Thriller / suspense fiction

Book SynopsisAmy and her kelpie-shepherd mix, Lars, work with a search team that specializes in finding lost people. Despite his average-mutt appearance, Lars is no ordinary dog. He and Amy have a telepathic connection. While Lars has a lot to learn about human language, their bond allows them to communicate in unusual ways and is a boon to their success rate.When Amy and Lars find a missing scientist suffering from the Alzheimer's-like disorder "Disorientation," Amy and her support team realize this is not a typical lost-person case. Instead, this assignment appears to be an attempt to steal this man's highly sensitive research on nanotechnology—which, in the wrong hands, could be used to wipe out undesirables from their overpopulated world. Forced to go undercover to seek out the truth, Amy will have to confront—and surpass—her own limitations.Trade Review“The plot, which combines technology with religious zealotry, is pleasurably creepy . . . A sci-fi mystery tackled in style by a feisty canine-human detective team.” —Kirkus Reviews “Pursuits Unknown is unique. Its founding premise, telepathy between humans and dogs, becomes reasonable and matter-of-fact just a couple of chapters in, which is when the tense and believable storyline takes over. Edge-of-the-seat reading with an ending that calls for more.” —Trish King, CPDT-KA, CDBC, Canine Behavior Associates “With a deft combination of nearly real science and savvy observations of human nature, Pursuits Unknown spins a crime-fighting story in which dogs partner with humans in novel and unexpected ways. Like Sue Grafton, Ms. Clary will have readers eagerly anticipating more tales about Amy and Lars!” —Patricia Minger, author of Magic Flute

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Book SynopsisWhat if everything you've ever heard about Jack the Ripper is wrong?A young woman is brutally murdered in Washington D.C., and the killer leaves behind a calling card connected to some of the most infamous murders in history.Jack the RipperRookie homicide investigator Erin Prince instinctively knows the moment she sees the mutilated body that it's only a matter of time before someone else dies.She and her partner, Todd Beckett, are on the trail of a madman, and a third body sends them in the direction they feared most: a serial killer is walking the streets of D.C.The clock is ticking.Erin must push past her mounting self-doubt in order to unravel a web of secrets filled with drugs, pornography, and a decades-old family skeleton before the next victim is sacrificed.The only way to stop a killer is to beat them at their own game.

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