Download or read book The Devil s Breath written by Richard Hicks and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SAN DIEGO, A SERIAL ARSONIST AWAITS THE WIND Eddie DeSilva, San Diegos ex-chief of police, is asked to take on a cold case that turns out to be anything but cold. Its the height of the dangerous fire season and a raging wildfire, believed to have been set by an arsonist, has rained ashes on the city for five days, causing massive evacuations. Three years earlier, in nearby Diablo Gorge, three fire-fighters died when they were encircled by a raging wildfire and the calcified bones of two others were found in the ashes, their deaths the result of an apparent unsolved arson-homicide. Now an arsonist, who calls himself Moonlighter, is backwriting poems about his feats of fire on internet chat rooms frequented by pyromaniacs. When neither the state fire authorities nor the FBI are willing to join forces to catch the serial arsonist, DeSilva forms his own team that includes his former partner, detective Fisher Wells, psychologist (and currant main-squeeze), Pauline Graham, and Sunny Szabo, a recovering meth addict suffering from agoraphobia. As the Santa Ana windsthe devils breathblow hot out of the mountains, the sociopathic arsonist spins out of control, in this taut police procedural, the third in the Eddie DeSilva mystery series.

Download or read book Madame President written by Marguerite Williams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of her 4th State of the Union address the limosines of President Kate MacIntyre and of Vice President Harris Franklin are targets of terrorism; the Vice Presdident does not survive. Just who is responsible? The CIA, Homeland Security, and the Defense Department are stumped.

Download or read book Midaris written by Robert Alexandre and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born Oct. 04, 1936 in the small town of Lafayette, Louisiana in the heart of the Cajun Culture. I am of French, Spanish and Native American Heritage. At seventeen years of age I began to travel the world while aboard ship in the US Navy at the end of the Korean War. I spent my enlistment time aboard the USS Cape Esperance for three years and one year on shore duty. During this time I saw many wonderful and also dreadful things that remain in my thoughts to this day. I received an honorable discharge and went to work in the Oil/Gas Industry in 1958. This novel is based on multiple events that impacted my life many years ago. Most of the characters are real, only their names have been changed. All locations, streets, highways and byways are still there and I have traveled them all. Though I am not a published author I feel that I have put pen to paper in a manner that can be enjoyed by the reader. Some of the characters are portrayed as I remember them and others have been brought to life as I see them. Having lived in some of the cities I know the people and their lifestyles, and to portray them in a written sense was challenging, but most enjoyable. Now at the worldly age of seventy one I still remain faithful to my work in the same industry and some of what I saw in all my travels I have written about in Letters to the Editor and were published in The Banner Press. So, now Midaris has come into your life. I hope the avid reader of books will find this a book to enjoy and who knows, maybe it did happen as told. Robert Alexandre

Download or read book The City Different written by Alexander Wisniewski and published by Quippy Quill LLC. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the focus is on the unsolved murders of a priest and female tourists, SANTA FE is a story about the good and the bad of its people, its cultural and social values, its politics, its beauty and its charm. The city is left in a state of chaos after the brutal murder of a priest is followed by the deaths of female tourists. Are these thrill-kills or serial murders? Uncertainty puzzles state police officials, a female homicide detective, and a district attorney. Complexities set in when the detective and the district attorney become lovers. They increase when she comes to suspect him of being part of at least one of the crimes. Meanwhile, a power-seeking separatist is vying for the mayor’s seat. A powerful state senator known to sanction illicit drug deals supports him, and the outcome of the mayoral race could affect the political and cultural make-up of the city. A middle-aged businessman and an elder represent the conscience of the city and a philosophy in general. One does it by his deeds and his opinions, and the other through his experience and by simple wisdom. Through the elder, a brief history of the area is given.

Download or read book Buried Lies written by Dodd Hessey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired on a Mexican beach, Jack Spence's only worry is his putting. Then, back home in Cypress Point, his Uncle Stuart is brutally attacked and robbed, and the police haven't a clue who done it. Outraged, Jack flies north and with help from friends sets a trap for the thieves baited with buried treasure. But what Jack sees as a direct path to revenge makes several near fatal detours. Charging headlong down it anyway, the former Stanford tight end then golf magazine publisher finds himself stalking bad guys during The Crosby and pitted against some very strange characters indeed; among them, a cross-dressing ex-cop from Manila, a Korean billionaire, a besotted Southern golf pro, a pot-fueled caddy, a cute surfer chick and her felonious boyfriend, a hulking gimp biker, and a deadly Asian con-man. He even runs into his great-great grandfather and his friend, Robert Louis Stevenson. But no 19th century novelist could have plotted all the twists this path takes, or where Jack winds up at its end.

Download or read book Good Girl Gone written by Tammy Falkner and published by Night Shift Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Resident written by Susan Stitely and published by Siren-BookStrand. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [BookStrand Paranormal Romantic Suspense] When Franchesca Pearl falls for the ever-capable Lathan Davidson, carnal instincts preside over future rapture. Upon finding the memoirs of a stranger, written in 1962, she and Lathan embark on a journey to rid Shelbyville of a curse that plagued the besieged populace for over two centuries. The Memoirs bespeak of a golden-tongued ladies' man, a rake with whom women should err on the side of caution. His spirit furtively traverses hallow ground, awaiting the heir of the one who impassioned him from dusk till dawn - the only one who can eradicate the curse that masquerades his immortal soul. Francesca and Lathan delve into the past while history unleashes a slew of events that ensue their every move. Lathan vows to follow Francesca to Hell and back, an avowal that finds the lovers in purgatory. Together they attest a bygone era but must separately face the iniquities shorn of eternal renewal. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Download or read book Alliance Unbound written by C. J. Cherryh and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2nd novel of The Hinder Stars series returns to an intergalactic corporate conflict, set in the Hugo Award–winning Alliance-Union Universe. With deft prose and complex characters, Alliance Unbound is thought-provoking science fiction that shrewdly examines the technological and sociopolitical challenges of humanity’s journey to the stars. When Cyteen opened up faster-than-light travel, it gave the technology for free to any ship that could reach it; and with that technology, it provided a map of jump-points, points of mass enabling starships to navigate hyperspace safely. The map of jump-points, however, stopped with the route to Alpha—thus excluding Sol, and Earth, and the Earth Company, whose gateway to the stars was Alpha. Cyteen knew exactly what it was doing with its gift. Sol and the EC could still reach Alpha with sub-light pusher-ships as it always had—but Sol and the Earth Company no longer had any authority in the Beyond. But Sol intends to take back control of its star-stations and stop Cyteen's unbridled expansion, however it can. To do that, they are willing to starve Alpha and concentrate their efforts on a huge FTLer capable of carrying military force.

Download or read book Remember When We written by Khardine Gray and published by Bliss Romance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Khardine Gray comes a sizzling hot mafia romance with a fantasy bad boy who will make you beg for more. Gio She was my best friend’s little sister. That meant she was forbidden to me. Women like her didn’t belong in our dark world. Didn’t stop me though… She’s the good girl I never should have touched. I went where I shouldn’t and lost track of the dangers that lurked around us. My irresponsibility cost my best friend, her brother, his life. I left home to keep her safe… and I knew leaving would break her heart. Guilt made me stay away, and I found peace in knowing she was better without me. I never planned to return, but guilt brought me back for my uncles’ funeral. I knew better than to tempt fate. I’m one of the capo’s to the new Chicago Mafia boss and a member of the infamous Four. But ,when I saw her again I forgot all the reasons why I was bad for her. All the reasons why I left. Leaving her once was hard. Leaving her twice feels like a mistake I don’t want to make. Especially when I think she’s in trouble… Lyssa I was innocent before him. The same way I knew not to get involved with a man like him, I knew it was wrong to hide the child he never knew he had. When I saw Gio again I caved and gave into the temptation of him. God forbid if he finds out my secrets. Yes, secrets. He has a son he didn’t know about and I made a deal with a devil who wants my body as payment if my father can’t pay his debts. It’s all a nightmare I want to escape. When I’m with Gio I want him to save me, but I don’t want him to break me like he did last time. I want to be his like I was before, and remember when we belonged to each other. Remember when we made love under the stars and I thought that was our forever. Remember when we laughed together and I felt I had everything. Remember when we… were us. It feels like a dream my heart wants, but the nightmare is far from over. Remember When We is a standalone, full-length mafia romance and a part of the Gangsters and Dolls series. Gangsters and Dolls series is a spin-off from The Accidental Mafia Queen series. Continue the adventure with these sizzling hot, drool-worthy Alpha males.

Download or read book No Shelter written by Ray Garton and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Previously published as Frankenstorm) A storm of epic proportions is brewing off the coast of northern California. Residents have been warned to prepare for disaster. It's a false hope in the face of what's coming… In a secret government lab, virologist Fara McManus tries to stop an experiment out of control—before more human subjects are infected. But in a blazing hail of bullets, survivalist Ollie Monk launches a paramilitary attack on the lab, releasing the infected into the night. And as the nightmare escalates to a fever pitch, internet blogger Ivan Renner traces the destruction as it claims more victims, beginning with a single mother unknowingly spreading the virus. A father and son, held hostage by a lunatic. A local sheriff, single-handedly fighting madness, murder, and worse. No one will find shelter from this storm. "Remember when paperback originals were cool? Sex, action, suspense? Try FRANKENSTORM. It's old school." – Stephen King

Download or read book The Games written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the #1 bestselling series, Private's Jack Morgan must hunt down a killer before the Olympic games begin in Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil knows how to throw a party. So it's a natural choice to host the biggest spectacles in sports: the World Cup and the Olympics. To ensure that the games go off without a hitch, the organizers turn to Jack Morgan, head of the world's greatest international security and consulting firm. But when events are this exclusive, someone's bound to get left off the guest list. Two years after the crisis nearly spilled from the soccer field to the stands, Jack is back in Rio for the Olympics. But when his most prominent clients begin to disappear, and bodies mysteriously start to litter the streets, Jack is drawn deep into the heart of a ruthless underworld populated by disaffected residents trying to crash the world's biggest party. With the world watching in horror, Jack must sprint to the finish line to defuse a threat that could decimate Rio and turn the games into a deadly spectacle. . . all before the games begin.

Download or read book Palindrome written by Lawrence Kelter and published by Lawrence Kelter. This book was released on 2012-06-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a hot summer night on Long Island. The Suds Shack is packed-lots of kids partying at a bar. In the crowd is a girl who is different from anyone else. A guy on the prowl-plop goes a pill into her drink. Her world spins out of control. He thought he had her; now he's dead, and she's coming for his accomplice. They picked the wrong girl to mess with. She can look like you or me, or anyone else she may choose to become. Lexa and her brother Ax have a special talent, a unique gift. In Book One, Lexa and Ax find themselves entangled in a web of murder, drugs, and manipulation.

Download or read book Something Dark A Lauren Lamb FBI Thriller Book Four written by Kate Bold and published by Kate Bold. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former FBI agent Lauren Lamb, teamed with an exorcist and helping the Vatican solve inexplicable murders, must unravel the peculiar death of a victim that was being exorcised. With no signs of foul play, Lauren must think out of the box to find the killer—or to face whatever greater might be at work. “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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ SOMETHING DARK is book #4 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 Lauren Lamb 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. Future books in the series are now 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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Download or read book Unsuspecting Target written by Juno Rushdan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can they right past wrongs when an enemy’s out to steal their future? Ten years ago, Jagger Carr saved Wendy Haas’s life. Circumstances pulled them apart soon after, but when an assassin targets her at a Manhattan charity gala, Wendy has no choice but to trust Jagger, who’s now deep undercover. Not even their warring feelings can stop desire from reigniting. But the vengeful cartel gunning for them could destroy any hope for a second chance. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in the Hard Core Justice Thriller series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Hostile Pursuit Book 2: Witness Security Breach Book 3: High-Priority Asset Book 4: Innocent Hostage Book 5: Unsuspecting Target

Download or read book An American Sojourn written by John Hicks and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 1205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Children with a Star written by Deborah Dwork and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is based on hundreds of oral histories, conducted in Europe and North America, with survivors who were children in the Holocaust, primary documentation uncovered by the author (including diaries, letters, photographs and family albums), and archival records. Drawing on these sources, Dwork reveals the feeling, daily activities, and perceptions of Jewish children who lived and died in the shadow of Holocaust. She reconstructs and analyzes the many different experiences the children faced. In the early years of Nazi domination they lived at home, increasingly oppressed by rising anti-Semitism. Later some went into hiding while others attempted to live openly on gentile papers. As time passed, more and more were forced into transit camps, ghettos, and death and slave labour camps. Although nearly 90 percent of the Jewish children in Nazi Europe were murdered, we learn in this history not of their deaths but of the circumstances of their lives.

Download or read book The Hell s Half Acre Chase written by Daria Migounova and published by Daria Migounova. This book was released on 2021-05-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine you picked up a regular newspaper one morning to find that it showed tomorrow's news. What would you do? Noa Sinclair is a recent graduate of the enigmatic St. Isidore Home for gifted children. By less than proper means, he lands a job in the Canadian Intelligence Service and becomes fixated on the Niagara Company: an incredibly powerful and efficient criminal syndicate making its mark along the US/Canadian border. He infiltrates the Niagara Co., hoping to uncover their secrets. On the other side of the cat-and-mouse chase is Sebastian Nové, the young and suave boss of the Niagara Co., who has in his possession a newspaper that always prints one day ahead. But a past connection and a hidden motive may throw Noa’s case into disarray. Will he find out what it is before it’s too late? This is the FIRST book in a TWO part series! Stay tuned for book 2: The Hell's Half Acre Trade.