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Intimate in scale, but grandly outfitted, the luxury cruise liner The Afrikaans hosts no more than 208 pampered guests, among them former FBI contract agent Thomas Prescott. When the ship is overtaken by African pirates who are demanding the US send medical relief to a small Zulu village in South Africa, it is up to Prescott to keep the 400 hostages alive. As the US tries to figure out how to combat the terrorists' plot from the outside, World Health Organization doctor, Gina Brady, undertakes the impossible task of rescuing three children from the secluded village. As the deadline draws near, Prescott and Brady must race against the clock to discover the truth: Is it medical relief the pirates seek or a two-billion-dollar ransom from one of the richest men in the world? Or could the implications be so profound, and the stakes so high, a war hangs in the balance?

This premium edition is a collection of the four Thomas Prescott books in a single volume. Included here are Unforeseen, Gray Matter, The Afrikaans, and Show Me.Unforeseen (Thomas Prescott #1)Retired homicide detective Thomas Prescott is reluctant to read the bestselling book Eight in October, a true-crime thriller based on a string of murders occurring throughout October of the past year. After all, it was his case, and he doesn't need to be reminded of the gruesome details. The book dubbed the serial killer, Tristen Grayer, "the MAINEiac." Grayer is allegedly dead, but only Prescott knows the truth: Grayer is alive and lurking in the shadows. On October 1, the anniversary of the first murder, Tristen resurfaces, killing someone special from Prescott's past. Suddenly, it's deja vu for Prescott, except this time the women closest to him begin to fall victim at the hands of Grayer. With the help of former flame, medical examiner Dr. Caitlin Dodds and Eight in October author Alex Tooms, Prescott must race against the clock to stop Tristen from completing his encore.Gray Matter (Thomas Prescott #2)His love life in shambles, Thomas Prescott returns to Seattle, the very place he fled from after his parents' deaths nearly a decade earlier. Just as Thomas is getting settled in, he sees a body floating in the private cove behind his boyhood home. It is a woman. But not just any woman. It is the governor of Washington.As the suspense ratchets up and the twists unfold, Thomas is thrown into the middle of the biggest murder investigation in Washington state history. Prescott, forced to confront the demons from his past, unearths a new enemy, one that couldn't possibly be human, one that has haunted man since the dawn of time.The Afrikaans (Thomas Prescott #3)Intimate in scale, but grandly outfitted, the luxury cruise liner The Afrikaans hosts no more than 208 pampered guests, among them is former FBI contract agent Thomas Prescott. When the ship is overtaken by African pirates who are demanding the United States send medical relief to a small Zulu village in South Africa, it is up to Prescott to keep the 400 hostages alive. As the United States tries to figure out how to combat the terrorists' plot from the outside, Gina Brady, World Health Organization doctor, undertakes the impossible task of rescuing three children from the secluded village. As the deadline draws near, Prescott and Brady must race against the clock to discover the truth: is it medical relief the pirates seek or a two-billion-dollar ransom from one of the richest men in the world? Or could the implications be so profound, and the stakes so high, that a war hangs in the balance?Show Me (Thomas Prescott #4)When retired homicide detective Thomas Prescott learns he has inherited a 250-acre farm near the small town of Tarrin, Missouri, he can't get there fast enough. As he slowly acclimates to small town living, he hears rumblings about a horrific crime in the town's past. Four years earlier, a recently fired employee of the local grocery store enacted his revenge, shooting and killing the owner of the store, plus four customers, then turning the gun on himself. The crime appears to have been solved, but Prescott has his doubts.

Two weeks after Henry's abduction, he is still burning with questions: Had his mother really tortured him with a synthetic nightmare? Was he really one of the CIA Sleep Control Program's first experiments? What was on the flash drive that the President had supposedly given him? But most importantly, if his mother had caused his condition, could she reverse it?Henry soon begins the hunt for his mother, but to find her, he'll need to delve into her past, a world where nothing is as it seems, where the Cold War still exists, where secrets are the only currency, and where torture is an art form. In his search for answers, Henry learns that everything--his condition, his mother, his father, even the President--are linked by one thing: Project Sandman. It might--just might--be his salvation.

The electrifying prequel and perfect introduction to the bestselling and fan-favorite Thomas Prescott series, with over 1.3 million downloads and 10,000+ five-star ratings on Amazon and Goodreads After getting canned from the Seattle PD, brilliant, wisecracking Thomas Prescott follows his sister Lacy to Philadelphia, where she swims on the Drexel University team. While Thomas's slapstick antics mask a keen analytic mind, it's his nose for trouble that leads him again and again into dicey situations. The ex-homicide detective is not long in Philly before getting caught up in two high-powered criminal cases.Thomas stumbles into a crime scene amid the Occupy Philadelphia protests. Activist Brooke Wexley has been strangled within sight of city hall. While demonstrating against economic inequality, the college student hid her own family's wealthy background. The ber-rich Wexleys have many dark secrets--one of which may have led to Brooke's violent death.Thomas is also called to join an emergency multiagency task force on the trail of a prolific serial killer who leaves gruesome calling cards: a three-digit number carved on each of his many victims. It's when Thomas realizes the murders are linked to the Numbers--the old illegal street lottery--that his investigation shifts into high gear. The trail jumps back to the past before rushing back to the present like a tsunami of fire, bent on revenge.Amid all this, Lacy has a health scare, and Thomas's priorities shift. Encountering gambling church ladies, felonious businessmen, and murderous mobsters--with an investigation hampered by a competitive colleague and Lacy's narcoleptic pug--Thomas must summon all his considerable powers to root out the guilty and dangerous while caring for his adored sister.Reader's Note: This book takes place when Thomas Prescott is thirty years old (three years before the events of Unforeseen). If you are new to the Thomas Prescott series, this is the perfect place to start

The Speed of Souls is the heart-warming, often hilarious, often outrageous, journey of Hugo (a dog who dies and comes back as a cat), Cassie (an aging rescue dog coming to terms with her own mortality), and Jerry (a once popular sci-fi writer in the midst of a cataclysmic mid-life crisis).Hugo was a dog. He died. Now he's a kitten. As Hugo adjusts to his new body (not just a cat-a baby cat ), his new home (San Francisco), his new outside (Where are the mountains? Where is the lake?), and his sudden urge to sit in every box he sees, he wonders if he'll ever see Cassie or Jerry again. Back in Lake Tahoe, Cassie and Jerry attempt to come to grips with life without Hugo. Cassie fills the void with "Tadpole Guard", "Worm Patrol", and ups her protection of Jerry (her human), who is in the midst of a cataclysmic midlife crisis. In addition to his dog dying, Jerry's last two books have been monumental flops and he's still reeling from his fianc e leaving him for another man. As if these problems aren't enough, his parents (who have become late-stage hippies) are coming to live with him for the entire summer. And so begins the journey of three souls, intertwined by love, loss, and perhaps something even greater. Told with Nick Pirog's charm and razor sharp wit, The Speed of Souls is at once a hilarious, moving, and transcendent work of storytelling. What readers are saying: ★★★★★ "Wonderful " -Amy ★★★★★ "Amazing " -TracyJ★★★★★ "Another masterpiece " -B&N Customer★★★★★ "A book to lift the spirits " -Kami Hall★★★★★ "Unputdownable " -Amazon Customer★★★★★ "A fantastic story " -Jill Schragden★★★★★ "One to remember " -Amazon Customer★★★★★ "Heartswelling story " -JoAnne S.★★★★★ "Another must read " -Connie K★★★★★ "A feel good read " -Bonita Russell ★★★★★ "Loved this book " -Incensed