Rain clouds made Seattle gray and dismal. Murder made it deadly. The first to die was just a dog. But this particular mutt belonged to tough ex-cop turned private eye, Thomas Black. And it was a death Black took to heart--because the killer had the same fate in mind for him. He was on the case of a missing blonde named Melissa, who had big blue eyes and a past that was pure scarlet. Now, finding her was leading Black down the seamy side of Seattle's streets on a one-way trip to trouble, the kind that all began with M: Melissa's lovers, Melissa's secrets and Melissa's connection with some very old bones and a brand-new corpse.
Bestseller Marshall (The Straw Men) outdoes his own high standards with this potent blend of suspense, paranoia and just plain creepiness. Jack Whalen, a former L.A. cop, is pursuing a new career as a writer in an idyllic small town just east of Seattle when weird things start to undermine his pursuit of the American dream.
When the great Seattle fire of 1889 leaves them with nothing to lose, two very different women discover a mutual passion for revenge. Chicago socialite and art patron Geneva Langley has brought scandal to her family for the last time. Her latest and boldest act of immodesty is too much for her father to bear, and he banishes her to Seattle, along with her scheming, ambitious husband, Nathan. Seattle is a far cry from Chicago—the streets are muddy, the society backward, and Ginny feels stifled and alone.
Grunge is dead: The oral history of Seatle rock music
Weaving together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there, this book contains more than 130 interviews, along with essential background information. Digging deeper than other accounts, this history begins in the early 1960s, tracing the chain of events that spawned some of the greatest rock acts of all time in the 1990s, including Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden.
There has been a UFO sighting in the Cascade mountains near Seattle, Washington, and everyone is excited. But no one believes there could possibly be an alien in town, until Karen, Barbara and Walter notice that one of the teachers at their high school is behaving very strangely. Karen and her friends start investigating on their own and are very surprised by what they discover...
