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Innocence by Dean Koontz -- Summary and Review


Al Martzmill - 2014
    Only the depraved mind of Koontz could imagine a main character whose facial features are so unattractive that they insight anger and rage in everyday citizens. The ugly man, Addison Goodheart, resides in a secluded part of town and he is convinced the solitude is a gift. When Addison meets a young lady, Gwyneth, his life takes a turn for a worse as he suddenly finds himself involved in a murder plot as thick as anything Koontz has ever written. Though this story isn't as terrifying as other Koontz classics, it is a return to the macabre which the iconic writer seemed to shy away from with novels such as his Frankenstein series. Innocence is a fast read and you'll find yourself longing for more before you even finish the last page. The digital eBook saves time and money yet it's every bit as terrifying as the paperback so any true Dean Koontz fan will definitely want to read this story. The Summary of Innocence is a great idea because it features a shortened version of the story at a discounted rate. This means it can be read much faster than the paperback, which saves time, and the eBook format means it can be delivered in an instant. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

All the Light (DI Tracy Collier #6)


Emmy Ellis - 2019
    A WARPED LEADER. THE PROMISE IS TOO MUCH… DI Tracy Collier is about to find out that some people are as damaged as she is. With someone going around killing, she struggles to find the link, the one clue that will break the case wide open and send her straight to the evil person who has led her on a merry dance. Crossword clues left at the scenes are confusing. Are they a smoke screen? Then the real reason behind them becomes clear, and Tracy is faced with one of the most hideous criminal masterminds she has ever dealt with to date. ‘The Lamp’ has formed a cult and is getting ‘the tribe’ to do the dirty work for them with a promise that is so ludicrous it should be laughable. But the tribe believe it—or do they? Regardless, for their own twisted reasons, they agree to the murder plan, but only one of the players in this wicked scenario will actually see all the light.

The Other Hand


Donna Foley Mabry - 2010
    At their first meeting he becomes obsessed with having her. With the help of her scheming mother, she manipulates him into leaving his family and marrying her. Once she has what she wants, his money, his name, and a portion of his fame, she divorces him. Andre doesn't love her. He realizes that he never really loved her the way he loved his wife, his childhood sweetheart, but he finds he can't let her go. She is his, bought and paid for. When she is found slaughtered, Andre is the prime suspect--but not the only one. The real killer moves on to the next name on his list, Andre himself. Las Vegas homicide cop Sam Howard must think all the way back to his first days on the homicide squad to solve his case, but can he do it before the murderer reaches his next victim?From the exclusive estates of Beverly Hills to the Las Vegas Strip, ‘The Other Hand’ takes you along on a journey through the lives of athletes and movie stars and the circle of people who surround them, groupies, paparazzi, families, and sometimes even a real friend. It gives you another theory of what may have really happened the night the beautiful young blonde was left to die in a spreading pool of her own blood.

Secrets Behind Doors


Audrey Walker - 2021
    A dead woman found in an apartment with no witnesses and no suspects.Shelby Griffin's first day on the job has just taken a turn that she could have never foreseen.Shelby Griffin has just joined the LAPD, filled with hopes and dreams of the career that awaits her.She knows she is talented and can’t wait to prove it to the rest of the world.But her plans come to a jarring halt when her gruff captain pairs her up with Detective Trevor Morris—a man who seems determined to have nothing to do with her.So, when a homicide case fortuitously drops in her lap, Shelby jumps at the chance to show everyone what she is capable of.Only, she soon realizes that she might have bitten off more than she could chew.Will Shelby be able to find the murderer?Will she be able to uncover the truth about the dead woman?Will she find a way to prove herself to Morris?Or will she fail and perhaps be forced to witness the deaths of many others?Take this thrilling adventure and get a look into the early years of the now popular, Detective Shelby Griffin.

A Cruise to Die For (A Redmond James Private Detective Thriller, #1)


Beth A. Sager - 2016
    Both need to relax after a car accident and brutal work schedules, but a madman has other ideas. A man who calls himself The Boss has set out to hold all 3,000 passengers and crew hostage to his demands. No one is safe, and it is up to ex-homicide detective Redmond James and FBI Special Agent Daisy Chain to determine who the Boss really is and what he truly wants. The fate of every man, woman, and child on board are in their hands. Will they discover the truth in time? Or will Redmond and Daisy just be two more victims? Find out for free - go ahead and click on the button, right now, and start reading. You'll be glad you did.

A Man of Affairs


John D. MacDonald - 1957
    A mastermind of the dog-eat-dog world of corporate corruption, Mike Dean uses every asset at his disposal - women, liquor, his own personal magnetism - to take businessmen's minds off their troubles, soften their consciences, muddy their good sense, and bend them to his will. But one of his house guests refuses to see things Mike's way. One of them won't be bought. One of them has a mind, and a heart, of his own. And he's determined to beat Mike at his own game.

The Last Trade


James Conway - 2012
    For Havens, it’s always been about the numbers. He sees things others can’t, from the collapse of the American real estate market to the multibillion-dollar rise of his ruthless and charismatic boss. Havens is now rich beyond his dreams, but his work at the Rising Fund has cost him his marriage. And now it may cost him his life. It starts with the brutal murder of his young protégé and, over the course of six explosive days, six other brokers around the world, each killed after executing a trade linked to the Rising Fund. As the violence escalates from South Africa to São Paulo, Hong Kong to Berlin, Havens frantically tries to construct a model that will reveal the catastrophic event that only he can see coming—and confirm that his boss and the Rising Fund are at the center of it. The Last Trade is a relentlessly entertaining, adrenaline-fueled thriller about the forces that shape our culture–and a lone man desperate to achieve redemption— while averting a global economic catastrophe.

The Black Orchestra


J.J. Toner - 2013
    The German war machine has invaded Poland and is advancing west toward France. In Berlin Kurt Muller, an Abwehr signalman, discovers a colleague lying dead at his radio receiver. The criminal police dismiss the death as suicide, but Kurt is not convinced. Kurt follows a trail of mysteries, witnessing several atrocities that expose the Nazi regime for what it truly is. When the trail leads him to the German resistance, he faces the most difficult choices of his life. He must choose between his duty and his conscience, between his country and his family, between love and death.

Fire Point


John Smolens - 2004
    She is a solitary young woman who is given to long walks along the coast of Lake Superior. On a cold April day, she wanders into a dilapidated house and meets Martin Reed, who has moved to Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula to renovate the condemned Victorian once owned by his aunt. Quickly Hannah realizes that Martin is an outcast, too, and unlike anyone she has ever met.Fire Point is the story of the summer Hannah and Martin attempt to rebuild their lives while restoring the house. But when Sean Colby returns to Michigan after being discharged early from military service, he cannot accept the fact that Hannah, his former girlfriend, is moving on without him—and commits a series of increasingly violent acts against Hannah, Martin, and the house. Written in spare, graceful prose, Fire Point is a thrilling and suspenseful story of love, vengeance, and renewal, set against the pristine beauty of one of America’s great inland seas.

The Farm - Free Preview (first 25 pages)


Tom Rob Smith - 2014
    But with a single phone call, everything changes. Your mother...she's not well, his father tells him. She's been imagining things - terrible, terrible things. She's had a psychotic breakdown, and been committed to a mental hospital. Before Daniel can board a plane to Sweden, his mother calls: Everything that man has told you is a lie. I'm not mad... I need the police... Meet me at Heathrow.Caught between his parents, and unsure of who to believe or trust, Daniel becomes his mother's unwilling judge and jury as she tells him an urgent tale of secrets, of lies, of a crime and a conspiracy that implicates his own father.

Secret Memories


J.S. Donovan - 2018
    Twenty-eight years later, the only surviving victim, private investigator Angela Rhymer, has no recollection of that horrible winter night. Her only clue is the butterfly-shaped scar carved into her back. However, after happening upon a new clue, a memory triggers and sends her searching deep into the past to find the killer that shaped her entire existence.Stolen: A Riveting Kidnapping MysteryLena Hayes is in the middle of the biggest fight of her political career. Her proposed piece of legislation will hold oil fracking companies accountable for the harm leveraged against their workers, and the families of her small North Dakota community. But with the oil company looking to stop her at any cost, Lena will have to confront the demons of her past in order to beat them.The Painting Murders: A Paranormal Painting MysteryA twenty-two year old murder, a prophetic female painter who foretells her husband's death, and a vengeful killer collide in the trendy city of Northampton, Massachusetts all the way to Amish country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Mason's Missing (A Tuper Mystery Book 1)


Teresa Burrell - 2017
    In an impossible search during a bitterly cold Montana blizzard, old cowboy Tuper and his hacker friend Lana's quest blurs into one of insanity and murder. As wounded Tuper fights to stay alive in the bitter cold, Lana searches cyberspace and finds someone is working hard to ensure certain secrets remain secret--especially Mason's true identity.

Dead Secret


Catherine Deveney - 2013
    It was the moment I watched Daddy die. Everything began to unravel then.’ When their father dies of a sudden heart attack, sisters Rebecca and Sarah Connaghan set aside their differences and return to the family home in Glasgow. Then Rebecca finds letters between her father and the mother she barely remembers that cast doubt on everything she’s been told about her family. Reeling from confusion and grief, she sets off alone for the remote Highlands village that may hold the key to the past. Above all, she is determined to prove the innocence of her father – the beloved, silent man she once thought she knew, now accused of a terrible crime.

Stolen: Book 0


James Hunt - 2016
    If there is dirt, your opposition will find it. If you have a weakness, they will exploit it. But when her daughter is taken in the middle of a high-stakes vote, Lena Hayes is about to find out just how cut throat the game can be.

Acts of Revision


Martyn Bedford - 1996
    Clearing through his mother's possessions he comes across some old school reports - bearing testimony to his inadequacy, which begins his plan of revenge, teacher-by-teacher.