Bøger af Carol Davis Luce

"A powerful book! The characters are incredible...they spring right off the page. A fabulous coming-of-age story." JoAnn Wendt--author of The Golden Dove. Behind closed doors, a young mind is awakened to a world bigger than innocent brown eyes can imagine. Suzy Kovak learns early how to keep a secret. One secret she didn't keep. "When I was six, I sat Danny down on the curb and told him his mother was his grandmother and his sister was his mother-and that made him a bastard. A bastard, I said, was a really bad thing to be. It sent him into his house wailing, and bought us a one-way ticket out of my Aunt Flora's court complex."Latchkey kids, Suzy and her brother, watch out for each other until he finds a new best friend. Forced to fend for herself, Suzy becomes a target for bullies. Growing up in Southern California in the 50s wasn't exactly root beer floats and sock hops. Their single mother struggles to keep the family together. Suzy feels lucky to get in good the cool kids who would cut their mark into the flesh of anyone clumsy enough to cross the gang. Tough teen-agers take care of themselves. Yet sometimes a girl still needs her mom even if her mom is less than perfect. Suzy holds tight to her secrets-until she meets the one person who unlocks her mind and sets the secrets free.

Nevada's King's Club resort casino is a neon playground for gamblers with a passion to win...and the hunting ground for a ruthless killer with nothing to lose. The odds are in his favor until casino owner Jay King places his bets on a beautiful private investigator. . .Kasey Atwood is a specialist at undercover surveillance, and no stranger to this glittering world of high stakes and low morals. Her growing attraction to the sensual, charismatic King is distracting--and dangerous. As their love affair heats up, she becomes a pawn in a perilously seductive game of passion and revenge. When more innocent blood is shed, Kasey knows she can't afford to make one false move. At risk is nothing less than her heart--and her life. . .

Murder. Mayhem. Madness. . . "NIGHT WIDOW has all the ingredients of a first-class thriller: a reclusive former movie star, a strong and capable heroine, and a story that twists and turns like Mulholland Drive. Nothing is as it seems in this present day story of Old Hollywood, obsession, and murder. As Luce delves deeper into the life of fading film star Sybil Squire, the stakes escalate to a stunning climax. NIGHT WIDOW will haunt you long after you turn the last page." --- J. Carson Black, author of DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN"Once again, Carol Davis Luce weaves a gripping tale of mystery and intrigue that brings characters to life on the page." K. C. May, author of THE WAYFARER KINGNIGHT WIDOWObsession. Voyeurism. Murder. . . Piper breaks away from her lavish LA life-style and controlling husband and makes a temporary home in a Hollywood Hills guest house, which happens to be next door to her favorite actress, a legend in her time. When Piper witnesses one strange event after another, she calls in the authorities, who peg her as a meddlesome neighbor obsessed with the 50's screen goddess. No one takes her warnings seriously. Piper, a film editor who pieces stories together, now has to use those eagle-eye skills to save her neighbor's life. Events escalate into a deadly game of cat and canary with Piper becoming the canary.

When he wanted a woman, he took her. His victim was always so disappointing, forcing him to dispose of her and move on to the next one. This time it would be different. Sisters. He would take them both--and keep the best. She would be his ultimate prize.Roberta Paxton had a challenging, rewarding job, a man who loved her, and a host of good friends, but something was terribly wrong. At the back of her mind, at the edge of her vision, something was threatening her...something or someone. She tried to talk about it, but nobody would listen, not even her thirteen-year-old sister, Tobie. Roberta had had these premonitions before, Tobie reminded her. She was just being paranoid.But there was someone watching. Deep in the Tahoe forest, emerging only to stalk his prey, to watch and listen, to plot his final move, a vicious killer waited. Each glimpse of Roberta fired his need, but still he waited.Until he saw Tobie...NEWS AND REVIEW: Night Prey: "Luce's portrayal of a psychopathic mountain man is chilling enough to make wanderers in the Sierra Nevada woods think twice about taking a walk alone. Hair-raising."

Things were looking up for Alexandra Carlson. With her divorce behind her and the mysterious death of her father fading in her memory, she was moving on. She lived in a wonderful secluded house on a mountainside in Reno, her paintings were beginning to sell, and there was even a hint of romance on the horizon. Then things began to happen. Little things. Anonymous phone calls full of heavy breathing. A broken tree branch outside her bedroom window. Her cat, Winnie--gone without a trace. A moving shadow above the skylight. Surely it was all her imagination...Then one day she picked up the phone and there was someboby--somebody who knew her childhood nickname. In the background she could hear a scratchy record--an old song that brought dark memories out of the shadows. That night something woke Alexandra out of a sound sleep. This time, the heavy breathing wasn't coming from the telephone. Someone was in house with her. And she was at his mercy.

Investigative reporter Roni Mayfield returns to her crumbling Nevada hometown to avenge a friend's brutal deathonly to be hunted by the same twisted serial killer Caroline Holt's body was found in her bed, covered in blood, her wrists cut, a framed wedding photo on her chest. The death was quickly ruled a suicide, but investigative reporter Roni Mayfield suspects foul playespecially after receiving a terrified message from Caroline hours earlier. What really happened to Caroline that night? What shadowy secretssecrets that may have cost Caroline her lifeare lurking below the surface in this eerie Nevada town? One thing is for certain: In Eagleton, Nevada, what you know can kill youand Roni is next. Written by New York Times and USA Todaybestselling author Carol Luce Davis, Night Passage is a gristly and chilling tale that will keep readers guessing until the very end.