When the severed hands of young women begin appearing around the normally sleepy tourist town of Pacific Cove, Sam Parker is called in by the new sheriff for a quick consultation. But after a body is discovered, several mysterious packages are delivered and a friend is missing, the search for the twisted killer intensifies. Seeking to avoid his past, forensics expert Sam Parker can no longer evade involvement in the case. Aided by Morgan Parker and the eccentric Doc Biggs, Sam runs headlon...

Only Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, can imagine the horror of a good and angry man who fights back against bureaucracy when it threatens to destroy his vitality, home, and memories. “Under any name King mesmerizes the reader” (Chicago Sun-Times).Barton Dawes is standing in the way of progress when his unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. A new highway extension is being built right over the laundry plant wh...

In this psychological thriller following Die Smiling, an apparent suicide draws a detective toward a demented killer who likes to play games.His doctors are the best in the world, his father one of the most powerful men in the state. But they couldn’t stop Mikey from succumbing to his darkest demons—the ones inside his head. The ones who told him it was time to end it all . . .It should have been an open-and-shut case, especially since detective Cl...

In the spirit of Haruki Murakami and Amelia Gray, Catherine Lacey's Nobody Is Ever Missing is full of mordant humor and uncanny insights, as Elyria waffles between obsession and numbness in the face of love, loss, danger, and self-knowledge.Without telling her family, Elyria takes a one-way flight to New Zealand, abruptly leaving her stable but unfulfilling life in Manhattan. As her husband scrambles to figure out what happened to her, Elyria hurtles into ...

In this “shockingly original” (The New York Times Book Review) novel from the author of Caught Stealing, a former teacher takes a job as a crime scene cleaner—and soon becomes embroiled in a diabolically twisted mess even he can’t scrub his way out of.“A comic masterpiece.”—The Washington Post“Authentically great.”—Stephen King“Smoking hot.”—The New York Times

Through November, the complete season of The Cutting Room is just $0.99: http://store.kobobooks.com/ebook/the-cutting-room-5~In the future, there are many parallel Earths--but only one of them has time travel. Its criminals break into the pasts of other worlds, far beyond the reach of conventional police.Blake Din is the top agent of the Cutting Room, the group tasked with stopping these trespassers. But on a mission to undo the murder of a young boy, he steps into ...

"Delightful reads...You'll want to spend every Christmas with the Frost Family." USA Today Bestselling, Author Barbara Dunlop.James Frost, the black sheep of the family, is back in Carol Falls, Vermont, to build a big box store and prove he’s a success. His plans derail when he learns his high school sweetheart, April Rochester, has moved back to town also, along with her autistic son, Marcus.Ten years ago Jimmy and April eloped, only to be torn apart when April’s parents i...

Country music, greed, and the unique madness of Maggody, Arkansas, collide in this delightful cozy mystery starring unflappable police chief Arly Hanks.Matt Montana is the favorite son of sleepy Maggody, Arkansas. With the voice of an angel and a smile as charming as that of the devil, he's made a name for himself under the bright lights of Nashville and become one of the most famous faces in country music. Meanwhile, Maggody has sunk into the worst recession in yea...

Married to an uncaring, workaholic husband, Shylia Allred walks to alleviate stress and to consider her divorce. Typical of many abused spouses, she dreams of escape but always comes up with a reason to thwart her own plans. Then, as she's walking past the local parish hall just as an AA meeting is letting out, she literally bumps into Randall Sly. As they get to know each other, she comes to trust him completely. He's the one man who can bring a huge change to her life. But change isn't a...

Edward is nearly four years old when he begins his slow, painful withdrawal from the world. For those who love him -- his father, Jack, and mother, Rachel, pregnant with their third child -- the transformation of their happy, intelligent firstborn into a sleepless, feral stranger is a devastating blow, one that brings enormous ramifications not just for Edward and his parents, but also for their younger son, Matt, and soon-to-be-born daughter.A Wild Ride Up the ...

A humorous and vivid collection of stories about the struggle for human connection by two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize nominee Russell Wangersky.As entertaining as they are insightful, the stories in The Path of Most Resistance are anchored by the concept of passive aggression in our everyday lives: ordinary people who are quietly, desperately, and indirectly trying to impose their will on the uncaring world around them. From a woman who compulsively shops...

The Rainy City is the first in the renowned Thomas Black private eye series. It was nominated for a Shamus but was beat out by Poverty Bay, also by Emerson. This series is much beloved in the Northwest, as much by women as by men. There is a lot of humor, off-beat characters and fine writing. As a thirty-two-year veteran of the Seattle Fire Department, few people know Seattle and its environs as thoroughly as Emerson. Robert Crais says, "Emerson writes with the richness and grace of a poet...