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Former FBI Special Agent Kade Black is wanted for a crime he didn't commit. The kind of crime handled outside the normal courts of law. Renditions. Interrogations. A cryptic trail left by a dead Russian double agent is his only hope. When the trail leads him to the rugged Oregon coast in his battered RV, Kade isn't the only surprise for the sleepy little town. There's a body on the beach. Signs of a horrific ritual killing. Kade soon discovers he's the only one who can solve this grisly murder.

Meiling -- All I’ve ever known is pain. My life has been far from a fairy tale. No parents. No friends. Just an endless nightmare that I can’t wake from. Until the day a man offered me his hand and promised to keep me safe. I’ve never trusted anyone before, but there’s something about him. Maybe it’s insane, but I know he won’t hurt me, and when he puts his arms around me, for the first time in my life I feel loved.

The Black-Vein Mine has been sealed for generations, a tomb holding the dark memory of a 1947 disaster that claimed an entire crew—including Cole’s great-uncle. Now, armed with a legendary map and a team of explorers, Cole is breaking the seal, determined to uncover the truth buried deep in the mountain. But the mine has not been empty. The moment the welded door is cut open, a foul air of decay escapes, and the silence within is ancient and predatory. When the door slams shut behind them, they are plunged into a labyrinth of absolute darkness. They are not just trapped; they are being ...

When Olympic fencer Max Damage inherits the family business, Damage Incorporated, he finds messy financial records, a number of mysterious undocumented projects, and a bookkeeper who was foisted off on him from a firm hired to keep Max's company out of bankruptcy. Things go from bad to worse when a long-legged Russian woman breaks into the offices of Damage Incorporated, and soon Max finds himself the target of the self-styled Chess Master and ruler of the splinter Russian state Murmykia. As the pile of mysteries and dead bodies grow deeper, Max fights to unravel the tangled skein of his ...

What starts out as a simple case of economic espionage for Fritz and Sly Gantlet turns into a deadly game. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the CIA, the five Gantlet brothers must help stop a rogue Russian general from finding and activating a series of nuclear devices hidden in suitcases at "dead drop" sites throughout the United States. Worse still, behind the plot is the Gantlet's most fearsome foe, a former East German border guard who is bent on revenge against the brothers. For Fritz, Sly, Matthias, Mitz and Otto this is one game that they cannot afford to lose--because every life ...

MURDER AND TERROR IN MAINE Two young FBI agents in Boston, Connor Rourke and Avery Nelson, are working to solve the kidnappings of young girls across New England. When a young woman blows up a major international bank in Paris, they wonder if there is any connection. But their investigations are interrupted when Avery takes a romantic two-week sailing trip up to Maine to propose to his girlfriend Joanie. But after arriving at their anchorage in Maine, the boat and the couple disappear. When an extensive FBI, State Police, and Coast Guard search fails to find any trace of them or their boat,...

医者を目指しつつ、女としての幸せも諦めたくないおいちは、飾り職人・新吉との結婚を決意する。しかし祝言の当日、『浦之屋』という商家で毒物混入事件が……。

Captive in a brutal German prison towards the end of World War II, Richard Temple has been stripped of everything that once defined him: pride, courage, his very identity have all been surrendered in a desperate bid to protect his secrets from the Nazis. Huddled in his cell, too badly beaten to move, the action of the novel takes place in Richard's mind as he retraces a convoluted course from an unhappy childhood, through a vague and uncertain adolescence to a complex, compromised adulthood, shot through with artistic sensibility and the myriad impulses that make a man.

The United States is a dictatorship. Homicide detectives use memory auditing to catch murderers. The procedure seems foolproof. However, Homicide detective Glen Tucker suspects that someone is erasing incriminating memories to help killers escape justice. His investigation into the murder of another Homicide detective soon threatens the dictatorship and his own sanity. A fast-paced dystopian thriller.

In the quiet town of Pine Hollow, nestled between rolling hills and whispering forests, there’s a story everyone knows but few believe. It’s the kind of story parents tell their children to spark curiosity, the kind whispered around campfires with a flicker of wonder. At the heart of it is Willow Creek Station—a place thought to be long forgotten, swallowed by time and tangled vines. Locals say the station wasn’t just for trains. No, it was something more. The rumors hint at journeys beyond destinations, passages through memories, dreams, and whispers of what could have been. For ...

Frank Antonelli was once the most powerful Mafia Boss in America. After nearly three decades in prison, he is returning to a new world. Everything has changed while Frank Antonelli was away, but "The Don" is looking to regain his power while the FBI, new gangs, and the Russian Mafia stand in his way.

"Brothers bound by blood, torn apart by betrayal. A Southern noir that will leave you breathless and haunted." In the sweltering heat of the Vietnam War, the Bruce brothers live vastly different lives on the Gulf Coast. One, driven by ambition, pursues power in college classrooms. The other, chasing fleeting pleasures, roams the sugar-white beaches of Florida. But when a rigged draft board sends the wrong brother to war, their bond shatters, setting off a chain of events with devastating consequences. From dusty Southern courthouses to storm-soaked swamps thick with corruption, "Perfidious ...

The Midnight Current and the Six Coins: A Journey of Betrayal, Redemption, and Legacy When Jack Cooper inherits his great-uncle Bobby’s dilapidated sailboat, he has no idea he’s stepping into the dangerous wake of a forgotten legacy. Bobby, a notorious smuggler with a soft spot for justice, left behind more than just a boat—he left a map, a journal, and six cryptic coins that point to a deadly secret hidden deep in the Caribbean. Joined by Sophia, a brilliant yet headstrong marine biologist, and a ragtag crew of unlikely allies—including a grizzled ex-partner, a fearless ex-soldier,...

Grange, Florida, is famous for its miracles - the weeping fiberglass Madonna, the Road-Stain Jesus, the stigmata man. And now it has JoLayne Lucks, unlikely winner of the state lottery. Unfortunately, JoLayne's winning ticket isn't the only one. The other belongs to Bodean Gazzer and his raunchy sidekick, Chub, who believe they're entitled to the whole $28 million jackpot. And they need it quickly, to start their own underground militia before NATO troops invade America. But JoLayne Lucks has her own plans for the Lotto money - an Eden-like forest in Grange must be saved from strip-malling.

When detectives John Stone and Carmen Dehan, who run the Cold Cases Department at the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx, choose their honeymoon together, there are three things they are very clear on: There must be good steak and whisky, it must be remote, and they must forget about work, cold cases, and murder for two weeks.

Retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor delivers an action-packed short story that sets Pike Logan's partner, Jennifer Cahill, against a fellow Taskforce operator in a mission that will put their authority, careers, and innocent lives on the line. Fresh off of a brutal mission with the Taskforce - a top-secret counter-terrorist unit that operates outside the bounds of U.S. law - Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are still dealing with its aftereffects. With his injuries on the mend, Pike is forced to let Jennifer take the lead when another Taskforce team asks for her help.

When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey.

Twenty years ago Brandon Penny was a criminal prodigy. Today, he’s a broken-hearted movie buff working a dead-end job. But everything is about to change. As a child, Brandon carefully studied his mother and her crew of thieves. Gifted from the start, Brandon was pulling short cons by age six, stealing jewelry by age eight, and orchestrating heists by age eleven. But one night a job went bad, a gun went off, and Brandon’s mother disappeared.

Professional treasure hunter EDEN BLACK is no stranger to action. After all, the artifacts she spends her life returning to their rightful owners aren’t always easy to access. When Eden’s father dies in a plane crash, her life’s turned upside down. Grief turns to fear when she learns that it wasn't an accident. Everyone involved in an archaeological dig twenty years ago has met with a similar untimely end. Everyone that is, but Eden who was ten at the time.

On a sunny winter afternoon, Jarvis is doing nothing special when a new case walks into his life in the form of a beautiful blonde with flashing eyes. Jarvis doesn’t know it yet, but this new client is about to turn his life inside out. Audrey Lambert and her grandfather need Jarvis’ special brand of hardboiled help, and they need it fast.