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The year is 1968. The liberal reforms of Czechoslovakias new leader, Alexander Dubcek, have outraged the Kremlin and now, 250,000 Warsaw Pact forces are amassed on the borders. For American intelligence, the situation is worsened when their prime source, Josef Blaha, threatens to cut them off unless one demand is met

Skip tracer Henry Swann cares little about anything but money, so when a beautiful Upper East Side woman shows up in his office and hires him to find her missing husband, he smiles and takes the cash. But when this seemingly simple missing-person case turns into homicide, Swann finds himself trapped in a complex web of connections and multiple identities that takes him out of New York City and across two continents. Praise for SWANNS LAST SONG ... Swanns got the smarts and hard-boiled cynicism of Sam Spade, but hes also got a wicked sense of humor that keeps things cool even when the action gets hot. -Brian Kilmeade, author of New York Times bestseller The Games Do Count Salzbergs a hell of a writer. He delivers thrills, insight and plenty of laughs. Swann is a very cool take on the classic P.I. -Andrew Klavan, author of True Crime and Dont Say a Word A veritable travelogue of suspense, SWANNS LAST SONG grabs hold of the reader and doesnt let go. Salzbergs anti-hero is a soulful investigator and one of the most paradoxically endearing characters Ive come across. I hope this isnt Swanns last song. -Joy Behar (co-host of The View) Salzberg defies expectations left and right in this subtly subversive, genre-twisting page turner. SWANNS LAST SONG is where literature meets entertainment -Mark Goldblatt, author of Africa Speaks_,

Millionaire lawyer Carlton Phillips has lost track of his daughter Marcy. Her last known whereabouts were at her school, Syracuse University. While trying to track down Marcy and/or her geeky boyfriend Sean Loomis on a quick trip upstate, Swann follows the clues to a sorority house, a pizza joint, and the office of a literature professor who is clearly hiding something. Armed with more questions than leads Swann flies up to Boston where he narrowly avoids the arms of a seductive and secretive librarian. Finally back in New York City, Swann tries to sort out the details of the case. Is Marcy Phillips a victim? What is the nature of her relationship to the sexy and cagey Elizabeth Lawson? Is Carlton Phillips somehow involved in this story? How are all of these people connected to the rare book world, and who is really trying to get away with something?_,

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Returns! For fans of Lee Child, Jack Reacher, and John Grisham Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too. -Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers Relentless victims rights advocate Jess Kimball and Jack Reacher both deliver justice when the legal system fails. Reacher waits until trouble finds him and then he does whatever it takes. But Jess pursues legal justice and draws lines she will not cross. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules? Three years ago, beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivans world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Erics crash was no accident and lured the killer to her sons funeral to be caught. When the shooting ceased in the small country church, Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, shed unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin. Now, investigative journalist Jess Kimball is driven to find the horrifying truth. Is the Central Florida Child Killer guilty? Or is the real killer still out there? Helen and Jess together face the determined killer in a pitched battle of wit and nerve. Who will survive?_,

When a baby girl is born in a hospital in Moscow with a tiger tattoo on her back, no one knew what that meant even after her disappearance at the age of seven. Why did her parents keep it a secret? Jealous and greediness ignited a deadly game of threats and blackmail that culminated in the brutal murder of Nick',s father. When the most powerful man in the country sees them as a threat, with nowhere to hide, how will their destiny unfolds? What does it mean to honor and to protect? Can you escape your destiny? ,The birth of 7 identical girls with strange tattoos. Strange happenings witnessed by the parents at baptisms and throughout young age. Realization that the girls were special. Incidents and unexplained happenings everywhere. Parents struggle to find answers and meaning._,

One woman',s quest to rule the world. A Powerful Enemy. , A New Threat On The Horizon. , A Quest For Survival , When a new plan was needed to serve humanity from extinction there was only one woman t

One doctor',s vision to sacrifice one and save hundreds. One father',s quest to sacrifice hundreds in order to save one. One woman',s quest to find the truth but at what cost? Will she live to tell the tale? When vengeance knows no boundaries who will stop the killer? ,UNSTOPPABLE!_,

Being accused of murder when you didn',t. ,Author Graylin has to get in front of his life falling apart and put the pieces of the puzzle together. , A connection from him, a woman from his past and

Fifteen-year old Spencer loves professional wrestling. Its the reason why he, along with his older brother Billy, started their very own wrestling promotion in their Dallas apartment complex. The fact it puts Spencer closer to Tori, Billys girlfriend and the only girl either boy knows who can take a chair shot to the head, doesnt hurt. It isnt long before RBWL-The Royal Brooks Wrestling League-have a rival in Woodland Terrace, a nearby apartment complex with their own wrestling promotion run by Eddie Tornado, an unhinged teenager with a connection to Tori and a hard-on to see Spencer and Billy fail. When Spencer breaks into Eddies home and steals a gym bag he believes holds Woodland Terraces championship belt, the feud between teenagers and promotions escalates. Before long, Spencer will find the world of professional wrestling can be more real and dangerous than anything seen on television. Praise for Hardway Hardway hits like a chair to the back of the head, but underneath all the bone-cracking action theres also a surprisingly sweet story about a boy trying to make his way in the world. If youre a fan of noir or wrestling - or both - this is one show youll want to buy a ticket to. --Nick Kolakowski, author of A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps Witty, touching, and as melodramatic as any classic pro wrestling story, Hardway stands as an excellent debut from Hector Acosta. --Angel Luis Colon, author of No Happy Endings and The Fury of Blacky Jaguar Hector Acosta delivers a fitting tribute to the passion of pro wrestling. Parts coming-of-age, crime, and nostalgia - with a bit of an 80s vibe to boot - Hardway hits all the right notes. --Christopher Irvin, author of Burn Cards and Safe Inside the Violence A novella that hits you where it hurts, forces you to grapple with your desires and defeat, but ultimately l

Blood ties have an American police detective in Poland investigating a suicide that may have been murder. A Philadelphia police detective visiting Poland gets involved when murder is suspected, and the local police turn away. Adam Kaminski, with a delegation to Philadelphia',s sister city, is meant to be a polite observer only. But a good man doesn',t walk away when he sees wrong being done, and he',s not about to start now. Visiting his family',s homeland, Adam',s been warned by his superiors to be on his best behavior. In a country that has known centuries of wars and occupation, politics are complex and layered with old prejudices and loyalties impossible for foreigners to understand. But when Adam meets a Polish cousin in Warsaw who believes his daughter was murdered, Adam is troubled by the indifference of the police&hellip, and by the strange behavior of the delegation',s Polish liaison. Adam begins uncovering clues that point to the killer, clues that lead him inexorably into an investigation of the intricate web of Polish politics and the legacy of the Secret Police. But the past isn&rsquo,t always black and white, as Adam is forced to accept as he learns more about the killer and about his own family legacy. Will looking into the murder only beget more murder? ,_,

WW2 Germany. The German war machine has invaded Poland and is advancing west toward France. In Berlin Kurt Muller, an Abwehr signalman, discovers a colleague lying dead at his radio receiver. The criminal police dismiss the death as suicide, but Kurt is not convinced. Kurt follows a trail of mysteries, witnessing several atrocities that expose the Nazi regime for what it truly is. When the trail leads him , ,to the German resistance, he faces the most difficult choices of his life. He must choose between his duty and his conscience, between his country and his family, between love and death._,

WW2 Germany. The German war machine has invaded Poland and is advancing west toward France. In Berlin Kurt Muller, an Abwehr signalman, discovers a colleague lying dead at his radio receiver. The criminal police dismiss the death as suicide, but Kurt is not convinced. Kurt follows a trail of mysteries, witnessing several atrocities that expose the Nazi regime for what it truly is. When the trail leads him , ,to the German resistance, he faces the most difficult choices of his life. He must choose between his duty and his conscience, between his country and his family, between love and death._,

A foggy night. A dog',s bark. This one just turned personal ... Homicide Inspector Rebecca Mayfield hopes to come to terms with her confused emotions over alluring but troubling boyfriend Richie Amalfi, but her plans quickly change when her neighbor is viciously attacked. And it seems one of Richie',s former girlfriends holds the key to the situation. As the body count grows, Rebecca',s investigation takes a deadly turn when she becomes the killer',s target. , Rebecca and Richie find themselves on a danger-filled route from a cold and foggy Pacific Ocean beach to the chambers of City Hall to the back alleys of San Francisco',s Chinatown. Between killers on-the-loose, plus new as well as old ",friends", to deal with, Rebecca isn',t sure which one of them might prove to be the biggest threat to her life &hellip, or to her heart. ,_,

Jon Catlett, a misanthropic literary obsessive, is facing the loss of the only thing in the world he loves, his used bookstore, a haven for fellow weirdos, outcasts, misunderstood geniuses and malcontents. Jon has several other problems, the least of which are his love affair with a bi-polar femme fatale heiress to a thriving northern steel company or the exponentially growing opiate habit he has developed. When Jon, during a deal gone wrong, accidentally kills a fellow drug addict, getting away with murder turns out to be the least of his worries. The steps he and Paul, the obsessive-compulsive manager of Jons store, must take to cover up the killing result in the two cornering Louisvilles blossoming heroin trade. From West End gangbangers to dirty cops and crusading narcotics detectives, Jon and his unstable partner in crime must dilute their morals and thicken their skin if they are to have any hope of surviving the lucrative but deadly life theyve stumbled upon. Praise for THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS

Wiley is a man whos drifting through the remains of his torn-up life like a ghost, playing poker to make ends meet but always on the edge of the abyss, not quite sure whether his minimal efforts at life are worth the trouble. When the estranged daughter he hasnt spoken to in a year turns up gutted with a sharp knife in a cheap motel room, Wileys solitary life spins out of control and a violent showdown with both the killer and with his own bloody conscience becomes inevitable. He stalks the nasty underside of Portlands sex industry, jumping at every shadow and taking two steps back for every forward stride. But Wiley is determined to do this one thing right, perhaps to make amends to his lost daughter, or maybe to make peace with his own battered soul. Brutal, heartrending, ultimately a story of remorse, renewal, and the flickering possibility of redemption, Wileys Lament signals the emergence of a significant and compelling new voice in the grand tradition of American noir._,

Swans Nest Inn is about to open, and Kathy Grant solicits her BFF, Tori Cannon, to help spruce up her property at the marshy end of Lotus Bay, only they didn&rsquo,t count on finding a body. Who was he? What&rsquo,s his connection to their friend Paul Darcy? Meanwhile, two entrepreneurs with vast business ties are interested in helping Tori reopen the Lotus Lodge, and their real motives are as murky as the bay after a storm. Will Swans Nest open on time? Will the Lotus Lodge reopen at all?_,

On a cold morning in late April, a man and his dog discover the nude body of a young woman in the ditch alongside the picturesque Thousand Islands Parkway in Leeds County. The woman was stabbed fifteen times before being dumped.Detective Constable Kevin Walker of the Ontario Provincial Police discovers that the victim, Andie Matheson, worked for an old high school acquaintance of his. Kyle Baldwin now runs a charity that raises funds for mobile medical clinics in Kenya, but he had a brief affair with the victim several years ago that ended badly. Why did she continue to work for Baldwin? Did she see someone else after breaking up with him?At the time of the callout to the Parkway, Detective Inspector Ellie March is investigating the mayor of the nearby city of Brockville for alleged criminal wrongdoing. With two cases to manage, she and Kevin Walker must determine if the mayor is somehow connected to a wider circle of crime or if Kevin&rsquo,s friend, Kyle Baldwin, murdered his ex-lover in a fit of jealous rage._,

The tale bubbles along, a veritable gumbo brimming with gangsters, bitter mothers, cold-blooded killers, alligators, and a touch of voodoo. -Publishers Weekly. Sangster doesnt seem to be able to escape his past as a hitman, no matter how hard he tries. And now its his friend, Father Patrick, dragging him back into the life. When the head of a faded Mafia Family in Philadelphia sends the top hitman in the business, Frankie Trigger, to New Orleans to kill the Patrick, the priest goes to the only person he can think of for help...Sangster. Can the former #1 hitman overcome the present #1 hitman and save his friend, while continuing to hold on to his newfound soul? Praise for the Hitman with a Soul series... ...an ambitious, fast-paced thriller that plunges readers headlong into the world of professional hitmen...author Randisi promptly throws some fresh twists into his tale that amp up the excitement and suspense all the more. -Wayne D. Dundee, author of the Joe Hannibal PI series. Taut, clever and gritty, under the sure hand of Robert Randisi, The Souls of the Dead is an unputdownable crime story with a rough-hewn charm. Bring me more Sangster. -Gary Phillips, author of Treacherous

The girl has gone missing. Again. But this time people are trying to kill her. Trying to burn down everything she has touched or left behind. The girls surrogate father feels responsible and to assuage his guilt, he hires Richard Dean Buckner, former Saint Ansgar homicide detective turned private eye to ferret her out. Buckner was doing fine as a bare-knuckles detective for the PD until he was rendered unserviceable by a hit attempt. Early retirement doesnt sit well with that type of man, half predator and half savior. He takes the case, and from two ex-boyfriends who ruined their lives for the girl, her rapist dad, drug dealers she burned for thousands, an uncomfortable meeting at the local Incest Survivors group to whoever is setting fire to her life, Buckner is going to need all his guts, instinct and .44 Magnum to finish the job. Because in Saint Ansgar, what doesnt kill you only makes you wish it did. Praise for The Subtle Art of Brutality Richard Dean Buckner is just the hero for our modern world

When the body of a fast-living young stockbroker is found in a shallow grave, suspicion first falls on a cuckolded policeman. Lt. Joe Gunther investigates the increasingly bizarre details of the crime, but finds that hes too far behind events to prevent a second murder. Indeed, whoever is responsible always seems to be a few steps ahead, as if theres a leak on the force. Sweltering August heat does nothing to calm the increasingly agitated town selectmen, who demand results._,