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The Jagged Circle (Jockey Girl #2)
by Shelley PetersonA spine-tingling adventure with as many twists and turns as a steeplechase course. “The Jagged Circle is full of suspense and a perfect book for horse lovers.” — Amber Marshall, equestrian and star of CBC's Heartland It’s spring break and Evangeline Gibb is bored, stuck at her Gran Mary’s farm mucking stalls while her friends are away on vacation. She decides to spend the time training her horse, Kazzam, to ride cross-country to compete in the March Madness Steeplechase. But everything changes when Evie takes Kazzam for a gallop through the woods and makes a grisly discovery. In a hoof-pounding race against time, Evie and her heroic horse team up to solve a mystery that involves, murder and deception, her troubled stepsister, a circle of runaway teen girls, and long-hidden truths about her family.
Jaggy Splinters
by Chris BrookmyreEveryone's favourite unorthodox journalist, Jack Parlabane, goes undercover to investigate the mysterious and lucrative world of alternative medicine: in particular the practice of homeopathy. Are there unexplained forces that can be harnessed to heal us, or is it all a load of sugar? Meanwhile a sinister tale of restorative justice and the occult takes an even darker turn; two body-snatchers find more than they bargained for when raiding a morgue; and a contract killer finds that fatherhood has sent him on the straight and narrow . . . sort of. Fast paced and wickedly entertaining, Jaggy Splinters is a dark, twisted and hilarious collection of short stories from bestselling author Chris Brookmyre.
Jaggy Splinters
by Chris BrookmyreEveryone's favourite unorthodox journalist, Jack Parlabane, goes undercover to investigate the mysterious and lucrative world of alternative medicine: in particular the practice of homeopathy. Are there unexplained forces that can be harnessed to heal us, or is it all a load of sugar? Meanwhile a sinister tale of restorative justice and the occult takes an even darker turn; two body-snatchers find more than they bargained for when raiding a morgue; and a contract killer finds that fatherhood has sent him on the straight and narrow . . . sort of. Fast paced and wickedly entertaining, Jaggy Splinters is a dark, twisted and hilarious collection of short stories from bestselling author Chris Brookmyre.
The Jaguar
by T. Jefferson ParkerFor fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the fifth audacious and white-hot novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Room of White Fire, that redefines the landscape of the thriller and shatters every expectation you ever had about the good guys and the bad... When Benjamin Armenta, leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel, kidnaps songwriter Erin McKenna, his demands are as unique as the jungle fortress in which Erin is imprisoned. She’s ordered to compose a narcocorrido, a folk ballad that will romanticize Armenta as one of the greatest desperadoes in Mexican history. Allowed to wander the hallways of the castle with only a guitar and a mysterious old priest to keep her company, Erin must produce the loveliest song these men have ever heard. Or she’ll be skinned alive. As Erin’s music wafts through the jungle, it serves as a siren call to the two men who love her: lawman Charlie Hood and Erin’s outlaw husband, Bradley Jones. They have the power to rescue her, but their long-simmering rivalry could very well compromise Erin’s deliverance and cause the ending of a life-and-death ballad to be rewritten in blood.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Jaguar
by T. Jefferson ParkerThe audacious white-hot new novel from T. Jefferson Parker that redefines the landscape of the thriller and shatters every expectation you ever had about the good guys and the bad... When Benjamin Armenta, leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel, kidnaps songwriter Erin McKenna, his demands are as unique as the jungle fortress in which Erin is imprisoned. She's ordered to compose a narcocorrido, a folk ballad that will romanticize Armenta as one of the greatest desperadoes in Mexican history. Allowed to wander the hallways of the castle with only a guitar and a mysterious old priest to keep her company, Erin must produce the loveliest song these men have ever heard. Or she'll be skinned alive. As Erin's music wafts through the jungle, it serves as a siren call to the two men who love her: lawman Charlie Hood and Erin's outlaw husband, Bradley Jones. They have the power to rescue her, but their long-simmering rivalry could very well compromise Erin's deliverance and cause the ending of a life-and-death ballad to be rewritten in blood.
Jail Bait (Daisy Lane Ser. #5)
by June HampsonUnashamedly gritty, rough-edged and sexy, this cracking, unputdownable read sees Daisy Lane take on a nasty Casanova...Daisy Lane has finally found some measure of happiness - her nightclub is bringing in money, helped by her connections to notorious gangster Roy Kemp, and her children seem to be thriving. But Daisy's fortunes take a spectacular fall when Roy decides to move his criminal empire to London. Roy's frequent presence in Daisy's club gave the place an air of glamour - and danger. Without him, the punters have disappeared and so too has the cash, leaving Daisy back where she started - struggling to make ends meet and keep her family together. Daisy takes comfort in the fact that her son, Eddie, is growing up to be as courageous and spirited as his late father was. But Eddie's younger brother, Jamie, could not be more different: deeply disturbed, sadistic and capable of the most brutal violence. But Daisy, fighting to save her business, is blind to what her son is becoming. It falls to Eddie to stand up to his brother and prevent his behaviour from spiralling fatally out of control. Meanwhile, there's a killer at work in Gosport who preys on lonely women, taking all they have and then leaving them for dead. Daisy takes it upon herself to have him apprehended - with devastating consequences.
Jail Bait
by June Hampson'A rattling good read' - Amazon reviewON THE STREET, SURVIVAL COMES AT A PRICE . . .Daisy Lane has finally found some measure of happiness - her nightclub is bringing in money, helped by her connections to notorious gangster Roy Kemp, and her children seem to be thriving. But Daisy's fortunes take a spectacular fall when Roy decides to move his criminal empire to London. Roy's frequent presence in Daisy's club gave the place an air of glamour - and danger. Without him, the punters have disappeared and so too has the cash, leaving Daisy back where she started - struggling to make ends meet and keep her family together.Daisy takes comfort in the fact that her son, Eddie, is growing up to be as courageous and spirited as his late father was. But Eddie's younger brother, Jamie, could not be more different: deeply disturbed, sadistic and capable of the most brutal violence. Daisy, fighting to save her business, is completely blind to what her son is becoming. It falls to Eddie to stand up to his brother and prevent his behaviour from spiralling fatally out of control . . .If you like crime thrillers by Jessie Keane, Kimberley Chambers, Mandasue Heller and Martina Cole, you'll love Jail Bait, the gripping fifth novel in the Daisy Lane thriller series.Why readers love June Hampson's thrillers:'A cracking story' - THE BOOKSELLER'She is giving Martina Cole a run for her money' Amazon review'The Daisy Lane books are all brilliant' - Amazon reviewer'An emotional rollercoaster full of grit, violence, sadness, warmth, emotion and love' - Goodreads reviewer
Jailbait Zombie (Felix Gomez, Book #4)
by Mario AcevedoThere's undead and then there's . . . living dead! Private Investigator Felix Gomez thought he had seen it all since becoming a vampire: horny aliens, maniacal nymphos. But now he's facing everyone's worst nightmare. As far as being undead goes, vampires are indisputably the more civilized-intelligent, rational (on occasion), good conversationalists. Zombies, on the other hand, are just violent, walking, rotting, flesh-eating meat with no redeeming qualities. And now there's a ravenous army of them heading this way. So it's vamps versus zombies, round one. And Felix's only hope of stopping the stinking, hungry horde is a pre-cocious and much-too-hot-for-her-britches teenager with clairvoyant powers. But she's not going to help unless Felix agrees to make her immortal.
Jailbird Kid
by Shirlee Smith-MathesonAngela Wroboski has recently moved with her mother from their small hometown into the city to rid them of a dark past. Now, Angela must deal with the fact that her home will be anything but "normal." Her dad, the infamous Nick "The Weasel" Wroboski, has served three jail terms for various crimes, including robbery, during her lifetime, and on June 5, Angela’s fifteenth birthday, he’s released from a two-year sentence in Fort Gavin Prison. Arriving home with an attitude and attire that’s sure to mess up her friendships and future, The Weasel tries in his own way to prove that this time he’s going straight. But the influence of the old gang, led by notorious Uncle Al who’s now operating an enigmatic "business" that’s more than a little shady, remains a constant threat to Nick’s future as a family man. When Angela learns that a crime is being planned that could blow apart her family, she must quickly decide how to intervene without breaking her father’s code to "never discuss family business outside the home."
Jailbird's Daughter: A Payane and Clark Hawaii Detective Novel
by Don PorterSydney, a six-year-old charmer, wants to hire detectives to find her mother. Her father, Henderson, is an inmate in O triple C. (Oahu Community Correctional Center). He's scheduled to testify against the Mafia in Las Vegas, has been framed, and his life is in danger in the prison. Syd's mother has been kidnapped by prison guards who mistakenly believe that Henderson has stolen three hundred thousand dollars. Dick and George rescue the mother, but Dick is shot in the shoulder. They need ten thousand dollars to hire the notorious lawyer who will certainly spring the father. They stage a phony kidnapping to raise the money, move Maggie their receptionist to Seattle to impersonate a branch office. They get the father out of jail, and move the entourage to Seattle. Now they must get Henderson to Las Vegas in time to testify, but because Wickersham, the world's number one detective agency, has been hired to find Henderson, they dare not use a credit card.When Henderson's driver's license number is broadcast in Bakersfield, California, George, and Maggie take off with the cars, hoping to lead the detective agency astray, leaving Dick and Henderson with very little time and very little money to get to Vegas any way they can. In the final dash, they drive a stolen cop car up the steps of the courthouse just minutes late.
Jailbreak (A Justa Williams Western #2)
by Giles TippetteAcclaimed western writer Giles Tippette takes the action south of the border, where blood is thicker than water no matter how many bullets are fired . . . Running the Half-Moon ranch is all the excitement Justa Williams needs in his life. But when his brother Norris looks into a squatter situation near the Mexican border and lands in a Monterrey jail for his troubles, Justa rides out to get his kin released. When the usual channels get rebuffed, Justa enlists the aid of a dozen kill-crazy banditos to get the matter resolved the old-fashioned way. Now there's just a hundred miles of Mexican desert to cross before they can reach the Texas border. Hopefully they've got enough bullets left to get them there . . . Praise for Giles Tippette and The Bank Robbers "Tippette can plot away with the best of them." --Dallas Morning News "Like True Grit . . . a small masterpiece . . . brilliantly written." --Newark News "Spine-jarring, bullet-biting intensity." --Houston Post "Tough, gutsy, and fascinating." --NY Newsday "Impressive authenticity." --Booklist "His fiction is taught and gripping." --Houston Spectator
The Jailhouse Lawyer
by James Patterson Nancy AllenFrom James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling author: a young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself. <P><P>In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There’s only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time. <P><P><b>A New York Times Best Seller</b>
J'aimerais que tu sois là
by Nuno MoraisFrederico Batalha est inspecteur de la police judiciaire de Lisbonne. Envoyé en Algarve, à l’extrême sud du Portugal, pour enquêter sur la découverte d’un cadavre sur un chantier de démolition, il replonge dans sa jeunesse, au temps de ses vacances passées à la Praia da Luz, et se souvient de ce qu’il préfèrerait peut-être oublier. C’est une histoire de réminiscences, d’amour, de culpabilité et de meurtre. Frederico est projeté dans son passé à la suite d’une enquête discrète, que lui et sa supérieure, la belle et charmeuse inspectrice en chef Manuela Rebelo, sont appelés à mener, sur des crimes impliquant des personnes influentes. Tandis que Frederico progresse dans la connaissance des faits concernant l’affaire, des souvenirs depuis longtemps enfouis refont surface, avec « Wish You Were Here » des Pink Floyd en fond sonore.
The Jake Adams Espionage Thrillers: Volume 2 (A Jake Adams International Espionage Thr)
by Trevor ScottA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
The Jake Adams Espionage Thrillers: The First Ten Novels (A Jake Adams International Espionage Thr)
by Trevor ScottThe complete Jake Adams Espionage Thrillers series. Includes all 10 books: Fatal Network, Extreme Faction, The Dolomite Solution, Vital Force, Rise of the Order, The Cold Edge, Without Options, The Stone of Archimedes, Lethal Force, and Rising Tiger.
The Jake Adams International Espionage Thrillers: Volume 1 (A Jake Adams International Espionage Thr #1)
by Trevor ScottVolume 1 of the Best Selling Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller series containing books 1-5, Fatal Network, Extreme Faction, The Dolomite Solution, Vital Force, and Rise of the Order.
The Jake Boulder Series: Watching the Bodies, Kindred Killers, and Past Echoes (The Jake Boulder Thrillers)
by Graham SmithThree novels in the series starring &“a hero who is as sharp with his wits, and his tongue, as he is with his fists.&” —Matt Hilton, bestselling author of the Joe Hunter novels Transplanted Scotsman Jake Boulder earns his keep where he can find it—including the occasional job for his friend, a bookish African American PI named Alfonse. This three-in-one volume of action-packed crime thrillers by the #1 bestselling author includes: Watching the Bodies When Utah bartender Jake Boulder is asked by his PI friend to help investigate a party girl&’s vicious murder, he soon finds himself tracking a serial killer who selects his next victim in a most unusual manner.The Kindred Killers A family of four—among them Alfonse&’s cousin—has met a horrific end. Jake Boulder&’s help is needed—and the case will lead him into a web of abduction and murder. The stakes get even higher when gruesome, incendiary footage is sent to the media, and Boulder intends to find those responsible even as the FBI warns him off.Past Echoes Tasked with finding a beneficiary and revealing a dead woman&’s secret, Jake Boulder travels to New York with his girlfriend Taylor. He also has to find his estranged father for a life-saving transfusion. But once there, he finds himself pitted against a professional assassin known only as The Mortician . . .
The Jake Grafton Collection: The Intruders, The Minotaur, Under Siege, and The Red Horseman (Jake Grafton)
by Stephen CoontsThe hero of the New York Times–bestselling Flight of the Intruder is back in action—“Stephen Coonts, like Jake Grafton, just keeps getting better” (Tom Clancy). Navy pilot Jake Grafton took the fight to the enemy in the Vietnam War, winning the Congressional Medal of Honor and becoming a legend in the military community. But now he must navigate life both in the cockpit and in the halls of power as he finds himself on the front lines of a new kind of war . . . The Intruders: In this sequel to Flight of the Intruder, Grafton is stationed in the South Pacific on the USS Columbia, where his new mission is to educate an unruly group of Marines in the art of flying from an aircraft carrier. They better be fast learners, because they’ll have to work together to survive against an enemy unlike any they’ve ever faced. “In the realm of today’s military fiction, Mr. Coonts’s The Intruders is as good as they come.” —The Dallas Morning News The Minotaur: Grafton is heading up a top-secret stealth bomber program at the Pentagon when a series of mysterious deaths occurs, leading him on a manhunt within the US government for a Soviet mole code-named the “Minotaur.” If he can’t find the traitor, Grafton could lose far more than just his career . . . “Wildly inventive.” —Ocala Star-Banner Under Siege: In this New York Times bestseller, when a vicious drug lord is captured and brought to Washington, DC, for trial, his fanatically loyal private army prepares to launch an attack on the United States—and its president. The only man who can stop the bloodshed and take down the assassins is Jake Grafton. “Will keep you glued to your seat on a roller-coaster ride of adventure.” —USA Today The Red Horseman: As the USSR falls, newly appointed intelligence chief Jake Grafton knows that even as one threat falls, several more are waiting to get their hands on the former Soviet nuclear arsenal. And as he tries to stop a possible Armageddon, someone who is supposed to be on Grafton’s side is working to make sure he fails. “Quick-firing excitement, plot, and action . . . Coonts at his best.” —The Dallas Morning News
Jake & Mimi: A Novel
by Frank BaldwinMimi Lessing's attraction to a seduction artist has thrown her marriage plans into chaos. She never imagined that the pleasures of sex could so overwhelm her imagination. Jake Teller's attraction to Mimi Lessing is causing him to rethink his greatest pleasures: the art of the chase, the gleam of submission, the thrill of giving women greater pleasure than they ever dreamed of. A man who secretly watches Mimi sees her with Jake and is filled with rage. Soon the women who Jake has slept with begin being murdered, focusing investigators straight at Jake. Then Mimi herself disappears. "Jake & Mimi" is a relentlessly plotted and powerfully written thriller and a breathtaking exploration of the pleasures and limits of sex.
Jalapeno Pizza Murder (Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria #30)
by Patti BenningFamily ties, and someone dies... Even though she has been busy bringing the pizzeria into the new year, Eleanora Ward is happy to let one of her husband's relatives stay with them for a couple of days. She enjoys getting to know another member of the family that she married into, and goes all out when her guest wants to throw a dinner party. The dinner party is a success, but the morning after, a shocking murder is revealed. Ellie and Russell reach the chilling conclusion that the killer has to be someone they know. The clock is ticking as the duo works to uncover the truth, before it's too late!
Jamaica Inn (Vmc Ser. #515)
by Daphne du MaurierA classic tale of murder, mystery and romance by one of the twentieth-century's best storytellers. Now a prime-time BBC drama.
Jamaica Inn (Virago Modern Classics #12)
by Daphne Du MaurierAN UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF MURDER, MYSTERY AND PASSION, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCAIn the bitter November wind, Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin Moor to Jamaica Inn. Her mother's dying wish was that she take refuge there, with her Aunt Patience. But when Mary arrives, the warning of the coachman echoes in her mind: Jamaica Inn has a desolate power, and behind it's crumbling walls Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her brooding, violent husband. When Mary discovers the inn's dark secrets, the truth is more terrifying than anything she could possibly imagine, and she is forced to collude in her uncle's murderous schemes. Against her will, she finds herself powerfully attracted to her uncle's brother, a man she dares not trust.
Jamaica Inn (Penguin Readers Ser. #2159)
by Daphne Du Maurier"A fine romantic tale...rich in suspense and surprise." --New York Times Book ReviewOn a bitter November evening, young Mary Yellan journeys across the rainswept moors to Jamaica Inn in honor of her mother's dying request. When she arrives, the warning of the coachman begins to echo in her memory, for her aunt Patience cowers before hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn. Terrified of the inn's brooding power, Mary gradually finds herself ensnared in the dark schemes being enacted behind its crumbling walls -- and tempted to love a man she dares not trust.
Jamais Plus De Deux Fois
by Emile T Claudio RuggeriUn message retrouvé dans une bouteille et la curiosité d'un antiquaire vont amener Vincent Germano à se lancer dans une enquête dont la conclusion dépassera tout ce que vous pouvez imaginer. Le commissaire va se retrouver entouré de personnes auxquelles il devra apporter des réponses, donner des ordres, demander des conseils, comme tous ceux qui sont à la recherche de la vérité.
Jamás Digas Mentiras (El Millonario Impostor #4)
by Lexy Timms¡La autora de Best Sellers del USA Today, Lexy Timms te trae una sexy y dulce novela romántica que te tendrá apoyando a la más débil todo el tiempo! “Lastímame con la verdad, jamás quieras complacerme con una mentira...” Recién casada en una boda improvisada en Bahamas, Allyson Smith está tratando de encontrar la manera de trabajar con su esposo multimillonario, Dane Prescott. ¡Espera!, ahora es Allyson Prescott, ya no es su asistente, y ahora es increíblemente rica. Eso también requerirá de un poco de ajuste. Harta de las maneras de su familia hambrienta de dinero y de la desconfiada familia de Dane, Allyson hace todo lo posible por andarse con cuidado. Sin embargo, no puede complacer a todo el mundo todo el tiempo y eventualmente tiene que ceder en algo. O alguien quedará atrapado con su mano en el tarro de las galletas. Cuando Allyson es acusada de malversación de fondos, Dane está dispuesto a tomar su caída y una pena de prisión por su esposa. ¿Podrá su matrimonio sobrevivir a este ataque, o las mentiras continuarán acumulándose y devorándolo todo?