In Zero Day Baldacci introduces a new hero, John Puller, a combat hero now working as an investigator for the Army's Criminal Investigation Command. This bold, compassionate, clever, and relentless truth-seeker is burdened with the psychological baggage of conflicting emotions about an overbearing father who is considered a military legend and a brother who is serving time for treason in a military jail. When Puller is sent to a rural West Virginia town to investigate the execution-style murder of a military family, he is forced into a reluctant collaboration with the local authorities in the person of Detective Samantha Cole. What seems like a senseless assassination of an
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Tess Collins can hardly believe her good fortune when the famous designer, Lady Lucille Duff Gordon, not only impulsively hires her to be her maid, but tells her they are departing for America immediately on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, the largest and grandest luxury liner ever built. Although she'd originally been hired as a seamstress for a local family, they'd used her as a lowly servant, so she quit and ran away, hoping to get a sewing job on the new ship. Even working as Lady Duff Gordon's maid might give Tess the opportunity to pursue her dream of
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Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are on a mission to help Sean's long time friend, Ted Bergin, prepare a defense for a client who has been accused of being a serial killer. Edgar Roy, the accused killer, was discovered holding a shovel in his barn at the exact spot where authorities unearthed six bodies. He is currently being held in a remote prison in Maine and Sean, Michelle and Ted are scheduled to meet there to question him. Michelle and Sean discover Ted's car along the road, with the attorney dead from a fatal gunshot. They now have two crimes to
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This charming audio book is not only very funny, but it's also a social media eye-opener. Poppy Wyatt was mostly impressed with the number of footnotes when she read her college professor fiancé's book. He explains that they are useful for discussing, "things that aren't your main concern, but nevertheless hold some interest for you." Hearing this Poppy decides that they are very handy for organizing her thoughts and comments. "You just bung them together wherever you want and
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Private investigator, Kinsey Millhone can't seem to catch a break. A rare shopping trip finds her in Nordstrom's lingerie department, an unlikely place for her to witness a crime, but as she debates the merits of spoiling herself with an extravagant purchase, she observes a skilled shoplifter at work. The attractive older woman appears to have a younger accomplice and when Kinsey alerts the clerk, nonstop action and intrigue are set in motion. While store security detains the older woman, Kinsey 's pursuit of the younger woman results in her almost being run over in
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The FBI is known for ferreting out the public's criminal secrets whether they involve a kidnapping, a terrorist plot, or a mafia or a white collar crime, but in his latest book Ronald Kessler shows that the FBI has fascinating secrets of its own. This detailed look at the history and the inner workings of the FBI profiles the leaders who've directed it since its inception in 1908, exposing not only their strengths and weaknesses but also their idiosyncrasies.
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Michael Moore? Mention his name and you'll find that people either love him or hate him, but how many people really know who he is, what he's done and what he stands for? This collection of stories from his early life sheds light on his accomplishments that will delight fans and might tempt detractors to take a deeper, more informed look at the man. His mother taught him to read at age four and from that point on, Michael's intellectual curiosity inspired him to gather information either from reading or from questioning the people around him. With his keen awareness of injustice and his willingness to rail against
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