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Officer Down
by Theresa SchwegelSamantha's gun killed her partner during an impromptu sting. But who pulled the trigger? Knocked unconscious during the gunfight, Sam wakes up in the hospital to the news that Fred was killed.
Officer Down
by Theresa SchwegelTheresa Schwegel Officer Down is the winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.The Chicago Police Department says Samantha Mack shot her partner, Fred, during the confusion of a bungled pursuit. Mack says it was their quarry, a violent pedophile named Marco Trovic, who fired the deadly round in that darkened room. But Mack was knocked out and can't really say what happened.When no evidence of Trovic is found on the scene and the bullet is shown to have come from Mack's own gun, the Department labels Fred's death as a case of friendly fire. Back at the station, it seems no one believes Mack's account. Not Internal Affairs investigator Alex O'Conner, and not even Mack's lover, whose best attempts at support leave her as cold as the wind whipping across Lake Michigan.With the Department looking to quiet the bad press, Mack can't count on anyone to help her track down Trovic. Even if she can somehow find him in the dark recesses of Chicago's underworld, can she prove that Trovic was the shooter? With her back to the wall and her career at stake, now it's time for Mack to take matters into her own hands to clear her name—and avenge her partner's death.
Person of Interest: A Novel
by Theresa SchwegelLeslie McHugh is married to an undercover cop. She thinks she knows what it's like to share her life with a man who spends his days living a lie, who keeps secrets for a living, who trusts no one, not even her. She can see the pressure, the fear, the pent-up rage, and, worst of all, the distance growing between them that Craig promised he'd never allow. But what does she really know? Lonely, tired, and starting to drink too much, she knows that their marriage is on the rocks because her husband lives a second life she knows almost nothing about.When a thousand dollars disappears from their bank account, she wants answers, but before she can even ask the questions, their seventeen-year-old daughter, a real cop's kid already on a collision course with trouble, turns up at the center of Craig's investigation into a snitch's violent death. Leslie's had enough; she's determined to get to the truth and protect her family---no matter what the cost.Again and again, Edgar Award winner Theresa Schwegel shows a remarkable ability to get inside a cop's world---both at the precinct house and at home---making Person of Interest some of the most compelling crime fiction in bookstores today.
Probable Cause
by Theresa SchwegelProbable Cause is another gripping read from Theresa Schwegel, the Edgar Award--winning author of Officer Down, whose portrayal of cop culture is as authentic as it comes.Officer Ray Weiss is a cop's son, a cop's grandson. All he's ever wanted is to follow in their footsteps. But when he finds out what the senior officers in Chicago's District 20 have in store for him and the other rookies as "initiation" into their brotherhood, he has to make a choice.Ray's senior partner, Jack Fiore, asks him to break into a jewelry store and steal a few pieces. It's just a little fun---especially because they're set up to be the first cops on-scene to "discover" the crime. No one gets hurt, and everybody's happy: Fiore gets the jewelry, Ray gets to be one of the boys, and the store owner gets his insurance money. Ray doesn't want to do it, but Fiore leaves him no alternative. . . . It all goes wrong when Ray breaks into the store and finds a corpse instead of his promised reward. Coincidence, or was that part of the setup, payback for being a reluctant rookie? And it doesn't end there, because Detective Sloane Pearson is on the case, and if Ray doesn't help her look for the killer, she might discover him.
The Good Boy: A Novel
by Theresa SchwegelEdgar award winner Theresa Schwegel returns with The Good Boy, her most dramatic and emotional novel to date, a family epic that combines the hard-boiled grit of her acclaimed police thrillers with an intimate portrait of a young boy trying to follow his heart in an often heartless city.For Officer Pete Murphy, K9 duty is as much a punishment as a promotion. When a shaky arrest reignites a recent scandal and triggers a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, all eyes are on Pete as the department braces for another media firestorm.Meanwhile, Pete's eleven-year-old son Joel feels invisible. His parents hardly notice him—unless they're arguing about his "behavioral problems"—and his older sister, McKenna, has lately disappeared into the strange and frightening world of teenagerdom. About the only friend Joel has left is Butchie, his father's furry "partner."When Joel and Butchie follow McKenna to a neighborhood bully's party, illegal activity kicks the dog's police training into overdrive, and soon the duo are on the run, navigating the streets of Chicago as they try to stay one step ahead of the bad guys—bad guys who may have a very personal interest in getting some payback on Officer Pete Murphy.
The Lies We Tell: A Novel
by Theresa SchwegelIn THE LIES WE TELL by Theresa Schwegel, Chicago police detective Gina Simonetti is keeping a secret from the department: she has multiple sclerosis. Raising her young niece on her own, Gina hides her disease; she can’t afford to lose her job. Anyway, she is healthier than most of the cops she knows, and greatly appreciates the responsibility of caring for a child.But Gina's secret is threatened when a colleague calls her in to help trace a suspect: Johnny Marble has added to his rap sheet with an assault charge—this time against his mother. When Gina pays a visit to the mom in the hospital and winds up running into—and after—Marble, she finds herself in a physical confrontation she can’t possibly win. He gets away, and Gina is faced with an impossible situation. She has to find him, but knows doing so means turning in the one person who knows the true story of what happened. After all, now that he's seen her fight, Johnny Marble can reveal her deepest secret to the police department.Though alone in her struggle, Gina isn’t alone in her search: in addition to a loyal partner, there is a curious detective and an entire force of coworkers on the hunt. And she’s sympathetic to Marble’s mother, a woman who is losing her mind to Alzheimer’s. Still, Gina fears the fallout: she has no idea how will she keep her own world intact once Marble is found and the truth is out.Once again, Schwegel brings her remarkable talent to bear in this compelling crime novel about imperfect people struggling against all odds—and this time, against the very people who are supposed to help.
American Dreamer
by Theresa WeirReaching for the IMPOSSIBLE Striking out on her own for the first time, Lark Leopold comes face-to-face with the steamy glare of an impossibly rugged and handsome farmer. Nathan Senatra's life is a mess and he doesn't have time for Lark's silly, bureaucratic, animal research. His wife has left him and taken almost everything he has. What's more, nobody in the community seems to be on his side. But Lark cannot fight the uncontrollable attraction to the warmth and sensitivity she senses deep within Nathan's soul. For the first time in her life she has found something worth holding onto--and no matter what the consequences, she is not letting go.
Dead in the Water: An Anthology of Canadian Crime Fiction
by Violette Malan Therese GreenwoodOver eighty per cent of Canadians live near a body of waterand that means when Canadians turn to crime, somebody usually ends up all wet. In this anthology of original crime fiction, editors Violette Malan and Therese Greenwood celebrate that most Canadian of locations: the ocean, lake, or river near you. With tales set across Canada, by award-winning authors like James Powell, Rick Mofina and Barbara Fradkin, and even a crossover story from fantasy writer Tanya Huff, you may just find your next vacation spot… or maybe not.
The Last Will of Moira Leahy
by Therese Walsh"An original, intriguing tale about the ways that love can break us or bind us."-Therese Fowler, author of Souvenir and ReunionThis haunting debut novel explores the intense bond of sisterhood as a grieving twin searches for her own identity in the ruins of her sister's past. A LOST SHADOWMoira Leahy struggled growing up in her prodigious twin's shadow; Maeve was always more talented, more daring, more fun. In the autumn of the girls' sixteenth year, a secret love tempted Moira, allowing her to have her own taste of adventure, but it also damaged the intimate, intuitive relationship she'd always shared with her sister. Though Moira's adolescent struggles came to a tragic end nearly a decade ago, her brief flirtation with independence will haunt her sister for years to come.A LONE WOMANWhen Maeve Leahy lost her twin, she left home and buried her fun-loving spirit to become a workaholic professor of languages at a small college in upstate New York. She lives a solitary life now, controlling what she can and ignoring the rest-the recurring nightmares, hallucinations about a child with red hair, the unquiet sounds in her mind, her reflection in the mirror. It doesn't help that her mother avoids her, her best friend questions her sanity, and her not-quite boyfriend has left the country. But at least her life is ordered. Exactly how she wants it.A SHARED PASTUntil one night at an auction when Maeve wins a keris,a Javanese dagger that reminds her of her lost youth and happier days playing pirates with Moira in their father's boat. Days later, a book on weaponry is nailed to her office door, followed by the arrival of anonymous notes, including one that invites her to Rome to learn more about the blade and its legendary properties. Opening her heart and mind to possibility, Maeve accepts the invitation and, with it, also opens a window into her past.Ultimately, she will revisit the tragic November night that shaped her and Moira's destinies-and learn that nothing can be taken at face value-as one sister emerges whole and the other's score is finally settled. The Last Will of Moira Leahyis a mesmerizing and romantic consideration of the bonds of family, the impossibility of forgetting, and the value of forgiveness. From the Hardcover edition.
Betrothed: A Faery Tale
by Therese WoodsonFaery royalty have always married for duty rather than love. Prince Chrysanths should be no different--except with a human for a father, the prince known as Puck already is different. When he is betrothed against his will to Prince Sky, Puck flees to his father in the human world, only to have Sky follow. Prince Sky Song of the Clouds isn't thrilled with the prospect of marriage either, but is bound by duty to follow through. If he can't win Puck over, the faery realm might very well dissolve into utter chaos. Too busy arguing, Puck and Sky are unaware there are others with a vested interest in seeing the betrothal fail. In a bid for Puck's crown, they'll seek to keep them apart, even as Puck and Sky realize that duty and love don't always have to be mutually exclusive.
Mission Chechnya
by Therese ZinkDr. Ann McLannly’s second international aid mission lands her in war-torn Chechnya. She is relieved to be doing humanitarian work again. But safety and security quickly erode as the region slides into the Second Chechen War. (Little does she know that Vladimir Putin’s handling of the war, as an ex-KGB official, will catapult him on to the Russian stage.) Relief work comes to a standstill when the mission’s director, Jeffrey Kent, is kidnapped. Ann remains in the region and her responsibilities morph into crisis management. The aid organization and the local team work numerous angles to secure Jeffrey’s safe return. Identifying the good guys from the bad guys becomes even more complicated when Ann learns that the KGB (now called the Federal Security Bureau--FSB) is engaging her colleagues. She tries to avoid the whodunit, but as the possibilities become more convoluted she decides to get involved.
Vespar (Order of the Black Knights)
by Thianna DurstonOrder of the Black KnightsSpecial-ops-turned-professional-killer Vespar McKauley is hired to take out Marcolm Rogers, son of his employer's worst enemy. But Marc isn't like any hit he's ever done. He's just twenty-one, he goes to a private university studying English Lit, and for fun, he plays computer games with his friends. No drugs, no partying, no crime. The day Vespar bumps into Marc and looks into his azure eyes, the world drops out from under him. With his father in the Chicago crime syndicate, Marc and his mom have stayed out of the limelight, hiding from those who might harm them. He figures he's safe at a small liberal arts university, all the way across the country. But midway through his senior year, he feels eyes on him and the shadows encroaching. Just as he's about to run, he meets Vespar and experiences an instant attraction. When Vespar tells him he's in danger and offers to protect him, Marc wants to believe him. But he's been hunted before, and this time he isn't sure he'll get away. Especially when he finds out he is Vespar's target.
Death in the Pines: An Oakley Tyler Novel
by Thom HartmannAfter closing his private investigation firm and moving to a small cabin in the Vermont woods, Oakley Tyler can finally begin his retirement. But his peace is interrupted when Jeremiah Smith visits and asks the ex-PI to help him stop unidentified men from killing his grandson, a local newspaper reporter. Tyler is reluctant to take the case, wishing to get back to a life of leisure, but when Smith is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, Tyler is convinced someone has silenced the old man to protect a secret. Delving into the mystery, Tyler finds himself investigating the world of genetic engineering and its potentially devastating impact on the environment. And after enduring numerous attempts on his life, Tyler begins to wonder if he'll live long enough to bring the killer to justice.
The Moving Prison
by Thom Lemmons William MirzaThe year is 1979 and Ezra Solaiman and his family are trapped in a country in turmoil. Their homeland is increasingly ruled by Islamic fundamentalists who are becoming a law unto themselves. The Solaimans plan their escape only to have Ezra captured and imprisoned on trumped-up charges. Unsure just who his enemies are, Ezra is desperate for a way out--out of prison, out of Iran, out of the chaos his life has become. The Moving Prison is a riveting tale of revolution and revelation, of failure ... and faith.
Avita Doesn't Love You
by Thomas A HauckA United States Senator is killed in a plane crash. Was it murder? A college girl disappears into a mysterious cult. Does she have a secret mission? Deep in the Rocky Mountains, the enemy grows stronger. Time is running out. The fate of the world is at stake. In agent Kevin Lone's toughest case, he must infiltrate a deadly North Korean spy ring that seeks nothing less than the destruction of the government of the United States. As he battles his mysterious enemy, Lone discovers that someone else shares his goal: a young woman who is seeking revenge for the murder of her father. The suspense builds to a shattering climax when Lone must confront the mysterious Avita and her deadly accomplices.
Devil's Heaven (The Neil Hockaday Mysteries #4)
by Thomas AdcockA killer targets New York&’s gay community in this &“well-plotted&” police procedural in the Edgar-winning series (Publishers Weekly). Neil Hockaday&’s on furlough from the NYPD as he attempts to cut back on the booze, but his new wife, Ruby, is going back to her advertising job after the couple&’s trip to Ireland. Unfortunately, the same day she returns to the office, her much-disliked ex-boss&’s body is found, killed in grisly fashion and wearing a leather mask. Meanwhile, some of Hock&’s colleagues on the force appear less than interested in solving a string of murders in which gay men are the victims. Now the detective&’s working on his own time, in cooperation with a private investigator he knows, to uncover the truth in a case that will take him everywhere from the Metropolitan Opera to the nightclubs of Manhattan. &“[A] beautifully written series.&” —The Washington Post
Diamond Cut
by Thomas B. CavanaghTo find a missing girl, Sandy must return to the insidious places she once worked tirelessly to escapeSandy Corrigan used to be called Diamond. She used to live in an apartment with other girls like her, though she rarely slept there, instead spending her evenings in hotel rooms around Orlando with lonely, unfaithful men. That is, until the incident.But despite the personal hell she endured, the nightmarish crisis saved her from a life spent in strangers' beds. Sandy now spends her evenings reading to her six-year-old son, Tyler, and her days working for her brother' s private investigation business.Despite severing all ties to her former life, a girl from her past reappears and asks Sandy to investigate the disappearance of a young call girl. Unsure of whether or not the girl is alive, and wary of the past traumas the investigation could bring to the surface, Sandy takes the case. What she doesn' t expect to discover is a sordid web of corruption, sex, and murder, and she soon grows more entangled with each step she takes. Can she survive the horrors she thought she escaped years ago?Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton and Lisa Gardner
Head Games: A Novel (The Mike Garrity Mysteries #1)
by Thomas B. Cavanagh&“[A] thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it&’ll make you bleed.&” —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling author Former Orlando detective Michael Garrity doesn&’t have a good track record when it comes to women. With two ex-wives and a teenage daughter he rarely sees, the most significant relationship in his life right now is with the tumor in his head. Terminal cancer is no joke, but Mike is determined to make the best of it. He&’s even named the tumor Bob. With Bob literally on his mind at all times, Mike needs a distraction. And he gets one when the most popular member of a platinum-selling boy band goes missing. Finding his daughter&’s favorite pop star might just make him her hero—and his reputation desperately needs an upgrade. But his search stirs up blowback from a past case, and the gritty Orlando underworld that Mike thought he had left behind could cut his farewell tour shorter than he ever expected . . . Praise for Head Games&“Carl Hiaasen fans will be thrilled to know there&’s a new kid on the block. If you liked Basket Case, you&’ll flip over Thomas B. Cavanagh&’s sardonically and outrageously funny lead character, who will rope you in on page one and take you on a wild ride.&” —Charlotte Hughes, New York Times–bestselling author &“A next generation hard-boiled detective novel with a Travis McGee–styled hero whose sidekick is a brain-tumor named Bob.&” —N. M. Kelby, author of White Truffles in Winter &“Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake readers will enjoy Cavanagh&’s debut, which crackles with cranky commentary on one man&’s cranial state of affairs.&” —Booklist
Murderland
by Thomas B. CavanaghFantasy meets reality when a deranged killer targets tourists at a major Orlando theme park. Enter Kevin Lonnegan, a former cop turned private investigator, hired to go undercover as a park employee to find the killer before another murder occurs. Along the way, Kevin crosses paths with an old nemesis, finally comes to terms with the demons of his own past, and confronts the killer in a life or death struggle that will leave only one person standing. Your ticket is waiting. Welcome to...Murderland.
Murderland
by Thomas B. CavanaghYou&’ll pay for admission with your life . . . An amusement park hides a killer in this unforgettable thriller from &“a great new talent in crime fiction&” (Lee Irby, author of Bottom Feeders). As Orlando&’s third-largest theme park, Empire Realm, prepares to celebrate its twentieth anniversary, a public relations disaster strikes. In a span of three weeks, two tourists are found dead, victims of strangulation. Enter Kevin Lonnegan, cop-turned-private investigator. Going undercover as a park employee in the brutal Florida summer still has to be better than the seedy workers&’ comp cases and messy divorces usually thrown his way. After all, theme parks are supposed to be the happiest places on earth. But a cold-hearted killer has made this one their hunting ground . . . Praise for Thomas B. Cavanagh&’s Mike Garrity novels, Head Games and Prodigal Son &“An Orlando, Florida, thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it&’ll make you bleed.&” —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling author &“Carl Hiaasen fans will be thrilled to know there&’s a new kid on the block. If you liked Basket Case, you&’ll flip over Thomas B. Cavanagh&’s sardonically and outrageously funny lead character.&” —Charlotte Hughes, New York Times–bestselling author &“With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, Prodigal Son disturbs and charms at the same time.&” —Booklist
Prodigal Son: A Novel (The Mike Garrity Mysteries #2)
by Thomas B. Cavanagh&“With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, [this thriller] disturbs and charms at the same time.&” —Booklist Once a cancer patient, former Orlando detective Mike Garrity is a survivor—for now, at least. Death has a way of following him around, like a black cloud over his head. If it&’s not his own mortality he&’s thinking about, it&’s someone else&’s. Like his teenage daughter&’s friend who just died of a suspected suicide. Or the woman he&’s just met in his cancer support group, Debbie, who learns that she doesn&’t have much longer to live. Maybe Mike has gotten soft during his second chance. He can&’t refuse to help Debbie when she asks him to track down the son she gave up for adoption more than twenty years ago. But his investigation leads to a dead body, which leads to Mike becoming the prime suspect in the murder. Desperate to clear his name, Mike soon uncovers a shocking betrayal. As a hurricane barrels towards the Sunshine State, a different kind of storm is brewing, one that will send Mike—and everyone he loves—running for cover . . . Praise for Head Games &“An Orlando, Florida, thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it&’ll make you bleed.&” —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling author &“Carl Hiaasen fans will be thrilled to know there&’s a new kid on the block. If you liked Basket Case, you&’ll flip over Thomas B. Cavanagh&’s sardonically and outrageously funny lead character.&” —Charlotte Hughes, New York Times–bestselling author
Below the Salt: A Novel
by Thomas B. CostainHis voice was cast in a lower tone but it still carried the suggestion of a lionlike rumble. “...I want to explain everything for reasons you’ll understand when you’ve heard. But not yet. This is the queerest and blastedest story that any human being has ever told; and every word of it true...It—well, it must be led up to.”The older man’s words were the first intimation aspiring young writer John Foraday had that something remarkably strange lay ahead. John had been mysteriously summoned by the aging U.S. Senator O’Rawn whom he had not previously known—But what had the Senator to say which must he ladled out, bit by bit, inkling by inkling?...Before John learned the full answer to this question, time was strangely rolled back 700 years so that he was hearing an account of those stirring, violent events in England and Europe that led to Magna Charta and thus contributed so much to the liberties of future generations; with a story as well, most of it straight from history, of a lost princess and the recovery of a lost charter.
For My Great Folly: A Novel
by Thomas B. CostainA LUSTY, BRAWLING NOVEL ABOUT SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PIRATESFore My Great Folly, which was first published in 1942, is the powerful story of a young scholar who leaves his books to join a pirate ship—and achieves manhood fighting side by side with the legendary buccaneer John Ward.Fore My Great Folly re-creates the fascinating era of English pirates who waged a private war with Spain in the seventeenth century.For My Great Folly was the beginning of Thomas B. Costain’s great career in historical fiction, and it remains of one of the truly great sea stories in modern literature.
High Towers
by Thomas B. CostainA magnificent historical romance chronicling the adventures of the fabulous Le Moyne Family of Montreal who became the heroes of French Canada and founded the storied city of New Orleans.“Beyond [a] brief record of [the Le Moyne brothers’] achievements and the vital statistics in the archives at Montreal, what is known of the ten stout brothers? What manner of men were they? Were they typical of the French-Canadian people of this early period, brave, resolute, devout, light-hearted?“To deal with them as characters in a novel, therefore, is a task approaching that of the scientist who tries to reconstruct a monster of prehistoric times with nothing more to go on than a broken rib and a fragment of jawbone. The result is certain to raise doubts in the minds of historians who are skeptical necessarily of anything stemming from the imagination. In my opinion, nevertheless, the only way to tell the saga of the Le Moynes, and to attempt the rescue of these remarkable brothers from the oblivion into which they have sunk, is to set down their story in the guise of historical fiction.” (Thomas B. Costain, Introduction)
Son of a Hundred Kings: A Novel of the Nineties
by Thomas B. CostainA RICH AND COLORFUL NOVEL SET IN A SMALL TOWN IN THE 1890’s.It was cold the day the boat docked in Halifax and the boy had no overcoat or mittens. He was alone and shivering. A square oilcloth had been sewed to the back of his coat. On it, in crude red letters, had been printed:“This is LUDAR PRENTICE.“He has no money. He is going to his father“Vivien Prentice at Balfour, Ontario, Canada.“BE KIND TO HIM.”So began the adventures of an English boy who grew to manhood surrounded by the vice and virtue, greed and generosity, love and hate of a small Canadian town at the turn of the nineteenth century.“A story of romance and adventure that will keep you reading late into the night.”—Mr. Norman E. Sheppard, Moorestown, New Jersey“Son of a Hundred Kings is one of the cleanest, most heart-warming books I’ve read in a long time. All of the characters seem human and real.”—Miss Mar Templeton, Langdale, Alabama“A well-written book with an interesting plot. It had enough suspense and tension so that I didn’t want to stop reading it.”—Mr. Warren, G. Grebner, Huron, South Dakota