DNA evidence doesn't lie. Except when it does. When a man is murdered, DNA evidence identifies the killer. The only problem? He's currently serving a life sentence for murdering the man's wife more than six years earlier. The medical examiner's office turns to forensic pathologist Bodhi King for help. But Bodhi's conflicted: he worked on the original case before his retirement. As Bodhi untangles the web of evidence, his quest for clarity calls his former colleagues' work into question and leads him down a treacherous path of secrets, lies, and violence. This time, his commitment to the truth may prove fatal. Twisted Path is the fourth book in the Bodhi King forensic thriller series by USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller. Views: 616
A call at the night of his birthday drags Rajan to a horrendous crime scene for an investigation. At first, everything seems like a normal murder case until the dead re-embroideries his most terrible fear. Rajan soon finds himself entangle in a web of strings pulled by the master puppeteer.Will Rajan be able to conquer his past and save the present? Will he able to crack the case ?A call at the night of his birthday drags Rajan to a horrendous crime scene for an investigation. At first, everything seems like a normal murder case until the dead re-embroideries his most terrible fear. Rajan soon finds himself entangle in a web of strings pulled by the master puppeteer.Will Rajan be able to conquer his past and save the present? Will he able to crack the case ?Read this exciting psychological short thriller to find out. Views: 616
When the happy-go-lucky New York detective Harvey Wall arrived in Amsterdam for a six month work exchange program with the Dutch police, he thought it would turn out to be a long holiday with plenty of fun. His world is turned upside down as he tries to solve the strangest deaths he has ever come across in his working career.New York Homicide Detective Harvey Wall volunteers for a 6 month exchange program to the Dutch police in Amsterdam. Six months’ vacation with full pay and lots of fun – that was the idea. The fun starts at Schiphol airport when Harvey Wall avoids two incompetent detectives who are there to pick him up from his flight from New York. He heads for Dam Square - the city centre of Amsterdam, and within a couple of hours he is witness to a robbery at a pizza restaurant. With only a tie-wraps and post-it notes in his pockets he decides to go after the thieves. His first day in Amsterdam is a total success, and he falls in love with the city. After a brief meeting with his new chief, Harry Ribb, he realises there are no more than 10 to 15 murders a year, compared to roughly 400 in New York. The homicide division in Amsterdam has little to do – so let his holiday begin right now. But, after a week of free time to get over his jet-lag, all hell breaks loose on his first day at the station. A couple of murders have been committed that shake Harvey Wall to the bone. He thought he had seen every type of homicide and crime in New York – but he had never seen anything like this! Views: 616
A sordid sex tape. A venture capital firm. A secret society of women. A Catholic nun. All have one connection in common: Miriam Cross. Miriam Cross, author, feminist and philanthropist, disappears from her Philadelphia home. A year later, a lonely recluse named Emily Cray is brutally murdered in her bed in a small Pennsylvania town. The police discover that Emily Cray and Miriam Cross were one and the same, but if they know who killed Miriam, they're not sharing. Miriam's niece Lucinda wants answers. She turns to the one woman she knows she can trust—private investigator Delilah Percy Powers. As Delilah and her team of female detectives—a militant homemaker, an ex-headmistress, and a former stripper—investigate Miriam's death, they uncover more questions than solutions. Why had the famous author been living under a new identity? Who were the women seen coming out of Emily Cray's home at all hours of the night? Did Miriam have a mysterious lover?... Views: 616
Jackie and jill are two lifelong friends with lives that are poles apart, bodies that are on opposite sides of the scales, and they suddenly find themselves in two completely different and turbulent situations. two things they share, however; fierce loyalty for one another and an excessive preoccupation for their bmi.jackie and jill are two, lifelong friends who are now in their fifties’. jackie’s a dedicated housewife and mother whose husband works abroad and is absent for the majority of the time. jill, on the other hand, is a driven workaholic and is the one who is absent the majority of the time. their lives are poles apart, their bodies are on opposite sides of the scales, and they suddenly find themselves in two completely different and turbulent situations. two things they share, however; fierce loyalty for one another and an excessive preoccupation for their bmi. two women in the late summer of their lives who should be looking forward to a peaceful autumn and cosy winter are forced to face new lifestyles. can they survive the change, and more importantly, will their friendship survive the change? Views: 615
#2) "Her hair was black and fell to her shoulders. She had high cheekbones and a sensual mouth, and wore a dress of white silk. Her eyes were blue, alight and disdainful, but, as they gazed into his with a touch of humour, Bond realized that they contained a message. Solitaire watched his eyes on her and nonchalantly drew her forearms together so that the valley between her breasts deepened. The message was unmistakable. " Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big—master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition—he knows that this criminal heavy hitter is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that, after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem, to the everglades and on to the Caribbean, 007 has realized that Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. And no-one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end… Views: 615
Here is Robin Cook's most controversial medical thriller-the shocking story of experimental fertilization, the passion to create life, and the power to destroy it. Views: 614
Sanders McGee is a man on the edge. When a lightning storm hits San Diego and his kids are threatened he pulls himself together. As Sanders tragically finds out, however, lightning doesn’t have feelings…or does it?With the death of Yoshika Funakoshi, Jamie Raleigh now lives his greatest fear . . . standing before the elders of the Funakoshi clan to petition for leadership. But telling his clan the truth about her death—that she was killed by a mutated wizard on an alien world—prompts a challenge against his leadership by an old rival. What is the leader of Adventure willing to do to keep the leadership of the Funakoshi within its founding family?This short story takes place after Gateway to Thera. Views: 614
Bill Corde looks down at the face of the murdered girl and sees the horror of sudden death. He cannot know, as he stands there at the trampled, muddy scene beside the college girl’s corpse, that his own life is about to slip into terror. He cannot know that everything he holds precious is about to shatter before his eyes. He cannot know that his career–and his family–are about to enter a new dimension of danger. For Bill Corde, the killer is everything he fears most. For Sarah, Bill’s wild, learning-impaired daughter, trapped in a world of frustration and ridicule, he may be just the person she’s been waiting for. Someone who understands her worries and loneliness. Someone who signs his notes “The Sunshine Man.” Someone she can run away with–even a perfect stranger.
*From the Paperback edition.* Views: 614
Although Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, he was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Views: 613
