TROUBLE ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED THE RAINY SEASON Rain and isolation could make folks crazy in these parts. Sheriff Mitch Tanner -- the most eligible bachelor in the county -- would have his hands full for sure. Bigfoot sightings and sundry strange happenings he could handle...but he wasn't prepared for murder. With a killer on the loose, he'd have to keep a tight grip on the investigation and a close eye on the mounting list of suspects. Unfortunately, the person causing the most trouble to his male senses was none other than the town's biggest gossip and the one woman he'd do anything to avoid: Charity Jenkins. Sure enough, she'd whittled away at his confirmed-single status with her annoying questions and all-American-girl good looks and had him thinking about something more permanent. Except a killer had other plans for Charity. Views: 7
The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed standalones After I’m Gone, I’d Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, challenges our notions of memory, loyalty, responsibility, and justice in this evocative and psychologically complex story about a long-ago death that still haunts a family.
Luisa “Lu” Brant is the newly elected—and first female—state’s attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It’s not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard county doesn’t see many homicides.
As Lu prepares for the trial, the case dredges up painful memories, reminding her small but tight-knit family of the night when her brother, AJ, saved his best friend at the cost of another man’s life. Only eighteen, AJ was cleared by a grand jury. Now, Lu wonders if the events of 1980 happened as she remembers them. What details might have been withheld from her when she was a child?
The more she learns about the case, the more questions arise. What does it mean to be a man or woman of one’s times? Why do we ask our heroes of the past to conform to the present’s standards? Is that fair? Is it right? Propelled into the past, she discovers that the legal system, the bedrock of her entire life, does not have all the answers. Lu realizes that even if she could learn the whole truth, she probably wouldn’t want to.
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“Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life.” (Mindy Kaling)
“She’s one of the best novelists around, period.” (Washington Post)
“I never miss Laura Lippman’s novels.” (Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author)
“Laura Lippman’s stories aren’t just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today.” (Tess Gerritsen)
“Laura Lippman’s WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman’s novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She’s one of today’s essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why.” (Washington Post)
From the Back Cover
What happens when we’re forced to look closely at the myths and stories that shape our families? The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed literary thrillers After I’m Gone, I’d Know You Anywhere, Every Secret Thing, and What the Dead Know takes on the frailty of memory and the way that ever-evolving standards can create villains where heroes once stood.
“She’s one of the best novelists around, period.”—Washington Post
Luisa “Lu” Brant is the newly elected state’s attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to burnish her reputation by trying a homeless man accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It’s not the kind of case that makes national headlines, but peaceful Howard County doesn’t see many homicides.
As Lu prepares for the trial, the case dredges up painful memories, reminding her small but tight-knit family of the night when her brother, AJ, saved his best friend at the cost of another man’s life. Only eighteen at the time, AJ was found to have acted in self-defense. Now Lu wonders if the events of 1980 happened as she remembers them. Long discrete memories begin to fit together, revealing connections and secrets that Lu never suspected.
The more she learns about her new case, the more questions arise about the past. Why was her brother’s friend attacked? Who was the true victim? Lu discovers that the legal system, the bedrock of her entire life, can no longer provide comfort or even reliable answers. If there is such a thing as the whole truth, Lu realizes—possibly too late—that she would be better off not knowing what it is.
Praise for Laura Lippman
“Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life.”—Mindy Kaling
“She’s one of the best novelists around, period.”—Washington Post
“Pure delight.”—People
“Lippman has an almost uncanny ability to get into the heads of her characters—the good guys and the not-so-good guys—and to bring them vividly alive.”—Baltimore Sun
“I never miss Laura Lippman’s novels.”—Anna Quindlen, New York Times Book Review
“One of the genre’s most talented writers.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Lippman is a writing powerhouse.”—USA Today Views: 7
An explosive SAS short story following Aidan Snow during his early days with the Regiment. Northern Ireland, November 1994. Seconded to ‘the Det’ - a Covert Intelligence & Security Unit, SAS troopers Aidan Snow and Paddy Fox must stop a breakaway terrorist cell from destroying the IRA ceasefire and stalling the Northern Ireland peace process. Aidan Snow become an SIS (MI6) operative in the #1 Kindle bestselling HETMAN and COLD BLACK.** Views: 7
Kaye Whiting went to buy a birthday present and didn't come back. When DC Goodhew hears the recording of the mysterious call made to the station, informing them that Kaye is still alive and that a man named Peter Walsh is responsbile, he knows it's more than a prank call. Why does Mr. Walsh not seem surprised to see Goodhew at his doorstep, and who is the woman who goes to the same diner every day, just so she can watch Mr. Walsh walk out of his building with his new lover?ReviewPraise for Alison Bruce:Bruce’s superior prose elevates this above many other contemporary British police procedurals.”—*Publishers Weekly“Goodhew stands alone. I'm looking forward to more of his investigations.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune“Smart, ambitious.... A pleasingly different police procedural.”—Kirkus Reviews “[Bruce] develops complex characters and shows an admirable command of language.... Other Goodhew adventures are sure to follow.”—Gumshoe Review Goodhew keeps the tale brisk especially in the latter half as he methodically follows every lead. Fans will enjoy his efforts to solve the complex case even as readers will try to beat him to the punch as Alison Bruce provides all the clues in plain sight.”—Harriet Klausner, Genre-Go-Round Reviews*About the AuthorAlison Bruce was born in Surrey but moved to Cambridge in 1998. She is the author of two other Gary Goodhew books, Cambridge Blue and The Siren. She is married with two small children. Views: 7
Drowning the warlock didn't end things ... It only started the terror!Lovers Nissa and Arzu are running for their lives to escape a warlock's revenge. The trouble is, Scaletown doesn't have many places to hide. Worse, the floating village is uniquely vulnerable to the ravages of an undead megalodon.Zombie Shark is a rip-roaring summer read—and suitable to heat up cold winter nights as well. You'll be hooked from the first line!Stephen D. Sullivan is the award-winning author of dozens of fantasy novels and stories. He lives in haunted Frosthaven, Wisconsin. Views: 7
A KIDNAPPING WITH TIME RUNNING OUT... For Honolulu P.D. homicide detective Jon Stanton, the body of a young boy discovered in the bushes of an upscale neighborhood is more than just another homicide. This one is personal.The boy was eleven years old and a witness to the kidnapping of a wealthy housewife and her daughter. Stanton believes them to still be alive, but held by a host of desperate, unstable men. Men willing to kill children to achieve their ends.Stanton and his new partner, the seductive and alluring niece of his boss, search from the seedy bars in Honolulu's Chinatown, to the homes of those that buy and sell flesh like cattle, and Stanton's wits will once again be tested to their limits.Ultimately, Stanton will have to make the choice between justice and the law as he tracks down a perpetrator whose identity will shock him.ABOUT THE AUTHORVictor Methos is a former prosecutor specializing in violent crime and is currently a criminal defense attorney in the Midwest. His more than thirty books have sold nearly half a million copies worldwide. Views: 7
The national bestselling author of Wound Up in Murder spins a deadly yarn of knitting bees, butterflies, and beauty queens. Every October, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to California's Monterey Peninsula to spend the winter there. To welcome their colorful guests, Cadbury by the Sea holds a weeklong festival complete with a butterfly queen and her court. Eager to show some town spirit, Casey Feldstein finds herself fluttering back and forth between setting up a yarn retreat, baking and helping out at the festival. But when a former butterfly queen is found dead with a knife in her back after a Bless the Butterflies service, Casey must set her loom aside to hook a killer with a score to settle. Includes knitting patterns and a recipe!From the Paperback edition. Views: 7
Revisit this tale of danger and desire from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham, now available for the first time in ebook!The tranquil waters of a Bahamian paradise turn dark and treacherous when Amanda is ruthlessly abducted. Sean, a Miami undercover cop, witnessed the crime and throws himself into danger, pretending he's Amanda's lover. It's a perilous game, but Amanda knows there's no one to pay her captors, and she finds it's easy to play along with her irresistible mystery man...Originally published in 1987 Views: 7
