A battered woman tries to escape her abusive husband when she learns she is pregnant. Views: 291
When the tenant of a house that university professor Nina owns with her doctor husband goes missing after an uncomfortable visit, Nina starts her own investigation ... with deeply disturbing results. The long-awaited new thriller from the bestselling author of The Bird Tribunal.***The Times Book of the Month*******NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IN NORWAY*******WINNER of the Norwegian Booksellers' Award***'A clever, quirky mystery, full of twists and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best' The Times'Ravatn, one of Norway's premier crime writers, manages to conjure up an extra level of chilling atmosphere that will make you want to put the heating on ... The Seven Doors packs a brutal punch' The Sun'Wrenching and tense, a psychological chiller with multiple layers unpeeling graciously to reveal further strata of emotional bleakness and enigmas ... this tightly wound thriller echoes through increasing levels of... Views: 291
Murder-by-fire. A catfishing squatter. Will Maggie get her life back before the killer claims the one thing she has left to lose?"Hutchins' Maggie is an irresistible train wreck—you can't help but turn the page to see what trouble she'll get herself into next." Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of My Sister's GraveJunker and former alt-country rocker Maggie Killian tucks tail back to Texas with Louise, the mutt her bull-riding ex foisted on her in Wyoming after he gave another woman his heart. Maggie runs straight to Gary Fuller—her long time best friend-with-benefits and the biggest Texas country music star since George Strait—but arrives too late to save him from dying in a fire. She just wants to lick her wounds in her own bed with nothing save a bottle for comfort, but Maggie's short term renter refuses to budge from her home. Soon her small town sanctuary is overrun with Nashville... Views: 291
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City.
A secret Arctic experiment becomes a frozen nightmare, when a team of scientists are set adrift on an iceberg--with a murderer in their midst, and a massive explosive charge only hours away from detonation. This original early Koontz novel--in the tradition of Winter Moon--is now available in large print edition, releasing simultaneously with Ballantine's mass market edition. Views: 291
Jenna McGovern is dressed to kill for Blueberry Lake's annual firefighter charity auction. But when she finds her attractive fireman neighbor, Matt Bridges, standing over the body of a local hair stylist—and his ex-girlfriend—it's not exactly the romantic ambiance Jenna had in mind.While the handsome chief of police, Cooper Dear, sets out to investigate Matt, Jenna finds herself sucked into another murder case in which an innocent man seems to have been framed. Cooper isn't especially thrilled when Jenna takes Matt's side, and he's even less thrilled when it appears the murderer has turned his or her sights on Jenna.Unfortunately, Jenna's in far too deep to back out. She's got a new car, freshly waxed eyebrows, and a manicure that can be seen from space… but if Jenna doesn't stop the murderer before it's too late, she'll be picking out clothes for her very own funeral. Views: 291
You don’t have to be a psychic to know the rodeo is coming to town! Clara’s boyfriend, Rick Sanders, invites her to the show to meet his high school buddy and expert calf roper, Wes Carlton. But when Clara’s Quinn Sense offers her a disturbing vision involving a rodeo clown, she worries that there will be more danger at the rodeo than just the traditional bucking bronco.Of course, her premonition turns out to be accurate, and a dead body is discovered behind the concert stage, strangled by Wes’ piggin’ string. Rick is sure that there’s no way Wes could have murdered anyone, but he’s going to need Clara’s Quinn Sense to keep the authorities from roping the wrong suspect. Views: 291
Wikie Collin\'s "After Dark" is a collection of six short stories. The book is a series of tales told by a poor travelling portrait-painter, William Kerby, who is forced to abandon his profession for six months in order to save his sight. Descriptions of the circumstances under which the tales were told. The tales are stories of adventure, well varied, and often striking in the incidents, or with thrilling situations. The six stories contained in the book are: The Traveller\'s Story of A Terribly Strange Bed The Lawyer\'s Story of A Stolen Letter The French Governess\'s Story of Sister Rose The Angler\'s Story of The Lady of Glenwith Grange The Nun\'s Story of Gabriel\'s Marriage The Professor\'s Story of The Yellow Mask Views: 290
In this third installment in the #1 bestselling Stalking Jack the Ripper series, a luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of scandal, madness, and horror when passengers are murdered one by one…with nowhere to run from the killer. .
Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.
But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The strange and disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It’s up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer’s horrifying finale? Views: 290
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*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***
THEY WERE JUST ADVISORS. UNTIL THEY WEREN'T.
On a routine advisory mission to Nigeria, Bravo Team finds themselves in the line of fire when the Boko Haram terrorist group attacks a local village, intent on kidnapping their girls.
Vastly outnumbered, Bravo Team must decide whether to intervene in a fight that isn't theirs, or leave it to the woefully ill-prepared and outnumbered Nigerian troops.
The decision is easy.
Bravo Team rushes into the fray, putting their lives on the line to protect hundreds against impossible odds until help can arrive.
Help that could be over a day... Views: 290
