Forensics

From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of ONCE GONE (a #1 bestseller with over 900 five star reviews), comes BEFORE HE PREYS, book #9 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series.FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White finds herself stumped. Victims are turning up dead, unrecognizable, their bodies hurled from the highest of heights. A deranged serial killer, obsessed with heights, is killing his victims from the highest locations. The pattern seems random.But is it?Only by entering into the darkest canals of the killer's mind can Mackenzie begin to understand what his motive is—and where he will strike next. In a deadly chase of cat and mouse, Mackenzie drives herself to the brink to stop him—but even then, it may be too late.A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, BEFORE HE PREYS is book #9 in a riveting new series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

The legendary writer Patricia Highsmith is best remembered today for her chilling psychological thrillers The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train. A critically acclaimed best seller in Europe, Highsmith has for too long been underappreciated in the United States. Starting in 2011, Grove Press will begin to reissue nine of Highsmith's works. Eleven is Highsmith's first collection of short stories, an arresting group of dark masterpieces of obsession and foreboding, violence and instability. Here naturalists meet gruesome ends and unhinged heroes disturb our sympathies. This is a captivating, important collection from one of the truly brilliant short-story writers of the twentieth century (Otto Penzler).

This richly imagined alternate history will appeal to fans of Delirium, Wither, and The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Emmeline and Matisa have arrived at the land of Matisa's people, but the Dominion's troops are moving in. Matisa's people have prepared for battle, but the Dominion's weapons are brutal. To secure their survival, they will need something so important the Dominion will have to leave them in peace. Matisa and Em think they know what they need: the remedy to the Bleed, a deadly sickness. To find it, Em will have to go back to the stifling settlement she'd spent her whole life trying to escape. But she's no longer the Stained girl she once was —and she's not going down without a fight.

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父亲带着情人玩儿失踪，后妈把她当交易品卖了。可一觉醒来，这小霸王怎么就缠上她了？怎么办？结婚！她帮小霸王打击前女友，小霸王替她收拾后妈！只是，这狮子男的小霸王要怎么甩掉？谁来告诉她，这禽兽小霸王怎么就转性变成一块超级大粘糕了？

在这个竞争激烈的社会中生存，如何掌握为人处世的分寸，如何成为优胜劣汰中的胜者，是需要掌握大智慧的。人生苦短尘世琐碎，是非成败转念间，若想安然处世，成就一番事业，就要以最严格的标准来作为做事的准则，要以最低的姿态来作为做人的准则。以高标准做事，会把事做得更出色，以低姿态做人，会把人做得更成功。所谓做事高标准，即为要敢想敢做，要雷厉风行，要自信乐观，要严于律己，要志存高远……所谓做人低姿态，即为要安贫乐道，要宽容大度，要能忍善让，要勇于低头，要敢于吃亏……掌握了这些为人处世的准则和智慧，就能够在纷繁的社会中独善其身，就能在复杂的交际中左右逢源。

作为一个独立，勇敢，却又不失温婉和智慧的芊芊女子，清风在竞争激烈的职场、在有失望也有憧憬的爱情生活里，越是憧憬，越要风雨兼程。冷静深沉、一手栽培她的上司——会计师事务所合伙人邓云生对她说，你知道，这些年，假装不喜欢一个人，有多难。热情炽烈，执着耐心的吕悦对她说，像你这样的姑娘，我不想总是拿不到号。你知道我在等你吗？清风徐来，水波不兴。铭心刻骨，就要一意孤行。等你，静待花开，等你，余生为期。--情节虚构，请勿模仿

洛冰颜觉得她这辈子一定是开了挂！落九霄觉得他上辈子一定是拯救了银河系！然而，两人没想到的是：这一切居然是真的！

不知是多少年以后，为了抢夺日益枯竭的能源，一场核武器世界大战不可避免地席卷了全球。经过漫漫长的岁月，人们又渐渐恢复了生活的平静----

代嫁千金，意外陷入王府纷争；盛宠背后，隐藏无数阴谋心机。身处艰难中的她，终于找到了一心一意只为她的人。若不是姐姐出阁前突然香消玉殒，她可能还是默默无闻的简家二小姐。世人皆道她无比幸运，可以代姐出嫁，凤冠霞帔，嫁与良婿。而他亦是她深深心底的那个梦中人，白衣翩翩，撑伞而立。可她还是毅然选择了逃离，寻找姐姐逝世的真相，也为自己求一片自由的天空。不料，却因此踏入了更大的阴谋……匪寨、王府、深宫……她一步一步走入更凶险的困境。解救、擦肩、追寻……他始终不曾停下寻回她的脚步。千帆过尽，世事难料，命运一次次拉开两人间的距离……可这个世上总有那么一个人，是你无论如何都不想也不能放弃的。

仙是什么？神是什么？天下间修者无数，但是却没有一人能够回答。远古仙神不知所踪，是什么让永生不灭的神魔消逝？是什么封锁了于世同存，开天圣器‘神魔门’？亿万岁月之后，天凡踩着仙神遗迹，历经千劫万险，震慑诸天强敌，最终，一桩震惊天地的上古秘辛慢慢浮现人世间...

深山少年，误入空间裂缝，掉落一处太古遗地，激活万道灵脉，掌握道天地三书，修炼九年再回大陆。建立一谷，可只有他一个人这该怎么办呢？面对天下大势，他是应该登入战场，坐那最强之主还是隐士做那逍遥神?

沈子墨，他是乡下靠着打猎种田为生的普通汉子，他是纵横沙场十多年卸甲归田的上将军，他是二十年前被覆灭的前朝皇太子，他是我的表哥，是我定下娃娃亲的相公。“琳琳，我和你一起去人间界吧，不然我放心不下。”已经长成的男子依旧笑得温和，眼中的爱恋已经变成了浓浓的深情，“我说了要一直在一起的。”【情节虚构，请勿模仿】