G&K01 - The Last Witness

G&K01 - The Last Witness

KT Roberts

KT Roberts

Book One in the Gerard-Kensington Detective Series.Two crimes...one crime scene...one vanishing victim... NYPD detectives Tate Kensington and Zachary Gerard are convinced one killer is at work, but proving it seems an impossible feat until a pre-teen prank blows the case wide open. Both detectives have their own pasts to haunt them - Tate's ex-flame is now her boss, and Zach's estranged father is counsel for the defense. Complicating things even more are death threats, witnesses going AWOL, and an increasing attraction neither of them can keep denying. Can the pair put away a killer on a paper-thin case? Or will their disappearing Jane Doe prove to be...THE LAST WITNESS...About the AuthorK. T. Roberts is the alter-ego of Carolyn Hughey. So why did I choose a pen name? Because my fans know if they pick up on book written by Carolyn Hughey, they'll be reading a fun, light-hearted contemporary romance. K.T. Roberts writes mysteries with many twists and turns and a slight touch of romance, but the main focus is on the two detectives Tate Kensington and Zachary Gerard who are determined to bring the perpetrator to justice!
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The Angry Ghost and Other Stories

The Angry Ghost and Other Stories

Peter Spokes

Peter Spokes

A collection of spooky ghost stories and dark tales based onthe classic style of horror/supernatural writing, The Angry Ghost and Other Storiesintroduces a return to classic form with a fresh perspective. A man journeyingto Cornwall seeking a Ghost - and flowers, an obnoxious bully being welcomed tospend the evening at an old museum, and an author of fictional horror unable totake his friend seriously when he's told of the Werewolf roaming around hisvillage are just three of a collection that will have you reading with everylight on. The stories have a chilling undertone, a sense of uneasewithout outright horror which is matched by its cast of characters that run thegamut from the ordinary to the undead. These characters share the same fate, aconfrontation with something unearthly and should not exist - that is, exceptin a world where creatures of darkness can still, occasionally, break through.The book also features a mix of voices, from...
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Whatever it is, I Don't Like it

Whatever it is, I Don't Like it

Howard Jacobson

Howard Jacobson

It takes a particular kind of man to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally, when I am tired and emotional, or consumed with self-dislike, I try to imagine myself as someone else, a wearer of Yarmouth shirts and fleecy sweats, of windbreakers and rugged Tyler shorts, of baseball caps with polo players where the section of the brain that concerns itself with aesthetics is supposed to be. But the hour passes. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle, and so do I.The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize, Howard Jacobson, brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon...
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Paris Brandon

Paris Brandon

The morning after her final exams, Bliss Harper woke up in her own bed wearing only her underwear. She's never remembered how she got there or why she found an I.O.U. tucked into her panties for one night of "Bad Boy Sex," signed by her favorite pizza delivery guy, Nick Santucci. But she had a ten-year plan that didn't include any more bad decisions and handsome men. But all work and no play make for a dull life and she's headed to her ten-year college reunion with every intention of collecting on a debt that's long overdue. Ten years ago, bad boy Nick hadn't usually looked twice at shy, thrift-store fashion reject Bliss Harper. He just hadn't been able to avoid it when she'd started doing a tabletop, drunken striptease at a frat party the police were raiding. These days Nick's not delivering pizza, he's delivering deals and he's headed to his ten-year college reunion determined to negotiate one night into many with the woman who holds the marker on his heart.
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