Lethal Deception

Lethal Deception
Author: Lynette Eason
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 142681304X

Who wanted her dead? Having rescued Cassidy McKnight from kidnappers in South America, Gabe Sinclair thought his job was done. Not that the former Navy SEAL could ever forget the brave, beautiful single mother. But when the danger followed her home, Gabe promised to protect her. Why anyone would want to kill Cassidy was a mystery. Was the motive related to the orphaned toddler Cassidy was raising, a sweet little girl who brought out the father fi gure in maverick Gabe? Or did a newly revealed family secret have killer consequences?

A Lethal Deception

A Lethal Deception
Author: Rachel Amphlett
Publisher: Saxon Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1913498816

When a brutal attack on a business owner is followed by a suspicious death, the police first suspect the beginning of a new underworld drugs war. Then a second victim is found dead, and the truth starts to look like something much worse. With the death toll rising and her career under scrutiny from the media and her own superiors, Kay Hunter is running out of time to unravel the deadly secrets hiding behind ruthless ambition and treachery. But Kay isn’t going to give up easily. Because this time, the first victim is closer to home… A Lethal Deception is the 11th book in the Detective Kay Hunter series by USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett, and perfect for readers who love fast-paced crime thrillers. The Detective Kay Hunter series: 1. Scared to Death 2. Will to Live 3. One to Watch 4. Hell to Pay 5. Call to Arms 6. Gone to Ground 7. Bridge to Burn 8. Cradle to Grave 9. Turn to Dust 10. A Darker Place 11. A Lethal Deception Detective books, thriller books, crime fiction, crime fiction books, cold case, crime fiction authors, British detective series, female cop, female detective, small town, rural crime, English detective series, English detective, murder mystery series, book series, hard boiled fiction, noir, mystery series, suspense, thriller, mystery, Kent, England, women sleuth, legal thriller, NCIS, law and order, criminal justice, John Grisham, thriller series, mystery series, strong female, strong female protagonist, police procedural, thriller and suspense, crime, police officer, legal, suspense series, crime, financial, murder, theft, death, due justice, deadly, killer, crime fiction, crime novel, kidnapping, serial killers, book, series, women's fiction, detective, contemporary fiction, genre fiction, new release, USA Today, bestselling, Harlan Coben, David Baldacci, Ann Cleeves, Peter James, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Ian Rankin, Louise Penny, CJ Box, DK Hood, Rachel Lynch, Mary Stone, MJ Lee, Caroline Mitchell, LJ Ross, Robert Bryndza, Angela Marsons, Patricia Gibney, Carol Wyer, Cara Hunter, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, Tess Gerritsen, Ian Rankin, Nick Louth, Steve Cavanagh, Adrian McKinty, Jane Harper

The Final Deception

The Final Deception
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488055424

How do you confront a threat that is hiding in plain sight? FBI agent Craig Frasier and psychologist Kieran Finnegan hunt an escaped serial killer in the latest explosive thriller in the New York Confidential series. It was one of Kieran’s most chilling cases: her assessment of a murderer known as the Fireman. There was no doubt that the man needed to be locked away. Now Craig is called to a gruesome crime scene that matches the killer’s methods, and news breaks that the Fireman has escaped prison. Amid a citywide manhunt, Kieran and Craig need to untangle a web of deceit, privilege and greed. They suspect that those closest to the killer have been drawn into his evil, or else someone is using another man’s madness and cruelty to disguise their crimes. When their investigation brings the danger right to the doorstep of Finnegan’s Pub, Kieran and Craig will have to be smarter and bolder than ever before, because this time it’s personal, and they have everything to lose.

The Deception

The Deception
Author: Kat Martin
Publisher: HQN Books
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488054320

“Fans of romantic suspense won’t be able to put this book down until the final page is turned.”—Publishers Weekly on The Deception When missing turns to murdered, one woman's search for answers will take her to a place she never wanted to go... After searching for her sister for two long years, Kate Gallagher is devastated when she’s called to the morgue to identify Chrissy’s body, the runaway teen the victim of a brutal attack. Guilt and grief send Kate into a tailspin. She failed Chrissy once...she won’t do it again. Even if finding her sister’s killer means following a lethal bounty hunter into the heart of darkness, placing both their lives in danger. Working at Maximum Security has taken Jason Maddox down some dangerous paths, but never for a client he’s so drawn to, or for a case so monstrous. As clues lead them deeper into the city’s underbelly, connections to human trafficking draw them closer and closer to peril, but even Jase’s warnings can’t convince Kate to walk away. As the deadly operation puts a target on their backs, they’ll have to decide what matters most: the truth...or their lives.

Fatal Deception

Fatal Deception
Author: Michael Bowker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0743251431

STILL LEGAL, STILL LETHAL Most Americans mistakenly believe asbestos was banned long ago. In fact, it is still legal and can still kill you. Its microscopic fibers cause painful and incurable diseases. Despite being outlawed in nearly every other industrialized country, asbestos remains a legal component of more than three thousand common products in the United States. These include toasters, washers/dryers, ovens, building supplies, and automobile brakes. Our confusion about asbestos is no accident. Fatal Deception is a chilling exposé of the asbestos industry's successful seventy-year campaign to hide the deadly effects of its products from the American people. The stakes are high -- tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. Michael Bowker rips the cover off the decades of deceit, including the treachery in Libby, Montana, site of the most deadly environmental disaster in U.S. history. He also unveils a startling and ongoing cover-up at Ground Zero -- where thousands of New Yorkers may still be suffering from exposure to dangerous levels of asbestos fibers. Compelling, enraging, and very timely, Fatal Deception is not just a fascinating story, it is a plea to the government and to the American people to help sponsor research into asbestos-related diseases -- and a call to arms to ban asbestos now.

Lethal Love

Lethal Love
Author: Perri Forrest
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2020-10-11
Genre:
ISBN:

I loved a man and I thought he loved me. So, his cheating-ass ways were a big surprise to me. Even more shocking, was who he risked it all for... somebody I never had a reason to believe, was a whore. But I blame me... Because I'm usually better about who's in my space, knowing that those in relationships, sometimes wear more than a single face. They wanted to tap dance on someone's heart. They probably should've thought long and hard about that part. So now because of what was done... it's only fair that I have me some fun. I guess now they need to be shown the error of their ways. To the point that they're asking to see better days. Cue the deep sigh... Now, in the middle of my storm, something new fell in my path. Something beautiful, something amazing... he came with a taste of something I've never had. There's absolutely no rushing, to the beat of love, present in my view... But once my mission is complete, who knows what my heart will want to do? The only disclaimer I'll offer is this... "You'll either love me or hate me by the end of this tale, but I operated off of one goal, only ... that was to prevail." Signed, Nova Skai Levine ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ - ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ - ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ SMALL SAMPLE: "Was that your first kill? I'm intrigued. I haven't seen you so much as break a sweat with any of this shit-unless, you did it in private-which I doubt. How does that happen?" "You strike me as the type that already knows the answer to that. Besides, even if I could answer it, I'm sure it's different for everybody." "Right. But I'm not interested in everybody. I'm interested in-" I turned to him. "Mr. Davis, have you ever been hurt so badly that your heart feels like it's going to burst out your chest? Have you ever been so filled with anger that you feel a thick layer of heat eclipse your entire form-head to toe? Maybe you have. Maybe you haven't. In my case, when it happens, I become another person. That person shows up... she's different. Remorseless, vengeful. Just like the perpetrators come and disrupt my life with no remorse, I come to theirs with the exact same energy." "Hmm..." he said in a voice softer than the one he usually spoke with. "I guess it's a lot safer on the softer side of you." He shrugged and held his gaze on me. I thought I saw a little bit of empathy there. "At the end of the day," he continued, "their loss was my gain." He started to laugh and something in me swelled. Why was laughter even a part of that moment? I felt mocked, played. It showed me in living color that he felt like the powerful one. Him being in power was already a pre-existing issue for me. And yes, he did have the upper hand. But laughing about it wasn't something that sat right with me. "I'm glad you find all of this funny." "And you don't?" "Actually, I don't. I don't think it's funny at all." "You've got heart. And not just heart; you got the balls of a man." "Like every one of y'all have balls. Tuh. That's debatable." "Whoa. Ouch." He reached for the door, finally ready to fetch a carrier for the money. "And on that note. I'll be right-"

Deception Point

Deception Point
Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: Pocket Books
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982122358

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno and the “master of smart thrills” (People) comes a “rocket-fast thriller” (Vince Flynn) about an astonishing NASA discovery that unravels a deadly conspiracy that leads all the way to the White House. When a NASA satellite spots evidence of an astoundingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory—one that could have profound implications for US space policy and the impending presidential election. With his re-election hanging in the balance, the President sends White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery. Before she can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power broker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all in this “taut, fast-paced, barn-burner of a book” (St. Petersburg Times).

A Lethal Legacy

A Lethal Legacy
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488088640

TREASURE OR TREACHERY? Douglas Island sits off the coast of New York State, its imposing cliffs warning away visitors. Still, Finn Douglas has big plans for his inheritance and the rambling manor house that dominates the landscape. He has a vision to turn the island into a resort getaway for overworked city dwellers. But when the broken body of his business partner is found at the base of the rocky escarpment, he fears it wasn’t an accident. Special Agent Craig Frasier agrees to help his cousin Finn by investigating and, with psychologist Kieran Finnegan at his side, heads to the island. As Craig and Kieran delve into the history of the Douglas estate, they discover that the property comes complete with strange lore and a blood-soaked past. Something evil seems to be lurking in the caverns that run beneath the stony ground. Is there something on the island that someone is willing to kill to protect? Kieran and Craig take on a dangerous search for the truth, where one false step could send them plummeting to their deaths, and one wrong turn could bring them face-to-face with a killer.

The Prometheus Deception/The Sigma Protocol

The Prometheus Deception/The Sigma Protocol
Author: Robert Ludlum
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 1316
Release: 2006-09-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429993731

Prometheus Deception Robert Ludlum is the acknowledged master of suspense and international intrigue. For over thirty years, in over twenty international bestsellers, he has a set a standard that has never been equaled. Now, with the Prometheus Deception, he proves that he is at the very pinnacle of his craft. Nicholas Bryson spent years as a deep cover operative for the American secret intelligence group, the Directorate. After critical undercover mission went horribly wrong, Bryson was retired to a new identity. Years later, his closely held cover is cracked and Bryson learns that the Directorate was not what it claimed - that he was a pawn in a complex scheme against his own country's interests. Now, it has become increasingly clear that the shadowy Directorate is headed for some dangerous endgame - but no one knows precisely who they are and what they are planning. With Bryson their only possible asset, the director of the CIA recruits Bryson to find, reinfiltrate, and stop the Directorate. But after years on the sidelines, Bryson's field skills are rusty, his contacts unreliable, and his instincts suspect. With everything he thought he knew about his own life in question, Bryson is all alone in a wilderness of mirrors - unsure what is and isn't true and who, if anyone, he can trust - with the future of millions in the balance. Sigma Protocol Ben Hartman is vacationing in Zurich, Switzerland when he chances upon his old friend Jimmy Cavanaugh—a madman who's armed and programmed to assassinate. In a matter of minutes, six innocent bystanders are dead. So is Cavanaugh. But when his body vanishes, and his weapon mysteriously appears in Hartman's luggage, Hartman is plunged into an unfathomable nightmare... Meanwhile, Anna Navarro, field agent for the Department of Justice, has been asked to investigate the sudden, random deaths of eleven men throughout the world. The only thing that connects them? A secret file, over a half-century old, that's linked to the CIA—and is marked with the same puzzling codename: Sigma. As Anna follows the connecting thread—and Hartman finds himself on the run—she ends up in the shadows of a relentless killer who is one step ahead of her...victim by victim. Now, she and Hartman together must uncover the diabolical secrets long held behind Sigma. It will threaten everything they think they know about themselves—and confirm their very worst fears...

Holiday Illusion

Holiday Illusion
Author: Lynette Eason
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 142682470X

To save a sick, orphaned boy, Anna Freeman must risk her own life. Little Paulo desperately needs a new heart. It's his only Christmas wish—well, that and building his first snowman. For the surgery, Anna must take him to a hospital in the city she once called home. A place she fled in fear years ago. Which means telling Dr. Lucas Bennett that the woman he's known all this time as a caring orphanage worker is really someone else. Someone with a very frightening past. And that the danger stalking all of them won't take Christmas Day off.