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With Malice


Rachel Lee - 2003
    With Malice by Rachel Lee released on Jan 24, 2003 is available now for purchase.

Charade


Sandra Brown - 1994
    It gave her a second chance at life. After leaving Hollywood to host a San Antonio TV show spotlighting children with special needs, Cat fights to gain respect as a newscaster. She meets Alex Pierce, an ex-cop turned crime writer, who regards her as a woman, not as a heart patient. When fatal "accidents" begin killing the other heart recipients, Alex may -or may not- be her most important ally. With her new world turning sinister and a mysterious stalker shadowing her every move, Cat is caught in a dark maze of betrayal and secrets...and perhaps sees too late the mask hiding a killer's face.

Last Seen Alive


Claire Douglas - 2017
    But after she saves the children in her care from a fire, she finds herself headline news. And horrified by the attention. It all reminds her of what happened nine years ago. The last time she saw her best friend alive.The SwapWhich is why the house swap is such a godsend. Libby and her husband Jamie exchange their flat in Bath for a beautiful, secluded house in Cornwall. It's a chance to heal their marriage - to stop its secrets tearing them apart.The HideawayBut this stylish Cornish home isn't the getaway they'd hoped for. They make odd, even disturbing, discoveries in the house. It's so isolated-yet Libby doesn't feel entirely alone. As if she's being watched.Is Libby being paranoid? What is her husband hiding? And. As the secrets and lies come tumbling out, is the past about to catch up with them?

Firestorm


Iris Johansen - 2003
    This time a gifted arson investigator teams up with a mysterious operative to stop a killer raging completely out of control...For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough...Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence-sniffing dog, Sam. Together they're a great team, but her life is about to change in the time it takes to strike a match. The deadly flames of her past are back, and from out of the ashes a stranger appears. Who is Silver? And why has he chosen her in the desparate race to find a killer determined to ignite hell on earth? Kerry and Silver may not have a chance against a psychopath as coldhearted as his method is red-hot. To save themselves and the innocent lives at stake, Kerry will have to do what she hoped she'd never have to do: fight fire with fire.

See Jane Die


Erica Spindler - 2004
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Without Mercy


Lisa Jackson - 2010
    When her troubled sister Shaylee is sent to an elite boarding school in Oregon called the Academy, a place where several girls have disappeared, Jules gets a teaching position at the school to keep an eye on Shay and discovers that something evil lurks in the halls of this prestigious institution.

Dead on the Dance Floor


Heather Graham - 2004
    Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham released on Jan 25, 2005 is available now for purchase.

Still Waters


Tami Hoag - 1992
    But on their arrival the locals are distinctly cool, and when Elizabeth gets involved in a murder case she finds there is more to it than meets the eye.

Revenge


James Patterson - 2018
    Now settling down to civilian life in London, he has plans for a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold.The police rule the death a suicide but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really happened, and they turn to their former bodyguard, Shelley, for help.When they discover that Emma had fallen into a dark and seedy world of drugs and online pornography, the father demands retribution. But his desire for revenge will make enemies of people that even Shelley may not be able to protect them from, and take them into a war from which there may be no escape.

Mortal Sin


Laurie Breton - 2004
    Mass Ave. The Combat Zone. All home to Boston's sex trade. Home also to runaways and lost souls, home to high rollers and politicians looking for action they can't find anywhere else. It is home, too, for Father Clancy Donovan, who spends his time here trying to get young girls off the street. Bone weary and frustrated, he has lost the joy in his life and has no idea how to get it back.Divorced three times and not yet thirty-five, Sarah Connolly is trying hard to make a new start when life throws her a curve. Kit, her fifteen-year-old niece, has run away from home, and Sarah will need every ounce of her stubbornness and determination to track her down. Suspecting Kit has disappeared into the Combat Zone, and with no one else to turn to, Sarah appeals to Clancy for help.The unlikely pair team up to find Kit, but in the process find something else -- something powerful, something unexpected and something that will shake them to their core.

She’ll Never Tell


Hunter Morgan - 2004
    . . I recommend it to those that love SUSPENSE in their "romantic suspense" reads!" ~Kristi Ahlers Overweight and insecure, Marcy Edmond lives in the shadow of her beautiful twin sister Phoebe until one night she is in a fiery car crash which changes everything. Marcy awakens from a coma as a different person. She has lost weight and the doctors had to give her plastic surgery. She is beautiful now, with the look she always craved. But while she was in the hospital, life went on without her. Her twin sister Phoebe moved into her home and stole the hearts of her children, maybe even her husband Jake. Now Marcy must decide whether to claim what is hers or abandon her past and her family for a life she has always dreamed of but never thought she could have. Marcy may feel overlooked by those close to her, but someone’s paying attention. The Bloodsucker has been watching Marcy’s transformation from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. The Bloodsucker holds his breath as he watches Marcy and Jake pass. They are arguing. He can tell from the way she won’t let him hold her hand. She sure was eager for him to touch her earlier, though, wasn’t she? The Bloodsucker walks up the beach, unnoticed by the swan and her husband. It’s as though he’s invisible. They see him but they don’t see him. If they make eye contact, he just smiles. Waves. No one knows who he is because everyone knows who he is. That’s best part about it. Marcy knows him, just as Patti did. The Bloodsucker stops at the trash can. He looks up the beach. Down. No one is paying any attention to him. Marcy and Jake cross the dune and disappear into the parking lot. Who would think his lovely swan would turn out so beautiful? He wants her now. He’s sure of it. Marcy is perfect. Exactly the kind of woman he loves to kill…. PUBLISHER’S NOTE SHE’LL NEVER TELL is #1 in the Albany Beach Murders. You’ll want to read it before SHE’LL NEVER KNOW (#2) and SHE’LL NEVER LIVE (#3) ALBANY BEACH MURDERS The Albany Beach Murders series contains a unique mystery in each book with a serial killer who spans the whole series. The identity of the serial killer is revealed in Book 3—unless you can guess it before but we doubt you can! SHE’LL NEVER TELL (#1) SHE’LL NEVER KNOW (#2) SHE’LL NEVER LIVE (#3) ABOUT HUNTER MORGAN Hunter Morgan writes chilling suspense with romantic elements in small town settings. She appeals to fans of Melinda Leigh, Loreth Anne White, Skye Jordan and as Mary Burton.

Taken


Chris Jordan - 2006
    But as widowed mother Kate Bickford discovers, everything can change in the blink of an eye. One minute her lanky, amazing, maddening Tommy is begging for ice cream. Then in a terrible instant, he's gone.Opening the door to her Connecticut home, hoping to find her son, Kate comes face-to-face with her son's abductor. He wants money. All she has. And if she doesn't follow something he calls The Method, the consequences will be gruesome.Her comfortable life collapses as precious seconds tick by, and Kate is horrified to uncover the terrible, world-shattering secret she and her son share with a killer who will stop at nothing....

Bad Moon Rising


Katherine Sutcliffe - 2003
    Attorney J.D. Damascus has always believed the NOPD put away the wrong guy, and now that more hookers are turning up dead, he's sure of it. But his drunken meltdown following the murders of his wife and children has left him with few friends on the force. Once a hotshot assistant district attorney, J.D. now handles cases for prostitutes and junkies who can rarely pay for his services. When Holly Jones calls him after finding his name on the jailhouse wall, he figures she's just another hard-luck case, but he finds himself drawn to her in spite of himself. Holly's in town looking for her friend Melissa, a hooker who may be the killer's latest victim. As J.D. and Holly draw closer to uncovering the truth, they find in each other the possibility for healing.

We'll Meet Again


Mary Higgins Clark - 1999
    When Julia is released from prison at the age of 36, the first item on her agenda is to settle the score with her former friend.

The Final Victim


Wendy Corsi Staub - 2006
    . . Everyone in Savannah, Georgia knows the Remington estate. The rambling old house bears blatant testimony not just to the esteemed family's vast wealth, but to unbearable tragedy and whispered secrets. Soon, the Remingtons will all come home to this secluded plantation nestled deep in the shadow of moss-covered trees. Then they will have to die. . .one by one. . . Hasn't Just Come Back To Haunt Her. . . For Charlotte Remington Maitland, the past five years have been a haze of pain and loss. Now, with her new husband and teenaged daughter, she's found a second chance at happiness--until the moment her grandfather's will is read. As the sole beneficiary of the vast Remington estate, Charlotte will get everything that's coming to her. A killer will make sure of that--no matter who has to die. . . It's Come Back To Kill Her. Trapped in a house of lies, searching for answers to deadly questions, Charlotte has never been more afraid. Someone knows her family's deepest secrets. Someone who will take Charlotte to the edge of sanity and the dark heart of her greatest fear in order to make her. . . The Final Victim