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Such a Good Man (The Joe Burgess Mystery Series #8)
by Kate FloraBehind the Veneer of Success Lies a Sinister Secret in Such a Good Man, a Detective Joe Burgess Murder Mystery Thriller from Kate Flora—Portland, Maine—When Dr. Eliot Spence is found dead in his pristine condo, Detective Joe Burgess and his team must delve behind his glossy façade to reveal the doctor’s insatiable desires, his wife’s mysterious death, and a cache of compromising photos.As Burgess and his colleagues strive to uncover the truth about the man colleagues describe as a dedicated and compassionate doctor, they unearth a web of intrigue, shocking family secrets, and hidden agendas, testing their ability to separate fact from fiction.While the detectives try to unravel the enigmatic world surrounding Dr. Spence, their own personal lives are under pressure as demands from their families threaten to derail the investigation, testing their determination—and ability—to bring justice to a man who seemed “Such a Good Man.”“Kate Flora does what all the great writers do: she takes you inside unfamiliar territory and makes you feel right at home; you climb in and are along for the whole ride.” ~Michael Connelly“Joe Burgess, the ‘meanest cop is Portland.’ He’s a wonderfully wrought character, capable of intense compassion as well as righteous rage." ~D. C. BrodPublisher’s Note: Kate Flora returns with her trademark blend of suspense, intrigue, and complex characters in “Such a Good Man.” This gripping police procedural will keep you on the edge of your seat, racing to uncover the truth alongside the dedicated detectives.Includes vulgar language and sexual content consistent with criminals and those who investigate their crimes.THE JOE BURGESS MYSTERIESPlaying GodThe Angel of Knowlton ParkRedemptionAnd Grant You PeaceLed AstrayA Child Shall Lead ThemA World of DeceitSuch a Good Man
Such a Good Mom: A Novel
by Julia SpiroBestselling author Julia Spiro's Such a Good Mom is a brilliant standalone mystery that's the perfect beach read. In the heat of summer, a murder on Martha's Vineyard rocks one new mom to the core, leaving her to search for answers. With a healthy newborn baby, a devoted husband, a successful career, and a busy life on Martha’s Vineyard, Brynn Nelson should be the happiest she’s ever been. But Brynn is struggling. Her husband, Ross, grows more distant by the day, and the challenges and exhaustion of postpartum make Brynn feel like she’s slowly losing pieces of herself to motherhood. Pieces that she might never get back.But it’s summer on the Vineyard, a beacon for wealthy visitors, and a place so beautiful that it seems immune to tragedy and crime. Except for locals, like Brynn, who know all too well that tragedy can strike at any point. And this time, it hits close to home when a friend of the family is found washed ashore. Dead. And Brynn’s already hectic life is turned upside down when Ross is arrested for the crime.Left reeling with more questions than answers, Brynn’s only path forward is to find out who really killed Cecelia Buckley, even if it means it was her husband. She’s not sure who she’s able to trust anymore. And with the dizzying, endless cycle of sleepless nights, diapers, and bottles, Brynn’s not even sure she can trust herself. She’s not sure of anything anymore, but she won’t stop until she finds the truth.Bestselling author Julia Spiro is known for writing characters readers instantly connect to. With Such a Good Mom, Spiro brings the real and layered Martha’s Vineyard to life through the eyes of a new mom trying to get her family out of the eye of the storm that is a murder investigation.
Such a Good Mother: A Novel
by Helen Monks TakharSome women would do anything for their children. This provocative novel &“goes straight for the jugular of modern motherhood&” (Lindsay Cameron, author of Just One Look)—from the author of the &“addictive&” (People) thriller Precious You. &“Mothers and hustlers can be a lethal combination—and the perfect recipe to keep you up all night.&”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The JetsettersRose O&’Connell is barely surviving. Her marriage is rocky; her son isn&’t fitting in at his new school, the prestigious Woolf Academy; and their tiny apartment in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood can barely contain her family. As she struggles to make ends meet on her junior bank teller wages, Rose finds that life as the only mom in a name tag and uniform at the Woolf&’s shiny school gates isn&’t easy. Not so for those in the elite and secretive Circle—a tight-knit group of wealthy mothers, led by the charismatic and glamorous Amala Kaur—who rule the school. When the mysterious death of one of the Circle&’s members creates a vacancy, Rose dares to hope she could fill it and transform her life. Amala&’s shocking decision to invite Rose into her clique provokes resentment among the Circle, especially when her fortunes, self-esteem, and status start to soar. But Rose soon realizes the true price of being on the inside. Far from being a dream come true, the Circle proves her worst nightmare. Unlike the woman she replaced, can Rose escape with her life? Taut, complex, and compulsively readable, Such a Good Mother is a razor-sharp take on the myth of having it all.
Such a Good Wife: A Thriller
by Seraphina Nova GlassBetrayal was just the beginning…Melanie Hale is a devoted mother to her two children, a diligent caregiver to her ailing mother-in-law and a trusted neighbor in their wealthy Louisiana community. Above all, she&’s a loving partner to her wonderful husband, Collin.Then there are the parts of herself that Mel keeps hidden. She&’s exhausted, worried and unfulfilled. So much so that one night, after a writers&’ group meeting, Mel begins an affair with a successful local author named Luke. Suddenly she&’s transformed into a role she doesn&’t recognize—a woman who deceives with unseemly ease. A woman who might be capable of just about anything.When Mel finds Luke&’s dead body in his lavish rented house, she realizes just how high the stakes have become. Not only does she have to keep her affair a secret in order to preserve her marriage, but she desperately needs to avoid being implicated in Luke&’s death. But who would want to kill him? Who else in her life is keeping secrets? And most terrifying of all, how far will they—and she—go to keep those secrets hidden?Looking for another heart-pounding thriller? In bestselling author Seraphina Nova Glass&’s upcoming thriller, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE, new threats and hidden secrets in a small town spark a desperate race against time...Other thrillers from Seraphina to keep you up all night: The Vancancy in Room 10 The Vanishing Hour On a Quiet Street Someone&’s Listening
Such a Lovely Family
by Aggie Blum ThompsonThe cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Washington, D.C., and the Calhouns are in the midst of hosting their annual party to celebrate the best of the spring season. With a house full of friends, neighbors, and their beloved three adult children, the Calhouns are expecting another picture-perfect event. But a brutal murder in the middle of the celebration transforms the yearly gathering into a homicide scene, and all the guests into suspects.Behind their façade of perfection, the Calhoun family has been keeping some very dark secrets. Parents who use money and emotional manipulation to control their children. Two sons, one the black sheep who is desperate to outrun mistakes he’s made, and the other a new father, willing to risk everything to protect his child. And a daughter: an Instagram influencer who refuses to face the truth about the man she married.As the investigation heats up, family tensions build, and alliances shift. Long-buried resentments surface, forcing the Calhouns to face their darkest secrets before it’s too late.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Such a Perfect Wife: A Novel (A\bailey Weggins Mystery Ser. #8)
by Kate WhiteBlonde. Beautiful. A loving mother.And missing since Monday.On a sunny morning in late September, Shannon Blaine sets off for a jog along the rural roads near her home in Lake George, New York. It’s her usual a.m. routine, her “me time” after dropping the kids off at school…except on this day she never returns.Is her husband lying when he says he has no clue where she is? Could Shannon have split on her own, overwhelmed by the pressures of her life? Or is she the victim of a sexual predator who had been prowling the area and snatched her before she knew what was happening.True crime writer Bailey Weggins, on assignment for the website Crime Beat, heads north from New York City to report on the mysterious disappearance. An anonymous tip soon leads Bailey to a grisly, bone-chilling discovery. Every town has its secrets, Bailey reminds herself, and nothing is ever as perfect as it seems. She keeps digging for answers until—when it’s almost too late—she unearths the terrifying truth.
Such a Pretty Girl
by Tess DiamondIn a gripping romantic thriller from Tess Diamond, an FBI profiler becomes a killer’s deadly obsession…In Grace Sinclair’s bestselling crime novels, the good guys win and the bad guys always get caught. As the FBI’s top profiler, she knows that real life is rarely so straightforward. But her new case isn’t just brutal—it’s also personal. The victims look like Grace. And the FBI recruit assigned to her team is trouble of another kind.This isn’t how Special Agent Gavin Walker imagined running into Grace again. Two years ago they shared one earth-shattering night, then she vanished from his life. She’s brilliant, fiercely independent, and in mortal danger from a killer masterminding a twisted game …The body count is rising. Entangled in the case and in each other, Gavin and Grace are running out of time and chances. And as Grace puts the pieces together, she knows she’ll have to confront her own deepest secrets before the final, fatal move is played.
Such a Quiet Place: A Novel
by Megan Miranda&“An Agatha Christie vibe make[s] this whodunit an excellent beach read&” (Library Journal). Discover secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street in this gripping suspense from New York Times bestselling author and &“master of misdirection and sudden plot twists&” (Booklist), Megan Miranda. Welcome to Hollow&’s Edge, where you can find secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street. Hollow&’s Edge used to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow&’s Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes, confronted daily by the empty Truett house, and suffocated by their trial testimonies that implicated one of their own. Ruby Fletcher. And now, Ruby&’s back. With her conviction overturned, Ruby waltzes right back to Hollow&’s Edge, and into the home she shared with Harper Nash. Harper, five years older, has always treated Ruby like a wayward younger sister. But now she&’s terrified. What possible good could come of Ruby returning to the scene of the crime? And how can she possibly turn her away, when she knows Ruby has nowhere to go? Within days, suspicion spreads like a virus across Hollow&’s Edge. It&’s increasingly clear that not everyone told the truth about the night of the Truetts&’ murders. And when Harper begins receiving threatening notes, she realizes she has to uncover the truth before someone else becomes the killer&’s next victim. Pulsating with suspense and with Megan Miranda&’s trademark shocking twists, Such a Quiet Place is Megan Miranda&’s best novel yet—&“A claustrophobic and suspenseful whodunit…that ponders the eternal question of how well we really know those closest to us&” (BookPage, starred review).
Such Charming Liars
by Karen M. McManusThe newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal. <P><P> For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since. <P><P> Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter. <P><P> Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other. <P><P> Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Such Dark Things: A Novel of Psychological Suspense
by Courtney Evan TateA HORRIFIC RECURRING NIGHTMARE IS THREATENING TO STEAL HER SANITY…Dr. Corinne Cabot is living the American dream. She’s a successful ER physician in Chicago who’s married to a handsome husband. Together they live in a charming house in the suburbs. But appearances can be deceiving—and what no one can see is Corinne’s dark past. Troubling gaps in her memory mean she recalls little about a haunting event in her life years ago that changed everything.She remembers only being in the house the night two people were found murdered. Her father was there, too. Now her father is in prison; she hasn’t been in contact in years. Repressing that terrifying memory has caused Corinne moments of paranoia and panic. Sometimes she thinks she sees things that aren’t there, hears words that haven’t been spoken. Or have they? She fears she may be losing her mind, unable to determine what’s real and what’s not.So when she senses her husband’s growing distance, she thinks she’s imagining things. She writes her suspicions off to fatigue, overwork, anything to explain what she can’t accept—that her life really isn’t what it seems.
Such Is Death: A Carolus Deane Mystery (Tales of the PanCosmos)
by Leo BruceSomeone very, very clever planned this murder: the place, a remote shelter on the promenade at Selby-on-Sea; the occasion, a blustery evening in late November; the victim, somebody ready-made for a crack-of-doom from a coal hammer. Diary notes indicate someone had been planning the "ideal" murder, one which no police, no detective could solve. The murderer's gratification would be wholly cerebral, a triumph of mind over matter. However, the murderer had not counted on the clever, tenacious, unpredictable mind of that unique schoolmaster, Carolus Deene.
Such A Killing Crime
by Robert LoprestiIf you're not old enough to have lived through the folk scare, listening to folk music and reading this book will give you a sense of the time period and Greenwich Village. Joe Tally becomes involved in a murder of an up and coming folksinger.
Such Men Are Dangerous
by Lawrence BlockRejected by the CIA, an ex-commando fresh from the jungles of Vietnam attempts to retire to a jungle island, but is lured back into action with an offer of unfathomable profit and unlimited danger Do nothing. That's what Paul Kavanagh wants to do--absolutely nothing. Ten years of jungle combat have left him numb to mankind, and the only way he seems to keep from hurting people is to stay as far away as he can. He flees to an isolated patch of Caribbean sand, a paradise built for one. But paradise has a way of being found. An old CIA contact appears with a proposition. Four trucks of nuclear weapons have disappeared on their way to a covert campaign in a Cold War hotspot, and he is the only one who knows that they are not in South America, but South Dakota. Steal them without blowing the American heartland to hell, and Paul can retire in style. It's the opposite of doing nothing. But it sounds like a lot more fun. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lawrence Block, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from his personal collection, and a new afterword written by the author.
Such Pretty Flowers
by K. L. Cerra&“A lush, seductive Southern Gothic that&’s deliciously queer . . . K. L. Cerra&’s gift for gorgeous, gruesome atmosphere had me spellbound.&”—Layne Fargo, author of They Never Learn A woman investigating her brother&’s apparent suicide finds herself falling for her prime suspect—his darkly mysterious girlfriend—in this &“creepy, compelling, and utterly original&” (Karen Dionne) thriller.&“Get it out of me.&” It was the last message Holly received from her brother, Dane, before he was found cleaved open in the lavish Savannah townhouse of his girlfriend, Maura. Police ruled his death a suicide sparked by psychosis, but Holly can&’t shake the idea that something else must have happened—something involving another message he sent earlier that night about a &“game&” Maura wanted to play.Determined to discover the truth, Holly begins to stalk Maura, a magnetic, black-eyed florist with a penchant for carnivorous plants. But what begins as an investigation quickly veers into a fixation that lures Holly into the depths of Maura&’s world: Savannah high society, eerie black roses, and a whisper of something more sinister. Soon Holly is feeling a dark attraction to the one woman she shouldn&’t trust. As Holly falls deeper for Maura and her secrets, she&’s left with only one choice: find out what happened to Dane or meet the same fate.
Such Sharp Teeth
by Rachel HarrisonA young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gripping, incisive novel from the author of Cackle and The Return.Rory Morris isn&’t thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary. There are bad memories there. But her twin sister, Scarlett, is pregnant, estranged from the baby&’s father, and needs support, so Rory returns to the place she thought she&’d put in her rearview. After a night out at a bar where she runs into Ian, an old almost-flame, she hits a large animal with her car. And when she gets out to investigate, she&’s attacked. Rory survives, miraculously, but life begins to look and feel different. She&’s unnaturally strong, with an aversion to silver—and suddenly the moon has her in its thrall. She&’s changing into someone else—something else, maybe even a monster. But does that mean she&’s putting those close to her in danger? Or is embracing the wildness inside of her the key to acceptance? This darkly comedic love story is a brilliantly layered portrait of trauma, rage, and vulnerability.
Sucias indiscreciones: un romance de la mafia oscura
by Roxy SinclaireA veces, pequeños secretos sucios golpean cuando menos te lo esperas .. Luke En Irlanda, yo era un luchador por la libertad o un terrorista, dependiendo de qué lado estuvieras. Dejé todo eso atrás, pero las únicas habilidades que tenía eran las que aprendí en el lado equivocado de la ley. A Greco le gustó eso de mí. Tal vez le recordé a él mismo cuando estaba ascendiendo en la mafia. Yo era leal a mi jefe. Estuve allí para protegerlo a toda costa y contra todas las amenazas. Entonces me encontré con ELLA. Elda no era como las otras chicas con las que había estado. La forma en que se movía, la forma en que se portaba a sí misma era otra cosa. Sabía que tenía que tenerla. Pero debería haber sabido que todos tienen un pasado... lo que no esperaba era cuán cerca estaban los secretos de Elda para nosotros dos. Elda Greco es mi padre. No el que me crió, sino por sangre. Yo era un embarazo no deseado, producto de una aventura que Greco haría cualquier cosa por mantener en secreto. No habría sobrevivido si mamá no se hubiera ocultado. Ella me puso primero y murió dando a luz porque sabía que Greco la haría matar en el hospital. Desde entonces sabía que iba a vengar su muerte. Entrené durante años para estar en el nivel en el que estoy ahora. Greco tiene lo mejor en el negocio para protegerlo. Solo necesitaba el momento adecuado para hacerle pagar. Pero luego conocí a Luke. Un hombre con secretos tan profundos y tan consumidos como los míos. El destino es una perra voluble. Pero me vengaré de Greco y me entregaré a Luke. Los secretos pueden irse por sí mismos. Este es el libro 1 de la serie Omerta. Esta es una novela romántica de la mafia oscura. ¡NO hay engaños, NO hay desafíos, y un final feliz garantizado!
The Sucker
by Orrie HittOne damn girl after another . . .Girls of every size, shape, and style - these were Slade Harper's stock in trade. Like Cleo, still a child, whose bed and body he had won in a crap game. And glamorous Ruth Talley, with whom he conspired by day and perspired by night. And Marie, of the crippled thighs - twisted Doris Barker, the pseudo-Lesbian - lovely Beth, the professional, whose money went into Slade's pocket . . .Girls - lovely girls - each victimized by Slade because of what a woman had once done to him. He treated them as flesh to be enjoyed, beaten, exploited . . . he used and abused them for a pack of fools. Yet freakish fate, and his own desires, at last gave them a chance to teach him that the real sucker was Slade Harper himself!
The Sucker
by Orrie HittOne damn girl after another...Girls of every size, shape, and style - these were Slade Harper’s stock in trade. Like Cleo, still a child, whose bed and body he had won in a crap game. And glamorous Ruth Talley, with whom he conspired by day and perspired by night. And Marie, of the crippled thighs - twisted Doris Barker, the pseudo-Lesbian - lovely Beth, the professional, whose money went into Slade’s pocket...Girls - lovely girls - each victimized by Slade because of what a woman had once done to him. He treated them as flesh to be enjoyed, beaten, exploited... he used and abused them for a pack of fools. Yet freakish fate, and his own desires, at last gave them a chance to teach him that the real sucker was Slade Harper himself!
Sucker Bet (Tony Valentine)
by James SwainA hardened ex-cop, Tony Valentine now nabs hustlers who rob casinos, and the Micanopy Indian Reservation Casino in South Florida desperately needs his expertise. A blackjack dealer has rigged a game, dealt a player eighty-four winning hands in a row, and then disappeared.But the missing dealer is part of an even bigger, far deadlier scheme. Valentine’s trail leads him to Rico Blanco, a ruthless gangster who once worked for John Gotti; his shady, elusive partner-in-crime, Victor Marks; and a bombshell named Candy Hart, a hooker with dreams of love—a combination tailor-made to double-cross. It appears they have a con going down involving a cocky, filthy-rich Brit and his millions of dollars. Valentine’s challenge: to figure out how all the pieces of the seamy puzzle fit together . . . before his luck runs out and his life goes bust.
Sucker Punch
by Ray BanksThe second novel in Ray Banks's highly acclaimed Cal Innes series. With the barbed-wire leash of parole behind him and his PI business an unpleasant memory, Cal Innes is looking forward to continuing his job as caretaker at Paulo's Lads' Club. But prodigal amateur boxer, Liam, needs someone to go with him to his first major tournament in Los Angeles. That someone is Cal. Cal's babysitting job swiftly turns into something more sinister, as rumours of a rigged competition fly around. As his codeine habit and Liam's temper grow out of control, the City of Angels doesn't seem quite so heavenly. PRAISE FOR RAY BANKS'S CAL INNES NOVELS Ray Banks writes with harshness, humour and elegance, and his punchy dialogue teems with vigorous authenticity. ? The Times Tough and assured . . . Banks is updating the noir novel with an utterly original sensibility. - Publisher's Weekly Bleakly, desperately funny, Ray Banks offers us a glimpse of what Samuel Beckett might have read like had he turned his hand to crime fiction. - Crime Always Pays Ray BanksOCOs writing is a dark delight, and 'Saturday's Child' is like blunt surgery from a cricket bat. Fast, hard, packed with madcap violence and twisted humor, itOCOs a bone-jarring ride through EnglandOCOs bleak underbelly. - Patrick Quinlan, author of Smoked 'Saturday's Child' is a knock-out, written with the kind of energy and passion that far too few writers can muster. Fresh and fierce, it raises the bar for hardboiled fiction on both sides of the Atlantic. - New York Times Bestseller Laura Lippman, author of What The Dead Know 'Saturday's Child' is fascinating, fresh and darkly funny. It will be an exotic entertainment for American readers of hard-boiled detective fiction. - Thomas Perry, author of Nightlife Banks wields language with a knifefighter's precision, with much the same result. From the first words to the last, this book flashes brilliantly. - Don Winslow, The Power Of The Dog and The Winter of Frankie Machine. Banks is part of the post-Rankin generation for whom hardboiled is not just a state of mind but a reality. Tough-guy colloquial prose and a pace fast enough to skin a rabbit, at the service of a tale of down-and-dirty realism: this is fiery stuff. - Maxim Jakubowski, The Guardian The writing's so urgent, so brutal, and just so obscenely real that it creates a whole new kind of 'dark' for a genre that's become a trifle stagnated in recent years. Hence this is a book anyone who's fallen out of love with the genre in these recent times, where the old quality has been severely lacking, simply needs to read. - Chris Pickering, Bookmunch . . . terrific, brooding and chilling prose -Tom Adair, The Scotsman . . . a fine example of energetic, visceral and compelling storytelling. . . This is properly thrilling stuff. - The Big Issue In Scotland"
Sucker Punch (Candy Shop Mystery #5)
by Sammi CarterAbby Shaw's life is sweet. She's settling into running the candy shop she inherited from her aunt, dealing with her busybody family, and maintaining a solid-if-slow relationship with local police detective Pine Jawarski. But Abby's smooth sailing turns into a rocky road when a friend asks her to audition for a musical with some considerably talented locals. Abby pops her head into the chaotic audition -- and finds a dead star center stage.
Sucker Punch: Anita Blake 27 (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels #27)
by Laurell K. HamiltonAnita Blake, Vampire Hunter, embarks on a race against time in the name of justice. If you love Charlaine Harris and Anne Rice, you won't be able to resist the new novel from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton.'I've never read a writer with a more fertile imagination' Diana GabaldonMy name is Anita Blake and I thought nothing could surprise me. But what if the wrong man is about to be executed?When a fellow U.S. Marshal flies me in on an emergency consult, I know time is running short. Evidence is mounting against a young wereleopard who stands accused of killing his uncle in the most gruesome and bloody way possible.In this tiny Michigan town, the pressure from the cops is escalating, the victim's family want retribution and a warrant of execution is already under way. But something feels off about the murder - the evidence doesn't add up.With the locals up in arms and their fear of supernatural beings growing, I must race to uncover the truth. I cannot let the authorities kill an innocent man. But what if I'm already too late?Readers can't get enough of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, series:'Anita Blake novels are my addiction''Vampires, zombies and guns, oh my!''I have loved every single book in this amazing series, have fallen in love and lust with many characters and desperately hope that there will be more''I am hooked''I couldn't love Anita and her adventures with the supernatural community any more'
Sucker Punch: A Joe Grundy Mystery
by Marc StrangeShort-listed for the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel Joe Grundy is an ex-heavyweight boxer whose main claim to fame was that he got knocked out by champ Evander Holyfield. Now he’s chief of security for a posh old hotel, the Lord Douglas, in downtown Vancouver, and life is pretty good. But then a young neo-hippie inherits more than half a billion dollars and decides to give it all away. As soon as the kid checks into the Lord Douglas with the intention of holding a press conference to announce the scheme, Joe knows big trouble is headed his way, especially when the kid winds up dead. Grundy sets out to discover who murdered the would-be philanthropist only to collide with suspects and sucker punches around every corner. Joe had some pretty tough battles during his days in the ring, but this time the stakes are higher, the opponents are lethal, and the final count could be fatal.
Suckerpunch
by Jeremy BrownDespite the best efforts of his trainer and mentor, 28-year-old heavyweight mixed martial artist Aaron "Woodshed"Wallace just can't move beyond the low-level MMA fight rungs. His criminal past and self-destructive tendencies have proven to be the biggest hurdle he can't seem to overcome. So when Woodshed is offered a match against the rising heavyweight star of the largest MMA organization in the Western hemisphere, he's all over it. The night before the fight, Woodshed runs into Lance, a small-time criminal from his past, and Lance's bookie Kendall. Ever the opportunist, Kendall plans to bet big on Woodshed to win; and to increase his motivation, Kendall kidnaps Lance. Blaming himself for the kidnapping, Woodshed resolves to attempt a rescue. But in order to have any chance of tracking Kendall down, Woodshed has to reconnect with a gunrunner and a drug dealer from his crime-ridden past and risk losing his big MMA opportunity.
Suculenta venganza (Suculentas pasiones #Volumen 2)
by Mina VeraContinúa la trilogía «Suculentas pasiones» con la apasionante historia de Lucía. ¿Es posible volver a sentir el mismo amor por alguien al que no consigues recordar?Una trepidante historia de suspense romántico. Lucía Varela ha perdido la memoria, pero sigue viva. Una bala en el cerebro y dos años creyendo ser la esposa de un delincuente que se dedicaba a traficar con seres humanos han borrado su pasado como miembro de la Policía Nacional. Ya no tiene muy claro quién es ni quién quiere ser, pero sí sabe que tiene una misión mientras trata de forjarse una vida normal. Iván Asensio, su compañero a nivel profesional y personal antes de que su vida quedara truncada, la está apoyando más que nadie. Ella se siente muy agradecida, y otras muchas cosas a las que no sabe poner nombre. Tampoco sabe si le dan más miedo sus propios sentimientos o los de él.¿Qué es real y qué pertenece a su relación pasada? En Dana Oteiza -gracias a quien logró saber quién era en realidad- ha hallado una amiga y confidente. Y eso a pesar de que es la esposa de su antiguo jefe, el inspector de policía Ángel Ribera. O tal vez eso sea precisamente lo que hace que la entienda tan bien. Dana se mantiene ocupada con un nuevo reto laboral en el restaurante Suculentos, además de cuidar de su bebé recién nacido junto con Ángel, quien se sumergirá con Iván en un nuevo y absorbente caso. Inmersos en sus responsabilidades, ninguno verá la doble vida de Lucía. Esta se dedicará a la repostería como nueva profesión. Aunque su misión será lo primero para ella: tratar de adelantarse a los pasos de Alexia Tocqueville, su suegra durante los dos años que creyó ser la esposa de un monstruo. Alexia es uno de los pocos miembros de la familia Tocqueville que no ha acabado muerto o entre rejas. Estando libre, no hay nada que le impida vengarse de la muerte de sus dos vástagos, o de la prisión permanente de su esposo. Alexia irá a por ella, Lucía no sabe cuándo ni cómo, pero pretende estar más que preparada cuando decida descargar en ella su rabia. Con lo que no cuenta es con que la perfidia de Alexia es superior a la suya, al igual que lo son sus medios. Atacará sus puntos flacos, obligándola a buscar en sí misma a la valiente y astuta policía que un día fue. El duelo de inteligencias femeninas será encarnizado. Solo si Lucía logra ser más lista que Alexia, conseguirá salvar la vida de sus amigos. Solo así logrará vivir una verdadera vida. Solo arriesgando esa vida que acaba de recuperar, recuperará también el amor.