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Radical Environmentalist Turns Murderer in Dangerous Friends, a Murder Mystery Thriller from Dallas GorhamMichelle Babcock expected free tutoring in college chemistry when she slept with James Ponder, a graduate student obsessed with global warming protests. Ponder duped her into helping with an environmental terrorist attack and murdered two people in the name of saving the planet. Now Michelle faces a lifetime in prison unless Private Investigator Chuck McCrary can find her a way out.Chuck's investigation uncovers a conspiracy involving arson, murder, and the Chicago mafia, along with the mastermind behind a string of mega-million-dollar stock market scams reaching back five years.The mastermind intends to cut his losses by murdering anyone who can lead the cops back to him. That includes Michelle, Chuck, and the corrupt James Ponder, who becomes Chuck's unwilling ally.Publisher's Note: Dallas Gorham combines murder, mystery, and mayhem with a touch of humor-all with a PG-13 rating. The Carlos McCrary, Private Investigator, Mystery Thriller Series can be read and enjoyed in any order. Readers of hard-boiled detective and crime novels will not want to miss this hard-hitting, pulse-pounding series.The Carlos McCrary Murder Mystery SeriesSix Murders Too ManyDouble FakeQuarterback TrapDangerous FriendsDay of the TigerMcCrary's JusticeYesterday's TroubleFour Years GoneDebt of HonorSometimes You Lose

Revenge only leaves your heart vulnerable to …. She rescues him for vengeance. He rescues her for desire. Will their unlikely meeting form a bond of everlasting love? Skye MacKinnon captures the double agent working alongside her enemy. When she holds her prisoner hostage at her castle, he draws her into an attraction that spirals out of control. After she fights off his spell, she deceives him for her own agenda. As she betrays his trust, she is caught in the web of the evil villain who is terrorizing England. Chained and left waiting for his own demise, Earl Zane Maxwell is soon rescued by a Scottish goddess. He is enraptured by her charms and drawn under her spell. Her touch and look sink into his soul a connection he cannot resist. While he lures her into his confidence and seduces her into his bed, her only plans are betrayal. When she is captured, he must rescue her and destroy the man who hurt her. Zane Maxwell has finally met his match in Skye MacKinnon. The Earl is unlike any man Skye has ever known. Can they endure the treachery of Captain Shears to discover a deep love that will last a lifetime? Rescued By the Scot is the third book in the Laura A. Barnes historical romantic spy series. If you like fiery, enthralling, dramatic filled chapters set in Scotland and England then you'll love the final book in Laura A. Barnes Romancing the Spies Series. Read Rescued By the Scot to escape into a world filled with romance and danger today!

'Ben Myers is the master of English rural noir, and with Turning Blue, he has created a whole new genre: folk crime . this is by turns gripping, ghastly and unputdownable' PAUL KINGSNORTHIn the depths of winter in an isolated Yorkshire hamlet, a teenage girl, Melanie Muncy, is missing.The elite detective unit Cold Storage dispatches its best man to investigate. DI Jim Brindle may be obsessive, taciturn and solitary, but nobody on the force is more relentless in pursuing justice. Local journalist Roddy Mace has sacrificed a high-flying career as a reporter in London to take up a role with the local newspaper. For him the Muncy case offers the chance of redemption.Darker forces are at work than either man has realised. On a farm high above the hamlet, Steven Rutter, a destitute loner, harbours secrets that will shock even the hardened Brindle. Nobody knows the bleak moors and their hiding places better than him.As Brindle and Mace begin to prise the secrets of the case from the tight-lipped locals, their investigation leads first to the pillars of the community and finally to a local celebrity who has his own hiding places, and his own dark tastes.

She swore to protect humanity from supernatural monsters. Now she risks becoming one.As part of a covert organization known only as the Trust, skilled demon hunter and werewolf Catherine McBride struggles with her growing addiction to human flesh. But when she's tasked with infiltrating deep into demon-controlled territory to sabotage a secret operation that could send shockwaves across the world, she believes it will take her mind off her growing supernatural urges.Teaming up with a host of unlikely characters including an ex-navy seal, a magical witch, a science teacher, and a captured demon, Catherine and her team must unravel the demons' plot and put a stop to them. The demons are determined to free themselves from dependency on human blood. If they succeed, it could have devastating consequences. And if Catherine can't control the werewolf inside her, she could put her friends - and all of humanity - in grave danger…Can Catherine unravel the demon plot? Or will her supernatural nature doom them all?Bursting with exhilarating action and high-stakes suspense, Flesh & Blood is a riveting supernatural thriller that will delight fans of demons, werewolves, magic, and all things paranormal

Kidnapped for his brilliance, a 15-year-old electronics genius must fight as a drone whiz and sea-going pirate to keep his parents safe. Can he escape and also free his twin sister from the clutches of a major sex-trafficker? Earlier Lemba worked as a self-taught Internet expert in the mega-city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while the gifted sister aspired to be a rumba star. But murderous gun-worshippers chloroformed him and whisked him away. Now, to save his mother and father from brutal deaths, Lemba must fight for the wrong side. The crazies know exactly where his parents and dog live. The leader of his captors, the thuggish Congolese Purification Army, is a seven-foot-tall whackjob--all too handy with AK-47s and oversized machete blades. Drone Child: A Novel of War, Family, and Survival offers a gripping, inspirational story for both adults and mature young adults. It's told as Lemba's war memoir looking back on his life as a child soldier and pirate some 25 years earlier in the 2020s. The book contains no explicit sex or explicit drug descriptions, no obscenity, and the violence is no different from what would be expected in a war novel. This revised edition of the novel, originally published as No Taller than My Gun, includes a new cover and discussion questions for book clubs, libraries, and schools--prepared with help from Karen Heilman, M.Ed., and the novel's two Congolese fact-checks and critiquers. One was Junior Boweya, a translator, software localization expert, and businessman. The other was Jean Felix Mwema Ngandu, a former Mandela Fellow and a leading civic activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Drone Child is a Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner.

Five friends meet. Only four come home. On Christmas morning, DS Robin Butler has no plans to celebrate. He'll be glad to get back to work - a wish that comes true sooner than he anticipates. A dog walker at a local beach has discovered five unresponsive people strewn across the shingle. By the time Robin arrives, one is pronounced dead, and the other four are being treated in hospital. DC Freya West is less than pleased when the romantic day with her boyfriend is scuppered, but duty calls. As she and Butler speak to those involved, it's clear something is being left unsaid. They claim they are friends, and that they don't know how one of the group was killed. But why are they so cagey? A cold case investigation unlocks some answers about the history between the beach-going gang, yet they're tight-lipped about what prompted them to meet on Christmas Eve. Butler and West are getting nowhere, and their partnership is about to face another test. When Freya wants to come clean about events in her past, it's not just her neck on the line, but Robin's too. Can their relationship survive if their pact of silence is broken? The thrilling new instalment from policing's most dauntless duo. Perfect for fans of Cara Hunter, Jane Casey and Susie Steiner. Praise for Blink of an Eye 'A thrilling and unusual mystery, spiced with sadness, masterfully unspooling past secrets into present danger. Butler and West would make high quality Sunday night network television.' Dominic Nolan, author of Vine Street'Butler and West are fast becoming my favourite detective partnership... Addictive reading!' Alison Belsham, author of The Tattoo Thief'The untangling of the long-held web of lies from The Five was expertly done... the story telling seems so effortlessly easy, and before you know it, you're chapters in and can't stop.' Fliss Chester, author of A Dangerous Goodbye'Blink of an Eye is a blindingly brilliant return to the Butler and West series, with a tight-knit and claustrophobic friendship group at the core of its mystery. The chemistry between detectives Freya and Robin is the absolute star of the show - the twists and turns of their partnership will leave you desperate for more. Cannot recommend this series enough!' Heather Critchlow'I've just raced through Blink of an Eye and couldn't put it down. A Christmas Day body found on a beach, and a suspicious group of old friends... What's not to love! Tense, brilliant plotting and the perfect duo.' Rachael Blok, author of The Fall'A punchy and pacy police procedural with heart.' Jo Furniss, author of All The Little Children'One of the best detective series there is. Smooth, thrilling and full of emotion, this series of books are a must-read!' James Delargy, author of Vanished'Great characters and a compelling mystery. Highly recommend.' Reader review'Blink of an Eye, the fourth in Butler and West series, is one of the most intriguing British police procedurals published today.' Reader review'A solid mystery with a tangled web at heart, perfectly crafted characters and a smart narrative. Both compelling and immersive.' Reader review'So perfectly paced and boy do the jaw-dropping moments never cease. Superbly done.' Reader review

'This is Robert Harris storytelling territory and is told with equal panache and authenticity. There could be no higher praise.' Daily MailOne the least known but most terrifying moments in modern history - when the fate of the world lay with a lone, nervous Soviet naval officer one hundred meters under the Caribbean sea - lies at the heart of this breathtaking new Cold War thriller from the author of the acclaimed Black Sun.The year is 1962, and KGB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin is searching for ghosts: for evidence of the long-rumoured existence of an American spy embedded at the highest echelons of Soviet power. But it's while on this wild goose chase, a high-stakes espionage race against a rival State agency, that Vasin first hears whispers of an ominous top-secret undertaking: Operation Anadyr. As tensions flare between Nikita Khrushchev and President Kennedy over Russian missiles hidden in Cuba, four Soviet submarines - each carrying tactical ballistic missiles armed with thermonuclear warheads - are ordered to make a covert run at the U.S. blockade in the Caribbean . . .

Meet Cassie Gwynne: bookworm, cat lover, reluctant heiress... and determined detective?Florida, 1883. Cassie Gwynne is looking for a fresh start when she steps off the steamship at Fernandina harbor for the first time. She's trying hard to be a proper lady, for once. She's styled her unruly hair, shined her boots, and even purchased a whole new fashionable (or at least fashionably priced) wardrobe. However, she's certain finding a body is not very ladylike behavior...While out exploring the beautiful island with her Aunt Flora, Cassie stumbles across the body of Peanut Runkles, town grump and her aunt's neighbor, lying at the foot of the harbor pilots' lookout tower. To make matters worse, because Peanut and Flora have been quarreling for years over everything from Flora's eccentric ideas to her pet pig's fondness for Peanut's vegetable patch, Flora is immediately arrested for murder.Desperate to save the only family she has left, Cassie vows to prove Flora's innocence and untangle the mystery herself, no matter how much certain others may disapprove. Cassie's brilliant mind and nose for a clue lead her on an investigation that takes her all around the island, and even earns her a valiant furry friend in Esy the kitten.But how does the mysterious ledger Cassie finds hidden in a secret drawer in Peanut's desk connect to the crime? Cassie is determined to dig up the truth, but can she catch the killer before her time on the island comes to a deadly end?This warm and witty cozy mystery will transport you to the island city of Fernandina and introduce you to a feisty heroine far before her time! Perfect for fans of Verity Bright, T E Kinsey and Deanna Raybourn.

As long as people have drawn breath, they have pondered the divide between the world of the living and the realm of the dead. From the grief-stricken to the grotesque, the haunting to the humorous, stories about those who have crossed back through the veil between worlds have frightened, inspired, and awed humankind for countless centuries.Featuring poetry and short fiction from 29 Australian and New Zealand authors, this collection begs to ask the question: Is death truly the end?