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"Your eyes are so black. So black. As black as the heart of the devil," Esmene's grandmother tells her. All her life, Esmene's had an uncanny feeling of unbelonging. And then one day she meets a boy whose eyes are as black as hers. Taking her hand, he slips her into a world of strange beauty and great danger. The Djinn world.A YA Fantasy novel.
HE'S A THIEF.IT'S WHO HE IS.IT'S WHAT HE DOES.Arrested on a fabricated theft charge, Gregg Hadyn once again faces prison. Strategic Intelligence Response Unit Director Denny Garret's attempt to exonerate him is complicated by a strange twist which puts Gregg on the lam, reverting back to his life as a jewel thief. As the SIRU chases the indomitable thief, a national security threat-a mind-control device being offered to the highest bidding international terrorist-splits their attention. Optimistic he can lure Gregg back into the fold, Denny concocts a con to apprehend the terrorists-a con that goes horribly wrong.The SIRU needs Gregg, but the errant thief is wrestling with his own demons. Who is his father? Might he not be a Hadyn? And what really happened to his mother?His relationship with Special Operative Carly Macklin, his position with the SIRU, and the nation's security all hanging in the balance, international jewel thief Gregg Hadyn must face his cryptic past. Should he return to his illustrious criminal career or embrace his new position as a "white-hat" thief for this team of spies?Professionally Edited First Edition.Part Three of the Three-Part Pilot Story.Genre: Action-Adventure/Crime-Heist/Espionage/Romance.Book 3 A Diamond Worth Its Wait completes the three-book pilot story of Gregg Hadyn with a promise to answer all questions and catapult readers into the ongoing REQUISITION FOR: A THIEF series.If you like books, TV shows, and movies (such as "Leverage," "White Collar," "It Takes a Thief," "The Italian Job," and "Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen") that portray thieves/non-violent criminals as the heroes, you'll love the REQUISITION FOR: A THIEF series.
"The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned." Somerset Maugham. Dare Giovanni has never known security or the loving embrace of a family. Abandoned at an impossibly young age, she is only certain of three things: neglect, loneliness and callousness. After surviving a frightening and shocking start to her life, Dare Giovanni thinks she has finally found what she'd been looking for her entire life, purpose and value. For the perhaps the first time, Dare feels content and secure. But when Dare's world is suddenly turned upside again by the bloody and horrific consequences of her past, she finds herself thrust back into terrible danger, unsure of who to trust. To have the future she's always wanted, she must find a way to destroy the sins of the past. Because these ghosts want blood, and they won't stop until Dare Giovanni has been destroyed. Once and for all.
Start with a tough but vulnerable Chicago cop. Add a hyperactive cat, an ailing mother, a jealous boyfriend, a high-maintenance ex-husband, and a partner in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Stir in a psychopath littering the city with body parts. Mix with equal parts humor and suspense, and enjoy Bloody Mary--the second novel in the funny, frightening world of Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels. Join Jack as she struggles to repair her train wreck of a personal life while tracking down and convicting one of the scariest serial killers in recent memory. BLOODY MARY by JA KonrathGetting caught is only the beginning... If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, this handy scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book. BLOODY MARYBad Language - 4Scary - 7Violent - 7Funny - 8Sexy - 3Crossovers - Features Jack Daniels, Harry McGlade, and includes characters from the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective, the Codename: Chandler series, and the Timecaster series.
In Whiskey Sour, Chicago police Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels hunted down a killer dubbed "The Gingerbread Man." In Bloody Mary, she busted a psychopath with a penchant for dismemberment. In Rusty Nail, it was a serial killer with a doozy of a family tree. And now, in Dirty Martini, Jack faces her toughest adversary yet: a sicko who's poisoning the city's food supply. But that's just the start of what he has planned, because he's aiming to kill fifty thousand people in the single biggest act of terrorism the US has ever seen. Can she stop him -- and decide whether to accept boyfriend Latham's surprise proposal -- without destroying both her reputation and her sanity? Join Jack, her partner Herb, and her nemesis Harry McGlade, for her fourth, and greatest, case so far. DIRTY MARTINI by J.A. KonrathLike all parties it ends with a bang... If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, the Konrath scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book. DIRTY MARTINIBad Language - 4Scary - 6Violent - 3Funny - 8Sexy - 5Crossovers - Contains characters from the Jack Daniels and Associates series, the Timecaster series, and the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective series.
First in an explosive series, millions sold worldwide... Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has caused her to max out her credit cards with late-night home shopping purchases, and a frightening killer who calls himself 'The Gingerbread Man' is dumping mutilated bodies in her district. While avoiding the FBI and its moronic profiling computer, joining a dating service, mixing it up with street thugs, and parrying the advances of an uncouth PI, Jack and her binge-eating partner, Herb, must catch the maniac before he kills again...and Jack is next on his murder list. Whiskey Sour is the first book in the bestselling Jack Daniels series, full of laugh-out-loud humor and edge-of-your-seat suspense.WHISKEY SOUR by J.A. KonrathYou can't catch me...If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, this handy scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book.WHISKEY SOUR by JA KonrathBad Language - 4Scary - 8Violent - 8Funny - 8Sexy - 3Crossovers - Includes characters from the Timecaster series, the Jack Daniels and Associates Mysteries series, and the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective series
Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels of the Chicago Police Department is back, and once again she's up to her Armani in murder. Someone is sending Jack snuff videos. The victims are people she knows, and they share a common trait -- each was involved in one of Jack's previous cases. With her stalwart partner hospitalized and unable to help, Jack follows a trail of death throughout the Midwest, on a collision course with the smartest and deadliest adversary she's ever known. During the chase, Jack jeopardizes her career, her love life, and her closest friends. She also comes to a startling realization -- serial killers have families, and blood runs thick. Rusty Nail features more of the laugh-out-loud humor and crazy characters that saturated Whiskey Sour and Bloody Mary, without sacrificing the nail-biting thrills. This is Jack Daniels's third, and most exciting, adventure yet. RUSTY NAIL by J.A. KonrathDeath runs in the family... If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, this handy scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book. RUSTY NAILBad Language - 4Scary - 7Violent - 7Funny - 8Sexy - 3Crossovers - Features Jack Daniels, Phineas Troutt, Harry McGlade, and includes characters from the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective, the Codename: Chandler series, and the Timecaster series.
At the end of Fuzzy Navel, J. A. Konrath surprised readers with an agonizing cliffhanger: One of Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels's loved ones is dead. But who? Readers were left clamoring to know more. Cherry Bomb opens at the funeral. While Jack stands graveside, tears in her eyes, her cell phone rings. It's the killer, escaped maniac Alex Kork, taunting Jack, drawing her ever further into a twisted game of cat and mouse. Because while Alex is more than willing to kill random victims, Jack is her true prey. But which woman wants revenge more? Cherry Bomb is J. A. Konrath's most gripping novel of suspense yet--filled with twists and turns that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. CHERRY BOMB by J.A. KonrathVengeance has a cost... If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, this handy scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book. CHERRY BOMBBad Language - 5Scary - 7Violent - 8Funny - 7Sexy - 7Crossovers - Features Jack Daniels, Phineas Troutt, Harry McGlade, and includes characters from the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective, the Codename: Chandler series, and the Timecaster series.