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THE WILLOW FILE 3/1994 ISBN: 0373270283 Corrosive rumors had tarnished his family name, linking the aristocratic Briarcliffs to scandal, madness, and murder. To entomb the legends once and for all, brooding Ross Briarcliff descended upon the elegant 'haunted' beachfront hotel where his ancestor had allegedly plunged his fiancee into the deadly sea. A slim obstacle barred Ross's way: Arianne Lacey, heir of the ghostly woman who'd died for love. Still, Arianne was so fragile that surely one ruthless kiss, or one salty wave, would sweep her away. Yet Arianne's ethereal beauty, and the haunting scent of violets, stirred heated premonitions in Ross's icy heart. A violent passion to possess her gnawed at his soul. Was he succumbing to the Briarcliff legacy of maddening obsession, and murderous love?
BEHOLD, HERE'S POISON 1936 When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper, after all, she had warned him about his blood pressure. But a post-mortem determines that the cause of death is much more sinister. Murder by poison. Suspicion falls immediately amongst his bitter, quarrelsome family. Each has a motive; each, opportunity. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies and discover just who killed Gregory Matthews, before the killer strikes again...
A BLUNT INSTRUMENT 1938 When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well-liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him? Enter Superintendent Hannasyde who, with consummate skill, begins to uncover the complexities of Fletcher's life. It seems the real Fletcher was far from the gentleman he pretended to be. There is, in fact, no shortage of people who wanted him dead. Then, a second murder is committed, with striking similarities to the first, giving a grotesque twist to a very unusual case.
DEATH IN THE STOCKS 1935 A moonlit night. A sleeping village. And an unaccountable murder...An English bobbie returning from night patrol finds a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green. He identifies the body immediately. Andrew Vereker was not a well-loved man, and narrowing down the suspects is not going to be an easy job. The Vereker family are corrupt and eccentric - and hardly cooperative...It's another case for the resourceful Superintendent Hannasyde, who sets off on the trail of a killer so cunning that even his consummate powers of detection are tested to their limits...
DETECTION UNLIMITED 1953 Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his brain. He is discovered by his anxious niece, Mavis, who is just one of the ten people in the village in the running for chief suspect, having just cause to dislike Warrenby intensely. Only Chief Inspector Hemingway can uncover which of the ten has turned hatred into murder.
DUPLICATE DEATH 1951 A civilized game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with a tourniquet of picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, this first-rate detective doesn't miss a trick.
ENVIOUS CASCA 1941 It is no ordinary Christmas at Lexham Manor. Six holiday guests find themselves the suspects of a murder enquiry when the old Scrooge, Nathaniel Herriad, who owns the substantial estate, is found stabbed in the back. Whilst the delicate matter of inheritance could be the key to this crime, the real conundrum is how any of the suspects could have entered the locked room to commit this foul deed. For Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard, 'tis the season to find whodunit.
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK 1932 The Priory may be ramshackled in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from their uncle, love it for its rambling charm. But there's more to this house than is at first apparent: for years hardly a single person has set foot in the place, and even their uncle chose to live in a different house, far away from this particular property. Local wisdom says that the house is haunted. And when things start going bump in the night, it certainly seems as if something ghostly is walking the Priory's halls. Then a murder is committed. Does the key to solving the crime lie in the realm of the supernatural? Or is the explanation much more down to earth?
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MERELY MURDER 1935
NO WIND OF BLAME 1939 Tragedy befalls the Carter family following an eventful visit from a Russian prince and a scandalous blackmail letter. The murder of Wally Carter generates a bewildering mystery - how does one shoot a man crossing a narrow bridge without being near the murder weapon when it is fired? The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway reveals his unnerving talent for solving a fiendish problem.
PENHALLOW 6/1943 The death of Adam Penhallow on the eve of his birthday seems, at first, to be by natural causes. He was elderly after all. But Penhallow wasn't well liked. He had ruled over his estate with an iron will and a sharp tongue. He had played one relative off against another. He was so bad tempered and mean that both his servants and his family hated him. It soon transpires that far from being a peaceful death, Penhallow was, in fact, murdered, and poisoned. With his family gathered to celebrate his birthday, and servants that both feared and despised him, there are more than a dozen prime suspects. But which one of them turned hatred into murder?
THEY FOUND HIM DEAD 1937 Silas Kane's death appeared accidental - at first. Until his nephew and heir also fell victim. And a third Kane, the newest heir, is clearly marked for murder. Everyone at Cliff House has a motive. But the triple murder plot is fiendishly inventive, and the prime suspects don't seem clever enough to be the killer in a mystery case that bears the fatal mark of Kane.
THE UNFINISHED CLUE 1934 The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had treated them all during the fateful weekend. He had disinherited his son, humiliated his wife, refused to help his financially stricken nephew and made no secret of his loathing for his son's fiancee, a cabaret dancer. Inspector, Harding picks his way through a mass of familial discontent to find the culprit - and find much more besides.
WHY SHOOT A BUTLER? 1933 It is a complete mystery why anyone would choose to murder the trusted old butler of Norton Manor. Barrister turned amateur detective, Frank Amberley, has reason to suspect that the shooting involves the nervy young lady discovered at the scene of the crime, a snooping gentleman in the halls of Greythorne and then a second dead body. This is a dramatic tale of upstairs, downstairs and family secrets.
ANGEL OF THE OUTBACK 8/1995 ISBN: 1556615426 Haunted by her past, will Rachel's secret stand in the way of love? Having fulfilled a seven-year-transportation sentence in the wilds of England's foundling Australia, Rachel Langely finally obtains her freedom. Weakened from the starvation years, she soon realizes that freedom in a drought-and plague-ridden colony remains a battle for survival. But when her only friend is murdered by an unknown assassin, Rachel must flee for her life. Rachel finds refuge with a young minister, Revered Whitely, and later finds work at the Prentice's struggling plantation. But her commitment remains to discover her friend's assassin. What she doesn't realize is that she is being drawn into a trap that threatens to end her life and destroy the Prentices. When a beautiful officer's daughter, Felicity Thompson, sets her eyes on the Reverend Whitley, the dark secrets that Rachel has kept hidden from him stand in the way of her true feelings. Dare she tell him the truth?
JOHNNIE RAY AND MISS KILGALLEN 6/2002 ISBN: 1930754191 He was the world's biggest singing star. She was the most renowned female journalist of her time. They had fame, power, money, connections. The last thing they needed was love.
CUTLINE 2006 ISBN: 0778323471 Twenty-two minutes - that's all it takes for reporter Geri LaRue to realize her friend, award-winning journalist Leta Blackburn, is missing. Leta would have been covering the sensational story - and investigating the forensics report that showed the priest was engaged in sexual activities at the time of his murder. With a ruthless colleague suggesting Geri knows more than she'll admit, she turns to a prominent shrink for help, taking with her a folder full of notes that points to the rarest and most deadly of killers: a woman. Therapist Malcolm Piercy is the only one who understands what goes on inside the twisted mind of the predator the papers are calling The Razor Killer, an erotomaniac who believes her victims are in love with her. Malc has reasons of his own for keeping his theory a secret, but agrees to help in Geri's search, not knowing that the killer is watching, in her mind writing one more newspaper caption - one more cutline - where the photograph is gruesome and the bottom line is death.
DOUBLE EXPOSURE 4/2005 ISBN: 0778321452 A PHONE CALL Burdened with a devastating secret, the former mistress of an American president has chosen part-time reporter Reebie Mahoney as her confessor. There is only one condition: Reebie must meet her right away—tonight. A DOUBLE LIFE Standing outside the woman's door, Reebie hears a scream of blinding terror followed by a gunshot. When the door is finally forced open, Reebie is horrified to realize that the woman lying dead on the floor is no stranger. A DOUBLE EXPOSURE Within hours the building is swarming with San Francisco police and Reebie is their chief murder suspect. As she is dragged into a terrifying world where past and present collide, someone—a mobster, a television star, maybe Reebie herself—is going to die. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
IF IT BLEEDS 2004 ISBN: 0778323390 It's a newspaper mantra - the most gruesome stories always run on the front page to get people's attention. But when Corina Vasquez lands a bloody lead story, she attracts the attention of a killer. Newly promoted as the assistant to Matthew Henderson, California's Valley Voice investigative reporter, Corina wants only to prove to her boss, her coworkers - and herself - that she's the right choice for the job. When the body of the city's first woman mayor is discovered in a dusty vineyard - and her boss is nowhere to be found - Corina gets her chance. Then a second brutal murder connects to the first. As she unearths the details around both killings, Corina begins to suspect that she's merely skimming the surface of a very deep conspiracy. And only one person can help her - acting mayor Wes Shaw, the man who broke her heart. Wes wants her back. Henderson wants her off the story. And as her reporting of the case thrusts her into the limelight, Corina realizes she's become a target for an unpredictable - and desperate - enemy.
INTERN 2/2003 ISBN: 155166691X The Girl... One minute she's there... The next she is gone. The Senator... One minute he's a hero... The next he's a prime suspect. The Wife... One minute she's a supportive wife... The next she's married to a stranger. The Mother... One minute she's a proud mother... The next she's desperate to remain one. One minute you think you know where Intern is going . . . The next you can't believe what you're reading.
KILLER BODY 2/2004 ISBN: 0778320162 Julie Larimore, spokesperson for Killer Body Weight Loss, is missing. And now the search is on for the new ultimate ideal woman. . . The Perfect Fit - American born in spite of the title and accent, Princess Gabriella Paquette is the picture of elegance and grace. But she's desperate for the job, because the princess is broke. The Near Fit - At one time Rochelle McArthur was a big TV star - but blondes fade fast and she's been fading for years. This is the perfect opportunity. . .as long as no one uncovers her dirty little secret. The Misfit - She is the most in-demand guest on the talk-show circuit. . .all because of her scandalous affair with a married media star. But Tania Marie Camp is going to show them she's a lot more than a home wrecker. In a world where beauty is the ultimate sales tool and honesty the rarest commodity of all, these women are about to learn what Julie Larimore learned the hard way: Some people would die for a killer body.
OFF THE RECORD 2006 ISBN: 0778323579 This will be the story of her life... Journalist Geri LaRue is outraged when she loses the paper's 'Off the Record' column to an insufferable colleague. To salvage her career and her waning self-confidence, Geri needs a break - and fast. The perfect story comes when successful businesswoman Kathleen Fowler is found dead - her battered body dropped from the balcony of her home to the cliffs below. But Geri doesn't have to chase this story; she inherits it. Somehow she has been named the murdered woman's sole beneficiary, despite never having met her. As Geri sets out to discover why the estate has been left to her, everything leads back to her own troubled childhood. A childhood she would rather forget - the foster homes, the painful memories. And when another person is brutally murdered, Geri realizes that the key to finding a killer may be hidden in her own mind.
INTERLUDE 1999 ISBN: 1885478585 Michelene Tyner has her finger on the pulse of the Louisiana elite, from the local sheriff, art dealers and restaurateurs, to the mayor. As a personal shopper, with an eye for the exquisite and an ear willing to listen, Michelene knows all of their dark fantasies and secret liaisons. Everyone falls equally under her charms. That includes criminal defense attorney Chase Alexander. In no time, their motto of not mixing business with pleasure melts away beneath the sultry New Orleans nights. But when Michelene's childhood friend is brutally murdered, and Chase is called in to defend the accused, Michelene is torn between her love for Chase and her loyalty to her friend's memory, especially when she discovers that she holds the one piece of evidence that will not only bring down a murderer, but dismantle Chase's career.
INTIMATE BETRAYAL 5/1997 ISBN: 0786003960 Reese is an investigative reporter driven to seek the truth. But one story eludes her--her own. Fifteen years before, she had survived a tragic accident that had robbed her of her family and left her with missing pieces of her life. Now, determined to succeed despite the past, she accepts an assignment to profile Maxwell Knight, the millionaire computer wizard also in flight from a shadowy past of his own.
MURDER UPTOWN 1992 ISBN: 0881847453 Who among Melvina Trent's colleagues and friends at Fuller College is a murderer? Ever since Professor Paul Bakin's grisly death she has been in an agony of doubt. When she finds the murder weapon in the office of her friend Sterling Neu she decides to investigate on her own. After all, it couldn't have been Stirling, she is certain of that...or is she? He had the opportunity, and it was no secret that he didn't like the man. But other people had motive and opportunity as well, the jilted lover, the pregnant girlfriend and her brother, the basketball players who had shady dealings with the deceased. As Melvina's investigation proceeds, she discovers that Professor Baskin was not as universally loved and admired as she had thought. After an attempt on her life, suspicion turns to fear. She has seen the murderer's face - but cannot remember who it is. Melvina knows she knows him, but will she be able to remember in time, before his next attack succeeds?
CROSSINGS 4/1998 ISBN: 1563151855 Strange events begin in the early hours of the morning. While working alone in the observatory, Dr. Pearson, a brilliant astronomer, is attacked by intruders. Fighting for his very life, with no idea why he is being attacked, Pearson manages to escape. After a high sped chase, Pearson heads to the safety of his home only to find his friend, Steve, tied-up and unconscious in his living room.
MRS. deWINTER 10/1993 ISBN: 068812707X The Sequel to Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca. 'For twelve years, in so many ways we had been as one, everything had been shared, there had been no secrets. Yet the past still held secrets, the past threw its shadows, and the shadows sometimes separated us.' Since Manderley burned, tormented Maxim de Winter and his demure second wife have fled the ghosts of a dark, unspoken yesterday. And now they have come home to England - to bury what was and to start anew. But the sensual warmth of a golden autumn cannot mask the chill of a lingering evil. For October's gentle breeze whispers that Rebecca - beautiful, mysterious, malevolent Rebecca - is haunting their lives once more.
TOUCHSTONE 3/1996 ISBN: 0671898108 Aurelia Phillips, Nethergate Hall's resident spinster, a quiet, reserved miss whose inability to tell even a polite lie had made her unmarriageable in London society, expected death to come calling. Her adopted grandfather, the Duke of Winterburn, was failing. Guests had already arrived to meet Joshua MacKinnon, the young wastrel who would inherit the ancient title and fortune of Winterburn. But Aurelia didn't expect Mr. Kit Ballantyne of Charleston, South Carolina. Silhouetted against a tempestuous storm, Kit's strength and stature were disturbing, and so was the ominously sealed letter he presented to the ailing Duke. If Galahad, her discerning pet deerhound, hadn't accepted Kit at once, Aurelia might have feared for her life, especially when the Hall's haughty mistress turned up murdered. Instead Aurelia felt drawn to this stranger as her only ally amid growing suspicions and increasingly sinister events. But while a killer stalked the halls and passion ambushed her heart, Aurelia needed to discover why Kit had come to Nethergate, and who he really was, because honestly, openly, and perilously, she was falling in love!
FINDING GOLD 10/1998 ISBN: 1854875485 Jackson Dermont is on the trail of a thief! If he doesn't find her he will forfeit the business that he almost lost before, through someone's cunning and deceitful behaviour. Rachel Gold is high on his list of suspects ... and Jackson is determined to do anything to save his beloved company. Anything ... except fall in love and learn to trust again!
BEHIND THE MASK 2002 ISBN: 1551669269 'I'll pay you one million dollars to find my wife and son.'... Ex-cop turned bounty hunter Michael Sullivan doesn't think any woman is worth that kind of money, but a job is a job. All he has to do is make the phone call... Just drop in the quarter and tell his client he's earned his money. Lily Webster and her son are in New Orleans, where she's working as a waitress. One phone call and he can collect a cool million bucks...and forget the beautiful woman who seems to be hiding something. Too late, he realizes he's made a mistake.... Only after he's made the call does he begin to realize what he's done. In the blink of an eye Michael Sullivan becomes Lily's only chance for survival. Now all he has to do is convince her to trust him. But why would she put her life - and the life of her son - in the hands of the man who betrayed her?
BLACK SILK 3/2006 ISBN: 0778322815 Mere hours before her wedding, the fiancee of real estate mogul JP Stratton is found strangled in her penthouse. New Orleans homicide detective Charlotte 'Charlie' Le Blanc views the crime scene, finding a black silk stocking draped casually beside the body - a chilling calling card from the killer. The dramatic clue leads Charlie to a world of privilege and wealth, and before long she singles out a suspect whose identity creates a furor in the city: Cole Stratton, JP's estranged son. But what she doesn't know is that Cole has been set up, and while she sets out to prove his guilt a real killer is on the loose - a man who now has Charlie in his sights, a man with yet another black silk stocking.
DEADLINE 11/2004 ISBN: 0778320960 Washington television reporter Tess Abbott is the best in the business, always getting the story and the truth. When the race for governor heats up in her home state of Mississippi, Tess jumps at the chance to cover it. Among the dozens of media competing for an 'exclusive,' Tess meets newspaper reporter Spencer Reed, who is about to uncover the biggest political scandal of his career. Despite the rivalry and the adrenaline, focusing on the race becomes difficult for Tess when she receives an anonymous phone call from prison - a call that leaves her reeling. The unsettling message stirs her memory, bringing back childhood nightmares - nightmares of murder. When a local man turns up dead - with personal information about Tess in his possession - the two journalists quickly realize there is a sinister connection between Tess's past and the election. As the pieces of the puzzle fall into place Tess's safety is compromised, and she and Spencer must find a killer primed to finish a job he started so long ago.
FLASH POINT 12/2003 ISBN: 1551667142 Is a picture worth a thousand words... New York photographer Kelly Santos hides behind her cameras and her talent, where no one can know about her tragic past...or the visions that haunt her. ...when it exposes a deadly truth? Now the past is reaching out to her, calling her back to her native New Orleans, to the hidden danger that waits. From the moment Kelly returns she is plagued by visions of murder. But no one believes her - until a man turns up dead, and Kelly becomes the prime suspect. Seeking the help of homicide detective Jack Callaghan, she sets out to prove her innocence. But Kelly's quest for answers is leading them both on a treacherous path to the heart of a sinister secret - and to a killer who is prepared to finish a grim and deadly task begun many years ago. Soon past, present and future will collide in an explosive, shattering . . . Flash Point
BODY DOUBLE 9/2004 ISBN: 0373513267 She couldn't trust her own eyes... Amanda West had been buried alive, only to escape her early grave. The Special forces captain knew she'd been captured by the enemy while on assignment, but Amanda didn't understand where the mysterious IV wound on her arm came from, or where she'd even been for the past three months. Or her feelings... Amanda's investigation led her to Mark Cross, another secret agent in search of the same answers. Together they faced a common enemy until Amanda stumbled upon a terrifying truth: Someone was making doubles of government agents. Agents like Amanda. . .and Mark. Which meant that the only man she trusted in a world gone mad might not be the man she though he was. . . .War Games: When the enemy is everywhere, she's the one you want on your side.
BULLETPROOF PRINCESS 2/2006 ISBN: 0373513925 The It Girls. They're rich, fabulous...and dangerously underestimated. It Girl: Chloe St. John... Mission: Bust an organized crime syndicate that's kidnapping women and selling them into the sex trade. And nab Manhattan's most wanted and elusive criminal mastermind.... Royal protocol flew out the window when real-life princess Chloe St. John went undercover to stop a sex slave ring. She'd do anything for the Gotham Rose spies - their leader was like a second mother to Chloe, boosting her self-esteem when all Chloe's real mom did was hassle her about regal etiquette while favoring her ne'er-do-well brother. But evidence suggested Chloe was up against the Roses' archrival, the Duke, this time. It was time to trade in her tiara for a semiautomatic and a Kevlar vest...and pray that the wardrobe change wouldn't hurt her chances at the charity bachelorette auction of the season!
DOUBLE DARE 12/2005 ISBN: 0373513836 Captain Maggie Holt is new to the S.A.S.S. unit, and her induction is trial-by-fire when she's chosen to lead her first covert mission and runs headlong into GRID. Can Maggie prevent mastermind Thomas Kunz from field-testing a deadly virus--in the largest shopping mall in the south on Christmas Eve?
DOUBLE VISION 6/2005 ISBN: 0373513593 Time was running out for explosives expert Captain Katherine Kane - and for the hostages she'd discovered in an underwater cave. For the terrorist holding the hostages was none other than Thomas Kunz, a diabolical man who'd found a way to replace U.S. government agents with look-alikes. Which meant Kate couldn't trust just anyone. Asking for Major Nathan Forester's help was a calculated risk - and one Kate might regret once the commanding Forester started dogging her every move. With seconds counting down and hundreds of people depending on Kate's skills to save them, it was time to be even sneakier than the bad guys.... War Games - When the enemy is everywhere, she's the one you want on your side.
DUPLICITY 4/1999 ISBN: 0312968949 Military lawyer Capt. Tracy Keener is ordered to defend Adam Burke, who has been accused of treason, cowardice, and killing his own men. However, meeting Adam plants the seeds of doubt in her mind, and when he is apparently murdered, Tracy vows to find out what really happened. Her search for the truth puts her own life in danger.
SHADES OF GRAY 7/1998 ISBN: 0312966105 Jake Logan is a Special Ops major who lives a life of danger with an extremely low survival rate. There's no room in his life for love, especially after his nasty divorce from his alcoholic wife Madeline, who is now seeking custody of their son. Because of Jake's dangerous missions, she might get it unless Jake marries retired Air Force communications specialist Laura Taylor. But Jake makes it clear that it's a marriage of convenience. When Laura's photo is found in the hand of a dead operative, however, she appears to be a target. And Jake's carefully constructed safety net is about to be blown open.
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