Author: Michael Pinchot
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796041157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Retired doctor of physics Frank Somers, who is credited with eight rape-murders to date within Orange County under the DA-assigned moniker Checkmate, laughs as he turns away from his home office computer after studying the application requirements for the Orange County Grand Jury. He loudly mocks the county’s highly touted vetting process. “Fingerprints required . . . of course, of course. But no DNA swab. What a fucking joke.” The chink in the application process enables Dr. Somers to be selected for a twelve-month grand jury service where he regularly continues his killings as Checkmate within Orange County. He cleverly uses his jury colleagues and district attorney to partially exercise his psychopathic taunting of authorities. This book is primarily set within Orange County as well as Florida, Mexico, and Jamaica.
Author: Patricia Cori
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583947078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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In her debut novel, Patricia Cori weaves her visionary message into a page-turning fantasy adventure that speaks to the very soul of the planet. Within minutes of one another, three bone-chilling events take place around the globe. In Los Angeles, hundreds of blackbirds drop out of the sky, zapped to their death, mid-flight; in Maine, miles of beach are covered in tens of thousands of dead fish; in New Zealand, 150 whales and dolphins lie dead or dying on the beach. Jamie Hastings, a renowned psychic researcher and telepath, forges a deep soul connection with the dying whales that leads to her troubled journey at sea as a consultant for USOIL, a Texas based oil company that's drilling in the most pristine waters of the Pacific Northwest, looking for oil--or so it seems. A bizarre unfolding of events aboard ship sparks the unraveling of a truly evil plan of a secret government that is intent upon silencing the music of the oceans and destroying all life on the planet. As impossible as it is to imagine anything as sinister as the shadow Jamie faces in her mission to save the earth from the doomsday weapon bearing down on the world, the fact is that it is actually happening, at this very moment, while most of the world is asleep--or simply unaware. One woman has been chosen to be the voice, against the forces of evil, of the cherished creatures of the sea. She is the emissary. The question is: Is there still time for her to stop it?
Author: Tony Rotella
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857446654
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Opening expert Tony Rotella presents a Sicilian repertoire for Black, the backbone of which consists of the Kalashnikov Variation.
Author: Steven James
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698140192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
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In Checkmate, critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers a climactic chapter in his bestselling series, the Bowers Files. When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world. Clues lead to long-forgotten secrets buried deep beneath Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the deadliest attacks ever planned on American soil. Smart, tense, and full of mind-bending twists and turns, Checkmate explodes onto the scene, bringing this cycle of the Bowers Files to an unforgettable conclusion.
Author: Gabriella Saab
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063141949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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A young Polish woman imprisoned in Auschwitz plays chess in exchange for her life in this “smart and haunting” WWII novel (New York Times–bestselling author Patti Callahan). A PopSugar Best Book of the Year! Maria Florkowska is many things: daughter, avid chess player, and, as a member of the Polish resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a young woman brave beyond her years. When she is captured with her family by the Gestapo, she also becomes a prisoner of Auschwitz. While Maria’s parents are sent to their deaths, the sadistic camp deputy Karl Fritzsch is intrigued by her chess skills and spares her life. But only for so long as he cares to play against her. Overcome with grief, Maria vows to avenge her parents—a vow that makes her fight for her own survival. For four grueling years, Maria uses chess to get inside Fritzsch’s head and orchestrate his downfall. It’s a game of the highest stakes. And there can be only one winner.
Author: Daniel C. Green
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595460674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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For the past seven years, FBI Agents Miguel Perez and Larry Jones have been unsuccessful in tracking down a vicious killer responsible for the deaths of over 600 victims found in motel rooms across the state of Texas. Inspired by true events, "Harpier's Pawn " takes the reader down a twisted path of murder, loss, revenge, and betrayal as agent Miguel Perez falls into the clutches of the murderer, whose own fall from society is as heinous as the crimes he has committed. The story takes a turn when young Miguel discovers that there is more to the cloaked man than meets the eye, a turn that will make him search his own soul and ask the question "Which is more important. justice or revenge?"
Author: Raf Mesotten
Publisher: Chessable
ISBN: 9789493257290
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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There is nothing more satisfying than finishing a chess game with a checkmate. All essential mating patterns, some with intriguing names, are explained in full in this course. You will review every pattern. Master them. And test yourself with 1.000 exercises at all levels of difficulty. These are the killer combinations that will win you games: Anastasia, Greco, Hook, Arabian, Vukovic, Smothered, Suffocation, Corner, Morphy, Pillsbury, Lolli, Opera, Damiano, Max Lange, Dovetail, Swallow's Tail, David & Goliath, Boden, Balestra and the list goes on and on and on. Raf Mesotten is an average club player from Belgium, but he scored a big hit with this Chessable course, which has since been finetuned thanks to continuous feedback of enthusiastic chess improvers. His fans were amazed by the simplicity and the completeness of the course. But most important, they started spotting checkmates in their own games.
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Publisher: Anurag Anurag
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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In a quiet town, a series of brutal murders begins to unfold, baffling the police and shattering the town's peace. Detective James Reynolds, a seasoned investigator, is called in to solve the case. As he digs deeper, he discovers a chilling connection between the murders and a chess game he played years ago—a game that brought him fame as a national champion. With each new murder, it becomes clear that the killer is playing a twisted game of chess, reenacting the moves from Reynolds' past. Desperate to outmaneuver the killer, Reynolds enlists the help of a renowned chess grandmaster. But as the game progresses, Reynolds realizes that he may be facing an opponent who is not only skilled but deeply personal. In a deadly game of strategy, where every move could be your last, Reynolds must confront his past and face an adversary who knows him better than he knows himself.
Author: Katherine Ewell
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006225782X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Full of "can't look away" moments, Dear Killer is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Dan Wells's I Am Not a Serial Killer and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, as well as television's Dexter. Rule One—Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret—she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer." She chooses who to murder based on letters left in a secret mailbox, and she's good—no, perfect—at what she does. Her moral nihilism—the fact that she doesn't believe in right and wrong—makes being a serial killer a whole lot easier . . . until she breaks her own rules by befriending someone she's supposed to murder, as well as the detective in charge of the Perfect Killer case. As New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series Michael Grant says, Dear Killer is "shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart."
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Languages : en
Pages : 816
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