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Master mystery spinner Carolyn Hart gives us the tenth high-spirited entry in her Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning Death on Demand series.
The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and...
Eight months ago, forensic investigator Theresa MacLean lost her fiancé in a bank robbery gone wrong, and she's had trouble concentrating on her work ever since. But when she investigates the death of a young mother that may have consequences for an innocent child, her...
Readers of crime thrillers about ordinary-people-in-extraordinary-circumstances will enjoy this acclaimed new series where espionage and mafia worlds collide with Seattle reporter, Teagan Penn. By award-winning author, Michael Ebner; a Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year author.
"Teagan proves to be an appealing hero with depth and determination–readers will enjoy rooting for her. Get it." (Kirkus Reviews)
...Growing up in a family with six daughters, the Gardiner Sisters know a thing or two about sisterhood. As musicians and creators, they have come to know that we, as women, share a common divine identity and face similar challenges. In this book, they invite all women to join them in their journey to increase our capacity to love, navigate life's challenges together, and draw closer to God.
5) Besieged
It starts with the unthinkable. A school under siege. A shooter in the classroom. A nightmare scenario that has become all too common in today's United States. But this time, former Delta Captain Jake Mahegan is there when it happens.
Checking in on...
6) Drone Games
It's domestic terrorism as you've never seen it before. An al-Qaeda cell uses cutting-edge drone technology to circumvent post-9/11 airport security measures. Within eight hours, two planes crash. The President faces an unthinkable decision: ground all planes—and the economy—or keep flying and risk more deaths. Based on real-life technology, Drone Games is a fascinating fictional account of terrorism's future.
NYPD Detectives Chiara Corelli and P.J. Parker are assigned what should be a straight-forward murder investigation. But what seems to be the simple murder of a man found in a park gets more complicated when they identify him as Ned Rich, a somewhat paranoid investigative reporter who seems to be living above his means.
The more they dig, the more victims of Rich's blackmail they find. And figuring out which one killed him seems like an impossible
...After losing his mom at age ten, Matthew Redd found a new home in Montana with J. B. Thompson—a man who knew the value of hard work and simple living. J. B. didn't have much reason to celebrate Christmas before becoming Redd's dad but threw himself into building traditions, including a tree, a few practical gifts, and the essential holiday movies: A Christmas Story...
10) Double Crossfire
"Tata's books are absolute rollercoaster rides."
—Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect
President By Any Means Necessary
Despite the election results, losing candidate Jamie...
11) Fields of Fire
Waiting to be deployed on a critical mission, elite Marine Raider Matthew Redd stops to help...
In exchange for an exclusive story, headstrong reporter, Kendall O'Dell is thrust into a series of life-threatening situations when she agrees to accompany 20 yr old Angela Martin to claim her inheritance—a remote gold mining town in Southern Arizona. Is Angela for real or a clever imposter? Was her father's recent death actually an accident? Why was she never told that she had a deranged half-sister who perished in a mysterious fire 18 yrs earlier?
...Private investigator Gregg Hunter faces a chilling dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped by unknown assailants. Instead of a ransom, they issue him an ultimatum: solve a baffling murder or lose his daughter forever. Determined to rescue her, Gregg launches dual investigations—one to unravel the murder, another to track down the kidnappers before it's too late.
In the enigmatic town of Blackberry Cove, numerous suspects emerge. As Gregg
...14) Dark Fall
As the recently installed leader of the Joshua Bravo team, Jedidiah Johnson shifts into covert operation mode to follow rumors of a new energy-based weapon able to incinerate a target—even a human target—with no warning....
15) The Switch Point
Kennen Clarke and his team are celebrating: their true crime documentary, Truth From the Shadows, is number one in the country. But the celebration is cut short when the director reveals their next case.
Leonie Tilden died twenty years ago on the train tracks, just days before her graduation. She was the daughter of a well-known and respected lawyer—and one of Kennen's closest friends. Leonie's death tore the small town of Ashter apart
...It begins with the kidnapping of an Army Reserve officer on U.S. soil. Name: Captain Maeve Cassidy. Profession: Geologist specializing in natural gas drilling and fracturing. Mission: classified. Abducted less than twenty-four hours...
World War Two rages on. In the conflict's darkest days, both the U.S. and Germany scramble to achieve nuclear capabilities. And if Hitler's scientists hand him the atomic bomb first, the world will be his.
Hand-picked and trained by OSS chief "Wild Bill" Donovan, Captain James Cantrell is expected to do the impossible. He must parachute alone into ravaged Poland, and into the jaws of the Nazi beast, to rescue an aging scientist who's been
...18) Deadly Sanctuary
Good luck getting anything else accomplished once you are hooked on the the heart-pounding adventures of flame-haired, investigative journalist, Kendall O'Dell! Adventure #1, she stumbles upon a dark conspiracy when she accepts a position at a small newspaper in the remote desert town of Castle Valley, Arizona. Why did her predecessor suddenly vanish while working on the unsolved deaths of two teenage girls? Why is the woman operating the local
...19) The teacher
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