Florida private investigator and ex-cop Ric Alvarado's life is spiraling out of control. His beautiful new Girl Friday, Annie Dugan, is far more interested in fieldwork than filing, and despite Ric's best efforts to ignore the attraction, sparks are flying between them. Then one of Ric's clients turns femme fatale and tries to gun down an innocent man. Thanks to quick thinking and even quicker reflexes, Ric comes to the rescue, only to learn he's done a very good deed for some very bad people. Suddenly Ric finds himself deep undercover with Annie, working for notorious crime boss Gordon Burns.
A young woman is shot in cold blood , her lifeless body dumped outside the stadium at the height of the US Open. Once her tennis career has skyrocketed. Now headlines were being made by another young player from the wrong side of the tracks.
When Myron Bolitar investigates the killing he uncovers a connection between the two players and a six-year-old murder at an exclusive club. Suddenly Myron is in over his head. And with a dirty senator, a jealous mother, and the mob all drawn into the case, he finds himself playing the most dangerous game of all.
Demons begin to rise from the depths of the abyss, Shayol, to plague the mortal world with chaos and destruction. And this time, the Gods are unable to interfere with them, leaving the world's Fate in a questionable state. But when all hope seems lost, five mysterious travelers suddenly appear to stop a cataclysmic war of epic proportion, and put an end to the rising Demon Reign.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 26 January 2010
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Crime Scene At Cardwell Ranch
After Hudson Savage betrayed her, Dana Cardwell hoped never to lay eyes on the seductive cowboy again. Until a bunch of old bones showed up on her family ranch. Suddenly her former lover was back in her life in a big way—to investigate a decades-old crime.
Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. This holiday in beautiful Barcelona is suddenly very dangerous. Where is Kim's friend Dave? What can she do?