At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school’s basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. The two-story school, one of the nation’s most modern, disintegrated, burying everyone under a vast pile of rubble and debris. More than 300 students and teachers were killed, and hundreds more were injured. As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the catastrophe approaches, it remains the deadliest school disaster in U.S. history. Few, however, know of this historic tragedy, and no book, until now, has chronicled the explosion, its cause, its victims, and the aftermath. Gone at 3:17 is a true story of what can happen when school officials make bad decisions. To save money on heating the school building, the trustees had authorized workers to tap into a pipeline carrying “waste” natural gas produced by a gasoline refinery. The explosion led to laws that now require gas companies to add the familiar pungent odor. The knowledge that the tragedy could have been prevented added immeasurably to the heartbreak experienced by the survivors and the victims’ families. The town would never be the same. Using interviews, testimony from survivors, and archival newspaper files, Gone at 3:17 puts readers inside the shop class to witness the spark that ignited the gas. Many of those interviewed during twenty years of research are no longer living, but their acts of heroism and stories of survival live on in this meticulously documented and extensively illustrated book.

"The abduction of two art students turns out to have been faked, but the murder that follows is very real"--Library journal.

There’s something in them thar hills… When young Mabel Landry needs a good man to find her brother—gone missing in an unexplored region of the Rocky Mountains—Skye Fargo is more than happy to take the job. But he’s not so happy when the mule-stubborn Mabel follows him, because dying in the wilds is much easier than living there. Saddled with the sassy lass, the Trailsman must carve a bloody trail through danger and deception if either of them is going to come back alive…

Sean Flynn is currently out of a job. His life has been a series of disappointments. And there doesnt seem to be any hope for change on the horizon. Ten years as a narcotics agent ended in frustration and now a once promising career as a stockbroker appears destined to dissolve the same way. Then a telephone call from Tom Morris, an old friend and former police officer, changes the course of his life forever. At the request of Morris, Flynn agrees to help track down Marcus Lowell, a money launderer and drug dealer, in the Bahamas. Lowell has fled the country on his $1 million bond and is setting up one last drug deal before he disappears forever. If Flynn can locate and help bring Lowell back, hell share in the reward and be able to get back on his feet. What Flynn and his Morris dont know is that Lowell has been assisted in his escape by the United States government. Flynn goes to the Bahamas to begin his search and meets Sydney Greyson, a beautiful banker in Nassau, and the woman of his dreams. They begin a whirlwind romance and, during a dinner date, she introduces him to Lowell at a local restaurant. Only Lowell is now Thomas Andrews, a wealthy customer of Sydneys bank. In order to get close to Lowell/Andrews, Flynn agrees to go out with Lowell and his girlfriend, Amanda Blair, on his boat the next day for some diving. During the outing, Lowell offers him a job delivering some money to a few friends in Miami for a business deal. All he has to do is put the money in a locker at the airport, exchange the locker key for another key with one of the associates, and bring the new key back to Lowell. Realizing that the business is drugs, Sean accepts the job, hoping to find out where Lowell is staying. Flynn and Morris follow Lowell to his refuge on a small island and make plans to grab Lowell after a quick look at the residence. While sneaking a look at Lowells house, Flynn and Morris are surprised by Lowell and his drug associates. Flynn is severely wounded and forced to watch helplessly as his friend is brutally murdered by Lowell and his associates. After a torturous escape through the islands mountainous undergrowth, Flynn vows to avenge his friends horrible death. Flynn calls on his old narcotics partner, now an agent with the DEA, for help in setting a trap for Lowell and his associates in Miami. He devises an operation designed to take place at the Miami airport. Its an excellent plan except for one detail. If he takes part in the deal, Sydney will leave him. Shes from a different world where there is no place for violence. Painfully wounded and enraged by the brutal murder of his friend, Sean must choose between love and revenge. A choice he must live with the rest of his life.

Celebrating the achievement of a successful career only to be abandoned by her failed sculptor husband, Eve Adams struggles to raise her children alone while balancing conflicting demands, the realities of midlife, and her evolving views on forgiveness and letting go.

"For fans of the Netflix hit series Dead to Me and bestselling domestic suspense fiction by Shari Lapena and Liane Moriarty, a novel set in suburban New Jersey about a dead husband with a serious alcohol problem, an angry, betrayed wife, and the family friends whose talent for keeping secrets might lead to everyone's undoing"--

Rachel and Dan O'Neil must find a way to reconnect with their 17-year-old daughter after she is rescued from her abductor after being in captivity for six years. Original.