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Seven-year-old Wen and her fathers are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet lake. One afternoon, as Wen catches…
grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. The stranger, Leonard, and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, "None of what's going to happen is your fault." Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion. 2018.
Inmate psychologist at a state prison, Frank Lundquist is surprised when his high school object of desire, Miranda Greene, walks…
into his office for a counselling appointment. Miranda is desperate and despairing, and she soon looks to Frank for absolution and perhaps even escape. 2018.
One afternoon at an outdoor market in India, a man's shadow disappears. He is only the first. The phenomenon spreads…
like a plague, and while those afflicted gain a strange new power, it comes at a horrible price: the loss of all their memories. Ory and his wife Max have escaped the Forgetting so far by hiding in an abandoned hotel deep in the woods. Then one day Max's shadow disappears too. Max runs away, and Ory, desperate to find his wife, follows her trail across a perilous world. 2018.
Three very different women grapple with motherhood, recalibrate their identities, and confront unforeseen tragedies and triumphs. Leona, a Maasai mother…
with a difficult childhood; Jane, a lonely expat wife; and Simi, a barren Maasai woman; discover the heartbreak of loss, the struggle to find a sense of belonging, and the surprising ways we find our family and home. 2018.
It's been a year since the shocking death of August Moriarty, and Jamie and Charlotte haven't spoken. Holmes and Watson…
may not be looking to reconcile, but when strange things start happening, it's clear that someone wants the team back together. Someone who has been quietly observing them both. Someone who wants to see one of them suffer and the other one dead. Sequel to "The last of August". For junior and senior high readers. 2018.
Ann Boroch's self-published book, The Candida Cure, has been the #1 resource in candida treatment since 2008. Now, in this…
revised edition, Ann offers her readers even more tools, with updated information and case histories, a quick start cleanse, and all-new recipes and eating plans. 2018.
The discovery of a human arm bone with a rusty handcuff attached to the wrist at a London construction site…
prompts Russian historian Lara "the Bookworm" Klimt to investigate a secret World War II operation and prevent a present-day international conspiracy. 2018.
A London girl-about-town returns to her family's farm on a small Scottish island following her mother's death. Her father and…
her four brothers remain, and it's up to them to run the farm. But as she soon discovers, they aren't quite up to the task, and need all the help they can get. Leaving behind a bustling, high-stakes life in the city, our heroine builds a life for herself in her hometown, opening a café using the local produce of the region. And romance isn't far behind. 2017.
Stuck in a decaying mansion surrounded by sea monsters, Sophie Seacove's only hope for escape is to find the mysterious…
Monster Box before the other inhabitants of the house get to her first. Grades 5-8. 2017.
Attorney Sophie Maxwell has come to Savannah to be with her new husband, Will. But nothing throws cold water on…
a hot relationship faster than a dead body. Worse for Sophie, no one believes the body she knows she saw is real. Fortunately, Sophie has a good friend in Faith Fairchild. With teenage Amy being bullied by mean girls and husband Tom contemplating a major life change that will affect all the Fairchilds, Faith is eager for distraction in the form of some sleuthing. In between discussions of newlywed agita, surprising Savannah customs and, of course, fabulous low country food, Faith and Sophie will pair up to unmask a killer! 2016.
A collection of ten Western short stories. In "Mugs Birdsong's Crime Academy," celebrated criminal Mugs Birdsong decides to found an…
academy that will instruct lawmen on the ways and means of lawlessness. "The Last Days of Dominic Prince" is the tragic tale of a cattle baron and his final conflict with the forces of political correctness. "Dead Weight" introduces us to a coffin maker who constructs a work of art. And in the title story, two young men in the gold fields of California spend one last night together as one of them confronts his own imminent death. This collection also includes "The Square Reporter," "A Commercial Proposition," "The Great Filibuster of 1975," "The Tinhorn's Lady," "Hearts," and "Looking for Love at a Romance Writers Convention." 2017. Uniform title: Short stories.
Ivy and Adrian face fate and test their unbreakable bond when they set out to conquer the last relic and…
harness its unparalleled power to free thousands of innocents from the demon realms. Nothing they've endured can prepare them for the unthinkable choices they'll face along the way. Sequel to "The sweetest burn". 2017.
Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence? Who killed…
JonBenet Ramsey? America's foremost expert on criminal profiling and twenty-five-year FBI veteran John Douglas, along with author and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, explores those tantalizing questions and more. With unique analysis, the authors reexamine and reinterpret the accepted facts, evidence, and victimology of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime, including the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the Zodiac Killer, and the Whitechapel murders. Utilizing techniques developed by Douglas himself, they give detailed profiles and reveal chief suspects in pursuit of what really happened in each case. 2016.
To the world, he is Sri Ramakrishna--godly avatar, esteemed spiritual master, beloved guru. To Rani Rashmoni, she of low caste…
and large inheritance, he is the Brahmin fated to defy tradition. But to Hriday, his nephew and longtime caretaker, he is just Uncle--maddening, bewildering Uncle, prone to entering trances at the most inconvenient of times, known to sneak out to the forest at midnight to perform dangerous acts of self-effacement, who must be vigilantly safeguarded not only against jealous enemies and devotees with ulterior motives but also against that most treasured yet insidious of sulfur-rich vegetables: the cauliflower. 2016.
Told from multiple points of view--including James and Dolley Madison and a British admiral--this is the true story of the…
burning of the White House in 1814. It's unimaginable today, even for a generation that saw the Twin Towers fall and the Pentagon attacked. It's unimaginable because in 1814, enemies didn't fly overhead; they marched through the streets, and for twenty-six hours in August, the British enemy marched through Washington, DC, and set fire to government buildings, including the US Capitol and the White House. Relying on firsthand accounts, historian Jane Hampton Cook weaves together several different narratives to create a vivid, multidimensional account of the burning of Washington, including the escalation that led to it and the immediate aftermath. From James and Dolley Madison to the British admiral who ordered the White House set aflame, historical figures are brought to life through their experience of this unprecedented attack. 2016.
Bobby Gold is a lovable criminal. After nearly ten years in prison, he's no sooner out than he's back to…
work breaking bones for tough guys. His turf: the club scene and restaurant business. It's not that he enjoys the job--Bobby has real heart--but he's good at it, and a guy has to make a living. Things change when he meets Nikki, the cook at a club most definitely not in his territory. Smitten, he can't stay away. Bobby Gold has known trouble before, but with Nikki the sauté bitch in his life, things take a turn for life or death. 2016.
In 1995, West Hollywood is shaken by the brutal killing of an older man who was widely loved for his…
generosity and kindness. In a time when the police were largely indifferent to crimes against gay people, private-eye Simeon Grist is hired to catch the murderer--and finds himself up against the most dangerous adversary of his career, a man who kills his victims not once but twice: once physically and once in spirit. Sequel to "The man with no time". 2015.
Ria Parkar is Bollywood's favourite ice princess--beautiful, poised, and scandal-proof--until one impulsive act threatens to expose her destructive past. Traveling…
home to Chicago for her cousin's wedding offers a chance to diffuse the coming media storm and find solace in family, food, and outsized celebrations that are like one of her vibrant movies come to life. But it also means confronting Vikram Jathar. Ria and Vikram spent childhood summers together, a world away from Ria's exclusive boarding school in Mumbai. Their friendship grew seamlessly into love--until Ria made a shattering decision. As far as Vikram is concerned, Ria sold her soul for stardom, and it's taken him years to rebuild his life. But beneath his pent-up anger, their bond remains unchanged. And now, among those who know her best, Ria may find the courage to face the secrets she's been guarding for everyone else's benefit--and to stop acting and start living. 2015.