Bannister: 80 books

Assembled from the second year of the digital journal Mythic Delirium and recast in an artfully arranged anthology, this latest offering from editors Mike and Anita Allen will introduce you to harrowing deserts and vengeful waters, to quantum mythology and edible religion, to slipstream explorations...

A young couple is mugged and brutally attacked, leaving one of the victims in the ground and the other in a wheelchair. Wracked with guilt, the mother of the man accused of their attacks enlists Brodie's friend Daniel to help track down the jewelry her son stole from the victims. Although the chances...

"Louis II de Bourbon (1621-86), known as Le Grand Conde, stood alongside Richelieu and Mazarin as one of the key figures who shaped the reign of Louis XIV. In response to profound upheavals in their world, his contemporaries looked to him to satisfy their need for a hero. Originally the warrior-hero...

As a probation officer and social worker, Anne Bannister has successfully used creative therapies with abused children for 25 years. Combining her practical experience and recent doctoral research she reflects on how and why these therapies actually work in the healing process. She shows how in 'the...

No one knew Sarah was a pyromaniac and that was just how she wanted it. No one paid her any attention; not her family or even the people she passed on the street night after night. People never looked her in the eye, until one day someone did: Kyle King, a farm boy from the tiny town of Mullen, Nebraska...

After a freak car accident leaves Naya Adams parentless and emotionally numb, she walks into her first college acting class ready to leave her past behind her. Little does she know what waits for her on the other side.When Naya meets Etash, a terribly scarred sophomore, she finds herself inexplicably...

Bannister "is as good at creating suspense as she is at creating characters."—San Jose Mercury NewsShad couldn't be guilty of murder. . . could he? Rosie Holland, newspaper’s advice columnist for the Skipley Chronicle, becomes worried when her gardener, Shad, is discovered unconscious...

LIVE BAIT The canal town of Castlemere is the kind of hard-luck place that provides constant challenge to its crack team of detectives. But the skills of Superintendent Frank Shapiro, Inspector Liz Graham and the volatile Sergeant Cal Donovan are put to the test in very personal ways. A...

Four years ago, Gabriel Ash was working with the British government investigating hijackings in Somalia. But when his wife and sons disappeared, presumably taken—and probably killed—by pirates, his life fell apart. He has sudden reason to hope when a senior policeman suggests that his sons might...

Fatal Attraction The first victim is a young prostitute—an easy, accessible target for a killer's lust. The second victim is another young girl. The killer is skilled, seasoned, enjoying himself. The combustible detective team of Liz Graham and Cal Donovan is put on the case as suspicion falls on...

In this fast-paced thriller, Deadly Virtues, acclaimed writer Jo Bannister proves once again why she is considered "one of the genre's best" (Booklist) The town of Norbold, England is famous for its low crime rate, thanks to the zero-tolerance policy of Chief Superintendent John Fountain....

Two friends embark on a climb of treacherous Anarchy Ridge but only one will make it down alive. Unjustly blamed for his friend's haunting death, the other must run for his life as a mourning father seeks revenge, in Jo Bannister's thrilling mystery novel Death in High Places Two friends stand...

When Gabriel Ash's wife and kids were kidnapped four years ago by Somali pirates, his life spiraled out of control. He left his job working for the British government and moved to a small town where he descended into near madness. But with the help of his dog, Patience, and his friendship with young...

"Bannister is one of the undersung treasures of the mystery genre." ---Chicago Tribune Although she has been trying to put her work, running a one-woman detective agency, on hold while she cares for her new baby, Jonathan, Brodie soon learns that taking time off is not as easy as...