KILLJOY
Avery Delaney has tried to put the past behind her. Abandoned by her
mother when she was only three days old, Avery was raised by her
grandmother and beloved aunt Carolyn. Then, when she was ten, she saw
her grandmother murdered in cold blood, before Avery herself was shot
and left for dead. The killer was soon caught, convicted, and is
currently serving a life sentence. This experience propels Avery into a
life of law and order. But soon she will have to use her skills on a
case that hits painfully close to home. Avery's aunt Carolyn is sent to
the posh Utopia Spa by her soon-to-be ex-husband. But Carolyn never
makes it to Utopia. Under false pretenses, she is taken to an isolated
retreat by a handsome stranger with a dazzling smile and the darkest of
motives. His name is Monk, a hired assassin. Now, with scant clues and
fewer resources, Avery must track down and save Carolyn--and outmaneuver
a brilliant killer who is part of an elaborate plot of madness and
lethal vengeance.
MURDER LIST
When Chicago detective Alec Buchanan is offered a prime position with
the FBI, he takes it as the perfect opportunity to leave the Windy City.
But first he must complete one last assignment: acting as a glorified
bodyguard to hotel heiress Regan Hamilton Madison. The exec has become
entangled in some potentially deadly business: Someone has e-mailed her
a graphic crime-scene photo - and the victim is no stranger. Regan
suspects that the trouble started when she agreed to help a journalist
friend expose a shady self-help guru who preys on lonely, vulnerable
women. Hoping to find some damning evidence, Regan attends a seminar. At
the gathering, the doctor persuades his guests to partake in an innocent
little "cleansing" exercise. He asks them to make a list of the people
who have hurt or deceived them, and poses the question: Would your world
be a better place if these people ceased to exist? Regan plays along.
The experience is all but forgotten - until the first person on Regan's
list turns up dead. Shock turns to horror when other names from the list
start to surface as corpses. Now brutal murders seem to stalk Regan's
every move. Regan must discover who has turned her private revenge
fantasies into grisly reality.
