So Young to Burn

So Young to Burn
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755152239

A series of acid-throwing attacks has everyone mystified. Is it the work of young hooligans, or are there more sinister forces at play? Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard must solve the case, and quickly. However, he finds himself dealing with bigoted parents and a hospital full of perverts, not to mention robbery and murder along the way.

She's Too Pretty to Burn

She's Too Pretty to Burn
Author: Wendy Heard
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250246768

“An anxiety-ridden ride as two girls' lives crash together through secrets, love and danger. . . Captivating and stunningly visual.” —Aiden Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of Cemetery Boys An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too Pretty to Burn, an expertly plotted YA thriller by Wendy Heard. The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot—full of adventure—and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect . . . one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive. Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, this sexy psychological thriller explores the intersections of love, art, danger, and power. Christy Ottaviano Books

Too Young to Vote but Old Enough to Kill

Too Young to Vote but Old Enough to Kill
Author: DF Ryschka
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2012-03-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469180898

Raw, hard hitting, not politically correct, as it was during the early years of the 1970s. See through the soldiers eyes his perspectives, as he takes you visually through his personal slice of the non-winnable Vietnam War. Feel his fear and euphoria from the mundane to the cracking sounds of AK 47 rounds zipping past his head. Meet the friendly creatures persecuting the Grunts daily, while on operations. Feel his feelings on the few rest days, trying to unwind. A must to read, if you want the feeling of a simple private soldier, living his own private hell.

America! You're Too Young to Die!

America! You're Too Young to Die!
Author: Chuck Anderson
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2007-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602661561

According to Anderson, the ruins of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah stand today as a sign that Gods Word is not a fairy tale to be taken lightly. Further, he relates that the prophets say that the youngest and most powerful of nations--America--will one day experience the same fate. (Social Issues)

Nothing Left to Burn

Nothing Left to Burn
Author: Jay Varner
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2010-09-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1616200294

Nothing Left to Burn is a remarkable memoir that looks into the life of a family that has spent years harboring secrets, both dark and volatile. It eloquently tells the story of a son’s relationship with his father, the fire chief and a local hero, and his grandfather, a serial arsonist. When Jay Varner, fresh out of college, returns home to work for the local newspaper, he knows that he will have to deal with the memories of a childhood haunted by a grandfather who was both menacing and comical and by a father who died too young and who never managed to be the father Jay so desperately needed him to be. In digging into the past, he uncovers layers of secrets, lies, and half-truths. It is only when he finally has the truth in hand that he comes to an understanding of the forces that drove his father, and of the fires that for all his efforts his father could never extinguish.

Where Fires Are To Burn

Where Fires Are To Burn
Author: Mark L. Watson
Publisher: MLW Publishing
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1081197552

Long after the evacuation, Ryan and Kiara are fighting to keep their family alive in a world where everything fights back against them. But when their son is taken, they must set out across apocalypse-ravaged Mexico to search for him, risking absolutely everything to do so. Beautiful and brutal, this is the story of an undying love and the lengths one must go to to protect it in the most unforgiving world.

The Mortal Tally series

The Mortal Tally series
Author: Sam Sykes
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316374903

Acclaimed author Sam Sykes returns with the second thrilling novel in his Bring Down Heaven series. The heart of civilization bleeds. Cier'Djaal, once the crowning glory of the civilized world, has gone from a city to a battlefield and a battlefield to a graveyard. Foreign armies clash relentlessly on streets laden with the bodies of innocents caught in the crossfire. Cultists and thieves wage shadow wars, tribal armies foment outside the city's walls, and haughty aristocrats watch the world burn from on high. As his companions struggle to keep the city from destroying itself, Lenk travels to the Forbidden East in search of the demon who caused it all. But even as he pursues Khoth-Kapira, dark whispers plague his thoughts. Khoth-Kapira promises him a world free of war where Lenk can put down his sword at last. And Lenk finds it hard not to listen. When gods are deaf, demons will speak.

Nothing Left to Burn

Nothing Left to Burn
Author: Heather Ezell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0448494264

Relates, in non-linear chronology, events of the twenty-four hours following sixteen-year-old Audrey's mandatory evacuation from the path of a wildfire, as she recalls her tempestuous relationship with troubled volunteer firefighter Brook.

Wives to Burn

Wives to Burn
Author: Lawrence G. Blochman
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2023-07-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504085795

Desire and deceit bring an American detective to colonial India, where the sweltering heat gives way to cold-hearted murder in this Golden Age mystery. William Shakespeare Gabriel once thought he would try and fulfill his middle name’s potential, but he was whisked from journalism to the pursuit of crime. Now, the private detective is in India on the eve of World War II. He’s been hired to find Fred Oaks, the black sheep son of an American sugar and molasses tycoon who was disinherited by his recently deceased father. Gabriel finds Oaks in the crime-ridden port city of Shakkarpur, where the soldier of fortune is sowing political unrest and—quite unwittingly—passion among the women. When Gabriel’s female client is murdered, Oaks is the obvious suspect, and Gabriel is out of a job. But that doesn’t stop the intrepid PI from seeking the truth among the city’s British citizens, uncovering secrets that have wound their way around the world, only to come home to roost.

Too Young to Kill

Too Young to Kill
Author: M. William Phelps
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2011-01-28
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0786028726

The New York Times bestselling author of Love Her to Death shares the true-crime story of a small-town Midwestern teenager murdered by her own friends. Sixteen-year-old Adrianne Reynolds couldn't unravel the twisted tangles of jealousy and domination complicating her new life in East Moline, Illinois. What began as a fresh start after a troubled home life in Texas ended with Adrianne's body charred, stuffed into garbage bags, and scattered. It seemed the work of hardened criminals, but the truth was far more astonishing: her own “best friends” choked Adrianne to death and cut her up. Now, master crime writer M. William Phelps recounts this horrific saga of teen lust and violence in every gripping detail. Praise for Too Young to Kill “Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers.” —Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of Tell No Lies Includes sixteen pages of revealing photos