An exciting new series from Barbara Fradkin, author of the Inspector Green Mysteries Features a passionate, flawed, real female protagonist making a difference in the world but struggling to keep herself together Book One sets up Amanda as a reluctant social media celebrity, and launches her second career on a charity tour to help those in need A major theme is PTSD, which Amanda and some of her former aid-worker colleagues suffer from after surviving a horrific rebel militia assault on a...
Small-town thriller set in the oil-rich near-wilderness outside Calgary Builds a psychological drama as the sleuth's traumatized friend thinks she's being threatened by a nighttime prowler no one else has heard. When flooding threatens to leave them cut off from civilization, their struggle against an unseen stalker kicks into high gear. The three main characters, Lacey, Dee, and Jan, are all trying to heal from illness and injury Sleuth Lacey McCrae suffers from PTSD from her RCMP...
Danson Lafleur’s been on a crusade to investigate deported criminals who return undetected to Canada, and now he’s missing. Can he be the unidentified man in the morgue? Danson’s desperate sister pleads with artist and amateur sleuth Hollis Grant to search for her brother, since the police don’t appear to be taking his disappearance seriously. Leads seem to connect Danson and Gregory, his mystery flat-mate, to drugs. But who is Gregory, and what is his connection to the Russian mob? As Hollis...
Undercover detective Jack Taggart infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel while investigating the disappearance of a young Canadian woman. Lily Rae is on holiday in El Paso, Texas, when she’s kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. El Paso borders on one of the most dangerous places in the world: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city in the grip of a drug war. Going undercover to investigate her disappearance, detective Jack Taggart manages to penetrate the organization after discovering a Canadian link to the...
Finally, Jackson Donne has it figured out. After leaving the private investigation business, he's looking toward the future — and getting married to Kate Ellison. Donne is focused on living the good life — planning the wedding, a big Hawaiian honeymoon — until he receives an anonymous email with a link and an old picture of him on the police force. Once Donne clicks the link, nothing else in his life matters. Donne sees a live-stream of the one thing he never...
Welcome to the Tokyo American Club, playground of the city's elite, where, In the middle of the annual dinner, club manager Pete Peterson's head has been found bobbing In the swimming pool. A headless torso is alongside it: the trouble is, the body doesn't match the head. Captain Tim Kawamura of the Azabu Police Department must cut through a tangle of bizarre blood ties and business connections between a swelling list of suspects as he pieces together the puzzle as well as the...
"A winning blend of archaeology and intrigue, Graham's series turns our national parks into places of equal parts beauty, mystery, and danger."—EMILY LITTLEJOHN, author of Lost Lake A famed sandstone arch in Utah’s Arches National Park collapses and takes a woman atop it to her death , ensnaring archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family in lethal questions of environmental monkeywrenching and political intrigue. As more deaths follow, Chuck and his wife Janelle race to...
In New Orleans' historic Garden District, life is all about attending the right parties, impressing the right people, and making the right amount of money (a lot!) It's an attitude fifty-nine-year-old Charlotte La Rue has never really understood. She leads a quiet, simple, practical life–and it suits her just fine. Business is booming at her housecleaning service, Maid-for-a-Day–and in her down time, she loves reading mystery novels and hanging out with her parakeet, Sweety Boy....
Three long years have passed since Anna, First of Tomas, survived the purge in Malijad after being forced to use her scribe sigils to create an army of immortals. Safely ensconced in the shelter of the Nest, a sanctuary woven by one of her young allies, Anna spends her days tutoring the gifted yet traumatized scribe, Ramyi—and coming to terms with her growing attachment to an expatriate soldier in her company. Away from her refuge, war drums continue to beat. Thwarted in her efforts to locate...
„Lõhenenud inimkond“ on maailmakuulsa „Vanamehe sõja“ sarja viies raamat. Varasemad neli raamatut on nii või teisiti John Perry lood, siin aga tegutseb peamiselt ta sõber Harry Wilson, kes oma sarkasmi ja nutikusega Johnile sugugi alla ei jää. Inimkond on lõhenemise äärel ja tegutseb salapärane vaenlane, kes püüab iga hinna eest seda lõhet süvendada.
IN THE REALM OF THE LIVING   Liberated from exile, the brutal god Nezu is leveling his vengeful wrath against the blessed lands of Alba, and only three heroes stand a chance of stopping him.  Fireborn Allegria, with her ability to harness the power of light; her Starborn lover Hallow, who leads the society of mages; and Deo, a warrior born of both worlds. . .  IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD  But the circle of friendship is broken when Allegria is imprisoned in the...
"A gritty, fast-paced tale of revenge…Tight, terse prose harkens back to pulp fiction of the 1950s…The work is a breath of fresh air from lengthy, trying-too-hard-to-shock street lit and is an excellent choice for all metropolitan collections."–Library Journal (starred review, Pick of the Month)"The urban setting is unnamed but familiar in this brief, bloody tale of wasted lives lived short and hard."–Publishers Weekly"Simultaneously a fast-paced crime drama and an engrossing, unsentimental...