The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

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Three years ago, David Hunter moved to rural Norfolk to escape his life in London, his gritty work in forensics, and a tragedy that nearly destroyed him. Working as a simple country doctor, seeing his lost wife and daughter only in his dreams, David struggles to remain uninvolved when the corpse of a woman is found in the woods, a macabre sign from her killer decorating her body. In one horrifying instant, the quiet summer countryside that had been David's refuge has turned malevolent-and suddenly there is no place to hide.



The village of Manham is tight-knit, far from the beaten path. As a newcomer, Dr. Hunter is immediately a suspect. Once an expert in analyzing human remains, he reluctantly joins the police investigation-and when another woman disappears, it soon becomes personal. Because this time she is someone David knows, someone who has managed to penetrate the icy barrier around his heart. With a killer's bizarre and twisted methods screaming out to him, with a brooding countryside beset with suspicion, David can feel the darkness gathering around him. For as the clock ticks down on a young woman's life, David must follow a macabre trail of clues-all the way to its final, horrifying conclusion.

Candy from Strangers by Mark Coggins

Candy from Strangers by Mark Coggins

Book Description

Every little girl knows you can't take candy from strangers. It's the big girls who have a problem with the rule. Big girls with webcams and screen names and Amazon wishlists. Big girls like Caroline Stockwell and her best friend Monica. The young women have a racy website and a devoted--if sometimes creepy--fan base. Then Caroline goes missing, and jazz bass-playing PI August Riordan is engaged to find her--by her lovely and unhappily married mother, Ellen.

Riordan doesn't know the first thing about camgirls, the Internet, or social networking sites. But he's been an investigator long enough to know that lustful longing doesn't always do a body good. And it's clear there are plenty of suspects to pick from: a photography instructor who took nude photographs of Caroline, a shrink with a barcode comb-over and a history of sexual harassment, and a self-made guru who promotes the pleasures of the Tantra (for as long as he can last...).



Riordan finds his way to the truth like only he can in this seamy, surprising third novel from Mark Coggins. With a little help from his ex-fiancee, his cross-dressing sidekick Chris, and a lovely, vindictive French woman, Riordan is in for one hell of a ride. And he won't stop until the San Francisco Bay Area is unseamed from nave to chops, guts from its dark underbelly spilling out for all to see.

The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen

The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen

Book Description

Evil exists. Evil walks the streets. And evil has spawned a diabolical new disciple in this white-knuckle thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.





PECCAVI

The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman’s brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It’s a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O’Donnell–Jane’s professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.



On top of Beacon Hill, the club’s acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.



With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, it’s clear that someone–or something–is indeed prowling the city. The members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their own–or have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?



Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.

Borderline by Mark Schorr

Borderline by Mark Schorr

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Psychologist Brian Hanson, a Vietnam Vet and recovering alcoholic, is crushed by the death of one of his clients. He's sure it's not suicide. When he investigates, he discovers that a string of suspected criminals have been murdered without explanation. Is Portland America's safest small city because of a vigilant police force, or are there other forces at work? Hanson soon learns of a dark secret lurking just below the surface of the City Administration, risking his job, his marriage, and his life. A story of blackmail, political corruption and murder, The Terminated Client is truly a thrilling read.

Red Syndrome by Haggai Carmon

Red Syndrome by Haggai Carmon

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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the world has become all too familiar with the increasingly sophisticated calculus of terror - suicide bombers, beheadings, attacks on mass transit, the leveling of hotels and nightclubs - in which the end game is maximum civilian casualties achieved with minimum technological effort. In Haggai Carmon's timely new thriller, The Red Syndrome, that calculus is deployed to its logical and frighteningly simple conclusion: Introduce a biological weapon into the nation's food supply in a way that had never before been imagined. Until now.

The sequel to Carmon's Triple Identity, The Red Syndrome reintroduces readers to ex-Mossad agent Dan Gordon, a dual Israeli- U.S. citizen living in the United States and working for the U.S. Department of Justice. Like Triple Identity, The Red Syndrome begins with Gordon on the trail of what appears to be a relatively straightforward case of money laundering. But in the Byzantine world of dirty money and offshore accounts, crime breeds strange bedfellows, and Gordon's investigation into the financial malfeasance of the Russian mob turns quickly into a hunt for a weapon of bioterror, and the Iranian-backed Islamic fundamentalist splinter group threatening to unleash it.