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The Deepest Dark
by Joan Hall HoveyFollowing the deaths of her husband, Corey, and ten year old daughter Ellie in a traffic accident, author Abby Miller sinks ever deeper into depression. She contemplates suicide as a way to be with them, and to end her unrelenting pain. In a last desperate effort to find peace, she drives to Loon Lake where they last vacationed together, wanting to believe they will be waiting for her there.
The Deepest Dark
by Joan Hall HoveyFollowing the deaths of her husband, Corey, and ten year old daughter Ellie in a traffic accident, author Abby Miller sinks ever deeper into depression. She contemplates suicide as a way to be with them, and to end her unrelenting pain. In a last desperate effort to find peace, she drives to Loon Lake where they last vacationed together, wanting to believe they will be waiting for her there. At least in spirit. Barring that, the pills Doctor Gregory gave her to help her sleep, are in her purse. . The cabin at Loon Lake was her and Corey’s secret hideaway, and not even Abby’s sister, Karen, to whom she is close, knows where it is. But someone else does. He is one of three men who have escaped from Pennington prison. They are dangerous predators who will stop at nothing to get what they want - and to keep from going back to prison. Having already committed the worst of crimes, they have nothing to lose. Unknowingly, Abby is on a collision course with evil itself. And the decision of whether to live or die will soon be wrenched from her hands.
Listen to the Shadows
by Joan Hall HoveyWhen artist Katie Summers emerged from a four-day coma, she remembered all too vividly the horror of that night - the terrifying dead eyes that had stared back at her in the rear view mirror, causing her to crash her car. But nobody believed her. Even the enigmatic and disturbingly attractive psychiatrist, Dr. Jonathan Shea, implied that she had made the whole thing up. Or dreamed it. Released from the hospital, still weak from her ordeal, Katie took a taxi to her remote farmhouse on Black Lake. Darkness had already fallen. There was only the wind in the trees to greet her...and the cold and empty house. But the house was not quite empty. Something awaited her, upstairs in her bedroom. Something with cold, dead eyes
Night Corridor: Second Edition
by Joan Hall HoveyAfter nine years in Bayshore mental institution, once called the lunatic asylum, Caroline Hill is finally being released. There will be no one to meet her. Her parents who brought her here…are dead. They have found her a room in a rooming house, a job washing dishes in a restaurant. She will do fine, they said. But no one told that women in St. Simeon are already dying at the hands of a vicious predator. One, an actress who lived previously in her building. And others. And now, as Caroline struggles to survive on the outside, she realizes someone is stalking her. But who will believe her? She's a crazy woman after all. Then, one cold winter's night on her way home from her job, a man follows and is about to assault her when a stranger intercedes. A stranger who hides his face and whispers her name.
Night Corridor
by Joan Hall HoveyAfter nine years in Bayshore mental institution, once called the lunatic asylum, Caroline Hill is finally being released. There will be no one to meet her. Her parents who brought her here…are dead. They have found her a room in a rooming house, a job washing dishes in a restaurant. She will do fine, they said. But no one told that women in St. Simeon are already dying at the hands of a vicious predator. One, an actress who lived previously in her building. And others. And now, as Caroline struggles to survive on the outside, she realizes someone is stalking her. But who will believe her? She's a crazy woman after all. Then, one cold winter's night on her way home from her job, a man follows and is about to assault her when a stranger intercedes. A stranger who hides his face and whispers her name.
Nowhere to Hide
by Joan Hall HoveyRaised in an atmosphere of violence and unpredictability, Ellen and Gail Morgan have banded together, survivors of a booze-fertilized battleground, forming a fierce united front against an often cold and uncaring world. When their parents are killed in a car crash, Ellen becomes the mother figure for Gail. When fifteen years later Gail is brutally raped and murdered in her shabby New York basement apartment, practically on the eve of her big breakthrough as a singer, Ellen is inconsolable. Rage at her younger sister's murder has nearly consumed her. So when her work as a psychologist wins her an appearance on the evening news, Ellen seizes the moment. Staring straight into the camera, she challenges the killer to come out of hiding: "Why don't you come after me? I'll be waiting for you." Phone calls flood the station, but all leads go nowhere. The police investigation seems doomed to failure. Then it happens: a note, written in red ink, slipped under the windshield wipers of her car, 'YOU'RE IT.' Ellen has stirred the monster in his lair … and the hunter has become the hunted!
Tragic Spawn
by Joan Hall HoveyTherapist Melanie Snow is driving to her office when her Honda is struck by a dark-colored van and sent spinning into a ditch, where it catches fire. The driver never stops. A passerby pulls Melanie from the car just seconds before it explodes. Waking from the coma nine days later, she is devastated to find she is blind. As Melanie struggles to cope with her new reality, life as a blind woman, her fragile state of mind is further threatened by a madman who is stalking and strangling disabled women. The first two victims were mentally challenged and Detective Matt O’Leary, who carries a torch for Melanie, (even though Melanie is engaged to someone else) tells himself she is not the killer’s targeted prey. But then a woman who lost a leg to cancer is murdered, and another physically disabled woman is stalked. Even with a whole town in terror, Melanie refuses to live her life in fear and reopens her practice in the basement of her home. She has a living to earn. And Detective Matt O’Leary must find a way to keep Melanie safe until the monster is caught. But how? Her door is now open to the public and the killer can just walk through anytime he chooses. And he does.
RoseBlood: A Phantom of the Opera–Inspired Retelling
by A. G. HowardFrom the bestselling author of the Splintered series, a talented young opera singer enrolls in a French performing arts school shrouded in mystery.Rune has a mysterious affliction that’s linked to her musical talent. Her mother believes creative direction will help, so she sends Rune to a French arts conservatory rumored to have inspired The Phantom of the Opera. When Rune begins to develop a friendship with the elusive Thorn, she realizes that with him, she feels cured. But as their love grows, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: save Rune or protect the phantom haunting RoseBlood, the only father he’s ever known.Fans of Daughter of Smoke & Bone and the Splintered series will adore this retelling of one of the most famous stories of all time.Praise for RoseBlood“The Phantom of the Opera is reborn in this supernatural tale of music, passions, and love. . . . A rich, atmospheric story that readers will be hard-pressed to put down.” —Kirkus Reviews“Rune is a multifaceted, artistic character whose actions and reactions feel believably young adult as she confronts questions about family secrets and heredity. This is an accomplished undertaking. . . . VERDICT A good purchase for paranormal romance collections, and the connections to a classic work of literature add appeal.” —School Library Journal
El Enemigo invisible II: Primero eran comandos operativos. Ahora es personal.
by Anthony R HowardPrimero eran comandos operativos. Ahora es personal. Los acontecimientos recientes han catapultado al ejército estadounidense en un estado de emergencia y los enemigos de los estadounidenses están planeando un asalto sorpresivo. Un reportero revela un secreto que pone a Estados Unidos de rodillas, infundiendo miedo en el corazón del Pentágono. En respuesta, la CIA ha reunido un poderoso equipo de agentes que "no existen" en un intento de acabar con un enemigo que no puede ser atrapado por ningún método tradicional. El destino del mundo libre está en sus manos.
El Enemigo Invisible: Zorro Negro.
by Anthony R. HowardEl enemigo invisible: Zorro Negro Hay un secreto que pondrá de rodillas a los Estados Unidos. En el Enemigo Invisible: Zorro Negro, la reportera Dorian Valentine descubre la horrible verdad sobre el Tratado de Reducción de la Ofensiva Estratégica (un acuerdo de paz fundamental entre la ex Unión Soviética y los Estados Unidos): un lado está haciendo trampa, y peor aún, el lado engañoso sostiene la carta del triunfo definitiva. Brutalmente entrenados desde el nacimiento para vivir, hablar y pensar como los estadounidenses, las potencias extranjeras han construido la red más peligrosa de operativos secretos jamás conocida, creada para la trinidad suprema: inteligencia, espionaje y guerra. Esta organización dinámica fue plantada en suelo estadounidense hace mucho tiempo por la antigua KGB para recuperar información a cualquier costo, causar una catástrofe política o matar en cualquier momento. Ahora están fuera de control, infundiendo miedo en el corazón del Pentágono. La Agencia Central de Inteligencia reúne un poderoso equipo de asesinos que "no existen" en un intento de acabar con un enemigo que no puede ser atrapado por ningún método tradicional. El Enemigo Invisible agarra al lector del brazo y lo arroja a las profundidades furiosas de una guerra intensa, un espionaje asombroso y un engaño impredecible, donde hay una agenda encubierta espantosa de la que ni siquiera los propios operativos son conscientes.
Distress Signals
by Catherine Ryan HowardAn Amazon Rising Star Best Debut Novel 2016 (UK edition) and Shortlisted for the IBA Crime Novel of the Year Award 2016A debut thriller that channels Gone Girl, from a new writer to watch …The day Adam Dunne’s girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads, “I’m sorry—S” sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her.Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate—and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before.To get answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground …“An exhilarating debut thriller from a hugely talented author. Distress Signals is fast-paced, twisty, and an absolute joy to read.”—Mark Edwards, bestselling author of The Magpies“Pacey, suspenseful, and intriguing…[A] top-class, page-turning read. Catherine Ryan Howard is an astonishing new voice in thriller writing.”—Liz Nugent, author of Unraveling Oliver
Night Speed
by Chris HowardAn addictive new drug fuels superhuman strength and speed in this action-packed sci-fi thriller that will have fans of Scott Westerfeld and Marie Lu on the edge of their seats.Only those young enough can survive tetra, a dangerous drug that creates a pulse-pounding rush of enormous strength and incredible speed. Seventeen-year-old Alana West has been trained to use tetra so she can pursue the young criminals who abuse its power--criminals like the one who nearly killed her kid brother.On tetra, Alana is unstoppable--an explosive blur as she surges through New York City. But with the clock ticking down to her eighteenth birthday, Alana will soon be too old for the rush . . . when just one more dose will prove deadly.Supported only by her steady handler, Tucker, Alana goes undercover, infiltrating an elite gang of breaknecks to stop their supply of the drug. But when Alana gets trapped on the wrong side of the law, she learns the breaknecks are not quite what they seem--especially Ethan, the boy who seems to see the truth inside her. With her dependency on tetra increasing, Alana must decide where her loyalties lie, before the rush ends. Forever.
The Arm
by Clark HowardAn ambitious gambler may lose it all in this novel by an Edgar Award–winning &“superlative storyteller&” (Publishers Weekly).He was known as Cully the Arm—the best crapshooter in Chicago. Life was a game of both skill and luck, and he&’d made his way to the big city seeking his chance to be a winner.Before long he was moving between bars, backrooms, brothels—anywhere a man could gamble. Then he met a seductive woman named Lorry, who was playing a game of her own, and she wasn&’t about to let any rules get in her way . . . The inspiration for the film The Big Town, The Arm is a hard-edged crime novel that captures the gritty atmosphere of mid-twentieth-century Chicago as one man&’s pursuit of a dream leads him into a nightmare.
Challenge the Widow-Maker: And Other Stories of People in Peril
by Clark HowardA collection of short fiction, including an Edgar Award–nominated story, about hard-luck characters and the human instinct to survive. A survivor of Little Bighorn faces down the resulting trauma in the decades following the bloody battle. An old man who has lost his late wife&’s cat joins forces with an unlikely partner to rescue abused animals. An ex–racecar driver contends with criminals in the midst of the famous Dakar Rally. Challenge the Widow-Maker is a collection of short stories about ordinary people facing extraordinary problems—and fighting back even when life has beaten them down. The title story took second place at Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine&’s annual Readers Awards (another story by author Clark Howard won the top spot that year), and was nominated for an Edgar Award. Featuring characters who experience &“one more chance at the brass ring: the gift of surviving another day,&” this absorbing collection comes from an author whose work has appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories and other anthologies, and earned numerous honors from crime fiction critics and fans (Kirkus Reviews).
City Blood: A Novel of Revenge
by Clark Howard&“[An] unusual cop story set in Chicago . . . This graphic depiction of urban and emotional decay carries a powerful, lasting punch.&” —Publishers Weekly When a topless dancer is beaten to death, police detective Joe Kiley strongly suspects her boyfriend, a mob kingpin&’s brother, is the killer. He isn&’t—but in the course of trying to track him down, Kiley&’s partner winds up dead during an unauthorized stakeout. Now Kiley wants vengeance—if not for the dancer, then for his longtime fellow cop. Despite warnings from the department, he&’s about to be drawn deep into the world of gangs and organized crime, and into entanglements with two women that will only heighten his despair, in this novel from an Edgar Award–winning author featuring &“moments that glitter with insight and gritty, urban realism&” (Publishers Weekly).
Crowded Lives: And Other Stories of Desperation and Danger (Five Star Mystery Ser.)
by Clark HowardGritty, suspenseful short fiction about criminals and other characters on the edge from an Edgar Award–winning author. &“Not all Howard&’s heroes are ex-cons, but they might as well be. They&’ve all been around the block, made more than their share of mistakes, and taken their lumps, usually without complaint. A hit man who refuses a commission goes into hiding, afraid that everybody who looks twice at him may be carrying a bullet with his name on it. A Vietnam veteran plots revenge on the commanding officer who sent his troops into a cloud of Agent Orange; a ward of hospitalized WWII soldiers schemes to find the whereabouts of the lost love of one of their mates before he dies. A has-been boxer trains for a big bout without realizing he&’s been set up; a New Orleans clarinet player skips around town one step ahead of a creditor&’s enforcers long enough to audition for the Jazz Hall of Fame. . . . In every case, there&’s no mystery about who&’s guilty . . . but only about whether Howard&’s protagonists will succeed in their fatal plots, get rescued from their own worst nature, or, in the trickiest of these nine stories, succeed but fail anyway.&” —Kirkus Reviews
The Doomsday Squad
by Clark HowardA gritty, action-packed novel about a World War II suicide mission that goes sideways from a &“superlative storyteller&” (Publishers Weekly).In the midst of World War II, a Japanese submarine base must be destroyed. But someone needs to draw enemy fire while the goal is accomplished and the task would be a suicide mission. Only a certain kind of soldier can handle a job this risky. Now, six men have been chosen to serve as decoys, and a seventh has agreed to lead them. But none of them truly understands just what they are getting into—and will soon be desperate to get out of—in this harrowing tale by an author who has won or been nominated for more than half a dozen major awards. &“The reader will find himself completely engrossed.&” —Best Sellers
Hard City
by Clark HowardThe searing novel of a brutal boyhood in 1940s Chicago—and a young man walking the knife&’s edge between a life of crime and a brighter future.The son of a single mother addicted to heroin, Richie grows up in poverty and hardship. His adolescence is a constant battle between hope—in the form of a kind boxing coach, a job in a bowling alley where he can sneak a nap, and a determination to track down his disreputable father—and brutality. Desperately lonely, Richie must contend with the criminal justice system, abusive foster homes, and a period of exile with his grandmother in Tennessee.In this gritty, semiautobiographical novel by an Edgar Award–winning author, the fate of this young man hangs in the balance as he finds himself tested by want, war, and the ever-present temptation to give up on the possibility of something better.&“Strongly satisfying [and] frequently compelling.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“Sustains a sense of tension, moving smoothly between flashbacks of the events of Richie&’s early years and the traumatic experiences of his adolescence, then on to his return to Chicago.&” —The New York Times
The Hunters
by Clark HowardA hunting trip turns into a manhunt in this chilling predator-versus-prey thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author. Four guys from the suburbs are about to set out on a hunting trip. Wes is an architectural draftsman with a secret. Leo has a high-level advertising job, but is miserable with ulcers. Milt sells pharmaceuticals but is disdained by his wife—who happens to be the object of passionate desire for Lamar, who works in insurance. But one of these men is also a killer—and not only of deer. When an LAPD detective is taken out with a sniper rifle, what started out as a friendly outing suddenly turns very dark . . . &“A superlative storyteller.&” —Publishers Weekly
The Killings
by Clark HowardTwo LAPD detectives are at odds over a horrifying case in this &“taut shocker&” of a novel by an Edgar Award–winning author (The Boston Globe). A pair of twins have been brutally murdered, and Los Angeles detectives George Cascade and Ed Fenner find themselves working a case with puzzling sexual overtones. When a young, intellectually disabled African American becomes the object of suspicion, tensions flare between the two officers—and it will push them to the edge before the truth can be sorted out. &“The kind of book you read at the point of a switchblade—seemingly faster than you can turn the pages.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Last Contract
by Clark HowardA hit man tries to make a clean break from his murderous career in this chilling novel from an award-winning author. He has no police record, not even a traffic ticket. But he&’s killed twenty-seven people during his career as a professional assassin. And sometimes it&’s not just the target who takes a bullet—if the bodyguard or mistress is unfortunate enough to be around. When the time comes, it happens fast: assemble the weapon, load, ditch the evidence. Now he wants out—but the people he works for may not allow that—in this suspenseful thriller from a crime writer whose works have earned numerous honors, including an Edgar Award and two Shamus Award nominations, and been adapted for film and television.
The Last Great Death Stunt
by Clark HowardOne team of daredevils is planning the ultimate death stunt finale in this novel by a &“superlative storyteller&” (Publishers Weekly). A team of professional stunt performers are likely to lose their livelihoods as a new law goes into effect, severely limiting their ability to take the risks that have made them who they are. In the meantime, they have a plan to mark a spectacular end to their careers—and possibly their lives—in this action-packed thriller by an Edgar Award–winning author.
Mark the Sparrow
by Clark HowardA suspenseful novel about the last-minute battle to save a man on death row and the uproar surrounding his case as his time runs out . . . Weldon Whitmen was arrested for committing a series of robberies and bizarre sex crimes while out on parole. Now he&’s condemned to die. Claiming innocence, he makes headlines with his appeal—and two people decide to come to his aid. One is a journalist who thinks the sentence is unjust. The other is a law librarian who has feelings for Whitmen. Amid public outcry and political warfare, they will fight the execution while the nation watches, unsure whether justice will ultimately be done . . . This edgy, twisting tale comes from an Edgar Award–winning author whose works have been adapted for film and for television programs such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
A Movement Toward Eden
by Clark HowardA wealthy man has been abducted—but it&’s not his money the kidnappers are after—in this inventive thriller by an Edgar Award–winning author.Devlin&’s beat is usually organized crime, but now he&’s been called to the home of Jennifer Keyes, a redheaded actress whose husband has gone missing. It&’s not Devlin&’s sort of case, but he finds Jennifer compelling so he agrees to help—and of course, handle the matter with discretion.J. Walter Keyes&’s lawyer insists his client is a virtual saint, so a drunken bender or affair is ruled out, and the hospitals have nothing to report. All signs point to kidnapping.But as Devlin puzzles out the disappearance, looking deeper into Keyes&’s background, he discovers this is no ordinary abduction. The man has been taken by a mysterious group known as the Eden Movement. And they have plans— not just for Keyes, but for the entire world . . . &“[A] superlative storyteller.&” —Publishers Weekly
Quick Silver
by Clark HowardAn &“intense, deeply haunting&” saga about love, money, and murder, set amid Nevada&’s mining and gambling booms (Publishers Weekly). In the aftermath of World War I, three veterans—Mike, Jim, and Buck—meet a seductive woman named Ruby. Quick Silver follows all four over a span of decades, from Virginia City to Las Vegas, as their lives intertwine and intersect. It is a tale of marriage and infidelity, an orphaned boy and a forbidden passion, fortunes made in silver mining and the early days of casinos overrun by organized crime. This absorbing tale of the American Southwest blends fictional characters with real-life figures, such as Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, in a dramatic epic. &“Turbulent emotions and confrontations fill this spellbinding tale that pits highly principled characters against wanton, amoral ones. To maintain the suspense, Howard deftly shifts from past to present. He is a superlative storyteller.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Skillful and well-researched . . . An entertaining and nicely turned plot.&” —Kirkus Reviews