Chapter 1 As schooner-sized white clouds sailed high across the turquoise South Florida sky, Kate McGuire tugged at her green gardening gloves. Despite what the label proclaimed, one size definitely did not fit all. “So what happens if I ditch the gloves?” she asked, pausing, as her friend rhythmically scooped wet sand. “Nothing super horrible,”…
CHAPTER 1 Queens, NY We have to get out of the city!” twenty-five-year-old Emma Grady shouts, watching images of destruction on the TV. Her boyfriend Matt grabs her arm, yelling as he pulls her to the door. “No time! Get to the basement!” They scream and yell through the hallway, warning people in the other…
Preface The revolution that transformed the Thirteen Colonies into the United States was in many ways one of the great mysteries of human history. This wasn’t simply because no one knew what the outcome would be—there was no precedent for a successful democratic uprising against a powerful government—but also due to the extraordinary new threads…
Describe the first time you pictured Mike Bowditch in your head? Paul Doiron: This might sound unbelievable, but I don’t have a clear idea what Mike Bowditch looks like. I can tell you he has blue eyes, dark hair, is 6’2”, with a physique that’s closer to a cornerback than a linebacker, that he has…
Chapter One In my dreams, the dead can speak. They call to me, in whispers and murmurs, and I greet them by name, like old friends. Tommy and little Andrew. They seem to smile in return but this is merely my imagination; I have no way of knowing what their smiles looked like. I’ve seen…
Chapter 1 It was a chilly predawn morning when Anthony Strauss eased Sweet Caroline, his seventeen-foot Boston Whaler, from the trailer into water so dark it was indistinguishable from the sky. To the east, the rising sun raced along the riverbank, igniting the shoreline of Lake Winnipesaukee in a buttery glow. Anthony cast his lure…
CHAPTER 1 Queens, NY We have to get out of the city!” twenty-five-year-old Emma Grady shouts, watching images of destruction on the TV. Her boyfriend Matt grabs her arm, yelling as he pulls her to the door. “No time! Get to the basement!” They scream and yell through the hallway, warning people in the other…
Read on for an exclusive look at Trust Me by Richard Z. Santos! Charles O’Connell is riding an epic losing streak. Having worked in politics since college, he is used to losing races, but he never imagined that his most recent candidate would end up in jail and that he would also need an attorney.…
Chapter 1 Arnie Blackwell was sweating bullets. He’d sweat so bad on the plane, he felt like he’d just stepped out of a shower fully dressed. When he’d boarded the plane in Atlanta, he’d had no idea that the suitcase he’d used to pack up the cash would be too big for him to…
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to Del Sol, a town full of sunshine, fresh air, and friendly faces. (Barring three or four old grouches.) Sunshine Vicram pushed down the dread and sticky knot of angst in her chest and wondered, yet again, if she were ready to be sheriff of a town even…
