The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely a green radar blip half an hour off the California coast when the call comes through to air traffic control: 'Socal Approach, this is TransPacific 545. We have an emergency. ' The pilot requests priority clearance to land - then comes the bombshell - he needs forty ambulances on the runway. But nothing prepares the rescue workers for the carnage they witness when they enter the plane. Ninety-four passengers are injured. Three dead. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. What happened on board Flight TPA 545? Views: 523
Death is waiting in the Deep South. After she embarks on a seemingly routine cross-country road trip to Alabama to visit her close friend's sick aunt, Rhonda Knight looks forward to a quiet journey that will let her spend quality time with Zach, the man she secretly loves. But when they're struck by a series of strange – and near-deadly – events, Rhonda begins to suspect that there's something far more insidious going on than meets the eye. Teaming up with her twin sister Rita, the pair begin to unravel a sinister scheme that threatens to destroy the life of the man she loves. From a bumbling cop to a close shave with death, it quickly becomes clear that somebody is out to get them. Struggling to catch the would-be killers and get to the heart of their scheme, Rhonda must uncover Zach's history... and why he's become their target. But there's one more surprise in store – and it could throw all of Rhonda's plans... Views: 522
From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and "master of suspense" (BCCB), Natalie D. Richards, comes a pulse-pounding YA thriller about a girl who goes on a mysterious scavenger hunt, only to discover that someone knows her worst secret...and is out for blood.I know seven dirty secrets:One caused the fall. One did nothing. One saw it all.One didn't care. One used their head. One played the hero.One was left for dead. Views: 522
I wrote this account one year after I'd found Hannah dead.
I thought I'd managed to erase all traces of that night within myself.
But I was wrong.
Every night when I tried to sleep, I'd close my eyes and see her again, exactly as I found her, hanging from a pine tree by an orange elctrical cord, her neck twisted like a tulip stem, her eyes seeing nothing.
Or else that was the problem. They'd seen everything.
This mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction. Views: 522
By Colleen GleasonHolli BertramMara JacobsLiz KellyFour stories by four authors…one fateful New Year’s EveFour kisses at midnight…Three different sisters…Two old flames…One bet that drives it all!Four stories by four authors…one fateful New Year’s EveFour kisses at midnight…Three different sisters…Two old flames…One bet that drives it all!The Devine sisters return to their hometown for New Year’s Eve each year to attend the annual ball. Part of the tradition is their decade-old bet: whoever has no date at midnight has to kiss their nerdy neighbor Lewis Kampmueller.Tess—burned by love, the glamorous Broadway star isn’t interested in a repeat performance…until she encounters an old flame.Annabelle—when the local etiquette expert gets caught breaking the law, her heart might have to pay the price.Grace—the tough FBI agent has an easy time being one of guys, but is she woman enough to keep a man? Lewis—the shy nerd has made millions over the years…but is he smart enough to catch the woman of his dreams?Who will lose the bet but win out in love? Four charming stories written by four different authors about one fateful New Year’s Eve.The champagne is poured. The clock is ticking. Join the countdown! Views: 522
Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, mystery writer Harriet Vane, start their honeymoon with murder. The former owner of Talboys estate is dead in the cellar with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman, not a spot of blood on his smashed skull, and £600 in his pocket. Views: 522
Rick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine.Rick's maternal uncle is a Roman cop with one eye to his nephew's welfare and another to how Rick might be useful, perhaps widen his career choices. So Commissario Piero Fontana pulls Rick into an investigation: the murder of Count Umberto Zimbardi.The wealthy count enjoyed indulging a circle of convivial friends and a hobby collecting oral histories by interviewing residents in the city's centro storico. After heading home from such an afternoon, he was found dead on a bridge over the Tiber.As a newcomer and an investigator, Rick makes rookie mistakes. He's learning the ropes as an amateur sleuth and that living in Rome is different from visiting. Plus he's distracted by a woman pressing him into service as a tour guide and the arrival of a college friend on a mission... Views: 521
The ultimate loner. Jack Widow comes to a Standoff with true evil.
ATF Lead Agent Toni Adonis, sent an agent undercover, posing as a recruit to a mysterious militant-cult, called The Athenians. She watched her agent go through the front gates into their compound in rural South Carolina. But her agent never came back out.
After an ATF raid goes horribly wrong, the group's terrorist leader and his closest guards have escaped. Desperate, Adonis will do whatever it takes to catch him.
Enter Jack Widow, a drifter with a dark past. Taking a ride, heading to warm climates, Widow spends a day with a close-knit family. But things go from good to deadly when the fleeing cult-terrorists end up at their front doorstep.
Widow faces-off against the most horrifying evil he's ever met in Book 12 in the bestselling Jack Widow series. Views: 521
