The Abelard Sanction and Other Stories: The Abelard Sanction, Assassins, The Double Dealer, Falling, and Surviving Toronto

The Abelard Sanction by David MorrellSaul 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 ReichNumbered 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 LissBenjamin 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 MooneyDeviant 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 VogtKaren 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.