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Always A Thief
Bantam, June 2003, 7.50, 311 pp. ISBN 0553585681 For over a decade, the cat burglar Quinn robbed the homes of the rich and famous, relieving them of baubles that have made him a media sensation. When his luck ran out, Interpol gave him a choice, help them catch notorious jewel thieves or spend the rest of his life in jail. Nobody could call Quinn a fool and the cat burglar retired to become a man who worked for international law officials. H...
Chill of Fear
FBI agent Quentin Hayes has been haunted for over twenty years by an unsolved murder from his past. As a twelve year old, Quentin spent the summer living at a Victorian resort called The Lodge in Leisure, Tennessee. Quentin befriended a child named Missy, who was the daughter of one of the maids at the Resort. When Missy was found murdered that summer at The Lodge, Quentin's childhood is changed forever. Now, Quentin is a part of an elite group of FB...
Finding Laura
After buying an antique mirror at the Kilbourne estate sale; Laura Sutherland suddenly becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Peter Kilbourne. Trying to find some answers to the heritage of the mirror, as well as clear her own name, Laura goes to speak to Amelia Kilbourne, the matriarch of the family. Things become murky and twisted when she is commisioned to paint her portrait and meets Daniel Kilbourne. In a hot and dusty attic they have their firs...
Hunting Fear
Lucas Jordan works in a special FBI unit that focuses on psychic abilities. This team works hard to show their special gifts can be of some benefit to society, but they must first prove it to be reliable. In the small town near the Blue Ridge Mountains, people are being kidnapped for ransom, then killed just after ransom is paid. Lucas tries to use his psychic ability of feeling the victims' fear so he can locate them. He has failed. A carnival ...

Hooper booklist

Once Upon a Time: The Glass Shoe
A new version of the classic tale of Cinderella, but more modern. A young lady goes to a ball and meets the prince of her dreams, it isn't until later in the book that he realizes who she is....
Once Upon a Time: What Dreams May Come
A young girl is desperate to get the man she loves back after a terrible accident. It leaves her brother dead, and her fiance in a coma for over ten years! Her lover shows up on her doorstep after all these years to have her fall in love with him again. She knew it wouldn't work that easy, but she lets him live with her for a while. This book has a shocking secret that powers the motives of the book itself....
Out of the Shadows
Miranda Knight and her teenaged sister Bonnie have recently moved to Gladstone, Tennessee, a sleepy little southern town. Miranda is Sheriff of Gladstone and is shocked when two teenagers are murdered. In investigating the homicides Miranda is surprised by the lack of clues left by the killer and by the extreme torture methods used by the culprit. Miranda quickly realizes that she needs assistance in solving these heinous crimes. Miranda contacts a g...
Sense of Evil
Bantam, Aug 2003, 23.95, 352 pp. ISBN: 055380300X In Hastings, South Carolina, Police chief Rafe Sullivan knows the third blond victim means a serial killer is on he loose. What he cannot fathom is how the culprit persuades these intelligent young women to enter the woods with him. There is no hint of a struggle in any of the three homicides which makes sense to the local cop. To help Rafe, the FBI's Special Crimes Unit sends Agent Isabel Ad...
Stealing Shadows
Cassie Neill is a psychic and she wants to use her gift responsibly. She helps the Los Angeles police catch murderers. But once in a while she makes a mistake. One time when she's trying to help, an innocent child dies. She is so upset that she feels she needs to get away. She goes to a small North Carolina town where she has a house left to her by an aunt. But even here she can't escape her psychic abilities. She knows a murderer is stalking young wome...
Whisper of Evil
When Nell Gallagher returns to her southern hometown of Silence in order to settle the estate of her deceased father, Adam Gallagher, she is plunged into a nightmare. Nell hasn't been back in Silence for over ten years, having left under mysterious circumstances. Now, the town of Silence is being plagued by the murders of some of its most illustrious male citizens. Nell comes face to face with her high school love, Max Tanner, who she stood up at th...