FBI agent Sean Reilly & archaeologist Tess Chaykin heroes of Raymond Khourys bestselling Templar novels return in another edge-of-your-seat thriller that reaches from present day back to 1700s Mexico
- & possibly beyond. What if there was a natural drug previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America capable of inducing an experience so momentous
- & so unsettling
- that it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that drug & launched a vicious uncompromising pursuit to possess it? In Raymond Khourys million-copy-selling Templar novels Reilly & Tess traveled the globe to unravel ancient mysteries with present-day ramifications. In The Devils Elixir they find themselves dragged into a race
- against the clock against a brutal drug kingpin known as El Brujo"
- the sorcerer
- & even against government authorities
- to merge two divergent trails one several hundred years old the other as current as a heartbeat that could drag humanity to the brink of self-destruction. Packed with the nonstop suspense & unexpected twists Raymond Khoury fans delight in The Devils Elixir is destined for bestseller lists everywhere."






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Have you ever wanted to bury a secret so deeply that no one will find out about it? With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries? Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the worlds troublespots including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone & the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded & terrified she goes into hiding in England & strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other womans strength & makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer.. . Knowing he will come looking for her.. . ...

Hannah Swensen has to admit life is pretty sweet. Things are going well in the romance department & her bakerys delectable confections are selling as fast as she can bake them. Even her good friend Claire is head over heels with her new husband Reverend Bob Knudson. If only they could find time to take their honeymoon! When Bobs childhood friend Matthew Walters comes to town it seems like divine intervention. Matthew like Bob is a Lutheran minister with a stubborn sweet tooth. Since hes on sabbatical Matthew is happy to fill in for Bob while he & Claire take that long-awaited honeymoon. It sounds like the perfect plan
- until Hannah finds Matthew face-down in a plateful of Devils Food Cake a single bullet in his head. It will take some sleuthing to sift out the killer but Hannah is sure of one thing: even the most half-baked murder plot can be oh so deadly...
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It was just a bit of fun a local legend. The Devils Footsteps: thirteen stepping stones & whichever one you stopped on in the rhyme could predict how you would die. It was a harmless game for kids
- & nobody ever died from a game. But its not a game to Bryan. Hes seen the Dark Man because the Dark Man took his brother five years ago. Hes tried to tell himself that it was his imagination that the Devils Footsteps are just stones & the Dark Man didnt take Adam. But Adams still gone. & then Bryan meets two other boys who have their own unsolved mysteries. Someone or something is after the children in the town. & it all comes back to the rhyme that every local child knows by heart: Thirteen steps to the Dark Mans door wont be turning back no more...
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Clive Cussler author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt" novels " Crescent Dawn" & " Treasure of Khan" & co-author Paul Kemprecos place their hero Kurt Austin at the centre of a tangled web of conspiracy & ambition in " Devils Gate" the ninth novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. Deep beneath the Eastern Atlantic Ocean lies an extraordinary underwater burial ground of ships & planes... When Kurt Austin & the NUMA team set out to rescue a Japanese cargo ship from a gang of ruthless pirates they are immediately plunged into a mystery. For after the pirates scuttle the ship they fought so hard to take their own corsair suddenly bursts into flames mid-getaway. As Austin & the team investigate this curious turn of events they uncover a scheme involving the deadly ambitions of an African dictator the creation of a weapon of terrible power a kidnapped CERN scientist & a deep-water graveyard holding a lost aircraft & its precious cargo. As a terrifying & audacious plan to bring the worlds major nations to their knees is set in motion only Kurt Austin
- the right man in the right place at the right time
- can stop it..." The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the Isaac Bell adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA files" series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " White Death" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " The Navigator" " Medusa" & " The Storm"."

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1593: The dreaded alchemist black magician & spy Dr John Dee is missing... Terror sweeps through the court of Queen Elizabeth for in Dees possession is an obsidian mirror a mysterious object of great power which legend says could set the world afire. & so the call goes out to celebrated swordsman adventurer & rake Will Swyfte
- find Dee & his feared looking-glass & return them to London before disaster strikes. But when Will discovers the mirror may help him solve the mystery that has haunted him for years
- the fate of his lost love Jenny
- the stakes become acutely personal. With a frozen London under siege by supernatural powers the sands of time are running out. Will is left with no choice but to pursue the alchemist to the devil-haunted lands of the New World
- in the very shadow of the terrifying fortress home of Englands hidden enemy the Unseelie Court. Surrounded by an army of these unearthly fiends with only his sword & a few brave friends at his back the realms greatest spy must be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice
- or see all he loves destroyed.




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It is 1958 & the Sputnik satellite has taken a dog up into space; back on earth five-year-old Andy has a new sister Elaine
- a
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Is this Heaven.. .or Hell? Estranged identical twins Daniel & Max have a complex relationship so when Daniel goes to visit his bi-polar brother in a remote & expensive Swiss recovery clinic he has no idea what really lies in wait for him. Lulled by the routine & peacefulness of the clinic Daniel finds himself unquestioningly accepting Maxs plea for help in taking care of some business & the brothers swap places for a few days. But soon Daniel realises Max isnt coming back & that the clinic is far from a place of recovery. Struggling to get anyone to believe who he really is Daniel finds himself trapped in a cruel & highly secretive prison: this is no sanctuary its a living nightmare.. . With the atmosphere of Shutter Island & the intensity of Jussi Adler-Olsen immerse yourself in this relentlessly compelling psychological thriller from one of Swedens bestselling crime authors. ...

Its a living hell... Twenty-one-month-old Cassie Jones has spent most of her short life in & out of Paediatrics Hospital. Cassie is persistently seriously ill & when no amount of testing can identify the cause her doctor is lead to a disturbing diagnosis
- Cassies mother could be making her daughter deliberately sick. Child psychologist Alex Delaware is brought in to make an independent assessment of the Jones family. But Alexs attempts to find the answers & save a young girls life will reveal a terrifying circle of corruption abuse & murderous hatred.
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Amidst the myth & folklore of Tavistock one tale above all others strikes fear into the hearts of the town's inhabitants
- that
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