The Darkness at Deception Pass


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It's not the fall that kills you. Three years ago, the body of an elderly woman was found in the cool waters beneath the Deception Pass Bridge near Whidbey Island, Washigton. Two years later, a deceased man of almost ninety floated onto the pebbly shore of Bremerton, just south of the Manette Bridge. Each case left the authorities puzzled. Were these the final acts of individuals lost to despair, or were they meticulously staged murders? Two inexplicable deaths, two years apart, the cases colder than the waters where the bodies were found. Until now. When a third body turns up in the chilling waters of Deception Pass, Thomas Austin and the Kitsap Sheriff's Department are on the case. Together, they embark on a quest to connect the dots between past mysteries and the present horror, unraveling a thread that leads to an unthinkable crime. In Book 9 of the Thomas Austin Crime Thriller series, Austin is confronted with his first case as a detective for the Kitsap Sheriff's department. But as he gets closer to the deadly truth and the twisted individuals behind it, it may just be his last.




Deception Pass


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As a rebellious teen, Lainie Smith hooked up with a drifter named Charlie--and she may have been an eyewitness to murder in the shadow of cliff-walled Deception Pass, where the water runs river-swift and turbulent. When justice-- and the executioner--finally caught up with Charlie, Lainie was long gone. But somebody who knows the truth--the whole truth--about Lainie's dark history is blackmailing her. Lainie won't tell P. I. Thomas Black why she's being blackmailed, only that her tormentor "knows things he cannot possibly know." Just how far will Black's saintlike client go to bury her past forever?




The Dark Series


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The Dark Series brings together the three books in the Dark Series by bestselling serial killer author Susan Lund. Book One: Long Dark Night Book Two: Deep Dark Forest Book Three: Cold Dark Water. About Long Dark Night, the first book in the Michael Carter Cold Case Thriller Series by Susan Lund. Two teenage boys went missing from a park in King County a decade ago. While one of the boys was found days later, his body discarded in a ravine in the forest on Tiger Mountain, the other boy was never found. Until now. After a property developer’s front end loader unearths the skeletal remains of several teenage boys from around Washington State, the missing boy’s remains are identified. As a result, King County Cold Case Investigator Michael Carter looks into the cases. He suspects they are linked to several current disappearances of teenage boys who were either living on friend’s sofas or on the streets. Believing he has another serial killer on his hands, Carter works with the FBI’s CARD Team to try to locate the missing boy. When Carter gets too close for comfort, he becomes the target of the serial killer’s rage, leading to a showdown between the two adversaries on one long dark night…




Deception Pass


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A young teenage girl's body washes up on the beach near Deception Pass. Just another girl who disappeared in the night. Tess digs deeper into the missing and murdered girls and young women in the Pacific Northwest, and in the process comes a bit too close for comfort to the danger. The next book in the Salish Sea series, Deception Pass chronicles Tess and Michael's fight to stop a killer before he strikes again.




Deception Pass


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A girl travels back in time to that never never land of spies and samovars. To the land of bears, bombs, babushkas, and borscht. To the land where anything can happen and often does. An American ship on course in the Pacific experiences an event unlike anything that any ship, anywhere, has ever undergone. Faydra “Spider” Green has had a storied career as a Navy lawyer, all while juggling being the daughter of a former U.S. president. She has successfully navigated intricate diplomatic situations, pulse-pounding legal investigations, and dangerous military missions, managing each time to save the day. But now a man who had nearly cost Fay her life has seemingly returned from the dead. Now, hellbent on revenge, he poses a threat to Fay and national security. Fay will have to go to extraordinary lengths to stop him, even tampering with the bounds of time and space.




Deep Dark Forest


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Introducing DEEP DARK FOREST: the second book in The Dark Series: A Michael Carter Cold Case Thriller by bestselling crime thriller author Susan Lund. Too many secrets are hidden in the deep dark forest… When the skeletal remains of a missing college student are found deep in the forest on the property of wealthy and prominent family, King County Cold Case Investigator Michael Carter and King County Medical Examiner Dr. Grace Keller are on the case. Wealthy, powerful and influential, the family has been above suspicion – until now… With leading legal professionals and powerful law enforcement members, the family has been a pillar of the community for decades, and appears to be above reproach, but Michael can’t help but dig deeper. He and Dr. Keller review the deaths connected to the family, including several that have been ruled accidental or natural. The killer knows every trick in the book... The family has friends in high places who work to protect them when Michael Carter’s investigation gets too close for comfort.




Deception Pass


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Nick Wheeler's subject matter has always been controversial. A venerated photographer motivated to capture the malign elements of human existence - suicide as illusion and artifice - his career is suddenly in tatters after a near-fatal work accident plunges him into a coma. A sleep paralysis victim, Nick's descent into oblivion ushers him back to where it all began: winters spent in the rugged foothills of Deception Pass. It was here, among the secret grottos and old-growth forests, where ancient forces first showed their hand: Shadow Men capable of paralyzing the body and manipulating generations into serving an otherworldly agenda.To survive, Nick must confront the past ... and the Shadows, evermore monstrous disguised by human faces.A sleep paralysis victim, Nick's descent into oblivion ushers him back to where it all began: winters spent in the rugged foothills of Deception Pass. It was here, among the secret grottos and old-growth forests, where ancient forces first showed their hand: Shadow Men capable of paralyzing the body and manipulating generations into serving an otherworldly agenda.To survive, Nick must confront the past ... and the Shadows, evermore monstrous disguised by human faces.




The Triumph of Doubt


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"Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist, mostly unregulated, despite their toll on the country's health and vitality. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data is inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty; in The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how bad science becomes public policy -- and where it's happening today. Amid fraught conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society. It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future"--Provided by publisher.




The Temptation of Adam


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Adam Hawthorne is fine. Yeah, his mother left, his older sister went with her, and his dad would rather read Nicholas Sparks novels than talk to him. And yeah, he spends his nights watching self-curated porn video playlists. But Adam is fine. When a family friend discovers Adam’s porn addiction, he’s forced to join an addiction support group: the self-proclaimed Knights of Vice. He goes because he has to, but the honesty of the Knights starts to slip past his defenses. Combine that with his sister’s out-of-the-blue return and the attention of a girl he meets in an AA meeting, and all the work Adam has put into being fine begins to unravel. Now Adam has to face the causes and effects of his addiction, before he loses his new friends, his prodigal sister, and his almost semi-sort-of girlfriend.




Blood Moon Rising


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The once safe and happy coastal city, Seaside, has become dark and violent. Try as he might, Police Chief Lloyd Morgan has been unable to cut out the cancer eating at the community he loves. His job is in jeopardy. At precisely this moment, when his full concentration is vital if he is to save his job, he falls in love with a woman totally beyond his grasp. So, while he struggles to find some miracle to save his job, perhaps solving a murder thought to be an accident, he also struggles to free himself from an unrequited love -- even seeking the help of a hypnotist. Strangely, these two struggles take Lloyd down the road of death and destruction leading to a tide of terror, which could engulf the entire city of Seaside.