Product Description: Officer Randy Spelling had always wanted to be a police officer, to follow in the footsteps of her brothers and her father. Not long after joining the force, she mistakenly shoots and kills Lakeisha Gibbs, a pregnant teenager. The community is outraged; Lakeisha’s family is vocal and vicious in their attacks against Spelling...read more

Suspicious of her new sister-in-law's inconsistent personal history, Lora King delves into the woman's possibly shady past while pursuing a questionable relationship of her own with a press agent who appears to know more than he reveals.

Product Description: Investigating a murder in a family too much like his own, El Paso Homicide Detective Devon Gray walks a tightrope between protecting his kin and upholding the law. When his ex-con brother is implicated in the case, Devon strives to keep silent about his brother's complicity while seeking the truth...read more

Cut off by her police sergeant father for marrying against his wishes, Josefina Navarro exchanges her privileged life in Havana for an impoverished one in El Cotorro and is subsequently victimized by her husband's womanizing behavior before receiving ghostly letters from her exiled, presumed-dead father. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Investigating a suspicious house fire that has ended the lives of two young children, arson detective Billy Nightingale and his brother-in-law, officer Sebastian Bly, discover a baby hiding underneath the porch, whom they raise without an awareness of her violent origins. By the author of Spent Matches.

Product Description: 'A Gentleman of Leisure' concerns a young man, his love life & a burglary. Familiar Wodehouse characters from both sides of the Atlantic appear in cameo.

The second in a two-volume anthology of primary, secondary and visual sources, this reader provides a broad introduction to the evolution of World Civilizations from ancient history to 1700, and gives students insight into how historians use and interpret evidence in an effort to broaden their understanding of civilizations around the world. A wide selection of documents, images, maps and charts is presented along with chapter-opening timelines, source introductions, points for consideration, and questions designed to clarify the material and stimulate discussion. The reader is organized chronologically, but also provides an alternate topical Table of Contents, which allows instructors and students to compare sources across cultures and time periods. A new feature to this edition, "Using This Book," assists students in fully analyzing sources and context.

Product Description: Falling in love with Philip during a romantic Mexican vacation, Carla is distraught when she learns Philip is a cop just like her late father, and she once again fears losing someone to a dangerous career. Reissue.