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In her new role with the Bureau’s Violent Crime Unit, Special Agent Amelia Storm is ready to focus on new types of crimes—ones that aren’t mob related. She didn’t, however, expect her first case to take her to rural Illinois, where the tranquil waters of Lake Henry have been guarding a grim secret. Three corpses...and that’s just the beginning. Among the deceased are two recent victims, a young couple last seen camping in the nearby wilderness preserve. A third, a grim echo from years past, is a set of bones picked clean and left to whisper secrets of an older, darker crime.

Special Agent Amelia Storm, a seasoned FBI veteran, thought stepping away from the Organized Crime Unit and its mafia entanglements would lead to less complex and dangerous cases. She was wrong. Now in the Violent Crimes Division, Amelia is haunted by a chilling pattern that mirrors mob brutality. Murder as a message. How else can she explain why this serial killer murders everyone in the home but leaves the victim alive...and horrifically disfigured by acid? Four victims in two years. All women with dark-brown hair. All social media influencers with a substantial following.

Murderers never take a break, so when the body of a twenty-nine-year-old middle school gym teacher is discovered, Special Agents Amelia Storm and Zane Palmer are called in to help the Violent Crimes Division with one of their most puzzling cases to date. Because this isn’t just a random crime... It’s far more bizarre. The latest victim is the fifth to be found dumped in a rural area south of Chicago. The victims have little in common, except one thing...their internal organs have been removed with a precision that only a surgeon could achieve.

When a confidential informant hands FBI Agent Amelia Storm the flash drive containing the information he gave her brother Trevor before he was killed, Amelia realizes she’s holding a time bomb waiting to explode. Especially when its contents reveal the extent to which the senator on the FBI’s radar has infiltrated Chicago’s law enforcement system.

Military veteran Amelia Storm returns to her hometown of Chicago when her beloved police officer brother is killed in the line of duty. Now she is a special agent with the FBI. No longer a scared girl, she vows to avenge her brother and do what she can to end the city's deep wells of corruption.

When the corpse of a drug dealer turned federal informant is fished out of Lake Michigan, Special Agent Amelia Storm knows it’s more than just a drug deal gone bad. Not only is the body hideously mutilated and the blood drained, but a number has been carved into the victim’s chest. And he isn’t the only one.

After receiving a mysterious note from the man claiming to be her brother’s confidential informant, Special Agent Amelia Storm decides to trust fellow agent Zane Palmer with the truth. But as Amelia tells Zane about her murdered brother’s activities and her own ties to the mafia world, they’re called into work. A federal judge, along with her husband and daughter, have been murdered execution-style. The case reeks of mafia involvement, but several aspects of the case hint at something more personal.

In a city as large as Chicago, the wicked never sleep. When an undocumented migrant teenager goes missing, military veteran and Special Agent Amelia Storm teams up with her partner to take down what could be the most shocking forced labor and sex trafficking ring her hometown has ever seen.

After military veteran turned FBI agent Amelia Storm and her partner Zane bust a child porn ring run by one of Chicago's premier mob families, two of the four men involved are dead--one by his own hand, the second by Amelia's. A third is in jail awaiting trial... if he lives that long. The fourth man caught on camera taking advantage of helpless children is still a mystery, though they've learned one important thing about him... he's a detective in the Chicago Police Department. Soon, they learn he'll do anything to keep his secret safe.

U.S. Senator Stan Young has more skeletons in his closet than a centuries-old graveyard...and more power than a nuclear blast. When Ben Storey, the city councilman running against the incumbent senator, uncovers damning evidence against Young, he decides to take the information to the only person with the resources to pursue it—Amelia Storm.

Building faith in God and experiencing devine leading as a common Occurrence.

With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It's all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. Hope and action is the antidote. We each hold the power to make personal changes that can drive local changes and cascade into large-scale social transformation. This is the guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now.

The farmer's pumpkins are disappearing. Where could they be going, and, can he get them back? This short, early-reader audiobook is the first published work by Katie Wilson, who is entering second grade this year. If you have a young child you'd like to introduce to audioooks, give Katie's story a try.

A woebegone old car, a harried department store clerk, a monosyllabic man in a sombrero, and a train announcer whose line ran somewhere between Orange County and the Twilight Zone are all memorable characters from The Jack Benny Program, and all the products of a single talented throat: Mel Blanc. "The Man of a Thousand Voices" was Carmichael the Polar Bear, who lived improbably in Jack's cellar.

The REAL Pink PcGee lives on Katie's bed. He's a stuffed pig that came to live with her one Valentine's day. She also has the Arrrrbor seal, but she's still looking for Flounder. This is a tale of pirates and gold, dreams and magic. She wrote it with help from her Daddy, who loves Pink PcGee almost as much as he does her....

Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know examines the personal and societal implications of our planet's most important - and frequently misused - medications. Grounded in the latest scientific research and crafted for general listeners, Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know offers a clear-eyed overview of where we are, and what the future holds, as antibiotics lose their power.

You are invited to share this book with your child or grandchild. You will both enjoy learning simple body parts in not only one language but in four languages at the same time! Language immersion for preschool, kindergarten and early elementary grades is now fun!

Four children, each facing the unimaginable challenge of cancer, find strength and solace in a support group. What begins as quiet companionship soon blossoms into a lasting friendship that carries them through years of treatment, hope and healing. Along their journey, they encounter a kind-hearted princess whose compassion leaves a lasting mark on their lives. As they enter remission, their bond remains unbreakable—and the story of their courage begins to inspire other children walking the same difficult path.

“It seems odd to say that in order to live a meaningful life on earth, we must be focused on otherworldly things. But that is precisely what the Bible teaches.” It’s easy to become focused on this world and all the struggles and activities that fill our lives. But one of the keys to the Christian life is to have our hearts and minds centered on the right place―heaven. This short book captures how fixing our eyes on heaven will transform our Christian experience here on earth, bringing assurance, hope and purpose.