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The Abelard Sanction and Other Stories
The Abelard Sanction, Assassins, The Double Dealer, Falling, and Surviving Toronto
2012
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The Abelard Sanction by David Morrell Saul Grisman and his wife, Erika, are on a hunt to kill Habib, a terrorist who killed their son. Following Habib to a place known as the Abelard Sanction, Erika reveals sticks of dynamite around her waist, threatening Habib and her husband's lives. She offers Habib a chance to escape, allowing him a 24 hour head start. The dynamite was revealed to be a fake, and the detonatortriggered explosives on both sides of Habib's vehicle, killing him. Assassins by Christopher Reich Numbered Account was inspired by the author's wanderings of the snowy, cobblestone alleyways of Geneva, on his way to and from work at the Union Bank of Switzerland. There, he learned the sophisticated art of handling money for the richest people in the world. Assassins finds the hero of Numbered Account, Nick Neumann, back on Swiss soil with a new mission. The Double Dealer by David Liss Benjamin Weaver is a daring and reckless thief-taker, roughly a combination of modern-day private eye, police officer for hire and hired muscle meets danger head-on on the lawless streets of 18th century London. The Double Dealer has at its center an aging highwayman who wants to tell one last story before he dies, the story of an encounter years ago with the young Benjamin Weaver, once a highwayman himself. Falling by Chris Mooney Deviant Ways was Chris Mooney's first thriller. In the novel, Mooney introduces a secondary character named Malcolm Fletcher, a mysterious, enigmatic former profiler who's hiding from the FBI. Mooney was surprised by the numerous queries he received wanting to know more about Malcolm Fletcher. What happened to him? Was he still being chased by the FBI? What other secrets did Fletcher have? Here, in Falling, Mooney introduces a new character, a young woman who has been asked to help set a trap to capture the dangerous former FBI profiler. So what has Malcolm Fletcher been up to all these years? Surviving Toronto by M. Diane Vogt Karen Ann Brown is a young lawyer disillusioned enough with the law's compromises to leave her job as a prosecutor and strike out on her own. She now works as a "recovery specialist," with a cover identity as a travel writer. Karen is forced to make tough choices when her clients' needs are thwarted by gaping holes in the law, particularly concerning children abducted by their parents. Surviving Toronto is a tale of irrational anger and rage, something all too familiar to many divorces. But, luckily, Karen Brown is watching.

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Authors

David Morrell
David Morrell
Author · 45 books
David Morrell is a Canadian novelist from Kitchener, Ontario, who has been living in the United States for a number of years. He is best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become a successful film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. More recently, he has been writing the Captain America comic books limited-series The Chosen.
Christopher Reich
Christopher Reich
Author · 17 books
Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo. In 1965 his family moved to Los Angeles. He attended Georgetown University and the University of Texas and worked in Switzerland before returning to the United States to become an author. His novel The Patriots Club won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Novel in 2006. He lives in Encinitas, California.
M. Diane Vogt
Author · 2 books

Also writes under the name Diane Capri. M. Diane Vogt is an attorney practicing in Tampa, Florida. She opened a boutique litigation firm representing clients as national, regional and local counsel on a wide variety of matters.

David Liss
David Liss
Author · 21 books
I am the author of thirteen novels, most recently The Peculiarities, a historical fantasy out in September 2021. I've also written numerous novellas and short stories. My previous books include A Conspiracy of Paper which was named a New York Times Notable Book and won the 2001 Barry, MacAvity and Edgar awards for Best First novel. The Coffee Trader was also named a New York Times Notable Book and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the year’s 25 Books to Remember. Several of these books are currently being developed for television or film. I have also worked on numerous comics projects, including Black Panther and Mystery Men for Marvel, The Spider and Green Hornet for Dynamite, and Angelica Tomorrow.
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