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We've all been there. A loved one or a dear friend becomes desperately ill or is tragically injured. Someone - maybe even you - says, "If that ever happens to me, I wish someone would just . . . kill me." What if you could choose when to die? But once you decide, you can't change your mind - ever. Welcome to the next step in the evolution of suspense fiction, an in-your-face/what-would-you-do topical thriller.

Emma Spire is the daughter of the assassinated Surgeon General of the United States. She has been on the cover of every national magazine. Her beauty, her brains, her bravery - all are public property. Everyone wants a piece of her - and she must escape the feeding frenzy at all costs. But she cannot, and the consequences are deadly.

District Attorney Lauren Crowder's life is already complicated enough as she picks her way through her relationship with Dr. Alan Gregory at the same time she is fighting her quiet and dignified battle with multiple sclerosis. After law clerk Blythe Oaks is accused of sexual harassment and career sabotage, and after it is revealed that Blythe's accuser happens to be Lauren's kid sister, Lauren plunges into the case.

When Dr. Alan Gregory's good friend is found bloody and dying on the stage of a Colorado theater, suspicion soars that he has become the second victim of a killer whose first prey was discovered amid the scenery of the road company's production of a Broadway show. Alan is immediately asked to respond to two pleas for help: one from the police, who would like a psychological profile of the murderer, and one from Peter's widow, who is desperate to know the meaning of her dead husband's secrets.

Dr. Alan Gregory's life begins to unravel when one of his female patients is found in an apparent suicide and the local paper begins printing accusations from an unnamed source of sexual impropriety between the woman and Dr. Gregory. He launches a psychological and personal quest for the truth that rapidly intensifies when more of his patients die untimely deaths, and Gregory suspects not only that the deaths are related but that another one of his patients may be somehow involved.

In Fueling Freedom, energy experts Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White make an unapologetic case for fossil fuels, turning around progressives' protestations to prove that if fossil fuel energy is supplanted by "green" alternatives for political reasons, humanity will take a giant step backwards and the planet will be less safe, less clean, and less free.

Boston… Summer… 1989. Vincent McAllister, the manager of a Blockbuster Video store and a hardcore horror movie savant, wants to be a famous writer, but the rejection slips start to pile up. Being told in the letters his style lacks “realism,” Vincent decides maybe he needs to “practice what he preaches” and unleashes a killing spree on the city. His clues left at the scene and the methods of the killings taken from classic horror films. Stumped by the clues, two Boston detectives and a disgraced ex-Red Sox player team up to try and stop the murders and find the killer.

The story of Assad and Frances Hajjar is a love story for the ages; he the son of a poor Lebanese furniture-maker turned priest, and she the daughter of a wealthy Italian sea merchant. It’s a tale of unwavering devotion that spans nearly a half-century and four continents, intermingling as it does with the people and events that helped shape our world; from Popes and suffragettes, to heroes and anarchists. Sadly, it’s also a love story that begins and ends with unspeakable acts of violence, events that will define their places in history while at the same time testing their love for ...

Tossed into a social, political and culture firestorm that epitomized the 1960s, five friends from very different backgrounds form a strong bond at a small Vermont College in the fall of 1966. Mark Dennett is from Boston and aspires to be a great writer. Devon Wilson is from the tougher section of Newark, NJ and is smart and tough-minded. Gerard Ozman (“Oz”) is a gifted athlete who misses the sand and surf of California. Stevie Polkowski from the Chicago-area is timid, insecure, and overwhelmed. Jenny Porter is a small town girl from Vermont. Over the course of four years of college, ...

A candid personal story of one radio broadcaster’s life, both on and off the air. It’s a look behind-the-scenes of the radio business and how it is has evolved for the author over many decades.

1979 … The rock world is on fire as guitar-slinger Nikki St. Ann and his band, Nightshade, take the country by storm with a number-one album and a sold out concert tour. But is Nikki St. Ann really what he appears to be? And why are there so many missing persons and bizarre murders happening at every stop on the tour? It’s up to five individuals to solve this mystery: a Boston Police Detective, the owner of a record store and his young manager, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, and a fallen Catholic priest. Together they must confront their own demons and face the ultimate challenge...

In the late-1990s, Boston’s waterfront area is a barren wasteland of warehouses, parking lots and dive bars. An unscrupulous real estate developer, T. Paul Pritchard, has a vision of rejuvenating the area with a luxury 25-story apartment building. The only problem is the land he wants to build on is a residential section of South Boston, which raises the ire of notorious Southie gangster, Shay Givens. As Pritchard’s plan comes to fruition, and bodies start to fall in his war with Givens, Pritchard must deal with one of the residents, a mysterious old Romanian woman. Just before she is ...

Each episode of the Business Valuation Real Talk podcast will cover an aspect of the business valuation world from mergers and acquisitions to financing, structuring a family limited partnership through estate planning, practice management and a variety of other relevant topics. The conversations with subject matter experts will provide in-depth discussions, looking at past case studies to provide some context. Mostly, the aim here is to educate the business community in business valuation but there is something here for even the most battle-hardened investment bankers, private bankers, ...

In 1945 Hitler committed suicide in his bunker… or did he? In 2008 our nation was on the brink of economic collapse… but what, or who, was behind it? These two compelling questions intersect in this thrilling look at how the events in the final days of World War II could have possibly had a direct impact on the near total collapse of the U.S. financial sector. But to what end? Part historical fiction, part political thriller, The Voice of Rage & Ruin will keep you riveted as pieces are put ruthlessly into place in order to shape a new America.

The bloody legend of Jack the Ripper has haunted our memories for over 100 years, certainly long enough that we no longer feel threatened. But what if, through a strange set of circumstances, Jack the Ripper no longer stalked the dark and dirty alleys of 1888 London looking for his victims? What if instead the killer suddenly materialized in 2021, finding himself now empowered in a techno-world of dating apps, Facebook groups, and online chats? Potential victims at the tip of his fingers. A kid in a bloody candy store. But who will stop him?

THE BIG DIG. It is the mega-construction project that paralyzed Boston in the late-1990s, the largest urban construction project in history. But something is going terribly wrong as more and more mysterious deaths begin to pile up during the excavation, causing a shutdown and a loss of millions of dollars. An evil has been unleashed. One that had lay dormant for 100 years, last rearing its horrific specter during the digging of Boston’s first underground subway system in 1895. It was hungry then… and it’s hungry now.

Officer Norman was only a teenager when his quiet neighborhood fell victim to a brutal serial killer's bloody games. Too young to help, but not too young to feel helpless. Now, 25 years later, as he patrols his beat, he can't help but wonder about the killer. A killer who is still out there, somewhere. Haunting memories of a case never to be solved...or is it?

Join Joe, Brad, and Steve for this week's small-town news. We can't make these stories up. As unbelievable as they sound, these are true stories reported by America's small-town newspapers.

We are a UK-based Christian discussion podcast. Run by Stephen White and Mike Tyler we discuss all things Christian and theological from a UK based perspective & application. We are both Evangelical and Bible-centred. Nothing is out-of-bounds for discussion as nothing is out-of-bounds of the application of the word of God. People from all Christian backgrounds and none should find lots of interesting, stimulating and entertaining discussions.

Jake Sampson is a hot shot Boston forensic pathologist. In his field he is a rock star; celebrity court appearances, book signings, TV appearances. Jake Sampson has it all, until the day he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. As his celebrity status diminishes as he gets weaker and can no longer work, Jake turns to a secret remedy that delivers fantastic results. At the same time a serial killer stalks the Boston medical community. Back at the top of his game, Jake gets involved with the case. But whenever he touches a victim during an autopsy, Jake sees images that might reveal ...