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Author
Publisher
Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of her acclaimed mother, Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me, bestselling author Leslie Rule delivers a riveting true story for our time--as she exposes the years-long trail of a sadistic sociopath, identity thief, and killer at the dark heart of a real-life fatal attraction. It was a bleak November in 2012 when Cari Lea Farver vanished from Omaha, Nebraska. Cari, thirty-seven, was a devoted mother, reliable employee, and loyal...
Author
Language
English
Description
Westport, Connecticut. When Piper Reynard meets Leo Drakos, the wedding ring on his finger is the only thing she doesn't like about him-- but she knows no marriage is permanent. Joanna fell in love with Leo years ago. They have two children together, and Joanna has been waiting for Leo to re-emerge from the severe depression that has engulfed him. When she discovers that it's not her loving support that's sparked his renewed happiness, Joanna is determined...
43) Falling in love
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Attending a performance by a opera star he saved in "Death at La Fenice," Brunetti learns that the singer is being stalked by an obsessed fan who subsequently attacks a fellow performer.
44) The photographer
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Delta Dawn comes from humble beginnings, but in her work as a photographer for the children's parties of New York's elite she is used to moving, unnoticed, through their luxurious homes. As she observes their seemingly perfect lives, she adds to this veneer by transforming the images of their crying children, stiff hugs and unsmiling faces-editing the images to make sure the parents see the party they want. The party they may later, looking at the...
45) Point of danger
Author
Series
Triple threat series (Irene Hannon) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Radio talk show host Eve Reilly is used to backlash from her pot-stirring on-air commentary and interviews, but now it seems a disgruntled listener is resorting to more than angry words to express their displeasure. When a suspicious package arrives on her doorstep, Eve turns to law enforcement for help. Police detective Brent Lange can't find any evidence to link the string of unsettling incidents that follows, but he's convinced they're connected....
Author
Series
Cormoran Strike novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case. When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the...
47) Make them sorry
Author
Series
Camaro Espinoza novels volume 3
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Life in Miami isn't complicated for ex-army medic Camaro Espinoza: Piloting charter fishing trips, fighting at the gym, drinking at the bar. Simple doesn't mean stable, though, and two complicating factors--okay, people--are about to disrupt Camaro's relative peace. Faith Glazer, an accountant with no way to defend herself, begs Camaro's help to stop a stalker who follows her every move. While Ignacio Montellano, a detective on the homicide beat,...
48) Stillhouse Lake
Author
Series
Stillhouse Lake novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Gina Royal is the definition of average--a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband's secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor--the ultimate warrior mom.With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a court reporter, Teagan O'Rourke has written official records for dozens of real-life murders. But she's never known the smell of death. Then a young police officer is murdered just inches away from her, and a man calling himself a serial killer starts leaving Teagan notes, signing each with the name of a different murderer from her favorite mystery novels. Teagan turns to her friend Max Kennedy. He longs for more than friendship with Teagan -...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Laney Villanueva and Nico Fiore are the perfect couple: beautiful, popular, talented, and hopelessly in love. Everyone looks up to them at Holy Family High School. But Rafi doesn't just admire them. She watches them. She's drawn to them. Intent on becoming their closest friend, Rafi weaves her way into their lives. She starts small: taking photos of the senior class for the yearbook, joining Laney's club, and babysitting Nico's little sister. And...
51) Seeing strangers
Author
Publisher
Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Greg and Cristian have an open marriage, which suits Greg and his voracious appetite just fine. But when they decide to start a family, they also decide to close their marriage once the baby arrives. Greg has one last summer of fun and is busy arranging hookups wherever and whenever he can. But when one of his old flings reappears in his life, everything Greg has is threatened.
53) The cottage
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A widowed mother is terrorized by a stalker with unfathomable intent in a novel of cold-blooded suspense by the Shamus Award-winning author of The Temporary Agent. When Kate Burke is awakened one night by a sound outside her window, her PTSD is triggered. Was it simply a deer crossing her secluded backyard? Or was it intruders? Because Kate still lives with the dreadful memories of her husband's murder during a seemingly random home invasion two years...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred K. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Swedish National Crime Unit receives a video of a young woman in her home, clearly unaware that she's being watched. Soon after the tape is recieved, the woman's body is found horrifically mutilated. With the arrival of the next, similar video, the police understand that the killer is toying with them, warning of a new victim, knowing there's nothing they can do. Detective Margot Silverman is put in charge of the investigation, and soon asks...
55) Dream girl
Author
Language
English
Description
Injured in a freak accident, novelist Gerry Andersen lies in a hospital bed in his glamorous but sterile apartment, isolated from the busy world he can see through his windows. He is utterly dependent on two women he barely knows: his young assistant and a night nurse whose competency he questions. As he moves in and out of dreamlike memories and seemingly random appearances of a persistent ex-girlfriend at his bedside, Gerry fears he may be losing...
56) Active defense
Author
Series
Danger never sleeps volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a former field surgeon in Afghanistan, Heather Fontaine is used to life-or-death situations. She just didn't expect them to follow her home. When she returns from a party to find that someone has broken into her house, she assumes it is the stalker who has been creeping her out. She hopes to find safety in small town Greenville, SC. Luckily, a stalker isn't the only one watching Heather. Travis Walker has been secretly watching out for her for...
57) Dream spinner
Author
Series
Dream team (Kristen Ashley) volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this steamy and emotional contemporary romance from a New York Times bestselling author, two damaged souls must overcome the pain of their pasts to have the love they've always dreamed of. Hattie Yates has finally met the man of her dreams. Yet years of abuse from her demanding father have left her petrified of disappointment. She's already failed to reach her goal of becoming a professional ballerina ... she can't handle the terrible consequences...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Two women are watching each other. Phoebe Miller isn't sure when the rusty car started showing up in the cul-de-sac she calls home, or why its driver would be spying on her. What could be interesting about an unhappy housewife who drowns her sorrows in ice cream and wine and barely leaves her house? When a new family moves in across the street--the exuberant Vicki, who just might become the gossipy best friend Phoebe's always wanted, and her handsome...
60) One step behind
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Jenna is a wife, a mother, a doctor. She's also the victim of a stalker. Frightening "gifts" are left on her doorstep, her home is broken into, and when she leaves her house to take her children to school, he's waiting. She feels powerless, and the police are unable to help. Then her stalker is brought into the emergency room after a terrible accident, and Jenna has to treat the man who's been tormenting her for months. With her stalker in a coma,...
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