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Killer
Cruise - A Jaine Austen Mystery
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Author
: Laura Levine
Description:
Wordsmith Jaine Austen's ship has finally come in. Her new
teaching gig on a fancy cruise line nabs her a free vacation,
and access to a 24-hour buffet! But sooner than you can say
"bon voyage," Jaine's all-expenses-paid trip to the
Mexican Riviera seems destined to be a wreck. Things are already
off to a rocky start when Jaine discovers a stowaway amidst her
luggage, her pernickety cat Prozac. To make matters worse,
Prozac is also spotted by the ship's steward, an aspiring writer
who quickly uses his advantage to blackmail Jaine into editing
his massive handwritten manuscript, so much for seven days of
sun, fun, and relaxation. Jaine's sinking sensation grows
stronger at dinner, where she meets chatty Emily Pritchard, a
wealthy seventy-year-old who's travelling with her bossy
personal secretary, Ms. Nesbitt, and her nephews, arrogant
investment banker Kyle, and his ruggedly handsome brother
Robbie. Jaine can't help noticing the tension among them,
especially when the cruise's charming-and sleazy-British dancer,
Graham, whisks Emily out onto the dance floor and keeps her
there for the rest of the evening. Soon Emily is accepting
Graham’s invitations to every social event on the ship. Two
nights later the bubbly couple announces their engagement, but
the news is quickly overshadowed the next morning by the
discovery of Graham’s body with an ice pick protruding from
his chest. Between hiding a furry fugitive, flirting with Emily’s
nephew Robbie, and baiting the hook for a clever murderer, Jaine
is about to dive into her most dangerous case yet.
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Author
: Lois
Greiman Description:
L.A.
psychologist Christina McMullen's relationship with Detective
Jack Rivera is heating up until a client threatens to put a
damper on their sparks. Chrissy has been counselling Micky
Goldenstone to face the secrets from his past, but she had no
idea that they would lead to a dangerous confrontation with a
criminal even the police can't protect her from. To make matters
worse, Chrissy's best friend, Hollywood starlet Laney
Butterfield, has started getting creepy mail that's turning
stalker-ugly and Chrissy's neighbour desperately needs her help
to rescue her runaway sister from an abusive husband. When it
comes to swimming in a sea of crazy, Chrissy is a pro, but
she'll need more than a few clues to keep her head above water.
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Murder
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: Denise
Swanson Description:
School
psychologist Skye Denison reluctantly agrees to act as maid of
honour in her California cousin's over-the-top platinum-style
wedding, and is also expected to assist the control-freak
wedding planner. When Skye discovers the planner dead, just one
week before the big event, Skye is suddenly working double-duty.
While overseeing every nuptial detail, she's also helping the
police find out who hated the bridal consultant enough to kill
her. Can Skye get her cousin to the church on time, and save
herself from a killer who may actually be on the guest list?
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Author
: Beverly
Connor Description:
Diane
is driving through a downpour on a windy mountain road after
picking up a set of rare Indian artefacts when a tree suddenly
slams across the hood of her car, revealing a human skeleton in
its hollow trunk. As she starts to investigate, she's ambushed
by a stranger and forced to run for her life. Stranded in the
night with a killer, Diane must uncover a secret hidden away by
time and distance or she may not live to see another morning.
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Path
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Author
: Jennifer
Stanley Description:
Congregants at the Hope Street Church know that charity begins
at home but sometimes what is giveth is mysteriously taketh
away. Cooper Lee and the Sunrise Bible Study Group have has just
volunteered for a local charity, Door-2-Door Dinners. Sure, some
of the volunteers look more like Hell's Angels than Good
Samaritans, but the ragtag church group has taught Cooper not to
judge a book by its cover. Besides, this gives Cooper a chance
to get out of the house, which she shares with her parents, and
spend some quality time with her new love, Nathan. Things really
start heating up for Cooper and Nathan when an elderly
Door-2-Door recipient is murdered-and the prime suspects are the
volunteers! Someone in the flock is a wolf in sheep's clothing
but the Lord works in miraculous ways, and so do the sleuths of
the Sunrise Bible Study Group.
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Author
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Rebecca Tope
Description:
Thea Osborne has just lost her beloved
father and retreats to house-sitting in Lower Slaughter, hoping
to find peace. The scenery is beautiful, the tranquillity a
welcome backdrop to her independent ways, and there's a host of
miscellaneous animals to help stave off her loneliness - not to
mention the much-needed company of her faithful spaniel Hepzie.
As Thea settles down to two weeks of solitude, her biggest
challenges are doing jigsaw puzzles and fighting off bats in the
bedroom. That is, of course, until reality catches up with her.
When Thea's bossy elder sister turns up on her doorstep after
witnessing a horrific killing, the rural serenity in Lower
Slaughter descends into a web of mutual suspicions, accusations
and confrontations.
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Ghouls
Gone Wild - A Ghost Hunter Mystery
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Author
: Victoria Laurie
Description:
Psychic M.J. Holliday finds herself in a witchy situation. When
M.J. and
her friends travel to a small town near Edinburgh, Scotland, to
film the first instalment of their new cable TV show Ghoul
Getters" they find plenty of spooky action in a series
of supposedly haunted caverns. When they discover the body of a
maintenance worker, the cause of death is reminiscent of an old
legend involving a witch's wrath.
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Author
: J.T. Ellison Description:
He can truly love her only once her heart
stops. Homicide detective Taylor Jackson thinks she's seen it
all in Nashville, from the Southern Strangler to the Snow White
Killer but she's never seen anything as perverse as The
Conductor. Once his victim is captured, he contains her in a
glass coffin, slowly starving her to death, only then does he
give in to his attraction. When he's finished, he creatively
disposes of the body by re-enacting scenes from famous
paintings. Similar macabre works are being found in Europe.
Taylor teams up with her fiancé, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin,
and New Scotland Yard detective James "Memphis"
Highsmythe, a haunted man who has eyes only for Taylor, to put
an end to this horror. Has
the killer gone international with his craft or are there two
"artists," competing to create the ultimate
masterpiece?
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Working
Stiff - A Sofie Metropolis Novel |
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Author
: Tori
Carrington Description:
Sofie Metropolis's PI business is so
successful at finding missing spouses and lost pets and at
proving insurance fraud that she's hired new staff, including
her (formerly) layabout cousin. There are two men in Sofie's
life, sexy Greek baker Dino, who found a place in her heart and
bed and man-of-mystery Jake Porter, whose Australian accent is
guaranteed to turn Sofie's knees to water. The week before
Halloween, a body disappears from Sofie's Aunt's funeral home.
It might be a holiday prank, but Sofie's barely begun to
investigate when she's handed a truly hot case, prove the
innocence of someone already on trial for murder!
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Author
: Lisa
Jackson Description:
The perfect moment is here at last, the humiliation and pain
he put her through is about to be repaid. Soon Rick Bentz will
know the torment of losing the person he loves most and better
yet, he’ll have to watch. Since the accident that nearly
claimed his life, New Orleans detective Rick Bentz has been on
edge. That must explain why his mind is playing tricks, making
him think he sees his first wife, Jennifer, his dead wife. He
can’t bring himself to tell his new wife, Olivia, about the
sightings, or his fears that he’s losing his sanity. To find
answers, he has to return to Los Angeles, where Jennifer died
and it’s there that the murders begin. Each victim is linked to Jennifer’s past, and each corpse points to
Bentz as the prime suspect but the worst is yet to come because
now Olivia is missing, and the only way to save her is to
uncover the terrifying truth about a woman he never really knew
and a hatred that runs deep enough to kill.
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Freeze
Frame - The Enzo Files |
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: Peter May Description:
A promise made to a dying man leads forensics ace Enzo
Macleod, a Scot
who's been teaching in France for many years, to the study which
the man's heir has preserved for nearly twenty years. The dead
man left several clues there designed to reveal the killer's
identity to the man's son, but ironically the son died soon
after the father. So begins the fourth of seven cold cases
written up in a bestselling book by Parisian journalist Roger
Raffin that Enzo rashly boasted he could solve (he's been
successful with the first three). It takes Enzo to a tiny island
off the coast of Brittany in France, where he must confront the
hostility of locals who have no desire to see the infamous
murder back in the headlines. An attractive widow, a man charged
but acquitted of the murder but still the viable suspect, a
crime scene frozen in time, a dangerous hell hole by the cliffs,
and a collection of impenetrable messages, make this one of
Enzo's most difficult cases.
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Author
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Frank Tallis
Description:
In
Freud's dangerous, dazzling Vienna of 1903, an ingenious doctor
and an intrepid detective again challenge psychotic criminals
across a landscape teetering between the sophisticated and the
savage, the thrilling future and the primitive past. On opposite
sides of the city, two men are found beheaded on church grounds.
Detective Inspector Oskar Reinhardt is baffled. Could the killer
be mentally ill, someone the victims came into contact with?
Some are even blaming the murders on the devil. When
psychoanalyst Dr. Max Liebermann learns that both victims were
vocal members of a shadowy anti-Semitic group, he turns his gaze
to the city's close-knit Hasidic community. The doctor is drawn
into an urban underworld that hosts and hides virulent racists
on one side and followers of kabbalah on the other. As the
evidence, and bodies, pile up, Liebermann must reconsider his
own path, the one that led him away from the miraculous and
toward a life of the mind.
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Author
: Celeste Bradley
Description: When
Sir Colin Lambert learns that the little girl left on the steps
of his gentleman's club belongs to one of its members, he's
filled with hope. Could Melody be the daughter of the beautiful,
impulsive actress who broke his heart? Colin is determined to
find out with the help of his lost love's former seamstress,
Miss Prudence Filby. But soon, Pru's disarming manner and
seductive voice are stirring all manner of doubts in his mind,
as well as some delicious fantasies. Pru's only motivation in
helping Colin is to reclaim the wages she's owed. Or at least,
it "was," before days and nights travelling together
draw them into a heated, thrilling intimacy. But as soon as Pru
discovers his noble status, she suspects she's been a fool. To a
man of his standing, she can hardly be more than a dalliance,
even if their scorching passion makes her long to take centre
stage in his life-and in his arms
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Author
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Llisa Valdez Description:
Known for her exceptional beauty, Patience Emmalina Dare has
been pursued by admirers ever since coming of age but suitor
after suitor fails to inspire her love, or her desire. Certain
she will never find a man who touches her deeply, she decides to
forgo marriage in favour of pursuing her music. Just when
Patience thinks she has her life well in hand, a passionate kiss
with her enigmatic brother-in-law awakens a powerful need in
her. How will she reconcile her desire for him and her desire
for a life that's her own and what will she do when he shows her
a deep and hidden part of herself that she never knew existed?
When the secret of his illegitimate birth pushes Matthew Morgan
Hawkmore from his place in society, the darkly handsome
half-brother of the Earl of Langley plots his resurrection and
his revenge. Betrayed and abandoned by the women he believed
loved him, he swears to never again be controlled by love.
Despite his vow, he is unable to resist the beautiful Patience,
whose strength and self-reliance hide a need that he is
perfectly suited to fulfil. Can he have her without loving her?
What will he give up to keep her? Will her passionate surrender
be the one thing that can stop him from making a tragic mistake
that could destroy them both.
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Author
: Fern Michaels Description: After
years of trying to become pregnant without success, Rachel
Dawson and her husband Thomas felt their dreams had finally come
true the day they brought home their newly adopted twin babies.
Though the lawyer Baron Bell who arranged for the surrogate
mother charged a hefty six-figure fee, one glance into the eyes
of their precious children told them it was all worth it. Until
the birth mother reappeared, first demanding more money, then
the twins themselves. Suddenly Baron Bell was nowhere to be
found, and the Dawsons were once again childless, heartbroken
and nearly destitute. When the case finds its way to the offices
of high-profile attorney Lizzie Fox, she can’t wait to take
down the so-called Mr. Wonderful, and she knows she’ll have
all the help she needs as it’s just the kind of crime that
really gets the Sisterhood’s adrenalin flowing. Once they get
their hands on the perpetrators there will be hell to pay, and
it will cost a lot more than cold, hard cash.
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Author
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Karen Hawkins
Description:
Susan
Collins wants to be a hard-hitting reporter, but there’s never
been much call for her talents in sleepy Glory, North Carolina.
When the Murder Mystery Club, a trio of bored but enterprising
octogenarians, decide to open their own CSI lab at the assisted
living centre, and strange ‘accidents’ begin to happen
around town, Susan senses she might have discovered the news
story of her dreams. Mark Tremayne has agreed to come back to
Glory and to take over as CFO of The Glory Examiner. His job is
to keep the newspaper profitable, which means covering the
annual Baptist Bake-Off and selling ads for the county fair, not
allowing his main and too-sexy-for-her(and his) own-good
reporter to hare off after a wild story that seems to have
brought out the worst in one of Glory’s many colourful
residents. Mark’s and Susan’s viewpoints on how to run a
paper are from different planets, but their mutual attraction is
in total alignment. Despite their arguments, the indomitable
redhead and the hot accountant are a sexual explosion waiting to
happen, and when it does, Glory had better watch out!
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Alexandra
Ivy
Description: Salvatore Giuliani is not a happy
werewolf. It’s his duty as leader to track down the pureblood
females who can keep his people from extinction. The moment he
catches scent of Harley, a pureblood held by a pack of mangy
curs, his savage need for her obliterates all other instincts
and the only thing worse than being captured is finding that
beautiful, independent Harley defiantly refuses to become his
mate. Harley has been taught to distrust all Weres, especially
their arrogant king. She won’t be used for breeding or bonded
against her will, not even to a man who makes every nerve tingle
with awareness. Yet Salvatore is her key to saving the family
she never knew she had, if she dares to succumb to his dark,
predatory desire, and face a vicious enemy sworn to destroy them
both.
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Author :
Linda Winstead Jones & Linda Howard
Description: When the living and undead worlds collide, there will be hell
to pay. Luca Ambrus is a rare specimen of his breed: He is a
vampire from birth, begotten by a mortal and a vampire, blood
born. He is also an agent of the Council-the centuries-old cabal
that governs vampirekind, preserving their secrecy and
destroying those who betray them. When a cryptic summons leads
him to the scene of the brutal killing of a powerful Council
member, Luca begins the hunt for an assassin among his own
people but instead of a lone killer he discovers a sinister
conspiracy of rogue vampires bent on subjugating the mortal
world. All that stands in their way are the conduits, humans
able to channel spirit warriors into the physical world to
protect mankind. Chloe Fallon is a conduit-and a target of the
vampire assassin who's killing them. When Luca saves her life,
an irresistible bond of trust-along with more passionate
feelings-is forged between them. As more victims fall, Chloe and
Luca have only each other to depend on to save the world from
the reign of monsters, and salvage their own future together.
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Author
: Robyn Carr
Description: With her beloved younger siblings settled and happy, Erin Foley has got
empty nest syndrome. At age thirty-five. So she’s
hitting the pause button on her life and holing up in a secluded
(but totally upgraded, she’s not into roughing it) cabin near
Virgin River. Erin is looking forward to really getting to know
herself, not some shaggy-haired mountain man she meets wandering
the woods. In fact, beneath his faded fatigues and bushy beard,
Aiden Riordan is a doctor, recharging for a summer after leaving
the Navy. He’s intrigued by the pretty, slightly snooty
refugee from the rat race meditating,
journaling and definitely keeping him at arm’s length. He’d
love to get closer if his scruffy exterior and crazy ex-wife
don’t hold him back. Maybe it’s something in the water,
unlikely romances seem to take root in Virgin River helped along
with some well-intentioned meddling, of course.
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Susan Wiggs Description:
First we have
Claire, who is in a witness protection program and destined to
stay in hiding for the rest of her life. Claire has chosen a
life of isolation, providing end-of-life care for people. Her
current client is George Bellamy. At the end of his life, George
wants to return to the place where he found his greatest
happiness, the place where his story began Camp Kioga, on Willow
Lake. Despite his circumstances, he's learned to face things
with love and laughter. George
is also determined to look after the people he loves, chief
among them, his grandson Ross Bellamy, newly back from war and
dealing with all the leftover fallout from his service as a
medivac chopper pilot. There is nothing Ross won't do for him,
except fall in love. Of course, that's what happens to two
unlikely people determined to resist getting involved at all
costs, and of course, the more they resist, well.
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Author
: Lisa Kleypas Description: Billionaire playboy, and all-around ladies'
man, Jake Travis has a reputation as big as the state of Texas.
He drives too fast, lives too hard, and loves too many women to
count. In her advice column, and her love life, Ella Varner is
always practical so when she's left holding her reckless
sister's baby, she decides to ask Jake Travis to take a
paternity test. Ella is instantly struck by Jake's bold good
looks and easy charm but she's not falling for his sweet talk.
This big sexy tomcat needs to take responsibility for his
actions, and Ella's making him stick to his word. Now if she can
only ignore the unspoken attraction that smoulders between them.
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Author
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Brenda Joyce
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Once a lady , she has given up everything to take
care of her sisters and her wastrel father. Now, Alexandra
Bolton sews the clothing of those who were once her peers to
make ends meet. Yet her life is about to forever change. He is
the most powerful peer in the realm and the most sought after
bachelor. The Duke of Clarewood has rejected the crème de la crème
of society for over a decade. When he first sees Alexandra, he
is instantly intrigued and he offers her a scandalous
proposition and her stunning refusal only whets his ambition.
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Kathleen
Nance
Description: One by one,
practitioners of magic are dying in violence, as if fired from
within and the last words of a dead mage identify Grace
Armatrading as the next victim. Adam Zolton is the last person
in the world Grace wants to trust. Once before, he brought her
to a fever pitch of need, then sacrificed her to pursue his own
agenda. Now she has no choice but to team up with the darkly
dangerous enigma. Drawn into a twisting maze of fiery danger and
desire, Grace fights off a deadly computer virus, violent thugs
and her own uncontrollable blackouts but with Adam to balance
her frightening paranormal gift, she will see the dragon
unmasked.
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Author Cathy
Maxwell
Description: The woman who will one day
wear Richard Lynsted's ring will be genteel, dainty, and
well-bred. This eliminates Grace MacEachin on all three counts.
A hellion of the first order, the alluring, infuriating woman
would be nothing more than a passing temptation to an upstanding
gentleman like Richard if it weren't for the fact that she's
trying to blackmail his father! Or, as Grace sees it, trying to
get justice and maybe just the slightest hint of revenge on the
family that tore her life asunder when she was just a girl. As
for Lynsted, well, the stuffy, humourless man wouldn't suffer
for time spent in company more exciting than that of his company
ledgers. Only when Richard gets Grace alone, she discovers he
may know a thing or two about excitement after all.
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