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21) Raina's choice
Author
Series
Western justice volume 3
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raina Vernay is a slave to her brother-in-law's brutal bidding in a seedy Louisiana saloon. She's at the end of her rope. Then a mysterious stranger, Ty Kincaid, arrives in town from Mexico, headed for Arkansas by way of the riverboats, and Raina's mind starts churning a plan. She longs to find the father she's never known. Is Ty her ticket to Indian Territory? Maybe not, when Ty lands himself in jail. And yet, what other choice does Raina have?
22) Man on the run
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It was the night before his wedding, fifteen years ago, that the nightmare began for Jay Crawford--locked up for a crime he never committed. Now, he's escaped prison and wants nothing more than to clear his name and protect his family. To get justice, he'll need the help of the three best friends who have always had his back--Wil, Kyle and Allan. But a man on the run requires absolute trust ... and Jay may just be setting himself up for the ultimate...
23) Stand up and die
Author
Series
Jackals volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Each of the Jackals has his own path to follow: Former Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch is trying to protect a young Commanche from scalphunters. Retired cavalry sergeant Sean Keegan is dodging bullets in a prison breakout planned by the notorious Benteen brothers. And bounty hunter Jed Breen is bringing in one of the bank-robbing Kruger twins, while the other one's out for his blood. Three Jackals. Three roads to justice. But when their paths cross near...
Author
Series
Carter Blake thrillers volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Caleb Wardell, the infamous 'Chicago Sniper', escapes from death row two weeks before his execution, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake, a man with certain specialized talents whose skills lie in finding those who don't want to be found. A man to whom Wardell is no stranger. Along with Elaine Banner, an ambitious special agent juggling life as a single mother with her increasingly high-flying career, Blake must track Wardell down...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Berkley Sensation mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joan Price is a wanted woman. A thief and a fugitive from the mental hospital where she was falsely committed, she's now on the run from her former partners in crime. But luck must be on her side--just when it seems all is doomed, she runs straight into the arms of Martin Hargrove, Earl of Fenbrook, who mistakes her for his distant cousin, Daphne.
26) Caught
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five-year-old David Slaney, locked up on charges of marijuana possession, has escaped his cell and sprinted to the highway. There, he's picked up by his sister's friend and taken to a strip bar, where he survives his first night on the run. Evading the cops isn't his only objective; Slaney also wants to track down his old partner, Hearn, and get back into the drug business. As Slaney makes his fugitive journey across Canada, he adopts numerous...
27) Pen 33
Author
Series
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Serial killer and child molester Bernt Lund escapes from prison custody, leading Detective Superintendent Ewert Grens to the most disturbing case of his career.
Bernt Lund is an unrepentant child molester and serial killer. In the mind of society, in the minds of his victims' parents, and in the minds of his fellow inmates, he is a waking nightmare. And now he has escaped from custody, the worst scenario imaginable for Aspsås Prison's Department...
Author
Publisher
IG Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A routine prisoner transfer on a rural highway ends with the bus upside-down in a ravine, the driver dead of a heart attack, and convicted murderer Ernie Luntz on the loose, his eyes fixed on the mountain range in the distance, over which lies his hometown of Ash Falls. Set in a moss-draped, Pacific Northwest mountain town, Ash Falls is the story of a closely connected community both held together and torn apart by one man's single act of horrific...
29) Rook
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
History has a way of repeating itself. In the Sunken City that was once Paris, all who oppose the new revolution are being put to the blade. Except for those who disappear from their prison cells, a red-tipped rook feather left in their place. Is the mysterious Red Rook a savior of the innocent or a criminal? Meanwhile, across the sea in the Commonwealth, Sophia Bellamy's arranged marriage to the wealthy René Hasard is the last chance to save her...
30) Paradox
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Chief Ty Christie of Willicott, Maryland, witnesses a murder at dawn from the deck of her cottage on Lake Massey. When dragging the lake, not only do the divers find the murder victim, they also discover dozens of bones. Even more shocking is the identification of a unique belt buckle found among the bones. Working together with Chief Christie, Savich and Sherlock soon discover a frightening connection between the bones and the escaped psychopath....
Author
Publisher
Sinister Grin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and charged with raising his six-year-old sister, Will has far more to worry about than most high school freshmen. To make matters worse, Mia Samuels, the girl of Will s dreams, is dating his worst enemy, the most sadistic upperclassman at Shadeland High. Will's troubles, however, are just beginning. Because one of the nation's most notorious criminals -...
Author
Series
David Hunter thrillers volume 4
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
At first glance it could have been anything - a stone, a knotted root - until you looked more closely. Thrusting out of the wet earth, its bones visible through rags of flesh, was a decomposing hand...' It was eight years ago that they found the body buried on the moor. They were certain that this was one of psychotic rapist and multiple murderer Jerome Monk's teenage victims. Which left just two more bodies to find. But the ill-conceived search ended...
Author
Series
Reeve LeClaire novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Reeve LeClaire is a college student, dammit, not Daryl Wayne Flint's victim. Not anymore-not when Reeve is finally recovering a life of her own after four years of captivity. Flint is safely locked up in Olshaker Psychiatric Hospital, where he belongs. He is walking the grounds of the forensic unit, performing his strange but apparently harmless rituals. It seems that he is still suffering the effects of the head injury he suffered in the car crash...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
439 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seeking an escape from her dark past, Carissa Taylor heads to Silver Creek to build a new life. For Cari, landing a job at a historic ranch just outside town is a dream come true, and a chance to put her beekeeping expertise to work. Not only does she feel at home in the ruggedly beautiful landscape, but she's intensely drawn to rancher Chase Bishop, whose strong, steadfast nature quiets her unease. Maybe here she can finally be more than a hunted...
36) The peasant king
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jemmah has always thought of herself as perfectly ordinary until she faces extraordinary circumstances. When her mother, the Persian king's famous senior scribe, is kidnapped, Jemmah and her sister must sneak undetected into enemy territory to rescue her. But infiltrating their adversary's lands proves easier than escaping them. Fleeing through dangerous mountain passes, their survival depends on the skills of a stranger they free from prison: a...
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