Corrie is the perfect girl. She lives in a nice middle-class home, gets perfect grades, dresses perfectly, and never causes trouble. She acts perfect and looks perfect. But perfection is in the eye of the beholder. In reality, Corrie hides horrible secrets about her family, and her perfection simply covers a shattered girl with no self-esteem. As a result, she's the idea target for bullying from a group of girls in her school, her one escape from her abusive home life. Now even that avenue of escape is stripped away. As the bullying and abuse intensifies, Corrie realizes she is hopelessly trapped with no one to turn to and no way to escape.Only the aid of a friendly teacher and a strange dog can give her hope.
THRILLS! CHILLS! ACTION! SUSPENSE! This is the world of Block, P.I. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the real world, which is where Block finds himself when a co-worker at a dental office next to his shabby storefront is murdered. Northville homicide detectives Dan Gold and Xander Nicholson investigate Jill's strange and seemingly accidental death. Along the way, Block introduces them to the world of the P.I. and the hidden side of Northville that none dare tackle other than our man Block and his faithful assistant Mindy.
Amy Dayne has not had a happy life. Abused by her brothers, dumped by her husband, and addicted to heroin, she's started to work her way back to a relatively normal life as a call girl with the aid of her best friend, Starr.But things change when she meets Dave and Andrea McLaughlin, a wealthy and successful couple that has plans for her. As members of the Society of Jack-O'-Lanterns, they have power and privilege. More importantly, they want Amy to join them. Amy soon finds her world a completely different place. But to her horror, she realizes that along with power and wealth come dangers — dangers that quickly leave her with blood on her hands.
Lisa and Cherie are young sisters living in the town of Normal, Illinois. But their lives are anything but normal. Their father abused them considerably before he died, and now Lisa is struggling with the effects. But then she meets Martin, a charming man from Texas, and her life takes a dramatic turn. As a result of her relationship with Martin, she later meets Misty. She has also been part of Lisa's life although Lisa has never been able to recall that fact. The result of the pairing of Lisa and Misty is a horrible discovery that alters them forever. Only when their secrets are shared do they realize that sisters don't share everything.
A dismembered floater is the last thing Northville Detective Dan Gold wants to find on a dreary autumn day. Kelly, a young runaway, discovered a gruesome corpse in the midst of her own suicide attempt. Dan suspects she has further information. Fortunately, Kelly is taken to Jenny's Shelter, a shelter for homeless children run by Dan's old acquaintance Jennifer Collier. Jenny built the shelter with her husband's money and is admired by everyone in the community. Dan finds himself drawn to Jenny in romantic ways. Despite Jenny's marriage and the protests of Gold's partner, Xander Nicholson, the relationship grows deeper. But as the relationship grows, it leads Dan to more bodies, more crimes, and some very unpleasant possibilities about Jenny's real work. Aided only by Xander and the children at the shelter, Dan works through layers of secrets, deceptions, and half-truths to discover why his town is full of corpses.
East West Michigan City is the hometown of Northville homicide detective Xander Nicholson. While his partner Dan Gold deals with the Chicken Man in Northville, Xander assists his old friend Suzie and Kyle, her current boyfriend. Obviously, East West Michigan City is not the ideal place for a wild animal safari park, but while investigating the odd crime that has landed Kyle in jail, Xander discovers one being built in the small town. Smelling trouble, Xander rallies his friends and family to assist him. And he has plenty of help: Dennis, his retired, septuagenarian father; Calico, his younger bipolar depressive sister; Suzie, still attractive as ever; and Clyde, the lost bloodhound. Only this unique team can uncover the corruption and sheer stupidity driving the leaders of East West Michigan City to allow the buffalo to roam the shores of Lake Michigan.
Masochism. Just a word in a book, but for quiet high school student Alicia Porter, it has drastic ramifications for her life. If there's a word to explain her self-abuse, then maybe she isn't alone. And as she starts college, she discovers this is true. Her new friends, Tabitha and Monica, seem to understand the drive that Alicia has to hurt herself. But what they don't understand are the agonizing and sinister secrets that drive Alicia to such behavior. As Alicia's relationships with her new friends deepen, the secrets held in her subconscious begin to escape. No longer is her masochism and self-abuse a form of relief, but a trigger for horrible memories of torture and abuse. Even worse, her father is somehow involved. As her life falls apart, Alicia must battle not only the collapse of her current relationships, but also the secrets that threaten to undermine her relationship with her father, the only family in her life.
Horus wants war with the Moon and Mars, but it hasn't happened. To drive the war effort into mobilization, Horus takes action. Somehow, he has discovered Allison's secret lineage, and as a result she finds herself under imminent threat of assassination. As leader of the Outcasts and her friend, Bill Gram finds himself in the difficult position of defending her and respecting her rights. Nothing is easy now. Allison has lost any chance of a normal life, has lost her friends, and is in danger of losing her position with the team. In fact, whether she lives or dies, she is now a true outcast, utterly alone in a hostile world. As a result, she comes to Bill with a desperate and daring plan. Agreeing to help, Gram soon finds that his decision will cost him dearly. It could cost him his team, his wife, and even his life. And even if he doesn't lose any of those things, he could become the most hated man of all time. To become a god, Gram must first learn the value of sacrifice.
Roughly a century into the future, mankind lives on Earth, the Moon, and Mars. But the existence of mankind is tenuous. The population has declined, and Earth has fallen under the dictatorial rule of Horus, an alien of unknown origins. Bill Gram leads the Outcasts, a clandestine group working for Reverend Omegastadt on the Moon. Gram is a very successful operative, having established a cover on Earth. But never have the stakes been this high. The daughters of the President of Mars have been kidnapped, and the Outcasts realize that if Earth and Mars go to war, the Moon will be caught in the middle of warfare that could wipe out humanity. It is on this mission that Bill Gram finds out what it's like to be limited. It's his first step on the path to becoming a god.
A simple home renovation leads to the discovery of a skeleton in the basement. Northville homicide detectives Dan Gold and Xander Nicholson now have a seventeen year-old cold case on their hands, one that initially appears linked to a serial killer operating in Northville at that time. Their investigation soon brings into question Carrie and Kathy Burns, neighbors of Denise at the time of her death. While the detectives have doubts about the original investigation blaming serial killer David Woodley for Denise's death, they also aren't sure what motive Kathy or Carrie would have to harm their friend and neighbor. Uncovering these secrets takes Gold and Nicholson into dangerous territory involving crimes hidden for nearly two decades. And when those secrets are revealed, they generate an explosive release of violence that could cost lives.
Torture Magic Novel 3.10 is here! Yellow Smith is one of the closest confidants of Calico Kelkirk, now leader of the Consortium. Yellow had a difficult past and is eager for humanity to escape global warming by establishing colonies on Mars, where she will oversee the animal population. But to do that, the Consortium must find a massive source of power for the alien, Quotient, to handle the portal to move everyone and everything needed for the colony. This source of power will be the souls and lives of approximately two million people. A major metropolitan city is about to undergo a catastrophe not seen since the end of World War II. And a traitor within Ops will make it all possible.
A house encased in ice is the scene of a gruesome murder in Northville, bringing homicide detectives Dan Gold and Xander Nicholson into the realm of a group of women with many secrets. As the detectives work to unearth the killer of Fiona Morales, they discover other deaths to persons known to the women. Are these accidents or homicides? Is there a killer or killers working clandestinely inside the group? If so, unless Gold and Nicholson can find out, others are certain to die.
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