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  Scavenger Hunt - A Novel

  Chad Boudreaux

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  “Boudreaux weaves his legal and security expertise into a high velocity tale of counterterrorism and conspiracy that will grip the reader.” —Michael Chertoff, Former US Secretary of Homeland SecurityScavenger Hunt is a suspense novel chronicling the plight of Blake Hudson, a Justice Department lawyer assigned to a clandestine counterterrorist group created to bypass onerous legal requirements. After the group mysteriously disbands, Hudson becomes the scapegoat and is transformed from hunter to hunted. As he searches for answers and attempts to piece the puzzle together, people are following him, trying to kill him.Written for fans of fast-paced thrillers, dry humor, political gamesmanship, and Clue-like twists and turns, Scavenger Hunt carves out a distinct niche best described as a hybrid of the Robert Ludlum classics and works by Brad Meltzer. Blake Hudson's story addresses issues that have shaped recent elections and continue to frustrate interest groups and government leaders, while featuring the inner workings of the U.S. Department of Justice Building—arguably the most important and misunderstood agency in the federal government. Author Chad Boudreaux's unique voice and page-turning storytelling packs a plot-driven punch that readers won't be able to put down.“An intelligent thriller . . . Boudreaux makes the most of his concept, populating his page-turning plot with plausible characters and developments.” —Publishers Weekly“Readers who like a story in which someone is shoved headlong into a very different life, à la Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne, are the audience for this fast-moving thriller.” —Henrietta Verma, firstCLUE“Boudreaux weaves a daunting story of treachery and puppeteering in this finely crafted race for survival.” —Best Thriller Books

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  1001 - A Dream of Nine Nights

  Yahya Gharagozlou

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  "1001: A Dream of Nine Nights is Persian historical fiction at its best, reviving the classic 1001 Nights of Scheherazade with a contemporary twist . . . highly recommendable to a diverse audience of literary and historical enthusiasts . . . a compelling winner." D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review 
  In this intimate and tumultuous historical fiction, Iran plays a starring role under a stage name, Persiran. We engage with its history through three generations of a vividly drawn aristocratic family called the Poonakis, beginning with twin princes devoted to each other and ending in modern times - after the Khomeini revolution - with another set of twin brothers, grandchildren to the princes, who are mortal enemies. 
  Like the monarchy and the fledgling constitution, the family is doomed, as the clerical vision of building the kingdom of God on Earth prevails. The story has several narrators whose fates will intersect by the end. The book's title refers to nine critical nights of storytelling transposed into binary code: playing on the classic 1001 Nights of Scheherazade. 
  The episodes of the novel take place in palaces, mosques, a village, a harem, a tearoom, a whorehouse, a prison. The characters travel through deserts and mountains to European cities and battlegrounds during World War II in Berlin and the Iran-Iraq war in Khouzestan. In episodes of comedy and farce, as well as romance and tragedy, we get to know these compelling characters and unforgettable women. Throughout runs a critical theme: the storyteller's obligation to tell his stories - the raw ingredients of history.  
  The novel weaves an intricate pattern, like the high-knot density of a Tabriz carpet, as narrators introduce other narrators to recount Iran's troubled history of the twentieth century. 

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  I'm Watching You

  Amanda Brittany

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  Quarry Lake, twelve years ago: Three young women are attacked, all with long, dark hair. The attacker wears a yellow jacket. One is murdered; one is left in a coma; one escapes; a small town lives in fear. It’s Riona’s last summer before heading to university. One reckless night, she lets her two friends persuade her to spend the evening at Quarry Lake, drinking cider, sharing secrets, planning their futures. They hear a scream and a splash. They’re scared but feel they have to go and see what it is. But a sudden noise frightens them, and they run off. Now: Riona is back in her hometown, facing thirty with some of her dreams still intact. They never did catch the Quarry Lake killer, but, one day, Riona glimpses a mysterious figure in a yellow jacket, staring intensely at her. A note is shoved through her letterbox: I’m watching you. Is the past coming back to threaten her? Is the killer back?

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  Murders in the Cascades

  Vicki Shelton

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  During  a lucid moment, an Alzheimer’s patient tells amateur sleuth Biodina d’Angelo that 40 years ago he killed his lumberyard partner in the Cascades of Washington state. Biodina begins searching historical records, and a clever fraud scheme is uncovered, along with news articles about a missing lumberyard owner. Along the way, her intuitive nature and nosiness helps her uncover another murder of a well-respected  record producer. Will the murderess be a starstruck performer, a jealous wife, or a vindictive assistant?

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  The Gettysburg Address

  Abraham Lincoln

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  The complete text of one of the most important speeches in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to remember not only the grim bloodshed that had just occurred there, but also to remember the American ideals that were being put to the ultimate test by the Civil War. A rousing appeal to the nation’s better angels, The Gettysburg Address remains an inspiring vision of the United States as a country “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

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  Murder Most Eastern

  Anonyme

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  A seaside Victorian. A skeptical artist. A cat with secrets. And a murder that won’t stay buried… 
  When struggling artist Emily Harper inherits a charming but creaky Victorian on the rugged coast of Maine, she expects a fresh start—what she doesn’t expect is cryptic notes, eerie visions, and a cat with an uncanny sense for trouble. 
  But nothing unsettles her more than the bracelet. A striking piece of tourmaline jewelry left behind in the house, it sends shivers up her spine whenever she wears it. At first, she chalks it up to stress—until she visits West Quoddy Head Lighthouse and is struck by a chilling vision of a man begging for his life. The next day, his body is found. 
  With a storm brewing, long-buried secrets rising to the surface, and a killer who will do anything to keep the past hidden, Emily must embrace the unexplainable—or risk becoming the next victim.

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