Bøger af Elizabeth B Splaine

In Elizabeth B. Splaine's latest thriller, Blind Order, Dr. Julian Stryker has rebuilt his life after being robbed of his eyesight in a horrific attack.Even though it was a patient who blinded him, Stryker still feels compelled to help desperate people. It's this desire that leads him to Dr. Linda Sterling, a troubled physician struggling to maintain the façade of a perfect life. The reality is that her foster mother lay dying in a nursing home and she is barely able to keep herself together.As Stryker reaches out to Linda, his homicide detective girlfriend, Alex, is busy with a situation of her own. She thinks that a serial killer may be on the loose in New England, but doesn't have the evidence to prove it. Enlisting the aid of Stryker and their FBI agent friend, Vinny Marcozzi, the three soon discover the twisted connection between the spate of unnatural deaths and Linda herself. Linda isn't just Stryker's patient, and she isn't just stressed about the realities of her life. Driven by vicious ghosts from her past, Linda is staring down a dark tunnel, and Stryker may not be able to stop her before she fully embraces the demons within.

Based on True Events Deadly secrets & destructive, unintended consequences are unearthed in this coming-of-(s)age story of an unlikely friendship between a teenage girl and a former WWII spy. Some truths are best left unspoken. Ebony Dobbs has problems: unruly hair, not fitting in with the popular kids, figuring out how to pay for college...and a secret she's buried so deeply even she doesn't know the truth. But she also has a kick-butt best friend in Connor Leibovitz, a computer genius expelled from an elite private school for hacking.Ebony reluctantly accompanies her mother on a home health visit, meeting Madame Celeste DeWit, a 97-year-old with a closet full of skeletons from WWII. As Ebony learns the truth about Madame's wartime exploits, she comes to terms with her own past, realizing she and Madame share more than they differ.When Connor uncovers information that implicates Madame's estate manager in a plot to steal the old woman's fortune, the teenagers launch a campaign to protect her, even as Madame's past barrels into the present, threatening to destroy everything in its path. Inspired by real people and places, Steel Butterflies will have you marveling at the beautiful simplicity of true friendship, as well as the courage of women who come face-to-face with determining their future.

How would you react if everything important in your world were shattered in an instant? Where would you go? What would you do? To whom would you turn? Now imagine that you're a five-year-old child. Two car accidents take place within a few miles of each other. One car contains a woman and her son, both of whom carry no identification. The other involves two teenagers on a date. Child psychologist Dr. Julian Stryker and his police detective girlfriend, Alex Hayes, stumble upon one of the crashes and discover a ginger-haired, mute little girl clutching a jar of multicolored buttons which has been entrusted to her by her father. At the same time, several miles away, a cleaning lady enters a house to find her employer hanging from a rafter in his bedroom, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Vinny Marcozzi suspects his most trusted colleague might be involved. As Vinny's hunt for the truth collides with Julian's quest to unveil the little girl's secrets, the purpose and meaning of the button jar is revealed. A tapestry of murder, blackmail, and resilience of the human spirit is woven together in this heart-wrenching tale of a little girl and her exhausting voyage from extreme and sudden loss back to normalcy.