Books at Bookhabit.com http://www.bookhabit.com 2008-10-06 19:04:36 Detective Billie McCoy is competent, determined and intent on seeing justice done. By her side are her three newfound friends - Jane, Casey and Sarah, three ex-criminals. When Casey's cousin, Jill, turns up out of the blue emerging from a dodgy past, the happy reunion soon turns to disaster after she is identified in a robbery. Unfortunately Billie is forced to chase it up; she is not prepared with what will unfold. Through Jill's deceitfulness, the four friends' lives are plunged into treacherous predicaments. Ruthless thugs, blackmail, blood money, a large strategic jewellery hoist and murder entwine throughout the fast paced storyline. Not only will Billie need all her skill and experience to survive dangerous dilemmas, she will strive to keep her friends alive and find a way out of the mess Jill has laid upon them. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=632 Brooke, a stained glass artist who feels used and incomplete as a wife, helps her cheating husband recover from a stroke. His nurse helps him recover in many ways, also. Brooke meets Scott, a landscaper with a project, who takes interest in more than just Brooke's work. Jealousy, rage, lust, and love do not mix well with a handcrafted gun which is an alleged part of a murder plan. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=81 While most living things don't notice earth's magnetic field, some are highly dependent on it, like homing pigeons and bees. But a magnetic alteration wouldn't just affect them; amphibians and insects are very susceptible to environmental changes. And there's no telling what it would do to the rest of us, since we don't know how we use our own internal magnetics, only that we have them. Approximately 200 million years ago map north was magnetic south. But ten million years later, the poles traded. They've traded again approximately every sixty million years, the last of which was sixty-five million years ago The current geological theory is that the poles begin a slow drift but that 'hotspots' - small pockets of reversed polarity - actually make the shift first. Once these reversals reach an unknown critical mass, the poles 'snap,' instantaneously trading places. Dr. David Carter the First was one of the first geologists to propose this theory, and it's his estranged son, Dr. David Carter the Second, who has just dug up some evidence that 'hotspots' do exist, and that they coincide far too closely with the dinosaur extinction. Dr. Becky Sorenson has a cache of mutated frogs in her backyard. Hers have four back legs and, aside from the fact that they keep staring at her, are otherwise normal. Only later does she realize that they all face the site where they were found, and that the only thing abnormal about the area is that her compass needle points south. Drs. Jordan Abellard and Jillian Brookwood are spending their days at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention writing reports on other physicians' field research. Jordan is convinced that he can keep printing the same three reports: salmonella, botulism, and E. coli. But there's a cluster of patients in Florida who die from something new. Then another in Nevada, and another . . . http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=290 Detective Billie McCoy - attractive, intelligent and lethal – is a member of an elite undercover squad. For the past three years prostitutes, criminals and lowlifes have been vanishing without trace. Fates unknown, the only common link is their prison record. The mastermind behind their disappearance has proven to be a smart contender, outwitting the best, cunningly leaving no clues - until he goes against all the rules and kidnaps a cop. Detective McCoy is on assignment when her world is unexpectedly turned upside down. Stumbling onto a slavery racket that goes deeper than she could ever have imagined, she is plunged into a desperate journey – a fight for freedom. Filled with determination, companionship, disappointment and twists, the story follows Billie’s fight for freedom and her greatest ever challenge. The journey will bring out the best and worst in all involved. In its wake, friendships are cemented between the most unlikely characters. Billie will need all her cunning and skill to get herself and her newfound friends out alive and see justice done. Blood will be spilt, hopes will be destroyed, tears will be shed - all to uncover a plot so unpredictable that only fate can decide… http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=993 The Unicate and the Rebellion plan to tear each other apart in another nuclear war. But how much more fallout can Earth absorb? In a treacherous climate where you can't tell friend from foe, Radomir Lascek unleashes his secret weapon... But who is the Master and who is the Slave? Is the Rebellion really an ally? And what is actually behind the Unicate? Books in the series of the Solar Wind: 1. The Mystery of the Solar Wind 2. The Assassin Coming soon: 3. Freedom Fighter http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=856 When Charles Reynolds, finds odd circumstances in the fatal auto accident that claims the life of an United States Senator, his life is placed in jeopardy. Two powerful groups, one political and the other criminal, plot to keep Reynolds from uncovering the truth about the death of Senator Mike Robertson. �The Cleaning� begins almost a decade after Algiers Banger, a reclusive billionaire decided that his adopted country was headed toward cataclysmic bankruptcy and ruin. Disillusioned by decades of spineless and self-serving politicians, Banger had given up trying to influence politicians with reason and money. His solution was to form the Freedom Organization and embark on a project that would save the United States . The Matriculation Project team covertly recruited, trained and funded like-minded candidates to run for political office. Not long into developing this pipeline of candidates, Banger realized that even the best candidates, were not perfect. Marital affairs, minor crimes or other indiscretions were not uncommon. Therefore cleaning up their past was necessary. Banger was a principled man, but a firm believer that the ends justified the means, even if that meant murder. To say that the Freedom Organization's success had been remarkable would be an understatement. With the White House filled with MP candidates, Banger and his team were looking to the future when several unfortunate events began to occur.. And now, a Miami investigative reporter is unwittingly a threat to expose the Matriculation Project. �The Cleaning� centers on a Miami Express reporter named Charles Reynolds, a rogue that leaves the ladies wanting more and his superiors wanting to fire him. The talented reporter's investigation of an automobile accident, that claimed the life of a Florida Congressman, sets in motion a series of events that include subterfuge and murder. Reynolds' persistence makes some very powerful people uncomfortable as he gets closer to the truth about the accident. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=510 He calls himself the Coppersmith. A religious fanatic bent on murder, he begins systematically eliminating pastors in Upstate New York. From small towns to large cities he selects his victims, seemingly at random, and subjects them to a torturous death. Janelle Becker is the agent with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit charged with solving the crimes. But even with the Bureau's resources, she finds herself ill-prepared to unravel the Coppersmith's message. Why do his methods keep changing? How can they know where he'll strike next? As she and her fellow agents track down the clues of the Coppersmith, they find themselves following an ancient itinerary that hearkens back to the steps of the apostle Paul. It becomes a race against this faceless killer as they struggle to predict his movements and get ahead of his deadly message of judgment. Can they stop this killer in time? http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=628 The Lighthouse Murders is written with a particular Scottish blackness. Even the sparrows are dying. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=3 This is a children's story about Kiwi, a cute nocturnal flightless bird who goes on a journey of discovery, and danger... Kiwi lives in the bush beside a stream, and is worried one night when he wakes up to discover that the water... has disappeared! He sets off to uncover the mystery behind the vanished stream, enlisting the help of Ruru the Morepork (owl) and Poaka the Pig along the way. The trio's journey ends in a heart-stopping ride that puts all their lives in danger, with only one way out! Can Kiwi save the lives of his friends?! http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=57 Orphaned at a young age, Sam Nelson had strived his whole life to attain that which he wanted most; a family. And now husband to a loving wife and father to four young children, Sam was happy and content. It was the perfect life of a good man. Then one night Sam had a dream that exposed him to some of the great mysteries of heaven and though he couldn't remember the dream after waking the next day, his rich full life would soon be over. While on vacation with his family in San Antonio a few weeks later, the city is attacked by middle-eastern terrorists during the height of the annual week-long fiesta celebration. The terrorists explode four powerful bombs that kill tens of thousands attending the parades. As a result of the attack, Sam's family is killed; he himself is gravely injured after selflessly trying to fight four heavily-armed men. Succumbing to his wounds, Sam lay in a coma for three long years. Upon awakening, the harsh reality of his loss pushes him to the brink of insanity and suicide. With the help of a kindly old man, Sam begins to heal only to find himself a pawn to the forces of good and evil. Learning that one of his children may have survived the attack, Sam with his new friend Ben, begin a search that reveals the wrathful nature of mankind as well as the humble penance that can also be ours. In an epic struggle between heaven and hell, the Creator calls upon Sam to fulfill a destiny he could never have imagined while Lucifer sees Sam as a tool that can finally provide him with the single victory over Heavenly Father he has always sought, and in the end, Sam may have no choice but to give Lucifer his prize. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=493