Download or read book Deader written by Christopher Mathias and published by Christopher Mathias. This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world divided between the privileged sky cities, struggling tower cities, and the desolate ground, a young woman named Sophie uncovers a dark secret that threatens to unravel the fabric of her society. Born in the sky cities, but yearning to know about life below, Sophie becomes entangled in the life of Garim, a Deader – a performer who dies nightly in a twisted entertainment show, only to be brought back to life by the mysterious drug Necrolift. As Sophie and Garim’s paths intertwine, they find themselves caught in a web of lies, betrayal, and exploitation orchestrated by the ruthless Hetzel. Together, they must navigate the treacherous landscape of their worlds, uncovering the horrific truth behind Necrolift’s origin and the depths of human cruelty. Sophie and Garim must risk everything to expose the corruption that plagues their society and fight for a chance at freedom, redemption, and a future worth living for. Deader is a gripping sci-fi thriller that explores the depths of human resilience, the price of survival, and the power of hope in a dystopian world where death is just another performance.
Download or read book Deader Still written by Anton Strout and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s hard to defeat evil on a budget. Just ask Simon Canderous. FROM THE AUTHOR OF DEAD TO ME. View our feature on Anton Strout’s Deader Still. It’s been 737 days since the Department of Extraordinary Affairs’ last vampire incursion, but that streak appears to have ended when a boat full of dead lawyers is found in the Hudson River. Using the power of psychometry—the ability to divine the history of an object by touching it—agent Simon Canderous discovers that the booze cruise was crashed by something that sucked all the blood out of the litigators. Now, his workday may never end—until his life does.
Download or read book Deader by the Lake written by Doug Cummings and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you solve a murder nobody wants solved and catch a killer nobody wants caught? When a woman with explosive secrets is murdered, City Hall orders a cover up. But fired TV reporter Reno McCarthy has never been politically correct. Reno's out for justice and he won't back off---even if it means a showdown with a brutal manipulator intent on turning Chicago into a branch office of the Russian mob. Reno's city is on the verge of a 21st Century mob war; one that will make the Roaring Twenties seem like a cap gun fight. It's summer in Chicago. It's supposed to be cooler by the lake. Not this summer. ". . .complex, fast-paced. . .snappy." --Barbara D'Amato, past President, Mystery Writers of America "Crisp, street-wise dialogue. Cummings pulls no punches." --John Drummond, author of Thirty Years in the Trenches: Covering Crooks, Characters and Capers ". . .a crime spree all by itself. It has politics, sleaze and sleazy politics. It's peopled by cops, hookers, gangsters and even nastier types like radio hosts and senators. And Doug Cummings knows the territory." --Sam Reaves, author of Dooley's Back
Download or read book Never Seen Deader written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Branded an outlaw and driven from Texas, Dr. Samuel Knight comes out of hiding to tend to the wounds of a team of miners after a cave-in - and catches the attention of the mine's beautiful owner who needs his help.
Download or read book Deader Than You written by Simon Goodway and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabella's dead. She must be, because she just found her own corpse in an alley. Now she'd quite like some answers, like who killed her, and how come she's never felt so alive? There's only one man who can solve such an impossible mystery: shoe maker and reluctant detective Lorenzo Valentini. But how does it relate to a farm worker who lived in the Casentino Valley over twenty years earlier? Will an attempt to divert the course of the Arno to win the war with Pisa succeed? And, most importantly of all, can Isabella afford Valentini's fee? Witness a murderous romp through Renaissance Italy in a tale of death, obsession, shoe making and war
Download or read book Deader Than Disco written by David Hiltbrand and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For twenty years, sex-drenched rock diva Angel has kept herself at the top of the pop charts and in the public eye, thanks to her uncanny knack for controversy and amazing talent for personal reinvention. But the dead body of a rising NBA hoop star has been discovered at Angel's L.A. pleasure palace -- and suddenly the most recognizable face in America is nowhere to be seen. The music world is private investigator Jim McNamara's arena, and its pulse, glitter, and volume make him come alive. Now he needs to explore its darkest corners to track down rock's undisputed queen bee -- one Angela "Angel" Chiavone -- and get to the bottom of one very nasty murder. But how do you find a chameleon who could be anywhere and anyone? If McNamara can't figure it out, the elusive enigma's next hit just might be, quite literally, number one with a bullet.
Download or read book Deader Homes and Gardens written by Angie Fox and published by Moose Island Books. This book was released on 2016-10-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deader Homes and Gardens written by Joan Hess and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding what she hopes will be an ideal house to share with her new husband and teenage daughter, Claire Malloy learns that the property's previous owner died under suspicious circumstances and that a real estate agent has gone missing.
Download or read book Monster High Back and Deader Than Ever written by Lisi Harrison and published by Poppy. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RADs are free and Draculaura (Lala) is flashing her fangs with pride. But when Daddy Drac pays her a surprise visit everything goes batty. Mr. D. thinks RADs should have their own school, but Lala isn't ready to give up the rights they fought so hard for. It's father against daughter in a battle for Salem's student body. Despite the many challenges, Lala is determined to save Merston High. But she might die twice while trying.
Download or read book A Deader Shade of Pale A Humorous Paranormal Women s Fiction Short Story written by Deborah Wilde and published by Te Da Media Inc.. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miriam Feldman had high hopes for her big date, but a body count wasn’t one of them. It’s up to her and a grumpy French wolf shifter to hunt the possessed man down before anyone gets hurt. This novella was written to be enjoyed whether you’ve already read THROWING SHADE (Magic After Midlife, #1) or you’re new to this world. Let’s get you reading!
Download or read book Two Heads Are Deader Than One written by Elena Hartwell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A private investigator trying to help an old friend escape jail time becomes a murder suspect, in this cozy mystery. When her best friend from high school turns up out of nowhere begging for help, private investigator Eddie Shoes is right to be wary. She hasn’t seen Dakota in years. Maybe it’s nostalgia that has her bailing the woman out of jail. Eddie even reluctantly agrees to help Dakota find the person whose been stalking her. Of course, the moment Dakota is freed, she disappears, leaving Eddie on the hook with the local police, headed up by Eddie’s ex-boyfriend, Det. Chance Parker. Now Eddie is hot on Dakota’s trail, wondering if she was kidnapped or if she just jumped bail. Either way, things are not looking good for Eddie, especially when her business card is found on the bodies of not one, but two murder victims. Even worse, all evidence suggests that the answers to this mystery are tied to Dakota and Eddie’s shared history. Which means that in order to solve this case, Eddie’s going to have to face down her own demons. . . . Praise for One Dead, Two to Go “Smart, page-turning fun, with the most feisty and likable P.I. since Kinsey Millhone.” —Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist and author of He’s Gone “Plunge[s] the reader into a tale of fractured relationships, mayhem, and thrills.” —Deborah Turrell Atkinson, author of the Storm Kayama Mysteries “The writing is cinematic and vivid, the characters well-drawn. [For] fans of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.” —Max Everhart, author of the Eli Sharpe series “Memorable and entertaining.” —Scott Driscoll, author of Better
Download or read book The Deader the Better written by G.M. Ford and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seattle p.i. Leo Waterman isn't looking for trouble when he and his forensic pathologist girlfriend Rebecca escape into the Washington wilder for a few days of relaxation -- it just seems to find him. An old friend has purchased some choice property here in North America's only rain forest and his posting of "No Trespassing" signs has incurred the wrath of every sportsman for miles around. But what starts as irksome harassment by the offended locals soon escalates into the real of the lethal. And it's just Waterman's luck to be in the epicenter of this murderous mess at the very moment it bursts into flames.
Download or read book The Deader They Fall written by Peter Chambers and published by Ulverscroft. This book was released on 1994 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Redbourne jewels had been missing for two years. Silky Sam Willard wanted Mark Preston to locate them, sharing the reward. All Preston had to do was unmask a killer and locate the jewels - but it wasn't so simple.
Download or read book Draplin Design Co written by Aaron James Draplin and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny, colorful, fascinating tour through the work and life of one of today’s most influential graphic designers. Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in common: a teeny little bit of Aaron James Draplin. Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship, and DIY aesthetic to create a successful business and way of life. Pretty Much Everything is a mid-career survey of work, case studies, inspiration, road stories, lists, maps, how-tos, and advice. It includes examples of his work—posters, record covers, logos—and presents the process behind his design with projects like Field Notes and the “Things We Love” State Posters. Draplin also offers valuable advice and hilarious commentary that illustrates how much more goes into design than just what appears on the page. With Draplin’s humor and pointed observations on the contemporary design scene, Pretty Much Everything is the complete package.
Download or read book Helen s Babies and Other People s Children written by John Habberton and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sawbones written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling author: After the war, a Confederate doctor returns to Texas—and fights to reclaim his life . . . Bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone give the classic American hero a real shot in the arm—in this epic story of a Rebel doctor fighting for justice in the aftermath of the Civil War . . . Vengeance with a scalpel On the blood-stained battlefields of a divided nation, Dr. Samuel Knight used his surgical skills to treat wounded Confederate soldiers. In the brutal prison camps of the Union Army, he offered his healing services to fellow captives who'd given up hope. But now, with the war over and the South in ruins, the good doctor faces his hardest challenge yet: to save himself . . . Penniless and hungry, Knight has to beg, borrow, and steal to survive in a post-war hell that used to be his country. By the time he reaches his home in East Texas, it's been taken over. Ruthless Union soldiers rule over the town with an iron fist. A Yankee carpetbagger is living in his old house—and the jackal has forced Knight's wife to marry him. A normal man might give up, but Dr. Samuel Knight is going to take back what belongs to him. With a heart full of grit, a hunger for revenge, and swift, surgical precision, he'll stick a bullet in every dead man walking . . .
