Dead End Girl (Violet Darger FBI Mystery Thriller Book 1) <b>Her body is broken. Wrapped in plastic. Dumped on the side of the road. She is the first. There will be more.</b><br><br><i>The serial killer thriller that "refuses to let go until you've read the last sentence."</i><br><br>The most recent body was discovered in the grease dumpster behind a Burger King. Dismembered. Shoved into two garbage bags and lowered into the murky oil.<br><br>Now rookie agent <b>Violet Darger</b> gets the most important assignment of her career. She travels to the Midwest to face a killer unlike anything she's seen. Aggressive. Territorial. Deranged and driven.<br><br>Another mutilated corpse was found next to a roller rink. A third in the gutter in a residential neighborhood.<br><br>These bold displays of violence shock the rural community and rattle local law enforcement.<br><br><b>Who could carry out such brutality? And why?</b><br><br>Unfortunately for Agent Darger, there's little physical evidence to work with, and the only witnesses prove to be unreliable. The case seems hopeless.<br><br><b>If she fails, more will die. He will kill again and again.</b><br><br>The victims harbor dark secrets. The clues twist and writhe and refuse to keep still. And the killer watches the investigation on the nightly news, gleeful to relive the violence, knowing that he can't be stopped.<br><br><b>A page-turning thriller packed with heart-stopping suspense. Fans of John Sandford, Jeffery Deaver, Karin Slaughter, and Lisa Gardner should get to know Violet Darger.</b><h4><b>Praise for Dead End Girl:</b></h4><i>"Wow, just wow! If you like scare-you-half-to-death mystery books this is the one for you. It starts with a bang and just doesn't stop."</i> -- Ada Lavin<br><br><i>"Refuses to let go until you have read the last sentence."</i> -- Bloodymummer<br><br><i>"Violet Darger is a unique, incredible character, and I immensely enjoyed taking this journey with her."</i> -- Cat<br><br><i>"If you liked <b>Silence of the Lambs</b>, you'll love Dead End Girl... At the same time, there's so much attention to detail and organic storytelling that this could easily compete with any of <b>Stephen King's</b> longer works. I found myself completely invested in every character, from the authorities to the killer to the victims themselves."</i> -- eden Hudson, author of <b>Jubal Van Zandt & the Revenge of the Bloodslinger</b><br><br><i>"A fantastic, twisted, full of suspense read."</i> -- lady g<br><br><i>"This book reminds me of some of my favorite books in the crime thriller genre - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, The Collector by John Fowles, the Mr. Mercedes trilogy by Stephen King, and of course Silence of the Lambs. It's not a glimpse...it's a good long look inside the mind of a killer. It's fast paced, it's scary, and it's satisfying."</i> -- Rain<br><br><i>"Dead End Girl is nonstop action and intrigue that will keep you putting off everything until the story is over. This is a must read if you enjoy action & crime genre stories."</i> -- David C. Taylor<br><br><i>"If you are a fan of Silence of the Lambs, this book is a spiritual successor."</i> -- Amazon customer<br><br><i>"Vargas and McBain spin a fine tale with characters I want to climb inside--but not in a weird way."</i> -- Jeanne Tarrants
Where the Crawdads Sing <b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING PHENOMENON<br />More than 6 million copies sold<br />A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick<br />A<i> Business Insider</i> Defining Book of the Decade <br /><br />"I can&apos;t even express how much I love this book! I didn&apos;t want this story to end!"--Reese Witherspoon<br /><br />"Painfully beautiful."--<i>The New York Times Book Review<br /></i></b><br />For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens.<br /><br /><i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i> is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone <p><i>Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter &apos;H&apos;.</i><br /><br />Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry&apos;s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!<br /><br /><br /><i>Having now become classics of our time, the Harry Potter ebooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism to readers of all ages. With its message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.</i></p> The Giver (Giver Quartet, Book 1) <p><b>1994 Newbery Medal Winner</b><br /><br /><i>The Giver,</i> the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to <i>The Giver, </i>including <i>Gathering Blue, Messenger,</i> and <i>Son.</i></p>