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It's been twenty years since the five friends known as the 'Lightning Five' visited their hunting cabin together. Twenty years spent living in the shadow of something they did in high school - an event that forever defined them in the minds of everyone in their small town. Now they're returning to the cabin to reminisce about old times and forget their troubles...but mother nature has other plans in mind. Before too long, supplies will run low and they will have to make some hard choices - like who gets to live and who has to die...

This third collection of vintage detective stories includes tales by authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, and Emile Gaborioux.

Nicky the three-pawed Maltese wants a forever home but can't seem to find one. Follow his adventures as he encounters rescue workers, foster families, and a collection of other dogs. Some of the humans he meets are nice, but will he ever find a loving home of his own?

Charlie the adorable Shih Tzu mix starts life with a family that doesn’t care much about her. By the time she is rescued, Charlie has become quite sick. But then something changes... Follow Charlie’s adventures as she moves to a new family and discovers the perfect life with her new mommy.

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It may be Vegas, but the odds of being attacked by your boss and outlaw bikers on the same night—slim. My boss, I should have seen coming. Thanks to the life I left behind. I know an abuser when I see one, and it was just a matter of time until he found out I've been lying.

Around the world, Treadstone agents are being hunted down and murdered... and Jason Bourne may be next on the list. Someone high up in the U.S. government is erasing all evidence of a shocking mission from Bourne's past, known as Defiance—and that evidence includes Bourne himself. Staying one step ahead of a team of killers, Bourne follows a global trail that leads him to one of the government's darkest secrets. But exposing the truth about the Defiance mission will also bring Bourne face to face with his arch-enemy, the assassin known as Lennon, for a final deadly confrontation.

A ship washes ashore in the Philippines without a single crew member aboard. All residents of an alpine village disappear without a trace. Connecting the two events is the appearance of strange, metallic spheres and scorch marks in both locations. An NSA team led by agents Alton and Mallory Blackwell discover a link between the disappearances and a group of disputed islands in the Artic...and an even more puzzling connection to the ancient city of Sodom. As tensions to lay claim to the coveted islands push the world’s superpowers toward armed confrontation, the Blackwells and their team ...

Despite having a desire to succeed, we are so accustomed to working hard to reach our goals and produce results in the workplace, that many of us sacrifice our deeper humanity in the process. This timely book is ideally suited for the current era of anxiety and global upheaval that has awakened us to our collective dissatisfaction with the status quo.

The perfect baby is only an appointment away… It’s the year 2053, when wealthy couples visit designer-baby companies to create the perfect child. Ex-cop Finnegan Cooper is hired to investigate the unexplained failure of one couple’s embryos at Melgen, the world’s premier designer-baby consultancy. When his client dies the next day in a suspicious car accident, Finn fears the client’s widow will be the next target. Determined to save her, Finn plunges into the shadowy world of genetic engineering, digging into an activist group opposed to genetic modification, an aggressive rival ...

Experience 13 common urban legends like never before. Expanded and retold in a way to really connect you to the story - are you brave enough to read them?

Are you ready to hit pause on the serious stuff and dive into the hilarity of life’s twists and turns? Join Virginia Freeman as she serves up your go-to guide for navigating the wild world of starting over in your 30s and 40s—where the coffee is strong, and the laughs are stronger.From the ups and downs of dating and the IVF rollercoaster to the adventures of single parenthood and co-parenting, we're tackling it all with a wink and a smile. Expect unfiltered advice, relatable stories, and plenty of laughs as we embrace the messiness together. Because even when life gets tough, there’s ...

Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in West Africa in his novels. The Case of the White Footprints is a murder mystery set in Margate. A lady has been found dead in her room in a boarding house.

When irascible clergyman Amos Monkhouse, visiting from the North, finds the condition of his invalid brother Harold so much worse than he had expected, he calls in a specialist. But when Harold then suddenly dies an investigation reveals that he was poisoned with arsenic. The police can make nothing of the conflicting evidence beyond the certainty that only someone in the dead man's immediate domestic circle could be responsible. A childhood friend of Harold's wife, young barrister Rupert Mayfield, convinced that there must be another explanation, enlists the help of Dr John Thorndyke to lift the shadow that hangs over his friends.

As Christmas approaches, Mr. Percival Bland finds his criminal enterprises unraveling. Fortunately, though, his plan of escape requires little beyond a set of human bones and a quantity of shin of beef. But will his scheme deceive the great forensic investigator Dr. John Thorndyke?

Murder and Nowata don’t belong in the same sentence. Nothing ever happens in Nowata, certainly not murder! Pete stumbles into the only bar in the little, rural town of Nowata early on a Sunday night when the weekend is winding down. He is cut up and bleeding and tells a terrifying story of his older step-son’s explosion into murdering insanity. The boy, Aaron, has killed his mother and little brother and tried to kill his step-father. Although Pete was wounded in the battle with Aaron, he managed to escape and the insane boy has run off into the woods that surround the town.

Soundings and Choc Lit present the audiobook edition of A Little Christmas Charm. Gabby Sanderson is used to being let down - even at Christmas. Which is why she’s happy to skip the festive season completely in favour of a plane ticket and sunnier climes. But this Christmas could be different, because this time she might not be spending it alone. Can Owen Cooper charm Gabby into loving Christmas in the same way he’s charmed his way into her life, or is he just another person who’ll end up disappointing her?

Brian Freeman ci catapulta in un mistero intenso ed emozionante che coinvolge una piccola cittadina per dieci lunghi anni, e in cui un'indimenticabile eroina scopre che, talvolta, i morti sono più facili da salvare dei vivi. Da neonata, la vice Shelby Lake fu abbandonata e salvata dalla morsa del gelo da un estraneo. Ora, anni dopo, la situazione si è capovolta: è Shelby a dover salvare un bambino. Jeremiah Sloan è scomparso all'età di 10 anni, lasciando come unica traccia una bicicletta sul ciglio di una strada isolata.

How could anyone resist Michael Tennant, with his hypnotic blue eyes and voice like molten chocolate? Jessie Simmons certainly can’t. But Jessie’s a single mum who can’t sing to save her life – there’s no way she’ll ever cross paths with the star tenor. At least that’s what she thinks until she’s unexpectedly invited to take part in a new reality TV show.

Common retirement strategies don’t work! Learn why bonds and annuities fail to create a successful retirement. You need a retirement strategy to help you survive and thrive in retirement. Freeman Linde, Certified Financial Planner™ and retirement planning specialist, unpacks why traditional strategies won’t overcome life’s largest obstacles.