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Cold Storage: A Novel
by David Koepp"On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment."—Douglas Preston, The New York TimesFor readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organismWhen Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository.Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz knows how to stop it.He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards—one an ex-con, the other a single mother. Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor. Will that be enough to save all of humanity?
Cold Storage: A Thriller of the Near Future (The Revival Series)
by Michael C. GrumleyAN EXPANSIVE NEW STANDALONE THRILLER IN MICHAEL C. GRUMLEY’S REVIVAL SERIES, EXPLORING HUMANITY’S THIRST FOR IMMORTALITY AT ANY COST.Technology never works well the first time. Or even the second. Army veteran John Reiff is living proof. John is revived in the back of a dilapidated ambulance, on the run from a shadowy organization that is desperate to take him back. He is the first one, their archetype, and they need to know what happened after his escape. What is happening to his body and his mind. And they need to know now.Because Reiff knows things he shouldn’t. About them and about what they are hiding. A secret that has been in cold storage for several hundred years. And the insidious, methodical plan that has been in motion for half a century.John Reiff is their key—a problem and the solution. A lab rat gone rogue at the worst possible time. But they will find him. They have to. And they will stop at nothing to get what they want.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Cold Sun
by Anita SivakumaranBangalore. Three high-profile women murdered, their bodies draped in identical red saris. When the killer targets the British Foreign Minister's ex-wife, Scotland Yard sends the troubled, brilliant DI Vijay Patel to lend his expertise to the Indian police investigation.Stranger in a strange land, ex-professional cricketer Patel must battle local resentment and his own ignorance of his ancestral country, while trying to save his failing relationship back home. Soon, the killer's eyes will turn to Patel. And also to Chandra Subramanium, the fierce female detective he is working with in Bangalore.This breathless thriller will keep you guessing until the final, shocking revelation of the killer's identity.
Cold Sun: An utterly gripping crime thriller packed with suspense (Detective Vijay Patel #1)
by Anita SivakumaranIn the golden afternoon light, the young woman lies perfectly still, her dark hair fanning out behind her. She is dressed in a rose red sari, shot through with gold. Just like the others.The last time Detective Vijay Patel visited India, he vowed never to return. After a devastating accident, the country holds only bitter memories and broken dreams. But when three young women are murdered in mysterious circumstances, Patel is pulled back to his past.Leaving his fiancée Sarah behind in London, Patel rushes to a beautiful apartment on a tree-lined street where the body of Sarita Mohan, a successful businesswoman, has been found. Floating on a sea of black satin, she is dressed in red silk, a tiny silver ring on the fourth toe of her right foot.Desperate to find a link between the murders, Patel digs into the other cases and spots the missing link. The toe ring is a symbol of marriage and the distinctive red saris are traditionally worn for weddings. What is the killer trying to tell them? Why leave each body posed like a bride?Then Sarah is kidnapped, and Patel is frantic to find the woman he loves before she becomes the next victim. As he desperately re-reads the killer's last cryptic message, Patel finds the critical clue he's been searching for, and hopefully a chance to save Sarah.Determined to rescue the woman he loves, can Patel outwit the deadliest killer he has ever faced? Or is he already too late?Utterly unputdownable, this breathless thriller will keep you guessing until the final, shocking twist. Fans of Ian Rankin, Abir Mukherjee and Val McDermid will be totally gripped!What readers are saying about Anita Sivakumaran:'Wow just incredible... The killer's identity just took my breath away... Breathtaking suspense and mystery that will blow you away... Outstanding.' Surjit's Book Blog, 5 stars'I was awake until 2 a.m. reading.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars'Completely pulled in... I have devoured this book in one sitting.' Little Miss Book Lover 87'Gripping... Very well drawn characters... Recommended!' NetGalley Reviewer'Exciting... A super-gripping new thriller series.' Cosmopolitan'Vivid descriptions and a wonderfully rich setting, I thoroughly enjoyed reading.' NetGalley Reviewer'Anita Sivakumaran is an exciting new name in crime fiction.' The Times'Compulsive, captivating and fast-paced... Capturing my interest from start to finish.' Avid Readers Retreat
Cold Sweat (Hardy Boys Casefiles #63)
by Franklin W. DixonFrom the back of the book: An exercise in murder! Will wonders never cease? Chet Morton, the original couch potato, has joined Bayport's new state-of-the- art health club. But the Hardys know what's really on his mind, and her name is Dawn Reynolds, aerobics instructor. One mystery solved, an even bigger one awaits: The boys have found that working out in the club's weight training room may be hazardous to their health. Chet ends up in the hospital, and another of the club's members ends up in the bay...dead! Frank and Joe suspect that an underworld gang has muscled in on the action. The Hardys know they're in for the fight of their lives because when push comes to shove, these are the kind of thugs who'll stop pumping iron and start spraying lead! =============== From inside the book: PUMPING IRON "Joe, you can't rush weight training," Chet said as Joe continued to bench press two hundred pounds. "Don't tell me what to do," Joe wheezed. He launched into another set of repetitions, struggling not to let the weight drop down on his chest. Chet reached for the barbell. Furious, Joe lowered the weight and pressed it up again. "Back off, Morton: You're making me look bad." As the muscles in Joe's arms started to shake, the barbell wobbled. Then the weights on one side slid to the end of the bar, and the unbalanced bar tipped under Joe's trembling grasp. Lunging forward, Chet managed to get hold of the bar but with only one hand. He tried to wrestle the bar up by himself as Joe's strength gave way, but he couldn't get control of it. Now the bar was swinging in a horrible parody of a cheerleader's baton twirl. But in this case the "baton" was moving with more than a hundred pounds of force on its weighted side-straight at Chet Morton's head!
Cold Target: Cold Target, Twisted Shadows, And Behind The Shadows
by Patricia PotterTwo sisters who have never met are bound together by secrets, lies, and murder in this page-turning novel of love and suspense Frantic to escape her paranoid, violent husband--a powerful New Orleans senator--Holly Ames takes her young son and flees into the dead of night. Four weeks later, prosecutor-turned-defense-attorney Meredith Rawson's dying mother makes a shocking confession. Now Meredith is on a journey to fulfill her mother's last wish: That she find the half sister she never knew. Before she can begin her search, her home is ransacked and her life threatened . . . but help arrives from an unexpected source. Haunted by his dark past, all New Orleans PD homicide detective Gage Gaynor wants is to put predators away and clean up a city riddled with crime. The hunt for a killer will bring him to Meredith's door. Told from the points of view of Meredith, Gage, and Holly, Cold Target takes readers into a world of power, privilege, and passion . . . where the ties that bind can be the most lethal of all.
Cold To The Touch: A Sarah Fortune Mystery
by Frances FyfieldBeautiful, volatile Jessica has long since burned her boats in the village by the sea where she was born. She longs to return, but first she needs to secure the love of the powerful man who has spurned her obsessive adoration.Sarah Fortune, her older, cynical friend, is keen to distance herself from her usual haunts and welcomes the chance to leave London in the hope that she might she be able to effect a reconciliation between Jessica and her mother. Pennyvale both charms and distracts her with hints of scandal and buried secrets, but it soon begins to disquiet her as cracks of distrust and jealousy show in the polite façades. Sarah is excited when Jessica tells her she is coming home, but she never arrives. Sarah's instinctive knowledge of Jessica leads her back to the capital, fearful of what she will find. What she discovers reveals a truth more chilling than she could have imagined, but she has to return to Pennyvale to fully understand how Jessica was finally brought home, and why...
Cold Town
by Sarah Diamond'Gripping, fast-paced...Should be read in one sitting' SPECTATOR* * * * * * * *Terry Fielding has his own way of escaping his problems, and a lot to escape from. An unrewarding job. A loveless, childless marriage. A neurotic wife obsessed with another woman's child. And a secret in his own past - a leather-bound scrapbook filled with pictures of a little girl who died twenty-seven years ago...When he meets the enigmatic Rosina, all that ceases to matter in favour of the time they spend alone together - the long nights in cheap hotels where they lie smoking side-by-side and talking about everything.But is Rosina really Terry's soulmate? Or is there more to her than meets the eye? And by the time Terry figures it out, will it all be too late...?
Cold Town
by Sarah Diamond'Gripping, fast-paced...Should be read in one sitting' SPECTATOR* * * * * * * *Terry Fielding has his own way of escaping his problems, and a lot to escape from. An unrewarding job. A loveless, childless marriage. A neurotic wife obsessed with another woman's child. And a secret in his own past - a leather-bound scrapbook filled with pictures of a little girl who died twenty-seven years ago...When he meets the enigmatic Rosina, all that ceases to matter in favour of the time they spend alone together - the long nights in cheap hotels where they lie smoking side-by-side and talking about everything.But is Rosina really Terry's soulmate? Or is there more to her than meets the eye? And by the time Terry figures it out, will it all be too late...?
Cold Trail
by Dell ShannonThe body of a woman from respectable, conservative Glendale is found stashed under a ramshackle house in the middle of the inner city. Detective Luis Mendoza marks the rising heat by the crime and violence raging through the sun-baked streets of Los Angeles - and it's going to be a hot one . . . A thug is shot to death. A mysterious string of robberies continues unabated . . . all without a clue. But the family-man cop knows that where there's heat there's fire - and a cold trail to nowhere promises to turn into a red-hot path leading straight to the damned.
Cold Trail (A Lieutenant Luis Mendoza Mystery)
by Dell ShannonThe body of a woman from respectable, conservative Glendale is found stashed under a ramshackle house in the middle of the inner city. Detective Luis Mendoza marks the rising heat by the crime and violence raging through the sun-baked streets of Los Angeles - and it's going to be a hot one . . .A thug is shot to death. A mysterious string of robberies continues unabated . . . all without a clue. But the family-man cop knows that where there's heat there's fire - and a cold trail to nowhere promises to turn into a red-hot path leading straight to the damned.'A Luis Mendoza mystery means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Times
Cold Trail (Jeri Howard #11)
by Janet DawsonJeri Howard's brother is missing. The trail is getting colder as the anxious PI searches for her brother. and for clues to explain why he disappeared. She'd thought brian's life was in great shape. but her investigation uncovers cracks in his marriage and problems with his job. To complicate matters, there's a body on a boat, and two police detectives who think brian may have been involved in the homicide. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking....
Cold Trail (Sunny Childs #5)
by Ruth BirminghamThe Chateau D'Or hunting lodge, nestled in the woods of south Georgia, boasts a membership of la creme de la creme- Atlanta's ladies of leisure, posh heiresses to the city's old money. But these women share something besides their weekend getaway-a murderous secret no plebian can know... At the end of last year's hunting season, one member was killed at the lodge. Naturally, the other women called in the law-but not before the body had been moved, the scene mopped up, the evidence destroyed, and a battalion of top Atlanta lawyers brought in. Now, one year later, detective Sunny Childs has little to work with-until she disguises herself as a prospective member and huntress. Incognito, Sunny learns that things are not what they seem-and in the sport of keeping up with the Joneses, anything is game...
Cold Trail Blues: A Nathaniel Singer, P. I. Novel (The Nathaniel Singer, P.I. Mysteries #2)
by Raymond MillerThe private eye goes back to school to catch a killer in the series that &“breathes new life into the PI novel [with a] rare combination of humor and depth&” (Mystery Scene). When a college student is accused of killing his girlfriend, his distraught parents hire private detective Nathaniel Singer to clear his name. Could there be evidence that was overlooked by the police? Unraveling the story of the girl&’s last days, Singer discovers that her quiet college campus hides a nest of rivalries and intrigues. It turns out that the girl who seemed to be admired by all had plenty of enemies. Now Singer finds himself up against a clever killer, and someone&’s about to get a lesson in life and death. Fast, violent, and funny, Cold Trail Blues is Raymond Miller&’s second Nathaniel Singer novel—the return of a writer bestselling author Lee Child calls a &“great new talent,&” and of a character Kirkus Reviews calls &“a welcome addition to the ranks of hard-boiled private eyes with a softer side.&”
Cold Trail: A Garrett Kohl Novel (Garrett Kohl #4)
by Taylor MooreIn the fourth pulse-pounding thriller in the series, DEA Special Agent Garrett Kohl must find out what’s truly tainted in the energy industry and uncover a deep-rooted plot in order to protect his new business, beloved ranch, and family. Perfect for fans of C. J. Box and Jack Carr.On leave from the DEA, Garrett Kohl is ready to settle down and build a stable foundation for his family. But that’s easier said than done. In order to give his girlfriend, Lacey, and adopted son, Asadi, the life they deserve, and get out from under crippling debt, some risks have to be taken. And shocking alliances have to be formed.First, Garrett partners with an old nemesis to form his new energy venture: Savage Exploration. Then his estranged, aloof sister, Grace, reemerges, keen on brokering a contract to connect Kohl Ranch to a pipeline on the Texas coast. But the company’s earlier success is endangered when an explosion at a nearby natural gas plant injures several workers. Garrett begins to suspect foul play and embarks on a winding investigation, teaming up with his old war buddy, Kai Stoddard, and reaching out to his CIA contacts, uncovering a sinister conspiracy overseas.From an ex-CIA intelligence officer and consultant for the Department of Defense, this exhilarating thriller follows a man’s turbulent journey to fight for his family and hold on to the land that he calls home, culminating in an explosive final showdown that he never could have expected.
Cold Truth: A Novel (Dead #5)
by Mariah StewartTRUTH HAS DEADLY CONSEQUENCES Twenty-six years ago, even before a series of brutal murders rocked the idyllic town of Bowers Inlet, Cassie Burke lost her parents, her sister, and nearly her own life to a transient befriended by her father. Back then, Cassie was a scared kid-now she's a homicide cop. Back then, the suspect was caught and convicted-he died in prison. But now the killing has started again. And all signs indicate that the Bayside Strangler has come back for more. With too many victims and too few suspects, Cassie has her hands full investigating the case, while working through the old trauma it has brought to the surface. Luckily, FBI agent Rick Cisco is dispatched to lend support. Together, Cassie and Rick must uncover the link between the dark past and the dangerous present to bring this small town's long nightmare to an end. If they fail, an elusive fiend will slip back into the shadows . . . to watch and wait-and kill another day. In matters of crime, there are many versions of the truth.
Cold Turkey (Novella)
by Shelley FreydontThis Thanksgiving in Celebration Bay, it's murder with all the trimmings... Event coordinator Liv Montgomery is not only in charge of this year's Turkey Trot in Celebration Bay, she's participating as one of the runners. But not long after the race begins, gunshots are heard and a body is found in a remote section of woods. Did a local crank shoot the man for trespassing? Or is there a darker, more complex motive for plucking this runner before he crosses the finish line? Now it's Liz's turn to race to find the cold-blooded killer... Includes an excerpt from the newest book in the Celebration Bay Mystery series--Silent Knife.
Cold Tuscan Stone (Rick Montoya Italian Mysteries #1)
by David P. Wagner&“Perfect for readers who enjoy a complex puzzle, a bit of humor, and a fairly gentle procedural. Don&’t miss this one.&” —Library Journal, starred review Rick Montoya has moved from New Mexico to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He&’s settling in to la dolce vita when a school friend who is now senior in the Italian Art Squad recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects, and an expense account, Rick arrives in Tuscany posing as a buyer for a gallery, ready to spend his days sipping wine and examining Roman artifacts to flush out burial urn traffickers. But before sunset on Rick's first day in Volterra, a gallery employee dies in a brutal fall from a high cliff. The local Commissario and his team suspect Rick in the dead man's murder. While the Volterra squad pursues its leads, Rick investigates his own list of suspects: a museum director, a top gallery owner, a low-profile import/export businessman and his enterprising color-coordinated assistant, and a sensuous heiress with a private art specialty and clientele. But as the murder mystery and the art trafficking heat up, Rick's role makes him the target of both cops and criminals. Praise for Cold Tuscan Stone: &“This is a wonderful start to a series, which should have immediate legs, and surely will thrill everyone who has lived in Italy, been to Italy, or would like to visit.&” —Joseph Heywood, author of The Woods Cop Mysteries &“The intriguing art milieu, mouthwatering cuisine, and the team of the ironic Conti and the bemused but agile Montoya are bound to attract fans.&” —Publishers Weekly
Cold Vengeance: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, And Two Graves Omnibus (Agent Pendergast Series #11)
by Douglas Preston Lincoln ChildTwelve years ago, Special Agent Pendergast's beloved wife was murdered during an African safari -- and now, he's on a quest for revenge. Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers--a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana--he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder.Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that the conspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could have ever imagined--and everything he's believed, everything he's trusted, everything he's understood . . . may be a horrific lie.
Cold War (Power Plays #5)
by Tom Clancy Martin H. Greenberg Jerome PreislerUnspoiled. Uninhabited. Under attack... On the wind-swept, ice-covered continent of Antarctica, Roger Gordian's UpLink Technologies has established a scientific research facility called Cold Corners. But its testing of potential robotic landing craft for use on Mars is disrupted when one of the rovers disappears--along with the repair team sent out after it. Fear of discovery has prompted a renegade consortium--that is illegally using Antarctica as a nuclear waste dump--to wipe out the UpLink base. Now, the men and women of Cold Corners have only themselves to rely on as the consortium mounts its decisive strike against the ice station--and the final sunset plunges them into the total darkness of a polar winter...
Cold War Copa (The Sideman Mysteries #1)
by Phil SwannA blonde bombshell floats face down in a swimming pool. Is it a love affair gone wrong? Or is something far more sinister afoot? Cold War Copa is the first book in The Sideman Mysteries, a pulp fiction tale of Sin City during its Golden Age from author, playwright, and composer Phil Swann. Las Vegas in 1965. Gangsters, showgirls, the Rat Pack, cool is king, and everything swings. Especially Trip Callaway, a young, wise-cracking trumpet player working the Sands. But when people around him start getting knocked off, Trip is thrust into a dangerous maze of secrets, lies, murder, and Cold War intrigue, where nothing is how it seems and no one is who they say they are. Was it the mob? The boyfriend? The stripper? Or could the truth lie at a mysterious top secret location hidden deep in the Nevada desert nobody wants to talk about? All Trip knows for sure is, if he doesn’t figure it all out fast, he could be next on the killer’s hit parade.
Cold War Reprise
by Don PendletonEarly in his blitz days, Mack Bolan singlehandedly shook the KGB to its core. Now intelligence puts him in a face-off with Spetsnaz soldiers revitalized as the new enforcement arm of old-guard Russia. At its helm, a secret consortium is determined to restore the terror tactics of the former Soviet Union, but bigger and bloodier than ever. Bolan's hunt begins in London, where he avenges the deaths of two Russian friends, but leads him deep into Moscow, where trained killers backed by money and power plan an explosive death knell to Russian freedom and millions of innocents. It's a repackaged enemy backed by old-school terror, a breed Bolan intends to take down once again with lethal force.
Cold Warrior: Number 91 in Series (The Destroyer #91)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirWhen impoverished Cuba is attacked, Castro is sure that the U.S. is behind the assault, and he sends a MiG fighter jet to destroy a nuclear power plant in Florida, prompting Remo and Chiun to spring to action.
Cold Warriors
by Anthony L. FletcherThe most startling secret in history has been lost in the rubble of World War II. The trail to recover it begins in Copenhagen in 1959 when an American agent contacts a Danish war orphan grown into Nordic beauty. The agent is killed. An American army veteran is recruited to contact the Dane; the same day he finds and joins her, an attempt is made to kill them both. Another murder attempt is made the following day, and more to follow. To recover the missing secret, the pair evades when they can, and battles when they can't, agents of the world's largest tyranny, whose mission is to murder the woman. The race for the prize jumps to Munich, then to Heidelberg, back to Munich, back to Copenhagen, across sea and overland to Amsterdam and a very close call, races to Paris, then on to the finish and grim final accounting in London, where, when the prize is finally recovered, the couple faces one final, bloody betrayal!