Freida McFadden Housemaid Box Set
Enter the twisted world of The Housemaid!From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the complete, unforgettable collection--including an exciting short story that bridges books two and three--where secrets fester behind perfect facades and no one is what they seem.This stunning boxed set includes all books in series with brilliantly designed edges and printed inside covers.
Something Beneath the Pines
A Closed-Circle Business Thriller of Treachery and Murder.Something Beneath the Pines establishes a high-stakes, closed-circle mystery set on the rugged, isolated expanse of Dawson Island. This private retreat, owned by the dominating billionaire Graham Dawson, becomes the stage for a brutal crime when Graham's wife, Evelyn, is killed during a high-profile "masculinity retreat" attended by five other top-tier CEOs.The novel primarily contrasts the Dawson family's heritage with the quest for truth. Graham locks down the island, imposing a vow of complete silence on guests already entangled in corporate secrets and financial fraud.Stepping into this maelstrom is Clara Dawson, Graham's estranged daughter and a local park ranger. Utilising her intimate knowledge of the island and her sharp instincts, Clara bypasses her father's lockdown to investigate Evelyn's complex past and the explosive secrets Evelyn held about the powerful men now trapped on the island. The case does not only present a murder but also a carefully crafted message, indicating that the crime is a component of a bigger conspiracy involving corporate corruption and a family history of violence and dark ambition.Hamon de Quillan excels at crafting complex relationships, particularly between Clara, her father, and her conflicted half-brother, Andrew. As Clara and Detective Helen Morales delve deeper, the line between victim and perpetrator, truth and meticulously built deception, blurs. The suspense is skilfully built up in the novel to a dramatic climax that leaves the refined fronts of corporate privilege bare and shows the ugly, dangerous intentions behind the pines.It is a compelling thriller that can be enjoyed by the readers who enjoy reading a complex mystery that is full of psychological suspense and corporate and family drama.
Calling Time
Detective Inspector Cecil Thorndike is ready to retire after forty years on the force. But when a respected community figure vanishes, his quiet farewell turns into a race against time. What begins as a missing-person inquiry spirals into a chilling murder investigation-one tangled in ambition, betrayal, and secrets buried deep within Collingstone's close-knit streets.As Thorndike battles pain, pressure, and the clock, his instincts lead him to a web of lies involving a greyhound syndicate, a redevelopment dream, and an affair that could shatter lives. With his loyal team at his side and a past that haunts him, Thorndike must deliver justice before he calls time on his career.Calling Time is a gripping crime drama of loyalty, obsession, and the dangerous lengths people will go to protect what they love.
The Murder Team
Vengeance has crossed the border and New Orleans is next.When a powerful cartel leader is released from U.S. custody, he doesn't come home seeking peace. He comes home to bury the dead and to make sure the people responsible pay in blood.After his son, daughter-in-law, and young granddaughter are murdered in a brutal New Orleans hit, ?scar Alvarez Vasquez unleashes a terrifying response. He assembles The Murder Team, an elite, deniable strike force of former military operators, intelligence ghosts, and professional killers whose existence is meant to no trace.Their mission is simple: Enter the United States. Penetrate the heart of the Martello crime family. Kill Vincent Castenllo Jr. Leave everyone else alive.As the team moves north through storms, border patrols, betrayals, and bloodshed, New Orleans becomes the battleground for a silent war. One fought in shadows, safehouses, and luxury mansions where power believes itself untouchable.But vengeance is never clean.With cinematic pacing, brutal realism, and unforgettable characters, The Murder Team: A Martello Family Thriller is a relentless crime thriller that pulls readers into a violent collision of cartels, American organized crime, and the men sent to end it no matter the cost.Perfect for fans of: cartel and organized crime thrillerselite black-ops fictiongritty, modern revenge storiesDon Winslow, Vince Flynn, and Taylor Sheridan-style storytellingOnce the ghosts are unleashed, there's no stopping what comes next.
Lyla, In The Flesh
An unputdownable new psychological horror and suspense novel from award-winning author Nick Roberts.A mysterious Italian castle. Terrible secrets. A dark truth.After being rejected by her dream graduate schools, twenty-two-year-old Lyla Robbins receives an acceptance letter for a free ride to The Claymont Residency for Writers, an elite and mysterious program located in a modernized castle in the heart of Italy.Lyla soon learns of the excessive rules regarding curfews, cell phones, and strict deadlines. While everyone else is focused on submitting work to the reclusive editor known only as The Reader, she sees shadowy figures in her room and notices eerie changes in her friends.When philanthropic benefactors, Lester and Regina Sterling, arrive, Lyla investigates the connection between them and the darkness haunting the grounds. The further she digs, the more horrors she uncovers, leading to a shocking secret with sinister repercussions.From Nick Roberts, award-winning author of The Exorcist's House trilogy, comes LYLA, IN THE FLESH, a chilling new horror novel about a young woman invited to attend a prestigious writing program at a mysterious castle in Italy, only to realize the walls are hiding terrible secrets, perfect for fans of We Used to Live Here, Suspiria, Get Out, and The Haunting of Hill House.
Deathmoor National Park
Dear Parent or Guardian, We are pleased to inform you that your child has been selected to join our two week Outward Bound Expedition across the Dartmoor moors. This programme is suitable for students aged thirteen and over and is designed to support the development expected within the Young Adult stage. The trip aims to build confidence, teamwork and real world skills in a challenging outdoor environment.All attending students are asked to pack sensibly. Please include: - suitable footwear- a warm coat- a full water bottle- a flash light- plenty of snacksA full kit list will be supplied at a later date.We hope this experience helps develop bravery, courage, determination, leadership and other qualities that will serve your child well in the future. The moors offer a valuable chance for students to explore responsibility and problem solving far from the distractions of everyday life.For supervising adults, we recommend bringing the same qualities.You are going to need them.We look forward to a safe and enriching journey for all who attend. The moors are a wonderful place for adventure. They have a long history. Many stories. Many memories.Nothing unexpected ever happens out there.Usually.Yours faithfully, Head of YearMrs Saunders
Apartment 16
Some doors are better left closed . . . Darkly profound and utterly chilling, Apartment 16 is a work of compulsive psychological horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill. 'Fast becoming Britain's answer to Stephen King' - The Guardian In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it has been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life for ever. A young American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She's been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian, who died in strange circumstances. Rumours claim Lillian was mad. But her diary suggests she was implicated in a horrific and inexplicable event decades ago. Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman, Apryl begins to unravel the hidden story of Barrington House. She discovers that a transforming, evil force still inhabits the building. And the doorway to Apartment 16 is a gateway to something altogether more terrifying . . . 'A gloriously gruesome fever dream' - SFX
This House of Burning Bones
'MacBride is a damned fine writer' - Peter James, UK Number One Bestselling Author Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, This House of Burning Bones is unforgettably gripping Scottish crime at its very best. The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . . In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeen's police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someone's firebombed a hotel full of migrants, and there's a massive protest march happening this Saturday. With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae is forced to juggle cases and run a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions. It doesn't help that the Aberdeen Examiner has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And she's more than happy to fan the flames. But, as bad as everything seems, it's all about to get much, much worse . . . * * * Praise for Stuart MacBride: 'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me . . . always fast, hard, authentic - and different' - Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series 'Dark and brilliantly written' - Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You 'MacBride is a masterful storyteller with a terrific eye for detail and razor-sharp wit. This House of Burning Bones is an absolute must-read.' - Karin Slaughter, author of This Is Why We Lied 'Crime fiction of the highest order' - Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance This House of Burning Bones was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 19/05/25
The Patient
"A dark, though-provoking read that you can sink your teeth into -and feel it bite you right back!"When Adam Reeves accepts a strange job renovating an old house in the North of England, he thinks his money troubles are finally over. This would be the perfect excuse for him to take a break from his everyday life, get some work experience under his belt, and earn enough money to buy his own place. The exciting prospects force him to look past the small print of the contract. As a result, he seals his own fate.Travelling up to the remote town of Ambleside, it feels as though he's stepping into a bubble universe, being cut-off from the rest of the world. He soon finds out that the lake house, much like its occupants, are hiding a dark secret within.After several accidents, Adam begins to feel like his life his in danger. Coupled with the fact that he feels like he's being followed and his bedroom window keeps opening, it's hard for him to miss the warning signs.Despite forming a friendship with the enigmatic Audrey, who seems to glide through life like a ghost, untouched by the macabre goings-on around her, Adam finds himself losing his grasp on reality.When a dead body turns up, Adam is quickly drawn into a police investigation surrounding the house and its members. Especially one in particular.Kaelyn.
Justice Died at Dawn
Justice Died at Dawn is a dark and gripping crime thriller that plunges readers into a world of corruption, betrayal, and moral conflict. In a city where justice is fragile and the system is broken, the story follows lawyers, criminals, and power-brokers whose decisions blur the line between truth and deception. With tension at every turn, the novel explores whether justice can survive when greed, politics, and ambition dominate the rule of law.
Never The Spirit Was Born
This intriguing and enigmatic medico-psychological drama explores the strange terrifying nightmares disturbing the mind of Charles Barrington following a major operation. Through deep hypnosis a series of vivid reincarnations and lives slowly emerge spanning several decades. The First World War, a brewery in Manchester in the 1800s and Black Death in Derbyshire each with prevailing infectious diseases.But the two remaining dreams with no historical context remain unfathomable until a change in the hypnotic procedure reveal their extraordinary and uncanny content with characters grappling with overt sexual identity.His increasingly intense relationship with Alun Davies, a Hospital Chaplain, begins to jeopardize Charles' marriage with neither showing any insight into the increasingly disturbing situation. Events reach a dramatic conclusion when an unexploded bomb demolishes a block of flats trapping The Chaplain's Church Warden. Alun decides, against advice, to enter the rubble to administer Holy Communion.
Gone Before Goodbye
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable suspense novel that combines the storytelling talents of Academy Award-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben, a woman is trapped in a deadly conspiracy--where uncovering the truth could cost her everything. "Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben have delivered a winner. Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller--complete with a heroine that you'll absolutely love." --Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn't. Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself--or she will be the next one who is ... Gone Before Goodbye. "A tour de force thriller that delivers a killer premise and thundering plot with serious emotional punch. Maggie is flawed, compelling and utterly real. Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team! " --Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List
PETER FALCONIO IS ALIVE and DOING WELL
This book tells the true story of the condemnation of an innocent man sent to life in prison for an alleged crime he could not have committed for the simple reason that he was not at the alleged crime scene at that time time.
Mirror Twin
It's two a.m. You think you're alone. You think you're safe. Think again. Neurosurgeon Noah Archer's Enlightenment Project opens it doors to dark spirits once again, in the third spine-chilling installment of the critically acclaimed supernatural thriller series. Lola Strickler is three months pregnant, with a longed-for baby. She should feel happy. She should feel safe. But she's keeping a secret from her husband. Something has started watching her. Something malevolent. He--it--stands in the street each night, and stares up at her bedroom window. And Lola might not know it yet, but he's already found his way in. Neurosurgeon Noah Archer's work with exorcist priest Father Perry has taught him to believe in the darkness. When Lola calls him for help, he knows she's not going mad--she's being haunted. But it's not just Lola keeping secrets. There are dangerous things her family has been keeping from her. Soon, Noah and his team are racing against time to defeat an unimaginable evil . . . and not everyone is going to come out of it alive. Fans of Stephen King, Riley Sager, CJ Tudor, Robin Cook, Alex North, The X-Files, and The Exorcist won't want to miss this chilling series inspired by cutting-edge scientific and medical research, which blends supernatural suspense with horror.
Humboldt Cut
Jordan Peele and Chuck Tingle meet The Overstory in comedy writer Allison Mick's darkly humorous debut eco-horror novel, as a Black woman returns home to the redwood forests of northern California, only to unearth the monsters that lurk among the trees... Jasmine Bay is a nurse for an Oakland mental health facility, battling her own demons, caught in a spiral of suicidal despair. Estranged from her brother James and his wife Tilly, who was once her best friend, Jas has chosen self-isolation to protect herself--even if it means denying herself a hopeful future with co-worker and potential love interest Henry Lewis. When her godmother dies, Jas returns to Redceder for the funeral, a logging town where her grandfather William Whipple made a living deforesting the countryside, ripping and raping apart nature's very foundations for corporate profits. As trees fell to axes and chainsaws, so did dozens of lumberjacks, falling prey to the dangers of their job--and to the ecoterrorism of Jas's grandfather who was lynched for his crimes. And buried in the haunted woods are even more dark secrets perpetrated by Jas's family. Unnatural acts giving birth to entities made of human flesh and petrified bark, seeking to avenge the devastation that ravaged their land. It is an inheritance that threatens to consume the remnants of Jas's family, and her very sanity. . . Celebrated comedy writer Allison Mick's Humboldt Cut exposes the traumatic costs of environmental destruction in an energetic, darkly humorous horror adventure that combines the botanical terrors of VanderMeer's Annihilation and the psychological horror of The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones with a dash of Jordan Peele.
Never Say A Word
The past is never as buried as we'd like to believe.Former paramedic Tom Berry is barely holding himself together, haunted by the ghosts of a childhood he can't remember. Then, one storm-lashed night in the Welsh mountains, he discovers a young boy struggling barefoot through the rain. The child is mute, terrified and unable to say who he is or where he came from.As their fragile bond grows, Tom becomes determined to find answers. But the deeper he digs, the more he's forced to confront his own repressed memories - and the night that shattered his life forever.To save the boy he's come to care for, Tom must journey from the quiet valleys of Wales into a violent and dangerous criminal underworld. And when the past finally resurfaces, he'll uncover secrets more devastating than he ever imagined - about the boy and about himself.Dark, emotional and pulse-pounding, Never Say a Word is a gripping crime thriller perfect for fans of MW Craven, Michael Wood and LJ Ross."A terrific page-turner" - Harlan Coben
The Recognition
When everything you've built your life on crumbles, awakening becomes possible Dr. Sarah Chen was Seattle's most respected consciousness researcher-until one devastating moment exposed her as a fraud. When graduate student Elena Martinez suffered a complete breakdown, desperately pleading for real help instead of academic theories, Sarah faced the crushing truth: she knew nothing about consciousness.Humiliated before her colleagues, Sarah abandons everything for a radical gamble-a mysterious Myanmar monastery where Venerable Thura promises training that will either transform her completely or destroy her.What unfolds defies reality itself. Through seven impossible levels of development-light generation, telepathy, time perception, energy healing, reality manipulation, dimensional communication, and ultimate recognition-Sarah discovers abilities that rewrite the laws of existence. But each breakthrough comes at a price: the systematic destruction of every identity and limitation she's ever clung to.The monastery's brutal training reveals that consciousness isn't something we possess-we ARE consciousness itself, temporarily convinced of separation. Sarah's extraordinary abilities aren't supernatural-they're natural expressions of awareness freed from the prison of false identity.But the ultimate test awaits: will she choose absolute liberation, or sacrifice her own awakening to serve others still trapped in illusion?Part spiritual thriller, part consciousness adventure-this is what happens when breakdown becomes breakthrough.This Isn't Just FictionThe Recognition bridges ancient Buddhist wisdom with cutting-edge consciousness research, revealing systematic practices that unlock human potential beyond imagination. Perfect for anyone ready to question the boundaries of what's possible.COMPARABLE TO BELOVED SPIRITUAL CLASSICS: The transformational depth of The AlchemistThe consciousness exploration of The Celestine ProphecyThe practical wisdom of Way of the Peaceful WarriorBut with authentic monastery training and systematic ability developmentEssential reading for: Spiritual seekers hungry for authentic transformationAnyone fascinated by consciousness and human potentialReaders who suspect there's more to reality than materialism admitsThose drawn to stories where crisis becomes breakthroughWarning: This book may permanently alter your understanding of consciousness, reality, and your own unlimited nature."The breakdown that feels like destruction may be a breakthrough in disguise."
A Dreadful Coincidence
Set in a seemingly tranquil Welsh village, A Dreadful Coincidence is a tense psychological novel exploring how ordinary lives can become dangerously intertwined. As new relationships form and long-buried tensions quietly resurface, a sequence of unsettling events begins to disrupt the rhythm of everyday life. What first appears to be chance soon raises darker questions about motive, trust, and consequence. In a close-knit community where everyone believes they know each other, the truth proves far more fragile, and far more troubling, than it seems.
A Dreadful Coincidence
Set in a seemingly tranquil Welsh village, A Dreadful Coincidence is a tense psychological novel exploring how ordinary lives can become dangerously intertwined. As new relationships form and long-buried tensions quietly resurface, a sequence of unsettling events begins to disrupt the rhythm of everyday life. What first appears to be chance soon raises darker questions about motive, trust, and consequence. In a close-knit community where everyone believes they know each other, the truth proves far more fragile, and far more troubling, than it seems.
Edge of the Pit
Badger Thompson works for a protection agency. Their clients are the richest people in the country and they pay a lot of money to stay safe. He works on the outer perimeter of a security team and is one of the best in the business. From running with gangs as a teenager, and with the US Army in Iraq during the surge, he has a unique set of skills to keep his team alive. It was a standard operation, a bread and butter job, get a client from one point to another and back again. Badger works the perimeter as always, and the client is a beautiful young singer, a rising star who is going to a nightclub in the gritty belly of the city after midnight. Everything is going smooth until the convoy is ambushed, and Badger wakes up in the hospital with no memory of what happened. Everyone else in the convoy is dead, the singer is missing, and Badger is a prime suspect. The agency is in trouble, more ruthless than the mob, and they'll get answers out of him using any means necessary, if they can only get their hands on him. He is on the run from the agency, the kidnappers, and the police, and he has to find the girl, or die trying.
Sarafina
In the heart of Port of Spain, where music and color mask a city simmering with violence, one girl's fire is forged in blood.At twelve, Sarafina James loses everything when her parents are killed in a Chinatown crossfire. Forced onto the streets, she survives by hustling, fighting, and refusing to bend to the drug lords who claim her island. But survival isn't enough. With the guidance of an exiled martial arts master and a ragtag crew of allies-a conman, a hacker, a DJ, and a wary businessman-Sarafina begins to channel her rage into something sharper: purpose.Her enemy is Alejandro Vargas, a ruthless cartel boss who rules through fear and rumor. To the people, Sarafina becomes both savior and curse: the "fire-eyed girl" who might protect them-or burn them down.As the war for Trinidad's soul ignites, Sarafina must decide whether her fire will consume her, or forge her into the shadow the city needs.A gritty, Caribbean-set thriller, Sarafina: Shadow of Trinbago launches a powerful new vigilante saga.
Acts Of Faith
What if history had taken a different turn, and you were on the wrong side of it?In a world reshaped by a single turning point, England is no longer a global power, but a fractured, war-ravaged state struggling at the edges of survival. Crumbling cities, ration lines, and foreign aid define daily life in a country left behind by history. The victors? The prosperous, united Muslim nations who now lead the world in science, culture, and diplomacy, their influence stretching from Casablanca to Jakarta.Marwan Tayeh navigates this precarious world with quiet defiance. Haunted by his past and burdened by impossible loyalties, Marwan's story unfolds as both a harrowing personal memoir and a sweeping tale of a shattered nation.Acts of Faith is a hauntingly beautiful novel of speculative dystopia, told in lyrical, evocative prose. With piercing insight, it confronts our assumptions about empire, identity, and who gets to write history. Daring, provocative, and deeply human, this is the alternative future we dare not imagine.
Acts Of Faith
What if history had taken a different turn, and you were on the wrong side of it?In a world reshaped by a single turning point, England is no longer a global power, but a fractured, war-ravaged state struggling at the edges of survival. Crumbling cities, ration lines, and foreign aid define daily life in a country left behind by history. The victors? The prosperous, united Muslim nations who now lead the world in science, culture, and diplomacy, their influence stretching from Casablanca to Jakarta.Marwan Tayeh navigates this precarious world with quiet defiance. Haunted by his past and burdened by impossible loyalties, Marwan's story unfolds as both a harrowing personal memoir and a sweeping tale of a shattered nation.Acts of Faith is a hauntingly beautiful novel of speculative dystopia, told in lyrical, evocative prose. With piercing insight, it confronts our assumptions about empire, identity, and who gets to write history. Daring, provocative, and deeply human, this is the alternative future we dare not imagine.
The Crossing
Perth, 1977. Mary Patterson stands at the side of the road with her thumb out and a suitcase at her feet. She's leaving everything behind. A kind stranger offers her a ride across the Nullarbor. Adelaide is two thousand kilometres away. Far enough to start over. Far enough to be free.But freedom is a long, straight road with nowhere to hide.As the empty highway stretches endlessly before them, Mary begins to see things. Or remember things. The line between past and present blurs. And the man driving starts to look like someone else.Someone Mary has been running from her entire life.
Learning To Live Again
Retired Sheriff John Young returned to the plantation he grew up on in South Carolina to find it filled with memories and history that he had to face. He, along with Sheriff Cassie Quince and his mentor Retired Sheriff Buck Branson, uncovered and foiled a gun- and dead-body-smuggling ring.John has fallen for Cass, and his mentor is falling for Cass's widowed mother, Joann. John found redemption and peace with his past and a new zest for life. He is waiting for his brother and his family to arrive at the plantation to make decisions about selling it. His book about his capture of a serial killer is a best seller, and it has allowed John to retire early. It has provided him with financial security but not with happiness. That happiness seems to be possible now, but there are those who would stand in the way of it."Love like You're Gonna Die"The Lesson Book 3 will be out next year.
Nemesis
No greater friend. No deadlier enemy. The explosive new novel in the New York Times bestselling Orphan X series is flipping the acclaimed series on its head. Find out why series superfans and new readers alike are calling it a "knockout" (firstCLUE). Evan Smoak is a highly trained former government assassin who has survived for years by keeping his circle to a few trusted confidants and a strict code he calls "The Ten Commandments." But when Evan suddenly finds himself at odds with his oldest friend, all the rules he lives by shatter--and the consequences are murderous. Tommy Stojack might be Evan's best friend in the world. He's a gifted gunsmith who has created much of Evan's own weapons and combat gear. But now, he has apparently crossed one of Evan's hardest lines and their argument explodes into open warfare. Now Evan has no choice but to track and face down his only friend. In the meantime, Tommy has left town in order to honor his own promise to help a dead friend's son. While Tommy is fighting to save the son with everything he's got, Evan arrives with vengeance in mind. But as deadly as the former Orphan X is, there is an even more dangerous threat about to arrive on the scene. The only question left is will any of them get out alive.
Casey Vice
When Casey Vice was eight years old, her father, a Police Captain who founded Saturn City's Criminal Intelligence & Organized Crime Unit, and her mother were murdered in front of their home. Orphaned and left with unanswered questions, Casey and her siblings narrowly escaped death, but not the scars the horrific ordeal seared into their innocent minds... Fifteen years later, Casey, now a detective in the CI/OC, receives an invitation too dangerous to accept, yet too good to simply dismiss: a personal invitation to meet Shawn Anderson, the head of Saturn City's mafia himself....at his private estate. She warily accepts the invitation and is faced with the gruesome revelation about her tragic past and an ultimatum that puts a million-dollar bounty on her head. As every con and killer in Saturn City's seedy underbelly looks to collect, Casey is propelled on a collision course with Saturn City's criminal regime-undaunted and determined to show everyone in her path why she is "The Spitfire of Vengeance."
The Catalina Cabal
Smuggling. Betrayal. Greed. Murder.Not the type of easy going lifestyle you'd expect to find on the idyllic island of Catalina, and pristine Avalon Bay, off the golden coast of California.While on a leisurely sail off the northern side of the island with his fianc矇, Badger Thompson finds the body of a young Chinese woman floating in the ocean. She's wearing a life-vest, and has a fake driver's license and a large amount of cash. He knows he should just walk away and leave it to the authorities, but it's not in his nature, and when he keeps digging deeper at the mystery it sets off a chain reaction that brings him to the center of the storm, and a conspiracy that should have stayed secret.
Porcelain Prison
"Porcelain Prison" follows the gripping tale of a serial murderer haunting the picturesque landscapes of Nova Scotia, leaving a trail of bodies from Pugwash to Joggins. As fear grips the tight-knit communities, three unlikely friends - Lola, Thea, and Lewis - find themselves thrust into the heart of the investigation.Lola, a fiercely determined Private Investigator, refuses to let the killer's reign of terror go unnoticed. With her sharp intellect and relentless drive, she delves deep into the dark underbelly of Nova Scotia's towns, seeking clues and connections that may lead to the elusive murderer.Thea, a fiercely determined paranormal psychologist and ex detective joins forces with her wife Lola, bringing her unique perspective to unravel the cryptic messages left behind by the killer. Together, they uncover a web of secrets and hidden motives, each revelation bringing them closer to the truth.Lewis, a reserved but resourceful local detective, offers his expertise in Nova Scotia's woodlands and national parks, uncovering long-buried secrets that may hold the key to identifying the killer's next move. As the investigation intensifies, their friendship is tested, and they must navigate through danger and deception to unmask the murderer before it's too late.From the fog-covered cliffs of Pugwash to the rugged shores of Joggins, Porcelain Prison paints a vivid portrait of a relentless killer that lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike again. With twists and turns at every corner, this gripping thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the shocking conclusion.
Absolute Vengeance
On the first day of school in a New Orleans suburb, terrorists hijack a school bus full of children. Corporal Alex Shepherd, decorated Sheriff's Deputy and SWAT sniper, is critically injured trying to stop the attack and save his wife and daughter.Waking from a month-long coma, Shepherd finds his girls are gone and the world has moved on. With no arrests made, his frustration at the system's failures forces him to take matters into his own hands.His thirst for vengeance leads him from New Orleans to the brutal battlefields of Syria, where he gains fame as a ruthless sniper. ISIS targets him, wanting his death to be a gruesome propaganda display. But as the bodies stack up, Shepherd learns there's no compromise in the war against evil.With nothing left to lose, he must confront the people responsible for the murder of his wife and daughter . . . or die trying.
Carson's Garage
One fateful day teenage Tommy enters an animal shelter and lays eyes on Sparky. A bond that defies understanding is brought into the universe and descends upon the town of Selkirk. Incident after incident proves that love, friendship, and loyalty are understatements in describing their relationship. While saving the life of his owner Sparky encounters a darkness, and a decision that confounds him. This unwelcome force attempts to shake their union, leaving readers wondering about the outcome of their alliance. Tommy and Sparky will go to the ends of the world, or Kansas, to remain together while the world attempts to bring their tie to an end. What concludes leaves readers...
Windswept
After a brutal Queens childhood and several struggling decades, MEGHAN JOYCE, 30s, has finally attained a fulfilling job and an ideal lover: the wryly eloquent corporate executive, THOMAS CATHERTON LOCKHART, an Englishman in his early 40s.On their first anniversary, however, Thomas announces he wants nothing further to do with her. Devastated, Meghan soon discovers that Thomas is targeted for assassination--his attempt to break up was only to protect her, and the depths of his life were very different from its apparent surface.Thomas works a predatory multinational mining corporation, run by a charming sociopath, LOCKE MURDOCK. To protect an indigenous tribe whose island has been targeted for development, Thomas has embezzled a large sum of money to give to the tribe in their fight for independence.Meghan, determined to save her lover's life, tries to flee New York with Thomas. Everywhere the desperate couple turns, they find the Murdock's well-financed killers lying in wait.Having exhausted all alternatives, Meghan engineers an intricate rescue plan. When her scheme goes awry, it shatters the lives of an innocent young chef, GIL DE LEO, and his devoted friend, BARBARA ANDERSON.The events Meghan has set in motion, however, have startling and unforeseen repercussions far beyond her and Thomas's apparent tragedy.Windswept ultimately illustrates that the basest deeds can be redeemed by selfless sacrifice.
Courier
It's 1972. The Watergate scandal has Washington on edge and Rick Putnam, a Vietnam veteran and courier for a national television network, is trying to get his life back together after the ordeal of war. He's found that pushing his motorcycle to the limit wipes out the terrible nightmares--for a while. But it all turns real when Rick picks up film from a crew interviewing a government worker with a hot story. Within hours, both crew and witness are dead and Rick is in the killer's crosshairs.
Absolute Vengeance
On the first day of school in a New Orleans suburb, terrorists hijack a school bus full of children. Corporal Alex Shepherd, decorated Sheriff's Deputy and SWAT sniper, is critically injured trying to stop the attack and save his wife and daughter.Waking from a month-long coma, Shepherd finds his girls are gone and the world has moved on. With no arrests made, his frustration at the system's failures forces him to take matters into his own hands.His thirst for vengeance leads him from New Orleans to the brutal battlefields of Syria, where he gains fame as a ruthless sniper. ISIS targets him, wanting his death to be a gruesome propaganda display. But as the bodies stack up, Shepherd learns there's no compromise in the war against evil.With nothing left to lose, he must confront the people responsible for the murder of his wife and daughter . . . or die trying.
Death is in the Details
***This is the large print edition of this title.***A woman haunted by her past. A killer who won't let her forget.Faith Day's condition curses her to recall her mother's fiery murder like it was yesterday. And when the forensic photographer's convicted stepbrother is somehow cleared 12 years later and released from prison, Faith wonders if he'll put an end to her tortured memories. But after a string of eerily familiar fires tear through her small town, Faith starts to question every detail of her traumatic past.Luke Justice won't rest until he catches a notorious serial killer masking his murders in arson. Following a trail of deadly blazes to Faith's doorstep, the FBI agent senses she holds the key to the case. But if he can't convince her to open up, Luke fears he'll miss his best chance to put a psychopath behind bars.As Faith fights the resurgence of dark emotions, an arsonist begins leaving personal totems in her home. Determined to stay alive, she taps into the only weapon she has against the vicious murderer: the echoes of her childhood nightmare.Can Faith help Luke unmask the true killer before they both go up in flames?Death is in the Details is a chilling standalone thriller novel. If you like small-town mysteries, psychological thrillers, and spine-tingling twists, then you'll love Heather Sunseri's latest page-turning tale.
Lustmord
LUSTMORD: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher Book One (of Two) BY KIRK ALEX Who knew the minister next door was also a sadistic predator?Cecil Omar Biggs is not your average man of the cloth. By day, he appears to be a hardworking preacher, but once night descends upon the quiet Southern California neighborhood where Biggs resides, his darker self emerges. Living a double life as a sex fiend and brutal murderer, he enjoys luring innocent victims into his basement lair by any means possible.Converting an old house into a church, Biggs becomes the perfect wolf in sheep's clothing, which also puts him in the ideal position to attract his unsuspecting prey. He lives to satisfy his sinister appetites without remorse or limits, indulging in his more violent tendencies as soon as the sun goes down by torturing and killing the women he abducts in his dungeon of doom.But how long can Biggs keep up the nice-guy-next-door pretense while secretly living as a homicidal maniac? And what happens when the locals start suspecting that there's more to this seemingly harmless Bible-thumper than meets the eye?
Trafficked
Sex trafficking.Not Thailand. Or the Philippines. Or Russia. America.Rich or poor, black or white, girls disappear across this country every day, pulled into the nightmarish world of prostitution and drugs.Mex Anderson is back, tasked with finding three missing girls before it's too late. Three girls. Three girls who could live in your town, your neighborhood, or in your own home.Jayla Imani Thomas is fifteen. A smart kid from a poor part of town who has to fend for herself. Jayla is headed for college and a better life than her mother had.Alexis Emily Halston is seventeen. Money provides everything she wants or needs except functional parents. Alexis has the world by the tail and she knows it.Olivia Emma Campbell is twelve. She's a middle child who dreams of being a veterinarian when she grows up. But right now "Livvy" just wants someone to notice her, maybe even to love her.Caught up in a cruel system fueled by lust and money, all three young women must find the courage within themselves to survive. And Mex must come to terms with his own loss and face his demons head on-or he might not have the strength to save them.
The Sacrifice
A young girl is missing. Did she run away or was she abducted? Mex Anderson blames himself for the horrific murders of his family in a border town in Mexico. Moving to the snowy mountains of Colorado has helped, but nothing can take away his gut-wrenching pain and the depression that comes with it. When the head of the drug cartel responsible for the killings approaches him and requests Mex's help to locate his missing daughter, with an offer that would reveal the individuals behind the murders, it might lead to the one thing that would allow Mex to heal: revenge.
Drawer #7
"I don't enjoy violence. I'm just-" She shrugged. "-good at it."She comes to life in a place she'd never have been caught dead: The stage of a strip club. Aghast, confounded, she turns to bolt, only to find herself staring into a wall of floor-to-ceiling mirrors. Her heart slams with panic. Because that is not her face! When the bouncers turn aggressive, and won't let her leave, she fights her way to freedom with skills she didn't know she had.When Freddie meets the woman with no name-an amnesiac-he's hopeful that his life of loneliness has finally come to an end. Edgy, eccentric, and brutally beautiful, she is the most uniquely fascinating-and uniquely broken-woman he's ever met.But hidden in the past she can't remember are threats that prove perilous to forget. Every door they open in pursuit of her identity only leads to three others, behind each of which something sinister lurks.She talks in her sleep: Sea level. Desalt. Drawer number seven. What could it possibly mean? Uttered once, probably nothing. But for months on end? It has to mean something.Who is this woman who has no name? And just how far is Freddie willing to go for love? Will he die for it?Will he kill?
The Vice President
A New Challenge. For the first time in the history of mankind the Vice President had more power than the President. This was not a coincidence, a new and equally never seen before threat was on the horizon. The rise of the death-partners. The Vice President a woman with a quest for power and world domination and a great vision not only to cheat death but to eliminate death. In a world where finding your double is the key to longevity. What will it take to cheat death? A brilliant plan, no limits, no room for mistakes. A great discovery and a lot to lose. Trust anyone and your fate is sealed. Until the end you will never guess who to trust. A MUST READ!
Control
Betty Thursten just wants out, but when Tom Howell's home is blown up by the Cabal, he sucks her back in for one more mission and her last chance at getting revenge for her fianc矇 Jos矇's brutal murder. Betty struggles with her desire to be with Tom while working for Howell to stop the Cabal from gaining complete control of the financial markets. Set in Washington D.C., Virginia Mountains, and Vail, Colorado.
The Vice President The War Directive
Advanced technology meant new and easily concealed never seen before Weapons of Mass Destruction distributed to billions globally to unsuspecting masses. Torture and genocide at unprecedented levels. The inadequacies of the current global justice system and it's collapse after the realization that these institutions were created and are funded by the very people who are secretly committing genocide and breaking the Jus Cogens laws. The need for a real Super Global Power. The rise of: Tomorrow's World Order. Will they succeed to destroy evil? The only time the world came together putting their differences aside to deliver justice and protect humanity from evil forever. The world will never be the same again. A new world order.
Leave No Child Behind
The first terrorist to be executed in the United States. An Al Quaida cell smuggled in to free "their brother." The Homeland Security Czar. A resourceful high school teacher and her classroom volunteer. In the small rust-belt town of Hammerville, Ohio, all these characters collide in an unsettling, yet frighteningly believable story of danger, human tragedy and redemption. Dee Dee Sterber just wants to teach, to make a difference in the lives of her students. And maybe to meet the right guy. With missionary zeal, she returns to teach in her hometown determined to open her students' minds to the ideas of the world's greatest writers. Instead she finds out she has to act to save them from one of the world's greatest threats. While two men--Jerod, the handsome but obnoxious volunteer mentor, and Jesus, the charming and mysterious Latin American man just hired as a substitute teacher--vie for her attention, her cherished small town is invaded by the condemned terrorist, Asad Akadi, a company of National Guard troops, the FBI and a frenzied media. Then she discovers to her horror that Rashid, the new foreign exchange student in her room, is in fact a young terrorist recruit from Afghanistan. Rashid is soon joined by Yassim, the cell leader, and the other Islamic terrorists, who have been especially recruited for this mission. With surprising ease, this terrorist cell slips into the United States and make their way to rural Ohio. All the while the Director of Homeland Security, Harold Samson, becomes increasingly frustrated that the government's efforts to pursue and apprehend the terrorists have become bogged down in bureaucracy and thwarted by the election-year politics of the president and his advisors. On a quiet day in late October, just hours before the scheduled execution of Akadi in the nearby maximum security prison, the small terrorist cell carries out a carefully coordinated and daring attempt to free him. Once inside the school, they disable the phone lines and shoot out the lights and then, to demonstrate their ultimate commitment, they execute two teachers including Dee Dee's best friend, Christie Ferguson. Controlling the only remaining channel of communication, the cell members make their demands directly to President Ryan Gregory, offering to trade the 300 students and teachers for their condemned "brother." Only a few days before his own re-election bid, the first-term president is left with few good options. In desperation, he authorizes a military attack on the school that falls tragically short. Using a combination of luck and ingenuity, Dee Dee and Jerod left for dead by the terrorists, recover and confront the terrorists, one by one, in the darkened corridors of the high school. As they are planning in the basement locker rooms, the heroes are surprised by the first two members of the cell sent to search them out and, using only a baseball bat and their hands, they outsmart and overpower the intruders. But their greatest test comes when the teacher and her friend must challenge the two remaining terrorists, both armed with AK-47's in the school cafeteria filled with hundreds of cowering students and teachers. With no communication channel to the outside world and no weapons, these two resourceful individuals must outthink the intruders, frustrate the terrorist plot and save the students' lives. Their struggles bond them tightly, setting the stage for a love affair neither one of them could have predicted. When this unlikely pair completes their mission, they are bloodied and broken, but ultimately victorious and deeply committed to each other.
Red Tide (Aspen Falls Thrillers Book 1)
Sometimes the dead shouldn't stay buried. In a new case, Jamie Taylor and her cadaver dog set out to find bodies buried for more than a decade. It's her callling. It's what she does when she's not looking at mortgage loan applications for the local bank. Finding closure for families is what drives her. It's her way of remembering her mother.
The Return to the Lost El Dorado
RETURN TO THE LOST EL DORADOThe Return to the Lost El Dorado is the sequel to The Lost El Dorado.It's now one year later.The Archaeologist from U.C. Berkeley, is onsite and exploring gold caves and tunnels which had been abandoned many centuries earlier. Some actually dive deep under the mighty Amazon River and may contain more gold than they imagined. Unfortunately, he is facing resistance from the local natives who are beginning to resent his presence and are growing more and more aggressive. He has also heard the rumblings deep in the caverns he has been exploring. Because he knows he is on borrowed time, he is rushing his explorations, risking a cave in and certain death due to the nearness of the river above his head.The Tribal leader's infant son, has come down with a rare disease that is fatal unless a medication is found and also a doctor who can deliver it on time. Because his condition is growing graver by the day, only the speedy PT boat can get them to the boy in time.The PT boat's skipper is a hardened warrior from both Vietnam and many years working on the dangerous Amazon. Normally he could deliver the doctor and the necessary medication without a problem. What he doesn't know is that a former enemy, heavily financed by a woman, also from his past is sending deadly people to not only stop him, but to also kill him.Their motivation? Not only the hoards of gold already in the village of golden buildings, but also the vast undiscovered gold they know is waiting for them once they get there and take over.There is a girl/woman/child, who is also out to stop the skipper for reasons of her own. She knows witchcraft, magic, voodoo and is said not to be of this earth. Before she is through, the skipper will know fear, even greater than he faced in Vietnam.
Cool Short Stories
A fun collection of gruesome tales of mystery and the macabre in the style of Twilight Zone and Hitchcock. Stories include "Where Time Stopped," "The Contrarian's Husband," "The Visitor," "Redemption in a Watery Grave," and "100 Ways to Dispose of a Body." If you like the macabre, the gruesome, the grim, or ghastly, and you like to get in the head of eccentric characters who are a tad off balance and extremely unpredictable, this book is for you. If you like Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, or Tales from the Crypt and you have a healthy but morbid sense of humor, you'll like this book. If you're not squeamish, sensitive to blood and gore, weak of heart or mind, love a good mystery, and you look forward to the dead of night to devour a good book when the shadows grow frightfully long and dance strangely across your bedroom ceiling, you should definitely read this book. (This book is not for young teens as it contains some violence, R-rated language, and sex.)
