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A man with no name is out to find a labor activist friend who disappeared on the streets of Portland in this noir crime novella. It's 2009, and the economy's falling apart. Formerly homeless, our nameless hero owes what little he has to his friend Oscar. As a fellow day laborer, Oscar always stood up for their rights, even if it meant trouble. But now the cops are looking for Oscar--but he's nowhere to be found. The man with no name needs to find Oscar and soon, or he just might take the rap himself. He dodges the cops, tries to save his drug-addicted ex, and discovers a criminal coverup protecting some of Portland's richest and most powerful. To get at the whole truth, he'll have to finally face his past, and accept who his friend Oscar really was. Only then can he reclaim his name and place in a harsh world.

A WWII vet finds himself trapped inside a sinister military experiment in this historical thriller based on true events and sequel to Under False Flags.Hawaii, 1948. In World War II, Wendell Lett was considered a hero before he became a deserter. Now he's looking for a cure for his severe combat trauma, and The Preserve seems to be his salvation. Run by military intelligence, the secretive training camp promises relief from the terrors in his mind. Together with tough-minded Hawaiian Kanani Alana, who's also looking for a new start at The Preserve, Lett begins to feel hopeful. But soon Lett discovers the chilling, true purpose of his treatment. The Preserve intends to rebuild him into a cold-blooded assassin--whether he's willing to cooperate or not. His only hope is Alana's dangerous escape plan. But even if it succeeds, he'll still have to survive a merciless manhunt through the harsh wilderness of the Big Island.

A scandalous accusation sends a woman fleeing to the countryside, where she meets an enigmatic man who also has something to hide . . . After a teenage boy makes allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Evie Cooper goes back to her hometown. There, her old friend Alex, now a solicitor, can help her navigate the situation, as well as offer her a job to tide her over. Evie rents a cottage while she waits for the crisis to blow over; it's isolated and rundown, but it's cheap, and she finds the rural quiet soothing. After a local man, Jay, helps her out of a tight spot, she starts a friendship with him that quickly becomes romantic. But she senses a strange tension between Jay and Alex. Why does Jay seem to avoid Alex? Is there something Alex isn't telling her--and why would he keep it secret? Then Evie stumbles on a surprising revelation about Jay--and as the truth begins to emerge, she must decide who she can really trust . . .

This classic novel by bestselling author William J. Mann features a gay man trying to come to terms with sex, friendship, aging, and falling—and staying—in love This stunning slice of gay life at the turn of the millennium introduces thirtysomething Jeff O’Brien. After six years, his lover, Lloyd, has just announced that the passion between them has died. Terrified of ending up alone, Jeff turns his eye toward other men. But the anonymous, impersonal encounters leave him feeling sordid and used. In search of love during this “last summer in which I am to be young,” he finds romance with a beautiful houseboy named Eduardo. At twenty-two, Eduardo is the same age Jeff was when he began a relationship with the older David Javitz, a leading activist now gravely ill with AIDS. But David became more than a lover to Jeff, who wasn’t yet out of the closet. He was his mentor and cherished friend.   Narrated by Jeff, who’s caught between the baby boomers and generation X, the novel shuttles between summers in Provincetown and winters in Boston. The Men from the Boys is about the illusive nature of love and desire—“the magic that happens across a dance floor,” leaving you “forever young.”

She's trained to stop killers. He's trained to be one. And they're set to collide with potentially lethal consequences . . . Following personal trauma, Kate "Cass" Cassidy has resigned from the detective squad and retreated to her hometown on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way to work a community policing beat. But to Cass's dismay, her new boss immediately assigns her to an unsolved case--a murder with no clear suspects and few leads. At the same time, her colleagues are chasing a marauding gang committing violent burglaries in the region. When an elderly farmer is killed and his property ransacked, the evidence points in only one direction--until a former US soldier, Mason Brady, walks into the local station and sets the investigation on a startling new path. What neither Cass nor Brady realize is the extent to which their actions will cause both cases to overlap and see them become each other's greatest threat. What links a scenic Irish tourist town to these crimes, to a daring international bank raid, and to Brady's past? Is Brady an ally or an enemy? Who's doing the hunting, and who's being hunted? To find the answers, Cass will have to follow a path that leads her to the darkest of places . . .

A crime scene investigator looks into the lingering mystery of her own traumatic history, in this suspenseful British police thriller. Maya Barton is an experienced SOCO now--but gathering evidence after the crime's been committed is one thing and being targeted for murder is another . . . As Maya examines the scene of a stabbing the team become overwhelmed with the volume of knife crime being committed. They're left questioning whether the teenage victims are as innocent as they seem. As a threatening figure from her past watches and waits, Maya struggles to assess her situation when she has little to no memory of the childhood trauma she experienced, aside from fleeting flashbacks. Hoping for a breakthrough, Maya begins treatment using a therapeutic technique. But can she unearth the truth in time to save her own life? Praise for the Maya Barton series "Bendelow proves her experience as a SOCO makes for a brilliant novel . . . stunning." --Lynda La Plante, Edgar Award-winning author of Prime Suspect

Visiting the sick leads a curious clergyman into a web of danger and greed at a secretive nursing home . . . Part of Rev. Oxford Christie's duty is to comfort the sick, but the nursing home where he shows up to see a patient feels strange and unsettling. One of the many facilities owned and operated by The Group, Incorporated, brings in profits far exceeding that of the typical nursing home--and some residents seem to have mysteriously disappeared. The state's inspection systems are deeply flawed, and Ox is aware that severe, ongoing abuse can easily go unchecked. The corporation soon becomes aware of Christie's nosing around--and orders are given to do whatever is necessary to stop his snooping. Now Ox, aware that he's being watched, is torn between the possible danger to his wife and children and his suspicion that what's happening to helpless patients is far worse than what he's witnessed . . .

It's said the truth shall set you free--but what a new minister discovers in this sparsely attended sanctuary may haunt him for eternity . . . When Rev. Oxford Christie is brought in to lead the Church of the One Soul in Philadelphia, his first thought is "What happened to the congregation?" No one has joined the church for many years, and the previous minister's portrait is now hanging in the basement, far from all eyes to see. Though there is a cemetery, there are no graves for the missing spouses of the remaining members--who refuse to talk about it. Something sinister has clearly taken over the church. Angel, the church secretary, is hiding something. Nehmi, the caretaker, lurks about watching Reverend Ox's every move. Ammahn seems to be a prospective parishioner, though he only ever sneaks in and sits in the back pew, never speaking to anyone. And Cynthia Neal says she's drawn to the church through sounds emanating from its core, of which only she is aware. Then Ox learns that Emmett and Mary Jane, two new visitors, are actually undercover detectives--and they're investigating an old, still-open case that involves this gloomy place and its dwindling congregation . . .

A hospital administrator copes with chaos and death at his new job--but one act of terror will create an emergency he never imagined . . . Eastern College Hospital is on its third administrator in four years--and newly arrived Doug Carpenter is already finding it a challenge to provide quality care with the existing atmosphere of power struggles and greed. The combative environment obstructs any chance at a smooth-running operation and threatens Doug's authority--but that's not all. A patient commits suicide. A drunk anesthesiologist kills a mother during an emergency delivery. Several patients fall victim to an "angel of death," and another is poisoned by an unscrupulous doctor. Then a union strike explodes into violence--and something much more precious to Doug than his career is endangered . . .

"Relevant, hard hitting, brilliantly written." --Keri Beevis, bestselling author of With Friends Like These When a single mother's angry moment is uploaded online without her consent, it triggers a nightmare of blackmail, betrayal, and cruelty, in this gripping new thriller from the author of The Husband Trap. Abbie loses her cool during an argument with her daughter's teacher, unaware the conversation is being recorded. Soon, her tirade is shared on social media and she is fired. Even her children suffer from the fallout. To make matters worse, the public scandal has attracted an old enemy intent on ruining Abbie's life. As the shaming and outrage intensifies, her children are forced to face some terrible truths. And when lives are threatened, Abbie must ask herself . . . Will anyone come out of this unharmed?

In this brand-new murder mystery by the author of The Flight, a yacht crosses the North Atlantic while a perfect storm of suspicion and vengeance develops onboard . . . Duchess is about to set sail from Scotland to St. Lucia. But before she even leaves port, an argument erupts. It's only the first in a series of unsettling events that will beset Helen, the skipper, her best friend, and the remaining crew. During a port of call in the Canary Islands, tensions mount further when an unexpected guest joins the crew. Then, a near-fatal allergic reaction raises the pressure level--and finally, during a fierce storm, someone goes overboard . . . Is this a run of bad luck or is one person at the heart of the turmoil and violence? And if so, can the culprit be identified before they reach the Caribbean?

A true-crime podcaster investigates a decades-old suspected abduction, in this powerful psychological suspense novel. 1979 >2014 > Can a small-time journalist with a shoestring podcast really hope to reconstruct the ultimate fate of Carolyn Russell after all these years, or are some secrets best left buried? "Takes hold of the head and the heart and simply does not let go." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Good Son "Captures the zeitgeist for each period with telling accuracy." --Suzanne Goldring, bestselling author of My Name is Eva "A rare and thrilling book that manages to be thoughtful and intelligent." --Joanna Barnard, author of Hush Little Baby

By the author of Girl in Bed Three: At a Cornish castle, a writer finds a promising story, a surprising family connection--and a deadly threat . . . Grace Haythorpe's family has claimed for generations that they're somehow related to the scandalous Trengrouse clan who live in Godwyne Castle. Grace thinks their history would make a great book and hopes to earn some money from the project. After being welcomed as a guest at Godwyne, Grace soon gets to know the household staff, the elderly Lady Alexandra, and several of her descendants. But just as Grace is finding some interesting leads about the Trengrouses' past, Lady Alexandra takes a suspicious, fatal fall from a window. Should Grace keep trying to unlock the layers of secrets surrounding this eccentric clan? Or does she need to flee for her life?

The bond between a Dutch teenager and her father is tested as the Resistance wages its secret war on the Nazis: “Darkly lyrical . . . An action filled plot.” —Mary Glickman, author of By the Rivers of Babylon During the Second World War, Rika, a seventeen-year-old Dutch Resistance fighter, paints in fields overlooking the busy rail yards. Hidden in her artwork is information crucial to the Dutch Underground about the concentration camps and Jewish prisoner transports. But Rika’s covert activities aren’t the only thing on her mind. In these uncertain times, even trusting family is risky. She suspects her father of collaborating with the Germans and is determined to uncover the truth. Across town, her German-born father is also living a double life. But his desire to keep his daughter safe proves inadequate when he invites a German colonel into his home with terrible consequences . . . With no one to rely on or turn to, Rika knows her greatest challenge has only just begun as she must fight for her own survival . . . Inspired by the author’s own family history, this is a riveting, heartrending novel of danger and betrayal that explores what it takes to lay down one’s life for another in the most harrowing of circumstances.

The new crime thriller by the author of The Fear of Falling: "A gritty and unflinching journey through 90's Glasgow . . . Dark, delicious, and authentic." --Marrisse Whittaker, author of Buried Dreams As DI Luc Kidston investigates the grisly murder of a prominent, openly gay prosecutor, he discovers that a friend of the victim died just a few weeks earlier--but botched police work resulted in a suicide ruling. When the case becomes a double murder inquiry, Kidston believes he may be tracking a serial killer. Now amid rising tensions within his team, Kidston's family is targeted by a shady nightclub manager who blames the detective for interfering with his business. But Kidston's attempts to lure a murderer out of the shadows, while also racing to free a loved one from captivity, will plunge him into darkness in a suspenseful and terrifying climax . . . Can Kidston crack the case and make it out in one piece?

From the author of The Good Life: He was always destructive--and now his sudden death will bring even more danger and chaos to those who knew him . . . When the body of social worker Dermot Carine is discovered in a hotel room, the ripples of suspicion start to spread in many directions. There's Trina, a psychology professor who has a habit of crashing weddings, picking up men, and drinking to a state of oblivion. There's a prominent surgeon and his wife, who both have a motive, as well as an obsession with Trina. Then there's Laura, who'd been Dermot's client as a teenager and who had a relationship with Dermot that pushed the boundaries of professionalism. Dermot's sister has come to town searching for answers. But before the killer is identified, long-held secrets will threaten to break apart families, ruin marriages, and leave more than one person dead . . .

How well does she really know this man? A teacher becomes a target, in this intense new thriller by the author of Unravelling Alice. Alexandra couldn't help herself. She fell madly in love with married man Ryan, the father of her pupil Mia. When he stopped calling, her heart was broken--and she consoled herself with an acquaintance named Henry. But neither man is really out of her life. Henry wants more. And she can't avoid running into Ryan at school. Before long, Alexandra is caught between two men. When she discovers her actions will have a greater effect on her future than she could have ever imagined, Alexandra also finds out that one of the men has been manipulating the truth--and that she is now in mortal danger . . .

Everyone's hounding her to find the perfect man--but date after date, she just seems to be flirting with disaster . . . Jenny is just fine with being single and spending evenings with her cat, Bing Clawsby--even if he does have a habit of leaving dead mice, and other unpleasant things, in the most unexpected places. Besides, she has a friend with benefits to turn to when she needs company. But her engaged best friend is nagging her to go on blind dates and get onto the dating apps. Not to mention her mother, who is desperate for Jenny to settle down. So she gives in to the pressure--and endures a string of disastrous and awkward encounters that make picking up after Bing seem fun in comparison. Forget the guy who carries live rodents in his pocket. Forget the guy who showed up naked on FaceTime. The only man who really gets her heart racing is her workmate Zack . . . but she's convinced he's out of her league. Will Jenny ever find non-feline companionship--or is she destined to stay single for good?

To find a kidnapped child, a police detective with a hidden past must step into the spotlight--and into the crosshairs. DC Jan Pearce is a talented cop who keeps a low profile, toiling away on cold cases. Her new colleagues in Manchester don't know about her dark past and the real reason she left London--and she plans to keep it that way. But when the two-year-old daughter of a wealthy executive is abducted, Jan is torn. The father, as well as Jan's senior officer, are convinced an organized gang is behind it, but Jan senses something more personal at work. After traces of bomb-making material are found, however, the kidnapping escalates into a national security concern. The last thing Jan wants is to be on camera at a press conference. But to save a life, will she dare to put her own at risk?

Her son missing, a desperate detective hunts for clues in a decades-old case with possible connections to England's notorious Moors Murders . . . DS Jan Pearce struggles to focus on the job after her teenage son, Aiden, vanishes--and is frustrated when her colleagues presume that he's run away. While Janet works with her partner to take down local gangster Sean Connelly, she increasingly suspects Connelly may be involved in Aiden's disappearance. When it comes to searching for her son, though, she's on her own. The trail leads Jan to a property where she hopes to find Aiden--instead, she discovers two corpses. And when she learns that one of the deceased also had a son who went missing, she'll be plunged into mysteries both past and present . . .

When one child is found and another is lost, a British police detective is pulled into a dark underworld as she tries to find a connection . . . DS Jan Pearce has become the go-to for missing persons cases--even though she has yet to find her son who disappeared. So when an abandoned toddler in a stroller is found in an alleyway, Jan is put in charge. She doesn't yet know that the little girl's mother, Lisa, is being manipulated by a criminal gang. All Lisa wants is her child back. When another kid is abducted, the events, at first, don't seem to be linked. Lisa, however, knows otherwise. Determined to somehow get word to DS Pearce, she puts herself in grave danger. But will the message reach Jan before it's too late for all of them?

He's out there somewhere--maybe right behind her . . . A heart-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Remember Me. Ewan Galbreith is out of prison. And Libby Owen is scared. Fifteen years ago, Libby saw Galbreith murder her aunt and uncle. Now, she knows he's coming for her, haunted by his last words before incarceration: I'll be out one day, and then you'll all be sorry. With Galbreith free, every footstep behind Libby and every face she sees is a threat. The police have assured her Galbreith would be thrown back in prison if he came within a hundred yards of her, but would that stop him? Libby has her doubts--Ewan Galbreith doesn't go back on anything he says. He is watching her, and Libby knows it's only a matter of time before he decides to act . . .

In a house filled with darkness, a woman battles to find her way out . . . After a seemingly perfect start to their relationship, Emma marries Simon. But as soon as they return from the honeymoon, Simon changes. He forbids Emma from seeing her friends and parents. He controls their finances. And through a series of cruel, unexplained incidents, he persuades her that she's losing her mind. With Emma's spirit battered and her passion for painting destroyed after a few months of marriage, she finally admits to herself that she's afraid of her husband. The only piece she manages to complete is of a depressing charcoal house, a representation of her tortured life. Then Emma receives a cryptic message from a stranger--and shocking revelations begin to emerge one by one. When the police become involved, events spiral out of control, and Emma's loved ones do all they can to help her escape the monster's clutches--but is it already too late to save her?

The author of Sacrifice continues the saga of a medieval Jewish family with this tale of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Third Crusade. England, 1189: Abraham accompanies his father and his friends to London to attend the coronation of Richard I. But after the king accepts the valuable gifts they have brought for him, he angrily demands the small group be ejected immediately, forcing them to face a bloodthirsty anti-Semitic crowd. Having survived the horrors of that day Abraham decides that he must marry the woman he loves, Brunetta. Little does he know, Brunetta has just lost her innocence to his cousin, Baruch--a ne'er-do-well who holds nothing but contempt for her. But will an act of infidelity, the arrest of Abraham's ailing father, and Baruch's discovery of a shocking secret change the family's future forever?

His wife is leaving him. He's just won the lottery. Does she really need to know? A hilarious debut novel of love, luck, and hard-to-keep secrets . . . A thirty-something English teacher and amateur linguist, Jack just about makes ends meet--as does his Aussie fitness-instructor, soon-to-be ex-wife. She's finally run out of patience with Jack. What she doesn't know is that Jack has hit the jackpot: well over two million pounds in lottery winnings. Swearing his brother to secrecy, Jack figures this unexpected fortune will go a long way toward cushioning the blow of his divorce. But keeping his win a secret from his wife proves to be a harder task than Jack first imagines, especially as she knows his favourite numbers, so is convinced that he has won and is deliberately trying to cut her out. Jack's problems deepen when his shiny new BMW is hit by another car--driven by the shaken and disheveled but gorgeous Milly . . .

A flu epidemic ushers in a plague of dark magic in this spooktastic mystery featuring teenage sleuth Johnny Dixon from The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost. Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that's raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon's grandmother falls ill, he's sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls. After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn's house. One specific grave is marked with an "X," the burial place of a woman who practiced witchcraft in the seventeenth century. The townspeople recover from the flu, but they can't escape the terrifying illusions and shadow people that now haunt them, unless Johnny and his friends find the key to unlock the secrets of the graveyard before a dreadful prophecy comes to pass . . . Praise for The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost "Fans of the series will enjoy this new supernatural adventure, which reads so much like Bellairs's books that they won't believe he didn't write it." --School Library Journal "Strickland's story is eerie, suspenseful, and true to the personalities and writing style of Bellairs, who began the Johnny Dixon series . . . This is good reading for adventure enthusiasts as well as for series fans." --Booklist

Her affair was a respite from her vicious marriage. But escape attempts can be dangerous . . . Trapped in her marriage to Rex, a violent and controlling man, Ava has one bright spot in her life: her online tutoring sessions with Ali. He is thousands of miles away but wants very much to return to the United Kingdom. As Ava and Ali grow more intimate, Ava begins pouring her heart out about her miserable situation. Soon Ali is back in the country--and the pair become lovers. But when Ali makes a startling offer, Ava has a difficult decision to make. However, what she doesn't know is that Ali has his own agenda, and as multiple passions, secrets, and relationships become entangled, will she find herself in another, even more terrible trap?