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The Sphinx Emerald passed into other hands – to reappear centuries later when conquering Cambyses came storming into Egypt with his Persian legions... Readers are treated to authentic historical dramas, all centering on the mysterious jewel that seems to contain a miniature image of the sphinx. A great pulp extravaganza!
Ready to stay up all night? Meet Leine Basso. Elite assassin. Perpetual target. But when she's betrayed? One-woman wrecking crew. Leine eliminates terrorists for a living. After a routine assassination almost gets her killed, she chalks it up to a fluke. Her fellow assassin, Carlos, has another idea altogether. He thinks their boss is setting them up for a fall. When Carlos goes missing, and a bombing thwarts another mission, Leine suspects the stakes are far higher than she could ever imagine, and wonders if the man in charge might have it in for her after all. A Killing Truth is the prequel to the award-winning Leine Basso thriller series of crime novels. If you like no-nonsense heroines, page-turning plots, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love D.V. Berkom’s tension-filled series.Show book
In 1814, Britain’s foremost scientist, George Napier witnesses a drug-fuelled massacre on a US battlefield. The drug, Berserker, has a deadly side effect known as the Sleepwalker Legacy, which destroys the life of his Native American lover. After the War, Napier dedicates himself to the eradication of Berserker. Two hundred years later, Napier’s global pharmaceutical company has fallen into the hands of the ruthless Beckett family. They are determined to produce and leverage Berserker for profit, as the US government seeks to exploit the drug for military advantage. Sam Jardine is a direct descendant of Napier. When he discovers that Berserker could change the nature of humanity forever, he sets out to fulfil his ancestor’s destiny by destroying the drug from within, using his extraordinary powers of negotiation. Sam finds himself battling demons from his past as he becomes entangled in a dangerous game of corporate espionage and a battle of wits with the beautiful heiress Rachael Beckett. He resolves to help his lover, Cassie, who inherited the Sleepwalker Legacy and is becoming increasingly unstable. But Sam is in a race against time.Show book
Dorothy Henrietta Havers was born in 1846. She began writing short stories in 1871 under the pen name of Theo Gift. Thereafter she continued to write for the periodicals and also wrote several novels until she ceased writing in 1901. She died in London in 1923.Show book
A fur-raising new murder case for the greatest detective duo since Holmes & Watson Sled dog Athos and feisty kitten Pearl travel with their human to the beautiful island of Sylt to meet a famous animal psychologist. There, they must take on not only a chatty bird and bad-tempered horses, but also a two-legged with murderous plans. Soon the furry detectives have their paws full with protecting their human and her host and hunting down a very dangerous killer.Show book
“A spine-tingler right to the final sentence.” Dick StodghillSixteen thrilling short stories from an award-winning author of mystery and suspense: “Hard Blows” An ex-con stalks a prosecutor. “The Killers (Allison’s Version)" Allison Culbertson encounters killers in a diner. “Stranger in a Strange Band” A man with a secret tries to start over. “Why the Hearse Horse Snickers” A killer targets a divorce lawyer. “The Bullet Fee” Wyatt Blake hopes his client is innocent of using a butterfly hairpin as a murder weapon. “Must Be Murder” A professor who witnesses a murder while teaching her online class finds no one believes her. “The Planted Gun” A planted gun implicates an innocent (but dead) man. “The Spy in the Suitcase” A “honey trap” leads to a spy in a suitcase. “Inquest for a D.A.” Wyatt Blake faces an inquest into the suspicious death of his wife. “The Secret Legacy” A secret hidden in a safe deposit box is worth going to jail over. “No Such Thing as Free” No Country For Old Men meets Home Alone. “Epic Parkour Fail” A teenage boy practicing parkour witnesses a murder. “The Un-Dead” A detective watches in horror as a murder victim tears himself out of a body bag. “The Hanging Tree” A boy visiting the “hanging tree” finds his life in peril. “The Death Warrant” A new constitutional amendment requires law enforcement in each county to kill one criminal per year without trial or conviction. “Son of a Slain Cop” A boy whose cop dad was gunned down gets a chance years later to solve his father’s cold case.Show book
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Volume 4: Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world’s most brilliant and successful detective. His accomplishments were painstakingly chronicled by Watson in notes that relate the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Many of his accounts have been published and are well-known to a broad readership. There were times, however, when Watson would refrain from publishing his writings during his lifetime. He would do so for various reasons: At times, he would find himself forced to keep actual events and background information secret for moral, criminal, or financial reasons. Other times, he would want to either avoid potential political, legal, or social scandals or even damage to his own—or Holmes’s—reputation. Some of Watson’s accounts, however, were simply not published at the time because he was occupied with more important or urgent matters. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson’s accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.Show book
