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Slated: Book 1 (SLATED Trilogy #1)
by Teri TerryThe first book in the bestselling and multi award-winning SLATED trilogy.Kyla's memory has been erased,her personality wiped blank,her memories lost for ever.She's been Slated.The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla's mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?Book 1 in the acclaimed SLATED trilogy.
Slater House
by Patricia RosemoorFAMILY SUCCESSION...Buried within the walls of Slater House lived a tale of lost love and not-so-accidental death. And it would bring high-society Slater heiress Melanie Pierce to the sprawling estate to meet the only thing money couldn't buy-a family she never knew existed.BUT WHO WOULD BE THE LAST STANDING?Ross Bennet was an architect who knew more about the house than he was saying. But did even he know the truth behind the Slater Curse that continued to diminish the family's numbers?With only each other to trust, Melanie and Ross sought to escape the tragic past. But could they do it before their chance for a future together was forever destroyed?
Slaughter (A Frank Quinn Novel #10)
by John LutzJOHN LUTZ IS . . . "One of the masters."--Ridley Pearson "Among the best."--San Diego Union "An enormous talent."--Publishers Weekly LOVE THEM TO PIECES A beautiful jogger, drained of blood, dismembered, then meticulously reassembled on the grass in Central Park. Subway derailments, plummeting elevators, collapsing construction cranes, apartment explosions--all creating a bloody, senseless puzzle. Detective Frank Quinn knows that even while the slayer is taunting the cops and the public, he's also screaming to be caught. But Quinn will have to risk everything he holds precious to bring in this killer. . . "White-knuckle suspense."--Booklist on Frenzy "One of the top ten mystery novels of 2013." --The Strand Magazine on Twist
Slaughter (Frank Quinn #10)
by John LutzLOVE THEM TO PIECESA beautiful jogger, drained of blood, dismembered, then meticulously reassembled on the the grass in Central Park. Subway derailments, plummeting elevators, collapsing construction cranes, apartment explosions-all creating a bloody, senseless puzzle. Detective Frank Quinn knows that even while the slayer is taunting the cops and the public, he's also screaming to be caught. But Quinn will have to risk everything he holds precious to bring in this killer. . .
Slaughter (The Frank Quinn Mysteries)
by John LutzA PI pieces together a serial killer&’s bloody puzzle in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Frenzy.Frank Quinn was once New York City&’s top homicide detective—until a setup forced him into early retirement. Now running his own detective agency, he assists the NYPD on some of their most disturbing cases . . .A woman&’s body is found in Central Park drained of blood, dismembered, and reassembled. Her killer is a cold man who enjoys taking things apart to figure out what makes them tick. And this is only the beginning of his destructive, bloody plan. Before he is finished, he will try to see what makes Frank Quinn tick, and what makes him break.Praise for John Lutz &“Lutz knows how to make you shiver.&” —Harlan Coben&“One of the masters of the police novel.&” —Ridley Pearson&“Lutz offers up a heart-pounding roller coaster of a tale.&” —Jeffrey Deaver&“Lutz ranks with such vintage masters of big-city murder as Lawrence Block and Ed McBain.&” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Slaughter In The Ashes (Ashes #23)
by William W. JohnstoneCannibal mutants endanger the future of a post-apocalyptic America in this explosive adventure from a USA Today–bestselling author. After the apocalypse destroyed what was left of America, Rebel leader Ben Raines helped create the Tri-States. But no system is perfect: criminal gangs still roam the land, spreading havoc and violence. The punks, thugs and creeps have had a free hand for too long--especially in untamed Northern Maine, where a secret sect of underground cannibals threatens the new nation's freedom. It's time for them all to meet judge, jury…and executioner. Twenty-third in the long-running series!
Slaughter Squad
by Don PendletonMembers of a covert action group tasked with destabilizing the Medellin Cartel are being assassinated by the same sniper squad they hired to do their dirty work behind enemy lines. Financing this bloody payback is a former Medellin overlord with a score to settle. Mack Bolan is keenly aware of the cartel's ruthless methods of revenge, but the wild dogs of the Colombian are about to experience a new level of savagery. Until the spilled blood is their own. The Executioner is about to show cartel czar Raffi del Borgo that vengeance is a double-edged sword headed straight for his own neck. Violence. 231st novel in the "Executioner" series, 1998.
Slaughter of Eagles: Slaughter of Eagles (Eagles #15)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneThe legendary gunfighter is out to find an innocent young woman with a bounty on her head in this action Western by the USA Today bestselling author.In Phoenix a sheriff guns down a banker and robs him of a document—the only trouble is, he takes the wrong one. Going to the banker's aid, a young lady hears the dying man's last words and takes hold of the map the sheriff was really after. By the time the crooked lawman realizes his mistake, Jolene Wellington is on the run—and framed for the banker's murder.Back east, Falcon MacCallister's famous brother and sister plead with him to find a young woman who has vanished out West. Her name is Jolene Wellington. Returning to Arizona Territory, Falcon will be one of many men searching for Jolene and for a mysterious treasure hidden in haunted Indian land. But with a hired killer and a deadly deception facing Falcon, his search is leading him straight to a slaughter. There, he'll get his answers—in the most vicious fight of his life . . .
Slave Marked: Submission, Pleasure and Marriage of Convenience with Master Millionaire and gangster
by Alba DuroHooded, thin, hungry, orphan and wanderer in the streets of Miami, A 19-year-old Latina with no passport, no identity and no future. Until Bill Morgan, the undisputed leader of the mafia, found me. A Black suit, tie designer shoes and hair in the hair. It could be my father. He asked me how much my life cost. He asked me if I could kill to survive. I said yes. A black flower-shaped tattoo and three copses later, was officially “Bill´s daughter”, protected above all his men. Until Darren arrived, the head of the competition as rotten as my “father”. I would do anything for Bill… including giving myself to Darren. So I did it. Now it belonged to that man. One hundred and Ninety, pneumatic arms, tattooed, skin and full, of scars. He was handsome, very handsome. And dangerous, more dangerous than anyone I´ve ever faced, including Bill, But he also wanted me like nobody ever wanted me. On one hand, I was the daughter of a boss and the girl of another, which made me…powerful. But on the other, my life belonged to them, and now I was not only “Bill´s daughter” or “Darren´s girl”, but also. When I enter her penthouse, her submissive, her salve and her greatest passion. Warning: A romantic and erotic novel with elements of BDSM (Domination and Submission) with explicit content, dose of action and adult language, which tells the life inside the mafia and the marriage of convenience of a mafia princess with another millionaire mafia. Aimed to an adult audience.
Slave Safari: Number 12 in Series (The Destroyer #12)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirRemo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America's last line of defence. The country is reeling as young American socialites from leading families are dying. Or are they? When one of the 'dead' is found alive, enslaved in an exclusive African brothel, influential people see to it that Remo and Chiun sent to investigate. Whether they like it or not. And if it should happen that local legend speaks of a time when a man from the East and a man from the West will come to liberate the minority Loni people? It could just be a coincidence. Or it could be an ancient debt of honor that the House of Sinanju must make good on.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Slaves and Obsession: A twisting Victorian mystery of war, love and murder (William Monk Mystery #11)
by Anne PerryAll's fair in love and war... The advent of the American Civil War brings new intrigue to Monk's Victorian London in Anne Perry's masterful novel Slaves and Obsession. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Ann Granger.'Perry has here provided a meticulously plotted crime story with alibis and deception leading unerringly to the solution' - Scotsman In the American Civil War the opposing armies are desperate for arms. A London trader selling weapons to the South faces a moral dilemma when his daughter, in love with a Confederate, insists he change sides. When he is brutally murdered, her lover is the immediate suspect. William and Hester Monk must bring the pair back from the front line in America to face justice in an English court. What readers are saying about Slaves and Obsession: 'One of Anne Perry's best...A really enjoyable and gripping book''A riveting mystery wrapped up in the dark and seamy side of Victorian London''Anne Perry is the best Victorian crime [writer] I have ever read'
Slaves of Obsession
by Anne PerryThe year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Alberton's armaments. Soon Monk and Hester's forebodings are fulfilled as one member of the party is brutally murdered and two others disappear- along with Alberton's entire inventory of weapons. As Monk and Hester track the man they believe to be the murderer all the way to Washington, D.C., and the bloody battlefield at Manassas, Slaves of Obsession twists and turns like a powder-keg fuse and holds the reader breathless and spellbound. . . .
Slay Belles
by Nancy MartinA classic Blackbird Sisters novella, available digitally for the first time! Whoever coined the phrase "Shop till you drop" certainly never meant "Shop till you drop dead." But premier personal shopper Popo seems to have done just that--except this shopper's been murdered. After Popo's body is found on a display bed in the luxurious Haymaker's department store, Nora Blackbird is forced to put solving a murder before finishing her Christmas shopping. With sister Libby off on a spending spree and sister Emma checked into rehab, it's up to Nora to see who had a personal vendetta against this personal shopper--and to determine if a certain designer handbag was worth killing for. Includes a preview of No Way to Kill a Lady, out August 2012!
Slay Bells
by Kate KingsburyThe second Pennyfoot Hotel Christmas reunion. Cecily Sinclair Baxter's Christmas becomes a working holiday when the man playing Santa Claus for her hotel is found murdered.
Slay Bells Ring (A Caprice De Luca Mystery #7)
by Karen Rose SmithIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, especially now that Caprice De Luca has wrapped up her holiday-themed staging gig at a stunning historic home in downtown Kismit, Pennsylvania. Behind all the red ribbon and glowing string lights, homeowners Chris and Sara Merriweather have it all. But Chris, a Vietnam vet who plays Santa every year at the community park, has been displaying strange behavior after a recent trip to Washington, D.C.The joy of the season vanishes entirely when Chris is found murdered on Santa Lane, leaving behind his loyal malamute and lots of unfinished business. As Caprice uncovers hidden secrets in Santa’s workshop, the pressure is on to catch the candy cane-wielding culprit—before she’s next on a killer’s deadly wish list . . .
Slay Ride
by Dick FrancisFrom a New York Times–bestselling &“master of crime fiction and equine thrills,&” a private eye investigates the suspicious death of a horseman (Newsday). Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Champion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared right before his wife was about to give birth. And right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence? British investigator David Cleveland doesn&’t think so. He&’s convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count rises. And if he isn&’t careful, the next body might just be his own . . .Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &“Dick Francis is a wonder.&” —The Plain Dealer &“Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&” —Chicago Tribune &“Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&” —Boston Herald &“[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&” —The Wall Street Journal &“Francis is a genius.&” —Los Angeles Times &“Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&” —Chicago Sun-Times &“A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&” —The San Diego Union-Tribune
Slay Ride
by Frank KaneJohnny Liddell was looking forward to his 2:30 a. m. date with Eve Wylie. Eve had thick red hair that fell down over her shoulders like a molten copper cascade, and Eve had a sullen soft-looking mouth that held more than a casual promise for Johnny Liddell. So when he got to her apartment, and found the date was off, it came as an unpleasant shock. Not that it was Eves fault. There was very little a girl, with her throat cut from ear to ear, could do about a broken date.
Slay Ride
by Frank KaneJohnny Liddell was looking forward to his 2:30 a.m. date with Eve Wylie. Eve had thick red hair that fell down over her shoulders like a molten copper cascade, and Eve had a sullen soft-looking mouth that held more than a casual promise for Johnny Liddell.So when he got to her apartment, and found the date was off, it came as an unpleasant shock.Not that it was Eve's fault. There was very little a girl, with her throat cut from ear to ear, could do about a broken date.
Slay Ride
by Frank KaneJohnny Liddell was looking forward to his 2:30 a.m. date with Eve Wylie. Eve had thick red hair that fell down over her shoulders like a molten copper cascade, and Eve had a sullen soft-looking mouth that held more than a casual promise for Johnny Liddell.So when he got to her apartment, and found the date was off, it came as an unpleasant shock.Not that it was Eve’s fault. There was very little a girl, with her throat cut from ear to ear, could do about a broken date.
Slay Ride for a Lady
by Harry WhittingtonHarry Nelson got Dan Henderson out of the pen for his own very special reasons. The price of Henderson’s freedom was simple-he merely had to track down and find Nelson’s voluptuous wife, Connice...Henderson finally found her in far-off Hawaii-but just as dead as they come...Then he discovered that he was the fall guy for her murder and that he had to return to Tampa and kill..But it was lovely Connice who had the last laugh, as always...
Slay in Character (A Cat Latimer Mystery #4)
by Lynn CahoonStaying in character can be murder when Cat Latimer and the members of her writers’ retreat head for a ghost town . . . Cat and the members of her writers’ retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an “Old West” tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a 19th-century saloon girl becomes history herself. Was she the intended target? Or did she take a hit meant for someone else? With a cast of suspects to choose from—including some notorious gunslingers and the sleazy town founders—Cat must unhorse the real culprit before a real-life ghost story is given a killer twist . . .
Slay it with Flowers (Flower Shop Mystery #2)
by Kate CollinsLaw school drop-out-turned-flower shop owner Abby Knight has been asked to be a bridesmaid by her cousin. But before the couple says "I do," a groomsman disappears-and another member of the wedding party is found dead.<P><P> Abby has to hurry down an aisle of suspects to unveil the truth-and make sure the bride still gets to the church on time.
Slay-Ride
by Dick Francis[from the back cover:]British investigator David Cleveland hadn't come to Oslo dressed for the Norwegian weather. But he didn't know what cold really was until someone tried to drown him in a fjord. It could have been an accident that the speedboat cut David's dinghy into ribbons. Just as it could have been a coincidence that champion jockey Robert Sherman had disappeared from Norway right before the National, a race he was certain to win." Hired by the Norwegian Racing Association and out of compassion for Sherman's grieving, pregnant wife, David hires a good-natured, rubber-burning driver with a laid back giant of a dog and counts on help from his friend, Erne, a local race track security officer for help. Still investigating in a foreign country isn't easy, especially when at every turn David is at the wrong end of knives, and guns, and is even the target of a bomb.
Slayed on the Slopes (A Pacific Northwest Mystery #2)
by Kate Dyer-SeeleyAfter talking her way into a job writing for Portland's Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg Reed may now really be in over her head. Actually, about 8,000 feet over her head. . .She's at Mount Hood's remote Silcox Hut, covering the the seriously hardcore Ridge Rangers-- Oregon's elite high-altitude rescue team--during their four-day winter training. Sure, Meg beefed up her outdoor skills over the summer . . . but she's still hoping to cover the event with some hot chocolate by the cheery fireplace. Then, during a sudden blizzard, she swears she hears gunshots. No one stranded in the hut believes her . . . until self-absorbed Ridge Ranger Ben Rogers is found outside in a pool of frozen blood. Meg's now got to find this killer quickly . . . before cabin fever does them all in!
Slayer of Gods (The Lord Meren Mysteries #6)
by Lynda S. RobinsonThe search for Queen Nefertiti&’s killer brings terror and treachery to the pharaoh&’s investigator in this &“marvelous series&” (Historical Novel Society). Lord Meren, protector of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, is convinced the boy king&’s stepmother, Queen Nefertiti, didn&’t die of the plague as others believe, but was instead poisoned. As Meren journeys around Egypt to gather clues, visiting the lush countryside and tombs of the dead, his investigation will lead him to a treacherous—and lethal—conspiracy . . . &“With a seamless blend of fact and fiction, the author makes ancient places and historical figures seem extraordinarily real. A compelling story does the rest to keep the reader hooked.&” —Publishers Weekly &“A lushly detailed [and] fascinating series.&” —The New York Times Book Review