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Hiding Place: also includes Among the Tchi and Down, Please (Andrea Cort #3.5)
by Adam-Troy CastroAndrea Cort. Genius. War Criminal. Crime-Solver.An emergency summons brings Andrea and her partners, Oscin and Skye Porrinyard, to an isolated research station, where a brilliant scientist lies brutally murdered. Who committed the crime is no mystery. But it may be impossible to prosecute, because the culprit has arranged a strange transformation for himself, and may no longer be the same person who committed the crime.For Andrea, who has recently begun planning the next stage in her own personal evolution, the issue cuts straight to the atrocities of her own past…and the question that might destroy her: can she escape the guilt that has always pursued her?This collection is set in the award-winning Andrea Cort series, featuring the titular novella "Hiding Place," as well as the short stories “Among the Tchi” and “Down, Please: The Only Recorded Adventure of Lars Fouton, Captain’s Lift Operator on the Starship Magnificent.”
Hiding Places
by Ellen ParkerMona Smith's plans to finish her culinary education are on hold and replaced with the need to economize and work hard. A warning from her brother - a local drug kingpin intends to collect money she doesn't have - prompts her to flee Minneapolis with only the possessions she can fit into a backpack. At the airport baggage claim she begs a ride with a stranger, willing to risk time with an outsider over the drug dealer's certain reputation.Yesterday, Linc Dray was rejected by the final prospect on his list. Unless he's legally married within thirteen days, he can't inherit his grandfather's farm. Years of work and dreams, including expanding a tiny apple orchard to commercial size, will be lost. When Mona sprints into his life pleading for protection and transportation, he hesitates. Is she a clever con artist or the solution to his dilemma?Mona sees how Linc's location and occupation offer her advantages . . . if only they didn't come with a marriage proposal. A public marriage, he insists, for legalities and show. She requests two days to consider the deal.The budding trust between Mona and Linc is tested when a renter on the farm is murdered. The obvious clues point to Linc. Can they prove the real killer framed him? And what are they going to do about the inconvenient emotions invading the marriage of convenience?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Hiding Places
by Ellen ParkerMona Smith’s plans to finish her culinary education are on hold and replaced with the need to economize and work hard. A warning from her brother - a local drug kingpin intends to collect money she doesn’t have - prompts her to flee Minneapolis with only the possessions she can fit into a backpack. At the airport baggage claim she begs a ride with a stranger, willing to risk time with an outsider over the drug dealer’s certain reputation.Yesterday, Linc Dray was rejected by the final prospect on his list. Unless he’s legally married within thirteen days, he can’t inherit his grandfather’s farm. Years of work and dreams, including expanding a tiny apple orchard to commercial size, will be lost. When Mona sprints into his life pleading for protection and transportation, he hesitates. Is she a clever con artist or the solution to his dilemma?Mona sees how Linc’s location and occupation offer her advantages . . . if only they didn’t come with a marriage proposal. A public marriage, he insists, for legalities and show. She requests two days to consider the deal.The budding trust between Mona and Linc is tested when a renter on the farm is murdered. The obvious clues point to Linc. Can they prove the real killer framed him? And what are they going to do about the inconvenient emotions invading the marriage of convenience?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Hiding Places
by Ellen ParkerMona Smith’s plans to finish her culinary education are on hold and replaced with the need to economize and work hard. A warning from her brother - a local drug kingpin intends to collect money she doesn’t have - prompts her to flee Minneapolis with only the possessions she can fit into a backpack. At the airport baggage claim she begs a ride with a stranger, willing to risk time with an outsider over the drug dealer’s certain reputation.Yesterday, Linc Dray was rejected by the final prospect on his list. Unless he’s legally married within thirteen days, he can’t inherit his grandfather’s farm. Years of work and dreams, including expanding a tiny apple orchard to commercial size, will be lost. When Mona sprints into his life pleading for protection and transportation, he hesitates. Is she a clever con artist or the solution to his dilemma?Mona sees how Linc’s location and occupation offer her advantages . . . if only they didn’t come with a marriage proposal. A public marriage, he insists, for legalities and show. She requests two days to consider the deal.The budding trust between Mona and Linc is tested when a renter on the farm is murdered. The obvious clues point to Linc. Can they prove the real killer framed him? And what are they going to do about the inconvenient emotions invading the marriage of convenience?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Hiding Places
by Erin HealyThe Harrison lodge is full of hiding places where young Kate can discover all the secrets no one wants her to know. Eleven-year-old Kate keeps her knowledge to herself--one sister's stash of marijuana, the other's petty cash pilfering, her grandfather's contraband candy bars. She protects her mother and Gran, too, screening out critical comments from the hotel suggestions box. But suddenly the stakes are raised; her grandfather's best friend is murdered the day after Kate heard the two men arguing. At the same time, far from the quiet mountain resort, a homeless man sees a robbery gone wrong . . . a gang member seeks revenge for the death of his son . . . and a boy chooses the worst time to wield spray paint on a store window. In a strange and spiraling sequence of events, their disparate worlds collide at Harrison Lodge. Kate offers shelter to one of them, unaware of the terrible consequences to the family she loves. But people can hide in all kinds of ways, sometimes even in plain sight . . . and some secrets are just waiting to be exposed.
Hiding in Alaska (Bureaus of Investigation Mysteries)
by R. Barri FlowersHe&’ll risk it all to save his town…And the terrorized woman he&’s falling for A string of mysterious deaths have led ABI Major Crimes investigator Quincy Lankard straight to Giselle Kinard&’s door. She&’s not a suspect, despite her connection to the deceased. But Quincy knows she&’s keeping secrets—big ones threatening people&’s lives. The danger doesn&’t deter his attraction to her, even as he vows to uncover her past. But when he learns she&’s on the run from her abusive ex-fiancé—and Giselle is now the target—he&’ll challenge the sinister predator determined to make her pay…From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the Bureaus of Investigation Mysteries series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Killer in Shellview CountyBook 2: Hiding in Alaska
Hiding in Hawk's Creek: A Jennifer Bannon Mystery
by Brenda ChapmanFourteen-year-old Jennifer Bannon cannot face another boring summer in Springhills. She convinces her mother to let her spend July at her grandmother’s cottage in Hawk’s Creek. She does not reveal that her plan is to live with her grandmother forever in order to avoid the problems back home. But Hawk’s Creek holds dark secrets, and Jennifer is soon drawn into the troubled world of Audrey Musquash, a Native girl accused of stealing and being out of control. In this tale of suspense and haunting friendship, Jennifer must face truths that will change her perspective on life forever.
Hiding in Montana (Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit #3)
by Laura ScottFrom USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Scott. A fugitive at large… This K-9 is on his trail. To save a woman from being kidnapped, Officer Chris Fuller and his K-9 partner, Teddy, have no choice but to let the fugitive they&’re tracking get away. But when the escaped murderer returns to hunt tour pilot Lexie McDaniels again, Chris knows the attempted kidnapping wasn&’t a chance encounter. Lexie won&’t be safe until he catches the criminal…but are her secrets what is endangering them all?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit
Hiding in Park City (The Searchers #1)
by RaeAnne ThayneA single mom on the run and an injured FBI agent find their greatest danger is with each other in this story of secret identity, originally titled Nowhere to Hide and published in 2003!As an on-the-run single mother out to protect her little girls, Lisa Connors needs two things: money, and to keep her identity secret. But it is just her luck that the possibility of the former threatens the latter: as the caretaker of the hunk-next-door with two broken legs, her ability to keep her distance is shaky. When she found out said hunk’s profession—FBI agent—it was downright demolished....Gage McKinnon spent most of his life trying to keep away from all things familial, so the last thing he needs is to have two adorable little girls take root next door. But it’s their mother who poses his greatest threat. For with Lisa he felt that door in his heart—the one that slammed shut twenty-five years ago—start to open, just a crack.
Hiding in Plain Sight
by Laura ScottSeeking refuge in Amish country… in order to stay alive Fleeing to her uncle&’s home is Shauna McKay&’s only option after her mother&’s brutally murdered and the killer&’s sights set on her. Local sheriff Liam Harland&’s convinced hiding Shauna in his cousin&’s Amish community will shield her. But when an Amish woman who looks like Shauna is attacked, it&’s clear nobody in this peaceful community is safe…unless Liam and Shauna can stop the culprit&’s murderous plan.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Hiding in Plain Sight: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery
by Valerie SherrardWith school over, Greg visiting relatives, and Betts on vacation with her family, it’s looking like it will be a quiet summer for Shelby Belgarden. Until, that is, she finds out that Betts and her family have returned home suddenly, and Betts’s mom faces criminal charges in the theft of a computer program from her workplace.To save Mrs. Thompson’s job and reputation - and to keep her out of prison - Shelby infiltrates the company in order to dig up clues. But with no clues to be found, can Shelby find the answers that will keep Betts’s family together?
Hiding in the Shadows: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #2)
by Kay HooperTerror waits just out of sightHiding In The ShadowsAccident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for weeks. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her--or the life that led up to it. Nor does she remember journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital...until she disappeared without a trace. Now as Faith begins to regain her strength, she's shocked by intimate dreams of a man she doesn't recognize and tortured by visions of violence that feel painfully real. Something inexplicable ties her lost memories to Dinah's chilling fate. But even as Faith tries to understand the connection and reach out to save Dinah, death is stalking both women. And one of them will not escape its lethal grasp.FBI agent Noah Bishop has a rare gift for seeing what others do not, a gift that helps him solve the most puzzling cases. Now, read more of his electrifying adventures in two stand-alone tales of psychic suspense.From the Paperback edition.
Hiding the Witness
by Deena AlexanderRescuing a child makes her a killer&’s target. Racing into a burning cabin to search for survivors, firefighter Diana Cameron stumbles upon an unconscious child—and two bodies with bullet wounds. When a sniper targets their narrow escape, Diana has no choice but to team up with bodyguard Chase Mitchell to keep the little girl safe. Uncovering the identity of the murder victims is the only way to find the killer. But as they&’re chased by gunmen into the mountain wilderness, can they protect a tiny witness from the unknown…when the truth is more sinister than they imagined?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Hielo en las venas (Los hijos del monstruo #Volumen 3)
by Marcia CotlanTercera y última entrega de la apasionante trilogía «Los hijos del monstruo». ¿Cómo reaccionará El Monstruo de Florida cuando otro asesino como él amenace la vida de sus hijos? ¿Cómo derretirá Colter Bronstein el muro de hielo que Freya Skald levantó para mantener lejos a todo el mundo? Varias mujeres aparecen brutalmente torturadas y asesinadas en diferentes vertederos de Miami y Hans Skald, "El Monstruo de Florida", es el único que tiene la clave para encontrar al asesino, por eso la policía acude a pedirle ayuda a la cárcel. Sin embargo, no resultará tan fácil... Skald solamente dirá lo que sabe si quienes hablan con él son su hija Freya y Colter Bronstein, el periodista que años atrás escribió dos libros sobre él y a quien El Monstruo confió dónde había enterrado a muchas de sus víctimas. ¿Podrán Freya y Colter dejar al margen sus problemas y trabajar juntos para capturar al peligroso asesino en serie que mantiene en vilo a la ciudad de Miami o pesará más el dolor que él le causó años atrás y el rencor que ella siente aún?
Hielo frágil
by Piero Degli Antoni,La nueva novela del autor de Pabellón 11. Seis alpinistas atrapados en el Himalaya.Un cadáver en la nieve.Siete días para salvarse. En el curso de una expedición a una de las cimas más temibles del Himalaya, el Kinsoru, se produce el hallazgo de un cadáver congelado en la nieve. ¿Podría tratarse del famoso alpinista y joven millonario Jean-Pierre Leblanc, desaparecido hace años cuando él y su hermano Michel intentaron ganar la cumbre en pleno invierno? ¿Fue víctima de un desgraciado accidente o, como algunos sospecharon en su día, tras su trágico final se ocultaba algo más turbio? ¿Y qué se esconde tras el insensato afán de seis alpinistas por recuperar el cadáver en condiciones totalmente adversas, a siete mil metros de altitud, bajo una terrible tormenta y corriendo el riesgo de perder toda comunicación con el campamento base sin provisiones ni posibilidad de sobrevivir? ¿Buscan desvelar al fin la verdad o más bien encubrirla para siempre? Los espacios infinitos y la gélida soledad de las montañas himalayas, el fascinante mundo del alpinismo de alta cota, el penetrante retrato de los seis personajes principales, forzados a enfrentarse a sus demonios y anhelos en la obligada convivencia que ofrece una estrecha tienda de campaña, el amor, la sospecha, el recelo, la venganza... Piero Degli Antoni vuelve a urdir un apasionante thriller por el que el lector se adentra a sabiendas de que el desconcertante y oscuro carácter de la naturaleza halla su eco en nuestro interior y nuestras acciones. Reseña:«El autor no nos da tregua, mantiene el interés a lo largo de toda la narración, sorprendiéndonos con las revelaciones y culminando la trama con un acertado final. Hielo frágil nos ofrece un interesante acercamiento al mundo del alpinismo, cuya historia está escrita -por chiflados que han logrado realizar sus sueños- y donde todo se vuelve extremo y peligroso despertando los peores instintos del ser humano».Blog Me gustan los libros
Hielo negro
by Bef Bernardo FernándezCal Moore, del departamento de Narcóticos, investigaba sobre una nueva droga de diseño -el "hielo negro"- cuando fue encontrado en un motel con un tiro en la cabeza y una nota en el bolsillo. Para Harry Bosch lo importante no son los hechos aislados, sino el hilo que los mantiene unidos. Y sus averiguaciones sobre el sospechoso suicidio de Moore parecen trazar una línea recta entre los traficantes que merodean por Hollywood Boulevard y los callejones más turbios de la frontera con México. Una línea fatídica sembrada de cadáveres...
Hieronymus Bosch: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
by Michael ConnellyThe #1 New York Times–bestselling author brings you into the world of the LAPD’s Harry Bosch, and the history that shaped him.In this short work, Michael Connelly delves into the origins of his famed police detective,—how he faced down the horrors of his childhood (a background story that was based on the life of another renowned crime writer); his past as a tunnel rat in Vietnam; and why jazz is his soundtrack. Connelly also shares the story of how his character Hieronymus Bosch came to be named after a fifteenth-century Flemish painter, and how his own youthful experiences of fear led to his literary creation. Those who have followed the cases of this tough cop more interested in justice than ambition will find much to enjoy and to ponder in this behind-the-scenes account.“Connelly truly is one of the finest mystery writers.” —South Florida Sun Sentinel“No writer exploits Los Angeles—its geography, its historical power wars, its celebrity culture, its lore—as compellingly as Connelly.” ?Chicago Tribune
High Adventure
by Donald E. WestlakeOne man&’s quest to make history—and a lot of money: &“High entertainment&” from the three-time Edgar Award–winning Grand Master of Mystery (Elmore Leonard). Kirby Galway may be a low-level marijuana smuggler in Belize, but the man has a dream—to make lots and lots of money. So when a local official offers him a back-jungle tract of land he swears would make a perfect cattle ranch, Kirby jumps at the opportunity. Unfortunately, he lands himself in a swamp—that he now owns. Kirby begins selling homemade &“artifacts&” from his property to American museums and witless tourists, even building a fake ancient temple and recruiting a tribe of Mayan Indians who know a good scam when they see one. But his cash-cow paradise soon attracts the attention of two snooping New York reporters, a beautiful archaeologist from UCLA, and a troop of Guatemalan guerillas just itching to shoot somebody. Kirby is going to have to talk fast, move faster, and pull out every dirty trick he knows if he&’s going to get out of this alive . . . &“I thoroughly enjoyed High Adventure.&” —Elmore Leonard &“Westlake at his best: intriguing, fast moving . . . Ends with a slam-bang climax.&” —Los Angeles Times Praise for Donald E. Westlake &“Westlake has no peer in the realm of comic mystery novelists.&” —San Francisco Chronicle
High Assault (Stony Man #106)
by Nathan MeyerA long anticipated break in intelligence puts Stony Man on a rapid-fire mission to halt a massive terrorist attack in America's heartland. Able Team hits the streets of the Venezuelan capital, hunted by political death squads while working to sever Iran's increasingly powerful narco-pipeline to the States. Across the globe in Basra, Phoenix Force gets betrayed and burned in the hellgrounds--targeted, outnumbered and outgunned with men down. But Stony Man has been to hell and back many times before. They don't intend to fail now.
High Chicago
by Howard ShrierAfter his successful debut, Buffalo Jump, Howard Shrier is back with High Chicago, the next in the Jonah Geller series.Toronto investigator Jonah Geller has opened his own agency, World Repairs, and he and his partner, Jenn Raudsepp, are immediately drawn into investigating the apparent suicide of a young girl -- and the high-stakes world of construction and development on a long-neglected parcel of Toronto's waterfront. Clues lead them to suspect that fabled real estate tycoon Simon Birk -- the partner of the dead girl's father -- is killing people who get in the way of the project, but the evidence isn't rock solid. And Jonah has to craft an audacious plan to take down one of Chicago's most powerful men.From the Trade Paperback edition.
High Country (Anna Pigeon Mysteries #12)
by Nevada BarrIt's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed to dining room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows the missing employees are only the first indication of a sickness threatening the park. Her twenty-something roommates give up their party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her with suspicion and fear. Yet when Anna's life if threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trial to the high country, seeking answers. What awaits her is a nightmare of death and greed - and perhaps her final adventure.
High Country Cop
by Cynthia ThomasonHe’ll always love Miranda Jefferson…But this cop has a job to do.Seeing his high school sweetheart after fourteen years fills Holly River police chief Carter Cahill with so many conflicting emotions. One thing hasn’t changed—the love that brought them together in the first place. But the single mother’s asking something Carter isn’t sure he can give. Is he a man who follows the law…or his heart?
High Country Fall (Deborah Knott #10)
by Margaret MaronNorth Carolina judge Deborah Knott may be all business when it comes to court, but she's usually fun loving when she's around her energetic family and her friend turned fiance Dwight Bryant. The stress of her impending marriage has made her prickly and uneasy, though, so she jumps at the chance to sub for a judge in another part of the state. After all, what better place to do serious thinking about her life than a gorgeous tourist town in the Blue Ridge Mountains? Unfortunately, the town is abuzz with the recent murder of a local doctor, and the accused is a friend of Deborah's college-age twin nieces. The twins are convinced their friend is innocent, and when another man is found dead, it begins to appear they are right. The mountain setting plays a huge role here, and Maron does a beautiful job with it, adding local color, as well as delightful regionalisms, to give her characters plenty of personality. When it comes right down to it, however, it's the comfortable ordinariness of Maron's distinctively unheroic heroine that makes this entry in the long-running series so appealing
High Country Hideout (Covert Cowboys, Inc. #7)
by Elle JamesLast hope or second chance? Ranching was Angus Ketchum's first love-until his last tour of duty shattered that dream. The wounded ex-soldier gets his second chance when he's recruited to go undercover to protect a widowed ranch owner. <P><P>But from the moment he meets Reggie Davis, Angus can tell holding on to her land and keeping her young son safe is taking its toll. Especially when someone threatens her livelihood and her life. As the attacks escalate, Angus must rely on his combat skills to keep Reggie and her boy alive. And he must rely on his commitment to the mission to keep their powerful attraction in check.
High Country Nocturne (David Mapstone Mysteries #8)
by Jon TaltonA cache of diamonds is stolen in Phoenix. The prime suspect is former Maricopa County Sheriff Mike Peralta, now a private investigator. Disappearing into Arizona's mountainous High Country, Peralta leaves his business partner and longtime friend David Mapstone with a stark choice. He can cooperate with the FBI, or strike out on his own to find Peralta and what really happened. Mapstone knows he can count on his wife Lindsey, one of the top "good hackers" in law enforcement. But what if they've both been betrayed? Mapstone is tested further when the new sheriff wants him back as a deputy, putting to use his historian's expertise to solve a very special cold case. The stakes turn deadly when David and Lindsey are stalked by a trained killer whose specialty is "suiciding" her targets. In depressed, post-recession Phoenix, every certainty has become scrambled, from the short hustle of the powerful real-estate industry to the loyalties Mapstone once took for granted. Could Peralta really be a jewel thief or worse? The deeper Mapstone digs into the world of sun-baked hustlers, corrupt cops, moneyed retirees, and mobsters, the more things are not what they seem. Ultimately, Mapstone must risk everything to find the truth. High Country Nocturne is an ambitious, searing, and gritty novel, with a fast-paced story as hard-edged as the stolen diamonds themselves.