Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie – in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl – has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous and their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could Sadie's ghost be the answer to Lara's problems and can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other? Views: 33
American crime - Nordic style! "Hey, it's me again, Manny. Are you surprised? It's the dress, right? You'll get used to it. So, when we last met, I'd been fired, assaulted, chased by cops and criminals alike, and coerced into a political conspiracy. This time, I'm working for the next governor of the state of Minnesota. Alongside Joel. Sort of. He's still adjusting to the new me. But corruption spreads like fire and somebody has to douse the flames ... Here's the thing. They say that knowledge is power. But nobody tells you that what you know can be the death of you." The CASTLE DANGER saga continues in THE MENTAL STATES as Manny and Joel work together doing what they do best: getting into deep trouble. State Senator Andrew Marquette looks like a shoo-in for the governorship - appealing to votes across the political spectrum - and he's brought Manny and Joel aboard to help steer the ship. But when one of Marquette's most trusted advisors goes missing, our heroes can't help but... Views: 33
Is a killer back for more?A Cavanaugh Justice story by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie FerrarellaA series of gruesome murders brings together an unlikely pair of homicide detectives: outgoing Brianna Cavanaugh and lone wolf Jackson Muldare. These utter opposites work around the clock together to solve these crimes. In the process, Jackson and Brianna must trust each other with their lives and secrets as they become closer than they ever imagined. Views: 33
The boy looks up and sees the foreigner's rifle aimed at him. Why is this man here? This is not his conflict, it is not the boy's... it is hell. Jay has been home for a long time, but the ghosts of Yugoslavia are still with him as he busks his way round the country. Marilyn is fresh out of a controlling relationship and desperate to reassert her independence. The last thing she needs is to fall for an itinerant storyteller who has a strange relationship with the truth. And then the police call on her. When the past catches up with the present and stories become reality, Jay and Marilyn must decide who to believe and who to betray. "A real page-turner about the need for love, and the search for redemption... If you like a fast-paced thriller but want more – then buy this book" Martine Bailey, author of An Appetite for Violets "Snatches my interest and my emotions and never lets go..." Thorne... Views: 33
A grisly murder and a hunt for buried treasure take Jake Lassiter to the slopes of Aspen. The linebacker-turned-lawyer gets framed when a client's partner is killed. The evidence leads to a Colorado silver mine that may hold a priceless artifact of the Old West. Or is it just the Maltese Falcon, the stuff dreams are made of? An explosive finale reveals all in Jake's most dangerous case yet. Views: 33
Emmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks.What Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which covers vast distances while moving no further than Emmett's hearth and home. Nicholson Baker's extraordinary ability to describe and celebrate life in all its rich ordinariness has never been so beautifully achieved.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 33
In the first Alex
Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of
psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual
manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered
in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no leads,
but they do have one possible witness: seven-year-old Melody Quinn.It's
psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware's job to try to unlock the terrible
secret buried in Melody's memory. But as the sinister shadows in the
girl's mind begin to take shape, Alex discovers that the mystery
touches a shocking incident in his own past. This connection
is only the beginning, a single link in a forty-year-old conspiracy.
And behind it lies an unspeakable evil that Alex Delaware must expose
before it claims another innocent victim: Melody Quinn. Views: 33
Warning- Graphic content and themes "THIS is me..." The desperate conclusion to "I am HER..." Finally... She has a name. She has a past and she has a history. She knows who she is. And she knows who she wanted to be. She knows the way to all she ever wanted, but she knows she can't change the past that destroyed her. "I swear I'm here, but I'm not. I swear I can feel, but I don't. I swear I hear people, but I'm all alone. Where am I? What have I done?" If everything you knew was nothing you know, how do you begin to live again? When beautiful dreams surround you but darkness consumes you, how do you begin to live anew? "After I exhale, I turn to my empty room once again. In the silence that follows my tears, I am washed in clarity. I am NOT her. THIS is me..." Views: 33
