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Day One
by Bill CameronBorn and raised in southern Oregon farm country, Elie Spaneker flees her home and abusive husband, unaware she’s being tracked by an ex-cop in the hire of her vengeful father-in-law.In Portland, retired homicide detective Skin Kadash fills his idle days drinking coffee and searching for Eager Gillespie, a teen runaway of special interest as the only witness in a troublesome and long unsolved murder. Eager, meanwhile, is on his own, grifting and working the angles in the homeless underground, oblivious to the unfolding events which will force him to face the consequences of a crime, and a longing, which has haunted him for years.These disparate trails converge at a bloody standoff, the harrowing end of a series of brutal crimes which trace a path from the high desert to the streets of Portland, committed by a perpetrator known only as Shadow.
Day One: A Novel
by Abigail Dean&“A gripping examination of a community devastated by a school shooting and the &‘truthers&’ who deny it ever happened. Within that story is a girl who&’s hiding what she knows about what happened that day. A chilling, thought-provoking read. Brilliant.&” —Shari Lapena, New York Times–bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying and The Couple Next Door A village hall, a primary-school play, a beautiful Lake District town in England. Into this idyllic scene steps a lone gunman whose actions set off a chain of events that will have devastating consequences for the close-knit community of Stonesmere. In the weeks following the cataclysm, conspiracy theorists start questioning what happened. Two young people find themselves at the epicenter of the uproar: Marty, the town&’s golden girl and daughter of a teacher killed that day, and Trent, whose memories of his brief time trying to fit into Stonesmere fuel his attachment to the conspiracies. But what really happened at the Day One assembly? What secrets is Marty keeping and what blind spots does Trent miss? In this world where news travels fast and videos and gossip travel faster, how does a community move forward together? Opening with a gripping moment of terror and then jumping forward in time to show how secrets, trauma, miscommunications, and unrequited feelings reverberate over a lifetime, Abigail Dean once again delivers &“a riveting page-turner, full of hope in the face of despair&” (Sophie Hannah, The Guardian).
Day One: A Novel
by Nate KenyonTHE FUTURE IS HERE AND IT DOESN'T NEED YOUIn Nate Kenyon's Day One, scandal-plagued hacker journalist John Hawke is hot on the trail of the explosive story that might save his career. James Weller, the former CEO of giant technology company Eclipse, has founded a new start-up, and he's agreed to let Hawke do a profile on him. Hawke knows something very big is in the works at Eclipse---and he wants to use the profile as a foot in the door to find out more.After he arrives in Weller's office in New York City, a seemingly normal day quickly turns into a nightmare as anything with an Internet connection begins to malfunction. Hawke receives a call from his frantic wife just before the phones go dead. Soon he and a small band of survivors are struggling for their very lives as they find themselves thrust into the middle of a war zone---with no obvious enemy in sight.The bridges and tunnels have been destroyed. New York City is under attack from a deadly and brilliant enemy that can be anywhere and can occupy anything with a computer chip. Somehow Hawke must find a way back to his pregnant wife and young son. Their lives depend upon it . . . and so does the rest of the human race.
Day Reaper (The Night Blood Series #4)
by Melody JohnsonA DANGEROUS CHOICE On the brink of death, Cassidy DiRocco demands that New York City’s master of the supernatural, Dominic Lysander, transform her—reporter, Night Blood, sister, human—into the very creature she’s feared and fought against for months: a vampire. The pain is brutal, she could lose the career she’s worked so hard to achieve, and her world will never be the same. But surviving is worth any risk, especially when it means gaining the strength to fight against Jillian Allister, the sister who betrayed Dominic, attacked Cassidy, and is leading a vampire uprising that will destroy all of New York City . . . When she awakens, however, Cassidy realizes the cost of being transformed might be more than she was willing to sacrifice. But if Cassidy hopes to right the irrevocable wrongs that Jillian and her army of the Damned have wrought on New York City, she’ll need to not only accept her new senses, body, and cravings, but wield them in her favor. Irresistible and enigmatic as Dominic is, he no longer has command over the city or its vampires. Only Cassidy has the connections to convince the humans, Day Reapers, and the few vampires still loyal to Dominic to join forces. And maybe, if Dominic can accept her rising power over the coven he once commanded for the past several hundred years, the two of them together might forge a bond more potent than history has ever known. . .
Day Shift: A Novel of Midnight, Texas
by Charlaine HarrisSOON TO BE A NBC TV SERIES!In Midnight Crossroad, Charlaine Harris "capture[d] the same magic as the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, and [took] it to another level" (Houston Press). Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels returns to the one-traffic-light town you see only when you're on the way to someplace else...There is no such thing as bad publicity, except in Midnight, Texas, where the residents like to keep to themselves. Even in a town full of secretive people, Olivia Charity is an enigma. She lives with the vampire Lemuel, but no one knows what she does; they only know that she's beautiful and dangerous.Psychic Manfred Bernardo finds out just how dangerous when he goes on a working weekend to Dallas and sees Olivia there with a couple who are both found dead the next day. To make matters worse, one of Manfred's regular--and very wealthy--clients dies during a reading.Manfred returns from Dallas embroiled in scandal and hounded by the press. He turns to Olivia for help; somehow he knows that the mysterious Olivia can get things back to normal. As normal as things get in Midnight...From the Hardcover edition.
Day Zero: A Jericho Quinn Thriller (A Jericho Quinn Thriller #5)
by Marc CameronSpecial agent Jericho Quinn is a wanted man. Suspected of murder and marked for death by a network of conspirators embedded in the White House, Quinn knows he has to get out of the country--fast--before a team of contract killers find him and his daughter. To set things right at home, he'll have to take a nonstop flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Vladivostok, Russia, aboard a massive Airbus A380. But soon after takeoff, it becomes apparent that Quinn and his daughter picked the wrong plane. First, a passenger is brutally murdered. Then, Quinn is mistaken as a terrorist by an off-duty Air Marshal. As panic spreads through the plane and pressure builds to the screaming point, the unthinkable happens. Someone triggers a bomb. . .
Day Zero: A Watch Dogs: Legion Novel (Watch Dogs: Legion)
by James Swallow Josh ReynoldsA secretive resistance movement is the last line of defense in this heart-pounding prequel to 2020&’s most-anticipated video game release, Ubisoft&’s Watch Dogs: LegionBike messenger and wannabe troublemaker Olly Soames is the newest recruit to DedSec&’s Resistance movement, but when a stranger is shot dead in front of him, he realizes that danger is closer than he thinks… Sarah Lincoln is an aggressive young politician with questionable methods and big ambitions, and when a string of murders unfolds in her borough, it may be the opportunity she has been looking for to make a name for herself… Ex-MMA fighter turned leg-breaker Ro Hayes is in deep with the vicious Clan Kelley, the most brutal organized crime firm in the city&’s underworld, and her survival rests on uncovering a dead man&’s secrets… And for Danny, Ro&’s estranged brother and former soldier, his new career with private military contractor Albion is leading him down a very dark path, toward choices he may never be able to take back… Four lives are drawn into a murderous conspiracy that threatens to destroy Dedsec and plunge the city of London into chaos. Something very bad is going down in London town…
Day and Knight (Day and Knight #1)
by Dirk GreysonDay and Knight: Book OneAs former NSA, Dayton (Day) Ingram has national security chops and now works as a technical analyst for Scorpion. He longs for fieldwork, and scuttling an attack gives him his chance. He's smart, multilingual, and a technological wizard. But his opportunity comes with a hitch--a partner, Knighton (Knight), who is a real mystery. Despite countless hours of research, Day can find nothing on the agent, including his first name! Former Marine Knight crawled into a bottle after losing his family. After drying out, he's offered one last chance: along with Day, stop a terrorist threat from the Yucatan. To get there without drawing suspicion, Day and Knight board a gay cruise, where the deeply closeted Day and equally closeted Knight must pose as a couple. Tensions run high as Knight communicates very little and Day bristles at Knight's heavy-handed need for control. But after drinking too much, Day and Knight wake up in bed. Together. As they near their destination, they must learn to trust and rely on each other to infiltrate the terrorist camp and neutralize the plot aimed at the US's technological infrastructure, if they hope to have a life after the mission. One that might include each other.
Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile
by J. L. BourneSTART INTERCEPT - Armies of undead have risen up across the U. S. and around the globe; there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering for human flesh. But in the heat of a Texas wasteland, a small band of survivors attempt to counter the millions closing in around them. INTERCEPT COMPLETE - Survivor, Day by day, the handwritten journal entries of one man caught in a worldwide cataclysm capture the desperation - and the will to survive - as he joins forces with a handful of refugees to bat...
Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass
by J. L. BourneThe acclaimed military thriller of the zombie apocalypse from the author of Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile!In a desperate bid to take back the continental United States—where hordes of undead now dominate the ravaged human population—a Navy commander leads a global mission to the heart of the pandemic. Task Force Hourglass is humanity’s final hope, and his team’s agonizing decisions could mean living one more day—or surrendering to the eternal hell that exists between life and death.
Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass (Day By Day Armageddon Ser. #4)
by J. L. BourneOnce on the fringes of horror, the “zombie apocalypse,” has become one of the most buzzworthy genres in popular culture. Now, in Day by Day Armageddon, J.L. Bourne delivers an intelligent, gripping thriller that will leave both new and die-hard zombie fans breathless--perfect for fans of The Walking Dead.Sporadic news reports indicate chaos and violence spreading through U.S. cities. An unknown evil is sweeping the planet. The dead are rising to claim the Earth as the new dominant species in the food chain.This is the handwritten journal depicting one man’s struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them. Enter if you will into his world. The world of the undead.
Day et Knight
by Dirk GreysonEn tant qu’ancien agent de la N.S.A, Dayton Ingram est formé aux techniques de la Sécurité Intérieure. Il travaille désormais pour Scorpion et n’aspire qu’à une chose : aller sur le terrain. Intelligent, polyglotte, magicien de la technologie, il obtient sa chance en faisant échouer une agression dans une ruelle. Mais cette chance vient avec un inconvénient : un partenaire, Knighton, qui est un vrai mystère. Malgré ses recherches, Day ne trouve aucune information sur lui, pas même son prénom.Knight, ancien Marine, a sombré dans la boisson après la disparition de sa famille. Il décide d’en sortir et Scorpion lui offre sa chance : une mission visant à arrêter une grave menace terroriste au Yucatan, avec Day, un bleu.Pour arriver sur place sans attirer les soupçons, les deux hommes embarquent sur une croisière gay. Day, profondément dans son placard, et Knight, tout aussi enfermé, doivent se faire passer pour un couple. Les tensions sont fortes : l’ex Marine ne communique pas et l’ex N.S.A a les poils qui se hérissent face à la tendance au contrôle de son équipier.Pourtant, après une soirée bien arrosée, ils se réveillent dans le même lit. Alors qu’ils approchent de leur destination, ils doivent apprendre à se faire confiance et à compter l’un sur l’autre, s’ils veulent infiltrer le camp terroriste et neutraliser le complot visant à détruire l’infrastructure informatique américaine. Et surtout s’ils veulent avoir une vie après la mission. Une vie qui pourrait inclure l’autre…
Day for Dying: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel (Inspector Luke Thanet Novels #13)
by Dorothy SimpsonThe thirteenth novel in the British mystery series featuring Inspector Luke Thanet from the Silver Dagger award-winning author Dorothy Simpson, &“a modern-day version of Agatha Christie&” (Booklist).When playboy Max Jeopard is killed at his own engagement party, Inspector Luke Thanet is called in to investigate and uncovers a host of suspects, including his fiancée, a jealous brother, an ex-girlfriend, and the victim&’s future in-laws. &“This English village &‘cozy&’ goes down well&” (Library Journal). &“A master at plot manipulation, Ms. Simpson cunningly strews clues right and left…The pleasure here is watching Thanet meticulously pick his way through &‘the complex web of relationships&’ to arrive at an understanding of what would make a person kill for love.&” —The New York Times Book Review
Day of Atonement
by Alex ArcherA reckoning that will destroy them all... Trials, persecutions, false accusations, the Inquisition-for archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, the current episode they're taping for her show is a fascinating one. But while Annja is filming the last segment in France, a vicious "accident" nearly kills her. It looks to be unintentional...until a man calling himself Cauchon claims responsibility. The name Cauchon strikes a chord in the exceptionally-some might say unnaturally-long memory of Annja's friend and mentor Roux. Discovering the old man's secret years ago, Cauchon wanted to blackmail Roux before fate put the matter to rest. Or so Roux thought. Now this powerful fanatic has turned from seeking out the divine to meting out "justice." Vengeance. And he will single-handedly resurrect the violence of the Inquisition to ensure that Annja and her friend are judged and found guilty. With so much at stake, Annja may soon find that friendship can be fatal.
Day of Atonement (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Series #4)
by Faye KellermanPeter Decker of the L.A.P.D. never dreamed he'd be spending his honeymoon with his new wife, Rina Lazarus, in an Orthodox Jewish enclave in Brooklyn, New York -- or that a terrible event would end it so abruptly. But a boy has vanished from the midst of this close-knit religious community, a troubled youth fleeing the tight bonds and strictures he felt were strangling him. The runaway, Noam, is not traveling alone. A killer has taken him under his wing to introduce Noam to a savage world of blood and terror. And now Decker must find them both somewhere in America before a psychopath ends the life of a confused and frightened youngster whose only sin was to want something more.
Day of Atonement: A Novel
by Yolonda Tonette SandersThe second in Essence bestselling author Yolonda Tonette Sanders's Protective Detective series featuring Troy Evans, this suspenseful novel shows the devastation domestic violence can cause and how sometimes, mistakes of the past cannot be undone.For over thirty years, Detective Troy Evans has been haunted by the disappearance of Elana Campbell. The younger sister of his best friend, eight-year-old Elana stormed out of the house one August afternoon and that was the last they saw of her...until her body was found several weeks later off the Texan highway in a place known as the Killing Fields. With no suspects or leads, the Campbells hire private investigator B.K. Ashburn, and Troy heads back to his hometown of Houston to assist with the case. While there, he reluctantly begins to build a relationship with his father, whom he's spent his entire life hating. Meanwhile, Troy keeps running into dead ends on Elana's case, except for a gut feeling that Elana's disappearance all those years ago had to do with a member of her own dysfunctional family. As Troy and B.K. begin to dig into the pasts of the Campbells' relatives, they uncover painful secrets that could destroy relationships. And when the culprit is finally revealed, the discovery will leave everyone wondering if perhaps some mysteries should remain unsolved...
Day of Confession
by Allan FolsomThe Addison brothers, Harry and Danny, have been estranged for many years, but when Danny calls from Rome pleading for Harry to get in touch, his brother doesn't ignore him. Except it seems he is too late, as Danny was on board a tourist bus which was blown apart by a bomb. But when Harry arrives in Italy he is plunged into a Kafka-esque nightmare, discovering that his brother is accused of assassinating the Cardinal Vicar of Rome and when he dares to suggest that Danny is still alive he finds that someone is willing to frame him for murder before he can start to clear Danny's name. Alone and vulnerable in a foreign country, Harry is sucked into the maelstrom of a conspiracy in the heart of the Vatican, where men of God are using the devil's hand to further the influence of the Catholic Church. A tense and absorbing thriller.
Day of Decision (Stony Man #69)
by Don PendletonSTONY MAN A covert last line of defense for America, Stony Man is armed and ready in a dangerous era. In a new age of terrorists willing to unleash nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, the Oval Office provides the unconditional green light to the Stony warriors to do whatever it takes to circumvent any attack on the U.S. Now Stony Man is facing the unimaginable. ... DAY OF DECISION A Typhoon-class nuclear sub has been commandeered by terrorist dissidents. Halfway across the globe, members of the same group have hijacked an airliner and rerouted it to Somalia. Now the plane is heading toward its U.S. target-with a nuclear payload. While Stony Man's elite cyber team works feverishly to understand a blueprint for horror, Able Team and Phoenix Force strike out from Afghanistan to Siberia, tracking the nightmare to its source.
Day of Fear (The Patrick Dawlish Mysteries)
by Gordon AsheThe wife of British sleuth Patrick Dawlish is plunged into a nightmare in this home-invasion thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author. Patrick Dawlish is well-known among London law enforcement, though he&’s always worked outside of the system. Now an odd blend of private eye and farmer, he has no reason to change the way things are, which is why he plans to turn down the job that&’s being offered to him: Scotland Yard Commissioner. But while he&’s in the city, his wife, Felicity, is home alone in their rural cottage—at least for a while. When an injured boy collapses on their land, Felicity has no idea he&’s not alone. While she tries to help, their house is taken over by a gang of armed criminals, who think Felicity knows more than she does. Luckily, an earlier call she made to Dawlish aroused his suspicion that something is wrong. He jumps in his car to make the two-hour drive home, not knowing what horror awaits him . . . It&’s a good thing Dawlish had just declined that job offer, as he&’s always been more dangerous when he can go it alone. And when someone he loves is threatened, there&’s no law he wouldn&’t break . . .
Day of Judgment
by Jack HigginsCommunists intend to use an old Irish priest, head of an underground movement, to humiliate John F. Kennedy as he visits Berlin in the spring of 1963.
Day of Reckoning
by John KatzenbachA nice New England family has a dark secret in this “superb exercise in suspense” from the New York Times–bestselling author (TheNew York Times Book Review). Megan and Duncan Richards are no longer the radical activists they were in 1968. He’s a banker, and she works in real estate. They have a fine house, impeccable reputations, and three beautiful kids. Their past is safely stashed away until the day Duncan gets a call from the woman he’s spent decades trying to forget. Once, he knew her as Tanya, the charismatic leader of Northern California’s militant Phoenix Brigade. She had orchestrated their last robbery—a catastrophe that ended in bloodshed and murder. Megan and Duncan escaped undetected with new lives. Tanya wasn’t so lucky. She’s spent eighteen years in prison, eighteen years nursing the perfect revenge on her deserters. Now she’s free, and there isn’t a soul Megan and Duncan can turn to for help. What happens when a family is pushed to the brink? The answer “is the stuff of which parents’ nightmares—and well-crafted novels—are made” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). “Day of Reckoning is dynamite.” —Chicago Tribune “Gripping.” —The Washington Post
Day of Reckoning (Cascades Concealed #2)
by B.J. DanielsA woman searching for her missing father must trust a stranger with secrets of his own in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author.He was an enigma . . . Somehow Ford Lancaster seemed to turn up just when Rozalyn Sawyer needed him most. And as much as she hated to admit it, she couldn’t help but want more of his steady presence . . . his smoldering kisses. Rozalyn was sure a crime had been committed against her family, but was her desperate search for the truth based on fear or madness?Ford had come to settle an old score only to find his investigation colliding with a killer’s next target: Rozalyn. She had every reason to doubt his hidden motives, but Ford knew he would pay any price to reconcile the past and claim Rozalyn as his wife.
Day of Reckoning (Sean Dillon)
by Jack HigginsIn this New York Times–bestselling thriller, a murder in Brooklyn sparks an international battle for vengeance between a mafia boss and a black ops agent. International crime boss Jack Fox makes two mistakes with journalist Katherine Johnson. He let her get too close to the truth, and he killed her. Katherine&’s ex-husband is Blake Johnson, the head of a clandestine White House department known as the Basement. With the President&’s permission, the former FBI agent is now on a mission for revenge. To take out Fox, Johnson will need help. That means teaming up with ex-IRA mercenary Sean Dillon. Together, they&’ll go after Fox where it will hurt the most—his illegal businesses—and leave him defenseless. Fox&’s money trail takes them around the world, from New York and England to Ireland and the Middle East. But he isn&’t going to go down easily. Even as his empire crumbles around him, the crime boss fires back with a vengeance just as deadly and explosive as theirs . . . &“The action is sleek and intensely absorbing, but the supreme pleasure is in those Higgins celebrates—tarnished warriors who value honor over life and who get the job done no matter what the cost.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Completely story-driven, bowling along at a terrific pace.&” —The Irish Times&“This is vintage Higgins, and heralds the long-awaited return of his most popular creation, the enigmatic Sean Dillon, former IRA gunman turned British government enforcer.&” —Belfast Telegraph
Day of Wrath
by Daniel EastermanIn near-future Ireland the members of the Muslim Leaders Conference are being held to ransom by a reincarnated David Koresh. Head of security, Decian Carberry, endeavours to get to the bottom of the hellish situation.
Day of Wrath
by Daniel EastermanIn near-future Ireland the members of the Muslim Leaders Conference are being held to ransom by a reincarnated David Koresh. Head of security, Decian Carberry, endeavours to get to the bottom of the hellish situation.