The Fourth Sacrifice: A China Thriller #2
The second book in The China Thrillers Series
Who says that men get to have all the fun? Uncover a world where the female detective is king…or queen as it were.
The second book in The China Thrillers Series
Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is always busy, but now more so than ever. The sheriff is still not completely recovered from his stay in the hospital, and she is recovering from a hospital stay herself. After a long day at work, Estelle is happy to clear off her desk and drive home where her beloved family [...] Read More →
Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things —dancing at the Green Mill (Melbourne’s premier dance hall) to the music of Tintagel Stone’s Jazzmakers, the band who taught St Vitus how to dance. And she’s wearing a sparkling lobelia-coloured georgette dress. Nothing can flap the unflappable Phryne—especially on a dance floor with so many [...] Read More →
Storm Kayama needs to build her clientele, so when surf promoter Marty Barstow’s wife Stephanie walks into her new law office, Storm agrees to represent her, despite her distaste for a bitter divorce situation. When Stephanie’s son Ben, a promising surfer, invites her to O’ahu’s North Shore for a contest, Storm jumps at the chance. [...] Read More →
When Casey Maldonado and Death hitch a desperate ride away from one disaster, they throw themselves right into the middle of another one. The semi in which they are traveling crashes, and before the Grim Reaper takes Evan the Trucker away, Evan whispers to Casey about a stash hidden in the truck that she should [...] Read More →
Young veterinarian Rachel Goddard’s world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm. The dog owner’s terrified tot, drenched with rain, loses sight of her mother in the flurry of activity and screams, “Mommy! I want Mommy!” Instantly Rachel is hurled [...] Read More →
When the mutilated and dismembered bodies of 18 women are discovered in Shanghai, Li is sent to establish whether the corpses are relates to an unsolved murder in Beijing. The closer they get to this cold-blooded killer, the closer they come to realizing their own personal nightmares.
When zoo keeper Theodora “Teddy” Bentley fishes the body of Koala Kate out of Gunn Landing Harbor, she discovers that her fellow zoo keeper didn’t drown; she was strangled. The clues to Koala Kate’s killer implicate other animal keepers at the Gunn Zoo, including Outback Bill, marsupial keeper and Kate’s Aussie ex-boyfriend; and Robin Chase, [...] Read More →
In classic noir tradition, English Professor Karen Pelletier gains a client when her office door opens and a famous Private Eye novelist enters. The author is dogged by Trouble (a Rottweiler) and by a problem. And since Sunnye Hardcastle (a tough-gal mystery novelist) will be a featured speaker in the English Department’s upcoming conference on [...] Read More →