OF TIME What could be better than an old-fastioned homemade christmas? But with today's hectic pace, many of us don't have a lot of time for extensive preparations. This year, you can create the celebration of your dreams no matter how much (or how little!) time you have to spare. In the Nick of Time is filled with quick and easy ideas to guide you through every aspect of the bolidays, from decorating the house to creating thoughtful gifts and delicious holiday dishes. There's even a full menu for a Christmas dinner that leaves you extra time to enjoy the day! We've used the latest time-saving techniques (such as hemming a table topper with fusible web tape instead of needle and thread) to help you finish holiday trimmings and handmade gifts quick as a wink. And using purchased mixes and convenience foods lets you whip up Yuletide treats in half the time. Join us for a wonderful family celebration! Xane Childs

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A Thriller

Recruited as a field operative for a new Department of Defense spy agency, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath investigates the bombing death of a group of American students in Rome, an act with possible ties to a past colleague.

Foreign Influence

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Charles Willeford

In this new collection of short stories, vignettes and autobiographical sketches—many previously unpublished-Charles Willeford, author of Miami Blues and The Burnt Orange Heresy creates a mosaic of the absurdities of life in the 20th century. From a malicious grandmother to prophetic depictions of the power of reality television, with his wry humor and sudden shifts to violence, he seduces, amuses and repeatedly surprises you. "Nobody writes like Charles Willeford... he is an original —funny and weird and wonderful." James Crumley

The Second Half of the Double Feature

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Fat Tuesday

Joseph Finder

"A novel that is as timely and cognizant of contemporary society as it is a startling, seat-of-the-pants thrill ride." #1 New York Times Bestselling Author MICHAEL CONNELLY Single father Danny Goodman suddenly finds himself unable to afford the private school his daughter adores. Then Danny meets Thomas Galvin, the father of his daughter's new best friend, and one of the wealthiest men in Boston. Out of the blue Galvin offers a loan to help Danny out. Desperate, Danny takes the money, promising to pay it back. But the moment the money is wired into his account, the DEA comes knocking. Danny's impossible choice: an indictment for accepting drug money, or a treacherous assignment to help the government get close to his new friend. As Danny begins to lie to everyone in his life, including those he loves most, he must decide once and for all who the real enemy is or risk losing everything—and everyone—that matters to him. "Suspicion is Joseph Finder at the absolute top of his form." — New York Times Bestselling Author TESS GERRITSEN "An irresistible page-turner...expertly paced and unpredictable."

One bad choice gets a father caught up in a deadly situation in this electrifying thriller from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder.

Single father Danny Goodman suddenly finds himself unable to afford the private school his daughter adores. Then Danny meets Thomas Galvin, the father of his daughter's new best friend and one of the wealthiest men in Boston. Out of the blue Galvin offers a loan to help Danny out. Desperate, he takes the money, promising to pay it back.

But the moment the money is wired into his account, the DEA comes knocking. Danny's impossible choice: an indictment for accepting drug money, or a treacherous assignment to help the government get close to his new best friend.

As Danny begins to lie to everyone in his life, including those he loves most, he must decide once and for all who the real enemy is or risk losing everything--and everyone--that matters to him.

Suspicion

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Michael Harvey

ENTIRE HOSPITALS BECOME MORGUES. EL TRAINS BECOME ROLLING HEARSES. Chicago is on the verge of chaos before the mayor finally acts, quarantining entire sections of the city. Meanwhile, private investigator and former cop Michael Kelly hunts for the people responsible. The search takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicago's West Side gangs and cops on the take, and the terrifying world of black biology— an elite field operating covertly at the nation's top labs, where scientists play God and will do anything necessary to keep their secrets safe.

A light bulb falls in a subway tunnel, releasing a deadly pathogen. Within hours, a homeless man, a cop, and then dozens more start to die. Hospitals become morgues. El trains become rolling hearses. Chicago is on the verge of chaos before the mayor finally acts, quarantining entire sections of the city. Meanwhile, private investigator and former cop Michael Kelly hunts for the people responsible. The search takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicago’s West Side gangs and cops on the take, and the terrifying world of black biology—an elite field operating covertly at the nation’s top labs, where scientists play God and will do anything necessary to keep their secrets safe.

We All Fall Down

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Madison Cavanaugh

Is this really the cure for all diseases and the solution to eradicating viruses? As far back as the 19th century, a simple therapy was used in india during the reign of Queen Victoria, which successfully cured a wide variety of diseases. cure-all showed a stunning ability to heal everything from minor health conditions like colds and fu—to life threatening, incurable and even terminal diseases In the late 20th century, this therapy was rediscovered and hailed by many as the world's greatest healing miracle of all time.

The Secret to Healing Virtually All Diseases

The One-Minute Cure - Second Edition

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Nelson DeMille

He is a good citizen, a brilliant corporate executive, an hon-est, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There the soldiers under his command committed a murderous atrocity—and together they swore never to tell the world what they had done. Now the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past-and set him free.

Read the gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown).

He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam.

There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity-and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Not the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past--and set him free.

Word of Honor

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[Demille is] a master." - Dan Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Da Vinco Code John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion." Last we heard from him, Khali had claimed to be defecting to the US only to unleash the most horrific reign of terrorism ever to occur on American soil. While Corey and his partner, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, chased him across the country, Khalil methodically eliminated his victims one by one and then disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, Khalil has returned to America to make good on his threats and take care of unfinished business. "The Lion" is a killing machine once again loose in America with a mission of revenge, and John Corey will stop at nothing to achieve his own goal -- to find and kill Khahil.

The Lion

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On a frigid December night, an eerie pattern emerges from two equally brutal murder scenes, where a killer's calling card is a moon-faced clock that seemingly ticked away the victims' last moments. From his wheelchair, criminologist Lincoln Rhyme tracks the Watchmaker, a time-obsessed genius. With every passing second, the Watchmaker is moving with razor-sharp precision to his next act of perfectly orchestrated violence and Rhyme can't afford to have his trusted partner, Amelia Sachs, distracted by a daunting homicide case of her own. Up against a brilliant madman, Rhyme and Sachs are locked in a blood-chilling race with their deadliest enemy: time itself... 

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The Cold Moon

Tess Gerritsen

It is a boiling hot summer in Boston. Adding to the city's woes is a series of shocking crimes in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized— a sadistic ritual that ends in death. The pattern suggests one man: serial killer Warren Hoyt, recently put behind bars. Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. At least that's what Detective Jane Rizzoli thinks. Forced to reconfront the killer who scarred her-literally and figuratively-she is determined to finally end Hoyt's awful influence. But this time around, the vendetta

The Apprentice

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that owes more to his love affair with bourbon than any fondness for the Miami sun. When Matt receives a one-shot chance to clear a haunting IOU, he agrees to arrange for a small security lapse-and almost immediately finds himself on the wrong side of everything: hijacking, robbery, murder, and a heist more audacious than anything Matt's been trained for

Matt 'Loose Cannon' Shannon is an ex-FBI agent turnedhead of security for the world's largest cruise line. It's a careermove that owes more to his love affair with bourbon than any fondnessfor the Miami sun. When Matt receives a one-shott chance to clear ahaunting iou, he agrees to arrange for a small security lapse - andalmost immediately finds himself on the wrong side of everything:hijacking, robbery, murder and a heist more audacious than anythingMatt's been trained for or dreamed up in his most feveredstate.

Fever

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Dear Reader: One of the best perks of being a writer is becoming-for the time it takes to write the book-someone else. To write well, you have to climb inside someone else's skin and per-sonality. In Daring to Dream, I got to become gorgeous and glamorous and gutsy Margo Sullivan. Not a bad deal. In Holding the Dream, the second book of my Dream trilo-gy, I became Kate Powell. Orphaned at the age of eight, Kate was raised by the Templetons, and has vowed never to disappoint them. She's sharp, smart, a gamine woman with a head for figures. As someone who failed high-school alge-bra, this was quite a kick for me. I enjoyed focusing on Kate in this story, exploring her heart and mind, continuing to develop the close and loving relationship between her and Margo and Laura. I liked watching her take a more active role in the running of Pretenses, the unique little shop she and her sisters of the heart have established. And, naturally, I enjoyed the steps and stages of her romance with the handsome hotelier, Byron DeWitt. There's a man, I think, who could make even our practical Kate forget that two and two are four. I hope you'll enjoy, as I did, watching Kate's life and her needs shift and change as she struggles

Holding the Dream 

Stuart Woods

A Stone Barrington Novel

Hired by a hedge-fund billionaire whose son has gone missing, Stone Barrington and Holly Barker launch what they believe will be an open-and-shut investigation only to uncover links to one of the most wanted and dangerous men in the world.

Unnatural Acts

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Randy Wayne White

When Doc Ford's goddaughter asked for his help, he knew it was bad news. Shay was a tough Southern girl who had escaped her deprived roots to become a successful businesswoman, and was about to marry into a wealthy political family. But everything she's strived for may be lost. She's being blackmailed. Shay and her bridesmaids threw a bachelorette party that got out of hand—and someone filmed the debauchery. Ford knows the extortionist will never stop demanding money from Shay. When he investigates, he finds that Shay is not alone in her plight. 

A cult of death.
A weapon of apocalyptic horror.
Juan Cabrillo must stop them both.

THE "FASCINATING" ( BOOKLIST) NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Some women you love.
Some women you hate.
Some women you survive.

Doc Ford is drawn into a deadly battle when his goddaughter Shay is blackmailed. Someone filmed her at an out-of-control bachelorette party, and they want big money to keep it quiet. When Ford investigates, he finds that the woman responsible is an agent of corruption unlike any Ford has ever encountered before. And she may be the last encounter he ever has.



Black Widow

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They date back to the wilder days of San Francisco's vigilante past-the Patrol Specials, a private police force that keeps watch for paying clients. Unfortunately, Sam Silverman—an elderly pawnshop owner and a friend of Lt. Abe Glitsky's father-could no longer afford Patrol Special protection, and now he may have paid with his life. But Glitsky, stuck in a paper-pushing job after being injured on duty, is hitting brick walls as he tries to get help from homi-cide. And his friend Dismas Hardy, putting together a high-stakes lawsuit against the Patrol Specials, suddenly finds himself defending a friend and local bar owner who's been accused in Silverman's death. Hardy's convinced of John Holiday's innocence-until he goes on the lam. Now, blocked at every turn, both Hardy and Glitsky may be forced to protect not only themselves, but their nearest and dearest—as they step cautiously into a world where the only law is survival. ...

The First Law by John Lescroart

David Baldacci

David Baldacci is a worldwide bestselling novelist. With his books published in over forty-five languages and in more than eighty countries, and with over 110 million copies in print, he is one of the world's favorite storytellers. David Baldacci is also the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. Still a resident of his native Virginia, he invites you to visit him at www.DavidBaldacci.com, 

America has enemies--ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career . . . THE INNOCENT It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life . . . and perhaps his own.

The Innocent

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Noah Boyd

JAMES PATTERSON An officer at the Russian embassy—a man known as Calculus-has approached the FBI offering to sell a list of Americans who are giving confidential infor mation to the Russian SVR. But before a deal can be made, Calculus is recalled to Moscow, and the Bureau fears the Russians will be hunting down and killing the traitors unless the FBI can find them first. FBI agent-turned-bricklayer Steve Vail thought he was done with the agency, but the Bureau has another unsolvable problem, and it has Vail's name written all over it. Finding the hidden turncoats, however, won't be easy—in fact, it could be downright deadly. And even with the help of FBI Assistant Director Kate Bannon, the Bricklayer's going 

"Vail is in the mold of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and Robert Crais's Joe Pike....This guy has movie written all over him."

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"Fans of Sam Spade and Jack Reacher will feel right at home with this new tough guy."

--Boston Globe

 

"We have a new American hero in Steve Vail."

--Patricia Cornwell

 

Steve Vail, former discarded covert operative and the FBI's new go-to guy for the toughest jobs, returns in Agent X--the pulse-pounding follow-up to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut thriller by Noah Boyd, The Bricklayer. A former FBI agent himself, author Boyd pulls out all the stops in Agent X--as "the Bricklayer" hunts down an elusive Russian spy in a taut and authentic thriller that rivals the very best of Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, Stephen Hunter, and Robert Ludlum.

Agent X

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Private's Jack Morgan is accused of a horrible murder - and not even his own world-class investigators can prove he didn't do it. Since former marine Jack Morgan started Private, the elite investigation firm has been sought out by the famous and powerful to handle their prob-lems. Private's detectives are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world— and they always uncover the truth. But when his former lover is found killed in his bed, Jack instantly becomes the number one suspect. As the police focus on Jack, the Mob strong-arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals for them. And the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to solve a string of murders at her properties. Now, while Jack fights for his life, one of his most trusted colleagues threatens to leave Private-and Jack realizes he faces the most clever and powerful enemies ever. "[A] classy thriller.. clips along with twists and turns that come at you from all angles... The talented writing team has scorched the road of suspense and set it on fire."

Private #1 Suspect

A young man on the make who writes dirty greeting cards for a living. Beautiful twin heiresses. A greedy lawyer in charge of their fortune. These players take center stage in Donald E. West-lake's complex and hilarious farce Two Much! Art Dodge meets and beds the wealthy Kerner sisters-and decides that marrying one of them is not enough. He always wanted to be twins himself... and if he brushes his hair back and swaps his contact lenses for a pair of glasses, he looks a lot like himself, but different. Like a brother, in fact. In no time at all, Art and Bart Dodge finds himself the exhausted husband of both Liz and Betty, as well as the adver-wary of their shrewd lawyer, Ernest Volpinex. Someone has to Getting rid of Bart will be a snap-but what about the two inous wives and one meddling attorney? or a man of Art's two-faced, four-handed talents, nothing ts to be impossible:

Two Much

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Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the patio of their waterfront home. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored to be a biological warfare center. Suddenly, a local double murder takes on shattering global implications- and thrusts Corey and two extraordinary women into a dangerous search for the secret of PLUM ISLAND...

The hair-raising suspense of The General's Daughter... the wry wit of The Gold Coast...this is vintage Nelson DeMille at the peak of his originality and the height of his powers...Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the family patio. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored to be an incubator for germ warfare.Suddenly, a local double murder takes on shattering global implications -- and thrusts Corey and two extraordinary women into a dangerous search for the secret of PLUM ISLAND....

Plum Island

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James Grippando

Miami prosecutor Abe Beckham has been through tough personal times with the death of his beloved wife Samantha. Now remarried to the supportive Angelina, he throws himself into his work. When a woman's body is discovered dumped in the Everglades, Abe is called upon to monitor the investigation. The FBI is tracking a killer in South Florida they call "Cutter" because his brutal methods hark back to Florida's dark past when machete-wielding men cut sugarcane by hand in the blazing sun. Then Angelina goes missing, and suspicion surrounds Abe. His closest friends, family. professional colleagues, and the media no longer trust his motives. Was his marriage not what he'd hoped for because he loved Samantha too much? Or was there another woman... and a husband with a dark side who wanted his new wife gone?



A respected prosecuting attorney in Miami, Abe Beckham is called in to consult when the FBI discovers a woman's body in the nearby Everglades. At first the agents think the woman is the victim of a serial killer who preys in the cane fields to the north. But despite some similarities, this murder soon proves to be different from the others. Then the cops find out that Abe knew the dead woman, a beautiful lawyer he finally admits to having dated briefly before his marriage. When Abe's wife goes missing, he's suddenly on the hot seat, going from prosecutor to suspect. He needs to find the killer fast--but he no longer knows whom he can trust.

Cane and Abe

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When 5,000-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Jo out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance. While overseeing the dig, she must try to make sense of a cloud of death and misfortune that hangs over the project— fueling rumors that the site is cursed. She must cope with the presence of her irritating— but irresistible ex-husband, Jake. And when a stranger claims to know a secret about her privileged Boston childhood, she must question her own past as well. ...

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