Death in the Family

Death in the Family
Title Death in the Family PDF eBook
Author Tessa Wegert
Publisher Berkley
Pages 322
Release 2020
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0593097890

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A storm-struck island. A blood-soaked bed. A missing man. In this captivating mystery that's perfect for fans of Knives Out, Senior Investigator Shana Merchant discovers that murder is a family affair. Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly murder cases behind, she's taken a job in her fiancé's sleepy hometown in the Thousand Islands region of Upstate New York. But as a nor'easter bears down on her new territory, Shana and fellow investigator Tim Wellington receive a call about a man missing on a private island. Shana and Tim travel to the isolated island owned by the wealthy Sinclair family to question the witnesses. They arrive to find blood on the scene and a house full of Sinclair family and friends on edge. While Tim guesses they're dealing with a runaway case, Shana is convinced that they have a murder on their hands. As the gale intensifies outside, she starts conducting interviews and discovers the Sinclairs and their guests are crawling with dark and dangerous secrets. Trapped on the island by the raging storm with only Tim whose reliability is thrown into question, the increasingly restless suspects, and her own trauma-fueled flashbacks for company, Shana will have to trust the one person her abduction destroyed her faith in--herself. But time is ticking down, because if Shana's right, a killer is in their midst and as the pressure mounts, so do the odds that they'll strike again.

A Death in the Islands

A Death in the Islands
Title A Death in the Islands PDF eBook
Author Mike Farris
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 332
Release 2016-11-08
Genre True Crime
ISBN 1510712151

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Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii. In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant’s wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial, Thalia’s mother, socialite Grace Fortescue, and husband, along with two sailors, kidnap one of the accused in an attempt to coerce a confession. When they are caught after killing him and trying to dump his body in the ocean, Mrs. Fortescue’s society friends raise enough money to hire seventy-four-year-old Clarence Darrow out of retirement to defend the vigilante killers. The result is an epic courtroom battle between Darrow and the Territory of Hawaii’s top prosecutor, John C. Kelley, in a case that threatens to touch off a race war in Hawaii and results in one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American history. Written in the style of a novel, but meticulously following the historical record, A Death in the Islands weaves a story of lies, deception, mental illness, racism, revenge, and murder—a series of events in the Territory of Hawaii that nearly tore apart the peaceful islands, reverberating from the tenements of Honolulu to the hallowed halls of Congress, and right into the Oval Office itself, and left a stain on the legacy of one of the greatest legal minds of all time.

Death in the Andamans

Death in the Andamans
Title Death in the Andamans PDF eBook
Author M. M. Kaye
Publisher Minotaur Books
Pages 305
Release 2015-12-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1250089263

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Written by celebrated author M. M. Kaye, Death in the Andamans is a wonderfully evocative mystery... When a violent storm lashes the tiny Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Copper Randal barely manages a safe return to Government House. She does get back in one piece with her hostess, Valerie Masson, Val's fiance, and handsome naval officer Nick Tarrent, but one of the islanders is unaccounted for when the boats return to harbor. Cut off from the mainland and confined to the shadowy, haunted guest quarters, Copper and the other visitors conclude that one of their number is a murderer. The killer must be found before the storm destroys all trace of any possible clues. In Death in the Andamans M.M. Kaye has created the perfect blend of exotic setting and expertly crafted whodunit that mark her as one of our greatest literary talents.

When Roots Die

When Roots Die
Title When Roots Die PDF eBook
Author Patricia Jones-Jackson
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Pages 220
Release 2004
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0820323934

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When Roots Die celebrates and preserves the venerable Gullah culture of the sea islands of the South Carolina and Georgia coast. Entering into communities long isolated from the world by a blazing sun and salt marshes, Patricia Jones-Jackson captures the cadence of the storyteller lost in the adventures of "Brer Rabbit," records voices lifted in song or prayer, and describes folkways and beliefs that have endured, through ocean voyage and human bondage, for more than two hundred years.

Death on Paradise Island

Death on Paradise Island
Title Death on Paradise Island PDF eBook
Author B. M. Allsopp
Publisher
Pages 336
Release 2016-10-17
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780994571946

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Shortlisted for the Impress Prize for New Writers This is the first of the Fiji Islands Mysteries series, featuring Detective Joe Horseman, Fiji rugby hero, and Sergeant Susila Singh. When a girl's body is snagged on the coral reef at Fiji's high-end Paradise Island resort, the two drag to the surface secrets that have no place in paradise.

Dead Island

Dead Island
Title Dead Island PDF eBook
Author Mark Morris
Publisher Random House
Pages 336
Release 2011-09-08
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1446497305

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What will you do? How far will you go? What will you become? Welcome to Banoi, a tropical island where you can leave the stresses of the world behind... Welcome to the Royal Palms Resort - which offers its guests from around the world the ultimate in luxury and relaxation... Welcome to the holiday paradise where your dreams should come true...but where a nightmare is about to begin.... Because a mysterious epidemic has suddenly, and without warning, broken out across the island. The local islanders, hotel guests and workers alike are struck down - only to rise again, craving the flesh and the blood of the still living. For four of the holidaymakers and a handful of others scattered around Banoi who are seemingly unaffected by the plague, they must face the awful, terrifying reality of a zombie apocalypse. Now there is only one thing left to do: survive. Welcome to Dead Island... a paradise to die for.

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park
Title Jurassic Park PDF eBook
Author Fabien Delage
Publisher
Pages 340
Release 2020-07-13
Genre
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Dig up the past and jump into action with this captivating prequel to Jurassic Park. Do you have what it takes to unlock the secrets of the Five Deaths? Summer of 1984. Australian forensic Kenneth Turner and his 10 year-old daughter Aileen are flying back home when something terrible happens. After a nightmarish time lost at sea, they are eventually rescued by fishermen off the coast of Central America. Turner and all other survivors are then taken to an island shrouded in mystery. There, they are placed under quarantine. But why are they kept under lock and key in the medical center? And what are those electrified fences for? The crash survivors are going to learn the hard way that a paramilitary group is occupying the premises. The soldiers all work for an enigmatic company called inGen. What is going on in this facility? What are they really up to on site C? Why is the archipelago marked as "maximum security prison" on the maps? Something out of this world is happening on Isla Matanceros, something beautiful and dangerous. Turner and his daughter are going to find themselves at the heart of a hazardous operation involving more than just politics and science. Groundbreaking medical treatments, futuristic food-processing solutions, mass rearing and technology patents are just the tip of the iceberg. What if inGen was hiding a far more spectacular discovery? A discovery that could change the world of genetics forever. But things will not go as planned and the survivors will have to face hardship as South American arms traffickers decide to visit the island. The threat is real.Go back to where it all began, 8 years before the events of Jurassic Park! Find out who the scientists, rangers and inGen workers involved in the creation of the iconic park were. The path is littered with pitfalls and, although the islands look magical, they also turn out to be deadly. Jurassic Park: Dead Islands introduces brand new characters encountering new dinosaur species in hostile territory. How will they tackle these terrifying situations? InGen creatures may be young, but they are definitely lethal... Yet the real monsters may not be the ones roaming the forest. Will Kenneth and Aileen manage to escape safe and sound? Sign the non-disclosure agreement and enter the world of Jurassic Park. The legend unfolds before your very eyes and, like all legends, it's made of blood, sweat and tears. Will you survive the origins of the myth?Includes never-before-seen original artworks by Robert Jack, Aram Papazyan & Yerlik Zharylgapov