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The wells of silence are filled with secrets. Henrietta Alten West's new novel explores things nobody wants to talk about. Domestic abuse, the fentanyl crisis, and an atrocity which occurred early in World War II are artfully woven together to tell this riveting story. Although it is a work of fiction, the narrative addresses serious problems of the real world. Set in present-day Paradise Valley, Arizona and in Arizona's White Mountains, the action and the characters are captivating and intriguing. The plot flashes back to 1940 and a decades-long cover-up by Allied leaders. The lies and deceptions that surround the Katyn Forest massacre will shock the reader. The Camp Shoemaker group is together again. You will learn about what even the best of us will do to win a war, and you will be thrilled with this latest installment of The Reunion Chronicles Mysteries.
Half a billion dollars’ worth of art has been missing for thirty-five years. The most expensive art heist in the history of the world took place on March 18, 1990, in Boston. Priceless masterpieces were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. None of them have ever been seen again. GOING HOME follows the paintings, etchings, and other pieces that were stolen on a journey they might have taken. Forgeries of paintings and forgeries of one-hundred-dollar bills take center stage. Who will pay millions for what has been thrown into a trash can? The Camp Shoemaker reunion is in Arkansas this year, and the adventures continue. The Richardsons are building a twenty-first century resort in the idyllic woods near the Little Red River. One of the lost paintings has been found in River Springs…or has it? Is it a copy, or is it the real Vermeer that has not been seen since the last century? A backpack full of fentanyl appears, and then it disappear. Who will survive this madness?
Intrigue surrounding the audacious plot to assassinate a powerful world leader will keep you on the edge of your seat. A FORTRESS STEEP AND MIGHTY is part historical novel and part prediction for what might be coming. Bogged down in a war he can’t seem to win, will Russia’s Hitleresque president decide to use nuclear weapons to achieve his objective? The cold war is hot again. The democratic countries of the world face off against totalitarian forces bent on genocide and the destruction of freedom and self-determination. The world holds its collective breath as the threat of nuclear annihilation threatens everyone on planet earth. A FORTRESS STEEP AND MIGHTY looks back at the extraordinary efforts made to ensure the continuity of the United States government in case of an attack from the USSR. The reader will relive the days of “Duck and Cover” as well as the obscenity that was the Berlin Wall. This thriller, the fourth book in the Reunion Chronicles Mysteries series, reaches into the future with an outrageously bold plan intended to prevent a present-day nuclear catastrophe.
Travel with Richard who flies all over the United States when he goes to sleep at night. During his waking hours, he places himself in danger as he struggles to keep up with his extraordinary dreams. Richard had always been just a regular kid who did regular kid stuff like going to school and church and playing baseball. He hung out with his friends, rode his bike, and ate pizza and ice cream. His life changes abruptly when he begins to fly in his dreams, and he can see things that are happening in real time but in far-away places. When he wakes up in the morning, he knows he has to do something about the potential tragedies he has found out about while he was dreaming. He desperately tries to convince others to help him save lives. But who is going to believe a boy who says he has dreamed it all? Even Richard does not understand his special powers. He learns about the kidnapping of a little girl, and he scrambles to enlist help to rescue her. Richard saves the day when he dreams about the San Diego Zoo, the Ferris wheel on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, and a visit to Washington, D.C. by a Russian dissident.
Rosalind Parsons has vanished. Father Christopher Maloney has vanished. In this fast-paced sequel to RUSSIAN FINGERS, some mysteries will be solved. Other mysteries will arise. Gimbel Saunders of the New York State Police, now relegated to solving cold cases because of a long-ignored heart murmur, will take on the task of trying to solve the very cold mystery of a triple murder and arson that happened years earlier in Syracuse, New York. When a drug deal goes bad in Skaneateles, New York, Gimbel is called back onto active duty. He goes undercover in Wilmington, North Carolina as drug lord Chuckie Petrossi to try to discover who is bringing fentanyl and heroin into the U.S. Just as he is on the brink of solving the case, the FBI orders Gimbel to drop his investigation. Will Gimbel persist on his own and take on the Russians in their underground drug terminal? Will Gimbel survive his encounter with the hurricane that strikes the Carolina coast? In this riveting narrative, no one is really the person they appear to be. Everyone is hiding something. Any one of the characters in the story could ask “Do You Know Who I Am?”
Talented and brilliant Peter Gregory was raised in a special Soviet training camp to become a sleeper spy in the United States. Indoctrinated as a very young child to betray his adopted country, he was educated at Berkeley so he could pass atomic secrets to the USSR. Peter surprises himself when he realizes he wants to live in the USA and embrace the freedom he’s discovered in the home of the brave. After the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, he hides for a decade hoping to elude the ruthless Russian hierarchy that never forgets. To avoid being found, he assumes a string of different identities until he finally feels safe. He even falls in love with a beautiful redhead. Neo-Soviet Putin se...
Margaret Lennox sold her home in Washington, D.C. and moved to Marfa, Texas, hoping to escape the insanity, the crime, and the traffic of our nation’s capital. Marfa was a place that welcomed artists, and Margaret hoped to find a quiet life there. But the Marfa Lights were not the only mysterious thing to worry about in this small Texas town. As soon as she moved into her renovated cottage on Austin Street, the bodies began to pile up. A mysterious woman was murdered and thrown from a train behind Margaret’s house. She discovered one of the woman’s shoes in the brush, and the shoe was full of money. Her neighbors and a neighbor’s cat were poisoned. What was happening in this sleepy, ...
When a hijacker forces the flight attendant toward the cockpit at knifepoint, Mercedes Carrington takes action. She grabs her cane and successfully brings down the hijacker. As a result of her courageous act, she is transported out of her quiet existence into the public maelstrom. She becomes a hero, but there is a price to be paid. Her life is in danger because Mercedes has foiled the hijacking, and she is forced to go into hiding. Everyone is searching for her…from the media to the evil conspirators who are behind the operation. As Mercedes settles into Baird House in Nova Scotia and then into her new cottage on an idyllic island off the coast of Maine, she wonders if she will ever be sa...
Austin loves to ride the train. In his mind, he designs trains of the future. Imagine the boy's surprise when he discovers Alberto, a victim of human trafficking, hiding in the cabana behind his home in Merryvale Park. Alberto has just escaped from a hidden compartment in a private railroad car. While keeping Alberto's existence a secret from his mother, Austin must feed and take care of Alberto. It's a big responsibility. Austin and his friend Bertram are on the hunt for the owner of the private railroad car that transports human beings throughout the California countryside. These "esclavos" will be forced to labor in the agricultural fields of the central valley. You will meet Dabney Dinkerlaker, an evil billionaire who made his fortune stealing computer software. Dabney enjoys buying and selling people. This exciting adventure is both a traditional ride on the rails and a journey through what is possible via the electronic communications of today and tomorrow.
This shadow always follows his Sunshine. Her life is a carefully crafted lie. For years, I only watch my Sunshine from the shadows; my loyalty to the Bellandis demands nothing less. When her husband is killed, the path is clear for me to step in and claim her for myself. I'll give her a glimpse into the truth. I give Calla and her kids one year to grieve their loss. When the year is over, I pluck them from the grey world she clings to and insert them into the vivid color of my Bellandi life. Even when it hurts, and she rails against me. Rising tensions in my world threaten to steal her away from me, but I won't let anyone take what is mine. Instead, I'll demand every piece of her: her heart, her body. Her soul. And I won't stop until I've taken everything. Grieved Loss is a full-length standalone novel with an HEA, but the series presents a better reading experience when following the suggested reading order.This series contains dark elements, including an over-the-top antihero who does as he pleases. Please read at your own discretion.