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A woman trying to outrun her past is drawn to a coastal village in Maineand to a string of unsolved murdersin this novel of romance and psychological suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.';Suspenseful, sexy, and soulful.'J. R. Ward, bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood seriesAfter an unspeakable tragedy in Boston, Ava Collette flees to a remote village in Maine, where she rents an old house named Brodie's Watch.In that isolated seaside mansion, Ava finally feels at peace .. . until she glimpses the long-dead sea captain who still resides there.Rumor has it that Captain Jeremiah Brodie has haunted the house for more than a century.One night, Ava confronts the apparition, who feels all too real, and who welcomes her into his worldand into his arms. Even as Ava questions her own sanity, she eagerly looks forward to the captain's ghostly visits. But she soon learns that the house she loves comes with a terrible secret, a secret that those in the vill
In a small town in the heart of India, a young girl, barely alive, is found in a sprawling house where thirteen people lie dead. The girl has been beaten and abused, and the house still smoulders from the fire that raked through it. The girl now awaits her trial for the murders that the local police believe she has committed.But an unconventional social worker, Simran Singh, is convinced of her innocence. As Simran begins to examine the circumstances around the case, she encounters a terrifying web of prejudice and deceit in which lives of women are endangered from birth. Brilliantly descriptive of tradition-bound Punjab, Kishwar Desai's debut novel introduces the feisty and independent Simran, whose determination to seek out the truth places her at odds with her environment.What she discovers will change her forever.
The Simpsons meets The Walking Dead in this humorous post-apocalyptic graphic novel for middle-grade readers.A group of thirteen year olds defend themselves and their tree house against the monster ap
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