A flaw in the blood

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Ingrid Thoft

"When soccer mom Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen and left with a life-threatening injury, Fina Ludlow is hired by Liz's mother to identify her attacker ... Twenty years earlier, Liz was [a New England University] soccer star known for her physical toughness; however, a serious cognitive decline has soured her soccer memories. She's convinced that her aggressive style of play--and the university's willingness to ignore head injuries in favor of a win--has put her health and her future in jeopardy, and someone needs to be held responsible. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there other secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life?"--

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Raphael Brous

A tennis prodigy, Max Lamm's future looks bright, until footage of him with a prostitute appears on the Internet. He flees America to begin a new life in London. But when he accidentally kills a Pakistani boy, he inadvertently sparks race riots. He finally finds refuge deep underground, with chaos in the streets above, he plots his salvation.

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Stuart Woods

Sandy Kinsolving's once-glittering life hangs by a threat; his future depends on his wife's inheritance and whether or not she's about to throw him out on his ear. What he wouldn't give for a solution to his money and marriage problems.If this were an Alfred Hitchcock movie, the solution would be obvious. Enter a stranger with wife problems of his own, who offers a violent -- and mutually advantageous -- proposal.Them in the time it takes to whisper a word, Kinsolving's normal life ends. What radiates like a mirage before him is wealth, security, and freedom. But lurking in the shadows are a brutal murder he cannot prevent, and a madman who stalks his every waking moment.

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Colin D. Peel

In a new job, but unable to forget the horrors of his last assignment, freelance photojournalist Michael Fraser is unprepared for the tragedy that introduces him to Anna Todini. When he agrees to help her, he finds himself entangled in an international conspiracy that aims to undermine the future of the West's military defences. Against his better judgement, but no longer able to ignore attempts on Anna's life, Fraser is forced to relive his past and fight for his own survival in remote and dangerous regions of Eastern Europe To keep Anna alive Fraser must depend on men who operate outside the law and he has somehow to discover whether or not he has been fatally betrayed.