Last Known Contact

Author : Phillipa Nefri Clark
Publisher : Phillipa Nefri Clark
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645583687

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Last Known Contact by Phillipa Nefri Clark Pdf

A missing man. A desperate daughter. And a killer who just got started. When Ellie Connor returns from a business trip to the news that her father has vanished, she knows in her gut something bad has happened. Self-made business tycoon, Jack Bannerman, isn't the type to take time out but that's exactly what his wife and his trusted advisors believe. Even Ellie's estranged husband - who was Jack's last known contact - steps into the CEO role as if nothing untoward is going on. Ellie begins her own search for Jack, shocked at the discovery of a dark past which challenges everything she believed about him and the company, including the charity foundation she heads up. She reluctantly reaches out to Detective Ben Rossi from Missing Persons. They share a difficult history and he has no love for Jack but after receiving a terrifying, anonymous warning to back off, Ellie is running out of options. When a body is found at sea, suspicion turns to those closest to Jack. Somebody will go to any length to cover up their crimes. And who to trust may mean the difference between life and death for Ellie. Last Known Contact is a fast-paced, stand alone book in the DS Liz Moorland world of Melbourne major crimes investigation.

Author : David Carkeet
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590204573

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From Away by David Carkeet Pdf

“If Alfred Hitchcock could remake Fargo, it might feel something like Carkeet’s comic-absurd latest” (Publishers Weekly). Denny Braintree, a wisecracking loner devoted to model trains, has found himself stranded in Vermont. His night at the hotel begins promisingly—until his prospective one-night stand walks out on him. As he prepares to leave town, someone mistakes Denny for Homer Dumpling—a local man who mysteriously disappeared three years earlier, and who apparently looks a whole lot like Denny. Instead of correcting the mistake, Denny slips into his new identity as easily as a winter fleece. And it’s a good thing too, because the woman he’d hoped to sleep with has turned up dead, and the chief suspect is the out-of-towner who was pursuing her at the hotel . . . As Denny tries to unravel the mystery, he struggles to hide his true identity from Homer’s increasingly suspicious circle of family and friends, including Homer’s prickly girlfriend. The adventures of this fast-talking bumbler as his survival instincts are put to the test make for a rollicking novel by an author who has produced “some of the funniest writing since Mark Twain” (Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times–bestselling author of Night Moves). “A deftly funny book.” —Carl Hiaasen

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Communism
ISBN : MINN:31951T00446075Y

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July 3l-Sept. 9, 1948 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : Carl Sagan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501172311

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Contact by Carl Sagan Pdf

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Trademarks
ISBN : PSU:000066192473

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Anonim Pdf

Author : VINCENT M. MESSBARGER, MD
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780981498409

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The Hanson Legacy by VINCENT M. MESSBARGER, MD Pdf

"Cocheta" is a Native American word meaning "That you cannot imagine," an appropriate name for America's "blackest" research facility. Hidden inside a mountain in a remote and inhospitable region of the frigid Canadian Rockies, the massive complex is a high-tech laboratory for a handful of the most brilliant minds on earth. Together, they struggle to understand and duplicate exotic extraterrestrial technology before America's enemies do... or before an unspeakable horror arrives from deep space. Benjamin Hanson, PhD is the project's greatest resource... and a dying man. His ultimate goal: unite the world in developing a defense against what he believes to be a coming invasion. To make it happen, he needs a clever plan. One that will topple a well-established culture of secrecy, allow him to evade those who watch his every move and neutralize a ruthless bureaucrat before the cruel tentacles of incurable cancer rob him of his life. The Hanson Legacy chronicles Ben Hanson's life, from a humble childhood in a rural Oklahoma town to his climactic struggle with an evil, self-absorbed administrator determined to keep secret the other-worldly horrors hidden in Cocheta Mountain... and lethal "accidents" involving more than a dozen retired project scientists. The fate of the entire planet may very well rest on the outcome of Dr. Hanson's vital and final mission. Sacrifice, devotion, duty, honor... and a timeless, beautiful love story that endures vicious tragedy and desolate separation. The Hanson Legacy transcends the Sci-Fi genre and will leave you anxiously waiting for Book Two: The Hanson Conundrum! "The story grabbed me by the throat from the first page and left me almost breathless until the exciting climactic scenes. The characters are strong, superbly developed and totally believable... If you read this book, make sure you have a long flight or a few free days ahead of you --- you won't be able to put it down!" Andrew McLaughlin Editor - Australian Defence Business Review (ADBR) Editor - Defence Industry & Aerospace Report (DIAR.com) Military Editor - Australian Aviation

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1658 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015024052220

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : United States. Naval Education and Training Command
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Naval art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112002998927

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Surface Ship Operations by United States. Naval Education and Training Command Pdf

Author : Charles Ingram
Publisher : Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Pu
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1843863804

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Deep Siege by Charles Ingram Pdf

Author : Phillipa Nefri Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0648618684

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Last Known Contact by Phillipa Nefri Clark Pdf

A missing man. No body. No clues. And a daughter determined to find the truth. Jack Bannerman is missing after failing to meet his son-in-law to go sailing. There's no evidence of foul play and no sign of a body. Ellie thought her father trusted her with his business empire but the discovery of a dark past challenges everything she believed. Her estranged husband was Jack's last known contact but denies seeing him that day and seizes the opportunity to take over as acting CEO as if nothing untoward has happened. The detective in charge throws Ellie's feelings of betrayal and loss into further turmoil because a long time ago, they loved each other. Now, she has to work with him to unravel the truth behind her father's disappearance. Jack's trusted advisors are keeping secrets and Ellie's desperate search for answers puts her in the dangerous sights of a killer. With a body found at sea and a storm closing in, Ellie has to trust someone with what she knows. But who to trust may mean the difference between life and death. Last Known Contact is a fast paced standalone in the DS Liz Moorland world of Melbourne major crimes investigation.

Author : Theresa Schwegel
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429985673

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Last Known Address by Theresa Schwegel Pdf

Edgar Award winning author Theresa Schwegel's fourth novel features a female detective chasing a serial rapist across Chicago, from the westside slums to the glitz of the Loop. Detective Sloane Pearson is new to the Sex Crimes Division but no stranger to being treated like an incompetent blonde by her hardened male co-workers. She's also no stranger to hard-to-crack cases, and her latest is as tough as they come: A rapist is on the prowl, dragging women to deserted building sites or vacant apartment buildings peppered all over downtown Chicago, and forcing them to fight---knowing, of course, that he'll win. When a real estate agent Sloane knows is attacked by the violent predator, Sloane finds herself taking a case that threatens her secret plans to leave her long-time lover. Her personal bond with the victim and a would-be relationship with a man she interviews along the way lead Sloane down a dangerous path---one that poisons the investigation as well as her personal life. Sloane's balancing act topples when her father falls ill. Between coping with his weak heart and following the few weak leads she has, her case begins to go the way that many rape cases go: The victims fall away, one by one, suddenly unsure of what they saw or unwilling to relive the horrifying moments again and again. When Sloane helps a hungry young Sun-Times reporter declare the case serial, she loses support: Her bosses demand she get a suspect or move on. Sloane stays on the case, though---no matter how much it strains her personal relationships. Even her partner claims she's in too deep: He doesn't believe there's an arrest on the planet worth a cop's life. Sloane disagrees: Someone's got to take up the fight. From the worst slums of Chicago's west side to the glittering Loop skyscrapers, Sloane finds no shortage of suspects. As she loses everything she'd called home, she can only hope to find the rapist before she also becomes a victim.

Author : Violette Malan
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780756416294

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The Godstone by Violette Malan Pdf

This new epic fantasy series begins a tale of magic and danger, as a healer finds herself pulled deeper into a web of secrets and hazardous magic that could bring about the end of the world as she knows it. Fenra Lowens has been a working Practitioner, using the magic of healing ever since she graduated from the White Court and left the City to live in the Outer Modes. When one of her patients, Arlyn Albainil, is summoned to the City to execute the final testament of a distant cousin, she agrees to help him. Arlyn suspects the White Court wants to access his cousin's Practitioner's vault. Arlyn can't ignore the summons: he knows the vault holds an artifact so dangerous he can't allow it to be freed. Fenra quickly figures out that there is no cousin, that Arlyn himself is the missing Practitioner, the legendary Xandra Albainil, rumored to have made a Godstone with which he once almost destroyed the world. Sealing away the Godstone left Arlyn powerless and ill, and he needs Fenra to help him deal with the possibly sentient artifact before someone else finds and uses it. Along the way they encounter Elvanyn Karamisk, an old friend whom Arlyn once betrayed. Convinced that Arlyn has not changed, and intends to use Fenra to recover the Godstone and with it all his power, Elvanyn joins them to keep Fenra safe and help her destroy the artifact.

Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee,Sue Wiles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317515616

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Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II by Lily Xiao Hong Lee,Sue Wiles Pdf

This volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women completes the four-volume project and contains more than 400 biographies of women active in the Tang through Ming dynasties (618-1644). Many of the entries are the result of original research and provide the only substantial information on women available in English. Of note is the inclusion of a large number of women who reached positions of authority during this period as well as women artists and writers, especially poets, during this period of increased female literacy and more liberal social attitudes to women's cultural roles. Wherever possible, entries incorporate translations of poems and sometimes prose works so as to let the women speak for themselves. The book also includes a multitude of entertainers and actresses. The volume includes a Guide to Chinese Words Used, a Chronology of Dynasties and Major Rulers, a Finding List by Background or Fields of Endeavor, and a Glossary of Chinese Names. It will prove to be a useful tool for research and teaching.

Author : John Monahan,Henry J. Steadman,Eric Silver,Paul S. Appelbaum,Pamela Clark Robbins,Edward P. Mulvey,Loren H. Roth,Thomas Grisso,Steven Banks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0198031742

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Rethinking Risk Assessment by John Monahan,Henry J. Steadman,Eric Silver,Paul S. Appelbaum,Pamela Clark Robbins,Edward P. Mulvey,Loren H. Roth,Thomas Grisso,Steven Banks Pdf

The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. The authors of this massive project -- the largest ever undertaken on the topic -- demonstrate how clinicians can use a "decision tree" to identify groups of patients at very low and very high risk for violence. This dramatic new finding, and its implications for the every day clinical practice of risk assessment and risk management, is thoroughly described in this remarkable and long-anticipated volume. Taken to heart, its message will change the way clinicians, judges, and others who must deal with persons who are mentally ill and may be violent will do their work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031249394

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Palmetto Bend Project by Anonim Pdf