Download or read book Whispers of the Dead written by Spencer Kope and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pair of severed feet, stored in a portable a cooler, is found in the house of a Federal judge in El Paso. The Special Tracking Unit soon discovers another - again, only the feet were left behind in an icebox. With few clues besides the body parts left behind, Magnus "Steps" Craig and his team find themselves enmeshed in the most difficult case of their careers. And The Icebox Killer has only just begun.

Download or read book Echoes from the Dead written by Johan Theorin and published by Delta. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a gray September day, on an island off the coast of Sweden, six -year -old Jens Davidsson ventured out of his backyard, walked out into a fog, and vanished….Now twenty years have passed, and in this magnificent debut novel of suspense—a runaway bestseller in Sweden—the boy’s mother returns to the place where her son disappeared, drawn by a chilling package sent in the mail… In it, lovingly wrapped, is one of Jens’ sandals—sandals Julia Davidsson put on her son’s feet that very last morning. Now, with only a handful of clues, Julia and her father are questioning islanders who were present the day Jens vanished—and making a shocking connection to Öland’s most notorious murder case: the killing spree of a wealthy young man who fled the island and died years before Jens was even born. Suddenly the island that once seemed so achingly familiar turns strange and dangerous… Until Julia finds herself facing truths she never imagined—about what really happened on that September day twenty years ago, about who may have crossed paths with little Jens in the fog, and how a child could truly vanish without a trace…until now.

Download or read book Echoes of The Dead written by Drac Von Stoller and published by Drac Von Stoller. This book was released on 2024-08-14 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Edwards had always dreamed of the quiet life. A small, white farmhouse nestled amidst rolling green hills, a gentle porch swing creaking in the summer breeze, and the distant lowing of cows. It was a world away from the gritty city, he'd thought, a place where he could finally escape the clutches of his demanding, gold-digging wife, Mary, and the relentless pressure to provide. As Henry drove down the winding country road, his knuckles white on the steering wheel, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was... off. The GPS had lost signal miles ago, and the fog seemed to thicken with each passing minute. The trees loomed on either side of the road, their gnarled branches reaching out like skeletal fingers. When the farmhouse finally came into view, Henry's heart sank. It wasn't the idyllic retreat he'd imagined. Paint peeled from the weathered clapboards, and shutters hung askew. The porch sagged ominously, the swing he'd dreamed of reduced to a single rusted chain swaying in the breeze. As he stepped out of the car, the silence hit him like a physical force. No birds sang, no insects buzzed. Even the wind seemed to hold its breath. Henry shivered, suddenly aware of how alone he was. Inside, the house groaned and settled around him. Dust motes danced in the weak sunlight filtering through grimy windows. Henry's footsteps echoed hollowly on the worn floorboards. Each room seemed to whisper of decay and neglect. That first night, as Henry lay in bed, the darkness pressed in on him. The silence that had seemed oppressive during the day now amplified every creak and groan of the old house. He tossed and turned, his mind racing. Had he made a terrible mistake? As the days turned into weeks, Henry found himself trapped in a new kind of hell – one of isolation, despair, and the creeping realization that his problems had followed him. His drinking, a crutch he'd leaned on for years, had grown into a monstrous, insatiable beast. The bottle became his constant companion, dulling the edges of his growing unease. But with each drink, the shadows in the corners of the rooms seemed to deepen, to move with a life of their own. Henry would catch glimpses of movement from the corner of his eye, only to find nothing when he turned to look. One night, stumbling to the bathroom in an alcohol-induced haze, Henry caught sight of his reflection in the cracked mirror. For a moment, he didn't recognize the haggard, wild-eyed man staring back at him. As he leaned in closer, the reflection seemed to shift, to distort. Was it a trick of the light, or did he see Mary's face superimposed over his own, her eyes burning with hatred?

Download or read book Echoes of the Dead written by Sally Spencer and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A plot full of unusual twists, a flawed but likable and competent heroine, and a very satisfying conclusion make this a must-read for Spencer fans' - Booklist Starred Review The third book in the new series featuring DCI Monika Paniatowski When a recently released prisoner claims in a deathbed confession that he is innocent of the rape and murder of a young girl for which he was convicted twenty-two years earlier, DCI Monika Paniatowski is tasked to lead an unofficial investigation into his claims. At first she is reluctant, but when she learns that her old mentor Charlie Woodend was the lead detective in the case, she knows she must do everything she can to protect his reputation . . .

Download or read book Echoes of the Dead written by Spencer Kope and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of missing friends forces 'Steps' Craig to contend with the most twisted killer he's ever encountered in Spencer Kope's Echoes of the Dead. Magnus “Steps” Craig is the best "tracker" in the world, renowned for his ability to follow a person's trail anywhere - no matter the terrain or how old the trail. Steps utilizes his unique talent as part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI, which is called in on cases that require his unparalleled skills. But there’s a secret to his success. Steps has a kind of synesthesia where he can see the "essence" of a person—which appears to him as a unique color or pattern he calls "shine"—on everything they’ve touched. It's a secret Steps has shared with a rare few people and could, if revealed, endanger not only himself but the unit that he serves. Steps and the Special Tracking Unit are called in on a new case where the local law enforcement is baffled. Four friends have vanished while on their annual fly-fishing trip—a congressman, a district attorney, a CEO of a major accounting firm, and a cofounder of a successful hedge fund. Now, Steps must search some of the most treacherous terrain, the Sierra Nevada range, as one by one time begins to run out for the missing men. Desperate to save whoever they can, Steps and his team discover that this is no simple missing persons case, but one with sinister motivations unlike any they've seen before.

Download or read book Echoes in Death written by J. D. Robb and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoes in Death, the chilling new suspense novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb is the perfect entry point into the compelling In Death police procedural series featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas. As NY Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke are driving home, a young woman—dazed, naked, and bloody—suddenly stumbles out in front of their car. Roarke slams on the brakes and Eve springs into action. Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it’s too late for her husband Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him “the devil”... While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked, this is one case where the evidence doesn’t point to the spouse. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions: What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?

Download or read book Echo of the Dead written by Alex Gray and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES*** Whether you've read them all or whether you're discovering Alex Gray's bestselling series for the first time, ECHO OF THE DEAD will have you gripped until the final page. 'Echo of the Dead will keep you guessing LIN ANDERSON 'Echo of the Dead is Alex Gray at her finest DOULGAS SKELTON 'An exciting procedural' SUNDAY TIMES 'Effortlessly charming, wholly engaging and cleverly plotted' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'A consistent delight, wonderful' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH After a stressful winter, DSI William Lorimer is enjoying some time away from Glasgow. He and his new friend, Daniel Kohi, have retreated to the wilds of the Scottish Highlands to unwind. But what awaits them is far from a holiday. Despite its troubled history, the mountain village of Glencoe is now a popular resort, famed for its close-knit community, its breath-taking scenery and the warm welcome it offers weary travellers. So it's particularly shocking when two bodies are discovered in quick succession on the nearby peaks . . . With a potential serial killer on the loose, Lorimer's Major Incidents Team are drafted in from Glasgow. It's clear that a dark secret lurks beneath the wild beauty of this place. But will Lorimer manage to root it out before the killer strikes again? ____________ WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT ALEX GRAY "I have read every book in the Lorimer series and each one has been a pleasure" ***** "Alex Gray is a master storyteller" ***** "She never disappoints" ***** "I cannot wait for the next book" ***** "Her writing always keeps me engrossed" *****

Download or read book A Stir of Echoes written by Richard Matheson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eerie ghost story, from Richard Matheson, the award-winning author of Hell House and I Am Legend, inspired the acclaimed 1999 film starring Kevin Bacon. Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him-and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Echoes of a Dead Man written by Terry James and published by Robert Hale Ltd. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When gambler and gunman Matt Lomew arrives in Garner to recuperate from a near-fatal shooting, he isn't looking for trouble. But when his childhood friend Jessie Manners is kidnapped, Matt is forced into an uneasy alliance with the brother of a man he once killed. He knows that such a partnership can only spell trouble but he has nowhere else to turn. As Matt races to Jessie's rescue, he knows a showdown is inevitable, but he is soon to find out that he is not the only one being haunted by the echoes of a dead man...

Download or read book Where Echoes Die written by Courtney Gould and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An International Thriller Award Finalist Two sisters travel to an isolated Arizona town to investigate its connection to their mother’s death, but uncover more than they bargained for in this supernatural thriller from the author of The Dead and the Dark. Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigative reporter. She can’t stop herself from slipping into memories of happier days, longing for a time when things were more normal. So when a mysterious letter in her mother’s handwriting arrives in the mail that reads Come and find me, pointing to the small town at the center of her last investigation, Beck hopes that it may hold the answers. But when Beck and her sister Riley arrive in Backravel, Arizona, it’s clear that something’s off. There are no cars, no cemeteries, no churches. The town is a mix of dilapidated military structures and new, shiny buildings, all overseen by a gleaming treatment center high on a plateau. No one seems to remember when they got there, and when Beck digs deeper into the town’s enigmatic leader and his daughter, Avery, she begins to suspect that they know more than they’re letting on. As Beck and her sister search for answers about their mother, she and Avery are increasingly drawn together, and their unexpected connection brings up emotions Beck has fought to keep buried. Beck is desperate to hold onto the way things used to be, but when she starts losing herself in Backravel—and its connection to her mother— she risks losing her way back out. In Where Echoes Die, Courtney Gould draws readers into a haunting desert town to explore grief, the weight of not letting go of the past, first love, and the bonds between sisters, mothers and daughters.

Download or read book Echoes in the Darkness written by Joseph Wambaugh and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line." Her two children had vanished. The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines--and wasn't resolved for seven years. Now, master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh reconstructs the case from its roots, recounting the details, drama, players and pawns in this bizarre crime that shocked the nation and tore apart a respectable suburban town. The massive FBI and state police investigation ultimately centered on two men. Dr. Jay C. Smith--By day he was principal of Upper Merion High School where Susan Reinert taught. At night he was a sadist who indulged in porno, drugs, and weapons. William Bradfield--He was a bearded and charismatic English teacher and classics scholar, but his real genius was for juggling women--three at a time. One of those women was Susan Reinert. How these two men are connected, how the brilliant murder was carried off, and how the investigators closed this astounding case makes for Wambaugh's most compelling book yet.

Download or read book Desires of the Dead written by Kimberly Derting and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the steamy, romantic Body Finder thriller series by Kimberly Derting. Violet and Jay are finally dating, but adjusting to the new relationship is not as easy as Violet anticipated. Especially when she has to split Jay’s time and attention with his new best friend, Mike, and Mike’s pesky younger sister—who happens to be obsessed with Jay. Meanwhile, when Violet’s special abilities lead her to the body of a young boy, her tip to the police puts her on the radar of the FBI. Violet tries to fend off the FBI’s questions while maintaining the semblance of a normal life, but somebody’s leaving her threatening notes and an echo around Mike’s house reinforces that all is not right. Violet is forced to admit that perhaps the only people who can help her figure it out are the very people she’s desperate to avoid—the FBI. Desires of the Dead is the compulsive second book in the four-book Body Finder series by Kimberly Derting.

Download or read book Echoes of the Soul written by Echo Bodine and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Palm Sunday, Echo Bodine prayed to be granted a better understanding of worlds beyond this one, and three days later she found herself on an amazing voyage. Leaving her body behind, she traveled through life, death, and then beyond in a breath-taking vision of what awaits us all after this life. Echoes of the Soul is heartwarming and enlightening. In simple prose, Echo Bodine gently leads readers through realms of existence we all have yet to experience. Her inspiring images leave us with a hopeful vision of life after death — or, as Echo calls it, graduation, when we go to our real home. This inspiring and positive vision of the afterlife leaves the reader filled with hope, and even awe.

Download or read book Collecting the Dead written by Spencer Kope and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magnus 'Steps' Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are particularly needed, he works as a tracker. The media dubs him 'The Human Bloodhound,' since Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a special ability--a kind of synesthesia--where he can see the 'essence' of a person, something he calls 'shine,' on everything they've touched ... When the remains of a murdered woman are found, Steps recognizes the shine left by the murderer from another crime scene with a physically similar victim. And he uncovers the signature at both scenes---the mark of a sad face"

Download or read book Lingering Echoes written by Angie Smibert and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Bone uses her Gift, which allows her to see the stories in everyday objects, to try to figure out why her best friend, Will Kincaid, suddenly lost his voice at age five. This supernatural historical mystery is the second title in the acclaimed and emotionally resonant Ghosts of Ordinary Objects series. In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in October 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: Bone can see the history of a significant object when she touches it. When her best friend, Will Kincaid, asks Bone to "read" the history of his daddy's jelly jar--the jelly jar that was buried alongside his father during the mine cave-in that killed him--Bone is afraid. Even before Bone touches it, she can feel that the jar has its own strange power. With her mother dead, her father gone to war, and Aunt Mattie's assault looming over Bone, she can't bear the idea of losing Will too. As Will's obsession with the jelly jar becomes dangerous, Bone struggles to understand the truth behind the jar and save him Featuring a beautiful, compelling voice, this novel weaves a story of mystery, family, and ultimately, love.

Download or read book Blood Echoes written by Thomas H. Cook and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true-crime account of a vicious massacre and the legal battles that followed It was not a clever killing. On May 5, 1973, three men escaped from a Maryland prison and disappeared. Joined by a fifteen-year-old brother, they surfaced in Georgia, where they were spotted joyriding in a stolen car. Within a week, the four young men were arrested on suspicion of committing one of the most horrific murders in American history. Jerry Alday and his family were eating Sunday dinner when death burst through the door of their cozy little trailer. Their six bodies are only the beginning of Thomas H. Cook’s retelling of this gruesome story; the horrors continued in the courtroom. Based on court documents, police records, and interviews with the surviving family members, this is a chilling look at the evil that can lurk just around the corner.

Download or read book LOst Echoes written by Joe R. Lansdale and published by Rob Shelsky. This book was released on 2007 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: