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In the third book in Kenna McKinnon's Annie Hansen Mysteries, Annie and her partner, Mark Snow, investigate the murder of Mark's aunt Clarise after she's found dead in the lobby of their apartment building.

Rookie private eyes JJ, Rey, and Linda stumbled and bumbled through their previous assignments with stellar results. Now the trio, proud owners of the Triple Threat Investigation Agency, have yet another multi-murder mystery to solve. Who set up their client, socialite-turned-trucker Buddy Feuer, to take the rap? And where is nutty Coco Person, who has been MIA since the murders went down? In their detecting travels, they meet up with former acquaintances, some of who may not be all that they seem.

Relocated across the country, Stephen Brunt and his family spend their first night in a dark, unwelcoming pub. It seems like nobody is ready to welcome them to their new home town except for Carson, Mr. Knills's servant from one house over. After Knills invites them over for a quiet drink, Stephen and his family learn that the man's wife was kidnapped one dreadful night, never to be heard from again.

Elisa Monroe’s controlling husband Alex declares it’s time for them to buy a house and start a family, but Elisa doesn’t want either. He manipulates her into buying the house anyway, and she realizes that the only way to have a life that belongs to her is to leave him. But how?

Tasha Salen is a loving wife and mother. She is trained as a medical professional, but secretly awaits the next phone call for her other career. A call that will mark her next target.

Anna Lee Baker suffers from childhood amnesia. Now, as an adult, she can’t seem to catch a break. Fleeing from an abusive boyfriend, she heads to New Orleans where her big brother, Dr. Jeff Baker lives. Jeff offers to help Anna if she promises to enroll in college, get a job, and most of all, to see a therapist. When a budding romance begins between Anna and the neighbor, Dr. Ethan LeBlanc, she finds herself in a dangerous love triangle. A huge question hangs in the balance: Is Ethan involved with her therapist, Dr. Kim Rice.

Sucia Oscuridad son 10 historias de la corriente de los asuntos humanos, para los que nos sentimos magnéticamente atraídos por lo apasionado, lo extraño y lo espantoso. Prepárese para conocer a la pareja de luna de miel que se encuentra con desolación en México; a Zack, el asesino colegial enamorado de una belleza del circo; a Miguel, que resulta ser inesperadamente peligroso; a la Rata Gigante de Sumatra, el asesino a sueldo más cruel del negocio, y a Phoebe, quizá la mujer más extraña, y seguramente la más inteligente, de la ficción.

Anthropologist Claire El-Badawy has spent the last 10 years of her life applying for grants for an Amazon jungle expedition. She wants to prove her theory of the transatlantic connection between Africa and South America that existed 5,000 years ago. Owen Macleod’s life has been one long trek after another, guiding tourists and aiding the indigenous people of the forest against the mining companies. When Owen hears of the opportunity to break free of the tourist trade, he jumps at it. Soon, the anthropologist and the jungle guide are thrown together in pursuit of their own dreams.

Después de repartir las cartas, un jugador no pasa el corte. En un torneo de póquer local, un jugador es asesinado después del primer día de juego. Un sospechoso es fichado por el asesinato, pero algo no cuadra. Para descubrir al asesino real, Niki se une al torneo. Pero, ¿está la baraja en su contra?

Local thug Hector Gomez has a score to settle with Niki Dupre. She has upset his profitable businesses, and there will be hell to pay. After she's lured to a vacant warehouse, Niki discovers the corpse of a young girl. Soon after, two goons are after her. But now, it's the strawberry blonde's turn to wage war on Hector, as she goes after his pay-for-protection scheme and illegal warehouse. Can Niki bring Hector to justice and stop his operation - and avoid collateral damage?

When the heat gets too high, someone dies. But this time, Niki Dupre must investigate a different kind of heat. When young Randy Netterville dies in a warehouse fire, the insurance company asks Niki Dupre to investigate. The investigation leads to a local crime lord, Hector Gomez, and it's not the first time he and Niki have crossed paths. But is passion the fire behind Randy's death? Fighting through smoke screens, Niki races to find out the unbelievable truth.

A former spy investigates the murder of an old colleague - and uncovers a conspiracy that takes him back to the horrors of the Second World War. A Russian spymaster tells the tale of his nefarious plan to get an agent inside the Oval Office and to bring down American democracy, with devastating results for the future. Enter a world of masterful suspense, action-packed adventures, and thrilling twists with James Quinn's Clandestine.

En 1912, une jeune fille est retrouvée morte. À l'époque actuelle, les parents du jeune Jeremy sont impliqués dans un meurtre-suicide. Peu de temps après, ce dernier est interné dans un asile psychiatrique. Des années plus tard, à l'âge de dix-huit ans, Jeremy recouvre la liberté. Lorsqu'il retourne vivre chez lui avec son oncle, de vieux souvenirs commencent à refaire surface et ceux qui l'entourent disparaissent les uns après les autres. Alors qu'il commence lentement à accepter la mort de ses parents, Jeremy s'aperçoit que certains secrets ne resteront pas enfouis.

Inspired by real-life events, Ronald Bagliere's Out of the Rubble takes place in Kathmandu, Nepal, after the devastating earthquake of 2015. When Binod and Sila Thapa lose their children to human traffickers, Binod's friend Mick Hanson and his girlfriend come to their aid. But with the devastation of the city and the authorities overwhelmed from the quake, finding the children seems impossible.

Ahnia hat eine brenzlige Vergangenheit. Sie kratzt unter der Oberfläche; sie wartet darauf, auszubrechen. Sie ist am Boden. Pleite und dringend wieder an die Spitze gelangen wollend, tut sie sich mit Mac zusammen: Ein Mann, den sie kaum kennt. Er ist absolut unerreichbar und sehr bald begeben sich die beiden in Gefahr. Wird ihre gefährliche Entscheidung ein Erfolg sein oder wird sie sich in den Klauen unvergebender Gewalt wiederfinden, die von einer Kindheitssünde hervorgebracht wurde?

When a teenage girl witnesses a carjacking gone bad, she is marked for death by a crime boss. A lawyer and an enforcer forge an uneasy alliance to protect the girl from a hit man with an agenda of his own. Soon after, Paul Elliott - lawyer and close friend of the witness's family - begins counseling them and becomes entangled in the murder plot. As the long-simmering feud between Rico - the white enforcer - and the hitman John D'Angelo reaches boiling point, bodies start to pile up in rapid succession...and old scores will be settled.

An unorthodox family living in an unorthodox place, the Barretts are exceptional in many ways. Making their life out on the water of Tricker Lake, TN, they bridge the gap between old mountain magic and the American dream, while each of them is struggling to come to terms with what makes them happy - and the powers that could tear them apart.

Middle-aged widow Gwen Lindstrom is the owner of Rancher's Cafe: a restaurant in Dubois, Wyoming. After Donny Myers, boyfriend of Gwen's morning waitress Lacey, is found dead in a barn, the local county sheriff begins to investigate the case. Learning that Myers was shot and killed, Gwen begins to wonder if his girlfriend Lacey might have murdered him. Drugs, poachers and an unidentified man are all somehow connected to the case. Soon, Gwen feels drawn to investigate the murder herself. But when the plan goes terribly wrong, can she figure out who killed Donny - and escape unscathed?

These 10 short stories feature some of the homicide cases investigated by the South Side Precinct’s best homicide detectives Turner Hahn and Frank Morales. In this riveting collection, you'll find cases of murder, revenge, greed, and insanity, with a hint of the supernatural thrown in as a bonus.

A blackmail letter arrives at an inopportune moment, and the recipient’s name is blurred out. Who is the ruthless missive meant for? In the powerful sequel to Watching Glass Shatter, Olivia is the first to read the nasty threat. When the mysterious letter falls into the wrong hands, her sons try to figure out who’s seeking revenge on them. Across the span of eight hours, members of the Glass family contemplate whether to confess their hidden secrets, or find a way to bury them forever.