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Tess Davey is an ambitious, hard-working police woman. After ten successful years in the service, she has risen to the rank of detective and earned herself an enviable reputation. But after the unexpected death of her beloved father, Tess is shocked when previously well-kept secrets about her family history are revealed. determined to find out the truth once and for all, Tess leaves the security of her home in Spalding and gets a job transfer to Soho,...
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The Rwandan Hostage is the second volume of Christopher Lowery's Blood Diamonds Series and continues the tale of corruption, murder and greed that began with the bestselling The Angolan Clan.
Heroine Jenny Bishop is back with a vengeance! The abduction of her nephew at the world cup final in South Africa brings to light a long-hidden event in her sister's history, which heralds a terrifying threat to the lives of her closest family.
In a desperate...
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Un número de teléfono mal marcado lleva a Donovan a la puerta de Sandia. Él pensaba que debía enseñarle Braille a una persona ciega, mientras que ella pensaba que el era un abogado de caos de discapacidad. Cuando Donovan se entera de las terribles circunstancias de Sandia y su abuelo, la lección de Braille se olvida y se embarca en una misión para ayudar a Sandia a resolver los diversos dilemas que amenazan con abrumarla.
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Stillpoint is a gripping odyssey spanning two continents and three generations. It describes a clash of ideologies and the onset of a long and vicious war.American and Israeli policies collide in the ancient battleground of Palestine.Stillpoint is a lucid and compelling vision of what it means to bring truth and wisdom to the political arena. The reader is drawn into a vivid and haunting world, replete with unforgettable characters. Crisis and opportunity...
45) Vicious Cycle
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An insane narcissistic woman in texas hired people to kill her husband for no reason just because she thought she was going to be a famous youtuber.
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They are masters in the covert world of spies and assassins.
Elda Ainsworth cut her teeth as a spy in the Cold War. Currently semiretired, she has been activated by the American government to extract her friend Korinna Federov, a Russian translator for the Kremlin. Elda's background as a military analyst, personal trainer, and psychologist makes her a formidable opponent.
Trained by the KGB, Anatoly Petrov was born to be a killing machine. Anatoly's...
47) The Hill
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When the Alton's move to their new home on the hill they soon find that all is not as it seems. Sebastian becomes entangled between two opposing forms of evil, and soon must make a choice.The hill is a story of love, friendship, trust and its destructive effectsThe hill is the first story of 'the spillwork rattle,' a device buried within our history.
48) Trigger Point
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It's 2018. Tom Knowles, a moderate Nevada Republican, is the American president hoping to lead his country into a new era of stability and growth. He sees his change to put his stamp on world affairs when thirty-two American aid workers are massacred in Uganda by a terrorist organization. Knowles opts for military intervention even though China considers Uganda its African sphere of influence, and warn him to keep out. Six weeks later, stock prices...
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Attorney Garrett Goodlove has a strong bond with his twin sister, Carly. They're soul mates. Doesn't mean they always get along. Over the years, Garrett has found that the only way to tolerate his reckless and headstrong sibling is to take breaks from her. Do some social distancing.But when the COVID-19 pandemic forces them to quarantine together, there's no way for the soul mates to keep out of one another's hair. Garrett, wife Jen, daughter Nicole,...
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Tracy Shepard is a professional mediator. She offers to help the owners of a small lab resolve a dispute impeding progress on a cure for an insidious eye disease afflicting many, including her father. Tracy discovers evidence of fraud; nothing is as it seems. Double Blind Test is a story of deceit that poses the question: What're the chances two different men have the same tattoo-on their balls?
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It all comes down to who you can trust: the woman who got you sacked – or a killer from the British Government…• Powerful men kept secret what was really planned for April 1912• Headlines of the disaster went contrary to expectations• A mistake so huge it demanded concealment at the highest levelBut the details survived through generations, causing panic for today's politicians.Peter Gris, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, also sees...
52) Mariner's Ark
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Mother Nature declares war on the West Coast in this action thriller. Richard and Robin Mariner are in Long Beach, California, overseeing the arrival of their container ship, Sulu Queen. From there, the adventuresome couple plan to join their friend Nic aboard his fifty-million-dollar motor yacht as he races his daughter in an Olympic-standard Katapult multihull down the coast to Mexico. But when a catastrophic once-in-a-thousand-years megastorm known...
53) Anger Management
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Have you ever felt disconnected, unsure of your place in the world? Have you ever felt that society glorified the imbecilic and that most civilized problems could be cured with common sense? Have you ever wanted to make your own justice for it and punish the corrupt and perverted that destroy our trust? What if you found a way to do it?Follow an unnamed narrator, through his daily life of work drugs and violence, finding ways he can exploit the loop...
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Eine illegale Bohrung, ein ungewöhnlicher Einbruch, ein verschwundener Gastwirt, eine Explosion und dann - zwei Wochen vor der traditionellen Pferdewallfahrt in Tölz - eine Bombendrohung, die das Isartal im ganzen Oberland bis nach München verwüsten würde! Diese überregionale Problematik soll Kommissar Besener aus Rosenheim aufklären, während ganz Tölz wegen der bevorstehenden Leonhardifahrt im Ausnahmezustand ist. Kann die Wallfahrt stattfinden?...
55) Acrobat
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They are young, tough and resourceful, and they have been targeted for assassination by the very agency that made them. They are the CIA work-group known as Acrobat, and they are on the run.
- Duncan Idaho, the Langley roadrunner who skirts the line between brilliantly daring and foolishly reckless.
- Monika Summers, a ray of all-American sunshine, the utility player who can do it all, and does it exceptionally well.
- Tobey Jansen, the nerdy...
56) The Angolan Clan
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After the Revolution of the Carnations, Portugal is transformed into a communist state. Capitalists are ruthlessly persecuted and the liberated Portuguese colony of Angola is thrust into one of the bloodiest civil wars in history. The fabled Angolan diamond mines are closed down, but not before a group of refugees escape with a hoard of the precious gems. Their lives promise wealth and success, but a legacy of revenge and greed will eventually...
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Welcome Back to the Big Show!Every August, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world converge on Indianapolis to gather for Gen Con, the largest such gaming convention in America. After a momentous first year in which he solved the murder of a world-famous game designer, Liam Parker is back to debut his first game design ever. Unfortunately, so is Tollak Spielmacher, the mastermind he failed to put behind bars.When Tollak's employees start turning...
58) Fire Baby
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Mike Hennessy has worked the streets of Portland for more than 20 years; first as a beat cop and more recently as a Lieutenant Detective. He has been honored many times for his bravery, often taking risks that most would never consider and always putting his job first, doing whatever it takes to close cases and bring bad guys to justice.But Mike is more than just good at his job; he is excellent at it. Because unknown to anyone else, Mike possesses...
59) Never Forever
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As it becomes more apparent that Conner represents only the tip of the iceberg, Dana comes under increasing pressue to solve the mysetery of Conner's past. Drawing upon the assistance from her partner, Tobias, Conner's psychiatrist, Dr Coemen, and her motley collection of neighbours and friends, Dana realises that she may be the key to preventing a murderous spree of supernatural origins.Combining elements of drama, crime and the supernatural, Never...
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J.D. CROWELL is fired as PRESIDENT ADDISON HUNTINGTON'S campaign manager over a public indiscretion with LIBBY CATTON, a beautiful mixed-race White Houser staffer.Soon, however, J.D. discovers the real reason for his axing was not his affair with Libby, but rather the fact that her mother was BRIDGET DONOVAN, a Sixties' radical still wanted for bombing federal buildings. Libby's radical past threatens both the President and MAYNARD KEYNES, the sports-and-entertainment...
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