John Sandford
When Kidd’s superhacker friend Bobby is murdered and his laptop is stolen, Kidd knows it’s panic time. The secrets stashed in Bobby’s...
“Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—although...
Step right up for Tour de Bug! Charming cartoon characters Ladybug, Muddle, and Thud accompany young readers as they explore these rollicking, sweet, and sometimes wacky travel tales and poems from Ladybug magazine. The selections range from whimsical stories (a homesick walrus hops a plane headed north), to everyday vignettes (a little girl makes a solo trip to her grandmother's house), to imaginative poems about flight and astronauts. Vivid illustrations
...4) Oak Leaf
An artistic picture book about an autumn leafâs journey that beautifully evokes the season
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A lone autumn leaf falls and flies away on a breeze. It travels up and over the world and down againâwhere it finally lands on the page of a little girlâs open book and becomes a keepsake.
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5) Storm Front
An ancient relic is unearthed during an archaeological dig. A Minnesota college professor is keeping a secret that could change the world’s history as we know it. For Virgil Flowers, the link between the two is inescapable—and his investigation, more dangerous and far-reaching than he can possibly imagine.
While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, Virgil Flowers receives a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a brutal murder at a nearby resort for women only. As Virgil begins investigating, he finds a...
7) Deep freeze
9) Bad blood
Two bodies in two days. One is murder. The other is suicide. Virgil Flowers never imagined that discovering the connection would lead him into the perverse history of the Minnesota farm community, and almost unimaginable darkness.
10) Toxic prey
11) Heat lightning
12) Easy prey
13) Deadline
14) Certain prey
Clara Rinker is twenty-eight, beautiful, charmingly southern—and the best hit woman in the business. She just goes about her business, collects her money, and goes home. Her latest hit sounds simple: a defense attorney wants a rival eliminated. No problem—until a witness survives. Clara usually...
15) Rules of prey
16) Chosen prey
Art history professor James Qatar has a hobby: he takes secret photographs of women to fuel more elaborate fantasies. When he’s alone. Behind locked doors. Then one day, he goes a step further and... well, one thing leads to another. Qatar has no choice. He has to kill her. And you know something? He likes it.
When Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport...
17) Eyes of prey
Lieutenant Davenport’s sanity was nearly shattered by two murder investigations. Now he faces something worse…Two killers. One hideously scarred. The other strikingly handsome, a master manipulator fascinated with all...
18) Silent prey
19) Mortal prey
20) Secret prey
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR