Black & Blue

      James Patterson
     Black & Blue

Is Harriet Blue as great a detective as Lindsay Boxer? Harriet Blue, the most single-minded detective since Lindsay Boxer, won't rest until she stops a savage killer targeting female university students. But new clues point to a more chilling predator than she ever could have imagined. BookShots LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON - Novels you can devour in a few hours - Impossible to stop reading - All original content from James Patterson

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    Full Ride

      Margaret Peterson Haddix
     Full Ride

Becca thought her life was over when her father was sent to prison for embezzlement. It didn't help when he used her as his excuse: "How else is a guy like me supposed to send his daughter to college?" She and her mother fled their town and their notoriety, started over, and vowed never to let anyone know about their past. Now a senior in high school, Becca has spent the last four years hiding in anonymity. But when it's time to apply to colleges and for financial aid, her mother gives her a rude awakening: If she applies, her past may be revealed to the world But Becca has already applied for a full-ride scholarship. And as she begins to probe deeper into the secrets of her past, she discovers that she and her mother might be in danger of more than simple discovery - by revealing the truth about their past, she might be putting their very lives in jeopardy.

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    Unknown Man #89

      Elmore Leonard
     Unknown Man #89

“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune—and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89, to become a true believer. The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple cross, peppered with the razor sharp dialogue for which Grand Master Leonard is justifiably famous. Exhilarating old-school crime fiction that the late, great John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker would have been proud to call their own, Unknown Man #89 is a gem—nothing less than we’d expect from the man who created the incomparable U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified.

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    Granola Graham & the Earthsavers 1: The Case of the Blue Haired Swimmer

      C.A. Lessard
     Granola Graham & the Earthsavers 1: The Case of the Blue Haired Swimmer

If you like The Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, 5-minute Mysteries, and Planet Earth; you'll love Granola Graham & the Earthsavers. Every book contains 3 mysteries to solve. Granola and his twin sister Gwenda match wits with Dirty W and his gang of Tuffs in a battle to protect the environment in their home town of Peak City.Perfect reading for kids 9 and up.If you like The Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, 5-minute Mysteries, and Planet Earth; you'll love Granola Graham & the Earthsavers. Every book contains 3 mysteries to solve. Granola and his twin sister Gwenda match wits with Dirty W and his gang of Tuffs in a battle to protect the environment in their home town of Peak City.Perfect reading for kids 9 and up. Book 1 contains 'The Case of the Blue Haired Swimmer', 'The Case of the Stolen Stars' and the 'The Case of the Rising Smoke'.Readers say "These books are wonderful"; "Keep the cases coming" and "I've never read anything like Granola Graham & the Earthsavers - awesome!"Written by Canadian author C.A. Lessard these books have been used in Canadian schools and are available on Amazon for the first time. Download Book 1 today and introduce yourself and your kids to this exciting, entertaining and challenging series of 'whodunnit' stories.

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    The Caller

      Valerie Gaumont
     The Caller

A sedate academic recieves a distraut call in the middle of the night that sends him tubling into the world of clandestine affairs.INSIDE —PART TWO: KATHERINE KELLY LANG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON LOSING RIDGE AND STEPHANIE FORRESTER! PLUS: HER THOUGHTS ON BROOKE’S NEW LOVE INTEREST! ALSO: WILL RONN MOSS RETURN FOR STEPHANIE’S DEATH? — Exclusive Interview: Tristan Rogers On His GH Comeback — and His Future on Y&R! (It’s Not Over Yet!) — WHICH SUPERSTAR IS THISCLOSE TO BEING FIRED? HINTS INSIDE — Victoria Rowell Loses Her Shit on Twitter Again! — FEARLESS NOVEMBER SWEEPS PREDICTIONS — Is Lynn Herring Back on GH? Who’s Next? (Hint: A Major Heroine) — IS PHICK OVER FOR GOOD ON Y&R? Find Out! — B&B’s HEATHER TOM FINALLY GIVES BIRTH! — Is Sheila Carter Back On Y&R? — NEW: PRIME SUDS — THE ARROW’S STEPHEN AMELL HITS THE BULLS EYE IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Major Story Previews — CARTINI’S BIG GH WIN —Can Nancy Lee Grahn’s Boobs Save The World? — LAST WEEK REVIEWS! — Casting Coach! SOAP PORN! UNCENSORED Quotes Of The Week!

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    City of the Lost: Part Three

      Kelley Armstrong
     City of the Lost: Part Three

** **In *City of the Lost*, a thrilling new eBook in six parts, *New York Times* and *Globe and Mail *bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers us to Rockton, a secret little town in the far north where the hunted go to hide. And where a hunter has now come to play.** **Talented detective Casey Butler had counted on Rockton being the hiding place she and her best friend Diana desperately needed. But all is not well in the town—a string of suspicious deaths has set the small community reeling, and Casey’s been tasked with finding the killer. And soon she realizes all is not well with Diana, either. As tensions rise between the two friends, Casey find herself drawn to the brooding sheriff, Eric Dalton, as well as his handsome deputy, Will Anders. Then Casey makes a chillingly gruesome discovery…

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    Home for the Holidays

      Jeaniene Frost
     Home for the Holidays

Originally appeared in the print anthology The Bite Before Christmas. 'Tis the season to join Cat and Bones for some holiday cheer in this Night Huntress novella by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost. They were looking forward to a normal holiday—at least as "normal" as it gets for vampires Cat and Bones and their otherworldly friends and family. But their yuletide plans are shattered when a mysterious stranger shows up and reveals long-buried secrets that threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer … and lives.

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    The Splendour Falls

      Susanna Kearsley
     The Splendour Falls

Chinon-chateau of legend, steeped in the history of France and England. It is to Chinon that Emily goes on a long-awaited holiday, to meet her charming but unreliable cousin, Harry. Harry wanted to explore the old town and the castle, where Queen Isabelle, child bride of King John, had withstood the siege of Chinon many centuries ago, and where, according to legend, she hid her casket of jewels. But when Emily arrives at her hotel she finds that Harry has disappeared, and as she tries to find him she becomes involved with some of the other guests and learns of a mystery dating from the German occupation during the Second World War. Another Isabelle, a chambermaid at the hotel, fell in love with a German soldier, with tragic results. Emily becomes increasingly aware of strange tensions, old enmities and new loves; as she explores the city, with its labyrinthine dungeons and tunnels and its ancient secrets, she comes ever closer to the mystery of what happened to both the Isabelles of Chinon's history.

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    Allegiance

      K. A. Tucker
     Allegiance

Evangeline finally got what she longed for - the cursed pendant off her neck and Caden in her arms - only it has come at a steep price. An unknown poison now courses through her body, slowly morphing her into something no one but the Fates can foresee. She has her suspicions, though...and, if she is right, it will spell certain ruin for her and Caden. She won't last long enough to realize that, though, if Viggo and Mortimer uncover the treasonous secrets she keeps from them - that Veronique is now free of her entombment and in the torturous clutches of the Witches and the Sentinel or that she is protecting a Sentinel within their very midst. Always the naive human caught in the midst of the vampires' web of deceit, Evangeline is now weaving her own dangerous web in order to keep her friend alive, rescue Veronique, and stop a seemingly inevitable war from starting. But can her honorable nature handle the depths of duplicity for which she must go to be in league with the Vampires?

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    The White House

      Roland Smith
     The White House

In Book One: Independence Hall, we met Q and his stepsister, Angela. We met their rocker parents, Blaze and Roger; we met the Secret Service team protecting the family; and we met the main players of the Mossad team that is following them. Book Two takes us on another thrilling caper, this time to the White House where Q and Angela continue their quest to uncover the truth behind the supposed death of Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent--while trying to differentiate the "good guys" from the "bad guys."

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    In Plain Sight

      C. J. Box
     In Plain Sight

"J.W. Keeley is a man with a score to settle. He's tracked down the one person he blames for his brother's death: Joe Pickett. And now J.W. is going to make him suffer." "Spring has finally come to Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is relieved that the long, harsh winter is over. However, a cloud of trouble threatens to spoil the milder weather: local ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances. Two of her sons, Hank and Arlen, are battling for control of their mother's multi-million-dollar empire, and their bitter fight threatens to tear the whole valley apart." "Everyone is so caught up in the brothers' battle that they seem to have forgotten that Opal is missing. Joe is convinced, though, that one of the brothers killed her." When a series of wicked pranks escalates into the most personal kind of violence, Joe starts to wonder whether what's happening is not connected to Opal's disappearance - but comes instead from the darkest chapters of his own past. He knows that whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect and wants him to pay ... and pay early.

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    Dead Man Talking

      TM Simmons
     Dead Man Talking

Weird things tend to happen when you live in a haunted house — not that author/ghost hunter Alice Carpenter has a problem disciplining her ten paranormal boarders. When cousin Katy calls for help with Sir Gary, the resident ghost at Espirt d'Chene near Jefferson, Alice comes to the rescue, but not before Katy discovers another dead person, a headless corpse in her swimming pool.Weird things tend to happen when you live in a haunted house — not that author/ghost hunter Alice Carpenter has a problem disciplining the ten resident ghosts in her lakeside log cabin near forgotten-time Six Gun,, Texas. When her cousin Katy calls looking for help with the resident ghost at Espirt d'Chene, the family mansion near Jefferson, Alice agrees to come to the rescue.Sir Gary Gavin, dead now over two hundred years, insists Alice is the only one who can expose his undeliberate murder to allow him to leave his tortured existence; and he's not above wreaking havoc at Espirt d'Chene until Alice concedes to his demands. Before Alice can even pack, though, Katy discovers a new murder — a headless corpse floating in her swimming pool. This new ghost — Bucky, the black-sheep son of a Texas senator — is dangerous in his newly-dead, confused state as he searches the plantation for his head.Alice must somehow uncover the identity of Bucky's murderer, or else it looks like Katy will be charged with the crime, despite several other suspects who have motives for wanting Bucky dead. To make matters worse, the homicide detective in charge, Alice's ex-husband Jack, doesn't believe in ghosts. That leaves Alice no choice but to depend on her ghost hunting mentor, Twila, and her elderly neighbor, Granny, to assist in the investigation.Katy is arrested, and there's no help for it: Sir Gary's going to have to join the investigation. Much to Jack's dismay — and the delight of the women — he is finally forced to admit that Sir Gary is real. A real ghost, anyway. Together, the unlikely team of sleuths join forces to help send Sir Gary to his deserved reward, track down the real killer, and set Katy free.

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    Dangerous Minds

      Dee Ann Palmer
     Dangerous Minds

Two murder mysteries--one in an intensive care unit and another on the streets of the Los Angeles Marathon--with the addition of a brief essay on killer minds and a bonus excerpt from a Western historical romantic suspense set in 1834 in Mexico's California.How do we cope when someone whom we loved with all our heart leaves us forever?How can we remain hopeful that after we cross the river of sadness, love will find us again on the other side? This is the story of Ryan and Jane, two lovers hopelessly in love with each other or so they thought until they had to face the first true test of their relationship.There was one thing that they were absolutely sure of; that either of them will have no life left if they failed.

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    Affair

      Amanda Quick
     Affair

Charlotte Arkendale knew all there was to know about men. After all, she'd made a career out of steering marriage-minded women away from untrustworthy members of the opposite sex. Yet nothing could have prepared her for Baxter St. Ives--an arresting stranger too daring, too determined, too dangerous to be her new man-of-affairs. Still, perhaps he was the perfect person to help Charlotte investigate the recent murder of one of her clients. So she gave him a chance, never realizing that Baxter, a gifted scientist, would soon conduct a risky exploration into the alchemy of desire, with Charlotte as his subject. But even as he sets out to seduce Charlotte, a twisted killer lies in wait, ready to part the lovers...or see them joined together forever--in death. From the Paperback edition.

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    Crime in the Community

      Cecilia Peartree
     Crime in the Community

Christopher's illusion of having his life under control is shattered when the mysterious Amaryllis appears in his small town in Fife, bringing new ideas, confusion and ultimately chaos in her wake."I refuse to let them strip me of love, of hope---of humanity. That is what they want. And, we must--and we can--pray for them, Peter."Early on in life, Peter and Chad decided not to care about the world around them...albeit for very different reasons. Chad took great pride in being a self-absorbed, pretty-boy. Peter, a has-been hippie, worked hard to disappear into his own world. A flip of a coin drew them into an unlikely friendship their first year at university.A year later, they befriended a white South African exchange student. Concerned about their self-centered view of the world, he invited them to join him in South Africa.This year in Africa forces them to face the realities of oppression and cruelty, and of hope and love. However, both begin to see these realities from very different perspectives; perspectives that threatens their friendship and in the end, shapes their futures.'The Smoke That Thunders,' explores the quest for friendship and love in the midst of human frailty and human cruelty. It is a journey towards hope—hope that we can find faith in ourselves and in something much greater.

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