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A bleeding man stumbles into a local bar claiming that his elder step-son killed his mother and younger brother and tried to kill him. The remote rural community panics and goes out to track the young man down. Law enforcement re-establishes control of the double murder scene and joins the manhunt. Aaron Cable, the wanted young man, hides out and is helped by his friend, Jennie who tells him that the community is armed and looking for him. The body count continues to grow and gradually the reader is lead into a deeper, murkier mystery. Is Aaron really guilty of this horrible crime? As Aaron and Jennie frantically try to warn others who might be in danger, a twisted killer haunts the community. The fuse is lit in the first chapter and it burns non-stop through the story to an explosive climax
The incorporation of Green Chemistry is a relatively new phenomenon in the drug discovery discipline, since the scale that chemists operate on in drug discovery is smaller than those of process and manufacturing chemistry. The necessary metrics are more difficult to obtain in drug discovery due to the diversity of reactions conducted. However, pharmaceutical companies are realizing that incorporation of green chemistry techniques at earlier stages of drug development can speed the development of a drug candidate. Edited by experts who have pioneered green chemistry efforts within their own institutions, this book provides a practical guide for both academic and industrial labs wanting to kno...
A fictionalized account of a mixed-breed dog's day of adventure while searching for her family, who left her behind to go sailing on Penobscot Bay, as she makes new friends on a ferry, at the beach, and in a restaurant.
A lone traveler on a doomed starship crashes to Earth in Northern Siberia at the turn of the 20th Century. Leaving the crash site, the ancient extra-terrestrial travels south, disappearing into the haze of history. Decades later, in Toronto, Ontario, Lori Ellsworth is framed for the murder of a friend and co-worker by the vice president of Cytex Inc., the gigantic multi-national corporation she works for. Michael Quin, a down-and-out private detective with a jaded past, is hired to find her. Soon both he and Lori are being hunted; not only by the police but also by the soldiers of a powerful New York Mafia don. The lives of all these people and the aliens eventually intertwine in a story of power, greed, love and redemption.
Myron Willgrubs is a pedantic professor at the Plattefield campus of a large Midwest university. When he discovers a body in Pilgrims Park, he calls 911, but for reasons of his own refuses to divulge his name and later denies making the call. Before the police arrive to investigate, John Olivier, a macho formerly with the Green Berets and now heir apparent to the campus chancellery, also discovers the body, which he knows is that of Carl Madewell. Olivier has been having a torrid affair with Carl Madewell's wife Penelope. In what he tells himself is the Hoffa solution, Olivier removes the body from the park and stashes it in the freezer in his basement for later interment. When Penelope Made...
The result of more than twenty years' research, this seven-volume book lists over 23,000 people and 8,500 marriages, all related to each other by birth or marriage and grouped into families with the surnames Brandt, Cencia, Cressman, Dybdall, Froelich, Henry, Knutson, Kohn, Krenz, Marsh, Meilgaard, Newell, Panetti, Raub, Richardson, Serra, Tempera, Walters, Whirry, and Young. Other frequently-occurring surnames include: Greene, Bartlett, Eastman, Smith, Wright, Davis, Denison, Arnold, Brown, Johnson, Spencer, Crossmann, Colby, Knighten, Wilbur, Marsh, Parker, Olmstead, Bowman, Hawley, Curtis, Adams, Hollingsworth, Rowley, Millis, and Howell. A few records extend back as far as the tenth century in Europe. The earliest recorded arrival in the New World was in 1626 with many more arrivals in the 1630s and 1640s. Until recent decades, the family has lived entirely north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER IGNITES AN EXPLOSIVE CHAIN OF EVENTS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY TO THE OUTER BANKS. An execution-style murder next to the Port of Charleston triggers an intensive police investigation to find a killer. In an apparently unrelated incident a year later, three complete strangers each receive an anonymous letter offering a financial windfall with a detailed set of instructions…and an ominous threat for failing to comply. The strangers must travel alone from Charleston to Daufuskie Island off the coast of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Hoping to find answers, they instead become pawns in a clever and elaborate scheme planned by the ruthless boss of a Miami drug cartel. When Detective Steve Harris finally discovers the crucial link between the murder and the missing strangers, he launches a frantic race against time, the cartel, and a deadly hurricane, to find them before they disappear for good.
Declining church attendance. A growing feeling of betrayal. For Christians who have begun to feel set adrift and disillusioned by their churches, Where Goodness Still Grows grounds us in a new view of virtue deeply rooted in a return to Jesus Christ’s life and ministry. The evangelical church in America has reached a crossroads. Social media and recent political events have exposed the fault lines that exist within our country and our spiritual communities. Millennials are leaving the church, citing hypocrisy, partisanship, and unkindness as reasons they can’t stay. In this book Amy Peterson explores the corruption and blind spots of the evangelical church and the departure of so many fr...
'Ten years ago, my top holiday read was Victoria Hislop's The Island; this summer's great escape belongs to Catherine Banner.' The Pool 'Delightful ... A captivating tale of love ... and loyalty peopled by wonderfully vivid characters.' Sunday Express 'Readers, prepare to be captivated.' Irish Independent On a tiny island off the coast of Italy, surrounded by the sound of the sea and the scent of bougainvillea, the Esposito family have been running the bar, the House at the Edge of Night, for generations. Over the course of a century, as the town is transformed by war, fascism, tourism and recession, the spirited Esposito women are determined to keep the doors to the bar open. It is, after all, the place where unexpected friendships are forged, betrayals are discovered and great love affairs begin.
A man in the federal witness protection program is killed in a hit-and-run accident. The FBI believes the Mob did it. Detective Patrick Delaney... isn't so sure. A corrupt coach and a song-and-dance man wannabe from LA team up to undo a blackmailer. Their nincompoopery awakens a cell of bioterrorists; but not to worry. Detective Delaney and Professor Myron Willgrubs, with help from a mean Holstein bull, team up to catch the bad guys and solve the hit-and-run mystery.