Bøker av Simon Quellen Field

June Clemson's mother Rachel is laundering 22 million reasons to keep her past a secret, even from her daughter.But when June's innocent DNA test reveals relatives she didn't know existed, she puts her life and that of everyone she meets in grave danger.

Randall Story isn't from around here.He knows he can get home. He just has to work to make the world a better place, a little bit at a time.But a lifetime of work is now threatened by people who have learned how to extract energy from the order of the universe.They seem to be unaware that every watt they extract makes the world descend a little more into chaos.

What if someone from the future could send messages into the head of someone in our time?And what if the only possible recipient was a schizophrenic who was used to hearing voices, and everyone he knows is used to him hearing voices?And when he starts getting rich from lottery and horse-racing wins and stock tips, he gets the interest of the police, the mob, and the SEC?

Wade Bennet was shot in the arm while rescuing the kidnapped daughter of a crime boss.\But that is only the beginning of his problems.The daughter is now missing after maybe shooting her father with a gun taken from the kidnappers Wade killed.At every turn, new evidence brings to light new mysteries, and no one can be trusted.And that is just the beginning of Wade's problems.

When she's not on the medication that keeps her sane, Raven is highly intelligent.But during one of her lucid periods, she discovers that she is transmitting radio signals from an implanted device in her spine.Is this what causes her symptoms? Who is tracking her? And why?She and her new friends race to find out because the medications are killing her, and she doesn't have a lot of time left.

Exploring the scientific principles behind everyday recipes, this informative blend of lab book and cookbook reveals that cooks are actually chemists. Following or modifying recipes is shown to be an experiment with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. This easy-to-follow primer includes recipes that demonstrate the scientific concepts, such as Whipped Creamsicle Topping (a foam), Cherry Dream Cheese (a protein gel), and Lemonade with Chameleon Eggs (an acid indicator). Also included in this fun, fact-filled companion are answers to various culinary curiosities, such as "How does altering the ratio of flour, sugar, yeast, salt, butter, and water affect how high bread rises? "and" Why is whipped cream made with nitrous oxide rather than the more common carbon dioxide?"

Sarah has awakened in unfamiliar places before. But this time the memory loss covers seven years. In that time, she learns, she has married a billionaire, and also apparently murdered him. It is only a matter of time before the police find her. But her doctors now have a treatment for her condition, and with time and work she should get back the memories of what happened during her blackout periods. And those memories may be the key to whether she lives free, or dies in prison.

Sandra is in the business of finding people. It turns out she can even find people in the federal witness protection program. Unfortunately, the man she found was murdered shortly after being found. Her partner is not answering his phone. Only he knew who had hired them. She is on the run, hiding from her murderous client, and now from the police, who think she is killing people. But Sandra is in the business of finding people. She knows how to hide. And she knows that she must find her murderous client in order to get her life back. Or just save it.

Jerry has half a brain, and half a mind to use it. After his accident left him missing large parts of his brain, a computer chip was implanted to try to connect the pieces that were left. This left him, in his words, funny. He lives with other funny people in a clinic for people like him, each of them with a unique take on life, given to them by their special gifts. But when Jerry meets a funny little man who is very much out of this world, his own abilities begin to grow. And Jerry is getting better every day...

California's north coast is quiet, lonely, and rugged, and not a place well known for murder. But when an investigator looking into a possible suicide is murdered, Jimmy Davis interrupts his retirement and takes the case. But as soon as he gets to the scene, the main suspect also turns up dead. Connecting the three deaths is all the more difficult because everyone in the small community seems to be guilty. The pretty singer was dating the married suspect, and her footprints are at the cliff where he fell. The daughter of the first victim has several motives, as do most of the other locals who knew the three dead men. A new approach to the investigation is needed, or the next investigator may end up dead as well. A new approach is exactly what Jimmy Davis brings, but he also brings a gun.

What would it be like to be genetically engineered? To have your genes selected from thousands of the most successful athletes, scientists, businessmen, and scholars from all over the world? Jack Wright knows, because that's just what was done to him. Growing up with the expectations of greatness, all his successes taken for granted, all his accomplishments attributed to his genes, he can run faster than any Olympian, but will never get a medal, since genetic enhancements are considered unfair competition, like performance enhancing drugs. In a world where broad spectrum antiviral drugs have made most illnesses things of the past, including all sexually transmitted diseases, relationships form quickly and easily, without fear, except for Jack. Living alone, the scars of growing up as a lonely superman leave him particularly at a loss when his path intersects with two women, whose secrets get them all involved with murder, gang warfare, illegal drug trading, and a mystery that Jack is uniquely suited to solve.