Allows the reader to go inside the Vietnam conflict where even in the midst of deplorable conditions when carrying out an undefined combat mission, the Americans--by their very nature--are fun-loving and compassionate people.
This entertaining series just keeps getting better and better. Campbells latest features his crisp writing and clever plotting. Julia Spencer-Fleming, Anthony and Agatha award winning author.
Having unknowingly smuggled an ancient parchment into America, retired Air Force investigator Greg McKenzie soon finds himself in the midst of the duplicitous world of Middle East politics and religion. When his wife goes missing, he is forced to mount his own operation inside Israel in order to save her life.
An architect has been found dead in Florida from a gunshot wound. The deputy who investigated the case says it was self-inflicted but detective Greg McKenzie thinks otherwise. He finds plans missing, an obstinate contractor, a too-slick developer and an angry inspector. It all points to murder.
Spores, Plagues and History follows the trail of anthrax from prebibical times to the present. A highly readable, authoritative perspective of the role infectious agents have played in world history.
New Yorker Jamie Elliott arrives with her husband, Paul, to his new job on the tropical island of St. Lucia. Her marriage begins to crumble, and powerful dreams invade her sleep. Jamie is attracted to Andre Demontagne, and investment banker, after her marriage to Paul falls apart. The dreams continue and mysteries of old island families begin to unravel.
In Cry Havoc, John Hamilton Lewis has written as lively and entertaining a blockbuster of World War III brindsmanship as you're likely to encounter. A terrific story well-told. John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author.
Winner of the 2012 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2012 Edmonton Public Library Alberta Readers' Choice Award In 1941, a young man imagines thrilling battles and heroic acts when he lies about his age and joins the army. Assigned to the Winnipeg Grenadiers, part of the Canadian army in Hong Kong, Freddy McKee becomes a prisoner of war six weeks after arriving in Hong Kong. Five years pass and Freddy finally returns home from the war, but three women—Joanna Keegan, her daughter Hope, and the beautiful and mysterious Su Li—feel echoes of Freddy’s ordeal in each of their lives. For Freddy, the memory of war is a heavier burden than the weapon he once carried. Freddy must fight to survive in a world that has left him behind.