Tim Downs
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Where The Wind Leads
$19.99Add to cartVinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in 1975. His family was wealthy, controlling a rice-milling empire worth millions; but within months of the communist takeover, the Chungs lost everything and were reduced to abject poverty. Knowing that their children would have no future under the new government, the Chungs decided to flee the country. In 1979, they joined the legendary “boat people” and sailed into the South China Sea, despite knowing that an estimated two hundred thousand of their countrymen had already perished at the hands of brutal pirates and violent seas.
Where the Wind Leads follows Vinh Chung and his family on their desperate journey from pre-war Vietnam, through pirate attacks on a lawless sea, to a miraculous rescue and a new home in the unlikely town of Fort Smith, Arkansas. There Vinh struggled against poverty, discrimination, and a bewildering language barrier-yet still managed to graduate from Harvard Medical School.Where the Wind Leads is Vinh’s tribute to the courage and sacrifice of his parents, a testimony to his family’s faith, and a reminder to people everywhere that the American dream, while still possible, carries with it a greater responsibility.
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Ends Of The Earth
$17.99Add to cartSmuggled insects are at the root of the Bug Man’s troubles in this latest suspense novel from award-winning author Tim Downs. Dr. Nick Polchak is called to a farm community in eastern NorthCarolina to investigate a murder. The victim is the owner of a failingorganic farm who had developed a drug problem, and the police suspecthis murder was drug-related. Nick finds the remains of a bale of marijuana scattered in thetomato fields–but the marijuana seems to be strangely infested with acommon North Carolina insect: the tobacco hornworm. To further confoundthe mystery, the South American marijuana was infected with bugs fromNorth Carolina that were infected with a fungus from Asia. The manwasn’t killed because of the marijuana, but because of the insects itcontained. Nick discovers that a vicious agricultural scheme is underway tocripple the U.S.’s corn and ethanol production. But just how far willthese terrorists go in their quest?
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Less Than Dead
$15.99Add to cartNick Polchak, “The Bug Man,” has finally met his match–an outcast who trains dogs to locate cadavers. When a grave is discovered on the property being excavated for the new Patriot Center mall–property that is owned by the front-running candidate for the next presidential election–the FBI immediately becomes involved. Nick’s services are requested to help determine ifthis is a forgotten graveyard or evidence of foul play. But when the cadaver team the FBI has secured can’t find any more graves, Nick follows local legend to a bizarre woman named Alena who keeps to herself in the mountains and trains the best cadaver dogs. When the FBI team takes credit for Alena’s work on the local newsand then immediately vanishes, Nick knows there’s more here than simply a forgotten graveyard. This small town–and the presidential-hopeful and his wife–have closets full of skeletons. But how far will they go to keep Nick and Alena from uncovering the truth?
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Plague Maker : A Thriller
$17.99Add to cartJuly 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 their children’s hair. Some will brush away still-burning sparks or embers. And some will absentmindedly scratch at the tiny, biting specks that dot their necks and arms. Will the beginning of the show mark the beginning of the end? That’s what FBI agent Nathan Donovan must decide. When he is forced to enlist the help of ex-wife Macy Monroe, an expert in the psychology of terrorism, the fireworks really begin–but she may be the only one who can help him stop the Plague Maker in time.
Christy Award Winner 2007
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Chop Shop
$21.99Add to cartAn autopsy room is where secrets are revealed. . .or buried.
Young Dr. Riley McKay has worked hard toward her career in pathology – and now she has secured a fellowship at the renowned Allegheny County Coroner’s Office in Pittsburgh. But her promising future is threatened when suspicious activities incriminate her supervising pathologist, Dr. Nathan Lassiter. Bungled autopsies, concealed evidence, and unexplained wounds accumulate at an alarming rate. When Riley is ignored by her seniors and threatened by Dr. Lassiter, she turns in desperation to Dr. Nick Polchak, the Bug Man, to help her uncover the truth.
From a handful of tiny maggots, Nick and Riley begin to unearth the facts, and together they discover that these blunders are not accidents but part of a larger evil that threatens their very lives.
The flies on the wall can talk. Forensic entomologist Nick Polchak is listening.
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Shoofly Pie
$23.99Add to cartIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s . . . the Bug Man? When forensic entomologist Nick Polchak is hired by elegant bank executive Kathryn—who hates bugs—the two appear to have nothing in common. But differences soon melt away as they work to catch a murderer—before he catches them. Fans of the hit TV show CSI will love this fast-paced mystery!