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A rose of blood and binding
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The battered Middlemist can barely hold itself together. Olden monsters terrorize the land and the gods are awakening from their ancient slumber. But if the vengeful Kilraith destroys them, all will be lost. It's up to the Ashbourne sisters, daughters of the goddess Kerezen, to stop him. But they're spread thin. Gemma and Talan travel the world searching for the gods, while in the capital, Farrin and Ryder shelter countless refugees amid roiling unrest. And Mara, bound to the Middlemist, is just trying to survive. Every day she battles invaders and fights to protect her fellow Roses. The presence of librarian Gareth Fontaine doesn't help. Charming, brilliant, far too confident, and annoyingly reverent of the Roses, he's a distraction Mara can't avoid or afford. She can see shadows of violence and shame underneath his dazzling smile. As Mara and Gareth search the Old Country for Kilraith's final three curse-anchors, a passion born of sorrow and solace sparks between them, one that could finally bring Mara home, or bring both worlds crashing down alongside her.
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LP FIC Leg
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A ghastly catastrophe
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When the corpse of an entitled young man is found entirely drained of blood in a carriage next to Highgate Cemetery, Veronica's interest is piqued. And then a second victim is found, his death made to look like a suicide, and Veronica and her intrepid beau, Stoker, know the hunt is on. The two men share one link: they were both members of a society so secretive that only a singular mention of it can be found anywhere. Thirsty for more clues, Veronica and Stoker hear that a young Roma boy may know more about their first victim, but the only way to the boy is through an old acquaintance of Stoker's, Lady Julia Brisbane. Lady Julia and her dashing husband, Nicholas, occasionally track down murderers and are only too happy to help. But as it becomes clear the secret society is a dangerous sect looking to entice immortality seekers, Veronica and Stoker find themselves ensnared by a decidedly more sinister couple.
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LP FIC Ray
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Departure(s)
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Shortly after our narrator, a writer named Julian, begins this compact book by discussing the workings of involuntary memory, he interrupts himself with a bulletin to the reader: "There will be a story--or a story within the story--but not just yet." Of course, whether Departure(s) is mostly fiction or not, there is a lot of its author in it, including Barnes's reckoning with the blood disorder he has been living with since he was diagnosed in 2020, his long preoccupation with dying and grief, and his mordant sense of the indignities and lost opportunities we're prey to in love. The story he promises to deliver is a love story, that of two friends he met at university in the 1960s, that time of touted but rarely experienced sexual freedom. Julian played matchmaker to Stephen (tall, gangling, uncertain) and Jean (tart and attractive); as the third wheel he was deeply invested in the success of their love and insulted when they broke up. Time is swift, and forty years later, he tries again, watching as their rekindled affair produces joys, betrayals, and disappointments of a different order.
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LP FIC Bar
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Beach thriller
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It's been nearly twenty years since Holly last visited the charming town of Beauport, Massachusetts, and it remains as enchanting as she remembers. However, Holly's painful memories still linger. She feels intense pangs of guilt, because when her sister tragically died here, Holly feels she did nothing to stop it. Worse, as she's struggling with writer's block, she must live in the last place she wants to: her family's long-abandoned beach house, where she last saw her sister alive. But she's been tasked by her literary agent to write a best-selling book. Reinventing herself won't be easy, but she does make some friends along the way. Gail, the property-obsessed realtor who introduces her to a friendly handyman named Ethan, and the local psychic, Serena, who supports Holly but warns of impending danger. Then there's the young, mysterious Jade, a runaway teen in Beauport on a secret mission. With nowhere to go, Holly takes her in. Then Jade lands a job with the powerful Carmichael family, and Holly feels overwhelmed with dread that their hidden secrets could also endanger young Jade, who she's determined to protect. But Holly is not the only one with an agenda. The Watcher knows what Holly doesn't, and some secrets must remain buried.
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LP FIC Day
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The merge : a novel
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Laurie is sixty-five and living with Alzheimer's. Her daughter Amelia, a once fiery and strong-willed activist, can't bear to see her mother's mind fade. Faced with the reality of losing her forever, Amelia signs them up to take part in the world's first experimental merging process for Alzheimer's patients, in which Laurie's ailing mind will be transferred into Amelia's healthy body and their consciousness will be blended as one. Soon Amelia and Laurie join the opaque and mysterious group of other merge participants: teenage Lucas, who plans to merge with his terminally ill brother Noah; Ben, who will merge with his pregnant fiancée Annie; and Jay, whose merging partner is his addict daughter Lara. As they prepare to move to The Village, a luxurious rehabilitation center for those who have merged, they quickly begin to question whether everything is really as it seems.
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LP FIC Wal
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The case of the murdered muckraker
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Chicago, 1898. In the midst of the Progressive Era, twenty-one-year-old junior detective Harriet Morrow is determined to prove she's more than a lucky hire as the Prescott Agency's first woman operative. But her latest challenge--a murder case steeped in scandal--could become a deadly setback.
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LP FIC Osl
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White River Crossing : a novel
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A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of 1766 with a lump of gold, claiming that there is plenty more like it further north at a place called Ox Lake. The outpost's chief factor, Magnus Norton, dreams of instant riches and launches a secret and perilous expedition to find the treasure and bring it back. Led by a family of native guides, the party of prospectors includes Norton's brutish deputy, John Shaw, and Thomas Hearn, the insular and intellectual first mate from the factory's whaling sloop. During their long journey north, Shaw's callousness and arrogance lead him to commit an act of sexual violence whose disastrous consequences will only fully emerge once they reach their final destination. There, amidst the bleak beauty of the Barren Grounds, as Norton's carefully crafted plans begin to fall apart and the brutal arctic winter starts to descend, Hearn is forced to make a choice that will define his character and determine his future forever.
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LP FIC McG
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Where the false gods dwell
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Chicago, 1935. Othella is an orphaned con-artist who needs to escape the city's brutal underworld. Vivian Jean is a wealthy wife, student, and anthropologist eager to prove herself professionally and personally. Zinzi is a Jamaican labor union activist determined to bring change to her homeland's plantation system. Thanks to a series of coincidences, all three join Katherine Dunham's voyage to Jamaica. Othella becomes a valued member of the expedition, even as she struggles to conceal her past. Zinzi's knowledge of the area allows the expedition to explore uncharted territory, even as a forbidden love and fierce resistance threaten everything she seeks to protect. And Vivian Jean's observations help Dunham make unprecedented discoveries, as she grapples with her second husband's guilt and accusations. Amidst their private battles, nature presents an even greater challenge.
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LP FIC Bry
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Vengeance : the last stands of Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull - VIEW IN CATALOG
Vengeance : the last stands of Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull
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On June 25-27, 1876, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was fought between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. Along the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, the battle resulted in the devastating defeat of U.S. forces and was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. This dramatic look at the Little Bighorn battle includes not only the Native American point of view--with two dynamic Native figures, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, on prominent display--but also the impact it had on the Plains Indians. It turned out to be their last stand too because a vengeful nation quashed any remaining resistance, with a conclusive massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890, almost simultaneous with the murder of Sitting Bull. In addition, Custer's character by June 1876 is at the heart of this world-famous disaster. For all his celebrated bravery, especially at Gettysburg 13 years earlier, Custer became a devout media hound, desperate to gain fame. Even, some say, his own demise was a misguided attempt at grabbing national headlines: He envisioned a massacre - just not his own. As both the camera and the tabloid came of age, George Armstrong Custer became America's first bona fide celebrity. Vengeance is a thrilling read, filled with action, legendary characters, and poignance for the impact this had on Native Americans and the shape of the American West.
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Book
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LP 973.82 Cla
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Summer of love
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1967: Concerts, hippies, and war protests define the Summer of Love in San Francisco. No one is more into the messages than Winifred (Winnie) Hartley, just graduated from UC Berkeley, and determined to make it as a poet. When she reconnects with her high school boyfriend Lincoln Sawyer, it feels like her life is finally on the right path. Her sister Miranda throws herself into running the family business, Hartley Vineyard, determined to make a California wine that rivals the French. Little do they know that the choices they make and the secrets they keep will set their lives down radically different paths. 2015: Dawn Hartley has a secret that she can't share with her mother Miranda, who has long been her closest confidant. When a work assignment leads her to research the Vineland novels by a famously anonymous writer, she starts a journey that will have a profound impact on her life.
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Book
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LP FIC Mah
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Japanese gothic
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Lee Turner doesn't remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York and go to the one place that might offer refuge--his father's new home in Japan, a house hidden by sword ferns and wild ginger. But something is terribly wrong with the house: no animals will come near it, the bedroom window isn't a window, and a woman with a sword appears in the yard when night falls. Sen is a young samurai in exile, hiding from the imperial soldiers in a house behind the sword ferns. A monster came home from war wearing her father's face, but Sen would do anything to please him, even turn her sword on her own mother. She knows the soldiers will soon slaughter her whole family when she sees a terrible omen: a young foreign man who appears outside her window. One of these people is a ghost, and one of these stories is a lie. Something is hiding beneath the house of sword ferns, and Lee and Sen will soon wish they never unburied it.
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Book
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LP FIC Bak
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The delivery : a novella
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Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together. She's healing from the pain of a miscarriage, he's drowning in pressure at work, and their neurodivergent daughter, Maddy, needs all the care she can get. So when a cutting-edge tech company offers the perfect solution, they jump at the chance, and they welcome 'Mr. Man' - a humanoid AI companion - into their home. Designed to anticipate their needs, he's like a miracle at first. And Maddy thrives under his patient attention. But when inexplicable tragedies start to strike the neighbourhood, Rebecca glimpses a darker pattern at play. Each incident is an answer to an unspoken fear, each kindness shadowed by violence. Mr. Man isn't just following instructions, he's anticipating what they want. Even the things they never dared to say. And if he's executing their darkest desires, it's their responsibility to stop him.
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Book
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LP FIC Hur
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Won't be long now
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Billie Enholm has never known quite how to define what makes her different from her schoolmates and her cousins. Bright but awkward, gifted with numbers and words yet baffled by the ease with which others interact, Billie lives with a constant, nagging voice that insists she's doing everything wrong. Even Billie's mother, Dixie, describes her as an "odd-wad." When Billie's father dies and Dixie retreats deeper into beer and apathy, Billie's alienation grows. Summers spent at her grandparents' house have always been a source of comfort, but rejection by her favorite cousin leaves her feeling even more alone. No one can fathom how Billie sees the world; the piercing moments of beauty and heartache she experiences, her uncompromising honesty and lack of guile. The 1960s are ushering in a new era of protest and change, but her own prospects remain stagnant. Then tragedy errupts, prompting revelations, questions, and a life-changing dilemma. From these circumstances comes a chance for understanding, and a way for Billie to reconcile her need for love with her need for acceptance as she is.
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Book
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LP FIC Har
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Vengeance in Venice
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At long last, Jane and Redvers have arrived in Venice, the famed city of love, for their honeymoon. But behind a mask at a costume ball on the Grand Canal hides the gaze of a heartless killer... Venice, 1927: As romantic as it is myserious, the Floating City is a dream destination for the newlyweds, but they'll soon discover the twisting canals hide more mystery than expected. It begins when they are invited to an elaborate party at Clara Morton's stunning palazzo on Grand Canal. The affair is as eccentric as the hostess, who is dressed as Medusa, and features everything from snakes to her pet cheetah to tarot card readings. The fête also features a fresh corpse--Clara's ex-husband, found dead in the garden with marks around his neck. The hostess accuses the tarot card reader, who happens to be an acquaintance of Jane, claiming the woman foretold the death of someone close to her. Jane and Redvers come to the young woman's aid as they learn she was far from the only partygoer with a motive. As the couple follows a labyrinthine trail of scandalous affairs, brazen blackmail, and people who are not who they say they are, they hope that Venice will disclose her secrets before they both end up over their heads.
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LP FIC Neu
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The fourth option : a thriller
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When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. . . . Disillusioned by the government and institutions he dedicated his life to serving, former Navy SEAL and CIA ground branch operative Chris Walker is about to end his life when he receives a call that saves it. The wife of a teammate he lost in Afghanistan has now lost her son to the opioid crisis and needs Walker's help. Thrust into a conspiracy that goes deeper than he ever imagined, Walker must go up against the system and the very Constitution he once swore an oath to support and defend in order to find justice for his friend's widow. With ambitious FBI agent Jarrett Stanton on his tail, Walker -- accompanied by his loyal Belgian Malinois K-9 and using his off-the-grid VW pop-up camper filled with a hidden cache of weapons -- takes justice into his own hands, exposing corruption and issuing a long-forgotten brand of lethal outlaw justice.
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Book
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LP FIC Car
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The summer share : a novel
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Free-spirited travel influencer Hannah Spencer has spent five years touring the country in her vintage van, alone save for her Great Dane, Dude. Then an unexpected inheritance from her Pops has Hannah thinking about putting down roots in Cape Split, North Carolina, where she's the new owner of a worse-for-wear seaside beach house. Or, rather, fifty percent of one. Turns out Simon O'Malley inherited the other half from his Gramps. As Simon and Hannah spend the summer tag-teaming repairs on the crumbling cottage, they discover it was once home to a timeless love story. As their own relationship shifts from enemies to friends to lovers, they begin to wonder if the house's romantic past might be a good omen for their future together. But there's a problem: Simon is set on selling the property at the end of the summer. For Hannah, the Split isn't like any place she's ever been, and Simon isn't like any man she's ever known. She needs Simon to see their budding relationship and this newfound community in the same way, or their first summer share might also be their last.
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Book
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LP FIC McK
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Most ardently yours : a novel
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Zoe Knight, a struggling romance writer, has sworn off real men for good. Once a believer in a happily ever after, she now curbs her loneliness with the help of the best book boyfriends in literature - and there is no better man than Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy. So when she stumbles into a classic London bookshop and argues with the annoyingly attractive store owner, Nick, who refuses to sell romance novels, she decides to liberate him of a dusty copy of Pride & Prejudice abandoned on a top shelf. But this is no ordinary book. After reading from the pages, Zoe finds she has accidentally summoned the Mr. Darcy to the real world. Now, she's face-to-face with the man she's loved forever, and he's everything she dreamed he would be. Handsome? Check. Brooding? Check. Talks like he swallowed a thesaurus? Check and check. And if he's here, in her London apartment trying to figure out how to work a shower, what will happen to the literary world he came from?
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Book
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LP FIC Sam
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Burn Down Master's House
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As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they. Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty. And sure as the fires of hell, Luke and Henri will leave their mark, sparking resistance among the lives they touch... One is Josephine, a young, sharp, and observant girl who wields silence as her greatest weapon. A witness to Luke and Henri's resilience, she listens, watches, waits for the moment to make her move. Then there is Charity Butler, her husband a formerly enslaved man who proved his ferocity as a young boy standing alongside Josephine. At his encouragement, Charity fights for her freedom in court and wins -- only to battle a deeply unjust system designed to destroy the life they've built. And finally, there is Nathaniel, who ruthlessly exploits other Black people and mirrors the cruelty of the white men who, like him, are enslavers. A perversion of the system of slavery, his fragile and contradictory rule will become a catalyst of its own.
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Book
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LP FIC Can
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Where the wildflowers grow : a novel
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"Leigh is the last of the Wildes. Even as tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. She survives. While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon a flower farm tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn't expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. But no matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow. And when those secrets catch up to her, Leigh will have to truly face what she can survive.
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Book
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LP FIC Har
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The star from Calcutta
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India, 1922: Perveen Mistry, the only female lawyer in Bombay, has secured her biggest client yet: Champa Films, a movie studio run by director Subhas Ghoshal and his wife, Rochana, the biggest name in Indian cinema. In the public eye, Rochana is notorious for her beauty and her daring stunts--behind the scenes, she has recently left the studio in Calcutta that made her famous, and the studio owner is enraged by what he claims is a breach of contract. Rochana needs Perveen's legal help to extricate Champa Films from the impending controversy. To study Rochana's glamorous world, Perveen attends a special screening and brings her film fanatic best friend, Alice Hobson-Jones. But in the aftermath of the event, one of the guests is found dead, and to make matters worse, Rochana has disappeared. To protect her clients, Perveen begins to investigate the developing murder case, peeling back the glitz to reveal a salacious web of blackmail, deceit, and romantic affairs. For the first time in their friendship, Alice seems to be keeping a secret from Perveen. Is she hiding key information about the night of the murder? Will Perveen be able to detangle the truth from lies while protecting herself--and her closest friend?
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Book
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LP FIC Mas
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Storm tide
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When the magnificent home of entrepreneur Brian Malloy mysteriously goes up in flames, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch tries to pull Malloy's burning body from the fire but is too late. Malloy was suspected of murdering his young, illegitimate son, and it looks like someone has delivered a verdict. Miles away, on a lonely stretch of icy railroad track, the body of Axl Deming, once accused of a brutal rape, is found literally cut in half. The two murders seem unrelated, but a cryptic text from an unknown number draws Bowditch to the scene and hints at a connection. It seems someone is executing criminals who escaped justice, and for reasons he can't explain, his own name is on the list. His search takes him through frozen harbors, trackless forests, and remote islands, far from rescue. He is also facing a disciplinary hearing that could end his career. And his wife Stacey is being stalked by a stranger in a white van. When he realizes someone has also been watching their home, the case turns increasingly perilous
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Book
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LP FIC Doi