FICTION And Kill Them All
Eve
By J. Lee Butts
By Iris Johansen
Sixteen-year-old Clementine Webb is determined to bring her family’s murderers to justice. Texas Ranger Lucius Dodge and his compatriot Boz Tatum try to talk some sense into the little lady. Trading lead with stone-cold killers is men’s work, at least that’s what Lucius always thought. But darling Clementine shows them her aim is true.
Eve Duncan’s mission in life is to bring closure to the families who have experienced the agony of a missing child. As a forensic sculptor, she is able to piece together bones, create a face, and bring an identity to a child. She is driven and tormented because her own daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her years ago. Now she has uncovered some new evidence linking a man from her past to Bonnie’s disappearance.
Cure
The First Gardener
By Robin Cook
By Denise Hildreth Jones
Satoshi Machita is set to own a valuable patent controlling stem cells, which are destined to spark a trillion dollar industry of regenerative medicine. Then he dies on a crowded New York City subway platform. Medical examiner Laurie Montgomery is determined to discover whether his death was natural or murder. Despite threats against her, Laurie presses on, until threats are against her son, J.J.
Jeremiah Williams has been tending the gardens of the Tennessee governor’s mansion for over twenty-five years. He has loved every one of the families that have lived there. Now the latest ones have suffered a tragedy that tears their world apart. Though his heart is also broken, Jeremiah realizes that his gift of gardening is about far more than pulling weeds and planting flowers. It’s about tending hearts as well.
Edge
The Long Hunt
By Jeffery Deaver
By Cameron Judd
Henry Loving is a lifter, a person hired to get information by any means, including torture. His expertise is kidnapping or threatening someone close to his principal, exerting pressure until they cave. Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes Loving’s target. Senior federal protection officer Corte is given the job of keeping Kessler’s family alive.
Reverend Eben Bledsoe has wondered for many years if he’d ever find his daughter, who was taken from him by Indians when she was a little girl. Lately, he’s heard tell of a wild white woman who loosely matches her description. Though desperate to find her, he lacks the knowledge, skill, or youth to track her down. After hearing the old man’s story, Crawford Fain agrees to help search for her. Now his son Titus has gone missing as well. 7