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Tough, resourceful, ruthless - as an SAS trooper, Nick Stone was one of the best. Now he's back on the streets. After a botched mission, the Regiment no longer want his services. But British Intelligence does - as a deniable operator. It's the dirtiest job in a very, very dirty world. In Washington, DC, it's about to get dirtier still. On the apparently routine tail of two terrorists, he discovers the bodies of an ex-SAS officer and his family. Soon he's on the run with the lone survivor of the bloodbath - a seven-year-old girl.

How do you defend your mind from those who exploit it without you even knowing? Serial killers, master manipulators—they don’t only happen on TV. By the time they’re part of a true crime documentary, it’s too late. Understanding the dark psychology behind them is your best defense.

In her personal life, FBI agent Andra Bailey works hard to control her sociopathic tendencies. But on the job, her cold logic comes in handy. Now two world-renowned scientists have disappeared, and the bureau assigns Bailey to find them and hunt down the kidnapper. The agent soon suspects that a rare-metal shortage may be the link between the disappearances and that the motive is far more dangerous than she imagined.

Inmates in correctional facilities suffering from psychiatric or substance abuse disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. This comprehensive guidebook offers correctional officers in jail settings strategies to keep themselves and inmates as safe as possible, while functioning at the highest level of professionalism. The first two sections of the book discuss the environment within jail and in the surrounding community that chronically mentally ill individuals cycle within. The third section is concerned ...

Controlled Arrogances Steamy Romance within the sultry, sun-kissed backdrop of Tampa Bay, a collision of fate sets in motion a whirlwind of desire, danger, and deception. Meet Alexandria Polk, a strong-willed lawyer who graduated from Harvard who joins the NSA and must attend Navy Seal training to please her uncle the Director of the NSA. She wants to follow in her Navy SEAL father's footsteps, whom she considers a hero. Her mother's battle with cancer ended tragically six years ago, leaving Alexandria with a sense of loss that still lingers. Alexandria's life takes an unexpected turn when,...

Paraskevi has now settled into married life, on her own Greek island, with her own taverna to run, and with the man whose heart she captured in the novel, Waiting For Kitto. Worn out through constant work, a number of factors lead to a change in her attitude and a change in her life; A customer leaves an ancient, feminist book for her, after observing the actions of Paraskevi's husband. Her good friend Rebecca, sends a Frenchman, from England to Greece to broaden his poetry, and to help Paraskevi. Paraskevi discovers, through a village friend, that her husband is having an affair. Plotting ...

The debut novel of International Bestselling Author Tim Heath ***Anniversary Edition*** #1 Crime Thriller in UK download Chart #1 Conspiracy Thriller in the USA download Chart Wealth. Power. Fear. Nigel Gamble is a man with everything–including a dark past. He took his name from his early business successes, but in reality, none of it was based on risk-only certain success. Every decision Nigel has ever made in business, people, sport or life had been based on some prior knowledge. When a stranger appears it shakes his rich world to the core. But Nigel has been waiting for him - and ...

At secondary school in 1980s Dublin, a narrator recounts the story of his friend, Benny Breen who is terrorized by the vice principal known as Spitz. Over five years, about the halls and classrooms, Benny is made to trail the tyrant with unfettered power. He's subjected to humiliation and put-downs. When at last Benny reveals the true extent of the happenings, his confidante is so disturbed, he concludes there remains available but one option to end it. The pals hatch an astonishing plan so that Benny can live again, free from the torment he's suffered. A sensational, disturbing, yet ...

Renowned surgeon Michael Trenchard locks his office door and prepares for a relaxing evening. But what follows is a living nightmare when later he is discovered in a locked-in coma, the victim of an auto-erotic asphyxiation. It is left to Doctor Kash Devan, Trenchard's young protégé, to uncover the truth. And what he discovers is chilling...In his ruthless pursuit of wealth and success, Trenchard has left a trail of wrecked lives, and angry people, behind him. Which of Trenchard's victims hated him so much that they wanted to ruin not only his reputation, but his life as well?

When cyber terrorist Fang Bao abruptly reappears after years in hiding, MI6 agent and former SAS trooper Jack Tate is sent to bring him in—but when Fang is assassinated by an unknown assailant, Tate realises he was only a pawn in a plot that threatens to put the whole world in danger. Now Tate has to uncover a lethal conspiracy that stretches all the way from Germany through the United States and into the dark heart of the jungle in Myanmar.

In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons - from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs.

Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world's leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give his family the best of everything, he has secretly entered into a deadly game of cat and mouse. He is about to disappear, leaving behind a wife who must sort out his lies from his truths; an air-crash investigation team that wants to know why the plane he was booked on suddenly fell from the sky; and a veteran FBI agent who leaves no stone unturned.

This is a pulpy, adult tale of domination, nudity and other nefarious activities. Kyra and Julian are in their early to mid-thirties. Experienced in hypnotherapy, they start offering self-help classes, but with villainous intentions. Dana has masochistic tendencies, and of course there are those who take advantage of it. Soon-to-be friend Aly is not as evil, but also naughty and exploitive, an entertaining mix. Then...Hollywood beckons. Characters are fictitious. Resemblance to anyone in the real world is a coincidence. This story contains segments with strong sexual content which could be ...

If you want to keep a secret, put it on Facebook! What would you do if you found out that the man you married had a secret life that culminated in the ultimate betrayal? Yve Gibney tells the real-life story from their love-at-first-sight chance encounter while working as expats in Nigeria to the gradual realization that her husband of 19 years, Maurice Gibney, was actually full of deceit, manipulation, and coercive control and that their marriage had been a lie from the moment they had met.

For Nikki Goeser it was a day like any other...with one exception. Her husband, Ben, had only 16 hours to live. On that fateful day in Tennessee, the man she loved would be murdered by a demented and evil coward who was stalking her. In compliance with state law, Nikki had left her legal firearm locked in the car. With the help of legislatively created pistol free zones, one evil man gunned down Nikki’s husband as she was forced to look on, alone, defenseless, and disarmed by an ill-conceived law designed to protect her.

In the pristine facade of her perfect marriage, Nina’s life is beginning to crack. When she discovers a series of disturbing videos on her husband David’s computer—videos of her being watched as she sleeps—Nina is thrust into a nightmare she can’t explain. The footage is invasive, but it’s the shadowy figure in the doorway that sends chills down her spine. As she digs deeper, Nina begins to uncover a tangled web of lies, control, and surveillance, but the more she learns, the more she questions everything she thought she knew about her husband—and herself. At the same time, ...

Two murders, days apart but clearly linked. Each victim has had the tips of their fingers removed with a hacksaw. The killer is sending a message and wants his next victim to know who they are – and be very afraid.

Emma Spire is the daughter of the assassinated Surgeon General of the United States. She has been on the cover of every national magazine. Her beauty, her brains, her bravery - all are public property. Everyone wants a piece of her - and she must escape the feeding frenzy at all costs. But she cannot, and the consequences are deadly.

Kids are plucked from their homes seemingly at random. Is there any way it could all be a ruse? A friend's father asks Ivy to do the unthinkable. Will she turn a blind eye? It's a twisted hairball of kidnappings, betrayals, and cover-ups. How can Ivy separate reality from a smokescreen of falsehoods? With the life of her friend's son hanging in the balance, Ivy can't fail. The clock is ticking.

Linda, a captive in a perilous situation, finds herself unexpectedly forming a deep emotional bond with Matt, her captor. As their connection intensifies, a sense of impending doom hangs in the air, casting a shadow over their fragile relationship. The path they tread is fraught with danger, and the specter of tragedy looms ominously on the horizon. Will Linda summon the strength to liberate herself from this harrowing ordeal and salvage her very essence, or will she succumb to the allure of her suppressed, dark desires, surrendering to a life of depravity from which there may be no return?