Paradise has a dark side.She can't stop thinking about a drowned girl's face... because it reminds her of her own.Overcoming a past filled with scars, Lei makes a life for herself and her dog, Keiki, as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. When a routine patrol turns up two murdered teens, Lei's world is rocked. She knows one of the girls, and she can't rest until she finds answers—not only about the victims, but about her ...

Danger stalks paradise.The past never stays buried.Sixteen years ago, Sergeant Lei Texeira met Harriet Vierra and Malia, the infant she adopted, in a deadly encounter in Mexico. Now a detective with the Maui Police Department, Harry works with Lei, and Malia, a teen sleuth, is determined to find her lost friend Camille.But Camille is only one of many missing girls.Young women are vanishing ...

If Lisbeth Salander and Jack Reacher had a Black/Thai love child…she would be SOPHIE.✅ Brilliant hacker, MMA fighter, domestic abuse survivor, chronic depressive✅ Likes kids and animals more than people✅ Often goes off the grid and hides under a fake identity✅ Never, never gives up on a case. Never.Paradise is haunted by betrayal.What if you discovered that those closest to you were not who they s...

She has kept every secret she owns. He has been trained to find them.Salthollow, 1692. The trials are not over.Evangeline Holt has built her quiet life one careful year at a time — an apothecary on Morrow Street, a reputation for competence, and a secret she has carried since she was seven years old. The old blood came to her without asking. It cost her everything ordinary life had to offer, and she has never once let anyone close enough to see it.T...

Your Recovery Begins Now.You’re living in a body that no longer feels like your own. Doctors shrug. People don’t get it. Some say you’re lazy. And the life you used to live feels like a distant memory. You didn’t choose this battle, but you’re living it every day. The exhaustion, the fear, the isolation—and none of it is fair. You’ve probably been told to “just rest,” “think positively” or “push through” more times than you can count.It’s t...

A Los Angeles dogcatcher falls for a female werewolf desperate to keep her monstrous identity a secret in this debut literary horror thriller.An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing as the initiated convince L.A.'s down-and-out to join their pack. Paying no heed to moons, full or otherwise, they change from human to canine at will—and they're bent on domination at any cost.Caught in the middle are Anthony, ...

A NEW EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON THE TROUBLESBranded as 'Bandit Country' by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas 'Slab' Murphy reigned supreme, bomb attacks on England were planned and the SAS tracked the IRA snipers who hunted British soldiers.In this acclaimed and remarkable book – originally published in 1999 – Toby Harnden, winner of the Orwell P...

Lia Nautilus may be a Mermaid but she's never lived in the ocean. War has ravaged the seven seas ever since the infamous Little Mermaid unleashed a curse that stripped Mer of their immortality. Lia has grown up in a secret community of land-dwelling Mer hidden among Malibu's seaside mansions. Her biggest problems are surviving P.E. and keeping her feelings for Clay Ericson in check. Sure, he's gorgeous in that cocky, leather jacket sort of way and makes her feel like there's a school of fi...

In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world’s most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history’s most fascinating figures.Deftly weaving together art, architecture, history, theology, and much else, Da Vinci's Ghost is a first-rate intellectual enchantment.”**—**Charles Mann, author of 1493Da Vi...

ReImagination: to imagine anew; to form a new conception.The 21st century is reaching middle age. Installations orbit the Earth and synthetic intelligences rule the digital. The Forwards have destroyed the Mesh. The Thalassocracy of New Atlantis lies shattered, reeling from multiple atomic strikes.Might the dreams of better times have been nothing more than naive, figments of wishful thinking?As the BugNet begins to stir, a few believe there may be ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums.”—Los Angeles TimesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • Publishers WeeklyIn this landmark volume, one of the world’s most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first natio...

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