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David Lazar: A Novel Inspired By A True Story

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Author: Kalich, Robert
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Biographies of White Collar Crime

What happens when a husband has lived two lives and harbors a deep secret?
David Lazar could not afford a postage stamp. Employed as a social worker and discarded by his first wife he is forced to move in with his parents. Two years later and still in painful debt, he starts a new life with a twenty-five-dollar bet as a college basketball handicapper. Did he sell his soul to make millions?

The money opens doors and allows Lazar to live extravagantly, yet something is lost in the process: the success exposes Lazar’s harder side, while also revealing his deep conflict with wealth created by corruption.

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Author: Christie, Agatha
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Classic Mystery
‘After the funeral’ is a book written by the legendary British author Agatha Christie. It is a classical detective novel full of suspense and plot twists. As usual, A. Christie demonstrates great attention to details and knowledge of human psychology. The book is intriguing from the very beginning. A wealthy old man Richard Abernethie dies after a long illness. After the funeral his numerous relatives gather to hear the will. Suddenly Richard’s sister Cora shocks everyone suggesting that he didn’t die a natural death. However, nobody takes her words seriously until the woman herself is found murdered. The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is ready to investigate this unusual story. But the case is not easy as mysterious events keep happening and everyone around is a suspect.
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Author: Melchiorri, Anthony J
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First Contact Science Fiction

Tag Brewer is the medical officer of an exploratory scientific vessel called the Argo. His life consists of experiments and research on all the strange alien lifeforms they encounter. He is content to explore the universe through a microscope.

All that changes when the Argo is attacked by an unknown alien ship. Tag is the sole survivor.

After crash-landing the damaged Argo, Tag is stranded on a deadly planet filled with mysterious creatures. He must figure out why the Argo was attacked and escape before his attackers return to finish the job. His only hope is to somehow find a crew that can help him—or create one from his biological artificial intelligence research.

Tag Brewer is the medical officer of an exploratory scientific vessel called the Argo. His life consists of experiments and research on all the strange alien lifeforms they encounter. He is content to explore the universe through a microscope.

All that changes when the Argo is attacked by an unknown alien ship. Tag is the sole survivor.

After crash-landing the damaged Argo, Tag is stranded on a deadly planet filled with mysterious creatures. He must figure out why the Argo was attacked and escape before his attackers return to finish the job. His only hope is to somehow find a crew that can help him—or create one from his biological artificial intelligence research.

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Author: Harris, Omar L.
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Business Leadership

LEADERS ARE THE DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN BAD, GOOD, AND GREAT TEAMS. Great leaders know how to magnify their collective team talent, align and inspire the group, and set ambitious yet achievable targets. Poor leaders do the opposite.

LEADER BOARD: THE DNA OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS answers the crucial question facing today’s leaders: how to understand and unleash the potential of their team’s DNA faster and more effectively than ever before.

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Author: Selby, Christopher
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Animal Husbandry

Can you really raise your own bees in your backyard? Is it difficult?

When you download A Beginner’s Guide To Backyard Beekeeping , you’ll find out just how quick and easy it is to keep bees in an urban or suburban setting and enjoy raw fresh honey anytime you want! You can decide if tending to your own hive of honeybees, is right for you!

How do you get started? What equipment do you need? Is it difficult?

A Beginner’s Guide To Backyard Beekeeping explains the pros and cons of raising bees. It also describes the various types and species of bees and the different types of hives. You’ll also learn about the history of beekeeping and what bees are up to all day.

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Author: Ankrum, Barbara
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Military Romance

Twelve years ago, equestrian Olympic hopeful Olivia Canaday and her best friend, Jake Lassen, made a pinky-swear promise to reunite at the Big Marietta Fair on her thirtieth birthday and marry each other if they were both still single. But that was before they grew up and went their separate ways.

Now, after a disastrous divorce and a career-changing accident, Olivia limps home, minus her mojo, her courage and her faith in love. She retreats to her parents’ ranch, determined to play it safe, but when ex-Army helicopter pilot Jake Lassen arrives to make good on their promise, he reignites passion and hope, two things Olivia had forgotten existed.

Jack Daniels Series – Three Thriller Novels (Dirty Martini #4, Fuzzy Navel #5, Cherry Bomb #6)

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Author: Konrath, J.A.
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Hard-Boiled Mystery

In Whiskey Sour, Chicago police Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels hunted down a killer dubbed “The Gingerbread Man.”

In Bloody Mary, she busted a psychopath with a penchant for dismemberment.

In Rusty Nail, it was a serial killer with a doozy of a family tree.

And now, in Dirty Martini, Jack faces her toughest adversary yet: a sicko who’s poisoning the city’s food supply. But that’s just the start of what he has planned, because he’s aiming to kill fifty thousand people in the single biggest act of terrorism the US has ever seen. Can she stop him — and decide whether to accept boyfriend Latham’s surprise proposal — without destroying both her reputation and her sanity?

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Author: Sellers, L.J.
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Crime Thrillers

When young social worker Raina Hughes arrives at a ramshackle trailer outside of town, she’s on a mission to protect a small boy from abusive parents. But when Detective Wade Jackson arrives at the same location hours later, his mission is far grimmer: investigating Raina’s murder.

The victim’s vicious death is a shocking event for laid-back Eugene, Oregon—and even more chilling when one of Jackson’s fellow officers suspects an elusive rapist whose appetite is turning murderous. Jackson thinks he’s got a tight case against the meth-head dad who menaced Raina, but the evidence seems to leave his suspect in the clear—and a homicidal sex offender still on the loose.

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Author: Sellers, L.J.
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Crime Thrillers

Ten years ago, Hector Vargas confessed to the cold-blooded murder of Detective Wade Jackson’s parents. Now, facing his own death, Vargas has reached out from prison to declare his innocence. Armed with the shocking new truth that dirty cops railroaded Vargas, Jackson must revisit the painful past to get justice for his parents—and jail the ruthless killer.

Meanwhile, Gina Stahl awakens from a two-year coma with a chilling message on her lips: He tried to kill me. Now Detective Lara Evans must probe the young woman’s desperate claim that her near death was not failed suicide, but attempted murder.

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Author: Hart, Joe
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Technothrillers

She’s felt it before…the fear of losing control. And it’s happening again.

In the near future, an aggressive and terrifying new form of dementia is affecting victims of all ages. The cause is unknown, and the symptoms are disturbing. Dr. Gillian Ryan is on the cutting edge of research and desperately determined to find a cure. She’s already lost her husband to the disease, and now her young daughter is slowly succumbing as well. After losing her funding, she is given the unique opportunity to expand her research. She will travel with a NASA team to a space station where the crew has been stricken with symptoms of a similar inexplicable psychosis—memory loss, trances, and violent, uncontrollable impulses.

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Author: Castillo, Linda
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Police Procedurals
When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. At first, it looks like an accident, but when the body of eighteen-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside—burned alive—Kate suspects murder. Who would want a well-liked, hardworking young Amish man dead? Kate delves into the investigation only to find herself stonewalled by the community to which she once belonged. Is their silence a result of the Amish tenet of separation? Or is this peaceful and deeply religious community conspiring to hide a truth no one wants to talk about? Kate doubles down only to discover a plethora of secrets and a chilling series of crimes that shatters everything she thought she knew about her Amish roots—and herself.
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Author: Ryan, Donal
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Humorous Literary Fiction

In the aftermath of Ireland’s financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds.

The Spinning Heart speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and with uncanny perception articulates the words and thoughts of a generation. Technically daring and evocative of Patrick McCabe and J.M. Synge, this novel of small-town life is witty, dark and sweetly poignant. Donal Ryan’s brilliantly realized debut announces a stunning new voice in fiction.

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