Book Preview Also by Lisa Gardner novels The Perfect Husband The Other Daughter The Third Victim The Next Accident The Survivors Club The Killing Hour Alone Gone Hide Say Goodbye The Neighbor Live to Tell Love You More Catch Me Touch & Go Fear Nothing Crash & Burn Find Her Right Behind You Look for … Read more
Book Preview H E‘D PUT IN a fifteen-hour shift the night the call came in. Too many impatient drivers on 93, leading to too much crash, bang, boom. City was like that this time of year. The trees were bare, night coming on quick and the holidays looming. It felt raw outside. After the easy … Read more
Book Preview When there appears to be no hope; when all around you are screaming like lost souls, and every spell you try fails to work; when it appears that chaos and evil will at last triumph over good—then, it is truly time for a vacation. —from the teachings of ebenezum, Volume XXXV “Gardner has … Read more
Book Preview ABC Amber LIT Converter http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html THE MAGE THINKS SOME SAGE THOUGHTS There is talk in some learned circles of our major cities about whether or not satyrs, centaurs, grif-fins and certain other fantastic beasts really exist, or are only the product of the popular imagina-tion. As a wizard, I, of course, tend to … Read more
Book Preview “ ‘A wizard is only as good as his spells,’ people will often say. It is telling, however, that this statement is only made by people who have never been wizards themselves. Those of us who have chosen to pursue a sorcerous career know that a knowledge of spells is only one small … Read more
Book Preview Yes, and as yet another trilogy bites the dust, it’s time to place the thanks and/or blame. From my misspent youth, I have to thank Channels 8, 10, and 13 in Rochester, New York, for Swashbuckler, Chiller, and Son of Hercules Theatres—fine programming for a growing boy. From my misspent adulthood, I should … Read more
Book Preview Reel Two of the Cineverse Cycle An Ace Book / published by arrangement with the author PRINTING HISTORY Ace edition / April 1990 All rights reserved. Copyright © 1990 by Craig Shaw Gardner. Cover art by Walter Velez. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any … Read more
Book Preview Roger thought he should be able to deal with anything. He worked in public relations, after all. He prided himself on facing crises. “I told you not to move,” the man in the trench coat reiterated. The man’s voice was almost theatrically gruff. Roger might have found this whole thing funny if the … Read more
Book Preview An Ace Book / published by arrangement with the author PRINTING HISTORY Ace edition / April 1993 All rights reserved. Copyright © 1993 by Craig Shaw Gardner. Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. For … Read more
Book Preview An Ace Book / published by arrangement with the author PRINTING HISTORY Ace edition / September 1992 All rights reserved. Copyright © 1992 by Craig Shaw Gardner. Cover art by Darrell Sweet. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. For information … Read more
Book Preview This book is an Ace original edition, and has never been previously published. Book One of the Arabian Nights by Craig Shaw Gardner An Ace Book / published by arrangement with the author PRINTING HISTORY Ace edition / November 1991 All rights reserved. Copyright © 1991 by Craig Shaw Gardner. Cover art by … Read more
Book Preview ALSO BY MEG GARDINER Ransom River The Shadow Tracer Phantom Instinct unsub novels UNSUB Into the Black Nowhere jo beckett novels The Dirty Secrets Club The Memory Collector The Liar’s Lullaby The Nightmare Thief evan delaney novels China Lake Mission Canyon Jericho Point Crosscut Kill Chain Into the Black Nowhere The Dirty Secrets … Read more
Book Preview 1 The cry pierced the walls, ringing through the darkness. Shana Kerber roused and squinted at the clock. Twelve forty-five A.M. Her voice came as a sigh. “Already?” Shana huddled for a minute under the comforter, clinging wishfully to warmth and sleep. Hush yourself, Jaydee. Please. But the baby’s crying intensified. It was … Read more
Book Preview April 1998 The yelling woke her, the rough voice of her father, shouting into the phone. “Listen to me. We don’t have days. We have hours.” The black sky poured through the bedroom window. Shadows crawled along the ceiling. “Don’t you understand? It’s in his message—Mercury rises with the sun.” Caitlin curled … Read more
Book Preview Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 … Read more
Book Preview 1 When it started, Harper Flynn had a fifth of vodka in her hand, six shot glasses lined up on the bar in front of her, and a stinging cut on her arm from a broken beer bottle. Music rained through the refurbished warehouse, a sheet of noise. Harper poured the martini into … Read more
Book Preview DUTTON Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin … Read more
Book Preview Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, … Read more