Download or read book The Laughterhouse written by Paul Cleave and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore Tate never forgot his first crime scene - ten-year-old Jessica found dead in "the Laughterhouse", an old abandoned slaughterhouse with the S painted over. The killer was found and arrested. Justice was served. Or was it?

Download or read book The Paul Cleave Collection 1 written by Paul Cleave and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critics and writers are raving about Paul Cleave’s outstanding, internationally bestselling crime thrillers. Now experience three of them in this ebook-only collection. Blood Men, winner of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel of 2011: Edward Hunter has it all—a beautiful wife and daughter, a great job, a bright future… and a very dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer was caught, convicted, and locked away in the country’s most hellish of penitentiaries. That man was Edward’s father. Edward has struggled his entire life to put the nightmares of his childhood behind him. But a week before Christmas, violence once again makes an unwelcome appearance into his world. Suddenly he’s going to need the help of his father, a man he hasn’t seen since he was a boy. Is Edward destined to be just like him, to become a man of blood? Collecting Cooper, a Suspense Magazine Best Book of 2011: People are disappearing in Christchurch. Cooper Riley, a psychology professor, doesn’t make it to work one day. Emma Green, one of his students, doesn’t make it home. When ex-cop Theodore Tate is released from a four-month prison stint, he’s asked by Green’s father to help find Emma. After all, Tate was in jail for nearly killing her in a DUI accident the year before, so he owes him. Big time. What neither of them knows is that a former mental patient is holding people prisoner as part of his growing collection of serial killer souvenirs. Now he has acquired the ultimate collector’s item—an actual killer. Meanwhile, clues keep pulling Tate back to Grover Hills, the mental institution that closed down three years ago. Very bad things happened there. Those who managed to survive would prefer keeping their memories buried. Tate has no choice but to unearth Grover Hills’ dark past if there is any chance of finding Emma Green and Cooper Riley alive. The Laughterhouse: Theodore Tate never forgot his first crime scene—ten-year-old Jessica found dead in "the Laughterhouse," an old abandoned slaughterhouse with the S painted over. The killer was found and arrested. Justice was served. Or was it? Fifteen years later, a new killer arrives in Christchurch, and he has a list of people who were involved in Jessica’s murder case, one of whom is the unfortunate Dr. Stanton, a man with three young girls. If Tate is going to help them, he has to find the connection between the killer, the Laughterhouse, and the city’s suddenly growing murder rate. And he needs to figure it out fast, because Stanton and his daughters have been kidnapped, and the doctor is being forced to make an impossible decision: which one of his daughters is to die first. "An intense adrenalin rush from start to finish." —S.J. Watson "A bloody noir thriller, one often descending into a violent abyss reminiscent of Thomas Harris, creator of Hannibal Lecter." —Kirkus Reviews "A wonderful book.... The final effect is that tingling in the neck hairs that tells us an artist is at work." ­—Booklist, starred review

Download or read book Phoenix written by Y'Hnoree' Foster and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a young age Alivia Cane dreamed big and wanted more out of life. Fighting the influence of a drug addicted mother and yearning for the love and attention she never had, she leaves her hellish life behind for a new one beyond Reno, Nevada. After years of searching she finally finds a healthy escape from the craziness that surrounds her- acting. Turning to the bright lights of Hollywood Alivia and her family move to the suburbs of Sherman Oaks, California so she can pursue acting professionally. She becomes successful and soon starts to rise to the top of the industry. Her rise becomes her fall. The more successful she becomes, the more she is haunted by the emotions and fears of the past she's tried to leave behind. She makes some devastating choices which lead her down a path of self-destruction that spirals downward to sex, drugs and a secret life that leads to an early death. This is Alivia Cane's story.

Download or read book Our Wicked Lies A gripping psychological thriller with a stunning twist written by Glede Browne Kabongo and published by BrowneStar Media. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three people in this marriage. One of them must die. Alicia Gray knows she's a lucky woman. With a gorgeous, successful husband who whisks her away on romantic trips, a beautiful home in one of the country's wealthiest zip codes, and two wonderful daughters, life couldn't be better. However, she'll soon discover that an enviable marriage comes at a deadly cost. Who is Faith and why are dozens of email messages between her and Alicia's husband hidden in his draft folder? Why were the messages never sent? As Alicia embarks on a desperate quest to uncover Faith's identity, a shocking death hits close to home and sends her reeling. Was it a tragic accident or cold-blooded murder? In this beautiful town of wealth and privilege, nothing is as it seems, and everyone has something to hide. As Alicia struggles under the weight of dark secrets from her own past, someone knows more than they’re saying—someone who knows the truth will come at a devastating price. Emotionally gripping and expertly plotted, this heart-pounding, compulsive read is the perfect domestic thriller for fans of The Wife Between Us, The Husband’s Secret and The Couple Next Door.

Download or read book The Thomas Blume Series written by Phil Reade and published by PT Reade. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three gripping stories. One breakneck ride... This special collection includes books 5-7 in the aclaimed Thomas Blume series. If you enjoy thrilling action, captivating characters and mysteries that keep you guessing then you'll love this three book collection from breakout author Phil Reade GRAVE WALKER An ex-cop haunted by his past. A body with a message. 72 hours to find the truth... Ex-cop, Thomas Blume returns to New York hot on the trail of the man that killed his family... But when the body of a former girlfriend unexpectedly shows up at police HQ Blume is suddenly thrust into an investigation to find the murderer and stop them killing again. Now, in a race against time Blume must solve a riddle from his past and battle through a world of cops, criminals and organized crime… before it's too late. Who can be trusted and who will survive? Find out in the thrilling fifth book of the Thomas Blume mystery series today. FLASH POINT A devastating explosion in Manhattan. A bomber with an ultimatum. An ex-cop with 24 hours to save the city... When former NYPD detective, Thomas Blume, narrowly escapes a deadly blast that rips apart downtown New York, he thinks he's gotten lucky, but things are about to get far worse. The bomber issues him a terrifying ultimatum; find and kill the man he seeks, or more people will die. Now, in a race against the clock, Blume must battle motorcycle gangs, a private army, government cover-ups, and the demons of his past to find the man and save the city. Who can he trust and who will survive? Find out in the most explosive Thomas Blume novel yet; FLASH POINT. END GAME Could you trust a killer with your life? When former NYPD detective, Thomas Blume wakes up in an unfamiliar apartment with no memory of how he got there, only one man can offer the answers he seeks; a man who took everything from him. Forced to team up with his sworn enemy, Blume is dragged into a deadly race in pursuit of a file containing the answers he has chased for over two years … A file so dangerous powerful enemies are willing to kill to make sure the contents never see daylight. With new allies and old adversaries rising, can Blume survive long enough to discover the true reason his family was killed? Find out in the gripping thriller, END GAME. Get your copy of this gripping series now! Tags: hard boiled mysteries, mystery, mysteries, noir, private investigators, hard boiled thriller, hard boiled detective fiction, hard boiled private investigator mystery series

Download or read book The Dusk Trilogy written by Sarah M. Cradit and published by Sarah M. Cradit. This book was released on with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the secretive, ancient, powerful world of the Deschanels and Sullivans... St. Charles at Dusk follows the forbidden but powerful love story of Oz and Adrienne. Oz Sullivan foolishly falls for his best friend’s younger sister, Adrienne Deschanel, putting in motion a series of events that will upend the lives of both families forever. When Adrienne’s family is killed in a tragic accent in the bayou, Oz is left with all questions and no answers when Adrienne’s body is not among those recovered. Those closest to him insist his need to dwell on the past is killing him, but it isn’t until Oz finally accept she’s gone, years later, that he gets the phone call. It’s Adrienne. With no memory of anything, except a name. Oz. In Flourish, the story continues by giving voice to Adrienne’s half-sister she came to know during her lost years in the bayou, Anne Fontaine. Anne’s domineering mother has passed away, leaving Anne free to finally seek the answers she’s always wanted about her father’s wealthy and powerful family—the Deschanels. She throws all her late mother’s cautions to the wind and travels to New Orleans, where her encounters with her half-brother, Deschanel heir Nicolas, will lead to a most unusual adventure. Finally, in Banshee, Adrienne was not the only Deschanel daughter whose story continued on after the accident. Her older sister, Giselle, finds herself with an unusual new lease on life, bound by limitations, and ultimately, a cost to all those she seeks to aid her in her newfound ghastly powers. Jump into the Dusk Trilogy today and discover the magic that launched the world of the Saga of Crimson & Clover. Search terms: Louisiana, bayou, witches, wizards, New Orleans, family of witches, Southern, wealthy families, sorcery, magic, coming of age, bestseller, bestselling, USA Today bestseller, love triangle, bad boy, shaman, healer, storm, dark fantasy, fantasy, second chance romance

Download or read book Ghost written by Harrison Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2019 in Mirror City, a man-made island off the coast of Georgia. Jax Kourt, along with the few surviving members of his former Bloodrunner gang, discover that the most popular president in United States history is a deep cover terrorist set on reshaping the world the way he sees fit. Fresh off a five-year prison sentence for armed robbery, and seeing an opportunity for one last score before retiring from the streets, Jax and his split personality alter ego ghost, along with the remains of his former gang strike a deal with a DOD agent who believes their story to expose the president for what he is in exchange for clean records. He and the rest of his friends will be forced to battle the mob, the United States government, a phantom terrorist organization, along with demons from their past that still haunt them if theyre to come out on top. Jax has never been one to do anything unless it involves a big payday or protecting the ones he loves but soon realizes hes undertaken a project that will push him and his team to their physical, mental, and emotional limits and well beyond to stand for something far greater than money or power.

Download or read book Overheard in the Office written by S. Morgan Friedman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes never-before-published gems that can't be found at overheardintheoffice.com! The office is no place for dirty, personal, inappropriate talk-but that doesn't stop most people. From the loading dock to the ladies' room, this compelling collection presents some of the most bizarre, shocking, and hilarious real life conversations overheard in workplaces around the world.

Download or read book The Falling Trilogy Box Set written by Terra Kelly and published by Balto Creative Media, LLC. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intense, edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense trilogy. Falling Deep Into You (Book One): When you need to hide and one man will be your protector in this gripping romantic suspense. Preslie Summers defines beauty and kindness, but her dark past haunts her, and now she is being hunted. She takes refuge with Miles, the cop who was assigned to protect her. He is everything she needs, everything she wants, and most importantly he is lethal. Her attacker lurks in the shadows, ready to pounce but as Miles begins to fall for Preslie, he will stop at nothing to keep her safe. They’re now in the fight of their life. Take This Pain Away (Book Two): You just discover a ruthless mob boss wants her dead in this intense romantic suspense. After twenty-eight years, Giano Nesta will finally get what he's owed… ...the life of Letizia, whose parents tried to outsmart him. When Letizia makes an appearance on the national news, her world spins wildly out of control. The life she thought she had is a lie. The security she’s felt is stripped away to reveal a frightening new reality: she is the target to Toronto's most infamous mob boss. Her one hope for survival is Finley, an ambitious cop with the Emergency Task Force. For Finley, work has always come first–until Letizia is captured by the one man Finley is hired to protect her from. Time is not on their side–especially when Giano Nesta has one goal: shoot to kill. Fear will throw Letizia into the arms of her protector, but love will keep her there. If she and Finley survive. Rescue This Aching Heart (Book Three): After he discovers her body, he’ll want revenge in this gritty romantic suspense. Vikki has become the pawn in Giano’s twisted game. When Ricky finds her left for dead on the side of the road with no memory of her attacker, Toronto’s most infamous mob boss is one step closer to getting what he wants. A life for a life. Now Ricky plans to take down the vicious criminal who attempted to kill the woman he loves–only he didn’t expect for his past to collide with his present. It’s a race against time, and the task force is prepared to fight. Get ready for the last chapter in The Falling Trilogy.

Download or read book Life is Sweet written by Elizabeth Bass and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years ago, Becca Hudson threw a dart at a map, hit Leesburg, Virginia, and decided it was the perfect place to start over. Now she has her own bakery, The Strawberry Cake Shop, loyal customers, and close friends. She also has something that success as a Hollywood child star couldn't give her: a mostly normal existence. Not that it's without complications. One best friend, Pam, is in the wary early days of a new relationship; another is fighting to save her marriage in the midst of infidelity. And then there's Becca's growing attraction to Matthew, surrogate stepdad to Olivia, a smart, sensitive ten-year-old who's become a fixture in the bakery and in Becca's affections. Still, Becca is content to live in the present and ignore the "Whatever happened to?" speculation and occasional curious fan--until her past barges in again. Amid revelations and unexpected dilemmas, Becca must confront the life she stepped away from and the love she struggles to accept. It's the only way she'll truly find what she needs: a recipe for living that's honest, messy, sweet, and true. In an eloquent novel as moving as it is funny, acclaimed author Elizabeth Bass tells a story of forgiveness, resilience--and the unexpected detours that shape every journey to happiness. Praise for Elizabeth Bass's Miss You Most of All "An exuberant celebration of life, love, family and friendship, told with a sassy Texas flair." --Susan Wiggs

Download or read book Grounded Globalism written by James L. Peacock and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is flat? Maybe not, says this paradigm-shifting study of globalism's impact on a region legendarily resistant to change. The U.S. South, long defined in terms of its differences with the U.S. North, is moving out of this national and oppositional frame of reference into one that is more international and integrative. Likewise, as the South (home to UPS, CNN, KFC, and other international brands) goes global, people are emigrating there from countries like India, Mexico, and Vietnam--and becoming southerners. Much has been made of the demographic and economic aspects of this shift. Until now, though, no one has systematically shown what globalism means to the southern sense of self. Anthropologist James L. Peacock looks at the South of both the present and the past to develop the idea of "grounded globalism," in which global forces and local cultures rooted in history, tradition, and place reverberate against each other in mutually sustaining and energizing ways. Peacock's focus is on a particular part of the world; however, his model is widely relevant: "Some kind of grounding in locale is necessary to human beings." Grounded Globalism draws on perspectives from fields as diverse as ecology, anthropology, religion, and history to move us beyond the model, advanced by such scholars as C. Vann Woodward, that depicts the South as a region paralyzed by the burden of its past. Peacock notes that, while globalism may lift old burdens, it may at the same time impose new ones. He also maintains that earlier regional identities have not been replaced by the rootless cosmopolitanism of cyberspace or other abstracted systems. Attachments to place remain, even as worldwide markets erase boundaries and flatten out differences and distinctions among nations. Those attachments exert their own pressures back on globalism, says Peacock, with subtle strengths we should not discount.

Download or read book Sing Them Home written by Stephanie Kallos and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Entertainment Weekly’s Ten Best Books of the Year: “A magical novel that even cynics will close with a smile” (People). Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of Hope Jones, who was lost in the tornado of 1978. Her three young children found some stability in their father, a preoccupied doctor, and in their mother’s spitfire best friend—but nothing could make up for the loss of Hope. Larken, the eldest, is now an art history professor who seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger. Gaelan, the son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable. And the youngest, Bonnie, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs roadsides for clues to her mother’s legacy, and permission to move on. When they’re summoned home after their father’s sudden death, each sibling is forced to revisit the childhood event that has defined their lives. With lyricism, wisdom, and humor, this novel by the national bestselling author of Broken for You explores the consequences of protecting those we love. Sing Them Home is a magnificent tapestry of lives connected and undone by tragedy, lives poised—unbeknownst to the characters—for redemption. “Comparisons to John Irving and Tennessee Williams would not be amiss in this show-stopping debut.” —KirkusReviews, starred review “Sing Them Home constantly surprises . . . A big cast of vividly portrayed characters.” —TheBoston Globe “Fans of Ann Patchett and Haven Kimmel should dive onto the sofa one wintry weekend with Stephanie Kallos’ wonderfully transportive second novel.” —Entertainment Weekly

Download or read book Nothing to Gain written by Scarlett Finn and published by Moriona Press. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret Billionaire - Friends to Lovers Romance Oh, who's even surprised? I spilled my drink on his fancy chinos, yes. They call it an accident for a reason. Is it happenstance or fate? This guy's new to the area. He and his boyfriend just moved in across the street from my coffee place. Well, not my coffee place, I don't own it or anything. I just go there every day. Now Alex does too. I wasn't in the market for a new BFF, but Alex is attentive, smart, the kind of guy any woman would want in her life. Yes, he also happens to be yummy hot. Just my luck he's… Except it's not true. For weeks, he's lied to me. There's no boyfriend. The one-bed apartment is a prop. He isn't Alex Payne, regular Joe, he's Xander Gauge, secret billionaire. It was all a con. Our whole friendship. Everything was fiction. It should be over. Done. Except… he says he loves me. Can it be true? I don't know if I can get over this. Do I forgive him or forget him? **HEA STANDALONE**

Download or read book Leisureville written by Andrew D. Blechman and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revealing profile “disappears down the rabbit hole [into] the largest gated retirement community in the world” and what it discovers is “fascinating” (The New York Times). When his next-door neighbors pick up and move from New England to an age-restricted “active adult” development in Florida called The Villages, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories—and determined to investigate. Sprawling across two zip codes, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV station, The Villages is a prefab paradise for retired Baby Boomers, where “not having children around seems to free [them] to act like adolescents” (The New York Times). In the critically acclaimed Leisureville, Blechman delves into this senior utopia, offering a hilarious firsthand report on everything from ersatz nostalgia to the residents’ surprisingly active sex life. Blechman also traces the history of this phenomenon, travelling to Arizona to find out what pioneering developments like Sun City and Youngtown have become after decades of segregation. Blending incisive social commentary and colorful reportage, “Blechman describes this brave new world with determined good humor and considerable bemusement” (Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe).

Download or read book My Good Man written by Eric Gansworth and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary tour-de-force sure to turn the coming-of-age genre on its head from Printz honor author, Eric Gansworth Brian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade’s City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, being lumped into reporting on stereotypical stories that homogenize his community, the nearby Tuscarora reservation. But when a mysterious roadside assault lands Tim, the brother of Brian’s mother’s late boyfriend in the hospital, Brian must pick up the threads of a life that he’s abandoned. The narrative takes us through Brian’s childhood and slice of life stories on the reservation, in Gansworth’s signature blend of crystal sharp, heartfelt literary realist prose. But perhaps more importantly, it takes us through Brian’s attempt to balance himself between Haudenosaunee and American life, between the version of his story that would prize the individual over all else and the version of himself that depends on the entire community’s survival.

Download or read book A Family Affair written by Fern Michaels and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young dancer Trisha Holiday unexpectedly finds herself romanced by a wealthy foreign prince, and after a whirlwind trip to his country that culminates in a marriage proposal, adjusts to life in her opulent new surroundings.

Download or read book Fortune s Child written by Mark Scharf and published by Original Works Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis: Susan’s ovarian cancer has come back with a vengeance. Her 18 year old niece, Sarah is acting out after the death of her mother. No amount of chemo for Susan or all night partying for Sarah will cure their ills, so they set out on a globe spanning trip to fully embrace the lives they’ve been trying to change. A beautifully bittersweet adventure about learning to live by letting go. Cast Size: 2 Females, 2 Males