Linda Howard

Someone was trying to kill her - again. As a former cheerleader, Blair Mallory was accustomed to jealousy, but really, you'd think people would get over it. Blair is immersed in her wedding plans when someone tries to run her over. Her fiance, police lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth, thinks the episode was just an accident, but Blair knows the attempt was deliberate - and just the beginning...

After surviving an attempt on her life, Blair Mallory is in the middle of planning her wedding and coping with the trials of the holiday season, when she once again narrowly escapes a murderous hit-and-run "accident" and launches a personal campaign to uncover the person who wants her dead, despite the doubts of her fianc, police detective Wyatt Bloodsworth. Original.

Twenty years after a time capsule is buried under the front lawn of a small-town courthouse--designed to be reopened in 2085--the capsule is dug up and its contents stolen, an event that is also marked by the sudden mysterious appearance of the enigmatic Nikita Stover and the murders of the contributors to the time capsule. Reprint.

In 1985, a time capsule was buried in the front lawn of a small town courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the middle of the night, the capsule is dug up and its contents stolen. And that same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home - with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, the other time capsule contributors are also being targeted. Other than the sudden, mysterious appearance of the intriguing Nikita Stover, the local police have absolutely no leads. And while Nikita's no murderer, it's true she has plenty of secrets. With more at stake than anyone else realizes, the smart-talking Nikita is determined to catch this cunning killer while at the same time battling her own deepening feelings for a man and a world in which she doesn't belong.

Vuonna 1930 ilmestynyt teos on Hammettin parhaita dekkareita, ja myös sen sankari, yksityisetsivä Samuel Spade, on saavuttanut kuolemattoman maineen.

Efficient, professional, and without apology, Lily Mansfield is a hired assassin, working as a contract agent for the CIA. Her targets are the powerful and corrupt, those who can't be touched by the law. Now, after 18 years of service, Lily has been drawn into a dangerous game that hasn't been sanctioned, seeking vengeance for her own reasons. Each move bolder than the next, she is compromising her superiors, endangering her very life. Though stress and shock have made her feel somewhat invincible and a little cocky, Lily knows that she too can be taken out in an instant. And if it's her time, so be it. She intends to go down fighting. A CIA agent himself, Lucas Swain recognizes the signs of trauma in the line of fire. His orders are to either bring her in or bring her down. Yet he too is drawn into the game with Lily Mansfield, dancing on a tightrope as he tries to avoid a major international incident while still battling a tenacious foe who is dogging their every step. Keeping laser focus on her task at hand while vigilantly watching her back, Mansfield never sees the lethal peril that lies directly in her path . . . and how loyalty has a price.

After eighteen years as a hired assassin working for the CIA, Lily Mansfield risks everything to pursue her own quest for vengeance, compromising her cover, endangering her own life, and drawing unwanted attention in her pursuit, until CIA agent Lucas Swain is sent in to bring her in--or bring her down. Reprint.

After a painful divorce, Blair Mallory follows a dream and opens a health club. But Nicole Goodwin, a troubled member of the club, develops a strange fixation on Blair, imitating her style and dress, even the car she drives. Then Nicole is gunned down in the club's parking lot. And Blair is the only witness to the murder. At first the police investigation concentrates on Nicole and her acquaintances, but then someone tampers with Blair's car, and sabotages her home and business. The police - including Blair's old flame Lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth - are baffled because these attempts, while serious, are very different in tone from Nicole's murder. Is Nicole's killer seeking to remove a troublesome witness? Or was Blair the intended victim after all?

The beautiful owner of a successful up-scale fitness center, Blair Mallory is stunned when a troubled member of the club becomes obsessed with her and sets out to imitate her style and dress, a situation that is further complicated by the murder of the look-alike, the media frenzy that follows, and the investigation of police lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth. Original.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - She finds lost children--all the while trying to outrun the brutal emotions stemming from a tragedy in her past. Milla Edge is fueled by an obsession to fill the void in other people's lives. Traveling to a small village in Mexico on a reliable tip, she begins to uncover the dire fate of countless children who have disappeared in the labyrinth of a sinister baby-smuggling ring. The key to nailing down the organization may rest with an elusive one-eyed man. As Milla's search for him intensifies, the mission becomes more treacherous. For the ring is part of something far larger and more dangerous, reaching the highest echelons of power. Racing into peril, Milla suddenly finds herself the hunted--in the crosshairs of an invisible, lethal assassin who aims to silence her permanently. Praise for Cry No More "Linda Howard is a superbly original storyteller."--Iris Johansen "Intense and darkly mesmerizing from beginning to end, this gut-wrenching roller coaster of a book is incredible The bestselling Howard delivers first-class terror and suspense."--Romantic Times "Linda Howard meshes hot sex, emotional impact, and gripping tension."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Jaine Bright ja hänen kolme ystäväänsä tapaavat kokoontua grillibaarissa viinilasillisen ja tyttöjen juttujen merkeissä. Eräänä perjantailtana he ryhtyvät miettimään, minkälainen olisi täydellinen mies. Uskollinen, kiltti, luotettava, hyvän näköinen. Naiset innostuvat laatimaan listan, josta tulee paitsi leikkimielinen myös melko rohkea. Sisäpiirin vitsiksi tarkoitettu lista päätyy kuitenkin julkisuuteen, ensin heidän työpaikallaan, sitten paikallislehdessä ja televisiossa. Lista on pieni sensaatio, ja toimittajat alkavat pommittaa naisia juttupyynnöillä. Jainella ja ystävillä on ensikauhistuksen jälkeen hauskaa, mutta ilo loppuu lyhyeen, kun yksi heistä murhataan raa’asti. Jaine ryhtyy selvittämään juttua naapurissa asuvan komean poliisin kanssa, mutta aikaa ei ole paljon. Loukkaavasta listasta raivostunut tappaja on muidenkin naisten jäljillä. Täydellinen mies on vetävä jännitysromaani, jossa on yllätyslopun lisäksi sähäkkää seksiä nykynaisille. Linda Howardilta on aiemmin suomennettu teos Kasvot yössä (2001).

Loyal. Beautiful. Professional. Impeccably organized. Potentially lethal. Sarah Stevens is a woman with many distinct qualities. First and foremost a butler par excellence, skilled at running large households smoothly and efficiently, she is also a trained bodyguard and expert marksman-indispensable to her elderly employer, a courtly gentleman whom Sarah has come to respect and love as a father. Then one night she thwarts a burglary in progress, a courageous act that rewards Sarah her requisite "fifteen minutes of fame" with the local press. But the exposure is enough to catch the attention of a tortured soul who, unbeknownst to Sarah, will stop at nothing to have her for himself. Sarah's perfectly ordered life is shattered when tragedy strikes: her beloved employer is brutally murdered. The detective investigating the case, assures Sarah that she is not a suspect. Until lightning strikes twice. There's a second killing-and this time, despite a lack of evidence connecting her to the crime, Sarah cannot escape the shadow of guilt. The only option left for Sarah is to carry on with her life. But she doesn't realize that a deranged stalker is luring her into an elaborate trap . . . one in which she, once ensnared, might never escape. For Sarah soon finds herself at the mercy of a man who will tend to her every whim, smother her with affection, and crush her in his all-consuming embrace. In a nonstop roller-coaster ride of unrelenting suspense, Linda Howard has written her most chilling novel yet. Dying to Please is a breathless thriller of desire and obsession.

Seamlessly blending heart-pounding romance and breathless intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard writes a masterful, stylish, and provocative suspense novel that absolutely defies readers to put it down. Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date in years. She's never even had a lukewarm love affair, let alone a hot one. So when she wakes up on her thirty-fourth birthday, still living with her widowed mom and spinster aunt, she decides it's time to get a life. But can a lifelong good girl turn bad? No, not exactly. But she can pretend, right? One makeover later, Daisy has transformed herself into a party girl extraordinaire. She's letting her hair down, dancing the night away at clubs, and laughing and flirting with men for the first time in, well, ever. With a new lease on her own place and her life, it's open season for man-hunting. But on her way home late one night, Daisy sees something she's not supposed to see. Suddenly the target of a killer, she's forced to put her manhunt on hold. But the very moment she stops looking might be the moment she finds what she's wanted all along. Trouble is, before he can share her life, he might just have to save it.

Sweeney on menestyvä taidemaalari, joka on juuri muuttanut New Yorkiin. Suurkaupungin vilinään hänen on helpompi piilottaa outo salaisuutensa: hän on selvänäkijä. Eräänä aamuna Sweeneyn ateljeessa on maalaus, jota hän ei muista tehneensä. Hän on maalannut sen unissaan. Se esittää hänen tuntemaansa miestä - murhattuna maassa makaamassa. Ja murha on todella tapahtunut edellisenä yönä.

In the five years following her father's death, Dee Swann has held onto Angel Creek Valley, vowing that no one else would ever own it, but the arrival of handsome Lucas Cochran could change things.

Blair Mallory on periamerikkalainen blondi ja kaiken lisäksi entinen cheerleader. Pahin takaisku naisen elämässä on ollut avioero, mutta siitäkin hän nettosi mukavan summan ihan pikkiriikkisen likaisella pelillä. Rahoilla hän on perustanut menestyvän kuntosalin. Lähtiessään eräänä iltana kotiin salilta Blair näkee parkkipaikalla murhan. Hänen onnistuu paeta takaisin sisään ja soittaa poliisit. Kun virkapukuiset saapuvat paikalle, Blair kuvittelee kaiken olevan jo ohi, mutta mitä vielä. Ovesta saapastelee tutkintaa johtava Wyatt Bloodsworth, joka on kehdannut jättää hänet pari vuotta aikaisemmin vain muutaman tapaamisen jälkeen. Wyatt on ärsyttävän itsevarma mutta sietämättömän hyvännäköinen ja saa Blairin harmiksi hänen sydämensä yhä tykyttämään. Mies on vakuuttunut, että Blair on murhan todistajana vaarassa, ja yrittää ottaa ohjat käsiinsä paitsi jutun myös Blairin suhteen. Mies on tietysti oikeassa, mutta Blair ei aio antautua. Alkaa kuuma kissa ja hiiri -leikki, jossa mies väsyttää naista ja nainen miestä, ja kaiken aikaa murhaajan verkko kiristyy.