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Her daughter, Dakota, is safe, but her cancer is threatening a comeback, and Lori needs JT - Dakota's daddy and the man who taught Lori everything - alive and kicking. Problem is, he's behind bars and heading for death row. Desperate to save him, Lori does a deal, taking on an off-the-books job from shady FBI agent Alex Monroe. Bring back on-the-run felon Gibson 'The Fish' Fletcher and JT walks free.

Marnie Logan often feels like she's being watched. Nothing she can quite put her finger on - a whisper of breath on the back of her neck, or a shadow in the corner of her eye - and now her life is frozen. Her husband Daniel has been missing for more than a year. Depressed and increasingly desperate, she seeks the help of clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin. Joe is concerned by Marnie's reluctance to talk about the past, but then she discovers a book packed with pictures, interviews with friends, former teachers, old flames and workmates Daniel was preparing for her birthday.

Someone, a woman or somebody pretending to be a woman, is writing to convicted rapists in prison, befriending them and then brutally killing them when they are released. DI Tom Thorne must discover the link between these killings and a murder/suicide that took place twenty-five years before; a tragedy to which the only witnesses were two small children, now adults and nowhere to be found. How can you escape a past that will do a lot more than just catch up with you?

When Kat Lace goes undercover to identify the kingpin behind Mississippi’s drug ring, Java is left alone in New Orleans to deal with something rare—a female serial killer.

It's been four years since the events of The Timing of Maria unfolded. Much of the gang have moved to Michigan. Maria is now 14 and entering a new, private high school. Luke and Becca are engaged and very much in love. Their romance seems perfect and lasting, but will a violent criminal under protective custody, preparing to rat out his former trafficker buddies, bring trouble not only to Michigan but also to the perfect romance?

Dead of winter. Deep in the Haynesville Woods, Thane Ferguson, closes the front door of his lodge. Tonight he will play in the last hockey game of the season. Maybe the last game of his career. The snow is coming down hard and turning the roads to ice. People tell stories about these woods. Phantom hitchhikers. Ghosts. Ferguson's daughter is driving through these woods tonight. And the loner with a gun is very real. Ferguson's Trip is a crime novel set in the woods of Northern Maine. Cool, funny, sympathetic, and gritty. The dialogue is pitch-perfect.

There’s only one wound I can’t fix – the one in my heart. Only she can do that. Jaded bastard, King Grump, Club Doc, I go by many names in the Twisted Devils MC. This life has taught me to keep a wall around my heart. Until I meet a ray of sunshine with a battering ram. Eden helps troubled kids at the youth center. She’s too good for a killer like me. But when I see her being attacked by a stalker, I’m the monster she needs. But the only way to protect her is to keep her close. And the closer she gets, the more sparks fly between us. Until the only thing left between us are my bed...

Marissa Rooney stands in her daughter's empty dorm room, a half-used vial of insulin clutched in her trembling hand. Brooke has been missing for days. Her roommate hasn't seen her since that night in the bar. And if Marissa has Brooke's insulin, it means that Brooke does not. But Marissa isn't alone in her terror. A phantom from her past is lurking in the shadows, waiting in the night, and holding her family captive...in the dark.

The second book by Agatha Christie and her first Ty and Tuppence mystery. A thriller as well as a mystery in rollicking good fun, with six impossible things before breakfast, as the English say.

One stolen baby. Two desperate strangers. One night of terror. When Nina almost dies during a disastrous blind date, her life is saved by a waitress called Angel. But later that evening, Nina is surprised by a knock on the door. It’s Angel - and she’s pointing a gun at her. Minutes later, Angel’s younger brother, Lucas, turns up, covered in blood, shielding a stolen newborn baby in his arms. Nina is about to endure the longest night of her life - a night that will be filled with terror and lead her to take risks she would never have believed herself capable of....

Joe Pickett, having recently been fired from his job as a Wyoming game warden, is working on his father-in-law’s ranch when he receives a call. Governor Rulon - a devious but down-home politico - has a special request. Clay McCann, a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in cold blood in a far-off corner of Yellowstone National Park, had immediately turned himself in at the nearest park ranger station - except that the crimes were committed in a thin sliver of land with zero residents and overlapping jurisdiction, the so-called free-fire zone.

An RV Park west of town in the Washington Olympic Peninsula holds a deadly secret – hostages being forced to work for a local drug gang. Max Smith - that's the name on his current ID - is a retired veteran traveling the country in his RV. A chance stay at that isolated RV park finds the hostage’s family asking him to help rescue their dad. They can’t contact the local police – their captors took away their phones - and they are locked in their trailer in the RV park. Max is the guy to ask for help. Because he helps those that the law can’t help. Book One of the RV Vigilante Series

The final classic radio adventures of The Green Hornet were crafted for their times. In these exciting episodes, the Green Hornet (portrayed by Jack McCarthy) and Kato (Paul Carney) combat communism and communist sympathizers, take down crooked politicians, and smash rackets on the waterfront.

"I need to speak with The Grey Man," said Gregov and watched the effect it had on the elegant man in front of him." "I don't know who you are talking about," he blustered. "The man who runs your bloody secret service and has done since before my time. I have something he will want." "You are bluffing," said Sir Evelyn but did not call his dogs forward. "What do you have?" Gregov took a deep breath, "London is going to be destroyed by a weapon of mass destruction." "How do you know?" "Because," said Gregov. "I sold the weapon."

Tortured, then murdered, a university student dressed up as Santa Claus is left hanging from a meat hook on Christmas Eve - a gift intended for one particular cop. Detective Emile Cinq-Mars, local hero and old-style cop, wants the truth - and his gripping search takes him through a bone-chilling Montreal winter and into the heart of the city's colourful criminal underworld, where rival biker gangs, the Russian Mafia, and meddlers from the CIA all vie for a piece of the frozen city.

Sharlene lost her boyfriend to an overdose. She needed justice to catch the drug dealers. She wasn't getting enough help from the local police. And then a retired veteran traveling in his RV stepped in. Max Smith - that's the name on his current ID - had been investigating the dive bar and its connection to the drug gang. He had already taken care of one part of the drug organization in a remote RV park. And rescued the hostages from the gang. Then other members of the drug gang kidnapped Sharlene after she had asked Bob for help. Max helps those that need 'extracurricular' help that they ...

The Saint is a traditionalist - he knows what a good pirate story needs. Gold, hidden treasure, smugglers, dastardly villains, and damsels in distress. From Bimini to Nassau via Jamaica and Haiti, the Saint travels the Caribbean - interrupting his holidays to settle disputes, solve murders, overthrow governments, and hunt for treasure. Wherever he lands, you can be sure that the ungodly will get what's coming to them.

The “Hawkeye Ridge” series continues in this stand-alone book, ‘ON PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS.” The former leaders of the SEAL’S Hostage Rescue Team, Lt. Commander Roman Nelson and Chief Warrant Officer Jimmy Stockade, have rescued hostages worldwide at the president’s request, dealing with sabotage, suicide bombers, and kidnappings. But when Islamic terrorists strive to restart the war to free their homeland by kidnapping Roman’s fiancé and her bridal party, including the president’s daughter, they are in new territory. Can retired Navy Seals Roman Nelson and Jimmy Stockade ...

Bridget “Gage” Grayson has been fighting her whole life. Training her body to be a weapon is the one thing that has brought her peace. For five years, she has collected people from all walks of life with special skills to create a business to ensure no victim goes without justice. Proactive Resources for Evidentiary Yields (PREY) exists to solve the cases which law enforcement cannot. Who better to catch a violent predator than a victim of their crime? Gage pretends to be the prey, changing her appearance in any way needed to mirror the victims, then she preys on the criminal.

It's hard to find work as a doctor when using your real name will get you killed. So hard that when a reclusive billionaire offers Dr. Peter Brown, aka Pietro Brnwa, a job accompanying a sexy but self-destructive paleontologist on the world's worst field assignment, Brown has no real choice but to say yes. Even if it means that an army of murderers, mobsters, and international drug dealers - not to mention the occasional lake monster - are about to have a serious Pietro Brnwa problem.