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Coincidence: A Novel
by J. W. IronmongerThirty years ago, on the date in June known as Midsummer’s Day, a young girl is mysteriously orphaned. Now, after a life of bizarre and troubling circumstances, she becomes obsessed with the idea that she too will die on Midsummer’s Day . . . until she meets the one man who may be able to save herAzalea Lewis’s life has been dominated by coincidences—a bizarre, and increasingly troubling, series of chance events so perfectly coordinated that any sane person would conclude that only the hidden hand of providence could explain them.On Midsummer’s Day, 1982, at the age of three, Azalea was found wandering a fairground in England, alone, too young to explain what had happened to her or her parents. After a brief investigation, she was declared a ward of the court, and placed in foster care. The following year, the body of a woman—her mother—was found on a nearby beach, but by then everyone had forgotten about the little girl, and no connection was ever made. The couple who adopted Azalea brought her to Africa, where—on Midsummer’s Day, 1992—they were killed in a Ugandan uprising while trying to protect their children. Azalea is spared on that day, but as she grows into adulthood, she discovers that her life has been shaped by an uncanny set of coincidences—all of them leading back to her birth mother, a single mother on the Isle of Man, and the three men who could have been her father, each of whom has played an improbable but very real role in her fate. Troubled by what she has uncovered-and increasingly convinced that she, too, will meet her fate on Midsummer’s Day—she approaches Thomas Post, a rational-minded academic whose specialty is debunking our belief in coincidence: the belief that certain events are linked, even predestined, by the hands of fate. Even as they fall in love, Thomas tries to help to understand her past as a series of random events-not a divinely predetermined order. Yet as the fateful date draws closer, Thomas begins to fear that he may lose her altogether, and she may throw herself into the very fate she fears. A warm and romantic, yet intellectually fascinating, story of two souls trying to make sense of the universe and our place in it, Just Coincidence is an unforgettable novel by a storyteller of masterful gifts.
Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction
by Glenwood IronsNames such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the exception of Christie's Miss Marple, the names of female detectives and their authors have only recently gained wide attention through the popularity of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky.The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth - the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job. Not surprisingly, gender issues are the main focus of all the essays; indeed, in detective novels with a woman protagonist, these issues are often right at the surface.Some of the papers see the female sleuth as an important force in popular fiction, but many also challenge the notion that the woman detective is a positive model for feminists. They argue that fictional female sleuths have lost the `otherness' that a feminine approach to the genre should encourage. Collectively, the essays also reveal the differences between British and American perspectives on the woman detective.
The Accomplice
by Elizabeth IronsideJean Loftus has lived at Ashe House for more than 40 years. Its tidy contours, the soft colors of the garden, speak to an orderly, gracious, supremely English life. But when workmen unearth a skeleton from that garden, the skeletons from Jean's past begin rising to the surface. The life they speak of a childhood in Revolutionary Russia, chaotic years as a refugee between the two world wars was neither orderly nor English. Zita Daunsey, Jean's neighbor in this cozy Sussex town, would like to help Jean protect her secrets. But this task is made more difficult with the sudden arrival of a mysterious, aggressively inquisitive Russian student. What aging sin is Jean so anxious to conceal? And at what point does Zita become an accomplice to it?
Death in the Garden
by Elizabeth IronsideIn 1925 beautiful, bohemian Diana Pollexfen was celebrating her 30th birthday, but the celebrations soured when her husband died, poisoned by a cocktail laced with some of Diana's photographic chemicals. Sixty years later, Diana's grand-niece, Helena, is also turning 30, but with rather less fanfare. An overworked attorney in London, Helena's primary social outlet is an obsessive love affair. By way of distraction, Helena starts looking through her great-aunt's papers and soon develops another obsession: Determing just who did kill George Pollexfen in that lovely, sunlit garden between the wars.
A Good Death
by Elizabeth IronsideAt once a suspenseful mystery and a heartfelt tale of a man's attempts to sort out the tangled remains of a life torn apart by war ... Ironside's landscapes are rich, if decimated, and her characters extraordinarily intriguing--Birmingham Post (UK).
A Very Private Enterprise
by Elizabeth IronsideThis is a great blend of mystery, with some humor thrown into it also, done in a style that will appeal to anyone that likes English murder mysteries.
In Close Quarters
by Candace IrvinLieutenant Karin Scott had always steered way clear of men like TJ Vasquez - playboys who assumed their sexy looks would get them an open invitation to her bedroom. But she was a navy doctor with a serious problem - lethal drugs were disappearing from her hospital - and DEA agent TJ Vasquez was the only person she could trust. Their undercover mission landed them in close quarters, and before she knew it, Karin was under the covers with TJ! She wanted to believe the gorgeous bachelors claims that his reputation was legend, not fact. . . that his kisses burned only for her. . . that his strong arms protected just her. . . that he would forevermore forsake all others. . . for her. . . .
Closer Than She Knows
by Kelly IrvinA serial killer bent on revenge . . . and striking too close to home. Teagan O&’Rourke has always loved murder mysteries. In her job as a court reporter, she has written official records for dozens of real-life murders. She&’s slapped evidence stickers on crime scene photos. She&’s listened to hours of chilling testimony. But she&’s never known the smell of death. And she never thought she might be a victim. Until now. A young police officer is murdered just inches away from her, and then a man calling himself a serial killer starts leaving Teagan notes, signing each with the name of a different murderer from her favorite mystery novels. Panicked, Teagan turns to her friend Max Kennedy. Max longs for more than friendship with Teagan, but he fears she&’ll never trust someone with a past like his. He wonders how much of God&’s &“tough love&” he can take before he gives up on love completely. And he wonders if he&’ll be able to keep Teagan alive long enough to find out. As Teagan, Max, and Teagan&’s police officer father race to track down the elusive killer, they each know they could be the next victim. Desperate to save those she loves, Teagan battles fears that once haunted her in childhood. Nothing seems to stop this obsessed murderer. No matter what she does, he seems to be getting closer . . .
Her Every Move
by Kelly IrvinHe&’s a cop trying to stop a serial bomber. And she&’ll stop at nothing to clear her own name. When a deadly bomb goes off during a climate change debate, librarian and event coordinator Jackie Santoro becomes the prime suspect. Her motive, according to Detective Avery Wick: to avenge the suicide of her prominent father, who was accused of crimes by a city councilman attending the event. Though Avery has doubts about Jackie&’s guilt, he can&’t exonerate her even after an extremist group takes responsibility for the bombing and continues to attack San Antonio&’s treasured public spaces. As Jackie tries to hold her shattered family together, she has no choice but to proceed with plans for the Caterina Ball, the library system&’s biggest annual fundraiser. But she also fears the event provides the perfect opportunity for the bomber to strike again. Despite their mistrust, Jackie and Avery join forces to unmask the truth—before the death toll mounts even higher. Bestseller Kelly Irvin is back with a nail-biting romantic suspense where nothing is certain until the very last page. Praise for Her Every Move:&“A gripping story that will have you on the edge of your seat until &‘The End.&’&”—Patricia Bradley, author of The Logan Point Series, Memphis Cold Case Novels, Natchez Trace Parkway Rangers series &“Explosive, tender, and races all the way through!&”—Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, author, screenwriter, and forensic specialist Stand-alone romantic suspenseFull-length novel, approximately 90,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubs
Over the Line
by Kelly Irvin&“You have something we want. We have something you want.&”Gabriella has never forgiven her former fiancé, homicide detective Eli Cavazos, for breaking her heart. Then a man she&’s never met shows up at her restaurant, a bullet in his chest and her brother&’s name on his lips. Gabby soon realizes this man is connected to a powerful ring of criminals who know far too much about her.Against her better judgment, Gabby turns to Eli for help in finding her brother. When she receives a cryptic text from her brother&’s cell phone, she realizes she is in deep and may be dragging Eli down with her. With her brother nowhere to be found and pain from her past threatening to overwhelm her, Gabby wonders how she will make it through this unexpected quest unscathed—or alive.Taking us into the heat of Laredo, Texas, the secrets of a gun-smuggling ring, and the tensions on both sides of the border, Over the Line will keep you guessing until the last page.
Tell Her No Lies
by Kelly IrvinEven the most admired families have secrets to hide in this romantic suspense novel—a high-stakes race for the truth after a shocking murder.Nina Fischer carries a camera wherever she goes so she can view life through a filter. Safely. After her mother abandoned her to the streets, Nina kept people at a distance, including her uncle, Geoffrey, who adopted Nina and her sister. Wealthy and proud, he is a good man, a fair judge, and someone many in San Antonio admire.But when he is murdered, and the detective assigned to the case accuses Nina of the crime, she knows she must act. She&’s determined to use her journalism background to find her adoptive father&’s real killer. The two men in her life want to help, but can she trust them? She&’s known Rick since they were children, but now he&’s an attorney whose political aspirations seem more important than Nina&’s tragic loss. And then there&’s Aaron, a news videographer, who knows that using their friendship could break the biggest story of his career.Following the evidence leads Nina on a journey of discovery into her father&’s shocking masquerade as a law-abiding, family-loving Christian. When her biological mother makes an appearance at Geoffrey&’s funeral and asks to be welcomed back into her daughters&’ lives, Nina is even more determined to find the truth about her past. Unlocking these secrets could prove fatal, but it&’s the only way Nina will ever be able to trust love again.A fast-paced thriller, Tell Her No Lies is sure to satisfy fans of romantic suspense.Praise for Tell Her No Lies:&“Tell Her No Lies is true romantic suspense at its best! Kelly Irvin has penned a heart-stopping, adrenaline pumping romantic suspense with an unlikely heroine that tugs at the heartstrings. Highly recommended!&”—Colleen Coble, USA TODAY bestselling author&“In a world where so many present one facade externally and another inside their homes, this novel shines a light on the power of truth to cut through the darkness. Wrap that inside a page-turning mystery and some sweet romance and it&’s a story perfect for readers who love multiple threads.&”—Cara Putman, author of the Hidden Justice seriesFull-length, stand-alone romantic suspenseIncludes discussion questions for book clubsPerfect for fans of Colleen Coble, Dani Pettrey, and Allison Brennan
Trust Me
by Kelly IrvinHer best friend is murdered the same way her brother was years ago. Is there anyone she can possibly trust?A decade ago, Delaney Broward discovered her brother&’s murdered body at the San Antonio art co-op he founded with friends. Her artist boyfriend, Hunter Nash, went to prison for the murder, despite his not-guilty plea.This morning, Hunter walks out of prison a free man, having served his sentence.This afternoon, Delaney finds her best friend dead, murdered in the same fashion as her brother.Stay out of it or you&’re next, the killer warns.Hunter never stopped loving Delaney, though he can&’t blame her for not forgiving her. He knows he&’ll get his life back one day at a time, one step at a time. But he&’s blindsided to realize he&’s a murder suspect. Again.When Hunter shows up on her doorstep asking her to help him find the real killer, Delaney&’s head says to run away, yet her heart tells her there&’s more to his story than what came out in the trial. An uneasy truce leads to their probe into a dark past that shatters Delaney&’s image of her brother. She can&’t stop and neither can Hunter—which lands them both in the crosshairs of a murderer growing more desperate by the hour.In this gripping romantic suspense, Kelly Irvin plumbs the complexity of broken trust in the people we love—and in God—and whether either can be mended.Praise for Trust Me:&“Trust Me is an apt title for Irvin&’s new suspense novel. Kelly Irvin is a master at spinning a complex story web with surprising twists and relatable characters. Highly recommended!&” —Colleen Coble, USA TODAY bestselling author of A Stranger&’s Game and the Pelican Harbor series&“I found I couldn't turn the pages fast enough in Kelly Irvin's latest novel, Trust Me. I promised myself just one more page and I'd stop reading for the night...just one more...just one more. At times I could barely breathe. What a fabulous story! I loved it!&” —Carrie Stuart Parks, award-winning author of Relative SilenceClean romantic suspense novelA stand-alone novelBook length: approximately 101,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubs
Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars (Marvel Universe Novels)
by Alex IrvineMarvel&’s greatest heroes and villains battle for survival across the galaxy on an unknown planet in this prose adaptation of the classic graphic novel. In a flash of light, Earth&’s mightiest heroes find themselves aboard a mysterious spaceship in an unfamiliar galaxy alongside a ship filled with their deadliest foes. They have been summoned to the strange planet known as Battleworld by an omnipotent cosmic entity, the Beyonder. His message is simple: &“Slay your enemies and all you desire shall be yours . . .&” The only hope the Avengers, the X-Men, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four have now is to prepare for a fight. But who among this murderers&’ row of villainy poses the greatest threat? Is it the powerful Magneto? The manipulative Molecule Man? The world-eater, Galactus? Kang the Conqueror? Ultron, the robot whose only desire is to kill all life? Maybe it&’s the enigmatic Beyonder? Or perhaps they should worry about what plans Doctor Doom has up his sleeve. With so many questions to answer, only one thing is certain: the battle royale begins now . . .
Tom Clancy's The Division: Broken Dawn
by Alex IrvineImmerse yourself into the fractured vision of the post-pandemic world from Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 through this new story.Months after the outbreak of a devastating global pandemic that started in New York City on Black Friday, traces of rebirth are spreading across the United States. Spring has come to the nation, and with it a glimmer of hope as civilians band together in settlements, trying to carve out a better life. Amidst a ruined government, a shattered infrastructure, and an eroding civilization, The Division – an autonomous unit of sleeper agents activated when all else fails – is all that protects the people from predators who would harm them, scavengers who would take from them, and oppressors who would exploit them. Aurelio Diaz is one of those agents. A man of great honor, he is on the hunt for one of his colleagues who inexplicably abandoned his duty and caused the death of multiple civilians. This trail leads him to April Kelleher, a resourceful civilian who traveled out of New York into a troubled American Midwest. There, she hopes to understand why her husband was murdered and if an antiviral to the deadly disease exists. Together, Agent Diaz and April soon uncover an imminent threat to the future of the country. They must act to preserve civilization’s last hope to stop a new virus and save itself from a final collapse.
Iron Man 2
by Alexander Irvine"I am Iron Man." With those words, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark revealed his secret identity. Now a famous high-tech superhero, he uses his powers to protect mankind. Yet things are not going well for Tony Stark. The U.S. military demands control of the most powerful weapon on earth--the Iron Man suit. His beautiful new assistant has a strange, mysterious agenda, while his best friend, Rhodey, has betrayed him. And Tony is hunted by a vengeful Russian criminal armed with a lethal technology that may be stronger than Tony's suit. But even as he fights his demons, the hero faces his greatest threat--one that no armor can defend against...
The Angels' Share
by R. R. IrvineSalt Lake City is hotter than hell. The Church of the Latter Day Saints is about the celebrate Pioneer Day, in honor of the Saints who crossed half a continent searching for a home. And in the sun-scorched streets, P. I. Moroni Traveler, fallen Saint and former football star, is searching for a vicious serial killer. The murderer's calling card is a videotape of his beautiful victims--beautiful before the self-styled "Jack the Ripper" vents his savage, woman-hating rage. The next target is Claire Bennion--the ex-girlfriend Traveler can't manage to forget. The Church wants the killer stopped, no questions asked. But Traveler's got his own reasons for facing down a weird mountain cult, Zion's powerful elite, and a murderer bent on paying for his own sins in innocent blood.
Baptism for the Dead
by R. R. IrvineHigh atop the Temple looming over Brigham Young's city, the golden Angel Moroni trumpets to The True Believers. Far below, on Salt Lake's blizzard-blinded streets, fallen angel Moroni Traveler gives the devil his due. An ex-football star turned P.I., Traveler's searching for his chronically lost love who may not want to be found, and setting up shop in the town he once called home. Penny Varney, ungodly daughter of a powerful High Churchman, wants Traveler to find her mother--whom she fears is dead. The Church also wants Traveler on its payroll, on its terms: Don't mess in Church business. But when Traveler discovers a far-out sect, a self-appointed savior with a secret army, and blood atonement--sanctified murder in which the victim is "set free from sin"--Church business becomes his calling. It's a mission that will take him into the haunted, crimson mountains to find a lost soul--without losing his own.
Barking Dogs
by R. R. IrvineThe network news crew flying out from Los Angeles to cover a forest fire in Idaho believe themselves entitled to danger pay. The blaze has already completely destroyed a rural religious community and all its inhabitants and is still raging, but that's not the reason they feel at risk. The danger is from their onscreen reporter, beautiful, sexy, and malignantly ambitious Vicki Garcia. When Vicki turns her wiles on a man who has something she wants--whether an extra minute on camera or a helicopter ride to the off-limits scene of the tragedy--she gets it. Sometimes it provides great coverage; it can also get one or more of her victims incarcerated, incapacitated, or incinerated. Particularly at peril is the crew's smitten field producer, Kevin Manwaring, whom Vicki keeps on edge with unspoken--and unkept--promises of delights to come. The land occupied by the gentle people who perished in the conflagration is coveted by a mining company, and when the TV technicians discover a severely wounded dog with a bullet in its chest, they begin to wonder about the true origin of the fire. This rare and authentic look at the people of TV news at work on location makes a gripping thriller and provides a humorous but hard look at some driven characters in the manic world of network television.
Called Home
by R. R. IrvineThe isolated town of Wasatch sits in Mormon country, a hard place where right and wrong are clear as night and day. But smoke from nearby mountain wildfires swirls menacingly through the streets, unsettling as the dark secrets so zealously guarded by Brigham Young's faithful. Moroni Traveler, a P.I. named for an angel, is an outsider, an unwanted unbeliever determined to discover the truth about a dead woman. Branded a devil, greeted with violence, Traveler launches into an investigation that leads him into a smouldering thicket of rumor and concealment. Two people have already been killed. When the case turns brutally personal, there's no going back, and Traveler will journey through hell to ensure that vengeance will be his...
The Devil's Breath
by R. R. IrvineThe Indians call it Koshari--the ancient devil spirit who rules his wilderness kingdom from a windswept plateau high above the quiet Utah town of Moondance...until now undisturbed. But soon the terrifying forces of evil will be unleashed and those who dare violate his sacred land will not escape the fiery heat of the Devil's Breath...
Footsteps
by R. R. IrvineA tranquil resort in the sun-baked sands of southern Utah...a pioneer archeologist haunted by a bizarre ESP experience, whose footsteps would deliver him to the brink of everlasting evil...a strange old woman who lives in a local hotel, spinning tales of dread and retribution...a tower of blood-red rock called Satan's Seat, looming over the town like a monolithic gravestone. The stage is set as an unearthly artifact is exhumed from the depths of hell...an unspeakable force that would exact the most heinous--and grisly--revenge...a godforsaken horror that should have been left to rest in peace...
Gone to Glory (The Moroni Traveler Series #3)
by R. R. IrvineAce shortstop Pepper Dalton has finally learned to hit—or so it seems to the good people of Salt Lake City. Moroni Traveler, a private eye named for an angel and cut from the same cloth as his hell-bent father, is hired to prove that Pepper did not kill his sister with a baseball bat. A boyhood hero of Moroni’s, Pepper is living, potbellied proof that the past, like everything else, just ain’t what it used to be.While the Mormons use computers and private security men to keep tabs in their town, and Moroni’s former girlfriend pulls a paternity suit on Moroni’s father, the case of the ex-shortstop and his murdered sister is growing more sinister all the time. With a religious fanatic, a slick church lawyer, and an old ballplayer’s lifelong dream involved, Moroni knows this is a story about how the road to glory is paved with blood.
The Great Reminder
by R. R. IrvineMajor Lewis Stiles is dying of cancer, but he wants all his affairs in order before he is "called home." To that end he wants to hire Moroni and his father, Martin, to track down one of the prisoners he was responsible for during World War II. Unseen since his mysterious disappearance from the POW camp at Cowdry Junction, Utah, Karl Falke is still owed $132.07 in back pay, and Stiles wants Falke to receive his due. Knowing the chances of success are slim to none, Moroni is reluctant, but ever a soft touch for lost causes, he takes the case. The search seems innocent enough, but as with any investigation in the promised land, the Travelers soon run up against the Latter-day Saints. Moroni's childhood friend Willis Tanner, now a high-level bureaucrat in the church, continues to poke his nose into Traveler business, this time with the added incentive of keeping the prophet's niece Lael Woolley out of trouble. While grappling with issues of family and responsibility, Moroni realizes that the answers to riddles from the past are to be found in the small towns and silent graveyards of Utah.
The Hosanna Shout
by R. R. IrvineMoroni Traveler, the Salt Lake City investigator heralded by the New York Times Book Review as "a true rebel hero in the classic private-eye tradition," finds himself working on a very personal case as he and his adoptive father, Martin, look for the three-year-old child who may or may not be Moroni's son. Tracking down a lead, the two men end up in a virtual ghost town in the Oquirrh Mountains. All but deserted, the old mining town of Bingham Canyon is about to be evacuated and razed by the powerful Kennecott Copper Company, which is eager to get at the mineral wealth buried beneath the community. A few families are hanging on, though, including one that may be sheltering the newest Traveler. The father-son duo's efforts are hampered by the slated demolition of their offices in the Chester Building, and even more so by the antics of their fellow tenants, Mad Bill and Charlie Redwine, whose latest shenanigans have evoked the wrath of the Church. With Martin trying to preserve the building and protect Bill and Charlie, Moroni continues the search, until murder rears its ugly head and the investigation moves into a whole new dimension.
Pillar of Fire
by R. R. IrvineNamed after a Mormon saint, Moroni may be Salt Lake City's only Gentile private eye still maintaining uneasy contact with the Church of Latter-day Saints. His eighth case finds the former pro football player reluctantly accepting a charge from one of the church leaders to investigate the enigmatic, self-effacing faith healer Jason Thurgood. Traveler's commission takes him downwind of the old atomic testing sites to the desolate southwest corner of Utah, commonly known as cult country because of the longtime activity of various polygamists and self-proclaimed prophets there. Currently the area is under the sway of Moroni's Children, a cult headed by ruthless, power-hungry Orrin Porter. At the same time, Moroni's father and partner, Martin, is working on a missing persons case involving the young mentally-handicapped son of an old friend just across the border in Nevada. Oddly, the two cases begin to converge, and the Travelers realize that the superficial answers they seek mask darker, more complex forces at work.