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Triple Shot (A Maggy Thorsen Mystery #7)
by Sandra BalzoThe state of Wisconsin has never been known for its mild winters and this particular season is no exception. But that’s all good news for Maggy Thorsen and Uncommon Grounds, her newly renovated Brookhills coffeehouse. Now that Maggy and her real estate maven pal, Sarah Kingston, have finally completed the relocation of Uncommon Grounds to the town’s historical train station, they’ve concocted just the perfect drink special to warm up the residents of Brookhills – Triple Shot, a heady coffee drink with massive doses of sugar and caffeine – during this especially cold season.And all is going well for Maggy (okay, maybe she’s a little over-caffeinated, but what do you expect?) when Ward Chitown, a has-been TV personality, rolls into town in search of a long-hidden Mafia stash. And Chitown knows the stash is here because his father led the FBI bust some thirty years ago, in which three agents lost their lives…But now, it’s the real estate agents in Brookhills that should be looking over their shoulders. Two of Sarah’s fellow brokers were shot and left to die at the properties they were showing…and the whole town is feeling nervous, staying home with their windows drawn…When the stench of death starts to pervade Uncommon Grounds, Maggy and Sarah are forced to put all other business aside and find the killer before Sarah becomes the recipient of the murderer’s third shot…
Triple Slay (The PI Steve Conacher Mysteries #8)
by Lawrence LariarAfter television’s hottest singing star goes missing, detective Steve Conacher follows a trail of glitter, glamour, bodies, and blood to find her. When popular cartoonist Lawrence Lariar decided to moonlight as a mystery writer, creating comic book artist turned amateur sleuth Homer Bull was a natural. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Lariar continued to switch from sketching caricatures to sketchy characters, writing hardboiled crime fiction under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Michael Stark, Adam Knight, Michael Lawrence, and Marston La France, and creating a series of memorable gumshoes. Now his classic whodunits are available as ebooks. With knockout curves and killer chords, nobody sells a song like Mari Barstow. Destined for stardom and eager to make the grade, she’s poised for the big time. So it doesn’t make sense that she’d disappear a few short days before headlining a high-paying, career-changing television spectacular. Unless the publicity-hungry belter is just looking to tease the gossip trade. Steve Conacher sees a more sinister angle to Mari’s vanishing act. He can’t help it. Not with the spurned lovers in her party-girl past, the vindictive enemies she used to claw her way to the top, and her hot-shot TV director being stabbed to death. And it won’t be the last murder in Conacher’s skip trace gig. Now Conacher had better find Mari and fast, before she makes ink in the obits. Triple Slay is the 8th book in the PI Steve Conacher Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Triple Threat
by Jan CoffeyCountdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful financial cartel that is making plans to rip off the American dream, and murder is just part of the cost of doing business. Only FBI Special Agent Nate Murtaugh and Ellie Littlefield, daughter of a notorious art forger, stand between a national disaster and a glorious celebration. Originally published in 2003
Triple Threat
by Jan CoffeyJust weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful business cartel that is making final plans to rip off the American dream. Only two people stand between a national disaster and a glorious celebration -- and time is running out. A treasured Betsy Ross flag is missing, and FBI Special Agent Nate Murtaugh has just ten days to find it. His search takes him to the Philadelphia art world and Ellie Littlefield. Daughter of a notorious art forger, she is a savvy dealer of American antiquities. Ellie has connections in the art underworld and Murtaugh will go to any lengths to get her to help him. As the countdown to the Fourth of July ticks away, Ellie and Nate must navigate a world where truth and lies are hard to separate, where murder is just a way of doing business and where corporate power brokers refuse to let anyone -- even the U.S. President -- stand in the way of big business. Jan Coffey... skillfully balances smalltown scandal and sexual intrigue with lively plotting and vivid characterizations in this engrossing romantic thriller."
Triple Threat: Three Original Short Stories
by Jeffery DeaverA selection of three gripping short stories from the critically acclaimed master of suspense, Jeffery Deaver. Tales include 'Fast', a Kathryn Dance story which sees the special agent race against time to stop a terrorist group plotting to kill 200 innocent people; 'Game', where a housekeeper must search for her emoloyer's missing body and discovers more than she bargained for; and 'Paradice', a John Pellam story in which John finds himself stuck in a remote Colorado town, accused of murder.
Triple Threat
by Jeffery DeaverFrom Jeffery Deaver--the New York Times bestselling author of the upcoming Lincoln Rhyme novel THE KILL ROOM (on sale June 4, 2013)--come three powerful new short stories.In "Fast", Kathryn Dance races against the clock to track down the members of a domestic terrorist cell--with the lives of 200 people hanging in the balance. In "Game," a housekeeper looks for her murdered employer's missing body-and uncovers a shocking truth that hits too close to home. In "Paradice", a car brake failure leaves John Pellam stranded in a remote Colorado mountain town, where he suddenly finds himself accused of murder.With this trio of brilliantly written, utterly gripping stories, Deaver proves once again that he's the "grand master of the plot twist" (Booklist).
Triple Threat: Snake Skin, Blood Stained, and Kill Zone (Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers)
by CJ LyonsThe New York Times–bestselling author introduces a Glock-carrying soccer mom in the first three books in the Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller series. She may be a loving mom and wife, but Lucy Guardino is also a kick-ass federal agent who&’s not afraid to wield her skills in the series that&’s &“action packed, authentic, and intense&” (Lee Child). Snake Skin Lucy Guardino is living the perfect life in Pittsburgh as a Supervisory Special Agent running the FBI&’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement squad. Until the day she comes up against a vicious and cunning predator who forces Lucy to choose between the life of the young victim she is fighting to save and her own daughter&’s . . . Blood Stained Ever since she fatally disobeyed orders, Lucy has been chained to her desk. But then she learns that a case she closed four years ago may have pinned a string of rapes and killings on the wrong man. Embarking on an unofficial investigation, she races to uncover truth—against a desperate boy out for vigilante justice. Kill Zone In one of Suspense Magazine&’s Best Novels of the Year, the brutal killing of a teenage girl leads to a violent narcoterrorist turning the city into a kill zone. The girl&’s father helped the DEA bring down drug cartels—and it seems someone holds a grudge. But Lucy soon learns that secrets hide in shadows . . . Praise for CJ Lyons&’ thrillers &“Pulse-pounding suspense and hair-raising chills.&” —Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times–bestselling author &“A compelling new voice in thriller writing.&” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times–bestselling author
Triple Threat (A Samantha Starr Thriller #3)
by S. L. Menear"Sam, the intrepid ‘danger magnet’ heroine of the series, is drawn into a heart-pounding action adventure so intense the reader is left hyperventilating right to the end." ~Don Stratton, Author of the Hunter McCoy Mystery Series--Present Day--The only person capable of locating and destroying an ancient weapon of mass destruction, 26-year-old airline pilot Samantha Starr is on the adventure of a lifetime.World leaders and an evil billionaire hot on her trail, Sam is joined by her twin brothers in the U.S. Navy, and her Scottish boyfriend to save half the world’s population.But as the clock runs down, Sam realizes she must make the ultimate sacrifice in the face of a Triple Threat.Publisher's Note: As a retired airline pilot with U.S. Airways, S.L. Menear brings unparalleled realism and authenticity to this action-packed thriller with fantasy elements. Written without vulgarity and explicit sexual content, this thrill-a-minute adventure can be enjoyed by readers of all ages and persuasions.This story was previously published as Blaze and has been subsequently edited by the author."A beautiful heroine, international bad guys, undersea and high altitude adventure, non-stop action, romance and passion. I went through two bags of pretzels and forgot to take the dog out." ~Don Stratton, Verified Reviewer". . . descriptions are vivid and put you right in the middle of the action. As a former engineer I especially appreciate author’s in-depth technical knowledge of the planes and ships." ~Verified ReviewerThe Samantha Starr Thriller SeriesFlight to RedemptionFlight to DestinyTriple ThreatStrandedVanished
Triple Threat (BookShots)
by James PattersonFrom the world's #1 bestselling writer--3 pulse-pounding novels in one book!CROSS KILL: Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross sees him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth.ZOO 2 (with Max DiLallo): James Patterson's ZOO was just the beginning. The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Humans are their desperate prey. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilization--or end it.THE PRETENDER (with Andrew Bourelle): Logan Bishop is a handsome thief living off a stash of stolen diamonds. But when his murderous ex-partner tracks him down, Logan must find a way to turn the tables--or lose the only woman who can handle the truth. BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading
The Triple Threat Collection: Face of Betrayal, Hand of Fate, Heart of Ice, and Eyes of Justice (A Triple Threat Novel)
by Lis WiehlFace of Betrayal While home on Christmas holiday, a seventeen-year-old Senate page takes her dog out for a walk and never returns. Reporter Cassidy Shaw is the first to break the story. The media firestorm that ensues quickly ensnares Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce and FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedge . . . who happen to be Cassidy's best friends. It appears the young page was romantically involved with a senator, who is now under suspicion for her disappearance. As time begins to run out for the missing girl, Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole fight to locate her before it's too late, even while each fights her own battles--a stalker, single-motherhood, and an abusive relationship. Hand of Fate Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically and dramatically when poisonous gas fills his recording booth while his show, "The Hand of Fate" is on air. In the ensuing panic, police evacuate downtown Portland, leaving Nicole Hedges trapped in a high-rise building. Cassidy Shaw is the only journalist brave enough to report from the scene as chaos overtakes the streets. And Allison Pierce must rescue a child separated from her family even as she escapes the danger herself. In the days following Fate's murder, the Triple Threat Club teams up to piece together the not-so public life of Jim Fate in order to uncover the truth of who killed him--and why. Heart of Ice Elizabeth Avery could easily be the girl next door. But what she has planned will make your blood run cold. At first glance, the crimes appear random. Arson. Theft. Fraud. Murder. But these are moves in an increasingly deadly game. And the one element they have in common: a woman who is gorgeous, clever . . . and lethal. She's a master manipulator, convincing strangers to do the unthinkable. And she orchestrates it all without getting too close. Until now. When Elizabeth ruthlessly disposes of an inquisitive young reporter, her crime catches the attention of Allison Pierce, Nicole Hedges, and Cassidy Shaw. They know they're dealing with a cold-blooded murderer who could strike at any time. What they don't know is that they're already on a first-name basis with the killer. Eyes of Justice When one of the Triple Threat is murdered, all eyes turn to justice. Together they're a Triple Threat to be reckoned with. A force that has solved the toughest mysteries. Until a ruthless killer finds a way to isolate and murder one of these three. When the authorities keep the survivors at arm's length, the women's desire for justice goes into overdrive. They find an unexpected ally in a quirky private investigator named Ophelia. Yet just as the police appear to have the killer in custody and justice is within sight, the murderer strikes again. Not knowing whom to trust, the team must engage in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse where nothing can be taken at face value . . . and nothing will ever be the same.
Triple Trap
by William H. HallahanA spy-vs.-spy thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author. “Hallahan weaves a very effective web. . . . The novel rockets along” (Chicago Tribune). Intelligence operative Charlie Brewer has been a lone wolf since he took the fall for the CIA in a previous case. But now the official moles need him again, and though there’s no love lost, Brewer can’t resist a challenge as big as this. The target: a Soviet superspy posing as Eric Marten, a Swiss businessman with an opulent lifestyle who lives in a castle, collects art, and buys fabulous jewelry for his girlfriends. However, Eric Marten is the greatest international smugger in history. He can snatch virtually any piece of US technology for his Soviet bosses. Thanks to Marten’s diabolical genius, whole cases of computer parts disappear right from under the eyes of veteran CIA agents; blueprints for top-secret American weapons end up at the Kremlin. Marten has to be stopped. But the CIA doesn’t know his real name, much less who he is or how to catch him. It’s up to Brewer—and Marten knows it. “[Hallahan at his brisk best] . . . The action is lean and satisfying with a formidably tenacious hero, a charismatic post-glasnost villain, some clever spy puzzles and just the right dash of Le Carré-inspired cynicism.” —Kirkus Reviews
Triple Witch
by Sarah GravesJacobia Tiptree saved her sanity - and her son, Sam - the day she abandoned Wall Street for the seacoast village of Eastport, Maine. In her new home, a charmingly dialpidated fixer-upper, she looks forward to repairing old radiators and restoring antique shutter for years to come. But Jake's hopes of serenity are dashed when tiny Eastport erupts in a crime wave.Hometown bad boy Kenny Mumford - old flame of Jake's best fiend and fellow sleuth, Ellie White - is the first victim. When his corpse washes up on the beach at Prince's Cove, all evidence points to a drowning... except the bullet hole in his forehead.When bodies begin littering the Maine scenery, Jake and Ellie learn that the ante on Kenny's small-town antics has been upped. Add a pair of unwelcome arrivals - Jake's ex-husband, and an unscrupulous New York ex-money mogul - and you've got a blueprint for more deadly danger than one house can hold.
Triple Zeck: 3 Nero Wolfe Mysteries
by Rex StoutNero Wolfe confronts the ultimate villain in the following stories. 'And Be a Villain', 'The Second Confession', and 'In the Best Families'.
Triplecross
by Don PendletonSTONY MAN Whenever duty calls, America's most elite black ops and cyber tech group is ready to deploy. Stony Man Farm acts under orders from the President to save innocent lives by taking down one terrorist at a time-even if it means losing their own lives in the process. WAR FOR SALE Tensions erupt between Pakistan and India after Pakistani soldiers are found massacred in an Indian village, along with the body of an American-a businessman who had no reason to be there. Phoenix Force must stop ongoing battles in the area-skirmishes led by two rogue generals. When Able Team investigates the mining company that employed the dead American, the men are attacked by a group of mercenaries. With relations between Pakistan and India hanging in the balance, the Stony Man teams are faced with daunting missions...and the knowledge that failure could trigger a nuclear war.
Tripletree
by Derek WilsonOn a sultry summer night in the Cotswolds, Nathaniel and Katherine Gye are guests at a Civil War fancy-dress party. The theme of the occasion is apt because Tripletree, the Jacobean manor house where the event is being held, is steeped in history and enjoys a colourful past. But at the end of a glittering evening tragedy strikes when the body of a woman is dragged from the lake.As he tries to unravel the truth about the woman's death, Nathaniel Gye, paranormal investigator, finds himself drawn back to the 17th century and the time when the hill above Tripletree manor was the place where the gallows once stood...
Tripletree
by Mr Derek WilsonOn a sultry summer night in the Cotswolds, Nathaniel and Katherine Gye are guests at a Civil War fancy-dress party. The theme of the occasion is apt because Tripletree, the Jacobean manor house where the event is being held, is steeped in history and enjoys a colourful past. But at the end of a glittering evening tragedy strikes when the body of a woman is dragged from the lake.As he tries to unravel the truth about the woman's death, Nathaniel Gye, paranormal investigator, finds himself drawn back to the 17th century and the time when the hill above Tripletree manor was the place where the gallows once stood...
Tripping Arcadia: A Gothic Novel
by Kit MayquistFrom debut author Kit Mayquist, a propulsive and atmospheric modern Gothic with all the splendor of The Great Gatsby . . . and all the secrets, lies, and darkness that opulence can hide. <p><p> Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly simultaneously. So when she is offered a position, against all odds, working for one of Boston’s most elite families, the illustrious and secretive Verdeaus, she knows she must accept it—no matter how bizarre the interview or how vague the job description. By day, she is assistant to the family doctor and his charge, Jonathan, the sickly, poetic, drunken heir to the family empire, who is as difficult as his illness is mysterious. By night, Lena discovers the more sinister side of the family, as she works overtime at their lavish parties, helping to hide their self-destructive tendencies . . . and trying not to fall for Jonathan’s alluring sister, Audrey. But when she stumbles upon the knowledge that the Verdeau patriarch is the one responsible for the ruin of her own family, Lena vows to get revenge—a poison-filled quest that leads her further into this hedonistic world than she ever bargained for, forcing her to decide how much—and who—she's willing to sacrifice for payback. <p> The perfect next read for fans of Mexican Gothic, Tripping Arcadia is a page-turning and shocking tale with an unforgettable protagonist that explores family legacy and inheritance, the sacrifices we must make to get by in today&’s world, and the intoxicating, dangerous power of wealth.
Triptych: A Mystery
by Margit LiescheBudapest, 1956. In this darkest year in the modern history of Hungary, a national uprising against Soviet occupiers and their reign of terror is underway. Eleven-year-old Evike and her firebrand mother steal deep into battle zones in support of civilian freedom fighters armed only with primitive weapons and desperate courage against the heavy artillery of trained Russian troops. Taken in for interrogation by the secret police, little Evike spins a story to deflect attention from her mother's revolutionary activities. A story that will irrevocably alter a number of lives and reach its tentacles, thirty years later, into the life of Ildiko Palmay.Chicago, 1986. Ildiko, 37, a librarian and ESL teacher, the American-born daughter of Hungarian refugees, is caught in a web of guilt and regret over her mother's mystifying death. Unsettled by her life and her romantic failures, she finds herself suddenly and unexpectedly drawn back to her roots, first to the Hungarian neighborhood of her youth in Chicago—and eventually to the Russian-occupied city of Budapest. Along the way, she meets a magnetic man who may not be what he seems, uncovers a trail of secrets and betrayals that eventually intersect with the tangled knot of the mother-daughter participants in the Revolution—and she discovers the shocking truth about her mother's death.Triptych is the suspenseful unfolding of two parallel stories of mother and daughter relationships forged in the brutalities of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Triptych is about survival, displacement, the corrosive power of secrets, and, ultimately, the healing power of forgiveness.
Triptych: A Novel (Will Trent #1)
by Karin SlaughterIn the city of Atlanta, young women are dying--at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives,crossing the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread--and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael's lover before she became his enemy. But another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer's trail in the most coincidental of ways--someone who may be the key to breaking the case wide open....
Tripwire (Jack Reacher #3)
by Lee ChildA stranger looking for ex-military cop Jack Reacher is murdered. Now Reacher follows the man's cold trail back to where he came from--and into Reacher's own haunted past.
Tripwire
by Brian GarfieldIn the Wild West, a desperate gang of outlaws targets a gold shipmentDuring the Indian Wars, Boag and Wilstach rode with the Tenth Cavalry, the most feared outfit ever to gallop over the American plains. But now that things are relatively peaceful, the two soldiers wander the land, cloaking their once-spotless uniforms with dust. To be men again requires money, and they have no skills but riding, shooting, and waving sabers. Luckily, those are just the kind of men that Jed Pickett needs. A one-time outlaw king, Pickett is a man of the desert, with his eyes on the greatest prize to ever cross the wasteland: Nearly one and a half tons of gold bullion are waiting to be shipped by riverboat. Boag and Wilstach sign on, agreeing to &“a few days of work&” that will either make their fortune or cost them their lives. In the Western desert, gold is scarce, but blood flows like water.
The Tristan Betrayal
by Robert LudlumIn the fall of 1940, the Nazis are at the height of their power and Stephen Metcalfe is living the high life in occupied Paris. He is also an asset in the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces.
The Tristan Betrayal: A Novel
by Robert LudlumTwo wars, two secrets, one man...A brilliant global conspiracy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller.1940. American Stephen Metcalfe is a minor asset in the US secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, he must instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. He must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former lover...1991. The Communist empire is on the verge of oblivion, and a coup is being planned by a powerful new cabal. Stephen Metcalfe, now a retired ambassador, must return to Moscow and finally reveal a secret that has haunted him since the fall of Berlin...a secret that might just avert a global cataclysm.
The Tristan Betrayal: A Novel
by Robert LudlumIn the fall of 1940, the Nazis are at the height of their power - France is occupied, Britian is enduring the Blitz and is under the threat of invasion, America is neutral, and Russia is in an uneasy alliance with Germany. Stephen Metcalfe, the younger son of a prominent American family, is a well-known man about town in occupied Paris. He's also a minor asset in the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, it falls to Metcalfe to instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. Now he must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former love - a fiery ballerina whose own loyalties are in question - in a delicate dance that could destroy all he loves and honors.
Tristan Strong Destroys The World (Tristan Strong)
by Kwame MbaliaBestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in the New York Times best-selling and award-winning Tristan Strong trilogy by Kwame Mbalia. "Mbalia's universe continues to excite through sheer conceptual brilliance, nonstop action and adventure, and--let's be honest--the comical aggression of sidekick god Gum Baby."--Booklist Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there's no rest for the weary when his grandmother is abducted by a mysterious villain out for revenge. Tristan must return to Alke--and reunite with his loud-mouthed sidekick, Gum Baby--in order to rescue Nana and stop the culprit from creating further devastation. Anansi, now a "web developer" in Tristan's phone, is close at hand to offer advice, and several new folk heroes will aid Tristan in his quest, but he will only succeed if he can figure out a way to sew broken souls back together. *"Well-paced--just like the previous installment--this sequel focuses on themes such as the meaning of diaspora and the effects of trauma, making for a more nuanced and stronger story than the first. Packs a punch."--Kirkus (starred review) While perfect for middle schoolers, this book has enough depth to be enjoyed by older readers, too.