Tarquin Hall

Tarquin Hall

The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken

The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken

In his most daring assignment yet, Vish Puri, Indias Most Private Investigator, infiltrates the dangerous world of illegal gambling to solve the murder of a high-profile Pakistani on Indian soil. Dubbed a wonderfully engaging P.I. (The Times, London), Tarquin Halls irresistible protagonist Vish Puri has become an international favorite through a series that splendidly evokes the color and bustle of Delhi and the tang of contemporary India (Seattle Times). Now the gormandizing, spectacularly mustachioed sleuth finds himself facing down his greatest fears in an explosive case involving the Indian and Pakistani mafias. When the elderly father of a top Pakistani cricketer playing in a new multimillion-dollar cricket league dies frothing at the mouth during a post-match dinner, its not a simple case of Delhi Belly. His butter chicken has been poisoned. To solve the case, Puri must penetrate the regions organized crime, following a trail...
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Dead and Gone

Dead and Gone

Jack Patterson

Jack Patterson

When popular stock car racer Carson Tanner dies on the track and stuns the motorsports world, reporter Cal Murphy witnesses the event in disbelief. Something seems off to Cal—and his suspicions are confirmed with a cryptic handwritten note stuck into his pocket. As the race circuit moves to Phoenix, Cal races against the clock to uncover who sabotaged Tanner’s car—and all upstream against wealthy team owner Ned Davis, who wants to suppress the information; an uncooperative crew full of suspects; and an upstart driver who refuses to let his debut be ruined by such a report. In an effort to expose the killer and help Tanner’s grieving widow, Cal faces his greatest fear and must decide how far he’s willing to go in order to get justice.
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Winter in Eden

Winter in Eden

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction / Fantasy

Harry Harrison, an acknowledged master of imaginative fiction, broke new ground with West of Eden. He brought to vivid like the world as it might have been, where dinosaurs survived, where their intelligent descendants challenged humans for mastery of Earth, where a young hunter named Kerrick grew among the dinosaurs and rose to become their most feared enemy.Now, the awesome saga continues in Winter in Eden...
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The Enemy's Daughter

The Enemy's Daughter

Linda Turner

Romance

The Agent: Secretive, smoldering sexy Russell Devane. The Mission: Taking on a new identity to capture a traitor. The Forbidden Fruit: The enemy's stunning daughter! When undercover SPEAR agent Russell Devane arrived at the Pear Tree cattle station in search of a dangerous traitor, he saw that the best way to get information was to get close to the enemy's daughter. He got close, alright -- too close -- and found himself fighting a forbidden attraction to the beautiful Lise Meldrum. As an agent, Russell always got his man. Now the question was, could he get his woman?
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A Crown of Lights mw-3

A Crown of Lights mw-3

Phil Rickman

Phil Rickman

A disused church near a Welsh border hamlet has already been sold off by the Church when it's discovered that the new owners are "pagans" who intend to use the building for their own rituals. Rev. Merrily Watkins, the diocesan exorcist, is called in, unaware of a threat from a deranged man.
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Eating the Underworld

Eating the Underworld

Doris Brett

Doris Brett

"The life of an individual is as complex as a maze of reflecting mirrors. The life of a family is even more so."Doris Brett is an award-winning writer and poet.'I forget who said that the prospect of impending death concentrates the mind wonderfully . . . clarifying is the word I keep thinking of. But this is not the clarifying of a mist gently evaporating to reveal answers. This is the clarifying of paint-stripper; a solvent that stings and burns with its harshness, but reveals what was truly there all the time.'When Doris Brett was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, she began writing a private journal - a traveller's diary through a life-threatening illness. The journal, however, rapidly grew into something much more than that. Cancer became the catalyst for an inner journey - a journey through self.Evocatively told via three voices - the diarist, the poet, and the voice of fairytale and myth - this memoir explores the intricate dynamics of family, truth and...
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Rougher Than Ever

Rougher Than Ever

JT Holland

JT Holland

After seeing Jasmine regularly for a few months now, Eric has developed feeling for her, making it difficult to debase her like he used to. So when he has a particularly bad couple of weeks and wants to take his aggressions out on a woman, he calls her friend Tory instead. Will Tory be able to cure Eric's ills or will he just end up longing for Jasmine in the end? Adults only. 18+
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Free Falling

Free Falling

Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Mystery & Thrillers / Literature & Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy

When David and Sarah Woodson take a much-needed vacation with their ten-year old son, John, their intention is to find a relaxing, remote spot to take a break from the artificial stimulation of their busy world back in Jacksonville, Florida. What happens within hours of settling in to their rural, rustic little cottage in a far-flung spot on the coast of Ireland is an international incident that leaves the family stranded and dependent on themselves for their survival. Facing starvation, as well as looters and opportunists, they learn the hard way the important things in life. Can a family skilled only in modern day suburbia and corporate workplaces learn to survive when the world is flung back a hundred years? When there is no internet, no telephones, no electricity and no cars? And when every person near them is desperate to survive at any cost?From the Inside FlapFree Falling has been named a Semi Finalist in Kindle Book Review's Best Indie Books of 2012!
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Amanda Rose

Amanda Rose

Karen Robards

Karen Robards

Impetuous English beauty Lady Amanda Rose was determined to escape the loveless marriage that her cruel stepbrother would impose on her. She never imagined that a mysterious rogue from the new world would be the man to change her destiny.
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