Book Preview * Chapter 1 Jennifer Sheridan stood in the door to my office as if she were Fay Wray and I was King Kong and a bunch of black guys in sagebrush tutus were going to tie her down so that I could have my way. If s a look I’ve seen before, on … Read more
Book Preview ONE Patricia Kyle said, “Is this Elvis Cole, the world’s greatest detective? “Yes, it is.” I was lying on the leather couch across from my desk, enjoying the view that I have of the Channel Islands. I used to have chairs, but a couch is much better to relieve one of the rigors … Read more
Book Preview * Chapter 1 I was standing on my head in the middle of my office when the door opened and the best looking woman I’d seen in three weeks walked in. She stopped in the door to stare, then remembered herself and moved aside for a grim-faced man who frowned when he saw … Read more
Book Preview * Chapter 1 “I’ m sorry, Mr. Cole, this has nothing to do with you. Please excuse me.” Ellen Lang stood up out of the director’s chair across from my desk. I’d had it and it’s mate fitted in a nice pastel burgundy a year ago. The leather was broken in and soft … Read more
Book Preview Demolition Angel (2001) Robert Crais * PROLOGUE: To be disrupted: when the human body is blown apart as by the pressure force of a bomb. –GRADWOHIS LEGAL MEDICINE CODE THREE ROLL OUT–BOMB SQUAD, SILVER LAKE, CALIFORNIA CHARLIE RIGGIO STARED at the cardboard box sitting beside the Dumpster. It was a Jolly Green Giant … Read more
Book Preview Claim your free copy of The First Crown: a Caledan Prequel | Reader’s Group Exclusive: | It’s easy to kill a man. It’s hard to kill a dragon. Is it impossible to kill a god? The Books of Caledan Trilogy The Brooding Crown: The Second Book of Caledan The Shattered Crown: The Third … Read more
Book Preview Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it’s likely no one even noticed. What happened? The “whirlwind” of urgent activity required to … Read more
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Book Preview Black Rock Lake Oranack, Maryland She thought she swallowed because her throat burned hot, as if splashed with sharp acid, but she wasn’t sure because she couldn’t think clearly. Her mind felt dark, as heavy and thick as chains, and she knew to her soul there was violence just beyond it. She smelled … Read more
Book Preview ALSO BY CATHERINE COULTER THE FBI THRILLERS TailSpin (2008) Double Jeopardy (2008): The Target and The Edge Double Take (2007) The Beginning (2005): The Cove and The Maze Point Blank (2005) Blowout (2004) Blindside (2003) Eleventh Hour (2002) Hemlock Bay (2001) Riptide (2000) The Edge (1999) The Target(1998) The Maze (1997) The Cove … Read more
Book Preview Julia was whistling. She was happy, she realized, actually happy, for the first time in what seemed like forever. The cops had finally given up, the media had gone on to new, more titillating stories to keep their ratings up. And the soulless paparazzi who lurked behind bushes, cars, and trees, one of … Read more
Book Preview “I just bought Point Blank yesterday and finished it this morning. All I have to say is that it was the best out of all the FBI series. I have read almost all of your books. It was so suspenseful that I had a hard time putting it down to go to sleep … Read more
Book Preview POCONO MOUNTAINS NEAR BLESSED CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY EVENING I T WAS DARKER than Savich was used to, what with no city lights within fifty miles. The moon was a sharp sickle, cutting in and out of bloated black clouds. He rolled down the window and sniffed the air. Snow was coming, he thought, … Read more
Book Preview There was no moon, no stars, just low-lying rain-bloated clouds, as black as the sky. Dillon Savich was sweating in his Kevlar vest even though it was fifty degrees. He dropped to his knees, raised his hand to stop the agents behind him, and carefully slid into position so he could see into … Read more
Book Preview This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Eleventh Hour A Jove Book / published by arrangement with the author All … Read more
Book Preview This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. HEMLOCK BAY A G.P. Putnam’s Sons Book / published by arrangement with the … Read more
Book Preview First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Orion, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd. Copyright © 2000 by Catherine Coulter The moral right of Catherine Coulter to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. All … Read more
Book Preview THE EDGE by Catherine Coulter 1999 TO CURRY ECKELHOFF Incredible competence aside, you’re a wonderful friend, you’ve got a great sense of humor, you’re generous to a fault, and you’re a blonde. Here’s to all of us hanging out in the PinkPalace. PROLOGUE Edgerton, Oregon The night was black and calm, silent except … Read more