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Vengeance On Tyneside
Two young women are stabbed to death in Tyneside. But what's the connection?
After a trip to the coast, Agnes Lockwood is shocked when she finds a young woman tucked away behind the litter bins in Newcastle Central Station. DCI Alan Johnson and Sergeant Andrews quickly set up an investigation.
They soon learn that this is only the first case of its kind, when another stabbing takes place on the Newcastle quayside. Naturally, Agnes is keen to help with the investigation.
DCI Johnson insists that she stays away from the case, but Agnes has never been a woman to be put off so easily.
New Age Lamians
Jackson has barely reached manhood when lightning heralds the end of the world as we know it. The lightning has awakened the Lamians: descendants of the mythological creature Lamia.
In his world, The Company delivers supplies into his village, and harnesses technology that others lack. Soon, Jackson is taken by The Company; he is to be an ultimate warrior, alongside few others, as their blood is rare and compatible with the technology needed to transform them.
According to The Company, the Lamians are monsters who need to be defeated at all costs. But is Jackson really the one who can save the world?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "A twisty, intoxicating read."
★★★★★ - "Genuinely imaginative."
★★★★★ - "Compellingly entertaining"
Nostra Dame
Discover the true story of a woman trying to make sense of a mysterious world.
I suppressed what came naturally to me in my early years, but a pivotal moment in my mid-twenties opened a door to what lay dormant. The depth of knowledge that ensued began to snowball, leading me to predict global events and high-profile murder investigations.
Each piece of information imparted in fractals, like pieces to a puzzle. And it was up to me to put the pieces together.
Only The Lonely
Young film student Joanne is walking through the streets of London, making a hand-held documentary film, when she accidentally catches two men forcing a third into a car on film.
The third man - a prominent politician - has just been kidnapped, and the film footage on the student's camera is the evidence.
After the kidnappers learn of the footage, Joanne finds herself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Organo-Topia
Murderous nanobots are on the loose, and detective Maris Peterson is going to find out why.
After a young woman plunges to her death from a penthouse and the vicious bots eat another victim from the soles up, surly city detective Maris digs deep into the steamy world of reproduction, where mega-companies collect sperm and ovum from unwilling donors, fetuses are conceived in Petrie dishes, and children grow to viability in factories by the thousands.
After the Coalition takes over his investigation, Maris goes underground and delves ever deeper into the brutal, repressive serfdom endured by the factory-grown Organo-humes. But can he find out who is behind the murders?
The Last Straw
When a teenage girl witnesses a carjacking gone bad, she is marked for death by a crime boss.
A lawyer and an enforcer forge an uneasy alliance to protect the girl from a hit man with an agenda of his own. Soon after, Paul Elliott - lawyer and close friend of the witness's family - begins counseling them and becomes entangled in the murder plot.
As the long-simmering feud between Rico - the white enforcer - and the hitman John D'Angelo reaches boiling point, bodies start to pile up in rapid succession... and old scores will be settled.
Ravine Lereux
Olivia and Edward Lereux live a quiet life with their chocolate Border collie, Axel in a picturesque cottage flanked by Maine’s blustery cliffs, far from town and people. Outwardly, their lives appear normal, but they’re not ordinary people. The Lereux family is cursed with something that has claimed their ancestors many years.
When Ravine Lereux receives a distressing letter from her Uncle Edward, she must return to a place she swore never to return, a place that’s haunted by something, an abnormal presence she feared as a child. Now she must face it again. As she races to the aid of her aunt and uncle, she makes an unsettling discovery about herself and her family.
Runebinder
As a dark mist descends upon the vale of Romsdalon, the fate of the realm may very well rest upon the shoulders of a mere child.
Hakon High-Stone, son to Eirik High-Stone, has been chosen by the Aesir Gods themselves: he is to unlock the magic and mysteries of the Runebinders. An Ancient Order will emerge to reveal the child's destiny and guide his hands.
But will the forces of Helheim linger, and will the boy be destroyed - or his heart poisoned - towards hate and malice? Arise, Gatekeepers. Arise and uphold your sacred honors, lest the boy be turned to the Circle of Darkness.
The Howling Cliffs
Sara Mason joins in searching for Huxley's MIA brother's remains in the Vietnam jungle. She is joined by her friend Esmerelda.
Later in Hawaii, Sara learns that a six-year-old neighborhood girl had gone missing ten years earlier. Something odd is going on at the nearby forest cliffs; someone wants this cold case to stay cold.
But even after attempts are made on Sara's life, she pushes on with the investigation and pursues the leads that take her on a path of danger. Can she solve the mystery of the Howling Cliffs?
Praise from readers:
"Detailed and rich, the descriptions of Kauai made me feel like I was really there, and I became totally absorbed in the atmosphere. As a history buff, I thoroughly enjoyed the historical aspect of Vietnam as well the behind the scenes forensics.
Safe Haven
It's Christmas and snow is falling over Red Forest. Isobel is nine years old; she is running with her father and sister, trying to escape the gunfire tearing through the trees. Civil war is erupting and the family is right in the middle of the battlefield.
With nowhere else to go, they have to somehow make it out of the forest. But can they all make it out alive?
Safe Haven is a short companion piece to the novel The Running Game. Set two decades earlier, this is the story of where the Reacher girls came from.
Scarlet Angel
Discovering her past could destroy her future.
When a suppressed memory resurfaces, it sets Scarlett on a mission to find a life she'd long forgotten. Sucked into the underworld of corporate espionage, organized crime and hired killers, she discovers that the mission to protect her friends is more difficult than she ever expected.
Is it worth becoming the kind of monster she is trying to stop?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Full of action and strong, believable characters. A great read."
★★★★★ - "Original and compelling main character. A nice combination of mystery and tech sci-fi."
Starting Over
After losing her husband, Janet Porter’s life in the wooded heights of Oregon's Willamette Valley has begun to settle down.
Everything changes when her son Nate calls from Iraq with unsettling news. Returning home on a medical discharge, Nate doesn't want the accolades or service medals he's offered; he wants to be left alone.
Desperate for help, Janet confides in Andy McNamara: a war veteran who volunteers at the local V.A. clinic.
It soon becomes clear that Nate's wounds go far deeper than his torn-up leg. As a freak tornado touches down in the Willamette Valley, they're all thrown into a new world – a world of starting over.
Strange Tales of Scotland
Strange Tales of Scotland all deal with a particular aspect of Scottish mysteries.
You'll learn of the ghost that appeared at the wedding of King Alexander II, and of monsters such as the Shellycoat and Water-horse that were thought to inhabit Scotland’s lochs.
Another part deals exclusively with Loch Ness, and the strange happenings at that mysterious body of water. Later, we have a look at the odd deaths at the Flannan Islands Lighthouse, and at the strange creatures that were once believed to infest the hills and glens of Scotland, including the terrifying brollachan and the slaugh.
Sketch
When local girl Misty is found dead in an underground bunker, the town is thrown into a whirlwind of panic and speculation. Times are tough, but the spaced-out farmer community pulls together as one, trying to uncover who's guilty.
Thrown smack in the middle of the chaos is a group of teens: local troublemakers, but with good hearts. Although they’re innocent, the local law enforcers believe otherwise, and the true killer is lurking far too close for comfort.
Will the four be able to uncover the truth before one of them pays the price for Misty’s death?
Suicide By Death
"Unavoidably inspiring." - Kirkus Reviews
For years, Clair has wanted to end her life.
To her, death seems like a rational solution to her problems. Clair is convinced there are no rainbows in the sky, and certain the greener grass does not exist on the other side.
With many suicide attempts and as many failures, Clair feels she is once again at the end of the rope. And this time, it is shorter than ever before.
Many have suffered the loss of a loved one, friend or acquaintance to suicide, often without warning. All too often, drugs, alcohol and sexual abuse play a vital role.
This story is about all three.
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "Awesome emotional rollercoaster."
★★★★★ - "An eye-opener."
Relativity
A piece of ancient Overseer technology has been found.
Anna Lenai must travel to a small town in Tennessee to recover the device before it gets to the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Jack heads to Leyria to contact a professor who has studied the Overseers, hoping to keep the man alive long enough to get some answers.
What they're unaware of is that Wesley Pennfield has returned to Earth, seeking revenge on the people who took everything from him.
Evolution
Earth's fate hangs in the balance.
The disgraced Justice Keeper Grecken Slade conducts a campaign of terror to gain control of the Key: a mysterious piece of Overseer technology. Facing him is Jena Morane, who leads a rag-tag band of resistance fighters to protect innocent civilians from Slade's wrath.
Meanwhile, Jack Hunter and Harry Carlson search for the three ciphers that will grant them access to the Key, and the secrets buried therein.
After ten thousand years, the Overseers have returned... and the galaxy will never be the same again.
Dirty Mirror
The Justice Keepers have faced their greatest defeat yet.
Melissa Carlson was thrilled to enter the Justice Keeper training program. Now, she has begun a new life on Leyria: an idyllic planet that has overcome poverty and prejudice.
But something dark simmers beneath the surface, as a terrorist group threatens to bring back the social unrest that the Leyrian people fought so hard to vanquish.
Melissa's father, Harry Carlson, is having trouble adapting to life in a society that makes him feel obsolete. Is there room for a grizzled old cop in a world of robots and starships?
Meanwhile, the Justice Keepers enter a new day - and direction - as Jack Hunter begins an investigation to root out traitors among them once and for all.
Severed Bonds
Jack Hunter's greatest adversary, the man who pushed him to his limits, was a terrorist who brought a city to its knees. It took everything Jack had to capture him the last time, and now, that man is loose again.
But Leo isn't interested in simply killing Jack. No, what he really wants is to make Jack suffer. To break his spirit.
Keli Armana wishes to return to her people, to a world where she can use her telepathic skills without restrictions, and she tries to persuade Ben Loranai into leaving with her. But is Ben willing to betray his own government?
Meanwhile, Grecken Slade weaves his schemes like a spider spinning threads, nudging governments toward open hostility with one another.
If he isn't stopped, the galaxy will burn in the fire of war.
Timeless
The Consortium has been shattered. Mankind has nearly been eradicated, and Caelum is close to civil war.
With the galaxy in disorder, the Insurgents are out of allies and time. Despite the assistance of the ancient collective known as the Twelve Timeless, they are failing.
Even worse, Nathan is drifting ever deeper into a darkness he never experienced before. He is losing a little piece of himself with every death of someone close to him.
Can he become the man he needs to be to save the universe... and himself?
