Dead of Winter

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Michael Allegretto

Mystery

MACMILLAN/LONDON

<p>Detective Jacob Lomax returns from his Mexican vacation bronzed but broke, so he takes on the seemingly dead-end case of Samuel Butler, who is accused of murdering his attractive and unfaithful wife.</p>

Blood Relative (Jacob Lomax Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Charles Scribner`s Sons

The Dead of Winter

Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd

Hired to investigate a seemingly accidental death, a PI discovers a perverse secret. Denver oilman Phillip Townsend is alone in his Jaguar when he drives off the cliff. The police call it an accident, but his widow, half mad with grief, insists it was murder. Her husband was quiet, cautious, boring - so what was he doing on the outskirts of Denver, driving drunk down a lonely mountain road? The Townsends’ lawyer hires Jacob Lomax to look into the matter, letting him know that it would be best if the official version of the story were quietly confirmed. An ex-cop who became a detective in the wake of his wife’s murder, Lomax is too dedicated to his work to simply parrot a police report. Digging through the dead man’s office, he finds a tape that shows Townsend and an accomplice binding, gagging, and raping a teenage girl. The most boring millionaire in Denver, it seems, had a secret that was worth killing for.

Death on the Rocks (Jacob Lomax, 1)

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Saved from a mugger, a young woman runs into the arms of a madman. On her way to meet a friend for lunch at a Mexican restaurant in a seedy part of downtown Denver, Valerie Rowe gets tackled from behind. When she’s back on her feet, her purse is gone, and the teenager who took it is sprinting down the street. She chases after him, but knows it’s hopeless - right until her mugger runs into Leonard. This quiet young man refuses a reward for retrieving her purse, but accepts an invitation to lunch. Though she doesn’t know it, Valerie’s moment of politeness could prove fatal. Leonard never talks to girls besides his mother, and no one so beautiful as Valerie has ever even looked at him before. Instantly in love, he begins courting her obsessively, graduating quickly from love notes and flowers to arson and, perhaps, murder. He is fixated on Valerie, and will allow no law to stand in his way.

Suitor, The

Lauren’s life was perfect - until the day someone targeted her child. Until she got pregnant, Lauren Caylor and her husband worked side by side in the high-pressure offices of one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious law firms. They moved out of LA for the sake of their daughter, but their marriage couldn’t stand the slow pace of suburban life, and their love withered away. Now married to a wonderfully understanding man named Richard, Lauren’s life is a suburban ideal - and it is about to be destroyed. It starts one afternoon when she notices a car following her home from work. Next, a pair of recluses moves into the house across the street, sending Richard into a strange panic. When it becomes clear that their family is being threatened, Richard promises to take action. But Lauren is beginning to fear that her husband may be the one who can’t be trusted.

Watchmen, The

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