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Edgar Allan "Poe" Rutherford's life has never been better. He's just relocated to Maui and moved in with his best friend, Foxx. And he's dating the beautiful and sexy Detective, Alana Hu. Then Poe gets dragged back into another murder investigation. This time, though, he's one of the prime suspects. Can Poe discover the identity of the killer before he gets arrested?

Most people associate storms and other big weather with death - with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, time, and the nature of our surroundings. The stories in Storm have more to say than that. Deep Blue offers compelling tales of shipwrecks and salvage, submarine adventure and free diving, nautical survival and cannibalism.

Edgar Allan "Poe" Rutherford is ready to dive back into his work as Maui’s top private investigator. But before he can unpack his suitcase, his sister-in-law begs him to photograph her client’s extravagant, nautical wedding. Poe is confident he can handle the wedding party from hell, until he finds the bride’s dead body on the top deck.... Poe searches for signs of guilt among the spoiled partygoers and the fed-up staffers who serve their every whim. Just when he pegs the unfaithful groom as the probable culprit, the case takes a sharp turn to starboard.

Lights. Camera. Murder. When lies become reality, can Poe find the truth before a killer strikes again? The Last Kill is the tenth standalone novel in the Murder on Maui series. If you enjoy colorful characters, a touch of humor, and plots that bend and twist like a palm tree on a windy beach, then you’ll love Robert W Stephens’ mysteries.

The Oath tracks the intertwined lives of Dr. Katz and SS Doktor Bloch, who both survive Auschwitz and the war to practice medicine in the United States, never losing the stains upon their souls. Katz, a respected Jewish French surgeon captured by the Nazis, volunteers to serve at Auschwitz, believing he can protect his wife and children from the gas chambers by helping Joseph Mengele and other SS physicians with their human studies.

This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form. In Earth I, by Stephen Baxter, a search among the stars to ferret out the origins of mankind amidst the Xaian normalisation digs up many surprises. In Success, by Michael Blumlein, a brilliant but erratic biologist studying epigenetics struggles to hang onto his grip on everyday life as he writes his ground-breaking tome.

Jon Drayton has no idea of the power lying dormant inside him. He had lived an ordinary life, but everything changes the night of the accident. His sister's car is demolished by a drunk driver, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down. But with simply the touch of his hand, Drayton heals her. He has no idea how he did it, and soon everyone is calling it a miracle. Less than a week later, someone attempts to murder Drayton.

Alex Penfield's gunshot wounds have healed, but the shock remains raw. Working the beat could be just what the detective needs to clear his head. But when a corpse washes up on the Chesapeake Bay, Alex's first case back could send him spiraling.... As Penfield and his partner examine the dead man's fortress of a house, an army of surveillance cameras takes the mystery to another level. When the detective sees gruesome visions that the cameras fail to capture, he begins to wonder if his past has caught up with him.

Rome, 1948. Twenty women are brutally murdered, their throats slit and their faces removed with surgical precision. Then the murders stop as abruptly as they started, and the horrifying crimes and their victims are lost to history. Now over 60 years later, the killings have begun again. This time in America. It's up to homicide detectives Marcus Carter and Angela Darden to stop the murders, but how can they catch a serial killer who leaves no traces of evidence and no apparent motive?

Are you searching for a plan to build a worship team? Everyone on the platform is a lead worshiper. The face of your church. Using my 50 years as a worship team member and my experiences as a worship leader, songwriter, and church planter, explore my blueprint of how music ministries can blossom on a solid foundation. Search for people willing to sacrifice and serve and willing to give 110 percent to lead the congregation to the foot of the cross. Buy this book now to get food for thought to help your worship team and church grow. Take the steps to become an extravagant worshiper!

Detective Alex Penfield has to solve a murder case before it happens. His own. Retirement never suited Detective Alex Penfield, but there's nothing like a death omen to get you back in the saddle. A psychic colleague warns the detective that his own murder is coming. When a local death bears an eerie resemblance to the psychic's vision, he can't help but get involved.

The murders scarred him for life. Can he face it again when a copycat resumes the butchery? Detective Alex Penfield’s hope for humanity hangs by a slender thread of justice. But even slamming the darkly disturbing serial killer behind bars can’t make up for the brutal loss of his dear friend 10 years ago. And he vows she won’t have died in vain when he’s recruited by the FBI to catch a vicious predator with the same blood-soaked calling card. Can the determined detective trap the mystery killer and put his demons to rest?

Whilst surveying a seemingly unoccupied planet for Unmine, two prospectors unwittingly awaken the hibernating Xhoseti, and the war between humanoid and insectoid is re-ignited. Outright war with the Xhoseti can only end in the destruction of humanity. Will man survive the Xhoseti threat? Earth is man's last and only hope for survival. A delegation of Guardians and humans are sent to Earth who arrive 40,000 years ago. Their mission: To unite mankind into a peaceful civilisation capable of constructing pyramids to house the Guardians' weapons.

Edgar Allan "Poe" Rutherford is Maui's hottest freelance detective. When an elderly hotel mogul claims to have received threatening letters, Poe chalks it up to old age. But as the threats continue to escalate, he investigates the real possibility that one of her adult children heirs wants her dead…but which one? With the help of his sexy detective girlfriend, Alana Hu, Poe uncovers a dark family secret even housekeeping can't scrub clean. In a race against the clock, Poe must unveil the culprit's identity.

Any person called by God to write songs can fulfill their dreams. Young or old. Experienced writer or not. Join Stephen Robert Cass as he shines a light on the pathway of ministry and song success, showing you the value of congregational songwriting. This strategy and the custom song-crafting tools are inspired by Proverbs 27:17: "As iron sharpens iron, so we sharpen each other." This plan finds strength in God's wisdom and the power of group learning. Let it take your songs to churches in your community and around the world.

Detective Alex Penfield is no stranger to crime scenes. But when he tracks down a gruesome killer, he discovers she’s in a whole different league. And this assassin is far from alone.... It turns out that Penfield’s detective skills have uncovered a secret government program that’s better left buried. And the men and women of that program have put a target on his back. To survive the day, Penfield’s only chance is to trust a ruthless killer. He hopes his risky choice won’t be the last one he ever makes....

A dying partner. An otherworldly healer. A race against time. To save his terminally ill psychic partner, private investigator Alex Penfield is on the trail of a mysterious man with healing abilities…but so is a clandestine organization of cutthroat assassins. In a run-in with the assassins, Penfield learns of the mystery man’s harrowing fate and determines to help him. Can Penfield track down the man before the professional killers? And just who - or what - is this healer?

Seit seiner Kindheit wollte Reid Malenfant Astronaut werden, doch die NASA lehnte ihn ab. Seine Frau Emma ist erfolgreicher: Sie bricht 2004 mit einer Expedition zum Marsmond Phobos auf, um eine Anomalie zu erkunden. Doch ein Jahr später reißt der Kontakt ab, und Emma gilt seither als verschollen. Reid bekommt schließlich doch noch einen Platz als Space-Shuttle-Pilot, stürzt 2019 jedoch bei einem tragischen Unfall ab.

What do Greta Thunberg, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett have in common? As far apart as they may seem, these global icons represent key themes in Stephen Roberts’ time-tested approach to picking stocks with such common sense.

We all have our own version of how life started, but do we know how it will end? Each year, more and more radio telescopes are pointed to the heavens, so why have we not found any trace of intelligent life out there? To date, no radio signals of another advanced species have been received.