New Releases by J.T. Ellison

Looking over a crime scene in her neighborhood, Samantha Owen discovers that the scene has been staged: what seems to be a clear case of murder/suicide is anything but. The discovery of toxic substances in hidden vials leads to a threat of bioterrorism-- and her boyfriend, Xander Whitfield, may be in the line of fire.

An international manhunt sets the scene for an explosive thriller in the second Brit in the FBI novel featuring Special Agent Nicholas Drummond. After working with Special Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, Nicholas Drummond has joined the FBI. Now, he and partner Mike Caine are in an eleventh-hour race to stop a madman from finding a cache of lost World War I gold—and a weapon unlike anything the world has ever seen... “A thriller packed with nonstop action, real-life name-dropping and enough cutting-edge science to make you wonder how much of it could be true.”—Kirkus Reviews

From Catherine Coulter, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the FBI Thriller series, and J.T. Ellison, bestselling author and ITW Award winner, comes the first book in a brilliant new international thriller series featuring a new hero: American-born, UK-raised Nicholas Drummond. Scotland Yard’s new chief inspector Nicholas Drummond is on the first flight to New York when he learns his colleague, Elaine York, the “minder” of the Crown Jewels for the “Jewel of the Lion” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was found murdered. Then the centerpiece of the exhibit, the infamous Koh-i-Noor Diamond, is stolen from the Queen Mother’s crown. Drummond, American-born but raised in the UK, is a dark, dangerous, fast-rising star in the Yard who never backs down. And this case is no exception. Special Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich from Coulter’s bestselling FBI series don’t hesitate to help Drummond find the cunning international thief known as the Fox. Nonstop action and high stakes intensify as the chase gets deadly. The Fox will stop at nothing to deliver the Koh-i-Noor to the man who believes in its deadly prophecy. Nicholas Drummond, along with his partner, FBI Special Agent Mike Caine, lay it on the line to retrieve the diamond for Queen and country.

Dear Dr. Owens, If you are reading this letter, I am dead and I would be most grateful if you could solve my murder… Forensic pathologist Dr. Samantha Owens thought life was finally returning to normal after she suffered a terrible personal loss. Settling into her new job at Georgetown University, the illusion is shattered when she receives a disturbing letter from a dead man imploring her to solve his murder. There''s only one catch. Timothy Savage''s death was so obviously the suicide of a demented individual that the case has been closed. When Sam learns Savage left a will requesting she autopsy his body, she feels compelled to look into the case. Sam''s own postmortem discovers clear signs that Savage was indeed murdered. And she finds DNA from a kidnapped child whose remains were recovered years earlier. The investigation takes Sam into the shadows of a twenty-year-old mystery that must be solved to determine what really happened to Timothy Savage. Nothing about the case makes sense but it is clear someone is unwilling to let anyone, especially Samantha Owens, discover the truth.

Patholoog-anatoom Samantha Owens ontdekt dat een terroristische aanslag dekmantel is voor een doelbewuste moordaanslag.

When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene--the prior victim''s severed hand. Ambitious TV reporter Whitney Connolly is certain the Southern Strangler is her ticket out of Nashville; she''s got a scoop that could break the case. She has no idea how close to this story she really is--or what it will cost her. As the killer spirals out of control, everyone involved must face a horrible truth--that the purest evil is born of private lies.

Homicide detective Taylor Jackson thinks she''s seen it all in Nashville--but she''s never seen anything as perverse as The Conductor. Once his victim is captured, he contains her in a glass coffin, slowly starving her to death. Only then does he give in to his attraction. Later, he creatively disposes of the body by reenacting scenes from famous paintings. Strangely, similar macabre works are being displayed in Europe. Taylor teams up with her fiancé, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, and New Scotland Yard detective James \"Memphis\" Highsmythe--a haunted man who has eyes only for Taylor--to put an end to The Conductor''s art collection. Has the killer gone international? Or are there dueling artists, competing to create the ultimate masterpiece?

It was a murder made for TV: a trail of tiny bloody footprints. An innocent toddler playing beside her mother''s bludgeoned body. Pretty young Corinne Wolff, seven months pregnant, brutally murdered in her own home. Cameras and questions don''t usually faze Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson, but the media frenzy surrounding the Wolff case is particularly nasty...and thorough. When the seemingly model mommy is linked to an amateur porn Web site with underage actresses and unwitting players, the sharks begin to circle. The shock is magnified when an old adversary uses the sexy secret footage to implicate Taylor in a murder--an accusation that threatens her career, her reputation and her relationship. Both cases hinge on the evidence--real or manufactured--of crimes that go beyond passion, into the realm of obsessive vengeance and shocking betrayal. Just what the networks love.

Voor het ontmaskeren van de Pretender heeft Taylor Jackson een hoge prijs betaald. Ze heeft de schotwond in haar hoofd overleefd, maar zal ze ooit weer de oude worden? Zal ze haar werk weer kunnen oppakken? En het allerbelangrijkste: zal ze ooit weer kunnen praten? Ze zit gevangen in stilte, en het feit dat ze moet communiceren via notitieblokken en haar laptop valt haar zwaar. Wanneer Memphis Highsmythe, een oude vriend, haar een verblijf op zijn landgoed in Schotland aanbiedt, besluit ze dan ook te gaan. Even weg zijn van alles zal haar goeddoen, denkt ze. Aanvankelijk lijkt het erop dat ze tot rust komt, maar na een paar dagen komen de muren op haar af. De mensen om haar heen durft ze niet te vertrouwen en nog veel erger ze heeft het gevoel dat ze wordt omringd door geesten. Is ze aan het doordraaien? Of wordt ze daadwerkelijk opgejaagd door iemand... of iets?

MEDELMÅTTOR LÅNAR. GENIER STJÄL. DEN ONDE DELEGERAR … Som ett eko av ett våldsamt förflutet genljuder det över hela Amerika. Mord begås enligt mönster skapade av de beryktade seriemördarna Bostonstryparen, Zodiakmördaren och Son of Sam. I medierna fullkomligt exploderar antaganden som leder till total panik. Mordutredaren Taylor Jackson i Nashville vet på en gång vad det handlar om. Tronföljaren är tillbaka. Och han har skaffat sig lärjungar. Medan Tronföljaren och hans medhjälpare ägnar sig åt sin morbida dödsturné runt landet – och ständigt gäckar såväl polisen som FBI – försöker Taylor desperat förbereda sig för den slutliga striden. En strid hon ensam måste utkämpa öga mot öga med Tronföljaren. Att befinna sig i hennes närhet innebär dödlig fara, och hon vill inte att de hon älskar ska utsättas för några risker. Men ensamheten, tvivlen och mordoffren som bara blir fler och fler börjar ta ut sin rätt – hon har inte längre någon kontroll över vare sig situationen eller sig själv. Och den skicklige psykopaten som både beundrar och föraktar henne kommer allt närmare ... tills han är så nära man bara kan komma.

As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam''s life. She has been pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate—until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the other end of the line is an old boyfriend''s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but under Sam''s sharp eye the forensics tell a darker story. The ex-Ranger was murdered, though not for his car. Forced to confront the burning memories and feelings about yet another loved one killed brutally, Sam loses herself in the mystery contained within Donovan''s old notes. It leads her to the untouchable Xander, a soldier off-grid since his return from Afghanistan, and then to a series of brutal crimes stretching from that harsh mountainous war zone to this nation''s capital. The tale told between the lines makes it clear that nobody''s hands are clean, and that making sense of murder sometimes means putting yourself in the crosshairs of death.

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today''s hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection is now split into four e-book volumes, packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem! First Thrills: Volume 1 contains stories six original stories by: Lee Child Michael Palmer and Daniel James Palmer Karen Dionne J.T. Ellison Ryan Brown Rip Gerber Sean Michael Bailey At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

It''s a hideous echo of a violent past. Across America, murders are being committed with all the twisted hallmarks of the Boston Strangler, the Zodiac Killer and Son of Sam. The media frenzy explodes and Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows instantly that The Pretender is back…and he''s got helpers. As The Pretender''s disciples perpetrate their sick homages—stretching police and the FBI dangerously thin—Taylor tries desperately to prepare for their inevitable showdown. And she must do it alone. To be close to her is to be in mortal danger, and she won''t risk losing anyone she loves. But the isolation, the self-doubt and the rising body count are taking their toll—she''s beside herself and ready to snap. The brilliant psychopath who both adores and despises her is drawing close. Close enough to touch….

It is Samhain—the Blood Harvest. Nonbelievers call it Hallowe''en. The night when eight Nashville teenagers are found dead, with occult symbols carved into their naked bodies. It''s a ritual the killers believe was blessed by Death himself. When children are victimized, emotions always run high, and this case has the public both outraged and terrified: a dangerous combination. Recently reinstated homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows she has to act quickly, but tread carefully. Exploring the baffling culture of mysticism and witchcraft, Taylor is immersed in a darkness that threatens to unbalance the order of her world, and learns how unchecked wrath can push a killer to his limits.