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A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks.Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her…Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

A secret government unit is formed under Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members he's gathered have a psychic talent of their own.Jackson Crow heads the group. Haunted by his experience with an ancestral ghost, and the murders of two teammates, Jackson can't tell if he's been demoted or given an extraordinary opportunity. He's aware that the living commit the most heinous crimes, while spiritualist charlatans fool the unwary. To balance Jackson's skepticism, Adam's paired him with Angela Hawkins, a woman who learned the painful lesson of loss at an early age.The case: In a historic New Orleans mansion, a senator's wife falls to her death. Most think she jumped, distraught over the loss of her son. Some say she was pushed. Others believe she was beckoned by the spirits of the house—once the site of a serial killer's work.Whether supernatural or human, crimes of passion and greed will cast them into danger of losing their lives…and their souls.

A vacation at her godmother's ranch near Abilene would have been the perfect place for Maggie Turner to escape her ex-husband's threats. Perfect, that is, if it hadn't been for Gabe Coleman. Tall, lithe and lean, he was just as blunt, rude–and powerfully sensual–as he'd been ten years ago.His cold formality gave her the goose bumps. And his icy blue eyes watched her like those of a hungry cat–daring her to look beneath his savage surface. She thought marriage had cured her of desire. Then the raging passions of a Texas cowboy gave her a new lease on love.