Blood of Tyrants

Blood of Tyrants
Author: Ken Shufeldt
Publisher: Forge Books
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765381699

Ken Shufeldt's Blood of Tyrants is a gripping political thriller exploring the devastating effects that unlimited political funding, if permitted, could produce. Backed by a secretive Super PAC, Richard Wilkes, an old money Virginia businessman, upsets the incumbent to win the Presidency. His term begins smoothly enough—until ISIS launches horrific terrorist attacks on American soil. In way over his head, the President refuses to take action, paving the way for the terrorists to use a stolen Pakistani nuke to incinerate almost a million Americans. Fed up with his incompetence, multi-billionaire Walter Jefferson leads several high ranking military leaders and a band of patriots in a bloody coup. After eliminating President Wilkes and almost everyone on the Presidential succession list, Jefferson proclaims himself Chancellor and begins moving “undesirables” into internment camps. He then orders the military to invade Canada and Mexico in a desperate attempt to wipe out the ISIS contingents hiding there, and to build a buffer zone around the country. There are catastrophic losses on all sides. There’s only one hope for the United States now: the last survivor on the Presidential succession list, the Secretary of State. This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.

Intervention

Intervention
Author: Robin Cook
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2009-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101133422

New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, as medical detective Jack Stapleton investigates the promises—and deadly risks—of alternative medicine and is led deep into the heart of a religious conspiracy... Medical examiners and husband-and-wife pair Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are consumed with worry for their young son, who has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. But, as always, Jack turns to his work for solace; after performing a postmortem on a promising young woman who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, he begins researching alternative medicine as a way to avoid obsessing about his child’s illness. Meanwhile, Jack’s college buddy, a renowned archaeologist and biblical scholar, makes a spectacular find at a souk in Cairo: an ancient codex, whose contents may vault him to international fame—and jeopardize the very nature of papal infallibility. And the bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, another former classmate, turns to Jack to help safeguard an explosive secret, one with the power to change lives forever...

Pale Shadows: An Autobiographical Novel

Pale Shadows: An Autobiographical Novel
Author: Angyl Nihthasu
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2007-12-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 061525246X

It is the autumn of 1986. San Francisco is home to two powerful practitioners of Magick, Laine Douglas and his pupil Amarantha Powell. When Laine has a disturbing vision involving Amarantha's lover Donovan Walsh, he and Amarantha's best friend Heather Dominguez must determine if this new mage is a threat and if so, how to stop him before Laine's bad dreams and frail suspicions become reality. Based on true events.

Enough is Enough

Enough is Enough
Author: Jeanne McNally
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2015-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1681392089

Her future cast in stone since birth, Sydney Madison Graystone the 4th was heir to her family’s multimillion-dollar corporation. Groomed by her grandfather to be a hardcore businesswoman, Sydney earned a reputation as a work-driven, inflexible, iron-handed executive, subsequently earning herself the title of “Ice Princess.” Something enters Sydney’s well-ordered life causing unbelievable upheaval. Her drunken, self-absorbed, and irresponsible twin brother, Kyle, is sleeping on her living room sofa. However, when tragedy strikes, Kyle is nowhere to be found. Sydney looks for support, but only one person offers to help her—a man she may have misjudged—Nicholas Tillman. After many months of hard work to rebuild his reputation, Tillman’s new accounting firm is thriving. He offers his assistance to a struggling woman that he later recognizes is the very same executive that ruined his career. Upon realizing her identity, anger and resentment come flooding in, but Tillman will find his future surprisingly linked to this woman. With charges of embezzlement looming over his head, Tillman must seek Sydney’s help in locating the real criminal in order to clear his name. The international team Sydney has chosen develops a strong friendship that bonds them together as comrades, but for two of them, their casual relationship becomes a catalyst for passion and desire.

Catch A Mate

Catch A Mate
Author: Gena Showalter
Publisher: HQN Books
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426812167

with his pants down Jillian Greene is always getting caught in the act—it's her job! Working at Catch a Mate, Jillian gets paid by suspicious wives to smile, flirt and prove that no man can be trusted around the opposite sex. But she never gets physical—until a heart-stoppingly gorgeous male walks in.… Marcus Brody has just been hired to test female fidelity. But the last thing Jillian needs is a partner…especially an infuriating, irresistible man who's got her fantasizing about tearing off his clothes!

Cleo

Cleo
Author: Doyle Johnson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2011-06-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1462016065

After a homeless man witnesses a double homicide, he begins a run for his life with two valises that hold the secret to the murder. Cleo Hertzwitz has hit rock bottom. His worldly possessions consist of a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, a knife, and an old overcoat. Through no fault of his own, the former white-collar executive and family man is penniless, desperate, and clinging to the hope that one day he will find his way back home. After Cleo inadvertently witnesses a murder in a dark alley, he crawls from hiding and grabs two valises left next to the bodies of the dead men. Now on the run for his life, Cleo hops on a boxcar to escape, not realizing that someone witnessed him running from the murder scene. Now, the police have added Cleo to their list of suspects. Meanwhile, Cleo finds a job, a place to stay, and a new lifeall while keeping the valises a secret from everyone. Caught between two worlds and sought by both police and gangsters, Cleo is about to discover that he unwittingly holds the key to solving a double murder. In this chilling thriller, a homeless man must rely on the kindness of strangers and his gut instincts to outsmart those determined to stand in the way of his return to a peaceful existence.

Death Comes Too Late

Death Comes Too Late
Author: Charles Ardai
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2024-03-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1803366273

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME – 20 UNFORGETTABLE STORIES BY HARD CASE CRIME FOUNDER CHARLES ARDAI “A MASTER OF THE SHORT STORY.” – STEPHEN KING Since debuting 20 years ago, Hard Case Crime has won acclaim for publishing the best in hardboiled crime fiction – not least of all the work of founding editor Charles Ardai, which has won the Edgar, Shamus and Ellery Queen Awards, been selected for ‘Best of the Year’ anthologies, and earned praise from everyone from the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune to Megan Abbott and Stephen King. Collected here for the first time anywhere are the author’s 20 finest stories, including his Edgar-winning “The Home Front,” about death and repentance during World War II; the Shamus Award finalist “Nobody Wins,” about a brutal gangland enforcer searching for the woman he loves; and year’s-best selections such as “A Bar Called Charley’s,” about a traveling salesman’s most grueling night on the road. From Brazil at Carnival to Times Square at midnight, from Tijuana, Mexico to history’s first gunshot in 11th-century China, Ardai will take you to some of the most dangerous places in the world – and the darkest corners of the human heart.

The Dicer

The Dicer
Author: A. B. Kayge
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2022-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Homicide Detective Cal Miller is being taunted by the infamous serial killer, whom the media has dubbed as "the Dicer." Unfortunately for Cal, things become very personal, and he is put on a leave of absence with "the Dicer's" most recent kidnapping. When another body turns up, and he is no closer to finding the killer than he was almost a year ago, Cal and his partner, Kenzi, are at a loss. Can Cal and his partner Kenzi find this killer before it's too late? Content and trigger warnings: abuse, graphic violence, harassment, kidnapping, and language. Please be aware that these themes are in this book, and you are being forewarned ahead of time.

Second String

Second String
Author: Marilyn Anderson
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2023-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Four friends, four coaches, a football team, and a vendetta. An afternoon ride solidified the alliance among the four captains of the Last Creek Lobos, who called themselves the Four Horsemen, and started the football season of a lifetime. Jackson McCullen, Bobby Surges, Nick Hartford, and Joe Blackfeather looked forward to their senior season playing side by side as first-string players, but Coach Burton had other plans for Jackson, who would always be second string in Burton’s mind. But who, or what, really determined who was first string or second string? The roster, the coach, or the player? No one understood Burton’s prejudice against Jackson…not Coach Morrison, his friend and colleague; not Tricia, his daughter who had a crush on Jackson; and especially not Jackson himself. Week after week, tension and frustration built; stakes became higher; and the question of “why” remained unanswered. Follow the Lobos throughout their season and find out who really was second string.

The Jump Off

The Jump Off
Author: Doug Dixon
Publisher: Dafina Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780758213570

Successful engineer Troy likes his relationships short, hot and hassle-free. Until one day at the beach, looking for his next no-strings fling, he meets Jennifer Stevens - a beautiful, career-driven attorney who's got no time for Troy's games. Finally Troy's ready to make a real commitment, but it means long-distance dating when Jennifer gets a job offer in Atlanta. But no sooner than he's said goodbye, jealousy and insecurity hits Troy... and temptation from seductive co-worker Dana. The only thing that'll help him now is honesty - pure and simple.