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The title of this book, Will of Fire, came from my young physical therapist. We were talking about the events in Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement. I assured him that there was much that preceded this most recent movement. Many Blacks spoke out without any assurance of protection, particularly when they addressed unpopular subjects like homosexuality, interracial relations, prostitution, promiscuity, and color prejudice. These wer...

he title of this book, Will of Fire, came from my young physical therapist. We were talking about the events in Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement. I assured him that there was much that preceded this most recent movement. Many Blacks spoke out without any assurance of protection, particularly when they addressed unpopular subjects like homosexuality, interracial relations, prostitution, promiscuity, and color prejudice. These were...

The title of this book, Will of Fire, came from my young physical therapist. We were talking about the events in Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement. I assured him that there was much that preceded this most recent movement. Many Blacks spoke out without any assurance of protection, particularly when they addressed unpopular subjects like homosexuality, interracial relations, prostitution, promiscuity, and color prejudice. These wer...

When the lure of other people's money is too great to resist... Embezzlement and gold-digging hit close to home when two friends from Madeline's past seek her help with delicate personal matters that could have lasting repercussions. When funds go missing, Madeline must hunt down the trusted bookkeeper who can set things right... before her employer takes the blame. The fast-approaching nuptials of his recently widowed father prompt another ol...

Three missing persons.Two private investigators.One chance to get it right.The MDPI team agrees to join forces with former nemesis Russell Barnett to find Dylan Latham, the son of the man who lost his life while working to save Madeline's.The investigation turns into a hunt for two twenty-somethings who've disappeared without a trace, starting at the home of land rich Cat Kingman, an eccentric woman in her late-70s. Madeline and Mike soon find...

In her hardest test yet, private investigator Madeline Dawkins must solve three confounding cases at once."...filled with the secrets, surprises, and suspense that readers have come to expect, and new fans are sure to enjoy. Great escape reading for a sunny afternoon on the deck or a cozy evening by the fire!" -Susan Hunter, author of Dangerous HabitsA Florida man desperate to save his niece's life seeks MDPI's help in locating a nephew he has...

Do some people fall in love more often than others? Opposites attract, but can they ever hold? Are some people incapable of learning from their mistakes? These questions haunt journalist Allison Tyler-Wilcox after meeting Jake Sorenson at his sister's wedding. Despite his seven divorces, Jake considers himself uncommonly lucky at love. Baffled by his sanguine attitude-and his offhand suggestion that she could be the next Mrs. Sorenson-Allison ...

A blast from Madeline's past threatens everything she has built for herself.Madeline Dawkins knows all about troubled marriages. So when the Santa Barbara D.A. makes a personal appeal to the private investigator, it dredges up everything she's hoped to forget.A widow insists she didn't kill her older husband. Another is convinced that her husband didn't take his own life.Madeline and her partner, Mike Delaney, sort through the greed and betray...

Appearances can be deceiving. And deception can be dangerous.In Southern California, where the sun shines daily and make-believe has its own industry, it's hard to tell what is real and what is merely illusion.When two beautiful sisters fresh off the bus from Minnesota go missing, private investigator Madeline Dawkins must help find them before it's too late.The case turns out to be anything but simple. As Madeline and Mike dig through clues, ...

This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky's detective fiction. Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. -- .

Santa Barbara is rocked by two murders, and unless she can beat the police to figuring out the killer, Madeline Dawkins is next."First class mystery!" -Carlyle Clark, author of Children From Dark HousesIt should be one of the highlights of Madeline's career. As an event coordinator, a weekend-long birthday bash for the wife of a famous film director should help put her on the map across all of Southern California's rich and famous landscape.Bu...

Madeline had the picture-perfect life.A handsome, successful husband.A treasured spot near the top of Santa Barbara's elite social pyramid.Hers was a sun-drenched country-club lifestyle with every luxury money could buy.Until that morning...Madeline awoke in a five star hotel, her clothes on the floor, and no idea how she got there.The nightmare grew darker when she arrived home.The accusal.The photos.Questions she couldn't answer.With her idy...

Two dead husbands. Accident, suicide or murder?Life in beautiful Santa Barbara County will never be the same for two grieving widows. One is serving a lengthy sentence for the bizarre tractor death of her much older, land-rich husband. The other is convinced her husband's death was no suicide. During Madeline's four-month convalescence, Steven Ridley-her jailbird ex-manages to get parole on the pretext of retraining inmates for their reentry i...

The book is my story but I was motivated to write after my mother survived a blood clot and an autoimmune skin disease at 96. I have relied on non-western medicine throughout my ordeal. I recommend that we embrace alternatives in medicine, home care and housing.My website is http://www.cmhamilton.com

The book is my story but I was motivated to write after my mother survived a blood clot and an autoimmune skin disease at 96. I have relied on non-western medicine throughout my ordeal. I recommend that we embrace alternatives in medicine, home care and housing.My website is http://www.cmhamilton.com

The book is divided in two. The first section addresses the theoretical shortcoming that result from the predominance of capitalism. We recognize that capitalism was initially accepted as progressive and incorporated elements of democracy however slavery (the first contradiction of capitalism) was the economic activity which produced the profits which were then invested in the industrial revolution. Successful industry ultimately destroyed sla...

The book is divided in two. The first section addresses the theoretical shortcoming that result from the predominance of capitalism. We recognize that capitalism was initially accepted as progressive and incorporated elements of democracy however slavery (the first contradiction of capitalism) was the economic activity which produced the profits which were then invested in the industrial revolution. Successful industry ultimately destroyed sla...

A favor for her werewolf lover Jason puts Anita Blake in the center of a full-blown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean-Claude's reign--and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power. Unabridged.

With her New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels, Laurell K. Hamilton wraps readers up in stories of suspense and sensuality. Cerulean Sins is no exception. Now, Anita learns what it's like to be at the new end of a centuries-old bloodline - and just how far shell let herself get pushed around...

Known for her darkly violent, stunningly erotic Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels, New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton reveals new dimensions of her talent in these fantastical fairy tales, lush parables, and Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter stories. Share her vision as she welcomes you to the far corners of her fertile imagination (Diana Gabaldon)