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Middleborough Homicide Detective Jake Waterfield is questioning his faith as he investigates murder, police corruption, and the alleged abuse of children at the hands of a Catholic priest. The unsolved murder of 12-year-old altar boy Robert Anderson has plagued Jake Waterfield for nearly two decades. As a rookie patrolman, Jake was the first officer to respond to the scene of the crime.

When a single mother is wrongly accused of murder, Zack Taylor must work to clear her name. Not an easy task, as everyone in the Maine town of Mill Springs thinks she's guilty. Zack finds, however, plenty of people who wanted the victim dead. As the events around him begin to spiral out of control, Zack begins to do the same.

In The Tortoise and the Hairpiece, Jake learns that true friends love him for who he is inside, not what he looks like. In The Watch Cat, an ordinary cat becomes a neighborhood hero by saving his house from a burglar. In The Incredible Martin O'Shea, Martin learns that by paying attention in school, he can make his dreams come true. In Shelby the Cat, Shelby resists bullying and peer pressure by staying true to what matters most to him.

What is the truth about sex through a hole in the sheet? What are the Rabbis doing with the foreskins that are cut off? Why do women have to show their panties to a Rabbi? Did you know that the Rabbi sucks the blood of the circumcised penis of a baby? Have you heard there is a special way that Jews are supposed to put on their shoes? Why do Jews take a live chicken and swing it above their heads? You will be shocked by the strange practices of the Jewish community.

The treasure house of Knox castle is empty! Now conspiracy and war threaten the kingdom while mysterious noises and unexplained events fill the castle. As best friends Kaye, Reggie, and Beau search for the missing treasure, jealous knights plot to get rid of Kaye for good. Can Kaye find the treasure in time to save the kingdom? Or will he risk losing his knighthood forever?

See Jesus from the perspective of Job as he suffers in misery, of King David as he wrestles with his sin, of the soldier tasked with crucifixion of Jesus, of Judas and Peter after they betrayed their dear friend, of Cleopas who walked with Jesus on Easter Day unawares, of Jairus who put his trust in Christ and saw his daughter live again, and of others!

Mr. McKelvie (America's answer to a well known English detective) confronts a truly evil person in this exciting novel: "My mind remained appalled before the contemplation of the devilish ingenuity of this man, who could plan the murder with such diabolical cunning."

After taking down a major drug operation in Detroit, Agent Ann Peabody quits the DEA and heads south of the border to avenge the death of her brother, a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The trail leads to Escobara, a suburb of drug cartel controlled Juarez, Mexico. After an assassination attempt Peabody becomes a security consultant to the newly elected Mayor of Escobara and struggles with the Mayor and her brother to rid Escobara of the rampant drug trade. Along with multiple, horrific drug-related slayings a serial killer is on the loose, and he's prolific.

They all had a system: the professional car thief, the cop, the sex trade operator, the heroin dealer, the DEA agent. But in Detroit all bets are off and you're on your own. Follow Elena Krizi, duped into sex slavery on the promise of a job, dancing and hooking in an 8 Mile Road strip club owned by Vlad "The Dragon" Dragovic. Ride with professional car thief Chris Wolfe boosting Escalades and busting them down at Eddie Siegler's chop shop, deep in Detroit. Take a wild ride on the lawless streets of Detroit in The System - A Detroit Story by John Silver.

Caught in the middle of a fatal car chase and drug-fueled gun battle, Clive Bradshaw decides to call it quits, leave the city and live a simpler life with his wife Emily and young daughter Amy. Emily drops him off at the foot of Detroit on his last day of work. Clive steps out of the car and into a city on the verge of collapse, rife with corruption, no city services, overworked and underpaid police and fire departments manned by skeleton crews, fighting a hopeless battle against brazen, uncontrolled crime...then the pulses hit. Everything that produces or relies on electricity is destroyed.

Pregnant women in Albuquerque, New Mexico are being tortured and mutilated in secluded areas of the city. Cut out of their mother's bellies, the babies that once squirmed happily inside them are nowhere to be found. Albuquerque Homicide Detective Peter Kostas has been chasing the monster responsible for these heinous crimes for almost a year now. But the latest victim is alive at the University Hospital. The only clue she has to offer Peter is a unknown medical device that protrudes from her once pregnant abdomen.

It's 1980 and Clay Cooper is now running Cooper Investigations with his father, Matt, helping out as needed. Matt decides to join a lonely hearts club to try to find a companion his own age. He finds one and they have a wonderful night of coffee and talking. The next morning when he goes to call her, Sergeant Dean Hollister (Dan's son) answers the phone. The woman has been murdered and Matt was the last one to see her alive. He's been framed but he and Clay won't sit still for it. What they find during their investigation is a case of major proportions and a lot of people will die before this story is over...some you'll know and some will be strangers.

I Love you, Mom: Please Don't Break My Heart is the true story of one boy's journey through a childhood of physical, mental, and emotional abuse. John endured neglect, isolation, physical beatings, mental degradation and malevolent admissions into numerous mental institutions, and eventual attempted murder within the custodial supervision of his unscrupulous mother.

Sandy's Miracle, delves into some of mankind's darkest depravities - including physical, mental, and sexual child abuse. Patsy Giddings personally experienced extraordinary incidents of cruelty and rape from those in her own family and eventually in the clutches of her adoptive family. But her 'miracle' came when least expected, as God intervened in her life offering salvation and rescue.

Tom Jacobs's latest submarine thriller, in the tradition of his best-selling Sons of God, marks the return of his CIA hero David St. James. This thrilling audiobook of a submarine captain's struggle against overwhelming enemy odds and the heartaches of his own personal life will keep the listener glued to the story.

Intelligence analysts and agents have gone missing, some may have been killed. The press and the police suspect there is a serial killer on the loose. John Slater was near the latest victim, he is evasive, appears to have no history, and he might be the killer. The second Iraq war and the intelligence network may link the victims and so The Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch investigates, with the help or hindrance of the Intelligence Agencies.

The conspiracy is over the mistakes and cover up are hidden and buried for good. Both sides of the Atlantic can concentrate on the threats from Islamic Terrorism. That is what they all hope. They want to enlist a hidden black asset in the chase, but there are risks to that approach. Meanwhile the FBI is still investigating what really happened. Is the conspiracy really over?

Two hunters gunned down at close range. Three Sandhill Cranes shot from the sky. What the hell is going on in this small farming community outside Traverse City, Michigan? Forensic Detective Quinn Macarthy has solved many crimes in her twenty-five year law enforcement career, but this case stumped her. There weren't many leads. Were the five shootings even related? Where was the murder weapon?

The Demise operation was shut down the killer allowed to disappear. But the conspirators have not all been caught and the efforts of MI6 and the CIA to cover up the dirty deeds of the security services only results in more deaths and destruction. Slater returns to tidy up, but how can he reconcile his new life with what he is asked to do. What happens to Jess and Michael? Will the newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Hooper really allow the suspected killer to go free?

When Ellen Dumont visited her parent’s gravesite alone, it never occurred to her that quiet winter night would be her last moment on earth. Four hundred fifty murders is a slow year for the top Chicago homicide detective, Aaron Wolfe. He remembers everyone as if they just happened. Wolfe carries them with him everywhere he goes. Although he could not stop the memories, long ago he learned how to bury the pain so he could navigate the heinous carnage and hunt the monsters.