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2009: #20 – The Prey (Allison Brennan)

February 15, 2009 2 Comments

Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. But fiction and reality collide when a dismembered body is found in Colorado: the real-life victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character in Rowanâ€™s novel. By the time the FBI, the LAPD, and her own private bodyguard gather around her, another person is killedâ€“again, the murder ripped from the pages of Rowanâ€™s book.

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2009: #18 – China Lake (Meg Gardiner)

February 10, 2009 3 Comments

Evan Delaney learns that not only has her ex- sister-in-law joined a religious cult, but the unstable young mother plans to regain custody of her son and disappear with him into the fold of the fanatical group. But when murder raises the stakes, Evan is dragged even deeper into the nightmare.

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2009: #14 – A Fistful of Charms (Kim Harrison)

February 2, 2009 3 Comments

The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill herâ€”not necessarily in that order.

Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past. And there are those who covet what Nick possessesâ€”savage beasts willing to destroy the Hollows and everyone in it if necessary.

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2009: #12 – All Night Long (Jayne Ann Krentz)

January 30, 2009 1 Comment

Shy, studious Irene Stenson and wild, privileged Pamela Webb had been the best of friends for one short high school summer. Their friendship ended the night Pamela dropped Irene off at home-and Irene walked in to discover her parents’ bodies on the kitchen floor. It was ruled a murder-suicide, and Irene fled the northern California town of Dunsley. But seventeen years later, when Pamela sends a cryptic e-mail asking for help, Irene returns to her hometown to find her old friend has died suddenly, leaving behind a lot of ugly, unanswered questions.