Port Mortuary

      Patricia Cornwell
     Port Mortuary

The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. "When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell." -The New York Times Book Review Port Mortuary, the title of Patricia Cornwell's eighteenth Scarpetta novel, is literally a port for the dead. In this fast-paced story, a treacherous path from Scarpetta's past merges with the high- tech highway she now finds herself on. We travel back to the beginning of her professional career, when she accepted a scholarship from the Air Force to pay off her medical school debt. Now, more than twenty years and many career successes later, her secret military ties have drawn her to Dover Air Force Base, where she has been immersed in a training fellowship. As the chief of the new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts, a joint venture of the state and federal governments, MIT and Harvard, Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could shut down her new facility and ruin her personally and professionally.

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    The Trapdoor

      Andrew Klavan
     The Trapdoor

John Wells, an old-school crime reporter on the New York Star, comes into conflict with his new boss Robert and when news of a teen suicide breaks, Wells is posted upstate off the crime beat. Gritting his teeth, he sets to work, but discovers that in Grant County, suicide may in fact be murder.

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    Something Warm

      Nicholas Blakeman
     Something Warm

A Nicholas Blakeman classic short story: Follow a haggard business man as he descends into a night of passions, sorrows and utter horrors. He came home for a relaxing dinner with his beautiful wife and children, but was given a night that his town will never forget and will change his life forever.One man's obsession with scotland. One shamanic detective. one twelfth century monk catapulted through time to present day England.A devil, a megalomaniac maths lecturer and the world on the brink of economic collapse. It sounds a convoluted tale, but it all fits together - honest.And what's more, while it doesn't actually explain how time travel is possible, it does at least prove that it does exist. Irrefutably.That is, of course, if you believe the word of a man whose business card contains no contact details, who smokes mushrooms through a pipe and who talks to mooses.And what has any of this got to do with Scotland?

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    Hitchhikers

      Kate Spofford
     Hitchhikers

A 16-year-old runaway tries to escape what he believes is a murderous alternate personality, only to discover that he is a werewolf and needs to save his family from an enemy pack.Daniel Connors knows he's a monster.He’s been on the run since that terrible night three years ago, when he killed three adult men... including his own father. Every time he blacks out, someone dies.When a dog begins following him on the road, Daniel begins to feel almost normal, not counting the dreams about his cousin Kayla asking him to return home. “You can save us all,” she tells him. Daniel knows he can’t save anyone.As he travels through the Midwest, the hitchhiker in Daniel’s head leaves a trail of blood in his wake. When escape doesn’t seem possible, he will have to decide if his destiny lies home, in Wolf Point.

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    The Devil's Playground

      Michael Reagan
     The Devil's Playground

The new cold war has arrived with new players joining the affray. The second book in the Litchfield family series finds the mountains and natural gas fields of Turkmenistan acting as the catalyst in these shifting sands. Praise for Michael"Impressive action scenes" Kirkus Reviews"The moral ambiguity of Lichfield is refreshing" San Francisco Book ReviewThe new cold war has arrived. With new players joining the affray. The second book in the Litchfield family series finds the mountains and natural gas fields of Turkmenistan acting as the catalyst in these shifting sands. In Japan, a new Prime Minister seeks to make his mark, in order to reclaim his nation’s place in the world. In North Korea, a man considered to be a peacemaker plots and schemes to take power of the South. In China, a civil servant moves his instruments around the world to enable him to challenge the might of the United States. When Sir Thomas Litchfield is forced by the President of the United States to help him bring peace to the world’s longest conflict in Korea little does he know that decisions made long in the past, in the corridors of power are about to bear fruit and bring the world to the brink of oblivion. The Devil’s Playground is a story of passion, conflict, greed and naked ambition that follows both the allies and foes of peace as the reader joins Thomas on his journey to protect those he loves and is charged to lead while he walks the tightrope of keeping both his “masters”, old and new happy in the aftermath of his doomed attempt to revenge the woman he loved all those years ago.

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    Kissing Clarisse: A Young Adult Short Story

      B. Fowler
     Kissing Clarisse: A Young Adult Short Story

Clarisse Davies is by far the hottest girl in Scott's 1957 high-school class. No one but the school stud, Jay, seems to even have a chance with her. Yet when Scott's friends realize he can perfectly imitate Jay's voice, they come up with a plan that will give him the opportunity to kiss Clarisse. But at what price?How would you walk the plank? Would you weep and beg? Or suffer the consequences of your actions in silence? A boy stows away on a ship in search of his father.A short story.

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    Never Say Die

      Tess Gerritsen
     Never Say Die

Twenty years after her father's plane crashes in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. She recognizes the danger, but her search for the truth is the only thing that matters.Willy knows she can't proceed without the help of ex-army officer Guy Barnard, who knows the mysterious land well. But in a place where truth has many faces, she suspects even Guy has hidden motives. What she couldn't have prepared for are the shocking secrets and the undeniable attraction."Gerritsen is tops in her genre." - USA TODAY

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    Agenda 21

      Glenn Beck
     Agenda 21

A postapocalyptic thriller from #1 bestselling author Glenn Beck. “I was just a baby when we were relocated and I don’t remember much. Everybody has that black hole at the beginning of their life. That time you can’t remember. Your first step. Your first taste of table food. My real memories begin in our assigned living area in Compound 14.” Just a generation ago, this place was called America. Now, after the worldwide implementation of a UN-led program called Agenda 21, it’s simply known as “the Republic.” There is no president. No Congress. No Supreme Court. No freedom. There are only the Authorities. Citizens have two primary goals in the new Republic: to create clean energy and to create new human life. Those who cannot do either are of no use to society. This bleak and barren existence is all that eighteen-year-old Emmeline has ever known. She dutifully walks her energy board daily and accepts all male pairings assigned to her by the Authorities. Like most citizens, she keeps her head down and her eyes closed. Until the day they come for her mother. “You save what you think you’re going to lose.” Woken up to the harsh reality of her life and her family’s future inside the Republic, Emmeline begins to search for the truth. Why are all citizens confined to ubiquitous concrete living spaces? Why are Compounds guarded by Gatekeepers who track all movements? Why are food, water and energy rationed so strictly? And, most important, why are babies taken from their mothers at birth? As Emmeline begins to understand the true objectives of Agenda 21 she realizes that she is up against far more than she ever thought. With the Authorities closing in, and nowhere to run, Emmeline embarks on an audacious plan to save her family and expose the Republic—but is she already too late?

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    Sandville High (Season One)

      Kelvin O'Ralph
     Sandville High (Season One)

Sandville High is a suspense-packed book series that tells the exciting and endearing stories of different families in the fictional city of Sandville. It's a thrilling world where romance meets with betrayal. The characters in this series are amazing and it will take a lifetime to forget them.Sandra Michelson is contended with the lifestyle of her workaholic husband - Ben, until an old friend, Raphael Milton moves over to her neighborhood. He comes to town with a decade-old secret that Sandra wants buried. Will he forget about the past and keep the one secret that can break up the entire Michelson family?Julian King cheats on his wife once again, but this time around there is no escaping the consequences of his actions. Though rich and powerful, he is faced with a compromising situation that may result in losing everything he’s worked hard to build over the years. Will he find a way out like he always does?Sandville High takes a closer look at the thrilling lives of various families in the fictional city of Sandville. Packed with suspense and romance, it is the first season to the series that will leave readers wanting more, and itching to learn more about their favorite characters.

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    Natural Selection (A Free Spider Shepherd Short Story)

      Stephen Leather
     Natural Selection (A Free Spider Shepherd Short Story)

An action-packed short story featuring Dan “Spider” Shepherd during his days on the SAS selection course. Shepherd is tested to his limits and gets his nickname. Natural Selection is about 14,000 words, about thirty pages, perfect if you have half an hour to spare.An action-packed short story featuring Dan “Spider” Shepherd during his days on the SAS selection course. Shepherd is tested to his limits and gets his nickname.Natural Selection is about 14,000 words, about thirty pages, perfect if you have half an hour to spare.Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. He was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. Two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were made into movies.

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    Dinosaur Lake

      Kathryn Meyer Griffith
     Dinosaur Lake

Dinosaurs do still roam the earth; they're loose in Crater Lake National Park...and they're smart and hungry.Dinosaur Lake by Kathryn Meyer GriffithAn ancient predator has been reborn in the caves beneath Crater Lake…and it’s hungry.Ex-cop Henry Shore has been Chief Park Ranger at Crater Lake National Park for eight years and he likes his park and his life the way it’s been. Safe. Tranquil. Predictable. But he’s about to be tested in so many ways. First the earthquakes begin…people begin to go missing…then there’s some mysterious water creature that’s taken up residence in the caves below Crater Lake and it’s not only growing in size, it’s aggressive and cunning…and very hungry. And it’s decided it likes human beings. To eat.And it can come up onto land.So Henry, with the help of his wife, Ann; a young paleontologist named Justin; and a band of brave men, must not only protect his park and his people from the monster but somehow find where it lives and destroy it…before it can kill again. ***

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