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Hell is Empty (A Joel Sorrell Thriller #3)
by Conrad WilliamsPrivate Investigator Joel Sorrell is exhausted and drinking hard, sustained only by a hopeful yet baffling note from his estranged daughter, Sarah. An SOS from an old flame whose child has been kidnapped gives him welcomed distraction, but the investigation raises more questions than answers. Then comes the news that his greatest enemy has escaped from prison with a score to settle. With Joel's life and the remnants of his family at stake, any chance of peace depends on the silencing of his nemesis once and for all. But an unexpected obstacle stands in his way...
Hell is Empty (Walt Longmire #7)
by Craig JohnsonWyoming's favorite sheriff braves a frozen inferno as he races to capture an escaped murderer. Well-read and world-weary, Sheriff Walt Longmire has been maintaining order in Wyoming's Absaroka County for more than thirty years, but in this riveting seventh outing, he is pushed to his limits. Raynaud Shade, an adopted Crow Indian, has just confessed to murdering a boy ten years ago and burying him deep within the Big Horn Mountains. After transporting Shade and a group of other convicted murderers through a snowstorm, Walt is informed by the FBI that the body is buried in his jurisdiction-and the victim's name is White Buffalo. Guided only by Indian mysticism and a battered paperback of Dante's Inferno, Walt pursues Shade and his fellow escapees into the icy hell of the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area, cheating death to ensure that justice-both civil and spiritual-is served.
Hell Is Too Crowded
by Jack HigginsAn engineer is caught in a lethal trap after he follows a beautiful woman home in this thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell. Matthew Brady was just out for a good time. After a long dry spell working in the deserts of Kuwait, the young engineer was ready to let loose in merry old London. So when a beautiful young woman drifts out of the fog and asks him to accompany her to her apartment, it seems like a dream come true for the happily muddled American. His drunken dream soon becomes a waking nightmare when he comes to with the mysterious woman dead on the floor, the police ready to pin a murder on him, and absolutely no memory of what happened. Running for his life, Brady knows his only chance for freedom is to clear his name. But to do so he will have to descend into the twisted London underworld, where money isn’t the only currency, death is a final payment, and the man behind the set-up is waiting with a bullet just for him.
Hell Is Too Crowded
by Jack HigginsAn engineer is caught in a lethal trap after he follows a beautiful woman home in this thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell. Matthew Brady was just out for a good time. After a long dry spell working in the deserts of Kuwait, the young engineer was ready to let loose in merry old London. So when a beautiful young woman drifts out of the fog and asks him to accompany her to her apartment, it seems like a dream come true for the happily muddled American. His drunken dream soon becomes a waking nightmare when he comes to with the mysterious woman dead on the floor, the police ready to pin a murder on him, and absolutely no memory of what happened. Running for his life, Brady knows his only chance for freedom is to clear his name. But to do so he will have to descend into the twisted London underworld, where money isn&’t the only currency, death is a final payment, and the man behind the set-up is waiting with a bullet just for him. From the international bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and the Sean Dillon series, this twisting mystery will keep you racing to the last page.
Hell Master
by Josephine KingstoneUn vínculo que nace, crece y se vuelve indisoluble, entre el paraíso y el infierno. Bethany Lyons aún no sabe que su propio infierno es él, “Hell Master"... y está yendo a buscarla. La vida de Bethany Lyons está a punto de ser trastocada para siempre. Pero ella aún no lo sabe. Nacida y criada en un entorno privilegiado pero sumamente corrupto, es consciente de lo que la rodea. Riqueza y peligro. Encanto y perfidia. Eso es lo que ha aprendido desde su infancia, sintiéndose segura y convencida de la protección que su padre, Dan Lyons, siempre le ha garantizado a través del vínculo con uno de sus colaboradores más poderosos y astutos, apodado el Fabulador. La jaula dorada de Bethany se quiebra cuando la joven es secuestrada frente a su casa por un hombre enmascarado al que decide llamar "Hell Master". Pero, ¿quién es realmente Hell Master? ¿Por qué la eligió a ella? ¿Para quién trabaja? ¿Por cuenta de quién la ha arrebatado de su vida cotidiana? Mientras Bethany lucha por su propia salvación, descubre en su captor aspectos inesperados, diabólicos pero seductores. Empujándolo a la desesperación, lo obliga a revelarse, a enfrentarse a su propia humanidad, a su propio dolor. Y él también se da cuenta de algo que había preferido ignorar. Esa chica no se rendirá, rechazando con todas sus fuerzas el papel de víctima que le han impuesto. Tanto él como el mundo en el que ha crecido. Será desde el refugio en el bosque donde Hell Master la ha confinado que comenzará la batalla de Bethany. Por la verdad. Pero más allá de la verdad, también comenzará a luchar por su existencia, por su libertad como mujer, como ser humano. Y por un amor que florecerá, más allá de cualquier control, de toda razón. Bethany luchará por conquistar su espacio en el mundo. Un mundo en el que todas las certezas serán revertidas. Un mundo en el que nadie es quien dice ser. Pasión... traición... obsesión... Cuand
A Hell of a Dog (Rachel Alexander and Dash Mystery #3)
by Carol Lea BenjaminMurders at a dog-training seminar.
A Hell of a Dog: This Dog For Hire, The Dog Who Knew Too Much, And A Hell Of A Dog (The Rachel Alexander and Dash Mysteries #3)
by Carol Lea BenjaminSomeone is killing off the great dog trainers of the world--and it's up to PI Rachel Alexander and her pit bull, Dash, to collar the murderer Rachel has just been hired as undercover security at a dog-training symposium at a posh Manhattan hotel. How can the Greenwich Village PI and her pit bull, Dashiell, turn down the hefty fee, plus free room and biscuits at the Ritz? All Rachel has to do is keep the peace among the competitive diva dog trainers who have come with their prize pooches from all corners of the globe. She and Dash have barely infiltrated the festivities when they find out that one of the trainers, the self-proclaimed guru of a controversial obedience technique, has been electrocuted in his bathtub. The cops are calling it an accident. Until another trainer dies . . . and then another. With suspects including a dog psychic and a behaviorist to the stars, Rachel discovers that it's the humans who need to be housebroken as she and Dash bring a serial killer to heel.
A Hell of a Woman (Mulholland Classic)
by Jim ThompsonFrank "Dolly" Dillon has a job he hates, working sales and collections for Pay-E-Zee Stores, a wife named Joyce he can't stand, and an account balance that barely allows him to pay the bills each month. Working door-to-door one day, trying to eke money out of folk with even less of it than he has, Dolly crosses paths with a beautiful young woman named Mona Farrell. Mona's being forced by her aunt to do things she doesn't like, with men she doesn't know--she wants out, any way she can get it. And to a man who wants nothing of what he has, Mona sure looks like something he actually does.Soon Dolly and Mona find themselves involved in a scheme of robbery, murder and mayhem that makes Dolly's blood run cold. As Dolly's plans begin to unravel, his mind soon follows.In A HELL OF A WOMAN, Jim Thompson offers another arresting portrait of a deviant mind, in an ambitious crime novel that ranks among his best work.
A Hell of a Woman
by Jim Thompson'A blisteringly imaginative crime novelist . . . violent, amoral, terse and fast-moving . . . a classic American novelist' Kirkus ReviewsA HELL OF A WOMAN is Jim Thompson's version of an American CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.In a novel completely devoid of sentiment, 'Dolly' Dillon, a door-to-door salesman, goes about the appalling business of murder without conscience, without remorse and without any hope of redemption, because of a woman . . .
Hell on Heels (Bombshell Ser. #42)
by Carla CassidyHEIRESS BY DAY...BOUNTY HUNTER BY NIGHWhen the man who attacked her best friend skips bail, heiress-turned-bounty-hunter Chantal Worthington swears on her designer spiked heels to hunt him down. Problem is, another hunter's already on the case--and "Crazy" Luke Coleman's not about to let a snooty socialite nab his prey.When Chantal gets a tip that the rapist's gone to ground in Mexico, she's off like a shot with sexy Luke close on her high heels. They can either fight it out tooth and nail, or work together to bring the bail-jumper into custody--or maybe both!
Hell On Hoe Street (Nicky Burkett)
by Jerermy CameronThe fourth fast-paced novel in the Nicky Burkett series, keeps up the page-turning action and deadpan humor in a multicultural tale of loyalty and revenge. Nicky Burket arrives in Karachi to rescue his mate Kamran and eventually meets up with drug baron, Jamil Khan, the only man who can make the rescue possible, a man who feels strongly about growing opium in the traditional way—without fertilizer. But before any rescue attempt, Jamal Khan needs a promise from Nicky; he must take out the competitor back in the UK who is dealing in inferior drugs in nearby Ilford. The rescue is successful and back in the UK Nicky and his mates prepare to fulfill the promise to Jamal Khan. But things don't go quite as Nicky had hoped and the gangs of Ilford invade Walthamstow and there is hell on Hoe Street.
Hell on Wheels: Hell On Wheels; In Rides Trouble; Rev It Up (Black Knights Inc. #1)
by Julie Ann WalkerNate Weller is a crackerjack sniper and masterful covert operative, and he's loved Ali Morgan nearly half his life. But she's his best friend's baby sister, so he keeps his feelings to himself. When she blows into town with a motherlode of bad guys on her tail, all of his protective instincts kick into high gear. But will keeping her safe cost him his heart?
Hell or High Water: A Novel (Nola Céspedes Novels #1)
by Joy CastroA psychological thriller in the vein of Kate Atkinson and Tana French that introduces Nola Céspedes, an intense and spellbinding protagonistNola Céspedes, an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune, catches a break: An assignment to write her first full-length feature. While researching her story, she also becomes fixated on the search for a missing tourist in New Orleans. As Nola's work leads her into darker corners of the city, a singular narrative voice emerges, and an even more compelling question surfaces: Who is Nola Céspedes? Vividly rendered in razor sharp prose, this novel is a riveting journey of trust betrayed—and the courageous struggle toward recovery.
Hell or High Water (The Deep Six #1)
by Julie Ann WalkerA brand new romantic suspense series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Black Knights, Inc. series, THE DEEP SIX features six former SEALS on super-secret black ops, and feisty heroines who know how to handle both lethal weapons and alpha men.Only two things could make former Navy SEAL Leo Anderson return to the world of weapons and warfare. First, a capsule of chemical weapons lost on the ocean floor, and second, a plea for assistance from the one woman he can't seem to forget-CIA Agent Olivia Mortier.Now, working together to race against the clock and a deadly terrorist faction, Leo and Olivia must find the missing capsule, all the while battling the intense desire burning between them. If they can survive, can their growing attraction become more than just a momentary flare?Praise for Full Throttle: "Quick witted and action packed." -RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Heart-pounding...Walker has outdone herself." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Amazing...took me on the ride of my life." -The Book Whisperer "A wonderful, intense story with fabulous romantic tension." -Tome Tender
Hell Road
by Don PendletonOne of the Middle East's most dangerous terrorists has been captured and is being held in a desert prison compound awaiting extradition to the United States when a ex-CIA operative-turnedterrorist breaks him out in an extremely violent and costly gun battle. Mack Bolan, inadvertently involved in the battle at the prison, must track down the escapees and the rogue CIA agent before more acts of terrorism are committed. Violence. 205th novel in the "Executioner" series, 1996.
Hell to Pay
by Garry DisherA modern western set in an isolated Australian bush town with a soaring crime rate, where a local constable with a troubled past must investigate the death of a teenage girl whose murder threatens to set the dusty streets ablaze.Constable Paul Hirschhausen--"Hirsch"--is a recently demoted detective sent from Adelaide, Australia's southernmost booming metropolis, to Tiverton, a one-road town in rustic, backwater "wool and wheat" country three hours north. Hirsch isn't just a disgraced cop; the internal investigations bureau is still trying to convict him of something, even if it means planting evidence. When someone leaves a pistol cartridge in his mailbox, Hirsch suspects that his career isn't the only thing on the line. But the tiny town of Tiverton has more crime than one lone cop should have to handle. The stagnant economy, rural isolation, and entrenched racism and misogyny mean every case Hirsch investigates is a new basket of snakes. When the body of a 16-year-old local girl is found on the side of the highway, the situation in Tiverton gets even more sinister, and whether or not he finds her killer, there's going to be hell to pay.From the Hardcover edition.
Hell to Pay (Nightside #7)
by Simon R. GreenIn the wake of the war that left the Nightside leaderless, Jeremiah Griffin-one of the last of the immortal human families-plans to fill the power vacuum. But his granddaughter has disappeared, and he wants John Taylor to use his special abilities to find her. Except someone-or something-is blocking Taylor's abilities.
Hell To Pay
by Shaun HutsonA boy's body is discovered on the shores of Kingsfield reservoir. Like the killer's previous two victims, there's no sign of violence, no fingerprints, nothing but two small puncture marks where the overdose of heroin was injected. Whoever is carrying out the attacks is careful, methodical and clever. Detective Inspector Alan Fielding is frantic to find the killer before another child is taken... In a run down house on a nearby estate, Nikki Reed knows only too well what the ominous knock on the front door means - the loan sharks want their money back, and if they don't get it, they're going to get nasty. But Nikki can't pay up - until her brother John comes up with a dangerous and high-risk scheme that could make all of them rich... Roma Todd's relationship with record company boss David is rife with deceit and deception, but the one thing that holds them together is their daughter Kirsten. And though Kirsten may seem like any other child, she suffers from an extraordinary illness, one that without her medication can unleash a bizarre and deadly trail of horror... All desperate people running out of time. When their worlds collide, there'll be hell to pay...
Hell To Pay
by Shaun HutsonA boy's body is discovered on the shores of Kingsfield reservoir. Like the killer's previous two victims, there's no sign of violence, no fingerprints, nothing but two small puncture marks where the overdose of heroin was injected. Whoever is carrying out the attacks is careful, methodical and clever. Detective Inspector Alan Fielding is frantic to find the killer before another child is taken... In a run down house on a nearby estate, Nikki Reed knows only too well what the ominous knock on the front door means - the loan sharks want their money back, and if they don't get it, they're going to get nasty. But Nikki can't pay up - until her brother John comes up with a dangerous and high-risk scheme that could make all of them rich... Roma Todd's relationship with record company boss David is rife with deceit and deception, but the one thing that holds them together is their daughter Kirsten. And though Kirsten may seem like any other child, she suffers from an extraordinary illness, one that without her medication can unleash a bizarre and deadly trail of horror... All desperate people running out of time. When their worlds collide, there'll be hell to pay...
Hell To Pay
by George PelecanosA fatal shooting that strikes too close to home leaves PI Derek Strange determined to find the killer - whatever the cost. From one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.Set in darkest, downtown Washington, Hell to Pay begins with Quinn and Strange dealing with the usual detritus of the world's most violent city - a bent cop and a missing teenage-girl-turned-hooker - but then a senseless death on a sunny afternoon shakes even Derek Strange's existence. A victim shot down by bullets meant for another; a tragic accident that strikes just too close to home. Strange's grief is all-consuming and he swears to track down and destroy the killers - ghetto style. But as he throws himself deeper and deeper into the hunt, he has to ask questions of himself and his world that he would rather not.
Hell to Pay: Blood Hunt; The Interrogation; The Road To Gandolfo; Hell To Pay; Sunset Express (Gimlet Ser. #2)
by George P. PelecanosDerek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute. The two ex-cops think they know D. C. 's dangers, but nothing in their experience has prepared them for Worldwide Wilson, the pimp whose territory they're intruding upon. <P>Combining inimitable neighborhood flavor, action scenes that rank among the best in fiction, and a clear-eyed view of morality in a world with few rules, "Hell to Pay" is another Pelecanos masterpiece for his ever-expanding audience to savor.
Hell Up to Date: The Reckless Journey Of R. Palasco Drant, Newspaper Correspondent, Through The Infernal Regions, As Reported By Himself; With Illustrations (classic Reprint)
by Art YoungA satirical journey through the levels of a stylized hell by a turn of the Twentieth Century Newspaperman. As our reporter Drant reaches the various areas of Hades he encounters the groups of evil-doers from his society of the time being punished by the Devil in various and befitting ways. Richly illustrated throughout by the famous and talented cartoonist Art Young.
The Hell with Elaine
by Van SillerElaine Parker was very spoiled and very beautiful, and maybe because of both, her love affair with Neil Stratton had ended on an ugly note. Neil simply could not keep up with her extravagant life split between a modeling career in New York and a beach house in Connecticut. When they'd finally parted, Elaine had gone around telling all their friends in town that Neil had tried to kill her. Of course the idea was ridiculous, or so it seemed until Elaine dropped out of sight after the break-up. That had been a year ago, and nobody had seen Elaine. Finally her father asked Elaine's cousin, Nancy, to try to find out what had happened, and naturally the place to start the search was with Neil. But as Nancy got to know Neil she discovered that her interest in him went far beyond, her curiosity about Elaine--a realization which made it doubly difficult for Nancy to face up to the growing evidence that Elaine had been murdered.
Hell With the Lid Blown Off (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #7)
by Donis Casey"If you can only read one book this year, Hell with the Lid Blown Off should be that one." —NY Journal of BooksIn the summer of 1916, a big twister cuts a swath of destruction through Boynton, Oklahoma. Alafair Tucker's family and neighbors are not spared the ruin and grief spread by the storm.But no one will mourn for dead Jubal Beldon, who'd made it his business to know everyone's ugly secrets. It never mattered if Jubal's insinuations were true or not since in a small town like Boynton, rumor could be as ruinous as fact. Then Mr. Lee, the undertaker, discovers that Jubal was already dead when the tornado swept his body away. Had he died in an accident or had he been murdered by someone whose secret he had threatened to expose? Dozens of people would have been happy to do the deed, some of them members of Jubal's own family. As Sheriff Scott Tucker and his deputy Trenton Calder look into Jubal's demise, it begins to look like the prime suspect may be someone very dear to the widow Beckie MacKenzie, mentor of Alafair's daughter Ruth. Ruth fears that the secrets exposed by the investigation are going to cause more damage to Beckie's life than the tornado. Alafair, coping with injuries to her own, still has time for suspicions about how Jubal Beldon came to die. What if the truth of it hits very close to home?
Hellbent: An Orphan X Novel
by Gregg HurwitzEvan Smoak—government assassin gone rogue—returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series.Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers and dedicated to helping the truly desperate. But this time, the voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the man who raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Secret government forces are busy trying to scrub the remaining assets and traces of the Orphan Program and they have finally tracked down Jack. With little time remaining, Jack gives Evan his last assignment: find and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program. But Evan isn’t the only one after this last Orphan—the new head of the Orphan Program, Van Sciver, is mustering all the assets at his disposal to take out both Evan (Orphan X) and the target he is trying to protect.