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Right and Glory (An Eddie Dawson Novel)
by James BarringtonEddie Dawson returns in a combustible World War II thriller of bravery and close combat in the fight against Hitler from the author of To Do or Die. Eddie Dawson and Major Sykes are sent to the impregnable Eben Emael in Belgium, the strongest fort in the world. Once there, they witness a group of German soldiers landing on the roof in gliders. This main attack lasts twenty minutes, leaving Eben Emael crippled. But Dawson is disturbed—he has seen the Germans do the impossible: blasting holes through solid twelve-inch steel armor using some kind of new demolition charge. This secret weapon could change everything. They simply must get one. But how? And can they make it through enemy lines, out all the way to Dunkirk and to safety? The second explosive tale of Eddie Dawson&’s derring-do in the Second World War, perfect for fans of Iain Gale and Alistair MacLean. Praise for To Do or Die &“[An] absorbing story . . . [James Barrington] knows his stuff.&” —The Historical Novels Review
Right as Rain (Derek Strange and Terry Quinn Series #1)
by George PelecanosDerek Strange is a black ex-cop in Washington D.C. who now makes a living running his own private detective agency. He is hired to investigate the killing of an off-duty black policeman by a white police officer -- a killing that was supposedly accidental, but that has opened difficult questions about racism on the force. In the course of that investigation the white officer, Terry Quinn, becomes Strange's friend and then his partner. Together they try to uncover what really happened that night, when Quinn came upon a confusing and treacherous crime scene. Along the way they confront the kingpins of a flourishing drug trade and some of the most implacable, dead-eyed killers ever to grace the pages of a novel.
Right As Rain
by George PelecanosThe first in the excellent Strange and Quinn series from 'The coolest writer in America' GQ.Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are ex-cops turned private detectives in Washington, DC. Hired to investigate the death of an off-duty black police officer at the hands of a white policeman, Strange and Quinn are faced with the institutionalised racism of the nation's most poorly trained and dangerous police force.As the two private detectives confront the degradation of the city's flourishing drug trade, they find themselves up against some of the most implacable, dead-eyed killers ever to grace the pages of a novel.In RIGHT AS RAIN George Pelecanos introduces a memorable pair of characters into the grittily real Washington DC landscape which has led to him being acclaimed as 'a great writer' THE TIMES
The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie #3)
by Alexander Mccall SmithThe delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace. When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce - a bigwig at home in Texas - several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom's young fiancée's roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she ca...
Right Behind You (FBI Profiler #7)
by Lisa Gardner<P>Lisa Gardner's next thriller following her runaway New York Times bestseller Find Her takes her wildly popular brand of suspense to new heights. <P>Is he a hero? <P>Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash’s older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both of their lives. Now thirteen years old, Sharlah has finally moved on. About to be adopted by retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, Sharlah loves one thing best about her new family: They are all experts on monsters. <P>Is he a killer? <P>Then the call comes in. A double murder at a local gas station, followed by reports of an armed suspect shooting his way through the wilds of Oregon. As Quincy and Rainie race to assist, they are forced to confront mounting evidence: The shooter may very well be Sharlah’s older brother, Telly Ray Nash, and it appears his killing spree has only just begun. <P>All she knows for sure: He’s back. As the clock winds down on a massive hunt for Telly, Quincy and Rainie must answer two critical questions: Why after eight years has this young man started killing again? And what does this mean for Sharlah? <P>Once upon a time, Sharlah’s big brother saved her life. Now, she has two questions of her own: Is her brother a hero or a killer? And how much will it cost her new family before they learn the final, shattering truth? <P>Because as Sharlah knows all too well, the biggest danger is the one standing right behind you. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Right Behind You: The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller (FBI Profiler #7)
by Lisa GardnerFollowing the success of the New York Times bestseller FIND HER, Lisa Gardner is back with the heart-pounding Sunday Times bestseller RIGHT BEHIND YOU. Quincy and Rainie encounter their most personal case yet in the seventh novel in the FBI Profiler series. 'No one owns this corner of the genre the way Lisa Gardner does' Lee Child.Thirteen-year-old Sharlah Nash knows that the first time her brother killed eight years ago, he did it to save their lives.Now retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his wife Rainie Conner have offered Sharlah a new life of safety. She desperately wants to believe this is her shot at happily ever after. Then two people are murdered in their local convenience store and Sharlah's brother is identified as the killer. Telly Ray Nash is on the hunt for Sharlah and as the death count rises it becomes clear that nothing and no-one, including Pierce and Rainie, will stop him getting to her.Now, Sharlah has one chance to take control. She can run for her life... or turn and face the danger right behind her.
Right Behind You: A gripping thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED (FBI Profiler #7)
by Lisa GardnerLisa Gardner's next thriller following her runaway New York Times bestseller Find Her takes her wildly popular brand of suspense to new heights.Thirteen-year-old Sharlah Nash knows that the first time her brother killed eight years ago, he did it to save their lives.Now retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his wife Rainie Connor have offered Sharlah a new life of safety. She desperately wants to believe this is her shot at happily ever after. Then two people are murdered in their local convenience store and Sharlah's brother is identified as the killer. Telly Ray Nash is on the hunt for Sharlah and as the death count rises it becomes clear that nothing and no-one, including Pierce and Rainie, will stop him getting to her.Now, Sharlah has one chance to take control. She can run for her life... or turn and face the danger right behind her. (P)2017 Headline Digital
Right Beside You: A Must Read Mystery Thriller (The Maggie Turner Series #2)
by Helen PrykeWhen your life is falling apart… …who can you trust? My brother and I had our future all mapped out until that fateful night destroyed it. Now those responsible must pay. When Maggie receives an anonymous letter, she realises she’s being stalked. The only connection is a Hampshire gang she helped put in prison thirteen years earlier. As the stalking intensifies, Maggie suspects everyone around her. Even those she loves. But as Maggie becomes more and more paranoid, unable to trust anybody, one by one the gang members suffer horrifying attacks. Someone from her past is out for revenge, and it’s clear that Maggie is next… What everyone is saying about The Maggie Turner Series: "The story sucks you in from the first page." "A genuinely gripping thriller." "a read that manages to snatch you by the throat and drag you along whether you like it or not." "Tense, fraught, and gritty - great stuff!" "Clear your calendar, you won't want to put this book down." Tense, fast-paced, and gritty, Right Beside You is the second novel in The Maggie Turner series, though can easily be read as a stand-alone. It's the perfect read for fans of authors like Angela Marsons, Carol Wyer and Helen Fields.
The Right Bride: The Hunted Series
by Jennifer RyanHigh-powered businessman Cameron Shaw doesn't believe in love—until he falls head over heels for beautiful, passionate, and intensely private Martina. She's perfect in so many ways, immediately bonding with his little girl. Martina could be his future bride and a delightful stepmother … if only Cameron weren't blinded by his belief that Shelly, the gold-digging woman he's promised to marry, is pregnant with his child. No matter how much his friends protest his upcoming marriage to Shelly, Cameron knows he has a duty to his children, so he's determined to see it through. Will he find out in time that Shelly's lying and Marti's the one who's actually carrying his child? It'll come down to the day of his wedding. After choosing Shelly over Marti at every turn, will he convince Marti she's his world and the only woman he wants?
The Right Call
by Kathy HermanIt's summer in Sophie Trace, and Ethan Langley has returned home from college, eager to grow his friendship with Vanessa Jessup and her infant son, Carter. And Vanessa's parents, Police Chief Brill Jessup and her husband, Kurt, approve: Ethan is thoughtful, kind, hard-working, and ambitious.Before Ethan has time to settle in, a series of random shootings leaves someone he loves dead. The police have no suspects. While Ethan scrambles to make sense of it, a coworker takes him aside and divulges a shocking secret that could break the case--but would imperil the lives of those Ethan's come to love. Then when the coworker is discovered dead, Ethan is pulled still deeper into the mystery. Going to the police with what he knows endangers Vanessa and Carter ... yet not telling them is just as dangerous. He's been dealt a risky hand in a game for which he doesn't know the rules. Will he make the right call?
The Right Call (Sophie Trace Trilogy, Book #3)
by Kathy HermanWith information that could solve a series of murders but endangers the girl he loves, a college boy grapples with what to do--and whom to trust.
The Right Combination
by Nancy LoyanRaphael (Rafe) has prided himself in being in control of his life, but now he's adrift. He's a Hispanic man uncomfortable with his heritage, a playboy who knows he has to settle down, a man who pretends that family doesn't matter when it does, and an FBI agent who thinks he's at the top of his game only to be demoted by a serial killer.Nalani Hana is far removed from the US Mainland and prefers it that way. Though a descendent of Hawaiian royalty, she prefers the simplicity of her secluded cottage on Maui. Born and raised into the safe business, she carries on her father's legacy at N. Hana Safe & Lock Company.Now someone is murdering the country's legendary safe and vault technicians. Once a month, a safe man is found strangled and stuffed into a safe with three fingers severed. Raphael has to find the killer before he strikes again. The question is whether Nalani Hana is a suspect or the pawn of a demented killer.Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Right Combination
by Nancy LoyanRaphael (Rafe) has prided himself in being in control of his life, but now he's adrift. He's a Hispanic man uncomfortable with his heritage, a playboy who knows he has to settle down, a man who pretends that family doesn't matter when it does, and an FBI agent who thinks he's at the top of his game only to be demoted by a serial killer.Nalani Hana is far removed from the US Mainland and prefers it that way. Though a descendent of Hawaiian royalty, she prefers the simplicity of her secluded cottage on Maui. Born and raised into the safe business, she carries on her father's legacy at N. Hana Safe & Lock Company.Now someone is murdering the country's legendary safe and vault technicians. Once a month, a safe man is found strangled and stuffed into a safe with three fingers severed. Raphael has to find the killer before he strikes again. The question is whether Nalani Hana is a suspect or the pawn of a demented killer.Sensuality Level: Sensual
Right Cross (Shepherd Suspense series #3)
by Andrew HuffHeart-pounding action meets spiritual choices in this thrilling finale to John Cross's sagaFirst he left the CIA. Then he left pastoral ministry. Now John Cross has been imprisoned in one of Great Britain's most infamous prisons. Has he reached the end of his rope? Or is this another move in a dangerous spy game?Christine Lewis, United News Network's rising star television anchor, is determined to find out. But in her pursuit of answers, Christine finds herself at the center of a cyberterrorist plot to alter the balance of power in the world. From the English coastline to the Rocky Mountains, John must partner with the CIA and MI6 in a race against the clock to stop the threat of nuclear war and save the lives of everyone he holds dear.The concluding story in the Shepherd Suspense trilogy is a globe-trotting, action-packed adventure with threads of biblical truth woven in. Fans of high-octane thrillers will be on the edge of their seats with Right Cross.
The Right Eye of God
by Thorn BaconReporter Thomas Navarre goes to Mexico to look up an old friend and come to terms with the death of his wife who was killed in a car accident in Mexico a year earlier. Upon arrival to Duelo he discovers that his friend Raldon de la Garza has been murdered. He suspects that the person who murdered his friend was also responsible for the death of his wife. As he gets drawn into an investigation, he uncovers a plot to murder President Calderon. He meets an ally Yuma Haynes, who is a disgruntled model, and they decide to partner up in a quest for the truth.
Right from the Gecko
by Cynthia BaxterSurf’s up . . . and so are the stakes when veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper escapes to the land of hula, hibiscus, and geckos for a professional conference. The last time she and boyfriend Nick Burby touched down on the island of Hawaii, Nick caused a volcanic eruption when he unexpectedly popped The Question to commitment-phobic Jess. But this trip proves just as dangerous when Jess befriends an ambitious young reporter whose body later washes up on the sand . . . and someone thinks Jess holds the clue to the killer’s motive. There’s no end of suspects among the exotic flora and fauna, from the victim’s journalistic rivals and a mystery boyfriend to an eccentric beachcomber and a governor’s aide with ties to a controversial biotech firm bringing progress to paradise. One of them is a killer with the chameleon-like ability to stay hidden—and if Jessica doesn’t uncover hula-dunnit in time, she’ll be saying aloha . . . permanently. From the Paperback edition.
The Right Hand
by Derek HaasMeet Austin Clay, the CIA's best-kept secret.There has always been a need in the spy game for operations outside the realm of legality-covert missions so black no one in the American government, and almost no one in intelligence itself, is aware of their existence. The left hand can't know what the right hand is doing. Austin Clay is that right hand, executing missions that would be disavowed by his own government were he ever to be compromised. His team consists of only his trusted handler and himself. His missions are among the most important and dangerous in U.S. history.Clay is sent to track down a missing American operative, a man who was captured outside of Moscow, in the Russian countryside. Soon he discovers the missing officer is only the beginning of the mission, and finds himself protecting a desperate woman who believes a mole has penetrated the top levels of the U.S. government, throwing the international balance of power into jeopardy.With blistering pace, international intrigue, and a high-stakes plot that spans continents, THE RIGHT HAND introduces a new hero, from the novelist whose work the New York Times Book Review has proclaimed "devastatingly cool."
The Right Hand of Evil
by John SaulWhen the Conways move into their ancestral home in Louisiana after the death of an estranged aunt, it is with the promise of a new beginning. But the house has a life of its own. Abandoned for the last forty years, surrounded by thick trees and a stifling sense of melancholy, the sprawling Victorian house seems to swallow up the sunlight. Deep within the cold cellar and etched into the very walls is a long, dark history of the Conway name--a grim bloodline poisoned by suicide, strange disappearances, voodoo rituals, and rumors of murder. But the family knows nothing of the soul-shattering secrets that snake through generations of their past. They do not know that terror awaits them. For with each generation of the Conways comes a hellish day of reckoning. . . .
The Right Jack
by Margaret MaronNYPD Homicide Detective Sigrid Harald's partner, Detective Tildon, should have been safe at his cribbage tournament in a posh Manhattan hotel but a bomb blast leaves him in intensive care. Sigrid is sent to investigate who the real target was.
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow
by Walter MosleyLiving in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets, Socrates calls together local people of all races and social stations and begins to conduct a Thinkers' Club, where all can discuss life's unanswerable questions.Infiltrated by undercover cops and threatened by strain from within, the Thinkers' Club doesn't have it easy. But simply by debating racial authenticity, street justice, and the possibility of mutual understanding, Socrates and his unlikely crew actually begin to make a difference.The Right Mistake is Walter Mosley at his most incisive. At once an affectionate and coruscating portrait of ghetto life, it abides the possibility of personal redemption and even, with great struggle, social change.
Right Motive: A Novella
by Christina DoddThe New York Times–bestselling author of Wrong Alibi delivers a stand-alone thriller novella set in the same Alaskan small town.It’s just another Tuesday in Rockin, Alaska: one bear cub, two Bigfoot sightings, three corrupt law officers and a sting operation that will test new police officer Gabriella Donatti to the limits. Returning to the world of her “spine-tingling thriller” Wrong Alibi with a new story packed with her trademark mystery, unforgettable characters, plot twists and humor (Publishers Weekly).
The Right Murder (The John J. Malone Mysteries #4)
by Craig RiceA dozen murders and counting—and any one of them could lead a Chicago attorney to a hotheaded female tycoon. It&’s 11:59 p.m. on New Year&’s Eve and criminal lawyer John J. Malone is nursing his blues in a Chicago dive bar. He&’s been two-timed by his inamorata and abandoned by his favorite gumshoe partners, crime reporter Jake Justus and socialite Helene Brand, for their Bermuda honeymoon. But Malone&’s not lonely for long. Suddenly, a stranger staggers into the bar, calls out the attorney&’s name, and drops dead—stabbed in the back. In his possession is a key that could unlock the cold heart of Mona McClane, a wealthy and beautiful thrill-seeker who once challenged Jake in a high-stakes gamble: She&’d bet him she could get away with murder. Is this dead man a pawn in Mona&’s game? If so, thank goodness Jake and Helene&’s honeymoon turned as a sour as a margarita. They&’re already back in town, at odds, yet ready to play. With a crazy wager like Mona&’s, Malone fears they&’ll be ringing in the New Year with a countdown of corpses. The first mystery writer to ever make the cover of Time magazine, Craig Rice is &“the Queen of the Surrealistic Crime Story&” (Thrilling Detective). The Right Murder is the 2nd book in the John J. Malone Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Right of Thirst: A Novel (P. S. Ser.)
by Frank HuylerA grieving doctor seeks redemption as a foreign relief worker—only to be caught in the fog of war—in this “vivid and compassionate” novel (Kirkus).Shattered by his wife’s death, and by his own role in it, successful cardiologist Charles Anderson volunteers to assist with earthquake relief in an impoverished Islamic country in a constant state of conflict with its neighbor. But when the refugees he’s come to help do not appear and artillery begins to fall in the distance along the border, the story takes an unexpected turn.This haunting, resonant tour de force about one man’s desire to live a moral life offers a moving exploration of the tensions between poverty and wealth, the ethics of intervention, the deep cultural differences that divide the world, and the essential human similarities that unite it.
The Right Path
by Nora Roberts#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, “the queen of romantic suspense” (Columbus Dispatch), delivers a riveting story of one woman’s descent into desire and danger in The Right Path.On a dream vacation in Greece, Morgan James is enjoying the beautiful island paradise of sun, surf, and sand. That dream becomes a nightmare when she emerges from the ocean after a midnight, moonlit swim to find herself face-to-face with a man wielding a knife. Warning her to say nothing to no one about his presence, he vanishes.Morgan sees him the very next day, visiting the home of her hosts. Greek tycoon Nicholas Gregoras appears to be on a mysterious mission and he needs Morgan to trust him. Undeniably attracted to and intrigued by Nicholas, she gives into his request only to find herself targeted by some very dangerous people.
The Right Path
by Nora RobertsAVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIMEMidnight on an unspoilt Greek island. Returning from a peaceful moonlit swim, Morgan James has a shocking and frightening encounter. A mysterious stranger threatens her with a knife, ordering her to keep quiet about his presence on the cliff-top. Then - unexpectedly - he lets her go unharmed. The next day Morgan is stunned to learn that her 'attacker' is actually wealthy Greek tycoon Nicolas Gregoras. While the enigmatic Nicolas claims to be innocent, Morgan knows that he's a dangerous man - even if he is telling the truth. And though she can't ignore the growing attraction between them, Morgan knows there are dark secrets lurking in this sunny Greek paradise... Includes a preview of Rules of the Game