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DCI Hanlon is going undercover. Oxford philosophy lecturer Dr Gideon Fuller is in the frame, but Hanlon is not convinced. From the specialist brothels in Oxford and Soho, to the inner sanctum of a Russian people trafficker with a taste for hurting women, the trail leads Hanlon deeper and deeper into danger - until she herself becomes the killer's next target.... Can Hanlon track down the killer before it's too late?

A fascist administration rounds up undesirables. Terrorist groups strike governmental and religious targets. The constitution is under assault. Erec Stebbins’s China Girl is a controversial look at an America that is all too close to reality, radioactive in its timely examination of extremism in the nation.

Miami attorney Jack Swyteck lands in the heart of the contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who fled to America to protect her daughter and save herself, in this timely and pulse-pounding thriller that explores the stories behind...

Seven years ago, Teddy Drucker disappeared. He changed his name, altered his appearance, and abandoned his corporate aspirations, fleeing for his life. He was in over his head with the cops who’d accused him of murdering his girlfriend and the kind of guys who don’t think twice about cleaning up loose ends with a well-placed bullet. Now, Trevor Dent is a new man with a PhD, a cute little car, and therapy clients who trust him with their dirty secrets. But when his new patient calls him by his old name and his girlfriend turns up missing, Trevor realizes the past can’t be erased.

The victim had a good reputation at work, but his final days were riddled with strange and erratic behavior. Some employees believe he might have been drawn into nefarious activities, one that comes at a high price: money, silence, cooperation, or a brutal death. As the investigation unfolds, it reveals a broken web of lies and treachery. When several more US Customs and Border Patrol agents are found murdered in similar ways, Ava digs into the nest where depravity seems to flourish.

When Ashley Barlow, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a senator is taken, FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are called to the case. At a secure black site location, Blake begins to comb through the clues. While Rick, Paige, and Mo post up at the senator’s house. As Blake searches through the missing girl’s room, a stash of hidden items linked to local nightclubs, expensive trinkets, and photos of Ashley are found. The teen seems to be living a double life.

In the third and final book of the Rachel's Peril trilogy, prepare to have everything you thought you knew turned upside down. In the first seven days of this trilogy, everything changed. Now Andrea and Dylan are on the run, and the Thompson Sisters are fighting to survive.

Chapter one in book one of the groundbreaking Lightning Brain action-adventure series that extrapolates the latest science, political intrigue, and contemporary lifestyles while tracing the twists and turns in the life of Electra “Kit” Kittner. She grows up in a frightened, intolerant America threatened by “Techno-Plague” and Middle East terrorism. The action builds relentlessly, from lighter childhood adventures to darker realities caused by America’s threats that are exacerbated by a harsh government that would treat her badly if it were to discover what she is.

Jake and Mike are sent to Puerto Rico by Jordan Fletcher, CEO of Fletcher Security and Investigations, to insure that a referendum on the future of the island’s relationship with the United States is not tainted by outside interference. Trying to discover who might be behind such a scheme leads them on an investigation of current players and old pirate legends.

Four days ago, Andrea Thompson agreed to fly to the United States to help her sister Carrie. Four days ago, everything changed. Now Andrea is lost and on the run. Dylan Paris is missing. Julia and Crank Wilson are under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. The Thompson family is scattered and in danger, and Andrea's very identity may hold the key to unlock decades of buried secrets. Andrea, the youngest member of the Thompson clan, sets out on a search to find answers.

Andrea Thompson is smart, assertive and beautiful. She's also desperately lonely. Raised in Europe by her grandmother, she struggles knowing neither of her parents wanted her, and she has no idea why. When Andrea receives an urgent call from her older sister Carrie, she agrees to fly to the United States to help. Carrie's newborn daughter Rachel needs a bone marrow transplant. What Andrea doesn't know is that her return to the United States will launch a chain of events that will uncover secrets hidden for decades.

Mason Church, a decorated US soldier, returns home plagued by the emotional scars of war and the fragmented memories of his father. Loveless, broke, and jaded, he's recruited by National Clandestine Service to assassinate Mexico's biggest drug kingpin. Sixteen-year-old Valentina Vargas witnesses the massacre of her family by the ruthless drug lord. Suddenly orphaned, she must make a decision to remain a peasant or retaliate against the sadistic murderers. In order to succeed in Mexico, Mason must partner with Valentina.

Hillary Broome begins team teaching an ethnic studies class with her friend, Professor Grover Zale, expecting to deepen her understanding of systemic discrimination. But another professor’s lessons stir violent tendencies in a student with criminal ties, leading to a series of hate crimes targeting Zale and Hillary. She’s survived other horrors, but nothing like the death she faces now.