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Meanwhile, Gillan McArdle’s academic career is ending because of one stupid lapse of judgement. Offered a short-term contract, he lands on the Hebridean island of Harris to investigate obscure animal bones. Quickly dismissing the unicorn skull as a thinly disguised fake, he can’t deny there’s something unusual about these bones. Baited by rumors of a majestic tusked horse roaming the uplands, Gill begins to suspect someone is manipulating him. As he gradually unravels the mystery of the skull, he grasps a disturbing conclusion: If this creature does exist, the evidence suggests it’s a killer.

Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she’s escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son, Tomas, is taken, she’s back to square one...and Iceland. Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial misconduct after the banking crash, and Sonja refuses to see her. And that’s not all...Agla owes money to some extremely powerful men, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it back. With her former nemesis, customs officer Bragi, on her side, Sonja puts her own plan into motion to bring down the drug barons and her scheming ex-husband and get Tomas back.

When Steel picks up a CIA asset with classified intel in the Bahamas, his team is hit hard and the mission blows up. A Russian Oligarch and a Russian SVR operative will stop at nothing to prevent Steel from delivering intel that will expose the criminality of a hundred powerful men. Fighting for his life, Steel asks for help from an old acquaintance - a reluctant cartel hitman. Worse, Steel's partner, Christie, has a family emergency and she has to leave Steel - but even Montana isn’t going to be safe.

IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress. Now a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect...

For Jack Burgoyne, a former investment banker turned reluctant fixer, the world of high finance isn’t just about profit margins and market trends—it’s a maze of lies, double-crosses, and high-stakes betrayal. In Cash-Trap, a gripping financial thriller, Burgoyne is thrust into a world where the line between genius and madness is measured in billions.

In one near-fatal moment, Edward Dalton’s future turns from medical school and the girl of his dreams to fighting for survival. Intentionally run off the road and left for dead, Edward finds himself deep in the Appalachian Mountains, battling wildlife and starvation. When survival looks doubtful, he is ready to finish what his enemies started: end his life.

Fleeing through the night, recon pilot Ben Cobb races to warn MacArthur of a secret Japanese build-up on Mindanao. The marines must not invade! When a pack of trailing Zeroes flame him from the sky, Ben must find another way to deliver his message. With precious little time, and with everything he meets trying to kill him, Ben must not fail. The fate of the entire war may well depend on it.