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The Inheritance
by Tom SavageAn adopted girl receives an inheritance that makes her one of the richest women in america.
Sins Of The Brother
by Mike StewartMike Stewart's first novel introduces Tom McInnes, an Alabama attorney who investigates his brother's murder, only to uncover secrets that can kill.
The Seventh Sin
by Eben Paul PerisonNot every sin can be forgiven... Divorcee Meagan Heller thought she was taking the first step toward a new life. Instead, she's stepping into a nightmare... A man has been found brutally murdered in one of San Francisco's most elegant hotels. His face and fingers have been carved away. There is no motive for the crime-only an intimate connection to Meagan that plunges her into a strange night world of suspicion, secrets, and the twisted passions that kill.
McNally's Luck (Archy McNally #2)
by Lawrence SandersLawrence Sanders’s perennially popular detective takes on a deceptively simple case of pet abduction, where bad luck can be deadly <P> Archy McNally enjoys sipping late-night port with his girlfriend of the moment and tooling across southern Florida in his red Miata sports car. In his off hours, he works as a part-time investigator for his father’s venerable law firm. His latest assignment? Solve a simple catnapping. But, as McNally knows, things are rarely as simple as they seem.<P> Soon, the case of the missing Peaches, a foul-tempered, overweight Persian, morphs into the murder of a prominent Palm Beach woman. Uncovering a chilling connection between the two cases sends McNally into a psychological game of cat and mouse. As he lays a trap that could be catnip for the killer, he is faced with the reality that felines may have nine lives but he has only one.
Lady Slings the Booze
by Spider RobinsonJoe Quigley is a detective, although his employer continues to compare him to "that guy in the Pink Panther movies." Nonetheless, he sends Quigley over to the notorious interplanetary bordello run by Lady Sally, wife of time-traveling bartender Mike Callahan. But like Callahan's Place, the staff and clientele of Lady Sally's might be called on to save the world--with Quigley's help.
Cold, Cold Heart
by James ElliottHe's a Russian defector given a new life in America by the U.S. government. Now he's exploded into violence--driven by a mad lust to kill young women. An embarrassed CIA knows it must stop him--and that only one man can do the job. But former agent Mike Culley is in prison, sold out by his bosses, stripped of his family and everything he holds dear. Now they'll free him: to hunt down a killer before he kills again. The CIA has betrayed Culley once. It won't happen again. He will find his man. And with the help of a beautiful reporter, he'll bring him down. But suddenly the rules change. Culley's target has answered back: snatching the one person who means more to Mike Culley than life itself.
Prophet
by Mike ResnickSince Penelope Bailey was a little girl, all humanity has been frightened by her awesome psychic talent. Able to perceive the future, it's feared she can bend events--and men--to her will. Most men call her a monster. She calls herself... PROPHET Twice has the hired assassin called Iceman sought Penelope Bailey. Twice he's found her. This third time, the stakes are higher. The Prophet's hidden herself in plain sight on a planet so obscure most don't know its name. And the most frightening thing of all is that this time she wants to be found...
The Brotherhood Of The Rose
by David MorrellFrom the master of high action comes a classic espionage thriller that changed the way spy novels were written, the first to combine the British tradition of authentic espionage tradecraft with the American tradition of non-stop action. He visited them in the orphanage. He brought them candy and taught them to love him as a father. He trained them to be assassins. Now he is trying desperately to have them killed. Spanning the globe and decades of CIA history, THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE is a thriller of fierce loyalty and violent betrayal, of murders planned and coolly executed, of revenge bitterly, urgently desired.
The Dungeon Master: the Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III
by William C. DearA true story of the disappearance of a college student genius who became immersed in the game of Dungeons & Dragons that led to tragedy.
Executive Sanction
by David ComptonBetrayed by the political game, a brilliant, idealistic campaign manager now finds himself chosen by the CIA for an extremely sensitive and volatile national security operation. Caught in a world of clandestine affairs and high-tech espionage, he becomes the key suspect in an explosive murder case that could cost him everything, including his life!
Impaired Judgment
by David ComptonBook Description The new First Family plans to restore honor to the White House, and First Lady Paula Candler, to show she's just another working mom, decides to retain her position as a Virginia federal judge. The president, a devoted husband and father, supports his wife completely, and they share everything--at least until she is assigned to hear the case against reputed mobster Tony Remalli, who is accused of murdering another female judge. Representing Remalli is legendary Mob attorney Don Ross, whose law-skirting investigator hits pay dirt in his effort to dig up dirt on the supposedly pristine Paula Candler. When Ross uses the evidence to blackmail the judge, Candler is faced with the moral dilemma of letting bullies rule her courtroom or risking the safety of her family and the future of her husband's presidency. Compton fashions an exciting legal thriller that uses its high-concept premise to good advantage.
No Mercy
by Susan E. ChaseTaking her six-year-old son Jimmy with her, Gwen Ameil left her drunk of a husband in Long Island to hide in Sohegan, New York. Once an antique storeowner, Gwen is happy to wait on tables at the Mecca Diner. First Nick Lawrence and then his wife Priscilla offer her a job as a nanny to their infant child Tess. Though the pay is quite good and the hours better, the health insurance is what sells Gwen on taking the job. However, Gwen is not prepared for the battleground that the Lawrence home feels like as Priscilla and Nick seem always at odds. When someone murders Priscilla and abducts Tess, the local law enforcement officials lean towards the new au pair as the killer. Although Nick seems to support Gwen's cries of innocence, she wonders who can she really trust, including him.
The Macao Massacre (Killmaster #198)
by Nick CarterOur most sophisticated computer secrets are turning up in enemy hands... top scientists are disappearing from Japan's foremost computer firm... who is behind it? And why are the scientists Nick talks to afraid to tell him anything? The trail leads the Killmaster from the lush coast of Marin County to the seamy underworld of Hong Kong Harbor -- as in a deadly game of extortion, blackmail, and murder, he takes on his most treacherous mission yet!
Murder Unrenovated (Maggie Ryan #4)
by P. M. CarlsonRealtor Len Trager is anxious to sell the brownstone in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, but prospective buyers don’t want to deal with Julia Northrup, who rents the basement apartment. Maggie Ryan and her husband Nick O'Connor love the property. They see though Julia’s act, and they’re not scared off by the corpse on the top floor.
Nightwatch
by Richard P. HenrickWhat would happen if somebody wanted the reigns of power in America badly enough to kill anyone who stood in the way. En route to a top-secret meeting in the Crimea, the president's convoy is attacked and he is killed. At the same moment, a black helicopter blasts the Missouri town where the vice president is fishing. Only the actions of secret service special agent Vince Kellogg keep him alive--at least for the moment. Meanwhile, up in the stratosphere, a specially modified 747 called Nightwatch becomes the new seat of power for the beleaguered American government. Navy commander Brittany Edwards is one of five officers on board with the authority to launch a nuclear attack--but who, exactly, is the government fighting?