Fiction : Crime

Tour guide Nikki DuMonde makes her living taking groups of tourists to see haunted mansions and ghostly graveyards in the Big Easy, but she’s not prepared for a spooky nocturnal visit by one of her employees. In fact, when Andrea Ciello appears at her bedside at four o’clock in the morning begging for help – then disappears – Nikki is more than a little miffed at what she assumes is a joke perpetrated by her coworkers. She vows to let them know that she doesn’t scare so easily at her first opportunity. Then, in the harsh light of day, the police arrive to inform Nikki that Andy died the night before – at the exact time she “appeared” in Nikki’s bedroom. Andy was a recovering drug addict who had apparently died of an overdose. But Nikki is sure that Andy was clean – and, though she can hardly believe it, she suspects the young woman had come to ask Nikki to help bring her killer to justice. No one believes her – until she meets Brent Blackhawk, a paranormal investigator desperately trying to forget his tragic past. Half Irish, half Lakota Sioux – and able to communicate with the dead – Brent is used to living in two worlds, the living and the ghostly. Brent has come to New Orleans to look into the murder of FBI officer Tom Garfield, an above-reproach investigator who was also found dead of an overdose. He’s quick to pick up on the similarities between Garfield’s death and that of Andrea Ciello. When he discovers that Nikki has also been “seeing” Garfield, he’s sure that both he and Andy were victims of the same vicious killer. Brent knows that Nikki somehow holds the key to the mysteries surrounding these brutal deaths. To find the truth about both murders, he must not only convince her that she has a special ability to communicate with ghosts, but he must also get her to cooperate in his investigation. Not surprisingly, Nikki – whose friends have arranged to send her to a shrink – doesn’t welcome Brent’s attempts to explain that he, to more...

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When does a gift become a curse?. Matt Stone doesn't believe in ghosts. But there are those who are convinced his home, a historic Virginia estate that dates back to the Revolutionary War, is haunted. Pressured to get at the truth about some strange happenings at Melody House, he agrees to let Harrison Investigations explore the house. But he isn't ready for beautiful, intriguing Darcy Tremayne. As a paranormal investigator, Darcy has learned to believe in the unbelievable. And she's given Matt fair warning: sometimes people don't like the skeletons she finds. She never dreamed that warning would apply to herself. For she's about to discover that Melody House holds much more than a simple mystery from the distant past. What it holds is a very real and lethal danger, one that will cast her into a struggle against the worlds of both the living and the dead. more...

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A smash hit novel now in trade—from “a rare and magical talent… who never writes the same story twice.”(San Diego Union-Tribune). In Decider, inheriting a small share in a successful racetrack means trouble for architect Lee Morris, especially when he finds himself in the middle of a family feud—and the target of a ruthless killer… more...

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In his work for one of the FBI's most elite units, agent Nick Buchanan has dealt with society's most depraved minds. Now he has to stop a killer who has confessed to a crime not yet committed. He stalked his last victim, worked his way into her life, and then took her life in violent rage. The next victim may be Nick's best friend's sister. more...

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Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters' motel--and back in time to a U. more...

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