The grizzly crime scene is a locked gaming room with no
evidence of forced entry; the victim decapitated by a
weapon that can't be located. It's one of the most baffling
murder cases Lt. Eve Dallas and her highly trained band of
crime busters has ever encountered.
The Read more...
Deep in the darkest regions of the Amazon jungle are the
ruins of a legendary Mayan city. Also there are a violent
indigenous tribe of people sworn to protect the sacred
temple from outsiders and some nasty, frightening
creatures.
In search of the lost city and the valuable treasure it Read more...
Self-exiled and working as a bricklayer, former FBI agent
Steve Vail never fit the confining mold the agency expected
of an agent. But his unorthodox ways have earned him a
reputation as the guy to go to when special cases come
along the FBI can't handle on their Read more...
The premise of debut author Warren Fahy's FRAGMENT
intrigued me so much, I had to read it. Even though it's
not my usual choice of genre, I was hooked from the first
page and found it almost impossible to put down. Adding to
the excellent reading experience are Read more...
Bodo Hagen has returned to Las Vegas to bury the remains of
his murdered brother. Though they hadn't been close lately,
his younger brother didn't deserve to die this way. When
Hagen learns that his brother, just recently returned from
Europe after leaving the French Foreign Legion, was Read more...
A prominent NYPSD captain and his wife return early from
vacation to confront their worst nightmare. Their teenage
daughter Deena, who stayed at home, has been viciously
assaulted and murdered in her own bedroom. The gruesome
crime scene is more horrific than can be imagined.
Immediately, the captain demands that Read more...
The U.S. government gets wind of a salvage operation of a
German U-boat that's been sitting at the bottom of the
ocean off the cost of Russia since the end of WWII. The
cargo it contains, besides the remains of the men, is
shocking beyond belief. Just Read more...
In February 2100, at the Citadel of the Daughters of the
Light near New Seattle, the ceremony to select a new Oracle
of the Republic is about to commence. But things don't go
as planned and an uproar disrupts the proceedings. When
shade Delilah Desjardins is abducted following the Read more...
Near the end of World War II, Hook Runyon is a railroad
bull -- called a yard dog -- stationed in rural Oklahoma
close to a prison camp for German POWs captured in Europe.
He's nicknamed Hook, since he wears a prosthesis after
having lost his arm in an accident. As Read more...
For millennia, the shape-shifting dragon warriors known as
the Pyr have lived peacefully as guardians of the
earth's treasures. But now the final reckoning between the
Pyr, who count humans among those treasures, and the
dreaded Slayers, who are determined to eradicate Read more...
What starts out as an apparent suicide turns into a twisted
multiple-murder case that pits Claire and her associates
against a truly evil and manipulative killer.
Wow, this book was everything I had hoped for and more as
it ratchets up the suspense with surprising twists and
turns. Linda Read more...
New author Daniel Levin has scored a huge hit with his
masterful debut, THE LAST EMBER (Riverhead Books). This
hardcover went on sale August 6, 2009, and I started
reading it right away. I can't imagine a more thoroughly
researched or excellently presented edict about religious
archaeological terrorism than Read more...
Rival gangs are shooting it out for control of the mean
streets of South-Central LA, fighting for control of the
drug trade and everything else. As homicide detectives
Dover and Falcon finally locate Kinks, a Crip drug lord
they've been looking for, they become part of a drive Read more...
Kaylie Fletcher swore never to return to Alaska, especially
after she learns her family has disappeared after a
disastrous climbing accident. Then she gets a late-night
phone call insinuating that her mother is still alive, and
Kaylie has no choice but to go and see if it's true Read more...
Was it suicide or murder when one of San Francisco's most
despised landlords went flying off the roof of his own
apartment building? That's the question former homicide
detective Sam McGowan, who's also a tenant in the building,
is asking. Even though the police want to rule Read more...
What was supposed to be a relaxing, sun-filled (and free!)
Mexican Riviera cruise turns out to be anything but for
writer-for-hire Jaine Austen (and her persnickety stowaway
cat Prozac). Now, how hard could it be to teach a one-hour
writing class each day to a group Read more...
Coming from five generations of Texas Rangers, Caitlin
Strong held the traditions of honor and duty in high
regard. Then she started to question herself following a
terrible confrontation along the Mexican border that left
her wounded -- and her partner dead. Five years have
passed. In that time, Caitlin quit Read more...