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Meet Spyder, a street-wise antihero of inner city society. Experience his strange wisdom, and his twisted sense of humor in this urban noir tale. Thirty-year-old Spyder doesn',t waste time thinking how much lower he can sink. When he finds his girlfriend dead as the result of drugs he supplied, Spyder contemplates his life and decides it',s time to do what he',s avoided most of his days-join mainstream society. All he needs to do is kick the drug habit, find a job, a place to live, and earn some money. Easy. He',s done it hundreds of times, but never all at once. As always, Fate steps in and knees him in the groin. All the dregs he',s ever known want their say. George won',t stop his pestering, Sal needs a huge favor, Coon is hunting for a certain arachnid, and Spyder',s dealer doesn',t want to lose one of his best customers. As things spiral out of control, Spyder tangles himself in a web so tight that even he might never be able to escape._,

There&rsquo,s a cop killer on the streets of Chicago and the murders are piling up. It&rsquo,s the same killer who shot Police Captain Liam Donnelly and, worst of all, Agent Donnelly isn&rsquo,t allowed to investigate and help catch the killer, which leads to more murders and a bigger conspiracy. Instead, Agent Donnelly and Agent Main are called upon to investigate the disappearance of a U.S. Congressman. On the surface, their latest assignment seems like a routine missing person&rsquo,s case, but they start to find that there may be a connection with their case and the cop killer that no one can bring to justice. The deeper they dig, the more secrets, they find, and the bigger the conspiracy grows. , That&rsquo,s when they will find that one of those secrets surrounds Agent Donnelly&rsquo,s family. Join Agent Donnelly and Agent Main on their next case as they try to find a missing congressman and stop a cop killer while uncovering dark secrets that could affect their careers and their very lives._,

Convinced that her cousin&rsquo,s death was not an accident Kate Berrisford travels to Rio de Janeiro, determined to uncover the truth. In a world of squalor, masked by the glamour of the carnival capital, she discovers a world where guns and knives rule. Gangs roam, abandoned children are killed and the perpetrators are acquitted. Drugs, ritualistic murder and depravity are the norm. Kate is abducted by sewer rats (abandoned children) who live in the storm drains. She finds herself in an environment where human life is of little value. Her chances are slim

The Speaker weaves a mystery throughout the mayhem of America&rsquo,s political arena, going straight to the heart of what it truly means to be an American. The country is in legislative, economical, and moral turmoil. The next presidential election looms near, and political parties are at each other&rsquo,s throats. The nation&rsquo,s future stands on uneasy ground. But amidst all the chaos revolving around November&rsquo,s preparations, one voice will stand out from the crowd&mdash,a voice speaking not only of freedom for the nation, but freedom for the soul. Nobody knows who he is or where he came from, but soon every American will know his name. This novel includes Christian values and is an exciting story that sweeps from sea to shining sea. ,_,

When mystery novelist Hazel Martin receives a secretive letter from an old friend who suspects her relatives have murderous intentions, she packs her bags and heads to the country.Tampered medications, symptoms of poisoning and suspicious accidents all add up to attempted murder and it&rsquo,s up to Hazel and her siamese cat Dickens to sniff out the clues. But with a house full of relatives who all have a motive, will Hazel be able to unmask the culprit before things turn deadly?USA Today Bestselling Author Leighann Dobbs brings back the spirit of the Golden Age of mysteries in this classic whodunit set in the 1920s_,

Someone is framing Sierra. Can Spencer discover the true criminal before he loses her? Sierra Robbins, single mother and interior design assistant, wants nothing more than to provide a stable home for her teenage son and become a successful designer. She s on her way to both goals when she agrees to house sit a home in Sunriver, Oregon. It couldn t be more perfect-she ll be close to her job at Belafonte Design while living rent-free. But things don t go as expected when a police officer responds to the alarm they set off at the house. Was the alarm a sign of trouble to come? Spencer Preston lives for his job as a police officer, but when he responds to a house alarm and finds Sierra and her son there everything changes. After someone nearly dies in a mysterious incident, Sierra is targeted as the most-likely suspect. Spencer finds himself torn between upholding the law and protecting the woman he believes must be innocent._,

Come Easy&mdash,Go Easy , Chet Carson works for the Lawrence Safe Corporation. One night temptation gets the better of him, and he and his partner decide to rob one of their clients. Some mont

Featuring Stories by, Michael Bracken, Kenneth Gwin, Michael Chandos, Warren Bull, Peter H. Denton, JoAnne Lucas, Karen Gough, J.J. Lamb, Craig Faustus Buck, Patricia Dusenbury, Herschel Cozine, Diane A. Hadoc, Wenda Morrone, Jan Christensen, Ross Baxter, Rosemary McCracken, Steve Shrott, Bobbi A. Chukran, Timothy O&rsquo,Leary, Margaret Lucke, Albert Tucher, KM Rockwood_,

Sunshine Noir In these stories, seventeen writers from around the globe tell of dark doings in sunny places. Join them in the Dominican Republic, the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, chic Mykonos, Seville at midnight, and on the morning beachfront of Ghana where a man has revenge on his mind. Follow an NGO worker kidnapped in Yemen, an engineer repairing a dam in turmoil-torn Ethiopia, a foolish young Englishman hitchhiking across the Sahara. , You will visit historic Istanbul and Mombasa and learn the secrets of family conflicts in Singapore, in Puerto Rico, in New Orleans. The authors of these tales will convince you that evil under the sun makes for the most compelling, most entertaining crime fiction anywhere on earth. The authors and their settings are

... Until Lexy stumbles across a double murder and one of the victims is a Bridezilla that Lexy had a major fight with just hours before. This time Jack can',t help her because he',s been taken off the case and the gum chewing ditzy rookie that',s replaced him has put Lexy at the top of the suspect list. Lexy calls on her amateur detective grandmother to help her find the real killer while she',s juggling wedding plans, trying to run her bakery and entertaining her parents who are in town for the wedding. Will Lexy end up with handcuffs slapped on her wrist instead of a wedding ring slid on her finger? ,_,

BOOK #2 IN SERIES In the rarefied world of wine collecting, murder isn',t exactly a barrel of laughs... An invitation to dinner at the home of renowned wine collector Sir William Burton-Trent soon finds Chef Maurice in the middle of an all-too-real murder mystery party, when Sir William is found dead in his own wine cellar. The guests are acting all innocent, but which one is only playing the part? The pushy Californian film director? The seductive French winemaker? Or could it be, against all narrative decency, the butler who did it? With the help of food critic friend Arthur Wordington-Smythe, a large kipper sandwich, and the newly formed Cochon Rouge Wine Appreciation Society, Chef Maurice must get to the bottom of matters before events turn decidedly sour..._,

From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Patricia Loofbourrow ...",... a great mystery with lots of suspense ...", Reviews By AngObsession. Blackmail. Betrayal. What if your best friend was hel

Murder can be bad for business&hellip,When Lexy Baker lands a high paying catering job that allows her to buy some much needed kitchen equipment, she',s excited that things are going so well &hellip, until she stumbles over the body of the bride-to-be.Suddenly Lexy finds herself in a race against time to find the killer. Aided by four iPad toting amateur detective grandma',s, her best friend and her little dog Sprinkles, Lexy finds the suspect list growing at every turn.To make matters worse, the investigation is headed up by her hunky neighbor Detective Jack Perillo who she had been hot and heavy with - until he mysteriously stopped calling her several weeks earlier.Add a handsome, rich bachelor who is also a suspect and seems to have designs on Lexy to the mix, and Lexy soon finds that things are not what they seem.Will Lexy be able to catch the killer in time, or will she end up Dying for Danish?--Includes two recipes - one for homemade Danish from scratch and one for an easier version!This is book 2 in the Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery Series, but you don',t have to read them in order if you don',t want to!_,

&ldquo,He had his tea as usual, when I knocked at the door with the tray (he always had afternoon tea), I found him&mdash,like this.&rdquo, Dr Roger Lavington is dreading his debut performance with the village amateur dramatic society. But real-world drama takes over when Lavington&rsquo,s neighbour, a reclusive artist, is found murdered in his own sitting room. Also found on the scene are a lady&rsquo,s glove, a diamond ring, and a mysterious young woman who begs Lavington for his protection. Her safety will depend on her ability to take a role in the forthcoming village play&mdash,but is Lavington sheltering a wronged woman or a clever murderess? The Bungalow Mystery (1923) was the first of Annie Haynes&rsquo,s golden age crime novels, and announced a major talent. This new edition, the first in over eighty years, features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. &ldquo,The ingredients in this story are skilfully mixed.&rdquo, Times &ldquo,Contrived and worked out with considerable craftsmanship&mdash,drawn with sympathy and power.&rdquo, ,Sunday Times &ldquo,Contains many cunning devices.&rdquo, Outlook &ldquo,The mystery is a real mystery.&rdquo, Guardian &ldquo,Plenty of mystery and drama.&rdquo, Queen &ldquo,This author has a sure hand at a crime story&hellip,strongly recommended to every type of novel reader.&rdquo, Liverpool Courier_,

The hour of dusk was the climax in the strange case of the man found dead in the chalk pit. Who was the murdered man? And why did so many clues lead to that infamous London nightclub, the &lsquo,Cut and Come Again&rsquo,? E.R. Punshon leads the redoubtable Sergeant Bobby Owen and his readers on a dizzy chase through a maze of suspicions to a surprise ending &ndash, though the clues are there for anyone astute enough to interpret them. The Dusky Hour is the ninth of E.R. Punshon&rsquo,s acclaimed Bobby Owen mysteries, first published in 1937 and part of a series which eventually spanned thirty-five novels. &ldquo,What is distinction? The few who achieve it step &ndash, plot or no plot &ndash, unquestioned into the first rank&hellip, in the works of Mr. E.R. Punshon we salute it every time.&rdquo, Dorothy L. Sayers_,

Israeli Military Intelligence agents Eytan Eckstein and Benni Baum are summoned once more to undertake a mission that could be their last.  ,A defecting Czech spy claims to know the identity of a mole within Israel&rsquo,s top secret nuclear program, but he has fled to Africa and will only turn over the information if a string of his demands are met.  ,Thus begins &ldquo,Operation Sorcerer,&rdquo, a quest to extricate the Czech spy, rescue a throng of desperate refugees, and survive the onslaught of Africa warlords determined to destroy the Israeli heroes. Steven Hartov ,was born in the United States and educated at Boston University.  ,After serving in the U.S. Military Sealift Command, he emigrated to Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces parachute corps and Military Intelligence special operations.  ,He is the author of the espionage trilogy, &ldquo,The Heat of Ramadan,&rdquo, &ldquo,The Nylon Hand of God,&rdquo, and &ldquo,The Devil&rsquo,s Shepherd,&rdquo, and co-author of the New York Times best seller &ldquo,In the Company of Heroes&rdquo, and &ldquo,The Night Stalkers.&rdquo,  ,For six years, Hartov helmed &ldquo,Special Operations Report&rdquo, as Editor-in-Chief.  ,He currently serves as a Task Force commander in the New York Guard and is writing a new novel. Readers held in suspense throughout this galloping plot will end with their nails in their mouths, awaiting the next installment. ,-Kirkus Reviews A superb thriller with brains and heart. . . . an electrifying and brilliantly paced book. ,-Detroit Free Press Bursting at the seams with action and intrigue, Hartov&rsquo,s thriller also boasts great characters&hellip, &ldquo,The Devil&rsquo,s Shepherd&rdquo, mixes lessons in world politics with martial arts know-how and intelligence savvy so adroitly that readers will be enjoying themselves too much to realize they may have learned some

Even in a small town, street rules apply. That means you handcuff everybody. Even the dead and dying. When two cops spend hour after hour together on the street, policing the bleak hours between midnight and dawn of a Montana winter, they live by street rules. They also get to know things about ,each other. Sometimes, they know more about their partner than about themselves. Or think they do. Often, they become lifelong friends, until something happens. And something always happens in those bleak hours. How do you treat a friend who kills a man to save your life? Rescues you, the world proclaims, from a situation that you had under control? And if you are that friend, how do you deal with somehow who is ungrateful for the favor? How do you deal with the judgment that you made a foolish mistake, and someone else had to pick up the tab so that you could go home to your family? So that he could go home to a stark room and his memories of a war the whole country wants to forget? How do you keep going on the street&mdash,and at home&mdash,after the daytime hours turn bleak, too?_,

With a long string of unbelievable stories to explain her frequent injuries, Social Services sees Katt is the stereotypical abused child. When she is admitted to hospital with yet another broken bone, they do the only logical thing to protect her, removing Katt from her mother&rsquo,s custody. But Katt and her mother know that something is wrong, and it has nothing to do with abuse, and the longer Katt stays in foster care, the worse her health gets. Can they get the answers they need before it is too late? Can they get the answers and get Katt back home?_,

A Sinister Crime Lies Deep Beneath The Water&hellip, A Katerina Carter Fraud Legal Thriller On fraud investigator Katerina Carter&rsquo,s trip to a remote island aboard a luxurious yacht, she suspects the boat&rsquo,s slick and charming owner is hiding a dark secret. With her cunning instinct for sniffing out malevolent cons, Kat tries to warn her friends that something is very wrong with their host and that his moneymaking scheme smells fishy. And why is she only one who thinks he&rsquo,s not being completely honest? While exploring the island, Kat and her friends research the rumors of a sinister cult, the Aquarian Foundation, and search for buried treasure. The cult swindled people out of their money and now the same situation is starting to eerily echo their present circumstances. That is if Kat can prove to the others that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. . . When Kat&rsquo,s warnings fall on deaf ears, she uncovers a horrifying truth that will place those closest to her in mortal danger. Now it&rsquo,s a race against the clock for Kat to expose a killer before he strikes again. Blowout, the third book in the Katerina Carter Fraud Thriller series, appeals to crime thriller fans of James Patterson, John Grisham, and Michael Connelly. , Sign up for Colleen',s new release email at www.colleencross.com and be the first to hear of new releases and exclusive subscriber only special offers. Also by Colleen Cross

&ldquo,I went down to the pool, and he was lying half in and half out of it with his head bleeding and the tide coming in. The water was up to his shoulders.&rdquo, The marriage between Nan Forsyth and Jervis Weare is a purely business arrangement &ndash, to Jervis. But for Nan there is true romance behind it &ndash, a romance which began for her in childhood days &ndash, and she is content to be considered for the time a scheming adventuress. But, as she soon discovers, both she and Jervis are now the targets of a golden-haired devil and her villainous partner who&rsquo,ll stop at nothing in this story of lively and profound thrills. Nothing Venture was originally published in 1932. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. &ldquo,When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself &ndash, and I always do.&rdquo, Mary Dell, Daily Mirror_,