Author: Kathy Bennett Publisher: Kathy Bennett ISBN: 1732697000 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 281
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A man obsessed with revenge. An innocent boy in his crosshairs. The child’s LAPD mom is his only hope. Someone wants her dead… Police officer Jade Donovan thought life was going well: a sweet four-year-old son, a good job, and a promotion in her future. But things have taken a dangerous turn. She’s being stalked. Hunted. Her predator delivers dead roses to Jade, each time the threats more descriptive, more terrifying. Her one hope is to figure out who wants to kill her before the intimidations become a reality. And the onlyman she can trust to help is the one man she’s avoided. A man who can destroy her world. He had nothing to live for… Former cop Mac Stryker lost everything years ago: his wife, his daughter, and his career, which he drowned with whiskey. Now nearly five years sober, Mac is slowly rebuilding his life. He’s got his badge back and a newfound purpose: to help his partner find the man stalking and threatening her. It’s his job, yes—but there’s more. An attraction to Jade and her sweet son making Mac feel alive again. But will a secret rock Mac’s tenuous hold on sobriety? When the stalker makes his final deadly strike, can Mac forget the past and save Jade and her son? Or will history repeat itself? Keywords: Thriller series, best thrillers, crime action adventure, crime books, crime fiction series, crime thrillers, cop books, cop book series, corruption, Dragnet, Adam 12, Police Story, NCIS, Southland, Law and Order, kidnapping, revenge, stalking, hard boiled, LAPD, Live PD, police procedurals, psychological thriller, suspense, suspense thrillers, Kathy Bennett, suspense in real life, thriller authors, thriller crime, thriller California, best selling thrillers, best selling mysteries, women's crime fiction, domestic thriller, big city thriller, big city, urban crime, vendetta
Author: Kathy Bennett Publisher: Kathy Bennett ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1316
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Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories Author Kathy Bennett is no stranger to murder and mayhem having enjoyed twenty-one years of thrills, heart-pounding action, and numerous twists and turns while working the mean streets of Los Angeles as an LAPD officer. Named Officer of the Year in 1997, Kathy’s experience translates into exciting page-turning tales of the men and women of the LAPD sworn to protect and to serve, while battling bureaucracy, bad guys, and bullets. Kathy presents Books 1 - 3 in her best-selling Deadly Thriller full-length books: A DOZEN DEADLY ROSES: Someone wants her dead… Police officer Jade Donovan thought life was going well: a sweet four-year-old son, a good job, and a promotion in her future. But things have taken a dangerous turn. She’s being stalked. Her predator delivers dead roses to Jade, each time the threats more descriptive, more terrifying. He had nothing to live for. Former cop Mac Stryker lost everything years ago: his wife, his daughter, and his career, which he drowned with whiskey. Now nearly five years sober, Mac is slowly rebuilding his life. He’s got his badge back and a newfound purpose: to help his partner find the man stalking and threatening her. A DEADLY BLESSING: (A Barnes and Noble Best Nook Book Original of the Year) Politics is a dirty business… When LAPD Detective Maddie Divine is called to a private meeting with the mayor and the governor, her instincts kick into high alert. Young women are disappearing, but why all the political secrecy? Maddie throws herself into finding the answers—a good distraction from her crumbling marriage. But things are about to get worse—in more ways than one. But death is dirty, too. When one girl is found dead and no one claims the grisly deed, the clock continues to tick, and Maddie is running out of time. If her suspicions are right, death isn’t the only thing the kidnapped girls have to fear—clues point to the involvement of a notorious sex-trafficker. Will Maddie become the next victim? A DEADLY JUSTICE: She thought the past was put to rest… Detective Maddie Divine is back and paired-up with fellow detective, Jade Donovan, to solve the brutal murder of a 16-year-old-girl. Why would someone kill an all-American girl? Has the serial rapist they’ve been searching for just become a murderer? Manipulation and deception meet Maddie and Jade at every turn as they question who has the motive to kill. But now it’s back for vengeance. While Maddie tries to come to terms with the recent death of her husband, working with the police therapist before the guilt and anger she feels affects her job, Jade is up against a vindictive sergeant who has an ax to grind against her. Twists and turns lead Maddie and Jade down a rabbit hole, intertwining Maddie’s past with the present. All of these crimes are connected by a single thread, but can they figure it out before Maddie becomes the next victim? Or will her past become a living nightmare?
Author: Kathy Bennett Publisher: Kathy Bennett ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 311
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As Josie Price steps into the high-stakes world of the LAPD, she discovers the badge isn’t just about chasing criminals; it’s about navigating the intricate web of personalities—each with their own moral compasses. When a teenage girl becomes entangled in a web of blackmail spun by an organized shoplifting ringleader, Josie’s ethics are put to the test. A police officer’s murder during a heist escalates the intense search for the shoplifting crew and their leader. When the teenage girl goes missing, a chilling revelation ignites a killing spree, and the clock ticks mercilessly as Josie races to locate the teen before she becomes the next victim. In this gripping police procedural, Josie Price must tread carefully through the murky waters of her colleagues’ varied ideals while facing her own demons in trying to rescue the girl and halt her chilling descent into darkness. Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer.
Author: Vicki Crompton Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 031603004X Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 210
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Dating violence affects a huge number of teenage girls -- one in three girls between the ages of ten and eighteen reports having been assaulted by a boyfriend -- and can run the gamut from possessiveness to stalking to outright physical abuse. Often it is the girls with the highest selfesteem, those who believe they are in control of their lives and can bring out the best in their boyfriends, who find themselves in the grip of a relationship in which the tables have been turned. This essential and timely book incorporates the insights and advice of experts in the fields of education, adolescent psychology, criminal justice, threat assessment, and sociology. Authors Crompton and Kessner also include the voices of teenagers and parents to provide an in-depth portrait of the dynamics of controlling behavior.
Author: Kathy Bennett Publisher: Kathy Bennett ISBN: 1733758143 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 331
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The murder of a cop—a decade old. A stripper with a secret. A cop whose marriage hangs by a thread investigating both. What could go wrong? LAPD Officer Roy Buckner struggles with a new assignment in the Robbery-Homicide Division Cold-Case Unit, while stepping up as mom and dad to his toddler son. Roy’s wife, Amber, just graduated from the LAPD academy and her troubled probationary period leaves her with little time to be concerned about her homelife or marriage—which is hanging by a thread. As Roy and his new female partner search for clues to a cold-case cop killing, things heat up as they uncover an old trail of deadly secrets, while battling their own individual pain. Meanwhile, Amber’s first big arrest results in a whole new mystery and investigation centered around a stripper’s shame. As the decade-old case unravels, the shocking revelations may end everyone’s career—if not their lives. Damaged Goods is the second book in Kathy Bennett's, Buckner Police Procedural Thriller Trilogy. If you like authentic crime told in an arresting story, you can't go wrong reading this face-paced, riveting, drama told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer. Authentic Crime...Arresting Stories told by an award-winning LAPD officer.
Author: Kathy Bennett Publisher: Kathy Bennett ISBN: 173375816X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 326
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L.A.’s mean streets—filled with vulnerable children. Some are stolen. Los Angeles Police Officers, Amber and Roy Buckner, want to end their marriage amicably, while diminishing the fallout of the split for their three-year-old son, Gage. But those plans get placed on hold and their lives upended when Gage goes missing. Anger and fear replace the cordial relationship they’d crafted during their separation, and bitter resentment ignites as the investigation reveals they were both culpable in their son’s disappearance. Word on the street is that a notorious pimp is selling young children to the highest bidder. Roy and Amber must delve into the depraved world of child trafficking and prostitution to have any chance of saving their son. Can they beat the clock before their son is gone forever? Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer.
Author: Kathy Bennett Publisher: Kathy Bennett ISBN: 1733758100 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 345
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Redemption, revenge, and a battle of wits…but who’s playing who? When Nurse Amber Buckner is kidnapped late at night by a uniformed police officer, she soon realizes her abduction is no random crime. She's the pawn in a deranged madman's scheme of revenge - a deadly game of redemption and retribution. Amber must fight for her survival and the life of her unborn child, convincing the madman that he is the father. While the maniac seesaws between love and hate for her, she prays her husband, an LAPD cop, will discover she’s been kidnapped and rescue her. What Amber doesn’t know is that her husband isn’t looking for her—no one is—the madman has seen to that. Can she outwit her captor and find a way to freedom? Collateral Damage is the first book in Kathy Bennett's Buckner Thriller Trilogy. Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer.
Author: Khali Raymond Publisher: savage writer publishing ISBN: 1370179812 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 119
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Enter, Vividtry. With a hundred poems that are ready to be read, the newest entry of The Collective delivers a plethora of authenticity and sincerity to the game of poetry. Are you ready for this?
Author: Lilith Saintcrow Publisher: Orbit ISBN: 0316253693 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
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The service of Britannia is not for the faint of heart -- or conscience. . . Emma Bannon, Sorceress Prime in service to Queen Victrix, has a mission: to find the doctor who has created a powerful new weapon. Her friend, the mentath Archibald Clare, is only too happy to help. It will distract him from pursuing his nemesis, and besides, Clare is not as young as he used to be. A spot of Miss Bannon's excellent hospitality and her diverting company may be just what he needs. Unfortunately, their quarry is a fanatic, and his poisonous discovery is just as dangerous to Britannia as to Her enemies. Now a single man has set Londinium ablaze, and Clare finds himself in the middle of distressing excitement, racing against time and theory to find a cure. Miss Bannon, of course, has troubles of her own, for the Queen's Consort Alberich is ill, and Her Majesty unhappy with Bannon's loyal service. And there is still no reliable way to find a hansom when one needs it most. . . The game is afoot. And the Red Plague rises. The fantastic follow-up to The Iron Wyrm Affair, set in an alternate Victorian world where magic has turned the Industrial Revolution on its head.
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