Tim Downs
1) Plague maker
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July Fourth: New York City Hundreds of thousands line the banks of the East and Hudson Rivers awaiting the nation's largest fireworks display. Soon the sky will explode in cascading showers of silver and gold. Everywhere, faces will turn skyward in wide-eyed wonder. Then the sky will grow dark again-but it will not be empty. The air will be filled with clouds of smoke and specks of debris will rain down everywhere. Some will pick bits of paper from...
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When a national disaster strikes, "first the living" is the rule. Unless you're the Bug Man. When Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, forensic entomologist Nick Polchak signs up to help with the recovery effort. He is known as the Bug Man for his knowledge of insects and what they can reveal about the dead. The government's mandate is clear-rescue the living first, recover the dead later. But something is very wrong in the toxic soup-bowl of post-Katrina...
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All four novels from the Bug Man series now available in one e-book collection.
First the Dead. Nick tries to find a killer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's attack on New Orleans. But the more he digs the stronger-and deadlier-the resistance becomes. Nick is there to collect bodies, and he's going to do just that-especially when he starts finding bodies that were clearly dead before the hurricane. He understands that all forensic evidence...
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From award-winning author Tim Downs comes this warmhearted story of mistaken identity and unlikely redemption that will have you both laughing and looking at life from a higher perspective.
It's a brilliant plan, if Kemp McAvoy says so himself-and Kemp never hesitates to point out his own brilliance. Kemp is a night nurse for a beautiful but aging movie star in a medically induced coma. And with the help of her agent and a struggling young publisher,...
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Dogs have long been man's best friend, but the Bug Man's friends is a rare breed... the cadaver dog. All roads lead to the White House for John Henry Braden, the charismatic senator from Virginia aristocracy whose beautiful wife Victoria is the talk of Washington and the crown jewel of Endor, her backwoods Virginia hometown. But when bodies turn up on Braden's propertyùthe site of a multimillion dollar construction project he's spearheadingùthe...
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Nick Polchak must stop a terrorist from causing a global ecological nightmare. Two beautiful women from Nick's past are competing for his heart. He's not sure which impending disaster makes him more nervous. When forensic entomologist Nick Polchak is called to the scene of a murder on a small organic farm in North Carolina, he is astonished to find that, the victim's estranged wife is an old friend, a woman he once worked with a woman he once had...
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Three novels from Tim Downs now available in one e-book collection.First the DeadNick tries to find a killer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's attack on New Orleans. But the more he digs the stronger-and deadlier-the resistance becomes. Nick is there to collect bodies, and he's going to do just that-especially when he starts finding bodies that were clearly dead before the hurricane. He understands that all forensic evidence will soon disintegrate...
8) Head Game
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Someone wants you dead. But he doesn't want to kill you... He wants you to do it for him. He watches your every move. He studies you like a mouse in a maze. He knows everything about you-every dream, hunger, weakness, and strength. What you long for and what you fear most. What you live for, and what you cannot live without. He plans to take those things away from you one at a time, invisibly manipulating the events of your life until there is nothing...
9) Nick of Time
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The Bug Man is getting married on Saturday... if his fiancé can find him. Forensic entomologist Nick Polchak lives in a world of maggots and blow flies and decomposing bodies. No wonder he's still single. But Nick has finally found a woman as strange as he is - dog trainer Alena Savard, a woman who is odd, reclusive, and can seemingly talk to animals. It was a match made in heaven. Nick and Alena are scheduled to be married on Saturday - but there's...
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The remarkable first-hand account of Vinh Chung, a Vietnamese refugee, and his family's daring escape from communist oppression for the chance of a better life in America. Discover a story of personal sacrifice, redemption, endurance against almost insurmountable odds, and what it truly means to be American.
Vinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in 1975. His family was wealthy,
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