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Out of Control
Sarah Alderson - 2014
But when the police station is attacked and bullets start flying it becomes clear that Liva is not just a witness, she’s a target.Together with a car thief called Jay, Liva manages to escape the massacre but now the two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun and outwit two killers who will stop at nothing to find them.When you live on the edge, there’s a long way to fall.
People Like Us
Dana Mele - 2018
Now she's a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl's body is found in the lake, Kay's carefully constructed life begins to topple. The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay's finally backed into a corner, she'll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make...not something that happened.
Budapest/48: A Ryan Lock Story
Sean Black - 2015
Fly into Budapest. Handle the exchange in a straightforward kidnap for ransom case. Fly back home. Total time involved: 48 hours. But as private security operators Ryan Lock and Ty Johnson are about to find out, there is no such thing as easy money. Budapest/48 is the new novella (short novel) from bestselling thriller writer Sean Black.
Hidden
Lisa Sell - 2019
Taylor's Sleep. As well as for fans of authors like Louise Jensen, Rachel Abbott and Heidi Perks.
Injustice For All
C.C. Warrens - 2018
Detective Marx is determined to unravel the mystery behind the notes before another innocent dies, but his efforts might put him directly in the killer’s path. note: Injustice for All is a spin-off from the Holly Novels, but it can be read as a standalone book. If you're wondering where this book falls in relation to the Holly Novels, here's the timeline: Criss Cross, Winter Memorial, Cross Fire, Crossed Off, Injustice for All.
Run, Hide, Fight Back
April Henry - 2019
To her own surprise, seventeen-year-old Miranda finds the others looking to her as their leader. But she’s hiding a big secret—and she’s not the only one. The group has only three choices—run, hide, or fight back. The wrong decision will have fatal consequences.
The Next Girl
Carla Kovach - 2018
She was wrong. Deborah Jenkins pulls her coat around her as she sets out on her short walk home in the pouring rain. But she never makes it home that night. And she is never seen again …Four years later, an abandoned baby girl is found wrapped in dirty rags on a doorstep. An anonymous phone call urges the police to run a DNA test on the baby. But nobody is prepared for the results. The newborn belongs to Deborah. She’s still alive.If you love Lisa Gardner, Patricia Gibney and Robert Bryndza, you’ll love this jaw-dropping new crime thriller from Carla Kovach. The Next Girl will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Outlaw MC: The Complete Boxset
Ethan Egorov - 2019
My life had always been unbearable. It was loud and unstable. I joined the club to find my purpose. To give myself peace of mind. Today, the town is our arena and the MC Club room is home. Our President, Tank, is ruthless. The five Outlaw men continue to reign under his leadership. Power is the name of the game. We’re dangerous, insatiable and know how to protect our women. And we stop at nothing until we emerge victorious. SPARROW She walked into my life when I was supposed to stay out of trouble. All I had to do was join the club and mind my own business. Now her gorgeous curves are all I can think about. The plan was to have one taste of her, and then let her go. But I’ve been left wanting so much more. The problem, though? She’s the MC President’s daughter. The one woman who is completely off-limits. This is the kind of trouble that my brother warned me about. He won’t bail me out this time. The stakes are too high. But the risk is worth the reward. Besides, it’s my heart on the line. They say I’m a rule breaker… And I’m about to show them just how far I could go to take what’s mine. CARDINAL Just when I thought I’d never see her again, she walks right into my bar… I’m the new pres of the MC, the Outlaws are counting on me to hold things together. To keep a drug war for happening and tearing the club apart. I’m prepared to do just that until I get arrested, a DUI slapped on me by a cop that hates the MC. And then I see her. Paige Travers. The beautiful red head who is now my lawyer, and becomes the only thing I care about. Nothing has ever been more important than the club—until her. FALCON I live a life of no surprises, but she is the best one that there is. Chantal Hailey, the damsel in distress, is going to be mine. I can deny it all I want, but she’s the sunlight in my dark and boring life. The guys at the MC, they understand what it’s like. She’s my escape, my sunshine. And I’m ready to stand in the sun. ROBIN Just for one night, we wanted each other, and that was supposed to be it. When Emily showed up at my club, I was already thinking of all the things I could do to her. Relationships aren’t my thing, commitment— But she changed all of that. I had to do whatever it took to keep her, even when I had more secrets than she bargained for. Emily changed me, took away my pain, and understood my heart. Even though we started off as complete strangers, who only bargained for one night. OWL I have wanted her for years, and I never thought I would have her. Amy Clemens has been the secret light in my life since I laid eyes on her. I watch her every move, she lives in my dreams. But she off limits. Not because I am dark, hardened by my life, but because her brother is my best friend and club brother. I can't have her, no matter how much I want her.
All These Bodies
Kendare Blake - 2021
Two teenagers. One impossible explanation.Summer 1958—a string of murders plagues the Midwest. The victims are found in their cars and in their homes—even in their beds—their bodies drained, but with no blood anywhere. September 19- the Carlson family is slaughtered in their Minnesota farmhouse, and the case gets its first lead: 15-year-old Marie Catherine Hale is found at the scene. She is covered in blood from head to toe, and at first she’s mistaken for a survivor. But not a drop of the blood is hers.Michael Jensen, son of the local sheriff, yearns to become a journalist and escape his small-town. He never imagined that the biggest story in the country would fall into his lap, or that he would be pulled into the investigation, when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to. As Marie recounts her version of the story, it falls to Michael to find the truth: What really happened the night that the Carlsons were killed? And how did one girl wind up in the middle of all these bodies?
These Shallow Graves
Jennifer Donnelly - 2015
Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly.Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort accidentally shot himself while cleaning his revolver. One of New York City’s wealthiest men, he owned a newspaper and was partner in a massive shipping firm, and Jo knows he was far too smart to clean a loaded gun.The more Jo uncovers about her father’s death, the more her suspicions grow. There are too many secrets. And they all seem to be buried in plain sight. Then she meets Eddie—a young, brash, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father’s newspaper—and it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if she keeps searching for the truth. Only now it might be too late to stop.The past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could ever have imagined, and the truth is the dirtiest part of all.
The Truth About Keeping Secrets
Savannah Brown - 2019
Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around their small Ohio town.He is also unexpectedly dead.Is Sydney crazy, or is it kind of weird that her dad-a guy whose entire job revolved around other peoples' secrets-crashed alone, with no explanation?And why is June Copeland, homecoming queen and the town's golden child, at his funeral?As the two girls grow closer in the wake of the accident, it's clear that not everyone is happy about their new friendship.But what is picture perfect June still hiding? And does Sydney even want to know? THE TRUTH ABOUT KEEPING SECRETS is a page-turning, voice led, high school thriller.
The Last Victim
Karen Robards - 2012
Charlotte Stone sees what others do not. A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Charlie regularly sits face-to-face with madmen. Obsessed with learning what makes human monsters commit terrible crimes, Charlie desires little else from life—no doubt because when she was sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath: A man butchered the family of Charlie’s best friend, Holly, then left the girl’s body on a seaside boardwalk one week later. Because of the information Charlie gave police, the Boardwalk Killer went underground. She kept to herself her eerie postmortem visions of Holly and her mother. And even years later, knowing her contact with ghosts might undermine her credibility as a psychological expert, Charlie tells no one about the visits she gets from the spirit world. Now all-too-handsome FBI agent Tony Bartoli is telling Charlie that a teenage girl is missing, her family slaughtered. Bartoli suspects that after fifteen years, the Boardwalk Killer—or a sick copycat with his M.O.—is back. Time is running short for an innocent, kidnapped girl, and Bartoli pleads for Charlie’s help. This is the one case Charlie shouldn’t go near. But she also knows that she may be the one person in the world who can stop this vicious killer. For Charlie—whose good looks disguise a world of hurt, vulnerability, and potent psychic gifts—a frantic hunt for a madman soon becomes a complex test of cunning, passions, and secrets. Aiding Dr. Stone on her quest to catch a madman is a ghostly presence with bad intentions: the fiery spirit of seductive bad boy Michael Garland who refuses to be ignored, though in his cat and mouse game they may both lose their hearts. Dr. Charlotte Stone sees what others do not. And she sees the Boardwalk Killer coming for her.
99 Red Balloons
Elisabeth Carpenter - 2017
What would you do if one was your daughter?
When eight-year-old Grace goes missing from a sweetshop on the way home from school, her mother Emma is plunged into a nightmare. Her family rallies around, but as the police hunt begins, cracks begin to emerge.What are the secret emails sent between Emma’s husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is Emma really as innocent as she seems?Meanwhile, ageing widow Maggie Taylor sees Grace’s picture in the newspaper. It’s a photograph that jolts her from the pain of her existence into a spiralling obsession with another girl – the first girl who disappeared…
The Neighbour's Cat
J.S. Ellis - 2019
The first thing you should know about me is that I’m a cat. I’m what humans call a tuxedo cat. The second thing you should know about me is that my owner hurts women. In the period of five years that I have been his pet, he has killed four women, and he’s on the lookout for the next victim. And he has found her.The novel version of this book will be published on the 3rd of November you can add it here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
The Art of Rendition
Mark T. Sullivan - 2012
But that’s only part of the challenge – one that many trained agents could handle effectively. They’ve called upon Monarch because, after the interrogation, he must return the scientist without the Russians, the Iranians, or the scientist himself ever knowing he’s been grabbed.