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Invasion of the Scorp-lions: A Monstertown Mystery (Monstertown Mysteries #3)
by Bruce HaleSomething is very wrong at Monterrosa Elementary--again. Weird noises and funky smells are coming through the classroom vents. Could the school be haunted? When one of their classmates falls into a coma, best friends Carlos and Benny know it's time to call in the best monster hunters they know: each other. This may well be their wackiest extermination challenge yet! In his third Monstertown Mystery, Bruce Hale delivers another silly, strange, and spooky tale for readers who like their chills with a side of chuckles.
Invasion on Mirror Mountain (A\mirror Mountain Adventure Ser. #4)
by Wynnette FraserWhen a construction project brings an army of strangers onto his mountain, twelve-year-old Johnny wonders if one of them may be responsible for the flurry of thefts in the area. It's not your mountain, Johnny Elbert." Johnny Elbert Finlay has seen more strangers and more change come to Mirror Mountain in the last couple of months than he has in his whole life, and he's not so sure he likes it. He feels God trying to remind him that he doesn't own the mountain, but how can he not care when so much is happening? Trees are getting torn down, buildings are going up, a new family has moved in, and worst of all, there has been a series of robberies throughout the entire county. Johnny and his friends Scott and Willis decide they better find out who is behind the robberies, but Johnny ends up discovering more than he bargained for. WYNNETTE FRASER lives in Darlington, South Carolina, and writes from her knowledge of the local rural people. She is also the author of Mystery on Mirror Mountain, Courage on Mirror Mountain, and Mystery at Deepwood Bay. The complete four book series is in the Bookshare library.
Invasion USA: Border War
by William W. JohnstoneWilliam W. Johnstone continues his all-new action-packed series torn from today's headlines in which the American people must fight for the future of their country. . . Border War Not since the days of the infamous Pancho Villa has a foreign force raided American soil for plunder. And when a busload of American schoolgirls is hijacked and taken across the border into Mexico, the repercussions prove to be deadly. The gang of kidnappers is led by the ruthless crime lord Alphonso Guerrerro, whose daughter is on that bus. His ex-wife took his daughter back to the States, but Alphonso wants her back--it's a matter of pride--and will stop at nothing to get her. Now he's got a devil's bounty of young women to be used as hostages, or sold into the horrors of white slavery in South America if his demands are not met. But Vietnam vet Tom Brannon has something to say about this. His niece is on that school bus, so he's recruiting a battle-tough squad of ex-soldiers made up from the families of the kidnapped girls. They're going to rescue the girls and destroy Guerrerro and his gang of border thugs once and for all.
Invasione
by Maria Cristina Martinelli Hannah HoweMentre suo marito Emrys viene ancora dato per disperso in azione, Ann Morgan riceve un’offerta personale dall’affabile Ispettore Max Deveraux. Dovrebbe declinare o accettare la sua offerta? Invece, nella sua vita professionale, Ann si trova davanti a un dilemma. Dopo l’omicidio di Trevor Bowman, dovrebbe rilevare la sua agenzia investigativa? Proprio quando Ann sta riflettendo sugli aspetti personali e professionali della propria vita, un’amica le chiede di cercare sua figlia che è scomparsa. All’apparenza, Adeline Hopkins, la figlia, sta soffrendo per la relazione conflittuale che ha con il proprio padre. Però, che dire del suo ex-fidanzato e di un soldato americano, un Marine che ha frequentato brevemente? Con i soldati che si preparano per partire ed imbarcarsi per la seconda ondata del D-Day, Ann ha bisogno di risposte e finisce invece per trovarsi di nuovo di fronte a un altro quesito, il dilemma su come fare giustizia al meglio.
Invasive: A Novel
by Chuck WendigA gripping sci-fi tech thriller, set in the eye-opening, paranoid world of the electrifying Zeroes—from the New York Times–bestselling author of Wanderers.Hannah Stander is a consultant for the FBI—a futurist who helps the Agency with cases that feature demonstrations of bleeding-edge technology. It’s her job to help them identify unforeseen threats: hackers, AIs, genetic modification, anything that in the wrong hands could harm the homeland.Hannah is in an airport, waiting to board a flight home to see her family, when she receives a call from Agent Hollis Copper. “I’ve got a cabin full of over a thousand dead bodies,” he tells her. Whether those bodies are all human, he doesn’t say.What Hannah finds is a horrifying murder that points to the impossible—someone weaponizing the natural world in a most unnatural way. Discovering who—and why—will take her on a terrifying chase from the Arizona deserts to the secret island laboratory of a billionaire inventor/philanthropist. Hannah knows there are a million ways the world can end, but she just might be facing one she could never have predicted—a new threat both ancient and cutting-edge that could wipe humanity off the earth.“Enthralling . . . Wendig does an impeccable job blending fact and fiction as he describes invasive species and insects being used as biological weapons.” —The Washington Post“Think Thomas Harris’ Will Graham and Clarice Starling rolled into one and pitched on the knife’s edge of a scenario that makes Jurassic Park look like a carnival ride. Another rip-roaring, deeply paranoid thriller about the reasons to fear the future.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Invasive Species
by Joseph WallaceThere can only be one dominant life form on Earth. In the remote African wilderness, a rainforest is dying. But something else has come to life: A newly evolved predator that has survived the depredations of mankind, only to emerge from its natural habitat faster, stronger, and deadlier than anything humanity has ever faced. And it is no longer man.
Invasores de Marte - Las aventuras de Joaquim y Eduardo
by Tamara Aymerich Correa Michael RumanJoaquim es un chiquillo pecoso de 11 años que no se conforma con ser un niño normal y, en compañía del amigo, Eduardo, se mete a investigar casos extraños e indescifrables. Los invasores de Marte es la primera parte de esta saga, que comenzó en 1969 durante el régimen militar. Joaquim está convencido de que los marcianos preparar una invasión de la Tierra. Ahora queda por convencer a Eduardo y el resto de la pandilla de amigos de la escuela para desenmascarar el malvado plan de los extraterrestres. Pero esto no es una tarea fácil. En la búsqueda de pruebas de la presencia de extraterrestres en nuestro planeta, los chicos van a venir a través de los enemigos sin escrúpulos y traicioneros. Lo peor de todo: sargento Gomes, personificación de la violencia, el representante de la represión de los años de la dictadura, dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para capturar a los dos pequeños héroes, que él etiqueta como terroristas peligrosos. Pero el sargento tonto y sus hombres no saben que, los niños utilizarán toda su creatividad, travesuras y armas secretas, para llegar a la cima y ganar todos los desafíos. En medio de las turbulencias de la época, Joaquim y Eduardo van a contar con la ayuda de sus amigos Carlos, Bruno y Eloy, que, como ellos, viven los últimos años de su infancia, rodeado de fantasía y aventura. Inspirado por autores como Juan Carlos Marino (El genio del crimen) y en la serie de libros de "Firefly Collection", Las aventuras de Joaquín y Eduardo traerá de vuelta a los jóvenes lectores, el placer de la investigación y la deducción, con una trama que va una época en que no existían los teléfonos celulares, a pensar en computadoras personales era ciencia ficción y, por diversión, era suficiente para salir de casa para reunirse con amigos y jugar a la pelota, andar en bicicleta o... Meterse en problemas! Pero no se equivoquen: esto no es un libro sólo para niños. Los adultos también podrán
La invención de Morel
by Adolfo Bioy CasaresLa gran novela de amor y aventuras de Adolfo Bioy Casares, que definió con ella el curso de la literatura argentina. Hito de la literatura fantástica, La invención de Morel (1940) es una novela de amor y aventuras sobre los extraños acontecimientos que descubre un fugitivo al llegar a una isla desierta, en la que de pronto se manifiestan habitantes espectrales. Gracias a la brillante imaginación De Adolfo Bioy Casares, lo inexplicable hallará su razón de ser en un asombroso postulado científico, pero entretanto el narrador caerá presa de sus impulsos más irracionales, hasta vislumbrar no solo la realización de una pasión imposible, sino una suerte de inmortalidad. Sobre la obra: «No me parece una imprecisión o una hipérbole calificarla de perfecta».Jorge Luis Borges
La invención del amor (Premio Alfaguara de novela #Volumen 20)
by José Ovejero«Una novela que revela la fuerza transformadora de la imaginación y su capacidad para construir nuevas existencias.»Manuel Rivas, Presidente del Jurado del Premio Alfaguara de novela 2013 «Siempre he evitado la palabra amor. Un sustantivo devaluado, una moneda tan usada que ha perdido el relieve, de manera que se puede acariciar entre los dedos sin percibir imagen alguna; una moneda que no me atrevería a dar en pago por miedo a ser mirado como un estafador.» Desde su terraza, Samuel observa el trajín cotidiano como quien está de vuelta sin haber llegado a nada. Él es una persona que no se compromete con nada ni con nadie. Una madrugada, alguien le anuncia por teléfono que Clara ha muerto en un accidente. Aunque Samuel no conoce a ninguna Clara, decide asistir a su funeral, empujado por una mezcla de curiosidad y aburrimiento. Fascinado por la posibilidad de suplantar a la persona con la que lo confunden Samuel se inventa una relación con Clara para Carina, la hermana de ésta, y entra en un juego del que va perdiendo poco a poco el control; al poco tiempo no tiene nada claro si el amor que está inventando lo va a salvar o a acabar de hundirlo. Una novela que combina la intriga del thriller con la inmediatez del reportaje. Narrada en primera persona, a través de una voz cercana, inquisitiva e irónica, el protagonista va desvelando las imposturas del amor y al mismo tiempo su absoluta necesidad. El miércoles 20 de marzo de 2013 un jurado presidido por Manuel Rivas y compuesto por Annie Morvan (editora de la editorial francesa Seuil), José María Pozuelo Yvancos (crítico literario), Jordi Puntí (escritor), Xavier Velasco (escritor, Premio Alfaguara 2003), Antonio Ramírez (librero) y Pilar Reyes (editora de Alfaguara, con voz pero sin voto), declaró ganadora a la novela La invención del amor de José Ovejero, entre las 802 obras presentadas. Críticas:«Lo lees con fascinación y con temor porque siempre bordea un agujero. Es uno de los mejores escritores de su generación». Rosa Montero, El País «La invención del amor da una nueva vuelta de tuerca a un motivo seminal de José Ovejero, la estirpe del antihéroe, en una excelente novela, profunda y amena.» Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural
Inventing Love
by José Ovejero Kathryn Phillips-Miles Simon DeefholtsWhen Samuel receives a call out of the blue about the death of his lover, Clara, his own numbing existence seems about to come to an end. Does it matter that he never knew Clara? And, if he invents a past for his love and his loss, could he even fake his way through her funeral? Unable to pass up the chance at a new life, Samuel starts down a path of lies until he can no longer distinguish between real and invented.
Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs: Being a story of the nation’s most famous (and infamous) detective agency
by S. Paul O'HaraThe fascinating story of the most notorious detective agency in US history.Between 1865 and 1937, Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency was at the center of countless conflicts between capital and labor, bandits and railroads, and strikers and state power. Some believed that the detectives were protecting society from dangerous criminal conspiracies; others thought that armed Pinkertons were capital’s tool to crush worker dissent. Yet the image of the Pinkerton detective also inspired romantic and sensationalist novels, reflected shifting ideals of Victorian manhood, and embodied a particular kind of rough frontier justice. Inventing the Pinkertons examines the evolution of the agency as a pivotal institution in the cultural history of American monopoly capitalism. Historian S. Paul O’Hara intertwines political, social, and cultural history to reveal how Scottish-born founder Allan Pinkerton insinuated his way to power and influence as a purveyor of valuable (and often wildly wrong) intelligence in the Union cause. During Reconstruction, Pinkerton turned his agents into icons of law and order in the Wild West. Finally, he transformed his firm into a for-rent private army in the war of industry against labor. Having begun life as peddlers of information and guardians of mail bags, the Pinkertons became armed mercenaries, protecting scabs and corporate property from angry strikers.O’Hara argues that American capitalists used the Pinkertons to enforce new structures of economic and political order. Yet the infamy of the Pinkerton agent also gave critics and working communities a villain against which to frame their resistance to the new industrial order. Ultimately, Inventing the Pinkertons is a gripping look at how the histories of American capitalism, industrial folklore, and the nation-state converged.
The Invention of Fire: A Novel
by Bruce HolsingerThe author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder.Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners, and he knows how to trade on the secrets of the kingdom’s most powerful men. When the bodies of sixteen unknown men are found in a privy, the Sheriff of London seeks Gower’s help. The men’s wounds—ragged holes created by an unknown object—are unlike anything the sheriff’s men have ever seen. Tossed into the sewer, the bodies were meant to be found. Gower believes the men may have been used in an experiment—a test for a fearsome new war weapon his informants call the “handgonne,” claiming it will be the “future of death” if its design can be perfected.Propelled by questions of his own, Gower turns to courtier and civil servant Geoffrey Chaucer, who is working on some poems about pilgrims that Gower finds rather vulgar. Chaucer thinks he just may know who commissioned this new weapon, an extremely valuable piece of information that some will pay a high price for—and others will kill to conceal. . .
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian SelznickDon't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, Wonderstruck and The Marvels, which together with The Invention of Hugo Cabret, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick!Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks--like the gears of the clocks he keeps--with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.With 284 pages of original drawings and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller and artist.
The Invention of Sound
by Chuck PalahniukA father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. <P><P>Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. <P><P>Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real. Soon Foster and Ives find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywood's glamorous façade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, The Invention of Sound is Chuck Palahniuk at the peak of his literary powers -- his most suspenseful, most daring, and most genre-defying work yet.
Inversione di rotta
by Consalvo Cattuto Oak AndersonInversione di rotta è un racconto breve di 3,600 parole, un compagno parallelo dell'acclamato thriller criminale, "Take One With You", di Oak Anderson Al detective Thane Parks viene assegnato il caso di una rapina a mano armata per la quale è sospettato Hector Sanchez, il figlio di un uomo arrestato per omicidio anni prima, un criminale che si era impiccato in prigione. Dall'altra parte della città, Samantha Devlin, la figlia della donna per il cui omicidio il padre di Hector era stato condannato, si sta diplomando, è una studentessa eccellente a cui il padre sta nascondendo la sua profonda depressione per la morte di sua madre. Samantha ed Hector, le cui vite sono state cambiate per sempre dall'omicidio e dal suicidio, stanno per incontrarsi in circostanze difficili, mentre il Detective Parks cerca di evitare che altre persone diventino le prossime vittime del movimento "TOWY".
Investigação Familiar
by Keith Dixon Natalia OroscoO destemido detetive Sam Dyke nunca conheceu o filho, Daniel. Até o fatídico dia em que desejou ter continuado sem conhecê-lo. Daniel tem uma namorada que não é exatamente uma garota exemplar... E o pior, a menina está desaparecida. Kelly, a namorada, na verdade é prisioneira de uma rede de corrupção e violência comandada pelos Irmãos Wilder – dois marginais muito perigosos responsáveis pelas atividades criminosas em Liverpool, além de Manchester e todas as cidades entre essas duas. Sam está determinado a encontrar a garota, mesmo contra todas as expectativas e o fato de ter que se intrometer no trabalho da polícia. Como já é de seu costume, Sam acaba mais uma vez demonstrando sua melhor habilidade: confrontar pessoas, em especial, os mais cruéis criminosos. Logo ele entra para a lista negra dos gêmeos Wilder. Mas o que poderia fazer um pai ao ver seu filho ameaçado de morte? "Investigação Familiar" é mais uma história eletrizante da série “Investigação Sam Dyke”, dessa vez o detetive particular precisa lutar contra duas grandes ameaças: os Irmãos Wilder e a sua própria incapacidade de evitar situações de perigo.
La investigación
by Philippe ClaudelEn La investigación, Claudel -autor de novelas memorables como Almas grises o El informe de Brodeck- recurre a la fábula para cuestionar la faceta más absurda y alienante de nuestra existencia, trazando con sutileza una crítica mordaz de la sociedad actual. Una tarde lluviosa, un individuo anodino baja de un tren en una ciudad sin nombre, extraña y familiar a un tiempo. Con paciencia, espera que alguien se presente a recogerlo, pero nadie viene. Resignado, al caer la noche se dirige a pie hacia las oficinas de la Empresa, para empezar con la tarea que le han asignado: una investigación acerca de las causas de los numerosos suicidios que se han producido entre los trabajadores de esta organización gigantesca. Sin embargo, lo que para este hombre debería ser un encargo más, se convierte en una tarea complicada desde el principio: se le niega el acceso a la Empresa fuera del horario laboral, se le requiere más documentación de la que aporta y, para colmo, debe hacer frente a un cúmulo de dificultades para encontrar alojamiento. En un ambiente cada vez más hostil, el Investigador se siente vigilado y sospecha que ha caído en una oscura trampa. Sin poder comer ni dormir, rodeado de empleados que se muestran ora amables, ora amenazantes, y sin hallar respuestas a sus preguntas, el Investigador presiente que él podría ser la próxima víctima de esa máquina infernal, sin rostro, que fabrica seres vacuos e identificados, como él mismo, por la función que cumplen o más bien pretenden cumplir. Críticas:«Philippe Claudel demuestra que es uno de los mejores novelistas de su generación.»Fabio Gambaro, La Repubblica «Una obra con ecos de El proceso, de Kafka, o A puerta cerrada, de Sartre [...]. Lejos de ser un teóric Philippe Claudel pone en escena sus ideas a través de una narración brillante, sorprendente [...], con fuertes acentos de idealismo filosófico.»Jean-Rémi Barland, Lire «El universo que se dibuja bebe de Kafka y de Ubú rey, de Alfred Jarry, y mezcla referencias cinematográficas tan distintas como las películas de Jacques Tati, los hermanos Coen o Buster Keaton [...]. Una fábulavertida y a la vez aterradora.»Michel Paquot, L'Avenir «Preocupado por la aparición de nuevas formas de manipulación, Philippe Claudel nos ofrece una novela premonitoria que es a la vez una fábula fantástica y un relato metafísico.»Emmanuel Hecht, L'Express
Las investigaciones de Alvirah y Willy (Los Jet De Plaza Y J Ser.)
by Mary Higgins ClarkEsta colección de relatos presenta los nuevos casos de Alvirah y Willy, los investigadores creados por la reina de la intriga, Mary Higgins Clark. Desde que fueran agraciados con la lotería, y vieran solucionadas sus vidas en el aspecto material, Alvirah y Willy no pueden dejar de desentrañar enigmas y crímenes. Naturalmente, esa irreprimible afición los lleva a protagonizar rocambolescas peripecias a partir de robos, secuestros y asesinatos aparentemente irresolubles. Con estos personajes, la autora entronca con la mejor tradición del relato policial al estilo de Agatha Christie y, con su inconfundible estilo, transporta al lector a un mundo en apariencia normal pero, en realidad, mortalmente peligroso.
Investigating Christmas
by Debra Webb Regan BlackThis superrich tech tycoon will do anything to keep the love of his life and her family safe this Christmas. When the woman who left him comes back desperate for help, sexy billionaire Rush Grayson is thrilled. He still wants and needs Lucy Gaines, but Lucy only needs his professional help-to rescue her abducted sister and nephew. The strong-willed independent woman thinks she's over Rush. She'd never be foolish enough to fall for a man incapable of love. But as Rush and Lucy begin a harrowing race against time to free her family, the fire between them blazes. Now they must use Rush's brilliant invention to outwit the ruthless kidnapper, or neither will live to see a Christmas family reunion... Colby Agency: Family Secrets
Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers: An Eclectic Sampler
by David Skene-MelvinMeet some fascinating females: Jennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War the 60s’ Eve Adam, the "Rock Hit of Prague," whose methods violate all the "rules" for detective books and, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto’s Queen Street West As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin’s introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fiction by Canadians. You will recognize many of the writers included in Investigating Women: Grant Allen, Robert Barr, Marisa De Franceschi, Adrian Dingle, Katherine V. Forrest, Hulbert Footner, Maurice Gagnon, Margaret Haffner, Joan Hall Hovey, Tanya Huff, Medora Sale, Josef Skvorecky, and Betsy Struthers. For each of the selections a brief note sets the story; bibliographies help readers find other books by the authors featured in Investigating Women.
The Investigation
by Stanislaw LemAn eerie and offbeat mystery by a Kafka Prize–winning author. The case confronting Lieutenant Gregory is not one that a man of Scotland Yard would expect. In fact, it is not one any sane man would care to entertain. Bodies are disappearing. The initial assumption is that a grave robber is roaming London and defiling local morgues. But upon further examination, it seems the deceased are, in fact, resurrecting. As Gregory stumbles his way through the tangled clues, seeking advice from scientific, philosophical, and theological experts alike, he finds himself tossed into a baffling metaphysical puzzle of incomprehensible truths and unbelievable realities. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as &“closer to Kafka than the police precinct house,&” Lem&’s intelligent and puzzling foray into the mystery genre offers an appealing combination of disturbance and delight.
The Investigation: A Novel (Murder Room Ser.)
by Dorothy UhnakIs she a loving, devoted mother or a cold-blooded killer? In a peaceful, residential section of Queens, Kitty Keeler's young sons have gone missing. Both she and her husband say they have no idea where the children are. Then New York Police Department cop Joe Peters gets the call he's been dreading. The bodies of two blond, blue-eyed boys have been found. The youngest was strangled to death. The other was shot in the back of the head. The case ignites a media frenzy. As Joe launches an investigation, he becomes dangerously drawn to the exquisite Kitty. With the evidence against her mounting and the world calling her a heartless killer, Joe vows to uncover the truth, no matter what the cost. But as violence begets violence, and his obsession with Kitty grows, Joe knows he'll never rest until he finds the answer to the burning question: Did Kitty Keeler murder her own children? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy Uhnak including rare images from the author's estate.
The Investigation (Murder Room #661)
by Dorothy UhnakIn a peaceful, residential section of Queens, Kitty Keeler's young sons have gone missing. Both she and her husband say they have no idea where the children are. Then New York Police Department cop Joe Peters gets the call he's been dreading. The bodies of two blond, blue-eyed boys have been found.As Joe launches an investigation, he becomes dangerously drawn to the exquisite Kitty. With the evidence against her mounting and the world calling her a heartless killer, Joe vows to uncover the truth, no matter what the cost. But as violence begets violence, and his obsession with Kitty grows, Joe knows he'll never rest until he finds the answer to the burning question: Did Kitty Keeler murder her own children?
Investigation in Black Canyon: Close Range Christmas (a Badlands Cops Novel) / Investigation In Black Canyon (the Ranger Brigade: Rocky Mountain Manhunt) (The Ranger Brigade: Rocky Mountain Manhunt #1)
by Cindi MyersThe more clues they uncover,the more deadly the investigation becomes.After Cara Mead’s boss disappears on a hike, and money is discovered missing from the company they work for, Cara enlists the help of Ranger Brigade officer Jason Beck. But once the manhunt is set in motion, Jason and Cara find themselves embroiled in a fearsome conspiracy involving an abandoned mine deep in Black Canyon—and someone who will do anything to keep them from finding out the truth. As the danger escalates, Jason must choose between upholding the law…and following his instincts to protect the woman he won’t live without.
The Investigator
by John SandfordBy age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. <p><p>Letty’s ready to quit, but her skills have impressed Colles, and he offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude, Colles tells her. He isn’t so much concerned with the oil as he is with the money: who is selling the oil, and what are they doing with the profits? Rumor has it that a fairly ugly militia group—led by a woman known only as Lorelai—might be involved. Colles wants to know if the money is going to them, and if so, what they’re planning. <p><P>Letty is partnered with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser, and they head to Texas. When the case quicky turns deadly, they know they’re on the track of something bigger. Lorelai and her group have set in motion an explosive plan . . . and the clock is ticking down. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>