Susan Hunter

To the surprise of many, George W. Bush pledged $10 billion to combat AIDS in developing nations. Noted specialist Susan Hunter tells the untold story of AIDS in Africa, home to 80 percent of the 40 million people in the world currently infected with HIV. She weaves together the history of colonialism in Africa, an insider's take on the reluctance of drug companies to provide cheap medication and vaccines in poor countries, and personal anecdotes...

A LEAH NASH PREQUEL NOVELLA: See how it all began! A young Leah Nash chases down stories for her fledgling newspaper... and witnesses a shocking crime in the making. Join Leah as she tackles her very first mystery with her signature flair and tenacity. This novella contains a sample of DANGEROUS HABITS, the first of the Leah Nash Mysteries. DANGEROUS DREAMS is the prequel novella in the Leah Nash series of complex, fast-paced murder mysteries featuring...

Although scholars in the disciplines of law, psychology, philosophy, and sociology have published a considerable number of prescriptive, normative, and theoretical studies of animals in society, Pet Politics presents the first study of the development of companion animal or pet law and policy in Canada and the United States by political scientists. The authors examine how people and governments classify three species of pets or companion animals-cats,...

True-crime writer Leah Nash is reluctantly drawn into a modern family drama with a very old story to tell. Bryan Crawford's murder is the perfect crime: no witness, no weapon, no indication that his death is anything other than the result of diabetes complications. That's what the medical examiner says. That's what the autopsy proves. And that's what the killer is counting on. But when new evidence surfaces, crime writer Leah Nash is pulled into...

A pair of fancy red stiletto heels is found in a Wisconsin cornfield. The strangled body of a shoeless young woman in a red sequined cocktail dress is discovered the next day in a wood miles away. That's the start of a twisty, tangled crime that sends author and struggling newspaper owner Leah Nash in pursuit of a cold-blooded killer. As a dancer at the local strip club, the dead girl had ties to several prominent men who are anxious to remain secret....

The town's golden boy is murdered while returning for his high school reunion, and Leah Nash finds no shortage of suspects-or secrets. Almost everyone in town is anxious to connect with actor Ryan Malloy when he returns to Wisconsin for his fifteen-year high school reunion. Crime writer Leah Nash doesn't have many fond memories of Himmel High's favorite son. And when he turns up dead on reunion night, Leah realizes that she's not the only one who...

"In record numbers, Americans are reaching out to Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to help combat AIDS. Yet with more than one million people currently infected and half a million already dead, the U.S. ranks among the top ten most severe AIDS epidemics in the world. STD and HIV numbers are up, and for certain demographics they are skyrocketing. All the same, treatment is below what is available in Africa and Asia, and Americans are not getting sex...

For fans of David Joy and Christopher J. Yates, comes Ian Pisarcik's haunting debut novel exploring the fraught nature of families and the inescapable secrets that are out to cripple them. On the outskirts of a town too tired for its own happenings, the boys were found dead inside a tent. Three years later, their fathers have disappeared, too. Ruth Fenn's son was the boy they blamed. For three years, Ruth has accepted her lot as pariah, focusing on...

"For two happy couples, the cruise of a lifetime may cost their lives. Mae Barlowe’s annual beach trip is anything but a vacation. It’s the anniversary of the worst day of her life. When her husband and best friend surprise her with a last-minute itinerary change in the form of a couples’ cruise, she struggles to hide her reservations about the new plan. A week spent cruising around in a tropical paradise sounds like a dream come true to everyone...