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Investigator Kendra Michaels—once blind and known for her sharp skills—puts her life on the line to catch a killer in this electrifying novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning duo. Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining...

Little Cindy Ann knew things no one else knew and saw things no one else saw. Ever since she'd nearly died of fever, the gift of second sight had been hers. Only, it didn't seem like such a gift when the other children called her a witch and wouldn't play with her. Or, when her visions resembled nothing so much as her worst nightmares.

Yep. Cocky? Arrogant? Player? That's generally the impression I like to give women. Outside of my eight-pack and medals for valor, when it comes to women’s expectations of me . . . I try to keep the bar low enough so that I can roll over it. Until Kaila comes along.

Hinds' Feet on High Places is Hannah Hurnard's best-known and best-loved book, a beautiful allegory dramatizing the yearning of God's children to be led to new heights of love, joy, and victory. Follow Much-Afraid on her spiritual journey through difficult places with her two companions, Sorrow and Suffering.

Much-Afraid had been in the service of the Chief Shepherd, whose great flocks were pastured down in the Valley of Humiliation. She lived with her friends and fellow workers Mercy and Peace in a tranquil little white cottage in the village of Much-Trembling. She loved her work and desired intensely to please the Chief Shepherd, but happy as she was in most ways, she was conscious of several things which hindered her in her work and caused her much secret distress and shame.

Much-Afraid begins her journey, crippled and disfigured, with the cry, "Oh, if only I could escape from this Valley of Humiliation altogether and go to the High Places." She leaves her Fearing relatives behind, and presses on to the Realm of Love. As the Chief Shepard explains, no Fears can live in this realm, because "perfect love casts out fears and everything that torments".

Maury Davis is a colorful character and an accomplished leader. Few people can match the drama of his life’s story...from the prison to the pulpit. Throughout his career as pastor of Cornerstone Church in Nashville, Tennessee, he has taken strong stands to expand God’s Kingdom. Along the way, he has ruffled more than a few feathers.

They're history’s most famous and infamous people. You’ve heard of them, but now it’s time you hear from them.

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A few months ago, Nathan Ember suffered a near-death experience that gave him the ability to see 24 hours into the past, like a double image superimposed over the present. He can hear and see yesterday’s people and events, but no one in the past can see or hear him. The unique ability cost Nathan his job as an air traffic controller and now he eeks out a living as a private detective specializing in very recent crimes. The knowledge he gains sometimes leads to a reward, a finder’s fee, or goodwill from the police investigators. He hears of an unusual murder that occurred the night ...

Could you work for the man who broke your heart? Caught up in a scandal at work, Jasmine has one chance to save her fledgling career. The problem? The one person who can rescue her is the only person in the world who hates her, the man who broke her heart at university: the handsome and ambitious Ben Khan. But Jasmine has always dreamt of changing the world for the better and she is determined not to let her dream go without a fight. To win, she needs him on her side. Except Jasmine is struggling to forget what they were and Ben can’t forgive what she did. Passion meets politics in this ...

Now recuperated after the violent incident that cost him his arm - and nearly his life - DCS Serrailler has returned to work, though he prefers to spend his spare time sketching the medieval angels being restored on the cathedral roof. With crime rates down, Lafferton has been quiet, until one night when two men open their front door to a distressing scene. Serrailler makes a serious error of judgment when handling the incident, and the stress of this, combined with the ongoing trauma of losing his arm, takes its toll.

In a fusion of past and present, Catherine’s world spirals into chaos when a mysterious childhood memory unveils haunting recollections of a life she never lived. The mesmerising saga of Merwynn, a defiant 9th-century Saxon ensnared in Viking intrigue, beckons from deep within her psyche. Every revelation from Merwynn’s era sends ripples through Catherine’s existence as she grapples with the weight of their entwined destinies.

Chief Inspector Acton and Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle know firsthand how the administration of justice can often follow a labyrinthine path. As they pursue a self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner, Acton's own questionable methods may prove his undoing.

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A music therapist who thrives on helping others, Kendra Michaels cherishes the ordinary life she has achieved after stem cell surgery restored her sight. The skills she perfected during those sightless years - the ability to pick up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her - coupled with her laser-sharp mind - have made her a uniquely potent observer and problem solver. Kendra’s uncanny way of connecting the dots is as baffling to law enforcement as it is legendary.

In this suspenseful thriller, Kendra Michaels uses her heightened powers of deduction to draw out a serial killer who has not been seen or heard from in over fifteen years. Chloe and Sloane Morgan were only children when their mother was the second victim of the Bayside Strangler. Now, after...

The year is 2065. The super-rich have a new way to vacation and collect rare items, Time Travel... But you cannot interact, you cannot divert from the path, and you must not change what takes place...Martin Townes is a man that simply wants to right a wrong. Nothing more, and he’ll do whatever it takes to achieve it. Even if it means shattering time.

In 2019, Jenna Watt took part in the stalking of a hind on the vast Highland estate of Corrour: part of an immersive attempt to understand the ideas that lie behind 'rewilding', and what it means emotionally and physically to participate in Scotland's deer cull. Piece by piece and chapter by chapter she unravels the story of that one day spent hunting the hind, interlaced with her discovery that her ancestors were deer stalkers, game keepers, and ghillies on a Highland estate, who once took part in increasingly controversial land practices like muirburn and species persecution.

Ultimately, this is the book’s purpose: How “these days” are different from “those days”. I am a GenXer. That means I was born between 1965 and 1980. Each generation has different characteristics and different world views than the one before and the one after. This is VERY true for us GenXers. We experienced the world differently as kids than the generations around us. And, as adults, we think differently about how things should be done and what makes sense. We are pragmatic, probably above all. We do things because it “makes sense.” Common sense is a hallmark of the ...