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Ransom Rescue: A Thrilling Suspense Novel (Roads to Danger #2)
by Katy LeeFramed and fighting for her life…When race-car track owner Veronica Spencer discovers stolen cars in a garage on her track, she knows she&’s been framed. But before she can do anything about it, the criminals kidnap her. Now FBI agent Ethan Gunn, the man sent to take her down, must break his cover to save Roni&’s life. But with killers and the FBI on their trail, Ethan must find a way to keep her safe and clear her name.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Ransom River
by Meg GardinerRory Mackenzie is juror number seven on a high-profile murder case in her hometown of Ransom Ri-ver, California. It's a place she vowed never to visit again after leaving behind its surfeit of regret and misfortune and the specter of a troubled past that threatened to disturb the town's peaceful facade. Brilliant yet guarded, Rory has always felt like an outsider. She retreated into herself when both her career aspirations and her love affair with a childhood friend, undercover cop Seth Colder, were destroyed in a tragic accident. While most of the town is focused on the tense and shocking circumstances of the trial, Rory's return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood that she can no longer ignore. But in the wake of a desperate attack on the courthouse, Rory realizes that exposing these dark skeletons has connected her to an old case that was never solved, and bringing the truth to light just might destroy her. Departing from her popular series novels, Meg Gardiner has gone deeper than ever into the utterly convincing lives and compelling pasts of her characters. Ransom River is an intimate, atmospheric thriller with a dark mystery at its heart -- one that will keep listeners breathless until the very end.
Ransom at Christmas (Rushing Creek Crime Spree #2)
by Barb HanHe’ll do anything to protecta mysterious woman from an unseen foe. Minutes after finding an unconscious woman on his land, bullets whiz right by rancher Will Kent. Who is this woman? Who’s targeting her? Before long, Kelly Morgan’s secret past emerges and they discover she has a fiancé she’s afraid of…but can’t remember why. For her safety, Will takes Kelly into hiding. But with time ticking down and a Christmas deadline just around the corner, how can he stop an unknown enemy?
Ransom for an Angel
by Fred W. HunterChicago police detective Jeremy Ransom is visited by Angela Stephens, who tells him she's going to be murdered and that, according to her fortune teller, her husband will be her killer. Ransom's much too logical to accept this, but there's no avoiding Angela's corpse the next morning. FROM THE PUBLISHER Jeremy Ransom isn't your usual police detective: Given to reading Dickens while bathing, to consulting with his adopted grandmother, Emily Charters, when he's puzzled, and known for his "attitude," Ransom is one of a kind.
Ransom's Voice
by Gary DvorkinAn intriguing and suspenseful debut psychological thriller for fans of Girl, Interrupted and Unsane.Dominique Stein is beautiful, young, and Jewish. Her sanity is overly dependent on external cues, chameleon-like. She awakens every morning at 5:59:59. She weighs in at exactly 111, her snug palindrome. These are the routines that keep her safe. Then, it all explodes. She desperately searches to find her way back inside that cozy bubble of sanity she had constructed.Lost, her bearings off and wobbly, Dominique can&’t trust her instincts. Crimes are committed; not everyone survives. Found not guilty by virtue of temporary insanity, she is sent to a psychiatric prison for women. There she is caught between the kind, serene Freudian analyst, Dr. Haddad, and the head of the institute, the manic, megalomaniacal Dr. du Chevre, who offers her the Faustian contract: be the subject for his secretive, odd research, and he will get her out of prison earlier. Dominique has to navigate her way out of this institutional maze and the random, explosive violence of the prison by deciding which doctor she can trust—or whether they are both manipulating her for their own strange motives . . . In this psychological thriller, Gary Dvorkin crafts a compelling story of love, betrayal, and reality-shifting anxiety. Dominique hears many voices in her life. But which one can she trust? Which voice will ransom her sanity?
Ransom, Detetive Privado
by Luke Shephard Paulo S. ResendeRansom, Detetive Privado A Trilogia Paris, 1945. Daniel Ransom, Detetive Privado, estrangeiro e a com dificuldades financeiras, aceita um caso de desaparecimento de uma pessoa como qualquer outro. Mas não demora muito que as coisas comecem a parecer um pouco mais sérias, um pouco mais... sinistras. Estranhas referências ao oculto começam a surgir na cena do crime e Daniel começa a ouvir falar de uma nova droga alucinogénica que está a chegar às ruas. Uma droga que vende mais rapidamente do que ópio e, mais frequentemente do que não, leva os que a usam a serem internados nos manicómios. Conseguirá Daniel desvendar o caso e encontrar a pessoa desaparecida antes que seja tarde demais?
Ransom, detective privado - La trilogía
by Luke Shephard Mari Ángeles Alcaraz Sánchez¡La saga completa de Ransom, detective privado! Sigue las aventuras del detective privado Daniel Ransom en este pack que incluye los tres volúmenes de la saga: Primera parte: Ojos letales París, 1945. El detective privado Daniel Ransom es un extranjero en apuros. Acaba de aceptar un caso sobre una persona desaparecida que parece, en un principio, un simple caso más. Pero, pronto, el asunto adquiere un tinte mucho más serio, más... siniestro. Cuando aparecen referencias extrañas y oscuras en la escena del crimen, Daniel empieza a escuchar rumores de la existencia de una nueva droga alucinógena que circula por las calles. Una droga que se vende más rápido que el opio y que, en numerosas ocasiones, condena a sus consumidores a pasar el resto de sus días en un psiquiátrico. ¿Podrá Daniel resolver el caso y encontrar a la persona desaparecida antes de que sea demasiado tarde? Segunda parte: Rincones sombríos Daniel Ransom, un novelista fallido y actualmente detective privado, ha tenido una mala semana. Tras la repentina muerte de Nicole Faure, la que un día fuera el amor de su vida, Daniel continúa a regañadientes con la investigación sobre la desaparición del hermano de Nicole. Solo espera resolverlo lo antes posible para poder huir de Francia sin mirar atrás. Pero en el proceso, conocerá un diminuto pueblo a la merced de una nueva y terrible religión, a un taxista un tanto excéntrico, a un criminal de guerra obeso y a un gran número de personas que preferirían verlo muerto. Un día como cualquier otro. Tercera parte: La muerte de todos Las cosas no hacen más que empeorar para Daniel Ransom, detective privado. Tras la muerte de su cliente y la que un día fuera el amor de su vida, Daniel se ve envuelto en el horrible ritual de una nueva religión donde tantos los vivos como los muertos querrán acabar con su vida. Tendrá que evitar un sacrific
Ransomed Dreams: A Novel
by Amy WallaceChained To YesterdayWhen tragedy struck and Gracie Lang lost everything, her faith crumbled, and nothing but the drive for justice propelled her forward. But after two years of dead-end searching, the truth Gracie seeks is the very thing her stalker will stop at nothing to hide.Forgiveness Unlocks the FutureAn FBI agent in the Crimes Against Children Unit, Steven Kessler spends his days rescuing other people's children and nights caring for his son. He's through with God, embittered by his ex-wife who abandoned them both, and definitely doesn't expect what's coming next.The Past Is the KeyA plot to kidnap a British ambassador's daughter dangerously intersects Steven and Gracie's worlds-a collision that demands a decision. But are they willing to pay the high ransom required to redeem dreams and reignite hope?From the Trade Paperback edition.
Rant. La vida de un asesino
by Chuck PalahniukBuster Casey fue un asesino. Vivió al límite. Mató a tanta gente como pudo. Buster Casey Fue el líder de una banda que se dedicaba a estrellar coches y a acumular cadáveres y chatarra. Toda una fiesta. Buster Casey murió joven, y dejó huella. Ahora sus amigos y conocidos le recuerdan, nos cuentan su vida. Si quieres saber quién fue realmente Buster Casey, lee esta novela de Chuck Palahniuk. Puede que te divierta, puede que te repugne, pero difícilmente olvidarás las iniciales B.C. y su rostro de asesino.
Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey
by Chuck PalahniukBuster &“Rant&” Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small town home for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With hilarity, horror, and blazing insight, Rant is a mind-bending vision of the future, as only Chuck Palahniuk could ever imagine.
Raparigas Selvagens
by Rory PowerUma ameaça misteriosa, uma quarentena e raparigas capazes de tudo. Considerado o Livro Mais Surpreendente do Ano. «Tudo o que há aqui quase me destrói: o vazio do horizonte, a fomeno meu corpo e perceber como conseguiremos sobreviver àquilo se não conseguimos sobreviver umas às outras.» Há dezoito meses, a escola feminina da ilha de Raxter foi posta em quarentena. Dezoito meses em que Hetty e as suas colegas sobrevivem a algo tão desconhecido quanto sangrento.Começou devagar e sem aviso. Primeiro, morreram as professoras, uma por uma. Depois, as alunas foram infetadase os seus corpos mutilados pela doença. Disseram-lhes unicamente para aguardarem, em isolamento e à mercê da epidemia, até que uma cura fosse encontrada. É assim que, desde então, três amigas, Hetty, Byatt e Reese, sobrevivem. Mas um dia, Byatt desaparece sem rasto e Hetty, desesperada, faz tudo para encontrá-la, inclusive quebrar a quarentena. Contudo, há uma outra razão para as saídas da escola terem sido proibidas. Lá fora, na escuridão da floresta, a epidemia tornou a ilha selvagem, escondendo horrores inimagináveis...... e monstros desejosos por sangue fresco. «O burburinho em torno deste Senhor das Moscas é ensurdecedor, mas nós juntamo-nos ao coro: esta saga incrível… será, sem dúvida, uma das obras mais comentadas dos últimos tempos.» - Entertainment Weekly
Rape in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy and Beyond: Contemporary Scandinavian and Anglophone Crime Fiction
by Berit Åström Katarina Gregersdotter Tanya HoreckFocusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy – including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters – this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbø, Håkan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid.
Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel
by Stephanie StoreyAnother Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael! Michelangelo&’s Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael, Painter in Rome, Storey tells of its creation as never before: through the eyes of Michelangelo&’s fiercest rival—the young, beautiful, brilliant painter of perfection, Raphael. Orphaned at age eleven, Raphael is determined to keep the deathbed promise he made to his father: become the greatest artist in history. But to be the best, he must beat the best, the legendary sculptor of the David, Michelangelo Buonarroti. When Pope Julius II calls both artists down to Rome, they are pitted against each other: Michelangelo painting the Sistine Ceiling, while Raphael decorates the pope's private apartments. As Raphael strives toward perfection in paint, he battles internal demons: his desperate ambition, crippling fear of imperfection, and unshakable loneliness. Along the way, he conspires with cardinals, scrambles through the ruins of ancient Rome, and falls in love with a baker&’s-daughter-turned-prostitute who becomes his muse. With its gorgeous writing, rich settings, endearing characters, and riveting plot, Raphael, Painter in Rome brings to vivid life these two Renaissance masters going head to head in the deadly halls of the Vatican.
Rapid Descent
by Gwen HunterThe kayak trip was supposed to be a honeymoon. But when Nell and Joe Stevens are caught in a flash flood, Nell is swept under, trapped and loses consciousness. When she awakes, safe on shore, she finds a note from Joe, explaining that he has gone for help. He never returns.The search that follows raises more questions than it answers. About the family he never mentioned, who arrive in Nell's sleepy hometown. The enormous inheritance. And worse, the question whispered by the locals: is Nell responsible?Always hoping for Joe's return, Nell tries to put the rumors behind her. But as years slip past, Nell craves answers. She takes to the river again in search of the truth and finds that jealousy, desperation and deception can pull you under faster than churning water--and you may never resurface.
Rapimento Della Paura
by Donnefar Skedar Alessandro BalsanoDopo essersi svegliato disperato e spaventato per non sapere dov'era, Lenny finisce per scoprire di essere stato rapito nel peggiore dei modi. Con una mente agitata e una paura terribile, sospetta che il suo rapitore sia suo fratello Larry che ha sempre voluto prendere la sua parte nella compagnia, ma quando riesce ad allentare le corde che lo tenevano, si rende conto che quella casa che gli fece da prigione gli era molto familiare a lui e presto capì che suo fratello non aveva nulla a che fare con quell' orrore che gli stava accadendo.
Rapscallion
by James McGeeFor a French prisoner of war, there is only one fate worse than the gallows: the hulks. Former man-o-wars, now converted to prison ships, their fearsome reputation guarantees a sentence served in dreadful conditions. Few survive. Escape, it&’s said, is impossible. Yet reports persist of a sinister smuggling operation within this brutal world, and the Royal Navy is worried enough to send two of its officers to investigate. When they disappear without a trace, the Navy turns in desperation to Bow Street for help. It&’s time to send in a man as dangerous as the prey. It&’s time to send in Hawkwood.
Rapscallion: A Regency Crime Thriller (The Hawkwood Mysteries #3)
by James McgeeIn the third adventure featuring the James Bond of the Regency Era, Matthew Hawkwood goes undercover to hunt down smugglers and traitors at the height of the Napoleonic Wars For a French prisoner of war, there is only one fate worse than the gallows: the hulks. Former man-o-wars, now converted to prison ships, their fearsome reputation guarantees a sentence served in dreadful conditions. Few survive. Escape, it's said, is impossible. Yet reports persist of a sinister smuggling operation within this brutal world, and the Royal Navy is worried enough to send two of its officers to investigate.When they disappear without a trace, the Navy turns in desperation to Bow Street for help. It's time to send in a man as dangerous as the prey. It's time to send in Hawkwood.
Raptada por Dois Homens
by Summer CooperNós compartilhamos tudo, incluindo mulheres. Nós gostamos do nosso s*xo rápido e duro. As mulheres vêm e vão em nossas vidas, por causa do que fazemos… a coisa ruim que fazemos… Levá-la foi um erro, ela não deveria estar lá. Nós não sabemos o que fazer com ela agora, porque a única coisa em que podemos pensar é em foder seus miolos ... juntos. Mas estava errado! Não só a tomamos contra a sua vontade, mas ela é virgem ... E, pela primeira vez, queremos mais do que apenas uma solução rápida.
Raptor
by Dorsey FiskeKate Marbury, a police sketch artist, must try to catch a rapist before he rapes and kills again. Little does she know, she is his next target.
Raptor
by Judith Van GiesonA steady law practice, a stash of tequila, a lover she calls the Kid--only a debt of the heart to her dear, dead aunt Joan could compel Neil Hamel to leave Albuquerque for Montana in search of a bird. No ordinary winged creature, the Arctic falcon is a near-mythic figure, a cool killer who likes the meat around the heart. In pursuit of this elusive species, Neil witnesses a sight even more awesome--a body plunging off a cliff. Soon she is swept into a murder case that brings together militant environmentalists and high-stakes poachers, federal investigators, and even an Arabian prince. Suddenly, in a wilderness where she has no shelter and little chance for survival, Neil is the target of human predators.
Raptor's Ridge: A Max Blake Mystery (The Max Blake Mysteries #8)
by William FlorenceA professor and private detective is called in by an Oregon lawman for help with a high-profile murder . . . A mild-mannered college professor is an unlikely candidate to hunt down the killer of the town&’s richest man and his movie star paramour. But because of a chance encounter years before, Max Blake, a former newspaper reporter-turned-professor and part-time private detective, is called in, and forced to form unusual and sometimes dodgy alliances, as he investigates the vicious killings with the city&’s police chief. To make things worse, there&’s a complicated history between Max and the chief—and the leading suspects are members of the city&’s police force. The trail winds through the incredible mansion called Raptor&’s Ridge and the streets and alleyways of Oregon&’s state capital, and eventually spills into the beautiful but deadly High Desert near the town of John Day. When the killer is eventually cornered and violence explodes in unexpected ways, Max must use all of his wits and daring, plus a little bit of luck, to remain alive during a deadly night of terror . . . and eventual reckoning. Fans of the author&’s Max Blake Westerns series will be delighted to discover this new and thoroughly modern Max—the great-great grandson and namesake of the legendary federal marshal who forms the basis of five previous novels.
Rapture
by Thomas TessierJeff has always loved Georgianne, ever since they were kids-with a love so strong, so obsessive, it sometimes drives him to do crazy things. Scary things.
Rapture Advent of the Last Days
by Jocolby PhillipsChristopher, the leader of an elite U.S. special operations unit undertakes one of the most important missions of his military career, attempting to rescue a French journalist kidnapped by ISIS, while distracted with trusting God over himself. He is confused and angry with God and ineffective in his leadership, however, Jackson, the team-deputy and long-time mentor and friend provides much-needed stability for Christopher and the team.The operation reinforces in Christopher that God was not to be trusted when needed most and Jackson leaves the mission searching for God and meaning to his life, as the men prepare to return to Washington D.C for debriefing. As Christopher and his team redeploy from the rescue mission back to Washington D.C., they find themselves out of work as the National Security Advisor deactivates the Christopher-led unit pending an investigation into the failed journalist rescue.Things go from bad to worse for Christopher and Jackson as the two disgraced soldiers are thrust, unbeknownst to them, into the midst of the Rapture. They attempt to keep the chaos of a post-rapture world at bay, in a series of globetrotting missions, from rural Virginia to Brazil, ancient Babylon to remote Alaska. The actions of the president and others leave the world on the brink of World War. Christopher continues throughout each mission to trust himself above God. He refuses to listen to the Holy Spirit-inspired advice that those around him provide and the question lingers will he reconcile and surrender his pain to God.
Rapture In Death (In Death #4)
by J. D. RobbHe killed himself, Lieutenant. He was hanging there, just hanging there from the ceiling light in the living room. And his face . . . Oh God.'Death follows New York City cop Eve Dallas everywhere - even on her honeymoon with Irish lover Roarke. When one of Roarke's employees is found dead, the post-mortem confirms suicide. An isolated case, or so Eve thinks.But more suicides follow - strangers with nothing in common. The pathologist's report states each victim has an unexplained mark on their brain. Is this a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? With the body count rising, Eve must delve into the world of virtual reality to hunt down a twisted killer. A killer who preys on the minds of the innocent.
Rapture in Death (In Death #4)
by J. D. RobbLieutenant Eve Dallas delves into the world of virtual reality gaming to stop a sadistic killer in this In Death novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common—and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the deaths suspicious. And her instincts pay off when autopsies reveal small burns on the brains of the victims. Was it a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eve&’s investigation turns to the provocative world of virtual reality games—where the same techniques used to create joy and desire can also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction...