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Dead Stick by Bathsheba Monk and Joe Taleroski is the latest in a series of riveting Swanson Herbinko page-turners. Centered around a small Massachusetts airport, divorce attorney Herbinko's representation of a wealthy client entangles her in a terrifying and nefarious white slavery racket that caters to moneyed degenerates. Of course Herbinko has to deal with murder and mayhem not only in serving her client, but also in merely surviving. To do so, it takes all of Swanson's intelligence and street savvy, along with the formidable assistance of Dick, her trusty P.I. sidekick, Devil Dog her pet Dachshund, and Pee Toe, the occasionally loveable Pit Bull. As usual in Swanson Herbinko mysteries, the bad-guys in Dead Stick are sinister and creepy, while the good-guys are engaging, quirky and charmingly eccentric. The plot moves along with the speed of a plane in high-speed cruise, and I found it difficult to put the book down without reading just one more chapter. -Paul R. Misencik, Chief, Operational Factors Division, National Transportation Safety Board and Author: George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison: An Alliance That Began the French and Indian War

Boston society divorce lawyer Swanson Herbinko has never been out of Massachusetts, but when she meets Guy de Guy, a Frenchman with sandy blond hair and an adorable soul patch living in Boston's Back Bay, she runs-not walks!-in her five inch Jimmy Choos to get her passport.Guy woos Swanson with food and she falls hard, but when she goes to France to help Dick untangle the murder of Michel Meriodoc the head of the French Farmer's Association and chief proponent of gastronomie terroir she finds herself in the middle of an international food fight between Meriodoc's organization and the sellers of GMO food. Quelle horror!Swanson and her dachshund Devil Dog dive into the thick bouillabaisse of French food, getting arrested in a Parisian demonstration, getting in a brawl in a French women's prison and almost dying in the chateau's maze which was built to imprison people. The only question that remains is whether Swanson will wind up just like Meriodoc... DEAD.

Boston society divorce lawyer Swanson Herbinko knows better than to mix business with pleasure, but what if this particular pleasure is Hidalgo, a man who knows his way about her BMW as well as he knows his way around her body? And what if the business is finding out who murdered Carlton Stubbs, a Trump-like developer whose wife, Matilda, Swanson is representing in their pending divorce?Dozens of people would love to see Carlton dead including his nurse-Hidalgo's sister Ines-and especially his nearest and dearest relatives all of whom are tapped out financially: art forger son Tucker and his dominatrix girlfriend Ulrike; daughter Sarah and her 6 foot tall army drill sergeant girlfriend LePage; not to mention his twin brother Stone who controlled Carlton's inheritance for years and now is forced to give it up...until it mysteriously vanishes.Swanson dives into the stormy waters of Beacon Hill society-becoming a target herself as her sources turn up dead-to solve the murder with the help of her fierce dachshund Devil Dog. The only question that remains is whether Swanson will wind up just like her sources... DEAD.

Sometimes the only way to stop the world from going to Hell is by working with Demons. Hyacinth Finch has one goal: Save her nephew Geordi from the Hell Demon who kidnapped him. But to succeed, she'll have to work with his demon Mafia relatives, which she swore she'd never do. Worse, she'll have to make another deal with the High Demons who murdered her. But Geordi's life is worth it, even if she loses her own humanity in the process. Meanwhile, Hyacinth's ghost boyfriend Eric is wasting away, after being ejected from his "borrowed" body. While digging in his past for something to make him fight for survival, she uncovers secrets that could destroy their relationship. Moreover, her feelings for Geordi's demon cousin Jason are stronger than ever, though every morally impossible choice she makes drives him farther away. Can she save Eric and Geordi, without losing herself-and Jason-forever?

After leading a new group of survivors to safety, Evan and Teke try to link up with the original group only to find the compound they left them in now overrun by crits, the living dead. With no clue as to where the others went, or even if they survived, Evan sets out to find a safe place to hide while he searches for his friends. However, unnerved by recent behaviors the crits have displayed, Evan has a difficult time shaking the crit herd. They seem to be evolving, showing signs of a hive mind, making them even more dangerous.Forced to flee again, and with few options left, Evan and Teke lead a desperate escape across the water where they find a small community on an island. Hidden away from the world, untouched by crits, with plenty of food and water, the island appears to be the perfect haven. But is it too good to be true?Not long after they arrive, Evan and Teke begin seeing flaws, but before they can take action to confront them, the island is swarmed by crits. Shaken by the knowledge the crits crossed open water for more than an hour to get to the island, Evan and Teke work to organize the islands defense before they are overwhelmed.

After a narrow escape from the Tower, a twenty-six story apartment building, overrun with living dead, known as crits, and leading forty people to safety, Evan Stewart returns to the island in search of any last survivors. Concerned with the organized way the crits attacked the island, Evan approaches with caution and observes the crits. At first, they look to be doing what they always did, wander aimlessly in search of human flesh to devour, but as he watches, he begins to notice patterns in their behavior as if their actions have been thought out and planned. Were the crits evolving into thinking entities? If so, that made them more dangerous and deadly than ever and he fears for the survival of the human race.Sneaking on to the island, Evan finds survivors and works to get them safely away, until he discovers that the Island Defense Force, of which he is a Captain, has been feeding survivors to the crits to eliminate the human presence. Their ultimate goal is to take over the island for themselves. Once all humans are gone, they plan to systematically wipe out the invading crits. However, they greatly underestimate what the crits have become and an all out battle for survival ensues.Caught between the Force and the crits, Evan must find a way off the island leading a small group of men, women and children, before they are either gunned down or become food.