-kin mobilize . Anthey're not the only group on the move.It's time that the Guardian's returned to Dena. Beware of a Guardian on a mission-especially if one of them is the ex-guardian Battle Mage, who made even the Drafeng speak her name in fear! Really Anthony must be a masochist or some-Hey! Claire! Put the fireball down! No don't make it bigger! No fireballs in the house! Ah!Check out the 3rd book in the Death knight series, you know you want to! Views: 201
