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The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as...
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Cutter is a scarred and crippled Vietnam veteran, obsessed with a murder he's convinced his buddy, Bone, witnessed. That it was committed by the powerful tycoon JJ Wolfe only makes Cutter even surer that Bone saw the unthinkable.
Captivated by Cutter's demented logic, Bone is prepared to cross the country with Cutter in search of proof of the murder. Their quest takes them into the Ozarks-home base of the Wolfe empire-where Bone discovers that Cutter...
3) Combustion
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The dry season has hit the Inland Empire of California, depleting the ponds and revealing the muddy grave of Paul Dwyer. From his mansion on the hill, Dwyer lorded over Los Colmas, a small town that he aspired to make big by building mansions for wealthy LA commuters. Some viewed him as a savior, providing construction jobs for locals. Others believed he was ruining their beautiful, close-knit town. But who was angry enough to murder him?
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Sapphire Dubois is back in the follow-up to the international bestsellers STALKING SAPPHIRE and SILENCING SAPPHIRE, fighting her most grueling serial killer yet.
A summer has passed since the catastrophe at the country club. Heiress and vigilante Sapphire Dubois has escaped to Paris, where she has shed her rich persona and lives as the infamous Serial Catcher. When the handsome Detective Aston Ridder tracks her down, Sapphire returns home to find...
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A contemporary romance from the bestselling author of SWEET AMY JANE and SOMETHING WILD.
Slader Reems rides into town straddling a powerful motorcycle. The dark visor of his helmet hides a cold smile. After an enforced five year absence he is back to exact his revenge and to claim everything that was his rightful due.
Lissa Jamison knows she can't ever allow herself to surrender to Slade's touch and risk another betrayal. Their childhood friendship...
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Amy Jane Chadwick should have heeded the warning in her horoscope that told her she'd want the man she shouldn't have. But running a P.I. business out of her sister's bed and breakfast would tell anyone that she doesn't do the expected all that well. Called Sweet Amy Jane because she isn't, she can handle anyone. Or so she thinks.
Max Armstrong is attractive as sin. An ex-pro athlete, he now serves as the sports announcer for a hot sports franchise...
7) The Post
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Ten years after the world's oil went sour and a pandemic killed most of the population, Sam Edison is the chief of police of The Little Five, a walled-in community near Atlanta, Georgia. Those who survived share the world with what are known as hollow-heads: creatures who are no longer fully human.
A man and a pregnant teenager arrive at the gate and are welcomed into the town. They begin to settle in when suddenly both are murdered by an unknown...
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Ex-cop Angela Donahue has traded a life of mystery and danger for one of tranquility when she ended her career with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. But when she's arrested for the murder of a man she's never even heard of, she realizes that her old life isn't as far behind her as she'd hoped.
Upon receiving news of her arrest, undercover operative Dylan Montana returns from Angela's past, determined to clear the name of the woman he still loves.
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Good art can make a person cry; great art can make a person kill.
Paire Anjou came to New York to be an artist, but thus far has only achieved an artist boyfriend-the enfant terrible of the art world, Derek Rosewood. On her way to his show, where his controversial paintings will be on display, Paire sees an older man on the sidewalk, looking into the window of the Fern Gallery, gazing intently at a painting, and sobbing. As Paire approaches him,...
10) Exchange Alley
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In this powerful debut novel Michael Walsh delivers an unparalleled jolt of dark, scintillating suspense that blends John Le Carre with James Ellroy. Lt. Francis X. Byrne, a smart, ambitious homicide detective on the rise, lives in a rundown Hell's Kitchen apartment and knows far less about his own life than he believes. Struggling with his temper, his drinking and his relationship with a woman who has him outclassed, Byrne is trying to solve the...
11) Something Wild
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A contemporary romance from the bestselling author of SWEET AMY JANE and WHISPERED HEAT. As the only child of celebrated photo-journalists who were always off on assignment, lifestyle expert Chloe Pembrook now enjoys staying in one place and making life beautiful. Ace Ellsworth III, the only child from a dynasty of ill-gotten old money, is an award winning reporter. Much to the chagrin of his family, he loves taking skeletons out of the closet and...
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Beverly Hills' heiress and hunter of serial killers Sapphire Dubois is back in this ferocious, festive, and funny mystery-one where her marriage, her life, and the life of a little girl are at risk in a madman's twisted sacrament.
Sapphire Dubois is about to celebrate her first Christmas in Beverly Hills with her new husband, Detective Aston Ridder. She has assured him that her days of defying death to save victims from serial killers are over. But...
13) Duplicates
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From the bestselling author of THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. A person's true identity is never the truth. Bob and Marion endured the worst tragedies of their life after their son, Joey disappeared while on a camping trip with his uncle, Marion's brother. The heartbreak of losing their son has strained at their marriage and broken their hearts. Horror and hope go cheek-by-jowl, though, when Marion sees her supposedly missing brother in New York City. He denies...
14) The Clearing
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With the eerie thrills of Dean Koontz, Dan Newman's seething suspense reveals the part a man played in a murder-and the guilt that continues to haunt him . . . When his father commits suicide, Nate travels back to St. Lucia, the land where he was raised as an outsider, tolerated but not accepted. As a boy, he had ventured out to the plantation of Ti Fenwe with three friends. Surrounded on all sides by dense jungle, the boys had explored, their only...
15) Prey
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Descended from a legendary werecat demigoddess, Vivian Roussel is a modern New York businesswoman, specializing in Russian antiques. Life is wonderful until two things happen to upset her peaceful existence: unwelcome attention from the arrogant leader of her clan and a strange break-in at her warehouse involving shady werecats from a rival clan and a priceless sixteenth-century Russian icon. To deal with the burglary, Viv hires a security expert,...
16) The Island
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A Cornish island forgotten by time sets the stage for this thrilling romance cloaked in ancient secrets. Keely Cochrane has never questioned the ironclad traditions of Keinadraig, the island where she was raised-until her best friend rebels, leaving the island only to be found dead days later in London. When American PI Jack Knight shows up on Keinadraig looking for answers, Keely goes to great lengths to help Jack get to the bottom of her friend's...
17) Lily Cigar
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A historical saga of one strong woman's journey from poverty and servitude in New York City to a new life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. At ten, Lily Malone watched her mother die in their shabby apartment on Mulberry Street. Ma's last wish was for Lily to keep an eye on her wild, rebellious brother-but after the two children move into the Catholic orphanage, she's helpless to stop Fergy from abandoning her and heading out west to find gold...
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After losing his wife, his parents, and his family farm, Tom Kohl is staying with his cousin Ken in Seattle as he tries to put his life back together. But things only go from bad to worse when Ken kills a man in a hit-and-run-a man who turns out to be the brother of Tony Jack Giacolone, Seattle's top mobster. Out of loyalty to his cousin, Tom agrees to help cover up the killing. But when he's spotted ditching the car by a cocktail waitress-who happens...
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For fans of Karen Robards and Shiloh Walker, the mesmerizing sequel to the award-winning paranormal romantic suspense novel All the Broken Places. Cate's enemies aren't just surrounding her-they're inside her head. Therapist Cate Duncan has just accepted a job with the MacGregor Group, a unique collective of alternative healers. She's excited by the prospect of honing her empathic healing techniques among others like herself-aura readers, telepaths,...
20) Fickle
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On a winter night in Boston, a man falls to his death in front of a train. The sole witness, a shaken young woman, explains to the police how the man shoved her aside as he made his way to the tracks. But when her blog turns up on the dead man's computer, the cops begin to look for other connections between them. This dark and intricate tale of obsession and deception is told in the form of a blog written by an elusive narrator known only by her online...
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