The Housewife Assassin's Manners, Missiles, and Mayhem

The Housewife Assassin's Manners, Missiles, and Mayhem
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher: Signal Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2022-11-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1970093293

The clock is ticking as Acme covert operatives Donna and Jack Craig and their mission team traverse the country to take down the embedded Russian spies and their turned assets, who are sabotaging the United State’s missile grid.

The Housewife Assassin's Handbook

The Housewife Assassin's Handbook
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher: Signal Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2011-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0974021407

Every desperate housewife wants an alias. Donna Stone has one, and it happens to be government-sanctions. But when terrorism hits close to home, espionage makes for strange bedfellows -- and brings new meaning to the old adage, "Honey, I'm home..."

The Housewife Assassin's Underwater Assets

The Housewife Assassin's Underwater Assets
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher: Signal Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2024-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1970093277

Murder. Suspense. Sex. And some handy financial tips. IN BOOK 24 OF THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES: Donna and Jack’s hard-earned vacation on a secluded resort island turns out to be anything but that when they stumble onto a dead body—and a plot to consolidate the world’s financial assets under the control of a geopolitical investment consortium.

The Housewife Assassin's Killer Christmas Tips

The Housewife Assassin's Killer Christmas Tips
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher: Signal Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-11-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0974021474

'Tis the season for mistletoe...and murder! There will be no peace on Earth if Donna doesn't find a shipping container filled with heat-seeking missiles!

The Housewife Assassin's Deep State Deep Fake Bake-Off

The Housewife Assassin's Deep State Deep Fake Bake-Off
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher: Signal Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2024-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1970093242

Murder. Revenge. Sex. And some handy Thanksgiving tips. IN BOOK 25, A NOVELLA IN THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES: When an act of terrorism turns the country’s cellular devices into weapons of mass destruction and domestic airline travel into death flights, espionage’s deadliest duo, Donna and Jack Craig’s Thanksgiving gathering escalates from an already too-full house and a possible culinary catastrophe to ground zero for an international incident when some unexpected guests turn up on their doorstep.

The Housewife Assassin Gets Lucky

The Housewife Assassin Gets Lucky
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher: Signal Press
Total Pages: 335
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0692150919

When two hot, haute heroines team up to solve a murder, neither can afford to be fashionably late. No one expected to find a dead girl in the Royal Suite at the Babylon’s posh London club. Who would kill her? And why? With little to go on and no friends to rely on, Lucky O’Toole, the Babylon’s Chief Problem Solver, is dispatched to…well, to solve the problem. But she needs to be in Paris. Her fiancé—and, worse, his mother—are counting on her presence at a party in her honor in seventy-two hours, more or less. With a personal-life time-bomb ticking, Lucky hopes for a quick solution. A mystery woman, seen leaving the Royal Suite just before the girl’s body is discovered, attracts Lucky’s attention. She has to be the key… On loan to the CIA, assassin Donna Stone Craig and her crack black-ops team have stepped into a viper’s nest. First, they darn near get out-bid and overwhelmed at an auction to acquire a vintage purse hiding some critical intel its lining. Then a very important source Donna is to meet at the Babylon London Club winds up dead. And the young woman’s intel—bearing incredible global consequences—is encrypted. She was the only one who could give Donna the cipher, and she’s dead. Surely someone else would know. But, who? It’s easy to see why Acme’s prime suspect is the tall brunette who acts like she owns the place. Lucky O’Toole shows up at the wrong time, and in the wrong place. But before Donna and Lucky can find the right answers, they must overcome their reservations and resolve their differences. But can they learn to trust each other before the real killer gets away? They have to. Their lives—and world peace—depend on it. If you love addictively gripping dark comedy absurdist satires starring hardboiled women sleuths mixed up in an explosive plot of nternational crime, intrigue, and terrorism. PRAISE FOR THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN GETS LUCKY “Pure fun. First off, what a hoot to see two excellent crime novelists get together on a project. And then to have it come off so smooth...and entertainment? Yep, it's a fun romp. You'll be laughing while you turn the pages.”" "Ms. Coonts and Ms. Brown seamlessly intertwine the two separate characters and the combined story so that you follow the developments with laughter and suspense until the brilliant conclusion. This was such a unique idea to have the two separate characters meet and be involved in one story. If you have not read both authors you will feel comfortable as the they have provided enough backstory that you will not feel lost. The writing…the characters…great read! " “Perfect marriage of two great series. A funny murder mystery with a political side, a helping of rom-com and a relatable mom-com. The two authors combine all these elements and the two sets of characters seamlessly and still continue to develop the characters. I couldn't put it down. Two sassy leading ladies (winging it on the best way) for the price of one!" "Donna and Lucky in the same book?! How can that possibly work? Well not only does it work it's more than I could have expected. The way the characters POV never interrupted the story and it never felt disjointed, you can tell this was a labor of love for both authors. Well done!! Or as the Brits say bloody good job!: "What a great book. I have read all of the Lucky books but this was my first exposure to the Housewife Assassin. I was so impressed with the writing of Josie Brown that I purchased the first five series of the book. Plan to get them all. Could not put the book down. So much action. Could not wait for Lucky and Donna to meet. Hope these two authors collaborate on another book soon." "A brilliant collaboration! These two plucky, powerful women are thrown into each other’s paths and an exciting time is to be had. I can see these characters coming together again!"

The Housewife Assassin's Handbook

The Housewife Assassin's Handbook
Author: Josie Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781942052098

Murder, suspense, sex--and some handy household tips. Every desperate housewife wants an alias. Donna Stone has one--and it happens to be government-sanctioned. Donna leads a secret life as an assassin.

The Keeper

The Keeper
Author: John Lescroart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501104527

From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting novel featuring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky on the hunt for clues about a woman who has gone missing. On the evening before Thanksgiving, Hal Chase, a guard in the San Francisco County Jail, drives to the airport to pick up his step-brother for the weekend. When they return, Hal’s wife, Katie, has disappeared without a clue. By the time Dismas Hardy hears about this, Katie has been missing for five days. The case strikes close to home because Katie had been seeing Hardy’s wife, a marriage counselor. By this time, the original Missing Persons case has become a suspected homicide, and Hal is the prime suspect. And the lawyer he wants for his defense is none other than Hardy himself. Hardy calls on his friend, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky, to look into the case. At first it seems like the police might have it right; the Chases’ marriage was fraught with problems; Hal’s alibi is suspect; the life insurance policy on Katie was huge. But Glitsky’s mission is to identify other possible suspects, and there proves to be no shortage of them: Patti Orosco—rich, beautiful, dangerous, and Hal’s former lover; the still unknown person who had a recent affair with Katie; even Hal’s own step-mother Ruth, resentful of Katie’s gatekeeping against her grandchildren. And as Glitsky probes further, he learns of an incident at the San Francisco jail, where Hal works—only one of many questionable inmate deaths that have taken place there. Then, when Katie’s body is found not three blocks from the Chase home, Homicide arrests Hal and he finds himself an inmate in the very jail where he used to work, a place full of secrets he knows all too well. Against this backdrop of conspiracy and corruption, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis, an obsessed Glitsky closes in on the elusive truth. As other deaths begin to pile up he realizes, perhaps too late, that the next victim might be himself.

Smoke, Mirrors And Murder

Smoke, Mirrors And Murder
Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2008-12-09
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1847397352

An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars.... A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities, eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down.... A modest preacher's wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argument -- but there's more to her shattering story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed with stunning clarity in a page-turning collection you won't be able to put down. Included in this volume are stories of a victim burned beyond recognition - spontaneous human combustion? - impossible - and yet no one else seemed to enter or exit; a man who was a woman who was a man, whose con games in a small community led to murder; a "counterfeit priest" who wasn't a priest at all; a lifetime rapist; and the strangest case ever to hit Montana.

Uranus Exodus

Uranus Exodus
Author: Maysam Yabandeh
Publisher: Maysam Yabandeh
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1005716714

LYNDA is trapped in a prototype of an advanced VR game called URANUS, a simulation of life so realistic that before entering it the gamers are put into an induced coma. The only way to wake up from it is that she voluntarily exits the game. Not realizing the difference between the lifelike game and the real life, however, Lynda is unwilling to exit. To save her, another gamer must risk his life, enter the game, and convince her of the truth. Seven of the best VR gamers have already attempted that, but they themselves ended up getting trapped in the game. The last hope is RYAN, Lynda's ex and also a champion in video game tournaments. This is an opportunity for him to make use of his gaming talents, become a hero, and also hopefully win Lynda's heart back.