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It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she’s ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart—and who she hasn’t seen in 18 years.
Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light, in which monsters prey upon the most vulnerable.
As the body count mounts and Kat's hope for a second chance with Jeff grows more and more elusive, she is consumed by an investigation that challenges her feelings about everyone she ever loved—her former fiancé, her mother, and even her father, whose cruel murder so long ago has never been fully explained. With lives on the line, including her own, Kat must venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before, and discover if she has the strength to survive what she finds there. Views: 372
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the unbeatable spirit of the heroes of old is reborn in the nineteen sixties, where it engages the monsters and villains of modern life in scotland in its quest to be free, in this swirling epic set in a bygone era which still beams a nostalgic message to us. this is how it really was.growing up in scotland during the sixties, the main character of this novel spins the capivating tale of the formative events and escapades that snowballed into an epic struggle to make real the obsessions of that era which colonized the minds of his generation. the many characters who are drawn to him and become part of this tale are often recognizable as like ourselves or others we have known; the dilemmas and challenges he faces are some of them familiar, others bizarre and extreme; what is unique and uplifting is his response and his spirit and the insights he gains into friendship, love, wealth, and power. Views: 372
Taking the best elements from two of his most outstanding bestsellers, The Gold Coast and The General's Daughter, Nelson DeMille combines the breathless suspense of an expertly wrought murder mystery with his wry perspective on a peculiarly American social scene to deliver an enthralling and compelling story. Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey's big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for. The early signs point to a burglary gone wrong. But because the Gordons were biologists at Plum Island, the offshore animal disease research site rumored to be involved in germ warfare, it isn't long before the media is suggesting that the Gordons stole something very deadly. Suddenly a local double murder becomes a crime with national and worldwide implications. John Corey doesn't like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island -- more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably. Ultimately, through his understanding of the murders, John Corey comes to understand himself. Fast-paced and atmospheric, marked by entrancing characters, incandescent storytelling, and brilliant comic touches, Plum Island is Nelson DeMille at his thrill-inducing best. Views: 372
She disappeared without a trace seven years ago, now he’s about to discover the secrets she’s guarded with her life…
Téa Bello took advantage of a bad situation to gain her freedom, but her escape allowed another man to suffer. Her sins haunt her; chase her from Mexico to Italy where she’s been hiding in plain sight working at a food bank to help the homeless. Atoning for her transgressions, however, does nothing to ease the pain of the past, and leads her into a web of crime when her identity is revealed.
She’s the key to his sister’s happiness, and there’s nothing he won’t do to expose the truth…
Daniel ‘Khaos’ Artino has been his sister’s keeper since their parents were killed, and now the past threatens her future happiness. Determined to find out what happened five years ago that caused her fiancé to be kicked out of the Secret Service, Khaos vows to find the one witness who can clear the man's name—a woman everyone else says doesn’t exist. Khaos tracks her miraculous escape from the hotel room, where a prostitute died and the wrong man was blamed for her death, to Rome. But now that he’s found the witness he sought, he’s fallen in love with the woman she is and suddenly unmasking Téa is too big a risk to take.
But the truth will only lead to heartache…unless Khaos and Téa takedown the mob and allow their love to defeat the tragedies of the past.
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Kill the Boy Band meets The Craft in this sly, witchy, dark comedy about four teens whose magic goes wildly awry in this irreverent debut from "author to watch" (Chuck Wendig) Sarah Gailey.Keeping your magic a secret is hard. Being in love with your best friend is harder. Alexis has always been able to rely on two things: her best friends, and the magic powers they all share. Their secret is what brought them together, and their love for each other is unshakeable—even when that love is complicated. Complicated by problems like jealousy, or insecurity, or lust. Or love. That unshakeable, complicated love is one of the only things that doesn't change on prom night. When accidental magic goes sideways and a boy winds up dead, Alexis and her friends come together to try to right a terrible wrong. Their first attempt fails—and their second attempt fails even harder. Left with the remains of their failed spells... Views: 371
The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir'Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe' Marcel Berlins, The Times'The biting cold of Northern Finland is only matched by the cutting dark wit and compelling plot on this must-read crime novel ... most highly recommended!!' Denzil Meyrick'A brilliantly inventive and gloriously funny novel from Finland's greatest export' MJ Arlidge'Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel' Sunday Times Crime ClubA man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is... Views: 371
Hi – I’m freelance editor Merry Summerfield, and it’s another fantastic day in drowsy Drizzle Bay. That’s until Vicar Paul and I find Isobel Crombie lying dead in a sea of flowers in the aisle of Saint Agatha’s church. Who’d kill a harmless old girl like her?In no time flat I’ve scored a house-and-pet sitting gig – Isobel’s remote seaside cottage and her two darling dogs. It comes complete with hollyhocks and seagulls and a SEAL from California who looks a lot like a younger Jon Bon Jovi. He's certainly cute, but aren’t his questions about Isobel's house a bit – well, suspicious?Then I find a secret office stuffed with alarming files about car thefts and Black Ops assassins. Maybe Isobel wasn't as harmless as we all thought? Sleuthing’s more fun than I’ve had in ages, but how safe am I on my own now things are unraveling? Little white Bichons are hopeless attack dogs. Views: 371
Black by Rose is the key to it all. When Eddie Collins gets pulled off a job, and resigns because of it, it starts a life changing series of events; and not just for him. Slade Crosby is in the Major Crime Unit's cross-hairs, but when Eddie gets angry and confronts him about the disturbing murder of a young woman, even they cannot save him. Eddie is missing. Now Slade is in the clear. MCU's Operation Domino is dead in the water, and the apparent suicide of an undercover officer goes unchallenged. It all points to a victorious outcome for Slade, especially when Eddie finds himself in deserted woodland on his knees with a gun at his head. And no way out. Slade has eyes everywhere. But can Eddie's death kick-start the Operation when new information comes out? What people say about Black by Rose ...the story lingers in the mind long after the last words have been read. I loved the humour, winced at some of the... Views: 371
