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When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg.
Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible – and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.
With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them…
A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down. Views: 245
Edward Stratemeyer was a 20th century writer best known for making kids books. He was also an acclaimed publisher who produced over 1,000 books. Views: 245
10 STORIES10 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS10 BRAVE KIDS20 MINUTES TO ESCAPEQuinn gets thrown overboard into an icy ocean. Can he outwit the circling shark? Ashling is watching a history-making science experiment—but it's about to go horribly wrong... Oscar hides from two secret agents while something much more dangerous hunts all three of them! Views: 244
A trail of death. A web of corruption. The ultimate betrayal.
A series of armed robberies on local petrol stations leaves Mildenheath CID chasing their tails. But things are about to get a whole lot worse.
When an elderly woman is killed during an armed raid on her jewellery shop, Knight and Culverhouse realise one of their own is involved — a police officer.
With the future of Mildenheath CID at stake and the lives of their loved ones under threat, time is running out — fast.
As they begin to investigate the web of corruption, they discover just how deep it runs — and how close to home. But are they prepared for the truth?
A Knight & Culverhouse book from the #1 international bestselling author with more than 2 million books sold.
'Incredible' — BBC News A 'sensation' — The Guardian Views: 243
"The editor's claim that the first season of True Detective was a big inspiration for this anthology is evident: Ashes and Entropy sports a finely balanced mixture of grit, crime and blood along with the irrational, occult and weird."–Rue MorgueStand on the precipice and prepare to dive down through the event horizon into the bleak and mind-shattering void of both the cosmos and of humanity.Nightscape Press is proud to present ASHES AND ENTROPY edited by Robert S. Wilson, an anthology of cosmic horror and noir/neo-noir. ASHES AND ENTROPY is beautifully illustrated by Luke Spooner and includes brand new stories by Laird Barron, Damien Angelica Walters, John Langan, Kristi DeMeester, Jon Padgett, Nadia Bulkin, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, Lucy A. Snyder, Tim Waggoner, Jessica McHugh, Paul Michael Anderson, Max Booth III, Lynne Jamneck, Greg Sisco, Lisa Mannetti, Nate Southard, Erinn L. Kemper, Matthew M. Bartlett, Autumn... Views: 243
UNEXPLAINABLE EVIL
When Zain Tamora, the worst mass murderer in Nevada's history, escapes from state custody, it sends shockwaves through the community. Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, Tamora is a mute killing machine.
Special Agent Angela Listz with the Federal Bureau of Investigation is attacked and left for dead by Tamora. When her mentor and legendary special agent Mickey Parsons learns of the attack, he decides he must enter the mouth of madness again and find Tamora before he can kill anyone else.
But Tamora is remorseless and brutal. Mickey knows Tamora had the chance to disappear but instead goes on a killing spree. Concluding Tamora is searching for someone, Mickey is on his trail. And as Tamora's motivations become clearer, Mickey knows one of them will not make it out of this alive.
A short novel.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victor Methos is a former prosecutor and currently a criminal defense attorney in the Midwest. His more than 30 books have sold nearly half a million copies worldwide. Views: 243
Promises like these shouldn't be made in lust ... * Bethany-Kris, author of The Russian Guns, invites readers back to the world with The Promise--Book 2 in The Darkest Lies Trilogy. A standalone trilogy with HFN endings following the same couple. Views: 241
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...two feet wide, with a wall on one side and what appeared misty, bottomless space on the other. Here the Indians had fastened a hand-rope which each was glad enough to clutch as he wormed his way along to safer ground. "Well, I don\'t want any more of that!" said Earl, with a long sigh of relief. "A slip there, and it would be good-by, sure!" "Yes, and I guess they would never even get your body," added Randy. There was no time left to halt, for the Indians were pressing on, their endurance, and especially the endurance of the women and the boys, proving a constant wonder to Randy and Earl, the latter declaring that they must be tougher than pine knots to stand it. "One more big climb, boys, and we\'ll be at the summit!" was the welcome announcement made by Captain Zoss; but when Earl and Randy looked at the climb he mentioned their hearts fairly sank within them and they wondered how in the world they were going to make it without its costing them their lives. An almost sheer wall of ice and snow confronted them, rising in an irregular form to a height of four hundred feet. This cliff, if such it might be called, was more light at its top than at the base, and consequently it appeared to stand out towards them as they gazed up at it. Along the face the Indian pack-carriers were crawling, like flies on a lumpy whitewashed wall. "We can\'t do--" began Randy, when he felt his arm pinched by Earl. "We must do it, Randy," came back in a whisper. "The Indians are doing it, and so can we--if we\'ll put our grit into it." "Now take it slow and be sure of one foot before you move the next," said Foster Portney, warning them again. "Dig as deeply into the ice and snow as you can. And abo... Views: 241
