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The sequel to The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse is another hoot, a lampooning of girls' fiction of the past full of hapless, do-gooding detectives with "keen sleuthing abilities, up-to-the-minute fashion sense, and gracious finishing-school manners". Girlfriend finds our hapless heroine, Nancy Clue, racing home to River Depths, Illinois, to confess the murder of her father, prominent attorney Carson Clue; expose the terrible truth about him; and free Hannah Gruel, the selfless housekeeper who has shouldered the blame.

At some point in our lives, we all look for an escape valve from daily routines, but there are extraordinary occasions when a job, born out of necessity, becomes an unexpected refuge. Alexis, a literature teacher at a prestigious private high school, lives torn between two worlds. Although she loves her profession, she finds her true escape in her alter ego, Jordan, who every weekend lights up the night with passion-stirring striptease shows. Alexis has decided to shield her heart: she doesn't want to fall in love, she doesn't want to share her life, she just wants to forget what it means ...

A featured selection at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books They say the second time is the charm. Then again, maybe they don’t, but after a rocky summer in Maine, Vasily Korsokovach certainly hopes it’s true as he returns to more comfortable territory to resume the life he didn’t know he’d missed in his native Southern California. With a second chance at his law enforcement career and the welcome but unexpected support of a new significant other, Vas thinks he’s finally found the fresh start that faltered so badly months earlier. Balancing personal healing with his professional ...

Jeff Holmes goes home at his mum's request. His father, who has deserted them twenty years ago, is back and has only a few months left. But even a few months is too long. Someone can't wait for Jeff's dad to die! Jeff's dad is poisoned to death at a potluck. Things get complicated as the murder is linked to a road accident and abduction that's happened many years ago. Will Jeff be able to solve the mystery? What if his main suspect is Hans? Get ready for heartbreak as Jeff and Hans confront their painful pasts. Series description: Follow Jeff Holmes, a quirky, free-spirited, attractive ...

After a disastrous situation causes Parker Avery to lose her position at the Orlando Police Department, she opens up a private investigation firm. However, business isn't what she thought it would be, and after spending several weeks without a case, she reconsiders her decision. Just as her discouragement is getting the best of her, Kent Walker arrives at her office with a fresh case. The older man, occupied by his granddaughter, asks for help finding a map that was stolen from his boat. As Parker looks deeper into Kent's story, she finds an adventure filled with mysterious undoings and a ...

Scott nimmt rasend schnell ab. Sein Körperumfang ändert sich trotzdem nicht. Und noch unheimlicher: Wenn er auf die Waage steigt, zeigt sie das gleiche Gewicht an, egal wie viel er trägt, ob Kleidung oder gar Hanteln. In seiner netten Wohngegend in der Kleinstadt Castle Rock gerät er zudem in einen eskalierenden Kleinkrieg. Es entstehen merkwürdige Allianzen, doch der jährliche Stadtlauf und Scotts mysteriöses Leiden fördern bei sich und anderen eine Menschlichkeit zutage, die zuvor unter herzloser Bequemlichkeit vergraben lag.

Amanda Chase has done it again. This thrilling new novel revolves around Nicole, a gay woman determined to seek justice for herself and other victims of sexual predators. After her mother is murdered and her father disappears, Nicole is taken into the foster care system, psychiatric hospitals, and shelters, where she is subjected to severe sexual abuse. She and her lover, Kati, take to the streets to survive, but when Nicole joins a women's grief support group, she finds a much darker purpose. The group of women, seeking retribution, use death row chemicals on perpetrators and embark on a ...

Jane Lawless is at her wit’s end, keeping her Minneapolis restaurants running while volunteering on her father’s campaign for governor. With an eleven-point lead, the race is Ray Lawless’s to lose, but all that changes when his rival posts a list of violent criminals that are back on the streets early, thanks to Ray’s work during his career as a defense lawyer.

It's steaming August in post-war Philadelphia. Clifford Waterman, dishonorably discharged from the Army for "an indecent act with a native" in Cairo, can't go back to his job as a police detective and is struggling to make a go of it as a private investigator. He's soon hired to help a young man caught in a gay bar raid who can't afford the $500 bribe a corrupt judge demands to make a "morals charge" go away.

New City. New Job. Same broken heart. So much for a leaving it all behind. A millionaire’s missing computer, their dead housekeeper and a family secret hidden in plain sight: these are the elements of a most unusual case quite literally handed to Detective Vasily Korsokovach moments after arriving at John Wayne International in Southern California. Put into the awkward position of cleaning up a colleague’s sloppy investigation, Vasily immediately finds himself on the defensive after he begins asking uncomfortable questions in pursuit of the truth. And when he pulls a thread that ...

The first of the dead is wealthy Belle Dumont, who vanished from her home in the Minnesota woods only hours before she was to reveal startling news to her three grown children. The kids and Belle's lover deny any knowledge of this mysterious bombshell, but amateur sleuth Jane Lawless, Belle's old friend, suspects these charming folk of being less than forthright. In fact, Jane suspects coldhearted murder....

Best-selling lesbian author Erin Wade continues the LGBTQ epic about two women who travel the world and beyond to uncover the mysteries hidden in the universe. The Garden of Eden: Dark Justice, Book 2 continues the courageous adventures of Courtney and Sage Southerland as they produce documentaries of the strange and unexplained. The truth is that their secret is as dangerous, bizarre, and inexplicable as any they document.

More than 10 years ago, a series of train bombings devastated railways throughout Europe. Strange poetry sent to local newspapers right before each bombing confounded investigators at the time. In one of only a handful of failed covert missions, Jarrett had been sent into North Korea to take out the bomber. Now, as his wedding to Thayne approaches, an explosion in Southern California threatens to ruin their plans for a very special day.

Jarrett Evans and Thayne Wolfe have been partnered in the ATF for nearly two years and their love and commitment to each other have grown over time. Now faced with one final challenge, the boys are headed to Arizona to help Thayne’s mom, stumbling headfirst into a brand new case. When a man is shot on Dot’s sister’s ranch, their informal investigation leads to the Native American reservation bordering the property.

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle’s Quayside gives Daniels another chance to get it right, and her first case as Senior Investigating Officer. When Daniels recognises the corpse but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life swerves dangerously into her professional life. But much worse, she is now being watched. As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim....

High school English teacher Skyler Foxe finally hooks up with gorgeous assistant football coach Keith Fletcher. But is the man what he seems to be? Skyler still has his doubts when he spies Keith in some shady circumstances. And there are still some unanswered questions as to what exactly is going on at the high school. Who thought high school could be so sinister?

While chaperoning a high school dance, English teacher Skyler Foxe has just been dragged out of the closet by the hunky assistant football coach - a man he thought he knew. But when Sky discovers Keith has been keeping a big secret, he breaks it off, leaving both of them lonely and confused. With troubles mounting from the press, angry parents, confused students, Skyler's own mom, and a murdered teacher, what's a boy to do but discover - once and for all - who's behind all the dirty doings at James Polk High?

In 1901, a handsome young man named John Glenarm halts his world traveling when he inherits a mysterious unfinished Tudor mansion, Glenarm House, deep in the Indiana forests. In order to fulfill the conditions of his grandfather's will, he must live a year in the massive house, studying the architectural library. If he fails, the estate goes to a mysterious person named Oliver Armstrong.

True's theatrical skills land her in hot water as she and Michael pursue a serial killer who calls himself The Ring Master.

Fifteen years ago, NYPD officer Joseph McSwain was gunned down while trying to stop a robbery. His murder was never solved. Until now. For his son, Hell's Kitchen private detective Jimmy McSwain, his father's death has defined him, defied him, and denied him his chance at happiness. But the shooting death of a young officer named Denson Luke has reignited the investigation into the mysterious Blue Death conspiracy. Jimmy still must earn a living, so he cannot ignore a family in distress. New neighbors Carmen Ramirez and her young son, Sonny, are clearly running from danger.