BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN

FBI psychologist and criminal profiler Veronica Vasquez returns to her hometown of Portland,Oregon to assist police in apprehending a ruthless serial killer dubbed “The Rose Killer,”who kills beautiful women in pairs,leaving a rose on top of each corpse.

Heading the investigation is homicide Detective Sergeant Bryan Waldicott.Veronica must win him over,along with the entire task force,and prove herself worthy of the job.Since losing her husband three years ago,Veronica had been focused on her work to escape the pain of loneliness and separation. A romance with Waldicott,who has issues of his own, complicates things for them both as they try to stop a serial murderer before he kills again When she begins to suspect that the new husband of her estranged sister Alexandra could be the killer,Veronica pursues that delicate angle and, in the process,becomes a target herself. Before He Kills

TITLE: BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN

AUTHOR: R.BARRI FLOWERS

THE HALF BROTHER

When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, a world steeped in privilege and tradition.Fresh out of college and barely older than the students he teaches,Charlie longs to leave his complicated southern childhood behind and find his place in the rarefied world of Abbottsford.
Before long he is drawn to May Bankhead,the daughter of the legendary school chaplain;but when he discovers he cannot be with her,he forces himself to break her heart, and she leaves Abbott he believes forever.He hunkers down in his house in the foothills of Massachusetts,thinking his sacrifice has contained the damage and controlled their fates.
But nearly a decade later,his peace is shattered when his golden-boy half brother, Nick,comes to Abbott to teach and May returns as a teacher as well.Students and teachers alike are drawn by Nick’s magnetism,and even May falls under his spell.When Charlie pushes his brother and his first love together,with what he believes are the best of intentions,a love triangle ensues that is haunted by desire,regret,and a long-buried mystery.

TITLE: THE HALF BROTHER

AUTHOR: HOLLY LECRAW

BACK SPIN

Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband,Jack,an aging pro,at the height of the U.S. Open.To help get the boy back,sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters’ motel and back in time to a U.S.Open twenty-three years ago,when Jack Coldren should have won,but didn’t.Suddenly Myron finds himself surrounded by blue bloods,criminals,and liars.And as one family’s darkest secrets explode into murder,Myron finds out just how rough this game can get.

TITLE: BACK SPIN

AUTHOR: HARLAN COBEN

ANGLE OF INVESTIGATION

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch tackles three tough cases that span a legendary career in this never before collected trio of stories.
In “Christmas Even,”the case of a burglar killed in mid-heist leads Bosch to retrace a link to his past.In “Father’s Day,”Bosch investigates a young boy’s seemingly accidental death and confronts his own fears as a father.In “Angle of Investigation,”Bosch delves into one of the first homicides he ever worked back as a uniformed rookie patrolman,a case that was left unsolved for decades.Together,these gripping stories span Bosch’s controversial career at the LAPD,and show the evolution of the haunted,legendary investigator he would become.

TITLE: ANGLE OF INVESTIGATION

AUTHOR: MICHAEL CONNELLY

ALL FALL DOWN : INSIDE EVERY SECRETE, THERE’S A WORLD OF TROUBLE

Grace who can best be described as a daredevil,an Army brat,and a rebel.She is also the only granddaughter of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in the world,and Grace has spent every summer of her childhood running across the roofs of Embassy Row.Now,at age sixteen,she’s come back to stay in order to solve the mystery of her mother’s death.In the process,she uncovers an international conspiracy of unsettling proportions,and must choose her friends and watch her foes carefully if she and the world are to be saved.

TITLE: ALL FALL DOWN

AUTHOR: ALLY CARTER

A HINT OF DEATH

When DS ‘Sauce’ Haddock visits his old teacher to investigate an alleged jewellery theft, it quickly becomes clear that another,far darker truth,lies beneath the surface.With Chief Constable Bob Skinner’s help,Haddock will soon discover that outward appearances are never as they seem,and that no crime can go unpunished…

TITLE: A HINT OF DEATH

AUTHOR: QUINTIN JARDINE

THE SUNSHINE

KEEP YOUR FACE TO THE SUNSHINE AND YOU CAN’T SEE A SHADOW. SUNSHINE BRINGS WARMTH,EVEN OPTIMISM. SHADOWS BRING DOUBT,SKEPTICISM,DARKNESS AND EVEN FEAR.oNE EXPANDS OUR WORLD,THE OTHER RESTRICTS OUR WORLD. yOU WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR A DARK EXISTENCE. YOU WERE DESIGNED TO REFLECT GOD’S LIGHT AND LOVE IN A DARK WORLD. WHY CHOOSE TO FACE SHADOWS WHEN THE SUNSHINE PROMISES BRIGHTER DAYS?

HAVE A BLISSFUL DAY.