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Long Way Down
by Michael SearsFrom the author of the acclaimed, award-winning debut novel Black Fridays, comes a story of murder, greed, and corruption--and the lengths to which one man will go for his family. He approached me in the street--bone-thin, gray-bearded, holding out a small envelope. "The man said you'd give me five bucks for it." Inside was a one-word message: RUN.Two years in a federal prison has changed Jason Stafford, is still changing him, but one thing it has taught him as a financial investigator is how to detect a lie. He doesn't think Philip Haley is lying. An engineer on the verge of a biofuel breakthrough, Haley has been indicted for insider trading on his own company, and Stafford believes him when he says he's been set up. Haley does indeed have enemies. He is not a nice man. Doesn't make him a criminal.It does make him dangerous to be around, though. The deeper Stafford investigates, the more secrets he starts to uncover, secrets people would kill for. And that's exactly what happens. Soon, it is Stafford himself who is under attack and, worse, his family--his fiancée, his young son--and he is a fugitive, desperately trying to stay one step ahead of both the killers and the law.From the Hardcover edition.
Long Way Down
by Michael SearsFrom the author of the acclaimed, award-winning debut novel Black Fridays, comes a story of murder, greed, and corruption--and the lengths to which one man will go for his family. He approached me in the street--bone-thin, gray-bearded, holding out a small envelope. "The man said you'd give me five bucks for it." Inside was a one-word message: RUN.Two years in a federal prison has changed Jason Stafford, is still changing him, but one thing it has taught him as a financial investigator is how to detect a lie. He doesn't think Philip Haley is lying. An engineer on the verge of a biofuel breakthrough, Haley has been indicted for insider trading on his own company, and Stafford believes him when he says he's been set up. Haley does indeed have enemies. He is not a nice man. Doesn't make him a criminal.It does make him dangerous to be around, though. The deeper Stafford investigates, the more secrets he starts to uncover, secrets people would kill for. And that's exactly what happens. Soon, it is Stafford himself who is under attack and, worse, his family--his fiancée, his young son--and he is a fugitive, desperately trying to stay one step ahead of both the killers and the law.From the Hardcover edition.
A Long Way Down (Ryan DeMarco Mystery #3)
by Randall SilvisJust when you think you've reached the bottom...Ryan DeMarco would rather not go home. Not now, maybe not ever. But when his estranged wife attempts suicide, he has no choice but to return to western Pennsylvania, and all the memories that wait for him there. Unfortunately, it's not only ghosts from the past waiting to greet DeMarco upon his return. An old high school classmate has risen through the ranks to become a county sheriff, and he is desperate for help investigating a series of murders that might tie into a cold case from his and DeMarco's school days. DeMarco and his new love, Jayme, agree to join the team working on the case. But it's not easy for DeMarco to be walking the streets of his troubled past, and the deeper he and Jayme dig into the disturbing murders the less likely it is that either one of them will escape the devastation. Ryan DeMarco Mystery Series: Two Days Gone (Book 1) Walking the Bones (Book 2)A Long Way Down (Book 3)
Long Way Down (The Lt. Hastings Mysteries #5)
by Collin WilcoxA John Doe murder spurs Hastings to confront the leader of a Satanic cultFor homicide lieutenant Frank Hastings, the day starts with an assassination attempt. During a rally in San Francisco's Civic Center, someone takes a potshot at the governor, sending the whole of downtown into chaos. Once he has taken control of the scene, Hastings chases down the gunman--a Mexican immigrant with a political bent--and captures him after a tense standoff. Miraculously, no one is killed. But Hastings's long day is just getting started.He's barely had time to catch his breath when the call comes in from Noe Valley, where an unidentified man has been found dead on a nude model's floor. All signs point to a simple case of death by jealousy until a second killing upends the investigation, setting Hastings on a collision course with the charismatic leader of a Satanic cult. For this homicide lieutenant, saving the governor will have been the easy part.
The Long Way Home
by Jessica CaleThe Long Way Home, Book 3 in The Southwark Saga by historical romance author, Jessica Cale is a magical, adult fairy tale that will keep you entertained from start to finish. Find out what happens when a paranoid king, a poison plot, and hideous shoes prove...it's not easy being Cinderella!After saving the life of the glamorous Marquise de Harfleur, painfully shy barmaid Alice Henshawe is employed as the lady's companion and whisked away to Versailles. There, she catches King Louis' eye and quickly becomes a court favorite as the muse for Charles Perrault's Cinderella. The palace appears to be heaven itself, but there is danger hidden beneath the façade and Alice soon finds herself thrust into a world of intrigue, murder, and Satanism at the heart of the French court.Having left his apprenticeship to serve King Charles as a spy, Jack Sharpe is given a mission that may just kill him. In the midst of the Franco-Dutch war, he is to investigate rumors of a poison plot by posing as a courtier, but he has a mission of his own. His childhood friend Alice Henshawe is missing and he will stop at nothing to see her safe. When he finds her in the company of the very people he is meant to be investigating, Jack begins to wonder if the sweet girl he grew up with has a dark side.When a careless lie finds them accidentally married, Alice and Jack must rely on one another to survive the intrigues of the court. As old affection gives way to new passion, suspicion lingers. Can they trust each other, or is the real danger closer than they suspect? Content Notes: Spicy, Historical, Suspense, Romantic Comedy, Action, Adventure, Uniformed Heroes, Adult Fairy Tales, Magic
Long Way Home (DI Zigic & DS Ferreira #1)
by Eva DolanA man is burnt alive in a shed. No witnesses, no fingerprints - only a positive ID of the victim as an immigrant with a long list of enemies. Detectives Zigic and Ferreira are called in from the Hate Crimes Unit to track the killer, and are met with silence in a Fenland community ruled by slum racketeers, people-trafficking gangs and fear. Tensions rise.The clock is ticking.But nobody wants to talk.
The Long Way Home (Homelanders #2)
by Andrew KlavanAs eighteen-year-old Charlie West continues to elude the law and the group of terrorists looking for him, he tries to remember what happened a year ago and find out who has framed him so he can clear his name.
The Long Way Home: (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10) (Chief Inspector Gamache #10)
by Louise Penny'Compelling . . . An original voice' PETER JAMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.Clara Morrow's husband is missing. When he fails to come home on the first anniversary of their separation, as promised, Clara asks the only person she trusts to try and find him: former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache. As Gamache journeys further into the case, he is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Peter Morrow, a man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist that he would sell his soul. As Gamache gets closer to the truth, he uncovers a deadly trail of jealousy and deceit. Can Gamache bring Peter, and himself, home safely? Or in searching for answers, has he placed himself, and those closest to him, in terrible danger?Ten million readers.Three pines.One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.'Penny twists and turns the plot, expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' DAILY EXPRESS
The Long Way Home: (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 10) (Chief Inspector Gamache)
by Louise Penny'Compelling . . . An original voice' PETER JAMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.Clara Morrow's husband is missing. When he fails to come home on the first anniversary of their separation, as promised, Clara asks the only person she trusts to try and find him: former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache. As Gamache journeys further into the case, he is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Peter Morrow, a man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist that he would sell his soul. As Gamache gets closer to the truth, he uncovers a deadly trail of jealousy and deceit. Can Gamache bring Peter, and himself, home safely? Or in searching for answers, has he placed himself, and those closest to him, in terrible danger?'Penny twists and turns the plot, expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' DAILY EXPRESS(P) 2014 Isis Publishing
The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #10)
by Louise PennyHappily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he’d only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small book, The Balm in Gilead, in his large hands. “There is a balm in Gilead,” his neighbor Clara Morrow reads from the dust jacket, “to make the wounded whole.”<P> While Gamache doesn’t talk about his wounds and his balm, Clara tells him about hers. Peter, her artist husband, has failed to come home. Failed to show up as promised on the first anniversary of their separation. She wants Gamache’s help to find him. Having finally found sanctuary, Gamache feels a near revulsion at the thought of leaving Three Pines. “There’s power enough in Heaven,” he finishes the quote as he contemplates the quiet village, “to cure a sin-sick soul.” And then he gets up. And joins her.<P> Together with his former second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and Myrna Landers, they journey deeper and deeper into Québec. And deeper and deeper into the soul of Peter Morrow. A man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist, he would sell that soul. And may have. The journey takes them further and further from Three Pines, to the very mouth of the great St. Lawrence river. To an area so desolate, so damned, the first mariners called it the land God gave to Cain. And there they discover the terrible damage done by a sin-sick soul.
The Long Weekend: A Novel
by Gilly Macmillan“Twisty, dark, and packs a punch. . . . Gripping and genuinely nail-biting.” — SARAH PEARSE, New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium In this pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny, a group of women travel to the most remote place in England for a weekend escape, only to discover a startling note that one of their husbands will be killed before they return home—perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley.Three couplesTwo bodiesOne secretDark Fell Barn is a “perfectly isolated” retreat, or so says its website when Jayne books a reservation for her friends. A quiet place, far removed from the rest of the world, is exactly what they need.The women arrive for a girls’ night ahead of their husbands. There’s ex-Army Jayne, hardened and serious, but also damaged. Ruth, the driven doctor and new mother who is battling demons of her own. Young Emily, just wed and insecure, the newest addition of this tight-knit band. Missing this year is Edie, who was the glue holding them together, until her husband died suddenly.But what they hoped would be a relaxing break soon turns to horror. Upon arrival at Dark Fell Barn, the women find a devastating note claiming one of their husbands will be murdered. There are no phones, no cell service to check on their men. Friendships fracture as the situation spins wildly out of control. Betrayal can come in many forms.This group has kept each other’s secrets for far too long."Fast-paced and incredibly compelling . . . this book will not let you put it down." — SHARI LAPENA, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
Longarm And The Killer Couple
by Tabor EvansCharlie Cade was a small-time mail thief. So maybe Deputy U. S. Marshal Custis Long's guard was down-until a lady passenger poked a gun in his ribs and her partner pulled over their stagecoach. The couple took Long's Colt . 45-and then they took away his prisoner. And Longarm wants them both back.
Longarm and the Bad Girls of Rio Blanco (Longarm #296)
by Tabor EvansDeputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long is after a pair of female cattle thieves. Does the fairer sex make better rustlers-and better killers? One bloodthirsty filly will show Longarm just how bad a bad girl can be-by luring him to his death.
Longarm and the Crying Corpse
by Tabor EvansDon't eat the red snow ... When the snow piles up higher than manure at a tall-tale contest, Longarm gets stranded in a tiny wyoming burg called Kittstown. Seems harmless enough, Longarm thinks. A little rye, a little low-stakes poker with the locals. It'll almost be like a vacation. Until a pretty young woman turns up dead, that is. Now Longarm must hunt down a cold-blooded killer--a killer with a cruel streak as wide as a crooked mayor's smile ... 219th novel in the "Longarm" series, 1997.
Longarm and the French Actress (Longarm #55)
by Tabor EvansLongarm was asked to guard Ms. Sarah on her tour through the towns of the Old west. But Longarm hadn't counted on a couple of killers gunning for the actress, and a whole passel of recent French gals just dying to get their hands all over him. . .
Longarm and the Great Milk Train Robbery (Longarm #304)
by Tabor EvansRobbers have been holding up the milk trains near Trinidad, Colorado. Why, Longarm can't say. But until he can defuse the situation, these milk-drinking outlaws are going to keep spoiling things for the fine folks in Trinidad.
Longarm and the Montana Madmen (Longarm #308)
by Tabor EvansDeputy U.S. Marshall Jed King was a legend to all who carried a badge. So when a band of Montana hoodlums murders King, Longarm makes it his personal duty to seek justice -- and revenge.
Longarm and the Outlaw's Shadow (Longarm #307)
by Tabor EvansEscorting a wanted man from El Paso to Denver is a peach of an assignment for Longarm, until -- right before his eyes -- an assassin empties a six-gun into his prisoner.
Longarm and the Poisoners (Longarm #293)
by Tabor EvansLongarm wants to brush off a county commissioner's claims that folks dying of natural causes have actually been murdered. He's got some pretty fillies to break instead. But it won't be long before he learns that the truth hurts-bad.
Longarm and the Sinful Sisters (Longarm #295)
by Tabor EvansDeputy Marshal Custis Long must bring a sultry widow and her two smolderingly dangerous daughters to justice without succumbing to their lethal charms.
Longarm and Town-Taming Tess (Longarm #297)
by Tabor EvansLongarm is the only hope for unrigging an election that will put the crooks back in office-and the townsfolk of Buffalo Ford back in Hell.
A Longer Fall: Gunnie Rose 2 (Gunnie Rose #2)
by Charlaine Harris#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the second of the Gunnie Rose series, in which Lizbeth is hired onto a new crew, transporting a crate into Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States. What the crate contains is something so powerful, that forces from across three territories want to possess it. In this second thrilling installment of the Gunnie Rose series, Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew for a seemingly easy protection job, transporting a crate into Dixie, just about the last part of the former United States of America she wants to visit. But what seemed like a straight-forward job turns into a massacre as the crate is stolen. Up against a wall in Dixie, where social norms have stepped back into the last century, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate as what&’s inside can spark a rebellion, if she can get it back in time. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and Midnight, Texas trilogy) is at her best here, building the world of this alternate history of the United States, where magic is an acknowledged but despised power.
The Longest Goodbye: The awardwinning author of WITHOUT A TRACE returns with her most heart-pounding crime thriller yet - DCI Kate Daniels 9 (Kate Daniels #3)
by Mari HannahLIES COST LIVESTHE BRAND NEW KATE DANIELS THRILLERThree years ago police officer Georgina Ioannau was murdered, her killers never brought to justice.Now the prime suspects have been shot dead within hours of their return to the UK.Has someone finally taken the law into their own hands?Seeking out the truth will force Kate Daniels to confront her own past mistakes, and put her career, and her team's lives, on the line.The gripping new Kate Daniels thriller about what happens when someone takes the law into their own hands from awardwinning crime writer Mari Hannah.
The Longest Goodbye: The awardwinning author of WITHOUT A TRACE returns with her most heart-pounding crime thriller yet - DCI Kate Daniels 9 (Kate Daniels #3)
by Mari HannahLIES COST LIVESTHE BRAND NEW KATE DANIELS THRILLERThree years ago police officer Georgina Ioannau was murdered, her killers never brought to justice.Now the prime suspects have been shot dead within hours of their return to the UK.Has someone finally taken the law into their own hands?Seeking out the truth will force Kate Daniels to confront her own past mistakes, and put her career, and her team's lives, on the line.The gripping new Kate Daniels thriller about what happens when someone takes the law into their own hands from awardwinning crime writer Mari Hannah.
The Longest Night of Charlie Noon
by Christopher EdgeThis heart-pounding mystery-adventure follows three kids who get lost in the woods at night and experience something they cannot quite explain.Secrets, spies, or maybe even a monster . . . what lies in the heart of the woods? Charlie Noon and Dizzy Heron are determined to find out. When their nemesis, Johnny Baines, plays a prank on them and night falls without warning, all three end up lost in the woods, trapped in a nightmare. Unforeseen dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows. Like it or not, Charlie and Dizzy must work with Johnny if they are to find a way out. But time can be tricky. . . . What if the night never ends?