Jay "Flash" Reynolds has a brilliant future as a trauma surgeon until a truck on a rainy night changes her life. Assistant chief medical examiner Olivia Price is more at ease with the dead than the living—at least the dead never lie. All she needs to do is listen to their stories. What she doesn't need is a surly new resident who would rather be somewhere else.Two women, one with a damaged body, the other a damaged spirit, challenge each other to dare to live again. Views: 47
Simon Serrailler faces his most difficult case yet in the ninth installment of Susan Hill's gripping mystery series.Susan Hill—the Man Booker Prize nominee and winner of the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham, and John Llewellyn Rhys awards—returns with a hair-raising new novel, the ninth book in one of the most acclaimed mystery series of our time. Featuring the enigmatic and brooding chief police inspector Simon Serrailler, this intricate and pulse-pounding series follows a collection of grisly crimes plaguing the city of Lafferton—and The Comforts of Home is the most chilling and unputdownable installment yet.In this gripping new thriller, Simon, eager to be back at work after recovering from a near-fatal injury, takes on a cold-case review for the Lafferton police about a girl who disappeared some years before. Meanwhile, his family adjusts to changes of its own; namely his sister's marriage to Chief Constable Kieron Bright. But when events take... Views: 47
The girls of the DG have found that through the club, both their friendships and their dating savvy have grown. But all that is about to be put to the test. Despite their promises of secrecy, word has somehow gotten out, and new girls want to join the club. The reaction in the DG is mixed, but with the Christmas Ball coming up, they need to pull together to organize their double dates. The trouble is, how can they get guys interested in a dance that's become increasingly unpopular?Cassidy, Devon, Abby, Bryn, and Emma are quickly becoming teen favorites as they navigate the crazy world of dating. As always, Melody Carlson subtly delivers great advice wrapped up tight in a package of fun and friendship. Views: 47
Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3,000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall. But what if his fate was actually much more sinister? Now, in The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson and Martin Dugard chronicle their epic quest to find out what happened to the boy-king. The result is a true crime tale of intrigue, betrayal, and usurpation that presents a compelling case that King Tut's death was anything but natural. Views: 47
Life has gotten boring for the heroes of Highpeak. The monsters have disappeared and even the bandits are looking to easier pickings until Alto becomes separated from his friends and is soon lost in a darkness of sorcery and corruption. For every action, good or bad, there is a consequence. Alto will discover the cost of his actions and then he must find a way to pay for them. Views: 47
Beautiful, headstrong Afton is taken from her parents at an early age and raised in the castle, a companion to the earl's daughter. Schooled in the ways of kings and surrounded by splendor. Afton falls in love with the earl's son Calhoun. But Calhoun's mother, the Endeline, has much differnt plans for him than marriage to a villein's daughter. Suddenly Afton's world is viciously torn apart, leaving her with a burning desire...for vengeance.Review"I recommend this book to you!" -- Eugenia Price, authorAbout the AuthorAward-winning author Angela Elwell Hunt writes for both children and adults. Her books number over seventy titles and include The Keepers of the Ring Series, When Your Parents Pull Apart, The Cassie Perkins Series, and the best-selling Tale of Three Trees. Angela and her husband, Gary, an ordained minister, live in Florida. Views: 47
A thief has a change of heart after a robbery goes wrong and decides to return the money . . . at all costs!In Bad News for Bad Men," Jimmy Jones is a ne'er-do-well with a trigger finger who has spent half his life raising hell. In hopes of turning his life around, Jimmy arrives to the town of Jasper, where his uncle has gotten him a job at the town newspaper. No longer a gunfighter, Jimmy is now an editor. But his uncle welcomes Jimmy with a warning: The only news in Jasper is bad news."When Bill Genniver and his partner, Jerry Garlan, decide to hold up a stagecoach for some quick cash, the two outlaws quickly find themselves at odds. Garlan shoots down a horse to stop the stage, but Genniver takes it one step further when he shoots a passenger to get to the cash. With the cold-blooded money in their hands, Garlan's conscience gets the better of him. He regrets not only killing the horse, but the whole robbery too, and decides that somehow he has to... Views: 47
The Agency by Donna AugustineDe Facto by Annie BelletVenom by Sarra CannonHoneysuckle Memories: A Scarlett Smith Memoir by Selene CharlesSpirits of Bourbon Street by Deanna ChaseThe Ghost & Mrs. MacKay by Kate DanleyFull Moon Mischief by Debra DunbarDog Days of Summer by Hailey EdwardsAtomic by C. GockelVictoria Gardella: Vampire Slayer by Colleen GleasonHighland Magic by Helen HarperContents May Have Shifted by Shawntelle MadisonIllusions by Christine PopeDying Night by SM ReineBrea's Tale: Arrival by Anthea SharpAngels and Demons by Colleen VanderlindenDragon's Fury by Phaedra Weldon Views: 47
Jamie Grimm is back and better than ever in the third episode of James Patterson's bestselling I FUNNY series. Finding himself one step closer to his dream of being the best kid comic in the world, Jamie faces his biggest challenge yet. After scoring big on national TV in the semifinals contest, everyone back home is jumping on the Jamie Grimm bandwagon, and all the attention might be going to his head. Not only are his friendships starting to suffer, but the pressure of coming up with his best material ever for the ultimate standup act to snag the final win in Hollywood is pushing Jamie to the brink. Suddenly, life isn't looking very funny anymore. Can Jamie take the grand prize without pushing away his fans, friends and family? Views: 47
War is turning Juliet Bradshaw's world upside down. Her brother, Seth, rides with William Quantrill's renegade Confederate army, but he's helpless when the Yankees arrest Juliet along with the wives and sisters of Quantrill's soldiers as spies. Imprisoned in a dilapidated old house in Kansas City, Juliet is one of a handful of survivors after the building collapses, killing most of the young girls inside.When she's reunited with her brother, Juliet finds the life she had previously known is gone. Surrounded by secrets, lies, murder, and chaos, she must determine just how far she will go to protect the people and things she holds dear. Views: 47
From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected book of his darkest stories.'The cruelest lies are often told in silence . . .'Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we love most? What do we fear revealing? In these ten tales of deception master storyteller Roald Dahl explores our tireless efforts to hide the truth about ourselves.Here, among many others, you'll read about how to get away with the perfect murder, the old man whose wagers end in a most disturbing payment, how revenge is sweeter when it is carried out by someone else and the card sharp so good at cheating he does something surprising with his life.Dahl understood our deepest secrets, desires and fears and Deception is one of four books - the rest being Lust, Cruelty and Madness - that explore our hidden selves. Views: 47
Destiny sees what others don't.A quiet fisher mourning the loss of xer sister to a cruel dragon. A clever hedge-witch gathering knowledge in a hostile land. A son seeking vengeance for his father's death. A daughter claiming the legacy denied her. A princess laboring under an unbreakable curse. A young resistance fighter questioning everything he's ever known. A little girl willing to battle a dragon for the sake of a wish. These heroes and heroines emerge from adversity into triumph, recognizing they can be more than they ever imagined: chosen ones of destiny.From the author of the Earthside series and the Rewoven Tales novels, No Man of Woman Born is a collection of seven fantasy stories in which transgender and nonbinary characters subvert and fulfill gendered prophecies. These prophecies recognize and acknowledge each character's gender, even when others do not. Note: No trans or nonbinary characters were killed in the making of this book.... Views: 47
