Tightly knit, these five stories weave an unholy mélange of revenge and ultimate kindness-a Frankenstein tale, vignettes wired together and spanning a thousand years of language, birth, cruelty, justice, and incest.

"When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting invasive feral hogs that are tearing up the forest in his district, he makes a horrific discovery -- a dead baby buried in a shallow grave. Even more disturbing: evidence suggests the infant was the child of a young woman who was presumed to have died four years earlier after she disappeared from a group rafting trip. As Bowditch assists the reopened investigation, he begins to suspect...

Six months after saving the life of teenage accident victim Kristen Kroiter, emergency room surgeon Ted Cogan is shocked when he is questioned by police in the wake of her baffling suicide, which causes the womanizing Cogan to be wrongly accused of rape.

Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay pornography. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down. Shot on 35mm and featuring a killer retro score from M83, KNIFE+HEART is an ultra-stylish...

Home-cooked food doesn't have to be over-the-top, fussy, or time-intensive to be absolutely amazing. In his debut cookbook, Nick DiGiovanni gives you the tools to become fearless in the kitchen and to create delicious meals.--

After the murder of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood, Ross Blackwood finds himself assigned to the Far East, taking on rebels and illegal-arms dealers in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Along the way he meets another Blackwood, his cousin Steve, who has made a life for himself in the Corp, as an explosives expert. The two Blackwoods uphold the honor of their family and their chosen profession while negotiating the fallout of Britain's post-colonial...

Writing this book has given me the privilege to know more about youth crime, than I ever knew. As a youth myself, i pains me to see other teenagers and youth dying primarily in the hands of their fellow youths. And it makes me feel so sick. So one of the reasons for writing this book is to reach out to the youths out there so that they can change for the better. This book is written to show the youths that taking people's lives is something that is...

Powerful bladesmithing techniques for beginner, intermediate, and advanced knife makers. Do you want to make your first knife but don't know where to start? Does your pride in your bladesmithing skills motivate you to take them to the next level? Are you constantly inspired by popular bladesmithing TV shows, and want to improve and compare to the master blade smiths present on them? I, Wes Sander will share the secrets of creating knives and...

PART 7 OF THE GRIPPING CRIME SERIES 'WHEN DUTY CALLS', 'KNIFE EDGE' RATCHETS UP THE TENSION STILL FURTHER... Two cannisters of nuclear waste bound for the newly developed storage facility in northern Victoria have been hijacked by the Ndrangheta, a lethal Mafia-based crime syndicate. In direct opposition to this group, The Board, a Russian criminal organisation with links to the Kremlin, has attempted to blow up the storage facility, resulting in...

An unwitting columnist. A shocking death. A devious killer. Is Zee Morani tracking clues or playing a role orchestrated by a murderer? When Zee discovers the bloodied corpse of a disgraced medical researcher, the accused killer begs her for help. But Zee is not a cop. She's not even a PI. She's a regionally syndicated satirical columnist who dreams of breaking into serious journalism. Zee believes the suspect is guilty. After all, he staggered into...