Download or read book Soft Summer Blood written by Peter Helton and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seemingly open-and-shut case becomes increasingly complicated for Detective Inspector Liam McLusky in this intriguing police procedural. It all seemed so simple: a murder; an obvious suspect; a shaky alibi: DI McLusky never had it so good. Until a second killing challenges all his earlier assumptions. With every new piece of evidence McLusky brings to light, the case becomes more complicated. Does it have its roots in a disappearance eighteen years earlier, or is it firmly based in the present? Meanwhile, DI Kat Fairfield and DS Jack Sorbie are tasked with finding the daughter of a prominent Italian politician, who has disappeared while on a student exchange programme at Bristol University. Neither is overjoyed to be lumbered with a routine missing person’s case while McLusky heads a high-profile murder investigation. Until they find a dead body of their own...
Download or read book Summer Blood written by C. Pearce and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DI Summer Richards is investigating an unusual murder. Jessica, a popular young student, is found murdered. The strange thing is there are bite marks on her neck and her body has been drained of all its blood. Is it possible her killer isnt human? How does her family history tie in with these strange events?
Download or read book New Blood in Contemporary Cinema written by Patricia Pisters and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book investigates contemporary women directors who put 'a poetics of horror' to new use in their work, expanding the range of gendered and racialized perspectives in the horror genre.
Download or read book Lock 13 written by Helton, Peter and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bath, England. When his life drawing model disappears without trace, painter-sleuth Chris Honeysett uncovers evidence of a dangerous conspiracy. Henry Blinkhorn drowned when his boat capsized in the Severn estuary. So how come his photograph appears on the front cover of The Angler six years later? The insurers who paid out a small fortune on his death have asked private investigator Chris Honeysett to track down the elusive Mr Blinkhorn and prove he’s still alive. But Honeysett is sidetracked from the investigation by the sudden disappearance of his life drawing model, Verity Lake. Commandeering a narrowboat and heading down the Kennet & Avon canal, he hopes to kill two birds with one stone, by tracking down Henry Blinkhorn and also discovering what’s happened to Verity. But it soon becomes clear that someone else is on Honeysett’s trail. Who are they ... and what are they really after?
Download or read book Her Highland Outlaw written by Virginia Brown and published by Bell Bridge Books. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a time of warring clans, bitter rivalries…and stolen kisses. With soldiers marching into Glencoe intent on massacre, Lianna Fraser is forced to flee…but ends up falling from a rocky overpass into the arms of the very enemy she's trying to evade. Cameron McKenzie has lost his ancestral lands and family because of Campbell, the war-mongering Earl of Breadalbane. Now, he's forced to march by Campbell's side to save his only surviving brother from the hangman's noose. But when fate offers him a chance to save another—a woman whose entire clan will soon be lost, he has no choice but to escape into the Scottish Highlands with her. They are hunted, bound together by betrayal and desire. He knows she'll never truly believe his innocence, or trust in his vow to keep her safe. But he intends to do just that, even if it costs him his life. Praise for Virginia Brown: "A beautiful story full of secrets, humor, suspense and love."—Sabrina, Goodreads reviewer on Never Tempt a Duke "This was a fantastic read, entertaining, educational…and one that will keep the reader's attention from word one to the last syllable."—Judith, Goodreads reviewer on Wildest Heart About the Author: Virginia Brown has written more than fifty historical and contemporary romance novels. Many of her books have been nominated for Romantic Times' Reviewer's Choice Award, Career Achievement Award for Love and Laughter, and Career Achievement Award for Adventure. She is also the author of the bestselling Dixie Diva mystery series and the acclaimed, award-winning, mainstream Southern drama/mystery, Dark River Road.
Download or read book Numen written by Elizabeth Kuhn and published by Darq.arts. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are demons; that’s just a fact. But Deyo, a hardened San Diego gangster, couldn’t care less about such mumbo jumbo. All he wants is to score his next fix, and word on the street is that an exotic and deadly new strain of heroin - Lions - is exactly what he needs. He’s even almost forgotten that bizarre, disturbing memory he’s so desperate to obliterate. Almost. It’s when Lions turns out to be far more than he bargained for that Deyo is thrust into a world the likes of which he could never have imagined. A world with powerful, god-like creatures that lead him through a wickedly humorous odyssey of brutal carnage, explosive lust, and horrifying consequences. A world that turns his entire sense of reality on its head and leaves him with more questions than answers. A world that exists just under our noses. The world of Numen.
Download or read book Color Me Beautiful s Looking Your Best written by Mary Spillane and published by Madison Books. This book was released on 1995-10-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic makeup and style book, now updated for the 1990s and expanded to 12 color palettes.
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Download or read book The Velvet Promise written by Jude Deveraux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Forbes’s 30 Best Romance Novels of All Time! All of England rejoiced on her wedding day. But Judith vowed that her husband would get only what he took from her... At the flower-bedecked altar, the first touch of their hands ignited an all-consuming passion. Gavin Montgomery looked deep into her golden eyes and burned with desire for her...but his heart had been pledged to another. Humiliated and alone in a strange castle, Judith resolved to hate this husband who took her body, but rejected her love...never admitting her fear of losing him. But destiny held another fate for Judith...a fate that would keep at last...The Velvet Promise.
Download or read book The Wonder of All the Gay World written by James William Barke and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wonder of All the Gay World" by James William Barke. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Mannigan A Speck of Light written by L. Ross Coulter and published by Loose Screw Press. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘In a world gripped by the Vitruvian Elite, a young rebel discovers that the greatest battle between the darkness and the light is in himself.’ Born from the ashes of the old world, the great cities of humanity's new hope are beacons of light. Yet freed from the depths of a cruel prison, Will Manning is left with nothing but rage. Seeking revenge against the tyrannical rule of the Vitruvian elite with the help of a shadowy group called Legion, he sets about to light the spark to bring them to their knees. But from the palace of the mad queen in the Sea of Sand to the Weeping City of Sorrow in the mountains of Mourne, the truth is not what it seems. And as salvation collides with chaos, justice may be no more than a wishful dream. Delving into the tumultuous world of humanity's near future, L. Ross Coulter's provocative new novel ignites a journey through the interplay of pervasive technology, spirituality, and the myriad social challenges confronting today's youth. Inquisitively, it probes the very essence of hope amid chaos, all the while questioning the role tomorrow's adults in this dynamic societal tapestry. Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult/New Adult Recommended reading age: 13 and up - 2023, Loose Screw Press
Download or read book Beautiful Dead 3 Summer written by Eden Maguire and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six months have passed sine the last Ellerton teenager died, but Darina is still traumatized by the stabbing of her own beloved Phoenix. But there's work to be done as Darina must now turn her attention to the shooting of Summer Madison - the beautiful and gifted, singer-song-writer with a heart of gold. It's been nearly a year since the random shooting in a shopping mall caused Summer's meaningless death. Summer left behind recordings of her wonderful songs and a deep sadness amongst high school friends. Now Darina must act as Summer's agent to track down the psychotic killer in a clear search for justice. With the sound of Summer's music constantly playing inside Darina's head, recalling the wonderful months when she was alive and performing her first gigs, Darina, Phoenix and the Beautiful Dead are determined to catch the crazed killer. And all the while Darina's love for Phoenix continues to beat ...
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