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Constance Dunlap, Woman Detective
by Arthur B. ReeveA charming thief rescues the not-so-innocent in this delightful crime novel from the creator of the Craig Kennedy detective series A check forger with a keen mind and a heart of gold, Constance Dunlap knows what it's like to be a good person caught on the wrong side of the law. So she uses her photographic memory and her sharp wit to help amateur criminals get back on the right track. In this entertaining collection of capers, Dunlap protects a kleptomaniac from the serial shoplifter who wants to use him as a scapegoat, and comes to the aid of a company treasurer forced by his bosses to pay bribes, among many other adventures. From one escapade to the next, Dunlap eludes Drummond, a crooked private detective who preys on the weak and unfortunate. Even he can't help but admire the pluck and intelligence of this irresistible scofflaw. This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Constant Fear
by Daniel PalmerIn Daniel Palmer's electrifying, brilliantly plotted new thriller, a private school campus becomes a battleground as a desperate father takes on a terrifying enemy....When Jake Dent's dreams of baseball glory fell apart in a drunk-driving incident, his marriage did too. In those dark days, a popular survivalist blog helped to restore Jake's sense of control. He's become an avid Doomsday Prepper, raising his diabetic son, Andy, to be ready for any sudden catastrophe.Andy, now a student at the prestigious Pepperell Academy where Jake works as a custodian, has a secret--he's part of a computer club that redistributes money from the obscenely wealthy to the needy. Usually, their targets don't even realize they've been hacked. But this time, they've stolen from the wrong people: a vicious drug cartel that is coming to get its money back...Staging a chemical truck spill as a distraction, the cartel infiltrates the Academy, taking Andy and his friends hostage one by one. Jake, hidden inside the school's abandoned tunnels, knows that soon the killing will start. With his training, and a stockpile of weapons and supplies, he's the last, best hope these students--including his son--have of getting out alive. But survival is no longer an abstract concept. It's a violent, brutal struggle that will test Jake to the limit, where there are no rules and no second chances..."This breakneck edge-of-your-seat thrill ride from Palmer (Desperate) falls just short of perfect." - Publishers Weekly "Extraordinary character development and more than a few bombshell plot twists will keep readers turning the pages." - Publishers Weekly "Palmer (Desperate) sets out to tell a fast-paced, suspenseful story and doesn't fail." - Library Journal, Starred Review"This nail-biting tale is sure to get hearts pumping and bound to be a winner with fans of Greg Iles and Iris Johansen." - Library Journal, Starred Review"Readers will care about everyone, and grimace and sweat with every tense scene. Palmer's thrillers involving family dynamics are terrific, and this one is no exception." - RT Book Reviews
Constant Risk: Constant Risk (the Risk Series: A Bree And Tanner Thriller) / Colton On The Run (the Coltons Of Roaring Springs) (The Risk Series: A Bree and Tanner Thriller #3)
by Janie CrouchThe huntersBecome the hunted.Deputy Tanner Dempsey and Bree Daniels are tasked with unraveling a deadly mystery in Dallas—one that involves transmitting live feeds of victims trapped in tanks as they fill with water. Bree’s computer genius is their only hope at solving the crime. Knowing the darkness in Bree’s past, Tanner is determined to make sure she comes out of this emotionally unscathed. Especially once they both become a killer’s next target…
Constructing Crime
by Christiana GregoriouCrime and criminals are a pervasive theme in all areas of our culture, including media, journalism, film and literature. This book explores how crime is constructed and culturally represented through a range of areas including Spanish, English Language and Literature, Music, Criminology, Gender, Law, Cultural and Criminal Justice Studies.
Consume Me (Master Chefs Series #3)
by Kailin GowFans of Fifty Shades and The Girlfriend Experience will like this Hot Steamy Series where it is Hot in the Kitchen and Hot in the Bedroom...in The Master Chefs Series! The Master Chefs dominated in the kitchen as well as the bedroom... Taryn Cummings never thought she could capture the most elusive bachelor chef's heart. As sexy Errol King is in France shooting his show, Taryn is in New York where she wrestles with new found information that could change everything. Could their love be strong enough to overcome both their demons that have driven them away from love in the past, to have that happy ever after they both crave or is there another fate in store for them? THE MASTER CHEFS SERIES Devour Me Savor Me Consume Me
Consumed
by Greg BuchananA slick, smart, stylish - and shocking - thriller from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.On a lonely farmstead, a 70-year-old woman falls down outside and, unable to move, is consumed overnight by two of her pigs.It seems like a tragic accident, except the woman was well-known photographer Sophia Bertilak - and inside her house, someone has removed all her photos from their frames, seemingly erasing her past...The first photo Sophia ever took remains her most infamous: a missing girl who was never seen again. Forensic veterinarian Cooper Allen is drafted in for the post-mortem - and slowly becomes obsessed with the victim, her family, and the crimes she brought to light decades ago.As Cooper pulls on a dark thread of deception, secrets and lies, she begins to unravel the case - as well as herself...*Praise for Sixteen Horses'Utterly gripping, exquisitely written' THE GUARDIAN'Unlike anything else you'll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible' VAL MCDERMID'Totally gripping from start to finish' ALEX MICHAELIDES'Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting' SOPHIE HANNAH'Breath-taking ... This is crime writing of a striking calibre' DAILY MAIL
Consumed
by J. R. Ward'Raw, gritty, and gripping' Library Journal'Addictive and explosive' Ana's AtticFrom the author of the bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series comes a new band of brothers. And a firestorm . . . _______________Anne Ashburn is a woman consumed - by her bitter family legacy, by her scorched career as a firefighter, by her obsession with department bad-boy Danny McGuire, and by a new case that pits her against a fiery killer.Strong-willed Anne was fearless and loved the thrill of fighting fires, pushing herself to be the best. But when one risky decision at a warehouse fire changes her life forever, Anne must reinvent not only her job, but her whole self.Shattered and demoralised, Anne finds her new career as an arson investigator a pale substitute for the adrenaline-fueled life she left behind. She doesn't believe she will ever feel that same all-consuming passion for her job again--until she encounters a string of suspicious fires setting her beloved city ablaze.Danny McGuire is a premiere fireman, best in the county, but in the midst of a personal meltdown. Danny is taking risks like never before and seems to have a death wish until he teams up with Anne to find the fire starter. But Danny may be more than a distraction, and as Anne narrows in on her target, the arsonist begins to target her._______________Join other readers in discovering the thrill of Consumed:'Raw, gritty, and gripping, this adrenaline-laced tale is impossible to put down' Library Journal'Stunning . . . the story line was so intense and fluid that I didn't see the final shocking surprise until the last minute . . . relatable and gut-wrenching' Harlequin Junkie'A fantastic blend of romance, action and suspense' All About Romance'Addictive and explosive' Ana's Attic'Pure adrenaline' The Good the Bad and the Unread 'A thick plot, suspense, a beautiful romance, well fleshed-out characters . . . it almost feels like we're watching an action blockbuster unfolding in our heads . . . a complex, badass, gritty female character who refuses to wait for a knight in shining armour' Natasha is a Book Junkie
Consumed
by J. R. Ward'Raw, gritty, and gripping' Library Journal'Addictive and explosive' Ana's AtticFrom the author of the bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series comes a new band of brothers. And a firestorm . . . _______________Anne Ashburn is a woman consumed - by her bitter family legacy, by her scorched career as a firefighter, by her obsession with department bad-boy Danny McGuire, and by a new case that pits her against a fiery killer.Strong-willed Anne was fearless and loved the thrill of fighting fires, pushing herself to be the best. But when one risky decision at a warehouse fire changes her life forever, Anne must reinvent not only her job, but her whole self.Shattered and demoralised, Anne finds her new career as an arson investigator a pale substitute for the adrenaline-fueled life she left behind. She doesn't believe she will ever feel that same all-consuming passion for her job again--until she encounters a string of suspicious fires setting her beloved city ablaze.Danny McGuire is a premiere fireman, best in the county, but in the midst of a personal meltdown. Danny is taking risks like never before and seems to have a death wish until he teams up with Anne to find the fire starter. But Danny may be more than a distraction, and as Anne narrows in on her target, the arsonist begins to target her._______________Join other readers in discovering the thrill of Consumed:'Raw, gritty, and gripping, this adrenaline-laced tale is impossible to put down' Library Journal'Stunning . . . the story line was so intense and fluid that I didn't see the final shocking surprise until the last minute . . . relatable and gut-wrenching' Harlequin Junkie'A fantastic blend of romance, action and suspense' All About Romance'Addictive and explosive' Ana's Attic'Pure adrenaline' The Good the Bad and the Unread 'A thick plot, suspense, a beautiful romance, well fleshed-out characters . . . it almost feels like we're watching an action blockbuster unfolding in our heads . . . a complex, badass, gritty female character who refuses to wait for a knight in shining armour' Natasha is a Book Junkie
Consumed (Dark Protectors #4)
by Rebecca ZanettiAn alpha male werelion and his human mate work to save his pack in this paranormal romantic suspense novel from a New York Times–bestselling author. Sometimes You Mate For Life Katie Smith is the best of her class, part of an elite hunting force trained to eliminate werewolves from the hills of Western Virginia. She's good at it because she has the kind of focus and drive that won't back down no matter how steep the odds. Call it southern sass. Whatever it is, there's no denying her willingness to risk everything for the only man she's ever cared about—a man on the verge of losing his very humanity…Sometimes You Mate To Stay Alive For the past ten years Jordan Pride has dedicated his life to protecting his people from a deadly shifter virus. But in a rare moment of distraction, Jordan's guard drops just long enough for his fate to take an irreversible twist. Unless the woman he loves surrenders everything to him, again and again, under a full moon rising….Praise for the Dark Protectors Series&“Hot and fast from beginning to end.&”—New York Times–bestselling author Kate Douglas on Fated &“Paranormal romance at its best!&”—Cynthia Eden &“If you want hot, sexy, dangerous romance…this series is for you.&”—Paranormal Haven&“Sizzling sex scenes and a memorable cast.&”—Publishers Weekly on Claimed
Consumed: A Novel
by David Cronenberg“An eye-opening dazzler” (Stephen King) about a pair of globetrotting, gore-obsessed journalists whose entanglement in a French philosopher’s death becomes a surreal journey into global conspiracy from legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg.Stylish and camera-obsessed, Naomi and Nathan thrive on the yellow journalism of the social-media age. Naomi finds herself drawn to the headlines surrounding a famous couple, Célestine and Aristide, Marxist philosophers and sexual libertines. Célestine has been found dead, and Aristide has disappeared. Police suspect him of killing her and consuming parts of her body. Yet Naomi sets off to find him, and as she delves deeper into the couple’s lives, she discovers the news story may only skim the surface of the disturbing acts they performed together. Journalist Nathan, meanwhile, is in Budapest photographing the controversial work of an unlicensed surgeon named Zoltán Molnár, once sought by Interpol for organ trafficking. After sleeping with one of Molnár’s patients, Nathan contracts a rare STD called Roiphe’s and travels to Toronto, determined to meet the man who discovered the syndrome. Dr. Barry Roiphe, Nathan learns, now studies his own adult daughter, whose bizarre behavior masks a devastating secret. These parallel narratives become entwined in a gripping, dreamlike plot that involves geopolitics, 3-D printing, North Korea, the Cannes Film Festival, cancer, and, in an incredible number of varieties, sex. Consumed is an exuberant, provocative debut novel from one of the world’s leading film directors, a writer of “fierce sculptural intensity” (Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review) who makes it “impossible to look away” (Publishers Weekly).
Consummatum est: Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne III (Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne #3)
by César Pérez GellidaAugusto sabe que todo tiene su final... Él mejor que nadie.El esperado desenlace de la trilogía «Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne». La pequeña localidad islandesa de Grindavik amanece con todos los miembros de una familia brutalmente asesinados. En uno de los países del mundo con menor tasa de homicidios por habitante, el comisario de la Brigada de Homicidios de Reikiavik, Ólafur Olafsson, se enfrenta al caso más escabroso que ha visto justo en el ocaso de su carrera profesional. Pero muy pronto todas las pistas empiezan a apuntar hacia un sofisticado asesino en serie, Augusto Ledesma, que durante varios años ha ido componiendo una siniestra poética de versos regados de sangre a lo largo y ancho de Europa. Ante tales evidencias, la INTERPOL decide poner al frente del caso al jefe de la Unidad de Búsqueda Internacional de Prófugos, Robert J. Michelson, que se rodeará de un grupo especial integrado por algunos«viejos conocidos» del asesino. En Consummatum est el lector asistirá al ansiado desenlace de una trilogía que ha robado el sueño a quienes leyeron Memento mori y continuaron recorriendo los laberintos de la mente criminal con Dies irae. El singular y novedoso estilo narrativo de Pérez Gellida promete no dejar indiferente a nadie en este magistral e imprevisible acto final. Reseñas:«Hay dos formas de hacer suspense: acometerlo a la perfección o ser distinto. Gellida es lo segundo, pero sin dejar en ningún momento de ser lo primero.»Ángeles López, La Razón «Novela negra cargada de muerte cuya breve vida ha sido luminosa. Publicada apenas hace unos días [...]. El suceso literario ya es inocultable.»El Mundo «La novela policiaca de moda.»ABC «Consummatum est, el cierre de lo que ya es, hoy por hoy, la más poderosa trilogía criminal de nuestras letras. [...] Todo el talento que ya percibimos y admiramos en las dos primeras entregas, aquí estalla de una forma apoteósica, rotunda, absolutaRamón Palomar, Las Provincias «El autor nos sitúa al borde del precipicio literario, introduciendo un sinfín de giros inesperados que consiguen sorprender al lector y cerrar la trama a lo grande.»Revista Krítica «La historia que tiene en vilo a miles de lectores [...]. El fenómeno editorial más destacado en España en los últimos meses.»El Norte de Castilla «César Pérez Gellida demuestra que su ciudad también puede ser el escenario de una novela negra al estilo de los mejores títulos del género procedentes del norte de Europa. Su debut literario cuenta, además, con atractivos más allá de la historia que narra, como la banda sonora.»Culturatic.es «Pérez Gellida posee esa cualidad innata de todo buen estratega de saber cuándo hay que jugársela, y ahora saborea desde la trinchera editorial el éxito del que se sabe tenido en cuenta.»Diario Sur
Consummatum est: Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne III (Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne #Volumen 3)
by César Pérez GellidaAugusto sabe que todo tiene su final... Él mejor que nadie.El esperado desenlace de la trilogía «Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne». La pequeña localidad islandesa de Grindavik amanece con todos los miembros de una familia brutalmente asesinados. En uno de los países del mundo con menor tasa de homicidios por habitante, el comisario de la Brigada de Homicidios de Reikiavik, Ólafur Olafsson, se enfrenta al caso más escabroso que ha visto justo en el ocaso de su carrera profesional. Pero muy pronto todas las pistas empiezan a apuntar hacia un sofisticado asesino en serie, Augusto Ledesma, que durante varios años ha ido componiendo una siniestra poética de versos regados de sangre a lo largo y ancho de Europa. Ante tales evidencias, la INTERPOL decide poner al frente del caso al jefe de la Unidad de Búsqueda Internacional de Prófugos, Robert J. Michelson, que se rodeará de un grupo especial integrado por algunos «viejos conocidos» del asesino. En Consummatum est el lector asistirá al ansiado desenlace de una trilogía que ha robado el sueño a quienes leyeron Memento mori y continuaron recorriendo los laberintos de la mente criminal con Dies irae. El singular y novedoso estilo narrativo de Pérez Gellida promete no dejar indiferente a nadie en este magistral e imprevisible acto final. Reseñas:«Hay dos formas de hacer suspense: acometerlo a la perfección o ser distinto. Gellida es lo segundo, pero sin dejar en ningún momento de ser lo primero.»Ángeles López, La Razón «Novela negra cargada de muerte cuya breve vida ha sido luminosa. Publicada apenas hace unos días [...]. El suceso literario ya es inocultable.»El Mundo «La novela policiaca de moda.»ABC «Consummatum est, el cierre de lo que ya es, hoy por hoy, la más poderosa trilogía criminal de nuestras letras. [...] Todo el talento que ya percibimos y admiramos en las dos primeras entregas, aquí estalla de una forma apoteósica, rotunda, absolutaRamón Palomar, Las Provincias «El autor nos sitúa al borde del precipicio literario, introduciendo un sinfín de giros inesperados que consiguen sorprender al lector y cerrar la trama a lo grande.»Revista Krítica «La historia que tiene en vilo a miles de lectores [...]. El fenómeno editorial más destacado en España en los últimos meses.»El Norte de Castilla «César Pérez Gellida demuestra que su ciudad también puede ser el escenario de una novela negra al estilo de los mejores títulos del género procedentes del norte de Europa. Su debut literario cuenta, además, con atractivos más allá de la historia que narra, como la banda sonora.»Culturatic.es «Pérez Gellida posee esa cualidad innata de todo buen estratega de saber cuándo hay que jugársela, y ahora saborea desde la trinchera editorial el éxito del que se sabe tenido en cuenta.»Diario Sur
Consumption
by Heather HerrmanFor fans of Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Sarah Langan comes a thrilling new vision of American horror. In Heather Herrman's heart-pounding debut novel, evil is ready to feed--and it's got one hell of an appetite. In the wake of tragedy, John and Erma Scott are heading west in search of a new life. So when car trouble strands them in sleepy Cavus, Montana, they decide to stay for a while, charmed by the friendly residents and the surrounding ambiance. Here, they hope, is the healing balm that their marriage needs. Then John and Erma find themselves in a fight not just to save their marriage, but their very lives. For this is no ordinary town. Its quiet streets conceal a dark and bloody secret that has slumbered for centuries. Now, that secret is awake . . . and it's hungry. Like a slow infection, evil is spreading through Cavus. Soon John and Erma--along with the local sheriff, an undocumented immigrant, a traumatized teenage girl, and an old man with terrible secrets of his own--must join together to battle an all-consuming force that has set its sights on its prey: the entire human race.Advance praise for Consumption "Both the evil that suffuses the pages of Consumption and the motley gang of innocents who defend against it are much more interesting than those usually found in your average scare fare. Solid writing elevates this imaginative fright-fest from an invigorating new voice."--Sophie Littlefield, bestselling author of the Aftertime series
Contact (The Phoenix Files #2)
by Chris MorphewPeter's life in the town of Phoenix had seemed pretty normal. Or it was until he found out the world was ending. Now he knows why Phoenix is in lockdown: the powerful Shackleton Co-operative is planning to exterminate humanity. Peter and his friends have only one plan for saving the world--get a warning to the outside before it's too late. But the Shackleton Co-operative will do whatever it takes to keep them quiet. And the clock is still ticking. There are 88 days until the end of the world.
Contact Zero
by David WolstencroftWho, what or where is Contact Zero? Deep in the mythology of the Service, whispered in training, clung to in moments of despair, is the belief that it is out there, the last chance saloon. You think you are beaten, betrayed and utterly alone, but maybe you're not. Maybe you get your one shot at rescue, if not redemption. Contact Zero: run by members of the Service, for members of the Service.When an operation is mortally compromised in David Wolstencroft's fabulous second novel, four first-year probationary agents, cut adrift in four corners of the world, must put Contact Zero to the test. But first they have to find it.And maybe one of the youngsters isn't quite as innocent as the others...
Contact: And Other Stories
by Frances Noyes HartShort stories of sophistication and psychological suspense, including an O. Henry Award winner.In the wake of the First World War, a young woman watches the sky for a pilot who didn&’t come home. A wealthy bachelor becomes increasingly obsessed with a beautiful stranger at a Manhattan restaurant. A nervous wife awaits a fateful phone call on a stormy November night. These stories and five more showcase the literary skill of Frances Noyes Hart, author of The Crooked Lane and The Bellamy Trial, and one of the great literary talents of the early twentieth century.
Contador
by Philip G Henley¨The Counter¨, es un libro maravilloso que cuenta los avatares de Hellen, un agente en misión en búsqueda "El Contador", su enemigo. Tras su búsqueda se enfrenta a una serie de controversias y realidades que confrontan su vida, al punto de exponerse al más inminente peligro. El autor de manera muy sutil lleva de la mano al lector a atravesar cada vivencia de Hellen.
Contador
by Philip G HenleyContador de Philip G Henley As balas são reais Contador Ben Walker, The Count, está fora da grade se escondendo por causa do que ele pegou. Uma vida nas sombras com operações militares secretas foi encerrada. Ele procurou vingança. Ele localizou a cadeia de comando. LC é o homem que tentou matá-lo, mas ele fez uma oferta para ser um tipo diferente de caçador. Agora, Walker pegou informações e dinheiro e se escondeu. LC quer Walker e o que ele levou. Ele tomará medidas extremas para obtê-lo. LC também desapareceu. Ele também é procurado. Os caçadores agora são caçados. Helen Lawrence faz parte de uma equipe remendada do labirinto de agências governamentais. Eles tentaram encontrar Walker para que ele pudesse ajudar a encontrar LC, que também desapareceu. Os membros da equipe não são tudo o que parecem e, se o encontrarem, a verdadeira caça precisa começar. Ela tem seus próprios problemas e desejos sem se envolver com Walker. Os dados ausentes são valiosos. Os motivos das agências são desconhecidos. As balas são reais.
Contagion
by Joanne DahmeRose Dugan is a young and beautiful woman living in Philadelphia in the late 19th century passionate about keeping PhiladelphiaOCOs water reservoir clean and healthy. But when Rose starts receiving threatening letters, warning her to convince her husband to shut down his plans for a water filtration system or else, things take a turn for the worse. A conspicuous murder and butting heads cause Rose to search for the culprit, the truth, and a way to keep the people of Philadelphia safe from contagion in more ways than one. "
Contagion (Contagion #1)
by Erin BowmanPerfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, Jonathan Maberry, and horror films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, this pulse-pounding, hair-raising, utterly terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the Taken trilogy. <P><P>After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. <P><P>When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project—including its members’ dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried—and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.
Contagion (Jack Stapleton / Laurie Montgomery #2)
by Robin CookFrom the undisputed master of the medical thriller comes a terrifying cautionary tale for the millennium. After losing his ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical giant, Dr. John Stapleton retrains in forensic pathology. When a series of virulent and extremely lethal illnesses appears on the scene, Stapleton traces the cause of the outbreak to the same corporation that cannibalized his practice.
Contagion: Some Things Can't Be Cured (Dark Matter Ser. #1)
by Teri TerryThe first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong.An epidemic is sweeping the country. It spreads fast, mercilessly. Everyone will be infected. . . . It is only a matter of time. You are now under quarantine.Young teen Callie might have been one of the first to survive the disease, but unfortunately she didn't survive the so-called treatment. She was kidnapped and experimented upon at a secret lab, one that works with antimatter. When she breaks free of her prison, she unleashes a wave of destruction. Meanwhile her older brother Kai is looking for her, along with his smart new friend Shay, who was the last to see Callie alive.Amid the chaos of the spreading epidemic, the teens must find the source of disease. Could Callie have been part of an experiment in biological warfare? Who is behind the research? And more importantly, is there a cure?
Contagious (The Contagium Series #1)
by Emily GoodwinFirst in the zombie pandemic series by the New York Times–bestselling author. “I can’t give this post-apocalyptic story six stars but I wish I could!” —Tamara Rose Blodgett“I wasn’t afraid of death. If I died, it would be over. My worst fear wasn’t of dying, it was of living. Living, while everyone around me had their flesh savagely torn from their bodies to be shoved into the festering and ever-hungry mouths of zombies. It terrified me, right down to my very core, to be alive while the rest of the world was dead.”During the Second Great Depression, twenty-four-year-old Orissa Penwell is forced to drop out of college when she is no longer able to pay for classes. Unable to find a job, she moves in with her aunt in Indianapolis. Down on her luck, Orissa doesn’t think she can go any lower.She couldn’t be more wrong. A virus breaks out across the country, leaving the infected crazed, aggressive, and very hungry.Orissa is used to only being responsible for herself. When she finds herself a reluctant leader of a group of survivors, she must make a choice: set aside her issues and help the others or go off alone in search of her own family and friends.“In her narrative storytelling, Emily Goodwin presents a refreshingly strong female hero in her zombie-infested, survival tale . . . Goodwin has shown that female writers can make flesh crawl, both living and undead, just as well as her male peers.” —HorrorAddicts.net
Contagious (The Infected #2)
by Scott SiglerFrom the acclaimed author of Infected comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanity's secret battle against a horrific enemy. Across America, a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda. The human race fights back, yet after every battle the disease responds, adapts, using sophisticated strategies and brilliant ruses to fool its pursuers. The only possible explanation: the epidemic is driven not by evolution but by some malevolent intelligence.Standing against this unimaginable threat is a small group, assembled under the strictest secrecy. Their best weapon is hulking former football star Perry Dawsey, left psychologically shattered by his own struggles with this terrible enemy, who possesses an unexplainable ability to locate the disease's hosts. Violent and unpredictable, Perry is both the nation's best hope and a terrifying liability. Hardened CIA veteran Dew Phillips must somehow forge a connection with him if they're going to stand a chance against this maddeningly adaptable opponent. Alongside them is Margaret Montoya, a brilliant epidemiologist who fights for a cure even as she reels under the weight of endless horrors. These three and their team have kept humanity in the game, but that's not good enough anymore, not when the disease turns contagious, triggering a fast countdown to Armageddon. Meanwhile, other enemies join the battle, and a new threat -- one that comes from a most unexpected source -- may ultimately prove the most dangerous of all.Catapulting the reader into a world where humanity's life span is measured in hours and the president's finger hovers over the nuclear button, rising star Scott Sigler takes us on a breathtaking, hyper-adrenalized ride filled with terror and jaw-dropping action. Contagious is a truly grand work of suspense, science, and horror from a new master.From the Hardcover edition.
Contagious Chaos (The Contagium Series #3)
by Emily GoodwinIt’s kill or be eaten as the zombie apocalypse rages. Third in the series that dominated the Contagious Reads Horror Con Awards.Orissa Penwell and her friends are faced with disaster, as their zombie-proof compound starts to fill and food supplies dwindle. Fuller’s soldiers and Marines have no choice but to venture out into the lawless wastelands of America where they discover a new kind of enemy.What foe could be more frightening than zombies? A fortress for the criminally insane—unhinged survivors who will stop at nothing to take Orissa and her friends down for good.In order serve and protect their compound, will the gang have to abandon their own moral code and engage in a war against the uninfected? How far is Orissa willing to go?Praise for Contagious“I can’t give this post-apocalyptic story six stars but I wish I could!” —Tamara Rose Blodgett“In her narrative storytelling, Emily Goodwin presents a refreshingly strong female hero in her zombie-infested, survival tale . . . Goodwin has shown that female writers can make flesh crawl, both living and undead, just as well as her male peers.” —HorrorAddicts.net