2011, ISBN: 9780515123852

Simon & Schuster. Good. 147mm / 196mm. Paperback. 2011. 400 pages. Cover worn<br>The first corpse is found on the riverba nk. The second in an isolated farmhouse. Both have been… Meer...

Simon & Schuster. Good. 147mm / 196mm. Paperback. 2011. 400 pages. Cover worn<br>The first corpse is found on the riverba nk. The second in an isolated farmhouse. Both have been savagely beaten, the skin flayed from their bodies, their throats cut. For both victims, there's a DNA match. Charlie Pope, a convicted sex offender, has cut himself free from his court-imposed ankle brac elet and disappeared. Now all Davenport has to do is find him. Bu t something doesn't smell right. The killings were calculated and methodical. Pope is of low mental intelligence, incapable of car eful forethought and planning. All the evidence points to Pope - but Lucas Davenport has his doubts. To find the answers, he must track down his key suspect. And to do that, he'll need the help o f the Big Three: three vicious serial killers locked up in the st ate security hospital. Three killers as cunning as they are deran ged . . . 'Sandford is a cunning writer. He constantly avoids the routine or expected with intelligent and surprising new wrinkles ' Washington Post 'Delivers twists to the very last sentence' Dai ly Mail ., Simon & Schuster, 2011, 2.5, Penguin Publishing Group. Good. 4.26(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.94(d). Paperback. 1998. 352 pages. Cover worn<br>Tis the season for passion and intrigue in these four festive Christmas novellas by four outstanding auth ors--including a Lieutenant Eve Dallas story from #1 New York Tim es bestselling author J. D. Robb. In J. D. Robb's Midnight in De ath, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must postpone her first Christmas with her new husband, Roarke, to hunt for an escaped serial killer--b ut she and Roarke still manage to find ways to celebrate. Susan Plunkett's Christmas Promises brings a woman and her ex-fiance to gether after four long years as they search for a missing child-- and make up for the broken promises of Christmases past. In Dee Holmes's The Unexpected Gift, Sabrina McKay and her five-year-old son are coping with the first Christmas since her divorce when h er son finds a body in the yard--and unexpectedly they rediscover the true spirit of the holidays. In Claire Cross's A Berry Merr y Christmas, a mysterious nanny has a special message to deliver to a young orphan and her uncle who long to feel the joy of Chris tmas in their hearts once again. Editorial Reviews Christmas Cr imes 'Tis the season to be suspenseful, with a dash of romance t hrown in for good measure! In this holiday treasure, four romanti c-suspense writers try their hands at stories of holiday-themed l ove and intrigue. The standout is from J. D. Robb (a pseudonym of the bestselling Nora Roberts), whose futuristic suspense story, Midnight in Death, begins with the delicious line, Murder respect s no traditions. From this opening, police detective Eve Dallas has walked into the scene of a particularly nasty crime -- a man has been hanged, but slowly and painfully, with a biblical phras e carved into his body: Judge not lest you be judged. The man is a judge, and with him Eve finds a list of others who the killer i s after -- and her name is at the bottom of that list! It has sh ades of Seven, but this is not a sadistic horror story, for J. D. Robb always manages to present a compelling detective story with out much in the way of gore. Dallas was prepared to celebrate a n ice Christmas with her husband, Roarke, but now it looks as if a killer is on the loose -- and one she knows all too well. The ser ial killer in question is none other than David Palmer, a man Eve had arrested after Palmer left a trail of corpses behind him. No w he's escaped from an off-planet penal colony. The murder story takes over Eve's life, but her romance heats up with her hubby as she proves that some women can have it all. A taut story, with a good deal of Christmas, tension, and love in heavy doses along w ith a neat murder mystery. The other stories also rise to the o ccasion. Dee Holmes's The Unexpected Gift is an ironic and beauti fully told tale of a woman and her young son who are managing the ir first Christmas without Daddy after the divorce. Sabrina McKay 's son, Josh, finds something shocking nearby -- a dead body. The ir entire holiday is changed with this discovery. In Claire Cross 's offering, A Berry Merry Christmas, an unusual nanny has a mess age for an orphan named Natalie and her Uncle Drew. And in Susan Plunkett's Christmas Promises, Marne York gets a Christmas surpri se when her former boyfriend is sent to give her a ride. Jake is not the guy she's wanted back in her life, but soon she and Jake join forces to track down a missing child. All in all, this is a wonderful holiday sampler from these writers, who have delivered a stocking stuffer of a book for fans of romance, suspense, and the season of joy. Highly recommended, particularly for the insta nt-classic J. D. Robb story. - Jessi Rose Lucas, barnesandnoble. com - Jessi Rose Lucas's first romance novel, The Swan Prince, is forthcoming. She lives on the New England coast and is current ly working on her second novel, The Tarnished Knight, a medieval romance about Lancelot and Guinevere. - Jessi Rose Lucas ., Penguin Publishing Group, 1998, 2.5<

1998, ISBN: 9780515123852

Penguin Publishing Group. Good. 4.26(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.94(d). Paperback. 1998. 352 pages. Cover worn<br>Tis the season for passion and intrigue in these four festive Christmas novel… Meer...

Penguin Publishing Group. Good. 4.26(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.94(d). Paperback. 1998. 352 pages. Cover worn<br>Tis the season for passion and intrigue in these four festive Christmas novellas by four outstanding auth ors--including a Lieutenant Eve Dallas story from #1 New York Tim es bestselling author J. D. Robb. In J. D. Robb's Midnight in De ath, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must postpone her first Christmas with her new husband, Roarke, to hunt for an escaped serial killer--b ut she and Roarke still manage to find ways to celebrate. Susan Plunkett's Christmas Promises brings a woman and her ex-fiance to gether after four long years as they search for a missing child-- and make up for the broken promises of Christmases past. In Dee Holmes's The Unexpected Gift, Sabrina McKay and her five-year-old son are coping with the first Christmas since her divorce when h er son finds a body in the yard--and unexpectedly they rediscover the true spirit of the holidays. In Claire Cross's A Berry Merr y Christmas, a mysterious nanny has a special message to deliver to a young orphan and her uncle who long to feel the joy of Chris tmas in their hearts once again. Editorial Reviews Christmas Cr imes 'Tis the season to be suspenseful, with a dash of romance t hrown in for good measure! In this holiday treasure, four romanti c-suspense writers try their hands at stories of holiday-themed l ove and intrigue. The standout is from J. D. Robb (a pseudonym of the bestselling Nora Roberts), whose futuristic suspense story, Midnight in Death, begins with the delicious line, Murder respect s no traditions. From this opening, police detective Eve Dallas has walked into the scene of a particularly nasty crime -- a man has been hanged, but slowly and painfully, with a biblical phras e carved into his body: Judge not lest you be judged. The man is a judge, and with him Eve finds a list of others who the killer i s after -- and her name is at the bottom of that list! It has sh ades of Seven, but this is not a sadistic horror story, for J. D. Robb always manages to present a compelling detective story with out much in the way of gore. Dallas was prepared to celebrate a n ice Christmas with her husband, Roarke, but now it looks as if a killer is on the loose -- and one she knows all too well. The ser ial killer in question is none other than David Palmer, a man Eve had arrested after Palmer left a trail of corpses behind him. No w he's escaped from an off-planet penal colony. The murder story takes over Eve's life, but her romance heats up with her hubby as she proves that some women can have it all. A taut story, with a good deal of Christmas, tension, and love in heavy doses along w ith a neat murder mystery. The other stories also rise to the o ccasion. Dee Holmes's The Unexpected Gift is an ironic and beauti fully told tale of a woman and her young son who are managing the ir first Christmas without Daddy after the divorce. Sabrina McKay 's son, Josh, finds something shocking nearby -- a dead body. The ir entire holiday is changed with this discovery. In Claire Cross 's offering, A Berry Merry Christmas, an unusual nanny has a mess age for an orphan named Natalie and her Uncle Drew. And in Susan Plunkett's Christmas Promises, Marne York gets a Christmas surpri se when her former boyfriend is sent to give her a ride. Jake is not the guy she's wanted back in her life, but soon she and Jake join forces to track down a missing child. All in all, this is a wonderful holiday sampler from these writers, who have delivered a stocking stuffer of a book for fans of romance, suspense, and the season of joy. Highly recommended, particularly for the insta nt-classic J. D. Robb story. - Jessi Rose Lucas, barnesandnoble. com - Jessi Rose Lucas's first romance novel, The Swan Prince, is forthcoming. She lives on the New England coast and is current ly working on her second novel, The Tarnished Knight, a medieval romance about Lancelot and Guinevere. - Jessi Rose Lucas ., Penguin Publishing Group, 1998, 2.5<

1998, ISBN: 9780515123852

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Pubns, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 13th Printing. Christmas romance anthology paperback in near fine condition with creases on spine, some edge w… Meer...

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Pubns, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 13th Printing. Christmas romance anthology paperback in near fine condition with creases on spine, some edge wear, no writing or stamps, no tanning. Cover art bright and glossy.............*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.......WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........Summary - J.D. Robb - "Midnight in Death"; Susa Plunkett - "Chistmas Promises"; Dee Holme - "The Unexpected Gift" and Claire Cross - "A Berry Merry Christmas.., Jove Pubns, 1998, 4<