Out With The Old

A heartwarming and moving story about secrets, family and the power of love, set in enchanting Scotland during the Second World War.

Scotland, 1940s.

Sixteen-year-old Rachel O’Brian is heartbroken and alone. The unexpected death of her beloved father turns her world upside down. She gratefully accepts a home with the Maxwell family, old friends of her father, though she barely knows them.

But she is woefully unprepared for the matriarch, Gertrude’s malice; no one understands it.

Life is hard for Rachel, toiling on the Maxwell farm under the hateful eye of Gertrude. But the younger Maxwells welcome Rachel with open arms, especially Ross. Slowly, the two fall in love and Rachel once again tentatively allows herself to dream of a future.

But tragedy strikes once more when Ross suddenly disappears during a business trip away. Could the war have claimed another victim? Or is this the work of a sinister force closer to home?

Without his protection, Gertrude seizes the chance to throw Rachel out. Destitute and heartbroken once more, Rachel must gather her strength and courage to find Ross — both for herself, and her unborn child…

Inspector Samuel Tay is the best homicide detective Singapore CID ever had, but Tay’s bosses don’t like him and he doesn’t like them. The maverick streak he inherited from his American father makes people uneasy in well-ordered little Singapore where go-along-to-get-along is practically the national religion.

The wife of the American ambassador has been murdered and her body posed in a hotel room in a grotesque sexual display.

The FBI says terrorists are responsible, but the whispers on the street tell a different story. The whispers say that a serial killer is stalking prominent American women in Asia, and that the ambassador’s wife won’t be the only victim.

Tay’s bosses don’t like the idea of putting such a high-profile case in his hands, but botching the investigation would mean an international black eye for Singapore and Tay is the best they’ve got.

The Americans don’t want Tay involved either. They want him to leave the case to them, but he’s not going to do that. It’s a Singapore murder, and finding killers in Singapore is what he does. Besides, the Americans don’t appear to him to be all that interested in solving anything.

Don’t they want me to find the woman’s killer? Tay wonders.

Or am I the only one here who doesn’t already know who it is?

Rest in Pink: There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.

From the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, a new series.

Liz Danger is a ghostwriter, trapped in her old hometown for the summer. Good thing she has Vince Cooper, her recurring one-night stand living down by the river in his old diner car, making her feel happy and safe and normal until September when she’ll be leaving again, although she’s starting to wonder if she really wants to.

Vince Cooper is a cop in a town with a shady new housing development that’s bringing a lot of armed strangers, a corrupt mayor, a police chief boss under fire, and an idiot blogger stirring up trouble. Good thing his recurring one-night stand is sticking around for the summer. The only drawback? He’s not looking forward to the empty space Liz Danger will leave behind her when she goes in September.

Treacherous small-town politics, a rust belt biker gang, a widowed ex who doesn’t understand the word “no,” a seven-year-old in need of a temporary mom, a flamboyant blonde boss who needs watched at all times, exploding family secrets, arson, murder, and three hundred and ninety-two soaking wet teddy bears later, Liz and Vince will come face to face with the madman burning down their town, and even worse, with their imploding relationship.

Some secrets are buried for a reason. She’s about to uncover the deadliest secret of all…
Anxious and reclusive, Cora Blackthorn’s only escape is through online gaming. Confined to a small island due to a mysterious condition that makes human touch unbearable, she’s never joined her mother on her tomb-raiding adventures. But when her mom sends a cryptic SOS package, Cora uncovers a shocking truth: her condition isn’t an illness — it’s an otherworldly gift.

Armed with a powerful alien amulet and her mother’s journal, Cora races to Rome on a desperate rescue mission. Hot on her trail is a dangerous secret society, forcing her into a perilous confrontation. Trapped in the twisting catacombs beneath Vatican City, Cora faces an impossible choice: navigate an ancient, deadly labyrinth to save her mom, or fail and die trying.

Quilting calamity and a string of clues. Can Alex untangle the knots before she’s keeled?
After the death of her beloved grandmother, Alex Bailey’s life is left in tatters. As she struggles to stitch things back together, she takes solace in one final gift — a cruise — booked before the quilting matriarch’s death. To weave the quilting community back together, Alex convinces her friends on Spruce Street to join her on the cruise.

With all hands on deck, a mysterious quilt, and an unknown destination, she must trust that everything will go according to plan. Until a death onboard the Tranquility puts a wrinkle in Alex’s idyllic quilting vacation. Unraveling the mysterious threads that surround the young man’s death, Alex must determine if it’s a terrible accident or death by design. Determined to catch the culprit, she loosens the knot of suspicion and provides the bait needed to hook a ruthless killer.

Will Alex be able to follow the pattern and untangle this nautical mystery before there’s a storm at sea?