Patricia may be well-traveled – but this is a mystery with a dangerous destination. Patricia always viewed the world from the end of her pen. Her feet hop from place to place; her exotic experiences are filling the pages faster than stamps on her passport. Someday, she aspires to land a big-time publishing deal. At a stopover in Atlanta, she is shocked to discover the body of a local businessman, Peter, dumped in a camp in the outskirts of the city. For the first time, her wings are clipped as the lead detective; Brian Johnston launches an investigation into Peter's death – firmly suspecting that cause of death was murder. Patricia and Brian band together in his murder investigation, slowly uncovering leads to a shady underbelly behind Peter's flashy 'successful' exterior, and the illicit dealings he was determined to keep from prying eyes. As the details begin to piece together, someone intends to step in and silence them.... Views: 612
Staying in character can be murder when Cat Latimer and the members of her writers' retreat head for a ghost town . . . Cat and the members of her writers' retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an "Old West" tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a 19th-century saloon girl becomes history herself. Was she the intended target? Or did she take a hit meant for someone else? With a cast of suspects to choose from—including some notorious gunslingers and the sleazy town founders—Cat must unhorse the real culprit before a real-life ghost story is given a killer twist . . . Praise for Lynn Cahoon "Better get your flashlight handy, A Story to Kill will keep you reading all night." —Laura Bradford, author of the Amish Mysteries...
**Staying in character can be murder when Cat Latimer and the members of her writers' retreat head for a ghost town . . . **
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Cat and the members of her writers' retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an "Old West" tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a 19th-century saloon girl becomes history herself.
Was she the intended target? Or did she take a hit meant for someone else? With a cast of suspects to choose from--including some notorious gunslingers and the sleazy town founders--Cat must unhorse the real culprit before a real-life ghost story is given a killer twist . . .
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**Praise for Lynn Cahoon**
**"Better get your flashlight handy, *A Story to Kill* will keep you reading all night."** **--Laura Bradford, author of the Amish Mysteries ** **"Lynn Cahoon has created an absorbing, good fun mystery in *Mission to Murder*."** **--*Fresh Fiction*** Views: 611
Readers are loving this cozy mystery series with its two indomitable dog sleuths. Zack, Jillian, and the corgis, Sherlock and Watson, are at it again in this delightful series that pulls you right in.Zack, Jillian, and the corgis find themselves in the midst of a new mystery with a Thanksgiving twist. Just as they are planning a big holiday dinner, there are no cranberries to be found in the shops. In cozy Pomme Valley and other nearby towns, someone is breaking in and stealing only the cranberries! What's up with that?The trail takes them to some unexpected places—meteorites? diamonds? missing baby formula?—and Zack is never sure where his trusty canine detective companions will lead him. Will the corgi duo, Sherlock and Watson, be able to sniff out the clues and discover who is behind the treacherous deed, in time to save holiday meals everywhere?Praise for Jeffrey Poole and the Corgi Case files:"Mr. Poole is pure genius at tying... Views: 611
I'm the bastard child, son to the mistress, my father's backup heir to the Kingston empire. He sent me to Harvard. I left and became a Navy SEAL, but I'm back now, and I finished school on my own dime. I'm now the right hand man to Grayson Bennett, the billionaire who runs the Bennett Empire. I'm now a few months from being a billionaire myself. I don't need my father's company or his love. My "brother" can have it. I will never go back there. I will never be the mistake my father made, the way he was the mistake my mother made.And then she walks in the door, the princess I'd once wanted more than I'd wanted my father's love. She wants me to come back. She says my father needs to be saved. I don't want to save my father but I do want her. Deeply. Passionately. More than I want anything else.But she's The Princess and I'm The Bastard. We don't fit. We don't belong together and yet she says he needs me, that she needs me. We're like sugar... Views: 611
With THE ONLY HUMAN, internationally acclaimed bestselling author Rick Mofina takes young readers on a white-knuckled, heart-pounding thrill ride across New York City.Thirteen-year-old Tyler Price is struggling with his parents' divorce as he pinballs between their apartments in Manhattan. One day after school a troubled old man sits next to him on a city bus. His voice filled with fear, the man says, "the awakening" has begun, and reveals that Tyler is the only person who can stop it. The man thrusts a satchel at Tyler, telling him to never let it go, minutes before he is killed in a traffic accident while fleeing police. Against the backdrop of a series of strange happenings in New York City – the disappearance of a packed tour bus – Tyler and his school friend, Ella Shaw, become fugitives hunted by police who want the satchel.The worn leather bag contains a notebook with passages in an ancient language and a pair of old goggles similar to those worn... Views: 611
When multiple women are found dead, fitting a pattern, yet there is seemingly no connection between them. Jessie knows they are hiding secrets deep in their past, and unlocking them will be the key to stopping this killer before he strikes again. But can she figure it out in time?"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)The Perfect Witness is book #28 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a #1 bestseller (and free download) with over 5,000 five-star ratings and 1,000 five-star reviews.A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, the Jessie Hunt series is a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.Future books in the series will soon be available."An edge of your seat thriller in a new series that keeps you turning pages! ...So many twists,... Views: 611
*** FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY *** WILL THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN HISTORY BE LOST ONCE AGAIN? After an earthquake strikes the Azores, a discovery of unimaginable importance is made just off the coast, sending Archaeology Professor James Acton and his wife racing across the Atlantic to confirm the find—the lost city of Atlantis. But they aren’t the first there, and those who arrived before them will stop at nothing to prevent anyone from discovering their true purpose, and it has nothing to do with the preservation of the past, but everything to do with the destruction of our future. From USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy comes Atlantis Lost, the latest installment in the action-packed globe-spanning James Acton Thrillers series, certain to have you on the edge of your seat from page one. If you enjoy fast-paced adventures in the style of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, and James Rollins, then you’ll love this thrilling tale of archaeological intrigue. Get Atlantis Lost today, and discover what wiped the fabled island city, and its inhabitants, from history! Views: 610
He Finally Escaped His Past... Then She Appeared On His Doorstep.Sheriff Jamison Wyatt has spent his life helping his loved ones elude his father's ruthless gang of thugs, the Sons of the Badlands. But he's never forgotten Liza Dean, the one who got away. Now Liza's sister, a child, is caught in the gang's most horrifying crime yet -- and only Jamison can help her retrieve the little girl from her captors. With only each other in the isolation of the unforgiving South Dakota landscape, can they infiltrate the crime syndicate before it's too late? Views: 610
Six of Poe's most macabre tales are presented in this powerfully illustrated edition that comes with an unabridged CD narration of four of the shorter tales. The classic tales included on the 75 minute CD and read by Edward Blake are "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Cask of Amontillado." The two longer tales in the collection are the heart-stopping "The Pit and the Pendulum" and the chilling "The Fall of the House of Usher." In addition to his striking woodcut-type illustrations, Michael McCurdy has written fascinating headnotes about the origin of each tale and an introduction about Poe.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 610