Download or read book Runner written by Tracy Clark and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Exceptional…The action builds to an exciting showdown. Those who like their crime novels with a social conscience will be amply rewarded.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review Former homicide cop turned private investigator Cass Raines gets the job done in this page-turning Chicago-set novel from award-winning author Tracy Clark. For mystery/suspense fans as well as fans of Laura Lippman. Chicago in the dead of winter can be brutal, especially when you’re scouring the frigid streets for a missing girl. Fifteen-year-old Ramona Titus has run away from her foster home. Her biological mother, Leesa Evans, is a recovering addict who admits she failed Ramona often in the past. But now she’s clean. And she’s determined to make up for her mistakes—if Cass can only help her find her daughter. Cass visits Ramona’s foster mother, Deloris Poole, who is also desperate to bring the girl home. Ramona came to Deloris six months ago, angry and distrustful, but was slowly opening up. The police are on the search, but Cass has sources closer to the streets, and a network of savvy allies. Yet it seems Ramona doesn’t want to be found. And Cass soon begins to understand why. Ramona is holding secrets dark enough to kill for, and anyone who helps her may be fair game. And if Ramona can’t run fast enough and hide well enough to keep the truth safe, she and Cass may both be out of time.

Download or read book Watch You Bleed written by Stephen Davis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling epic tale of the last great rock band From the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods comes the complete story of Guns N? Roses ? from their drug-fueled blastoff in the 80s to the turbulent life of legendary singer Axl Rose, and his fifteen-year, multimillion dollar quest to make the perfect hard rock album. Riotous world tours. Drug-induced rampages. One hundred millions albums sold. In his sixth major rock biography, Stephen Davis details the riveting story of the last great rock band. Watch You Bleed documents the life of every band member, including the improbable story of W. Axl Rose. Davis brilliantly captures the Guns? raw power ? from the gutters of Sunset Strip to the biggest stadiums on the planet. Based on exclusive interviews, private archives, and packed with stunning revelations, Watch You Bleed is the savage, definitive, and highly unauthorized story of Guns N? Roses. For the first time, millions of fans will learn the whole truth about this legendary band.

Download or read book Find My Mind written by Iniquitous and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people will most likely relate to this book as it covers some dark truths about not only ourselves, but the world we currently live in. I pour my heart out into this book on where my mind is and what kind of thoughts my mind tends to feed me throughout the day. Every dark moment that I go through has been captured into this very book that led me to lose my mind. Find My Mind is not just a book. It’s a message It’s an experience And it’s a story.

Download or read book Invisible written by Kim Lemke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in a large family, it is easy to get lost in the shuffle. Invisible takes you on a retrospective journey through life as seen through the distorted eyes of Samantha Wilton, a woman who struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder. What happens when a person with BPD is constantly challenged or disrespected? How much is too much, and what will the conniving mind of this deranged, seemingly normal person decide is justified? The book is a roller coaster of emotion and erratic thinking that will touch you in a way no other character ever has.

Download or read book Island of Exiles written by I. J. Parker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In I.J. Parker's newest mystery set in eleventh-century Japan, Akitada disguises himself as a prisoner to solve the, murder of a prince As her audience grows with each evocative historical thriller featuring Sugawara Akitada, I. J. Parker returns with a gripping tale of political intrigue and cold-blooded murder in ancient Japan. When the exiled Prince Okisada, the most illustrious prisoner of the penal colony on Sado Island, is poisoned, Akitada is called upon by the emperor's envoys to investigate incognito. Posing as a prisoner, he discovers a deadly conspiracy, only to fall into the hands of brutal guards and disappear. It falls to Tora, Akitada's devoted assistant, to begin his own dangerous search of the island for his lost friend and the truth.

Download or read book Aria written by Moan Lisa and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-08 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of poetry. These are poems from the heart, much of this volume touches on questions of spirituality and faith through a darker lens; there is love lost and hopelessness. Nature's revolt against the flesh and spirit. It is a depressive work.

Download or read book The Fulfillment of Promises Made written by Yulin Yao and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yulin Yao is a native of China. He received his MD from the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei, Taiwan. He immigrated to New York City where he completed his postdoctoral training in internal medicine. He served at the U.S. Air Force Medical Center on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines and was medical director for the Geriatric Unit at the Coatesville VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine in Kingston, New York, for twenty-five years where he also served as chair of the Medical Department at Benedictine Hospital. He loves to write and has many published short novels to his credit. He started his writing career in Taiwan during his college years, using the income to help pay his tuition. In 2006 and 2008, he won prizes for four short novels written in Chinese.

Download or read book Last Night at the Fremont written by S.A. Mossman and published by S.A. Mossman. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elaina’s been tasked with a peculiar job, finding her childhood friend’s missing heiress sister. The search leads her to a crumbling hotel in the heart of Los Angeles, a place filled with drug addicts, prostitutes, and pimps. Has the trail gone cold or is this just the beginning? A queer pulp fiction story by S.A. Mossman.

Download or read book The Little Russian written by Susan Sherman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an exciting new voice in historical fiction, an assured debut that should appeal to readers of Away by Amy Bloom or Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. The Little Russian tells the story of Berta Alshonsky, who revels in childhood memories of her time spent with a wealthy family in Moscow—a life filled with salons, balls and all the trappings of the upper class—very different from her current life as a grocer's daughter in the Jewish townlet of Mosny. So when a mysterious and cultured wheat merchant walks into the grocery, Berta's life is forever altered. She falls in love, unaware that he is a member of the Bund, The Jewish Worker's League, smuggling arms to the shtetls to defend them against the pogroms sweeping the Little Russian countryside. Married and established in the wheat center of Cherkast, Berta has recaptured the life she once had in Moscow. So when a smuggling operation goes awry and her husband must flee the country, Berta makes the vain and foolish choice to stay behind with her children and her finery. As Russia plunges into war, Berta eventually loses everything and must find a new way to sustain the lives and safety of her children. Filled with heart–stopping action, richly drawn characters, and a world seeped in war and violence; The Little Russian is poised to capture readers as one of the hand–selling gems of the season.

Download or read book A Desperate Place written by Jennifer Greer and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles and Kathy Reichs, comes an explosive debut thriller about a team of two strong women and a crime that will shake you to your core. Three separate homicides. Three unrelated victims. One grisly secret. When the body of famous actress Niki Francis is unearthed from its shallow grave, the small town of Medford, Oregon is alarmed, but not shook. After all, there should be plenty of motives and suspects--Niki had fame, wealth, looks. The kill was targeted, premeditated, and it's about her celebrity. Or so they thought. Whit McKenna is licking her wounds, working as a reporter for the local Medford rag. Fresh from a harrowing assignment for her previous post at the L. A. Times which cost her her husband, Whit must pull herself together for the sake of her two daughters. The wound has hardly begun to scab when she's called to cover the murder, so she teams up with her best friend, medical examiner Katie Riggs. Then two more victims turn up, completely disconnected from one another, and McKenna loses all hope of a breakthrough. Rather than clarity, the possible suspects and motives become scrambled. But time is running out, and each front page article McKenna writes brings her closer to a killer who will stop at nothing to realize a deadly vision.

Download or read book My Uncle Sam written by Len Jenkin and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1984 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Sam was a novelties salesman who died one night, alone and broke, in a Pittsburgh hotel. But he was also a larger-than-life figure, a mythic hero, to his nephew who now seeks to discover his uncle's true story. His quest is a quixotic and picaresque one, involving a seductive nightclub singer who promises to marry Sam if he can locate his ne'er-do-well brother (who absconded with the proceeds from a robbery), and developing into a series of sometimes funny, sometimes hair-raising episodes as the nephew "becomes" his uncle in his youth and journeys to a remote lighthouse, a rather sinister university laboratory, an opium den, the clinic of a Mexican quack, and a very odd miniature golf course all intriguingly distorted, as though viewed through a funhouse mirror. In the end it is really the landscape of the mind that is explored and illuminated, as the trail leads back to Old Sam and the disquieting knowledge that dreams and reality are, in the final essence, often one and the same, with the "truth" still remaining tantalizingly out of reach.

Download or read book Urban Queen written by Jason Keeby and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liyah's father, Stephan, thought the life would be the best thing for his growing family. In an attempt at providing security, Stephan inadvertently placed his family right in the face of danger. With their lives suddenly crashing down around them, Liyah has to quickly become an adult, taking care of her two younger brothers Malik and Malakhi. With her mother crumbling under the pressure, and her father just out of reach, will she make the better choice when faced with similar options?

Download or read book The Poisoned Planet written by Timothy R. Oesch and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Collins possesses information critical to the well-being of the human race. Evil forces strike without pity. Justin learns of his mother's murder while both he and Rachel are ushered away by Eleanor, a spy from Subterrania. Eleanor explains why men who value power and money over human lives and health have murdered Justin's mother. Eleanor is mortally wounded in a shootout with Irish policemen. She renders the policemen unconscious with an Ivorian weapon before dying, and then turns the weapon upon Rachel. She embeds a sophisticated tracking device within Rachel's only dental filling, and implants a communication device within Rachel's left ear canal. Rachel is confined in Brockman Penitentiary, a prison for terrorists and an asylum for the insane. She serves as bait. Justin passes Moeeta's inquisition and is permitted to train as a Quazarian warrior. Golchuron teaches why Outlanders permit monetary gain to take precedence over relief from illnesses such as diabetes, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Justin listens in awe as he learns that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on the same day. He is astounded as his teacher explains how each of these men impacted the lives of human beings upon the earth's surface and molded the politics of society. Darian Sharp bursts into Rachel's room without knocking. He asks her to explain the contents of a letter that appeared on the front porches of Rachel's home town. Her eyes widen as she reads an invitation to her bridal party. At last Darian departs. She rises and grasps both hands to her breast, and then she breaks out laughing. There was never a nymph in Narnia or an elf in Rivendell that danced and sang with more mirth and abandon than Rachel Faith McMurray in her solitary prison suite.

Download or read book Chicano Reflections written by Chimalpahin Arce and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culturalist and sofa chair philosopher, Chimalpahin H. Arce presents Chicano Reflections: Kernels of Poetic Philosophy. This succinct book is a collection of images and poems about the Mexican American experience that is also insightful to the human condition. Chimalpahin shows us that life is about history, passion, and vision which we all share no matter our ethnic background. Through his life of challenges, relationships, and places, he writes personal poems combining icons and imagery. As a result, his writing blossoms into simple, creative, humorous and profound ideas that like kernels of corn are very enriching. After reading this book, you will understand better the Mexican American experience but also be left with culture candy for the soul.

Download or read book A Heart s Story Love s Poetic Anthology written by Sidney Frye II and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the medium of poetry, "A Heart's Story" creatively reframes a tale common to the human experience - our intrinsic search for love. The age-old quest for love has long fascinated and frustrated human hearts. Following a dialouge between 'the beloved' and 'the lover, ' "A Heart's Story" illustrates how true love can ultimately only be found in the source of love itself.

Download or read book Metal from Heaven written by August Clarke and published by Erewhon Books. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of The Princess Bride and Gideon the Ninth: a bloody lesbian revenge tale and political fantasy set in a glittering world transformed by industrial change – and simmering class warfare. Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I. Chauncey owns the sole means of manufacturing this valuable metal, but his workers, who risk their health and safety daily, are on strike. They demand Chauncey research the hallucinatory illness befalling them, a condition they call “being lustertouched.” Marney Honeycutt, a lustertouched child worker, stands proud at the picket line with her best friend and family. That’s when Chauncey sends in the guns. Only Marney survives the massacre. She vows bloody vengeance. A decade later, Marney is the nation’s most notorious highwayman, and Chauncey’s daughter seeks an opportune marriage. Marney’s rage and the ghosts of her past will drive her to masquerade as an aristocrat, outmaneuver powerful suitors, and win the heart of his daughter, so Marney can finally corner Chauncey and satisfy her need for revenge. But war ferments in the north, and deeper grudges are surfacing. . . H. A. Clarke’s adult fantasy debut, writing as August Clarke, Metal from Heaven is a punk-rock murder ballad tackling labor issues and radical empowerment against the relentless grind of capitalism.

Download or read book Blow written by Heidi McLaughlin and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insatiable heartthrob learns to fight for love in an emotionally charged novel from the bestselling author of Forever My Girl, now a major motion picture! “Blow will absolutely blow you away. Scorching-hot chemistry woven into a very poignant story of addiction.”—Sawyer Bennett Bodhi McKnight has always had everything handed to him on a silver platter: fame, success, money, women. The raven-haired, blue-eyed hottie’s parents are Hollywood A-listers, and when he’s asked to join the all-male band Virtuous Paradox, his star shoots even higher. But so do expectations, leading Bodhi down a destructive path of addiction—until a drop-dead gorgeous guardian angel shows him her sizzling brand of tough love. When Bodhi ends up in rehab, he doesn’t expect to meet someone as cool and down-to-earth as Kimberly Gordon. Unfazed by his rock-star persona, Kim would rather go horseback riding than fangirl over Bodhi, which is an unfamiliar—and refreshing—feeling. Kim’s the type of person he’s been looking for his entire life: someone who cares about him, not his career or his famous parents. When Bodhi falls, it’s fast and hard. He just hopes that he’s strong enough to protect their love from all the pressures and temptations of the outside world. Praise for Blow “Heidi McLaughlin never disappoints. Blow is a sexy, forbidden love story about the dark side of fame, addiction, and finding the light at the end of the tunnel. I couldn’t put it down.”—Nicole Jacquelyn, author of Unbreak My Heart “Heidi McLaughlin’s Blow is a beautifully romantic story of redemption and triumph—fame at its darkest, but humanity at its brightest.”—Sarah Robinson, author of the Kavanagh Legends series “Blow will absolutely blow you away. Scorching-hot chemistry woven into a very poignant story of addiction.”—New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett “Hot, sexy, and completely addicting. Blow has definitely turned into one of my all-time favorite reads!”—New York Times bestselling author, L. P. Dover “Blow will be your newest addiction! Real and raw, Heidi McLaughlin delivers another emotional hit!”—Stacey Kennedy, USA Today bestselling author of the Dirty Little Secrets series Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.