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Alone
Mr. Umbrio is released from prison, where he has lived since destroying, in a most horrifying way, the innocence of Catherine. His assignment is to kill the son of a powerful person, and to make Jimmy Gagnon's death appear to be the work of one of the family members of this victim. Despite Mr. Umbrio's affinity for knives, a Swat Team sniper, Bobby Dodge, is his weapon of choice! With this opening scene, a trail of violence begins, because Jimmy is ...
The Killing Hour
Bantam, July 2003, 23.95, 325 pp. ISBN 0553802526 Between the years of 1998-2000, eight college kids in Georgia were kidnapped in pairs and the first of the duo was killed immediately. The first victim had clues on their person that if properly interpreted in time would lead the authorities to the other victim who might still be alive. Of the eight victims of the UNSUB, only one was found alive and that was because special agent Michael “Mac” M...
The Next Accident
Bantam, Sept 2001, 25.95, 388 pp. ISBN: 0553802380 Small town police officer Lorraine “Rainie” Connor and supervisory special agent Pierce Quincy worked together, solving a case involving mass murders. Their relationship could have developed into something more but Rainie felt she wasn't good enough for him and pushed him out of her life. Now they are brought back together once again to solve the biggest case of their career or die trying. ...
The Other Daughter
This one twists and turns.. you think you know where it's going, then it takes a new direction. Is she really the daughter of a child killer? Why would this family adopt her? Not likely you will figure it all out before actually reading the end. It unravels little by little. The book was good, but not my favorite in writing styles. It is a great mystery though and I recommend reading. No questions left unanswered and it does have a good ending....

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The Perfect Husband
Tess Beckett was married to a cop for two years, and she thought he was perfect... but she was wrong. After learning the truth about her husband she helped put him behind bars. He vowed he would get his revenge, and now that he's escaped Tess is fearing for her life and the life of her daughter....
The Survivors Club
Bantam, June 2002, 23.95, 358 ISBN 0553802518 On the surface it would appear that the members of THE SURVIVORS CLUB had nothing in common. Meg is a twenty-year-old college student; Carol is a fortyish uptown homemaker; and Jillian is a fiercely independent woman who runs her own business. Yet the three women have formed a strong bond based on the fact that they all survived attacks of a serial rapist. 'Their group is largely responsi...
The Third Victim
Being a policewoman in a small town just got harder for Lorraine Conner when her boss's son is accused of shooting two young girls and his teacher. FBI profiler Pierce Quincy is sent to the crime scene and must deal with his feelings towards Officer Conner even though she is hiding a huge secret of her own. Accused of murdering her mother when she was 14 years old, she must confront her own feelings while trying to clear a 13 year old boy and keep him...