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The Hollow by Nora Roberts

The Hollow is the second book of the Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts, featuring childhood friends, Caleb, Fox and Gage. As children, the boys unwittingly released a demon when they performed a blood ceremony to seal their friendship. They are forever linked to the evil that terrorizes their small home town, Hawkins Hollow, [...]

Rage by Jonathan Kellerman

Rage is the 12th novel by Jonathan Kellerman featuring psychologist Alex Delaware and police detective Milo Sturgis. As usual, Kellerman offers a mix of psychological insights and police procedure to create a suspenseful story.
Eight years ago, two teenagers, Troy Turner and Rand Duchay, abducted and murdered two year old Kristal Malley. The [...]

Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina

 
Steve Pavlina has taken his passion for personal growth and carved out quite a successful little niche, online with StevePavlina.com and now in print with the publication of Personal Development for Smart People.  Expounding upon the concepts of others in this area, and applying his own personal experiences, Pavlina has developed seven universal principles that [...]

The Black Angel by John Connolly

 
Charlie Parker is haunted by his lost wife and daughter and the countless victims who seek his help.  Despite his best efforts to move on with his life, for the sake and safety of his new love Rachel and their daughter Sam, Parker can’t escape his calling - especially not when his friend Louis asks [...]

Odd Hours by Dean Koontz

Odd Thomas is back for his third adventure; a reluctant hero who is spiritually guided to places in dire need of a hero. He is now a houseman to a reclusive actor/author, Hutch living in the seaside town of Mystic Beach; his most pressing concern is the town’s misleading street names, until he meets a young [...]

Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman

 
Miami Assistant State Attorney C.J. Townsend sought revenge after her brutal attack by William Bantling.  Three years later, while Bantling languishes behind bars, C.J. can’t overcome the guilt of her actions.  
One night she receives a call that a cop has been brutally murdered and mutilated while on duty: Victor Chavez, the deputy who arrested [...]

There’s No Place Like Here by Cecelia Ahern

There’s No Place Like Here, by Cecelia Ahern tells the story of Sandy Shortt, an investigator who obsesses whenever people or things go missing. One day she disappears during a jog and finds herself in the land of the missing. The novel is imaginative and funny, with just a dash of romance to please Ahern’s [...]

Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

 
Compulsion, the 22nd Alex Delaware novel by Jonathan Kellerman, begins with the disappearance of a young woman who is prone to disappearing. Coincidently Milo Sturgis, an LA Homicide Detective, is asked to confer with a rookie who has discovered a possible blood stain in a stolen luxury car. Soon after, a retired school teacher [...]

The Devil’s Bones by Jefferson Bass

Devil’s Bones, by Jefferson Bass, is the third novel in a series, which began with the Carved in Bone and its sequel Flesh and Bone.  Dr Bill Brockton, a forensic anthropologist and researcher is haunted by the death of his colleague and lover, Jess Carter. Brockton is sufficiently distracted from thoughts of Jess and what [...]

Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell

The frozen wilderness of Canada is the last refuge for men and women running from their scandalous pasts.  Dafydd Woodruff, a young and promising surgeon was no exception; serving a year long penance in the remote town of Moose Creek after a botched surgery.  To his surprise, he finds a community of misfits, some of [...]