Download or read book Deadly Ruse written by E. Helms Michael and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac’s girlfriend, Kate Bell, thinks she’s seen a ghost. Wes Harrison, Kate’s former boyfriend, supposedly perished twelve years ago in a boating accident. But now she swears a man she spotted in a crowded theater lobby is Wes. Mac has his doubts--it was only a fleeting glimpse. But to calm her shattered nerves, he starts making inquiries. A clue leads him from his home in St. George, Florida, to a Texas orphanage. There he uncovers startling information that turns both his and Kate’s world upside-down. Diamond smuggling, sex, deceit, and murder are just part of the twisted tale that emerges from Kate’s earlier life. Using wit, grit, and the ingrained military training of a former Marine, Mac starts to fit the pieces of this scrambled puzzle together. Further clues point to the Palmetto Royale Casino and Resort near St. George. He and Kate discover that the casino is a front for big drug deals. When they barely escape a murder attempt, Mac knows he’s on the right track. But he better play his cards right–because losing this high-stakes game could cost him his life.
Download or read book A Deadly Ruse written by Linda Lonsdorf and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A client hires Investigator Doug Conrad to find his elderly mothers killer. It has been a difficult case for Conrad. A name on a Post-It seems to be his only lead. It leads nowhere until Eddie Flatt and Bobby Forwark walk into a ladies Bible study to steal their purses. Experts at pulling scams on elderly widows, they enter Gospel Bible Church and meet their first challenge. Surprised and surrounded by SWAT, they now have fifty hostages. One is Donna Giffords mother. Donna, a former SWAT agent and a detective for Conrad, disobeys Commander Bates, enters the church, but soon finds her life in jeopardy. Through fear and anxiety, one woman debilitates one of the hostage takers, but it instead creates a violent reaction. Meanwhile, the grandmother of Barnabus Johnson, another Conrad detective, dies. For over twenty years, she has held on to a secret that will be life-changing for him. On the first anniversary of her mothers murder, Taylor Conrad returns to the murder site while it is still dark. Believing she is alone, she instead sees a large man with a weapon. She now finds herself fighting for her life. Despite the dangers innocent people find themselves in, Lonsdorf once again captures the spirit of people to survive and find hope.
Download or read book A Dangerous Ruse written by Tilly Wallace and published by Tilly Wallace. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her opponents have her cornered, unless Sera makes an unexpected move… Seraphina continues to pick at the secrets entangling her, when during a ball she spots a piece of enchanted jewellery eerily similar to the one she once wore. But before she can find out about the origins of the magical bracelet, its owner is murdered. At least this time no one is blaming Sera. To find the missing bracelet before it falls into the wrong hands, she must uncover the murderer. Her friends gather to investigate—could it be someone in the visiting Austrian delegation or are older grudges at play? They need to stop the person responsible before another life is lost or worse, many lives are irrevocably ruined. Meanwhile the Mage Council plots to corner Seraphina using the oldest tool they have—forcing her into submission. If they lay their hands on the bracelet first, she will be powerless to resist. What she needs is a plan, some schnitzel, and a dangerous ruse… A historical fantasy novel set in Georgian England where magic is real and shifters and vampires walk the streets. Perfect for fans of Charlie N Holmberg or CJ Archer. Grab the next instalment of your favourite mage’s adventures now.
Download or read book Thucydides Between History and Literature written by Antonis Tsakmakis and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together scholars from various areas (history, philology, linguistics, history of political ideas) and attempts a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of Thucydides' historical narrative. Individual contributions range from a general outlook of Thucydides' historical and historiographical concepts to detailed analysis of narrative strategies, linguistic features and stylistic devices. Special attention is given to questions such as the representation of character, the role of individuals, the interaction between leaders and masses in Athenian democracy, the construction of speeches in Thucydides' work, etc. The analysis of language, style and narrative properties is related to the construction of meaning according to current standards of textual analysis and interpreation.
Download or read book Between Rock and a Hard Place written by Robert Parker Mills and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the first fear of AIDS case tried in America. It tells the untold story of the trial that the general public heard nothing about. By telling the true story from the perspective of the lawyer who actually represented the Estate of Rock Hudson it is hoped the reader, acting as the 13th juror, will see the gross injustice done to the late actor by Christian and Rocks alleged friend, Mark Miller, as well as the court, the jury, and the press, all of which were blinded from the truth by this newly discovered disease called AIDS. Marc Christian claimed he was given a death sentence because Rock didnt tell him of his AIDS diagnosis and continued to have high risk sex with him. 25 years later Christian died not from HIV or AIDS. He was never HIV positive. How could this be if he was telling the truth that he continued having anal sex with Hudson 3 to 5 times a week for 8 months after Rock was first told he had full blown AIDS? Christian was either superhuman and they should clone his blood as a cure for AIDS, or he simply didnt tell the truth at trial, where Rock Hudson could not defend himself because Christian waited until Rock died, and found out he wasnt in his Will, before bringing his lawsuit.
Download or read book Legal Executions in New England written by Daniel Allen Hearn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1623 and 1960 (the date of the last execution as of 1999), Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont legally put to death more than 700 men and women for a wide variety of capital crimes ranging from army desertion to murder. This is a companion volume to Legal Executions in New York State and Legal Executions in New Jersey, both published by McFarland. It is comprised of chronologically arranged biographical entries for the executed persons. Each entry gives personal data on the executed person, including age, ethnicity, and gender, as well as a detailed account of the crime for which he or she was sentenced to death and information on the place and method of execution. Fully indexed.
Download or read book Himmler s Hostages written by Tom Wall and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notorious Nazi leader’s attempt to take war prisoners hostage at the end of WWII is revealed in this lively and expertly researched history. During the final weeks of the Second World War, Heinrich Himmler assembled the most famous and noteworthy SS prisoners be taken hostage. Himmler’s plan was to use these individuals as bargaining chips to save the Reich—or, failing that, himself. Known as the Prominenten, this group included European politicians and former heads of state, five British survivors of the ‘Great Escape,’ two MI5 agents, and Irish born POWs. This meticulously researched study sheds new light on how the British prisoners came to be integrated with a multinational group of VIPs in Dachau concentration camp, including German family groups of men, women and children; relatives of those implicated in plot to kill Hitler. The lively narrative describes kidnapping, escape attempts, interpersonal conflict, betrayal and comradeship. It also reveals intrigues and love affairs among the prisoners, culminating in their dramatic attempt to free themselves from the SS.
Download or read book Dachau to Dolomites written by Tom Wall and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dachau to the Dolomites is the dramatic but little-known story of a group of prominent Nazi SS hostages transported from various concentration camps to a remote Alpine valley in the final days of the Third Reich. Five Irishmen were among the 160 prisoners whom Himmler and other SS leaders attempted to use as barter to save the regime or, as a final resort, themselves. As well as eminent international statesmen, aristocrats and clergy, the group contained opposition German generals and civilian relatives of those who had plotted against Hitler, including the family of Claus von Stauffenberg, who placed the bomb in Hitler's Wolf's Lair. Among the hostages were a number of British officers, survivors of the famous 'Great Escape', and also Colonel John McGrath from Roscommon, a World War I veteran who had left his job as manager of Dublin's Theatre Royal to rejoin the British Army in 1939. They had been held with Russian, Italian and Polish special prisoners as 'Nacht und Nebel' - Night and Fog - prisoners, whose existence was a state secret. They lived in constant danger of execution, a fate some did not escape, including Stalin's son, who died following a fracas with Irish prisoners. It is an astonishing and epic tale encompassing heroic endurance, escape, betrayal, tragedy and love.
Download or read book The Last Hill written by Bob Drury and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II. They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. In December 1944, Lt. Col. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last. In the process, Rudder was given two objectives: Take Hill 400 . . . and hold the hill by any means possible. To the last man, if necessary. The battle-hardened battalion had no idea that several Wehrmacht regiments, who greatly outnumbered the Rangers, had been given the exact same orders. The clash of the two determined forces was one of the bloodiest and most costly encounters of World War II. Castle Hill, the imposing 1320-foot mini-mountain the American Rangers simply called Hill 400, was the gateway to a desperate Nazi Germany. Several entire American divisions had already been repulsed by the last hill's dug-in defenders as—unknown to the Allies—the height was the key to Adolf Hitler's last-minute plans for a massive counterattack to smash through the American lines in what would become known to history as the Battle of the Bulge. Thus the stalemate surrounding Hill 400 could not continue. For Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, there was only one solution: Call in Rudder's Rangers. Of the 130 special operators who stormed, captured, and held the hill that December day, only 16 remained to stagger back down its frozen slopes. The Last Hill is replete with unforgettable action and characters—a rich and detailed saga of what the survivors of the 2nd Ranger Battalion would remember as “our longest day.”
Download or read book The Merlin Spiral Trilogy written by Robert Treskillard and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This complete series ebook bind-up contains all three novels in author Robert Treskillard’s Merlin Spiral series, which follows the Merlin of Arthurian legend, who as a maimed, teenaged bladesmith must fight against druids working to end Arthur’s reign before it has a chance to begin. In Merlin’s Blade, a strange meteorite strikes Merlin’s village, and only the blinded Merlin has the ability to resist its strange enchantments. And unless he can find a way to defeat the dark forces within the stone, Merlin’s family, his friends, and all of Britain could fall under its power. Merlin’s Shadow introduces Merlin’s half sister, Morgana, who is intent on destroying her brother following his attack on the stone. Given powers through her druid roots, Morgana spies on Merlin—at the same time Merlin is fighting to hide the orphaned Arthur from the new High King. In the final book, Merlin’s Nightmare, the now grown Merlin has raised Arthur as his own—though as the battle for Britain’s future intensifies, it has come time to tell the boy his true identity. But is the impetuous Arthur truly ready to take the throne?
Download or read book Return to Eden written by Harry Harrison and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Harrison's conclusion to his alternate prehistory of Earth excels in its detailed depiction of an alien civilization that might have been.” —Library Journal Harry Harrison's Return to Eden, the third book in the West of Eden trilogy, is an adventerous sci-fi tale set in an alternative prehistoric universe, from the bestselling and award-winning author of innumerable novels and stories. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Death s Collector Dark Lands written by Bill McCurry and published by Infinite Monkeys Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse sucks. Somebody must slay the Father of the Gods, but why does it have to be Bib? The final war between the gods and their awful, eternal enemies is starting, and Bib the sorcerer finds himself fighting for the wrong side. He’d rather not be on any side at all and sit at home drinking heavily, but that’s not an option. Bib is sent to find a weapon that kills gods, but other heroes are falling all over each other to find it too. Will the weapon go to the bravest and toughest? Great! Will it go to the worthiest? That may be a problem… Find out now because it looks like there may not be a chance later. If you like snarky humor, innovative magic systems, and memorable characters, read Death's Collector: Dark Lands! It's the sixth and final book in the addictive, sarcastic fantasy series The Death-Cursed Wizard by Bill McCurry.
Download or read book Cherish 2 written by Katana Collins and published by Dynamite Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-12-14 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATANA COLLINS! THE BATTLE IS OVER FOR NOW — BUT DARK SECRETS ARE ABOUT TO BE REVEALED! Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents to you a brand new series by bestselling author Katana Collins and rising star artist Gabriel Caitanom, Cherish, featuring designs by Marc Silvestri. When the blood on the boardroom floor moves from metaphorical, to literal… Cherish is the story of a young woman, Amelia Fellows, who witnessed the betrayal and murder of her father at the hands of those he once trusted. Unfortunately for Amelia, the people behind her father’s death are some of the richest, most powerful people in the world. If Amelia wants justice for her father, she’ll have to get it herself as the well-armed hi-tech vigilante, Cherish. After a skirmish with Valerie Nolan’s bodyguard, Cherish gets back to focusing on her new roles as both Connor’s girlfriend and Warner’s assistant. What started as a flirtation to manipulate Connor into getting Cherish closer to her goals might be turning into something more. And what started as a way to keep a close eye on a friend of her father’s that betrayed them all is revealing something darker than she could have ever imagined. Can Cherish stop Warner before Valerie discovers her secret? Featuring stunning covers by Brett Booth, Eric Canete, Soo Lee, and Ben Templesmith!
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Download or read book Beginning Again at Zero written by Jack Saarela and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel follows a young man from rural northern Finland during the depression as he faces obstacles to emigrate to Canada and pursue his aspirations. Looming on the horizon is the threat of war between the land he left behind and its big neighbor to the east.
Download or read book In Position written by Charles C. Gregory and published by Author House. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerned about your family and America? Presented as a fast-paced, personal account of a family living through modern warfare set in idyllic Central Texas, this fact-filled fiction is insightfully descriptive in regards to the principles of preparedness, survivalism, evasion and escape, warfare theory, the news and socio-political processes of the day, as well as the political solutions we need to enact NOW before this future conflict actually erupts. It is your constitutional and unalienable right to defend life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - learn how. After the problematic elections of 2008, life in the U.S. changed for the worse, as the control grid that was incrementally installed over the last decades finally was completely in place. This journal from the future tells of the strife created by theGlobalist ideal against free peoples, the survival evasion and escape from violence ridden urban centers, and the defense of freedom by the new U.S. Citizen Defense Forces. You will learn that all this trauma could have been avoided if you recognize propaganda, avoid being swayed by the Hegelian Dialectic of problem, reaction, solution and to stand up NOW in defense of truth and freedom. Preparedness was the key to ride out the storm as America was being ruined by design by enemies foreign and domestic. This book is a primer, general in regards to the worldwide sociopolitical phenomena we face, as well as detailed and specific in regards to important information you need to know. It was my hope in writing this book, that the reader would feel a sense of urgency and become more conversant about what hides beneath the surface, as well as to continue this research on their own.
Download or read book Out of Reach A Dylan First FBI Suspense Thriller Book One written by Kate Bold and published by Kate Bold. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dylan First, brilliant psychologist, is haunted by the horrific discovery of her past: her mentor and father figure, a brilliant psychiatrist and professor, was secretly a serial killer. He is behind bars, but with everything Dylan thought she knew turned upside down, she feels lost when the FBI suddenly comes knocking: a new killer is using her mentor’s trademark signature. And they need Dylan to dissect his mind and stop him before it’s too late. “This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Out of Reach is Book #1 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller NOT ME (a free download) has received over 1,500 five star ratings and reviews. A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the Dylan First series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. More books in the series are also available! “This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story… I look forward to reading the next in the series.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre… Very well done.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading. I can't wait to read book two!” —Reader review for The Killing Game ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
