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Endangered Species (The Gabe Wager Novels #9)
Par Rex Burns. 1993
When a woman burns to death, Gabe Wager uncovers a nest of short-fuse fanatics The fire department finds her in…
the closet, knees clutched to her chest, body charred beyond recognition. At first they can&’t even tell that the corpse was a woman. Although the death appears accidental, they call in homicide detective Gabe Wager to make sure. Forensics identifies her as Pauline Tillotson, an FBI informant working from inside an environmentalist group with terrorist leanings. Her cover had been blown, and the extremists killed her to protect a sinister plan to annihilate Denver. As Wager races to save his town, two policemen are killed and a teenager falls victim to an escalating drug war. Denver is coming apart at the seams, but if Gabe Wager can&’t stop the eco-terrorist plot, there won&’t be anyone left in the Mile High City to care.Bill Eidson scored a hit with THE REPO, the first installment of an acclaimed series featuring ex-DEA Agent Jack Merchant…
and boat repossession contractor Sarah Ballard. In THE MAYDAY, Eidson continues their intimate, fractious partnership as they search for a man's children, missing on the high seas. No one believes Matt Coulter's story of his foundered sailboat, a life raft adrift at night, and a rescue turned kidnapping-least of all, the police. Jack and Sarah don't either, at first. But they reluctantly take the case, and the further they follow its twists and turns, the more convinced they become that the missing children are still alive. At least for now."Eidson is a fine adventure writer, with the ability to shift among scenes, sketch in minor characters and create a pair of heroes whose vulnerabilities entice and intrigue us."—Washington Post"Gradually the skeptical Merchant and Ballard come to believe in the existence of a particularly nasty, modern-day pirate. Under Eidson's cool and expert guidance, so will you."—Chicago TribuneMatrix Man (Rex Corvan #1)
Par William C. Dietz. 1990
A cyborg journalist uncovers a conspiracy in this thrilling tale by the New York Times–bestselling author of Legion of the…
Damned. Rex Corvan is the World&’s Greatest Reporter. It&’s not the video camera implanted in his right eye. It&’s not his popularity with news audiences everywhere. What makes him a great reporter is his determination to run toward the story. With a killer on his tail, hopefully Rex can run fast enough. With his video technician Kim, Rex unravels the mystery of Matrix Man, a dangerous program controlled by a secret group looking to subvert the government. They&’ve already infiltrated the White House with deadly results. Now, they&’re coming after Rex and Kim. If Rex can break the story, it&’ll be the scoop of a lifetime. As long as his lifetime lasts long enough to get it done....Jitterbug (The Detroit Novels #6)
Par Loren D. Estleman. 1998
Masquerading as a soldier, a serial killer savages wartime Detroit; it&’s up to one detective and his ragtag team to…
stop himAs the United States enters World War II, Detroit converts its factories to an &“arsenal of democracy,&” fueling the American war machine. The city&’s sons leave to join the fight, but one man does not follow. Declared too unstable for combat, he steals an Air Force corporal&’s uniform. Using the uniform to inspire trust, he talks ration stamp-hoarders into letting him into their homes, where he slits their throats with a bayonet. The newspapers call him Kilroy. On his tail is police Lieutenant Maximilian Zagreb, whose task it is to keep order in a city whose police department has been stripped of everyone but pensioners and army-rejects. Chasing Kilroy will force him far outside the bounds of legal police procedure, but Zag doesn&’t mind cracking skulls to get results. In wartime, a little bloodshed is inevitable. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.Richard Matheson Suspense Novels: The Shrinking Man, Camp Pleasant, Hunger & Thirst, 7 Steps to Midnight
Par Richard Matheson. 2011
Ordinary people face hair-raising dangers in these four early suspense novels by the celebrated author of I Am Legend.The Shrinking…
Man In this sci-fi suspense classic adapted into multiple films, a man exposed to radiation begins to shrink at an alarming rate. As his life crumbles, he must survive menacing attacks from house cats and spiders.Camp Pleasant An idyllic summer camp turns horrifying when a young counselor is the witness to the murder of the new camp director. The mystery unfolds in a &“simple style that recalls Hemingway&” (Publishers Weekly).Hunger and Thirst In this previously unpublished early novel, a man is shot during a robbery gone wrong and wakes up to find himself paralyzed. Lying in his hospital bed, he flashes back to his difficult life and hopes for redemption.7 Steps to Midnight At the end of an ordinary workday, mathematician Chris Barton finds a stranger living in his house, claiming to be him. Thrust into a surreal world of violence and mystery, Chris must go on the run and follow a series of cryptic clues to regain his life.Name Games: A Mark Manning Mystery (The Mark Manning Mysteries #4)
Par Michael Craft. 2000
Journalist Mark Manning delves into the bizarre world of miniatures . . . and finds a king-sized case of murderFront-page…
news in the quiet town of Dumont, Wisconsin, where former Chicago reporter Mark Manning runs the town&’s Daily Register, involves the annual exhibition of the Midwest Miniatures Society and new zoning laws for an adult bookstore. But murder becomes the headline when &“King of Miniatures&” Carrol Cantrell, the nation&’s foremost expert, is found strangled in the guesthouse of a local shop owner. It seems Cantrell was leading a double life. He was having an affair with Doug Pierce, Dumont&’s closeted sheriff and a good friend of Manning&’s. With a blackmail note pointing to his guilt, Pierce soon becomes the prime suspect. Enlisting the help of colleagues, friends, and his lover, Neil, Manning races to clear Pierce&’s name . . . and finds himself enmeshed in the seething rivalries and vicious back-stabbing that characterize the cutthroat worlds of miniatures and pornography. With suspects ranging from a gay-bashing feminist to a renowned French craftsman of miniatures, Manning unearths a hotbed of damning secrets someone has killed—and could kill again—to keep. Name Games is the fourth book in Michael Craft&’s Mark Manning series, which begins with Flight Dreams and Eye Contact.On the Inside (The Reid Bennett Mysteries #7)
Par Ted Wood. 1990
An undercover assignment puts Canadian police chief Reid Bennett&’s dog, love, and life on the line. &“A series character worth…
watching for&” (Los Angeles Times). Police Chief Reid Bennett has always filled his days crimping the plans of criminals, sweating it out knowing danger and intrigue are what fuels his passions. But this time Reid is taking some time off. With his new wife Freda and Sam, his always-present German Shepherd, Reid is heading north through the Canadian wilderness on his honeymoon. Unable to just let his job go completely, Reid unwisely takes an assignment on his way north to investigate police corruption in the dour mining town of Elliot. Apparently Reid has more experience with police corruption than with marriage and lets his honeymoon slide into an ever-widening abyss of rural politics and small town backstabbing. Maybe it's all for the best because Elliot is no place for a honeymoon. A classic dying western outpost complete with chronic bar fights and instant justice, Elliot revolves around cops taking kickbacks from hotel managers who, in turn, are making a fortune from roving prostitutes serving the local miners every payday. When one hotel manager turns up murdered, the cauldron seems ready to boil over. With the only man willing to talk dead, Reid and Sam go undercover mining the depths of deception in order to bring down the house. Every institution stands to be overturned and Freda learns that marriage may be one of them. Can she make a life out of watching her new husband thrown willingly into harm's way? Can Reid and Sam get out of trouble? "Danger, full-bodied characters, and enough detail about police work and survival techniques to complement Bennett's role as the most savvy cop currently in the genre." —Library JournalThe Conjurer (The Martha Beale Mysteries #1)
Par Cordelia Frances Biddle. 2007
An heiress breaks free of social conventions and attempts to solve the mystery of her father&’s disappearance in 1842 Philadelphia…
in Cordelia Frances Biddle&’s first Martha Beale mysteryWhen her father fails to appear for lunch at their country estate, Martha Beale knows something is wrong. The family&’s faithful dogs discover Lemuel Beale&’s hunting rifle by the river, but there is no sign of the millionaire financier. Refusing to believe he is dead, his daughter—and sole heir—begins a discreet investigation with the help of the mayor&’s aide, Thomas Kelman.But Philadelphia in 1842 is a dangerous place for a female, especially a twenty-six-year-old single woman. Martha&’s quest for answers takes her from the pinnacle of high society, which is abuzz about a visiting European conjurer who communicates with the dead, to the city&’s tragic slums where a brutal killer is targeting young prostitutes—and through it all Martha will confront the most ruthless aspects of human nature.In a story deeply rooted in time and place and brimming with atmosphere and suspense, Cordelia Frances Biddle conjures a mesmerizing world of intrigue and hidden desires.Two Women
Par Brian Freemantle. 2003
An accountant&’s attempt to rectify the books of his father-in-law&’s company sends him headlong into war with the New York…
mafiaJohn Carver is too good an accountant not to see the irregularity in his father-in-law&’s files: three companies, all off shore, with balance sheets that don&’t match the ones in the official records. Three companies that represent substantial investment by organized crime. When John confronts his father-in-law, George W. Northcote, the old man insists he has control of the situation, and that the firm is about to be extricated from its criminal association. A few days later, George is dead. His father-in-law&’s creative accounting draws John into a knock-down, drag-out battle with the heads of the Five Families of the New York mafia. The battle moves quickly off the balance sheets and into the realm of flesh, blood, and death, and soon everyone John loves—including his wife and mistress—find themselves in the mob&’s vengeful crosshairs. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.Miami Massacre: Miami Massacre, Continental Contract, And Assault On Soho (The Executioner #4)
Par Don Pendleton. 2014
In his war against the mob, the Executioner slams into the Florida coast like a one-man hurricane in the classic…
series from &“a writer who spawned a genre&” (The New York Times). A sniper trained in the jungles of Vietnam, Mack Bolan is the kind of vigilante hero &“who would make Jack Reacher think twice&” (Empireonline.com). Unleashing his vengeance coast to coast, Bolan is waging a very personal war on organized crime. Now, with a cadre of Cuban revolutionaries on his side, it&’s time for a hurricane called the Executioner to blindside Miami. Bolan had planned to fight his way across the country, taking out branches of the syndicate one by one. Then comes a break Bolan never dreamed of: All of his enemies have assembled in the Sunshine State to finalize the elimination of the Executioner. For Bolan, the mob&’s Miami summit is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to destroy the entire Mafia with one single blow. &“Don Pendleton&’s anti-hero is just as powerful in the world of publishing as he is in the dark alleys of any crime-infested urban hell&” (NYBooktime). With more than two hundred millions copies of the Executioner books sold since its phenomenal debut, the iconic action series is still inspiring artists today. Gerry Conway, cocreator of the Marvel Comics series, The Punisher, credits the series for &“[giving] me the idea for the lone, slightly psychotic avenger.&” Currently in production as a major motion picture, the Executioner still blows away the competition. Miami Massacre is the 4th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Tropical Heat: Tropical Heat, Scorcher, And Kiss (The Fred Carver Mysteries #1)
Par John Lutz. 1986
The New York Times–bestselling author of Single White Female introduces hard-boiled Florida PI Fred Carver: &“Lutz has never written leaner…
prose&” (USA Today). When the criminal&’s bullet shattered his knee, Fred Carver&’s colleagues called him lucky. Between his pension and the insurance check, they said, he had a nice, easy retirement to look forward to. But Fred Carver would rather have his knee. His career finished, his marriage over, he takes a halfhearted stab at private detective work, and is already sick of it by the time he meets Edwina Talbot, a beautiful woman who wants him to find her dead lover. Of course, Edwina doesn&’t believe her lover is actually dead. Every piece of evidence at the crime scene pointed to suicide, but as far a she&’s concerned her man is just missing and Fred Carver is going to bring him back. Carver wants nothing to do with it, but he can&’t say no to a little adventure. Some men just aren&’t built for taking it easy. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Lutz including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection. Tropical Heat is the 1st book in the Fred Carver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Icy Clutches: Curses!, Icy Clutches, And Make No Bones (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries #6)
Par Aaron Elkins. 1990
Edgar Award–winning series: On a trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska, the Skeleton Detective pursues a cold-hearted killer who buries evidence…
in an avalanche. Gideon Oliver expects to be amicably bored when he takes on the role of &“accompanying spouse&” at a lodge in the magnificent wild country of Glacier Bay, Alaska, where his forest ranger wife, Julie, is attending a conference. But it turns out to be exactly his cup of tea. There is another group at the lodge: six scientists on a memorial journey to the site of a thirty‑year‑old glacial avalanche that killed three of their colleagues. Their leader is TV&’s most popular science personality, the unctuous M. Audley Tremaine, who is the sole survivor of the fatal avalanche. But he does not survive long and is soon found hanged in his room. If that is not upsetting enough, shocked hikers discover human bones emerging from the foot of the glacier—are they the shattered remains of the three who died, finally seeing daylight after their two‑mile, three‑decade journey within the glacial flow? When the FBI seeks expert help, everyone agrees how fortunate it is that Dr. Oliver, the famed Skeleton Detective, is on the scene. Everybody, that is, but the person who wants ancient history to stay that way—and who believes that murder is the surest way to keep the past buried. Icy Clutches is the 6th book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Lydia
Par Howard Fast. 1964
A hard-boiled insurance investigator upends New York in search of a perfect diamond necklaceDeath follows the Sarbine necklace. Its eleven…
diamonds are flawless, and all cut from the same stone—one of the largest ever unearthed from the mines of South Africa. But lately this most elegant piece of jewelry has become a bad luck charm. Its original owner killed himself, and his daughter, who was meant to inherit the piece at eighteen, died shortly after. When the necklace itself goes missing, it becomes Harvey Krim&’s problem—and his chance to make a fortune. An insurance investigator with a porous moral code, Krim will collaborate with thieves if it means recovering the necklace. The answer could lie with a Texan maid named Lydia Harvey, but she seems too inept to be a skilled jewel thief. Those who possess the Sarbine necklace have a short lifespan, and with so many others looking for it, if Krim isn&’t careful, his neck could be next. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author&’s estate.Sorority Sister (Nightmare Hall #10)
Par Diane Hoh. 1994
Someone is out to destroy the most popular sorority on campusJoining Omega Phi Delta is the best thing that&’s ever…
happened to Maxie. Since she pledged with Salem University&’s coolest sorority, she&’s never had trouble finding a party to go to or a boy to date. Her new life is perfect—until death strikes Omega House. The terror starts when Maxie&’s sorority sister Erica&’s jewelry box goes missing, with all of her valuables, including her grandmother&’s priceless ring, inside. Erica is tearing her room apart when she gets a package: the box, with all the jewelry safe inside. Erica wants to forget the strange incident, but the strange pranks escalate and Maxie sees them as a warning. Some unknown lunatic wants her sisters&’ blood, and only Maxie can save them. A year ago, she would have done anything to become an Omega girl. Now she may die for it. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.Man on a Leash
Par Charles Williams. 1973
A son searches for the men who killed his mysterious fatherEven at sixty-six, Gunnar Romstead was a tough old salt.…
It took several men to bring him down, and even after they&’d bound his feet and hands he was still a threat. But finally the man who&’d survived waterfront brawls, World War II, and countless stormy nights at sea died on his knees—shot through the back of the head. Looking for answers, his son Eric comes to the barren California town where Gunnar breathed his last. He hardly knew the old man, but he can&’t believe his father was killed in a botched drug deal. Somewhere in California is a massive shipment of heroin and a quarter of a million dollars, and if Eric finds them he will uncover the truth. But for a boy who grew up loving his father from afar, the truth may hurt even more than a bullet.A Piece of the Action (The Stanley Moodrow Crime Novels #5)
Par Stephen Solomita. 1992
In 1957, a young cop boxes his way to a gold shield, and finds corruption everywhere he turnsBefore he became…
one of the most feared detectives in the New York Police Department, Stanley Moodrow was a boxer. A big kid with sledgehammer fists and a body that didn&’t know when to quit, he won his first twenty bouts handily, and might have gone pro if he saw a future in it. But the men in Moodrow&’s family have always been cops, and he wanted to join their ranks. As a young recruit, Moodrow knows that the pain he has suffered in the ring puts him a step ahead of the fresh-faced youngsters around him. Using his boxing talent as a way to get the attention of the brass, he wins his detective&’s badge in record time. But when he starts life among the elite, he learns that there is nothing in the department that can&’t be bought. Even the blood of the innocents has a price tag.Codes of Betrayal: A Novel (Murder Room Ser.)
Par Dorothy Uhnak. 1997
To avenge his child, a New York cop vows to tear his own family apartOn the twentieth floor of a…
half-finished skyscraper, two brothers-in-law stare each other down. One is Vincent Ventura, a made man who fancies himself a real estate mogul. The other is Danny O&’Hara, an honest foreman who&’s just seen Ventura&’s thugs throw one of his employees to his death. O&’Hara doesn&’t think Ventura will harm his own kin. He&’s wrong. Ventura barely hesitates before pushing his brother-in-law over the edge.Thirty years later, Nick O&’Hara—Danny&’s son—is a cop, and Ventura is king of the New York mob. Though he avoids his uncle&’s business, Nick makes the mistake of allowing his twelve-year-old son to pay his respects at the old man&’s birthday party. A gun battle erupts in Little Italy, and young Peter is caught in the crossfire. As his life collapses around him, Nick risks everything for vengeance—taking on the Italian mob in the name of his son, and the father whom he never knew.Snowfall
Par Sharon Sala. 2001
An ex-cop protects a beautiful mystery author from a killer fan in this romantic suspense novel by the New York…
Times–bestselling author of Remember Me. As an heiress to a broadcasting fortune, successful mystery author Caitlin Bennett is used to people saying she bought her way into fame. But the taunts become terrifying when she starts receiving menacing letters from a deranged fan. Meanwhile, the news that a woman has been found murdered—her body lightly covered by the New York snowfall—only adds to the chill Caitlin feels in her elegant Manhattan apartment. Though she&’s not thrilled by the idea, Caitlin agrees to hire her good friend&’s stepbrother, ex-cop Connor &“Mac&” McKee, for protection. When two more women bearing a striking resemblance to Caitlin show up dead under the snow, Mac realizes the stalker is making his way to her, his final victim. Now Caitlin and Mac will have to get very close if Caitlin wants to stay alive.The Conjurer: The Conjurer, Deception's Daughter, And Without Fear (The Martha Beale Mysteries #1)
Par Cordelia Frances Biddle. 2007
An heiress breaks free of social conventions and attempts to solve the mystery of her father&’s disappearance in 1842 Philadelphia…
in Cordelia Frances Biddle&’s first Martha Beale mysteryWhen her father fails to appear for lunch at their country estate, Martha Beale knows something is wrong. The family&’s faithful dogs discover Lemuel Beale&’s hunting rifle by the river, but there is no sign of the millionaire financier. Refusing to believe he is dead, his daughter—and sole heir—begins a discreet investigation with the help of the mayor&’s aide, Thomas Kelman.But Philadelphia in 1842 is a dangerous place for a female, especially a twenty-six-year-old single woman. Martha&’s quest for answers takes her from the pinnacle of high society, which is abuzz about a visiting European conjurer who communicates with the dead, to the city&’s tragic slums where a brutal killer is targeting young prostitutes—and through it all Martha will confront the most ruthless aspects of human nature.In a story deeply rooted in time and place and brimming with atmosphere and suspense, Cordelia Frances Biddle conjures a mesmerizing world of intrigue and hidden desires.Never Street (The Amos Walker Mysteries #11)
Par Loren D. Estleman. 1997
Detroit PI Amos Walker must find a missing movie fan before the credits start to roll—&“Sharp and energetic . . . a…
joy from start to finish&” (Chicago Tribune). What could be more innocent than watching old movies? For Neil Catalin, a wealthy man with a happy home, old-fashioned pictures were a hobby that became an obsession. But he wasn&’t watching The Wizard of Oz. Crime movies were his passion, the sort where life is cheap and death is free, and Catalin sank himself into them as an escape from the stresses of suburbia, when soaring debt threatened to overwhelm the life he had created. Now he has disappeared, and his wife believes the clue may be in his collection of gruesome classics. She calls on Amos Walker, who ventures into a black-and-white past in his hunt for the missing man. The journey is far from escapism, because this is Detroit, where the guns don&’t fire blanks. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.