Ruby Cooper likes to expect the worst. That way shes never disappointed. Abandoned by her mother & forced to leave the house she calls home Ruby is facing too many changes. Her lonely world has been transformed into a life of luxury by her long lost sister but all Ruby wants to do is leave
- she can make it on her own. Even Nate the gorgeous boy-next-door cant seem to change her mind. Will Ruby realize first impressions dont always count? & that sometimes people can surprise you so its ok to let the closest ones in.
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New York. It may be Christmas in New York but for ex-soldier turned elite bodyguard Ryan Lock its business as usual: his mission is to protect one of Americas most ruthless businessmen. A Bloody Shoot-Out. Suddenly gunshots ring out. People run for cover. Innocent people are mown down. Amid the chaos Locks hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat & mouse. A Deadly Secret. Locks search for the truth takes him from the rooftops of a New York skyscraper to a heavily fortified warehouse on the Hudson where he confronts one of the worlds most dangerous women. As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Years Eve all routes into & out of Manhattan are sealed & Lock realises that not only is his own life in terrible danger but so are the lives of millions of others... ...

Beneath heaven is hell. Beneath hell is Furnace. Furnace Penitentiary. The worlds most secure prison for young offenders buried a mile beneath the earths surface. One way in no way out. Once youre here youre here until you die & for most of the inmates that doesnt take long
- not with the sadistic guards & the bloodthirsty gangs. Convicted of a murder he didnt commit sentenced to life without parole new fish Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out or resign himself to a death behind bars in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Only in Furnace death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil where creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood drenched tunnels below. & behind everything is the mysterious all-powerful warden a man as cruel & as dangerous as the devil himself whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison. Together with a bunch of inmates
- some innocent kids who have been framed others cold-blooded killers
- Alex plans the prison break to end all prison breaks. But as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnaces deeper darker purpose Alexs actions grow ever more dangerous & he must risk everything to expose this nightmare thats hidden from the eyes of the world.


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Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguezs Locke & Key" unwinds into its fourth volume in " Keys to the Kingdom". With more keys making themselves known & the depths of the Lockes familys mysteries ever-expanding Dodges desperation to end his shadowy quest drives the habitants of Keyhouse ever closer to a revealing conclusion." ...

The dead plot against the living the darkness closes in on Keyhouse & a woman is shattered beyond repair in the third storyline of the Eisner-nominated series Locke & Key"! Dodge continues his relentless quest to find the key to the black door & raises an army of shadows to wipe out anyone who might get in his way. Surrounded & outnumbered the Locke children find themselves fighting a desperate battle all alone in a world where the night itself has become their enemy." ...

Jack Ryan Jr. returns in Locked On" the gripping new thriller from Tom Clancy. The Ryans
- father & son
- are fighting on two

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The eighth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s & 70s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian
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In 1924 San Francisco is booming. The great fire & earthquake of 1906 cleared the ground for a modern city but the closer she comes to the place she used to call home the more troubling Mary Russell's dreams become. As Russell & her husband the great detective Sherlock Holmes attempt to settle their affairs in the City by the Bay Mary's past isn't the only thing that catches up with them
- a mysterious stranger is waiting for the pair & may be the only one who holds the key to the locked rooms that have been haunting Mary's dreams...
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Throughout its 34-year Cold War career with the USAF & CIA the top secret Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was the worlds fastest & highest-flying operational manned aircraft. Dedicated to strategic reconnaissance the Blackbird was so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. The co-authors are world authorities on the Blackbird & give rare insights into the secret world of the SR-71 its genesis construction & anatomy (including its use of stealth technology) & its operation & maintenance in peace & war. ...

First employed in the Far East over North Vietnam & North Korea American military intelligence quickly realized the SR-71 Blackbirds potential value over European targets. In 1976 SR-71 Detachment 4 commenced operations from the RAF base at Middenhall in the UK. Its mission was to monitor Warsaw Pact troop movements along the Iron Curtain & photograph the various ports that were home to the Soviet Unions nuclear submarine fleet. Despite the best efforts of the USSR they were never able to intercept a Blackbird in flight. ...