Bøker av J D Neill

Three lives are on a collision course-a thief, a na├»ve woman, and a detective.The calculating and heartless thief fills gaping holes in his psyche by stealing and inflicting wounds on vulnerable women. But Lisa was supposed to be his salvation. Optimistic and creative, she cannot believe the thief had a stolen identity when he married her or that he is behind so much heartbreak and two deaths-until he disappears, taking all she has. How could she have loved a monster?Gifted with a highly developed intuitive sense, Detective John Marsh feels the profound pain of others, and when his sister falls victim, the frustrating hunt becomes personal. But the villain has not finished with Lisa. He pursues her to where she hopes for a new life in rural France. There, in a surprising twist, Karma proves inevitable.

When a series of terminally ill men are murdered, beautiful young orphans are convicted and incarcerated.But what makes these girls into murderers? And why kill, if the men were about to die?Insurance Investigator Matt Bennett, and his FBI buddy suspect Murder for Profit, and vow to help free the girls they believe are innocent.As the body count increases, in mounting frustration, the two men unravel the mystery-a devious loophole focused only on profit.Will they stop the schemers and can they help free the imprisoned girls?

A trail of nine husbands may belie the fact that wealthy Maggie Baker is a romantic. She thought she had everything, but did she? Trapped in a coma, police search for who hurt her and why. She silently revisits her life and loves. A sweeping, passionate, and often painful journey from her birth in Australia to Hong Kong, Tahiti, and Hawaii, and back to the shores of Lake Tahoe.Who has she hurt enough to wish her harm, and who would gain from her death?

A compelling tale of neglect, betrayal, new love, and ancient hatreds offering a unique perspective of the disintegration of Lebanon. This is a breath-taking and accomplished story of one young couple's struggle to survive in war-torn Beirut during the birth of the Lebanese civil war.Crowned the Jewel of the Middle East, Beirut throbs with myriad contrasts between east and west, until the country descends into sectarian violence and civil war. Friends are raped, murdered, and estranged by age-old religious divides, and they discover the fragility of their own union. As hostages in their home, without electricity or water, they scavenge for food from limited supplies, while outside, a gun truck filled with militants waits, threatening to take them. Days turn to weeks, and, as the country around them disintegrates, deprivation and tension force them to face one another and learn of their own betrayals. Their painful decline parallels the land around them.