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The Shadow over the Seine Featured
Following his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes lives in secrecy under the identity of Harald Sigurdson. His latest investigation takes him to Paris, where a network of master forgers is flooding the art world with flawless imitations of priceless masterpieces.
What be ...
Kilty As Hell Featured
"This series is getting better and better." - Amazon Reviewer
Catriona is having a strange year. First, she found a dazed Highlander on the Hollywood studio lot where she works as a fixer and now it seems she and that big hunk of haggis are supposed to save the world from corrupted t ...
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Funny, clean, small-town, sleuth novels—with a touch of romance. The heartwarming relationships between young and old and the quirky world of loveable characters will make Pineapple Port Mysteries your new favorite series.
After she's orphaned by her grandmothe ...
Pineapple Podcast Featured
Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean, small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a dete ...
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Someone is leaving clementines and rotten potatoes on the doorsteps of Pineapple Port residents. After the recipient of a potato is publically humiliated on the bowling alley monitors for not fessing up to a neigh ...
The Girl Who Wants Featured
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A wildly entertaining, wholly unique tour de force of action, psychological drama and wit from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant.
Shee wan ...
Pineapple Cruise Featured
When Mariska trades the brisket she won at “meat bingo” for three tickets on the new Gulf Voyager cruise ship, she, Darla, and our detective Charlotte enjoy a ladies' cruise to Key West. But when passengers start dropping like anchors, they find themse ...
The Girl Who Was Forgotten Featured
"Think Stephanie Plum goes to Florida. With Jack Reacher. Highly recommended.”— ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Carmen Amato, bestselling author of the Detective Emilia Cruz police series and 30-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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The Girl Who Killed You Featured
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant - the most fun you can have holding a Kindle Reader!
When Mick and his retired military gun-for-hire “fixer” service is hired by a United States Senator to find his missing so ...
Pineapple Valentine Mystery Featured
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant finds romance deadly in the latest installment of the fun, thrilling, twisty Pineapple Port Mysteries!
When Matchmaker Lady Venus drops dead on the Pineapple Port community center's stage during a Valentine's event, Charlotte a ...
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Funny, clean, small-town, sleuth novels—with a touch of romance. The heartwarming relationships between young and old and the quirky world of loveable cha ...
Pineapple House Hunter Featured
Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean, and gore-free small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a detective thriller.
When Declan and his uncle Seamus find a dead woma ...
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The God Jar & the Chain of Names Featured
Can two fractured people handle what three centuries have tried to silence?
When they were in their teens, Nick and Vanessa were sweethearts. Then there was a misunderstanding, a quarrel, and they went their separate ways.
Fifteen years later they meet again, t ...
Pineapple Park Featured
If you love cozy mysteries, you can't miss Pineapple Port!
Every book can be read as a standalone mystery - hop in anywhere in the series. By USA Today, Wall Street Journal & Amazon All-Star bestselling author Amy Vansant....
A Murder in Tanner's Lane Featured
The apothecary died alone in a room bolted from the inside.
Bermondsey, 1889. Edmund Crale is found on the floor of his own back room, the street door bolted, the shutters closed, and a jar of carbolic open on a shelf where it had never stood. Within nine hours the police have his apprent ...
MURDER AT THE HALLOWEEN PARTY Featured
A glamorous Halloween masquerade promised mystery and mischief. But the evening takes an unexpected turn when the host is found dead before midnight.
Thirty guests, each costumed as a legendary figure from history or fairy tale, had gathered to celebrate. But behind the f ...
"A potent dose of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" (ForeWord Magazine) Murder, sex, politics, and classic rock guitar collide in this original and compelling mystery set in the backcountry along the San Diego-Tijuana border, when a violent encounter between a young border-crosser and an angry bandit c ...
An eight-year-old Indian child is dead. The innocent boy’s death is cruel, torturous, and most of all, needless. Jeremiah Tiger, the chief of the Kialegee Tribe, is now faced with the realization that he must fight for his impoverished tribe against the State of Oklahoma and the wealthy and influent ...
Ally Sweet is happy to be returning for a short break to the small town where she grew up. She is planning on using the time off to get over her messy divorce and she is looking forward to spending time with her much-loved grandmother and relaxing making chocolates and anything chocolaty.
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Alyssa Carter just wanted to fill in the blanks on her family tree. A DNA test was supposed to offer roots, not rot. When the results arrive, they shatter everything she thought she knew about herself. Her frantic research leads her down a dark path that starts with the FBI at her door, asking qu ...
Jack Reacher meets The Patriot in this exhilarating time travel alternate history series!
With the war all but over, I can now head home to Annie and hang my Pale Rider vest.
However, along the way, the son of a dear friends manages to find me.
Daniel Boon ...
When murder comes to Harvest Falls, amateur sleuths abound. But the killer’s game pits friend against friend, and everyone’s in danger of a final turn.
A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS is an amateur sleuth mystery novel with humorous elements. It plays on cozy mystery tropes and flips them on their ...
In the aftermath of a conflict with Russia in the arctic. Canada has fragmented. Its provinces, now on their own, live on the edge of chaos and anarchy due to rampant and violent criminal activity. The Premier of Ontario makes a bold but controversial decision. She hires professional security con ...
Jason – See no evil It started again when I bribed my ex-girlfriend's boss to fire her so she could work for me. Now the sparks and secrets between us may cost me everything. Caramel-kissable Kendis was mine in high school. She’s bubbly and feisty with pouty lips that belong to me. Ken ...
Every cruise has its share of drunks, but missing wallets and jewelry is an entirely different matter. Is the current shipboard drunk involved? Lizzie O’Connell doesn’t think so. Convincing Dean Templin, the head of sec ...
A deadly secret could end more than just her career. Spa manager Jade Abernathy overhears a sinister murder plot at the Bancroft Inn. The only person she can turn to is Wyatt Foster, the man whose family orchestrated their painful breakup last summer. As Jade and Wyatt race to unravel the mystery ...
This tense tale will keep readers on edge until its surprising finale. - Kirkus Reviews "A gripping suspense novel with unexpected twists." "Teen fans of Gone Girl will enjoy this smart dark and unpredictable novel." "Natasha Preston and Karen M. McManus readers will enjoy." ♥ SHE THOUGHT FAKING ...
Dora Stephens can’t refuse this case. When she witnesses Sheila, the aunt of her best friend, stagger out of the hospital and die from a traffic accident, Dora’s private eye instincts kick in. Something’s not right. Sheila had no known enemies… but someone wanted her dead. Digging into the circumsta ...
A party house, bad wine, and a dead villager add up to murder! When Sofi Francese heads to Italy to restore the family property, she never expects it to feature a dead relative. She runs to the nearest police station, but Cenzo Bot ignores her until he learns that the victim is also the town’s ma ...
Criminal Novice is the third book in the 'Yucky' Yates series. Former DEA agent and PI Russell 'Yucky' Yates receives a call from Susan Reeves, who runs a cleaning service. The service was started by her former husband, now deceased, who set up crews to clean large mansions. The business is succe ...
A teenage murder suspect. A nine-year-old cold case. Three anonymous text messages.
Fifteen-year-old Bay Mercer is charged with murder—but she refuses to speak to anyone except former juvenile attorney Sabre Brown. Before Sabre can even step into the courtroom, anonymous text messages beg ...
A GRIPPING, DARK SOUTHERN GOTHIC SAGA.
Award-winning fiction that pushes boundaries: WINNER of The BookFest Psychological Thriller Award and PenCraft Intrigue Award.
In a 90s-era Kentucky fueled by sex, drugs, and violence, the Cunninghams will stop at nothing t ...
Meet Alexa Owl. She's returned home to Pittsburgh after a divorce to start a new life and a new business, The Owl’s Nest Couturier Shoppe. Much to her surprise, she's getting more than she ever bargained for: Detective Bobby Starr, and he's no ordinary sleuth. Bobby is an angel who's returned to Ear ...
Hard boiled character driven action set in tropicol locations in a five novel series laced with humor. Deadly Triangle sets up the characters for the further adventures, some make it through the series, some not. Some of the novels locations are Dominican Republic, Jamaica, New Mexico, Bali and B ...
Paradise found…or a deadly trap? Will Harper seeks solace on the sea, writing from his Florida trawler, while his girlfriend, therapist Luna Lux, unknowingly becomes the target of a dangerous stalker. Hoping to escape the mounting tension, they embark on a cruise, seeking sun-soaked relaxation. B ...
Small Town. Big Murder.
Hi. I’m Alice. The number one secret to my success as a bodyguard? Staying under the radar. But when a public disaster blew up my career and my reputation, my perfect, solo life took a hard left turn to crazy town. And to bodies. Lots of dead bodies.
I thou ...
“You’ve been cancelled!” Daniel North, now the most famous man in Britain, is navigating the fickle world of celebrity. It’s a daily battle as he opens his DMs – is it another unsolicited nude, or a request for him to kill himself? There’s no grey area with the Reality TV fandom, and he’s reluctantl ...
US Marshal Jack Dillon gets an early morning call. An American has been murdered in the Finglas section of Dublin. Dillon hurry’s to the scene. A brutal shooting in the back garden of the home and there are no answers. No witnesses. Very little information on the victim. Is there a gangland connecti ...
Madison Thompson was working a summer job in a brokerage firm to save enough money to finish her history degree the following year. Unaware that she walked into danger after closing the office, Madison carried a night deposit bag to the bank across a busy parking lot. A van suddenly blocked her path ...
When the dead refuse to stay buried, Sherlock Holmes faces a mystery even logic cannot solve.
A respected magistrate murdered...by a man already executed and ...
From Book 1: For Sabre Orin Brown, life is good; she has it all...or would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. The search for her brother and her career as a Juvenile Court Attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any lengt ...
You can stay, but you may never leave... For guests who spend a week at Arcania, a wellness retreat in the Outer Banks for those wanting to digitally detox, the gothic mansion is a welcome haven. Others aren't so lucky. When Lucy's mother dies unexpectedly and a mysterious Viking tattoo reveal ...
Chicago Homicide detective, Cliff Ford, faces his biggest challenge yet. A serial killer is on the loose. It's a race against time to find her. Cliff must garner all of his abilities. Of course, with help from his wife, Julia. The FBI profiler says that the killer is hiding in plain sight. Is she cl ...
De Gama pitches the suicide order overboard. The adrenalin rush leaves him breathless, and he could refuse the order, but this rescue could be the one tiny candle of hope in the endless night of US-Japan annihilation. The suicide message: chance your boat and crew against the clock of a 5,000-deg ...
She's out for justice. But the arsonist she's tracking is out for retribution.
Now the fire marshal of Lake City, Jesslyn McCormick is determined to find the person who started the fire that robbed her of her family when she was just seven years old. As the twentieth anniversary of the ...
In a world of secrets and shadows, a priest, two accountants, and an elite task force must protect what’s hidden or lose it all.
Fr. Phil, a former Navy SEAL turned priest with ties to Vatican Intelligence, finds his quiet life at Mirror Estate shattered when a fellow ope ...
One determined detective. One thorough medical examiner. And the serial killer that brings them together. Connecticut State Police Detective Wesley Dawson will stop at nothing until this maniac serial killer is locked up and put away for good. With bodies piling up and his older sister living on the ...
When you pull up stakes, make sure you don’t get stabbed in the back. Self-taught in the arcane arts, hedgewitch Selena Marx is comfortable doing divination for West Los Angeles’ anxiety-ridden housewives, lawyers, and aspiring actresses. Her biggest challenge? Avoiding Lucien Dumond, leader of the ...
Character driven. Action-packed. Boiling over with tension and angst. Blood Sapphire's Revenge is military thriller inspired by the genre that brought us Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher. In a globe-spanning tale of adventure, this gripping story full of twists and turns, and secrets from the grave tha ...
London, 1909 Ruby Redlick is a young woman with a passion for reading, who yearns to break free of her constrained life in Upper Norwood and go on the stage. She dreams of playing dramatic characters like her idol Sarah Bernhardt. But the West End is full of lords, predators and courtesans ...
Delve into the world of vengeance, retribution, and bioterrorism as Lily "Devil" Devillier and Commander Darius Washington join forces. As each day passes, they come to realize that relying on one another might be their best option. Their journey unveils a plot rooted in Lily's homeland, one that co ...
This International CIA thriller takes the reader to New Zealand, Nigeria, and finally to the United States, where terrorism follows. Akinlana Osei, aka Gill, does not know what to do after his family is kidnapped in Nigeria in return for a remote device that can go through airport security without b ...
Darkness – three short stories by Louise McLaughlin Advent – a Dark Christmas Origin. The origin of Santa is shrouded in folklore, with the truth lost to time. Advent details how the story began. With a Scottish farmer who was only trying to provide for his family through a harsh winter. He made c ...
Feisty private eye, Emily Parker, is finally moving forward in her relationship with the hunky Paradise Valley police detective--that is, until a new friend suddenly goes missing and wedding plans are put on hold. Suspicions are flying that one of Emily's closest girlfriends may be involved, exposin ...
The exciting first book in the Rocky and Bernadette international mystery series.
What readers say about Temple of the Jaguar: "A fun fast paced murder mystery that takes you on a tour of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico!" "[an] entertaining murder mystery ... I ...
- A nervous gunman. - A terrified hostage. A Texas Rangers lawman is quickly dispatched to the scene. But can he succeed in hostage negotiations before death becomes the tragic outcome? This Prequel to the Austin and Archer Mystery Series provides a compelling insight into Dan Archer, the hard-hitti ...
Deadly Coco Loco by Charles Glenn is a captivating novel that weaves together a tapestry of suspense, adventure, and humor across its chapters. The story unfolds with Felicidad Benavidez's daring escape from Cuba, setting the stage for a gripping narrative ...
Hide and seek may be child’s play, but murder most certainly is not.
Summer 1959. When murder comes to the garden party of the Reverend George Sixpence, the curmudgeonly Inspector Leslie Dykeman and the irascible Sergeant Stanley Shapes are despatched fr ...
The world was on fire.
It didn’t matter who started it…
…only who ended it.
In the 2030s, the era of Putin and Xi ended, not with a bang, but in a poisoned whisper. In their pla ...
’Tis the season for great folly…walawalawalawalala…ribbit. The tree is up. The stockings are hung. And Christmas tunes are making me jolly. Obviously, everything is about to go sideways.
Murder and conspiracy are exactly what the doctor ordered, if you ask The Dying Five. Who says you can't solve crime with terminal illnesses? When Eric Graham, the CEO of an Indianapolis start-up company is gunned down on his porch after a dinner party, a group of hospice heroes and their social wor ...
Dani Calderwood, the only survivor of a man who killed her twin sister and drug-dealing boyfriend, saw only a brief glimpse of him from her hiding place. She can’t clearly identify him, but the police and the killer think she can and are looking for her. To escape them, Dani flees to an isolated Col ...
“A suspense-filled, gritty thriller packed full of twists and turns.” - A Wishing Shelf Book Review In the heart of Washington, DC, the unimaginable unfolds when Violet Cruz levels an explosive accusation at U.S. Representative Alan Barclay, branding him "the spawn of a Martian whore" as she ope ...
The murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley, a former model and television hostess who was once engaged to Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., is still notorious more than four decades after it occurred. The only eyewitness said a man attacked Lindsley with a machete in broad daylight on the front steps of her ma ...
From a hotel worker thrust into a bioterror plot to a journalist unlocking suppressed memories, and a teacher targeted by an unknown enemy, these stories explore the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming odds.
At the heart of each novel is a woman forced to confron ...
She’s blonde. She’s clever. She’s in his office. London based PI David Good doesn’t stand a chance.
South London. The 1980s. David Good, a morally confused and womanising private investigator, is hired by a ridiculously beautiful blonde to help her fend ...
She didn’t ask for power. She didn’t want the spotlight. But murder doesn’t wait for permission.
When Fenway Stevenson returns to her coastal California hometown, she’s thrust ...
Detective Oliver Tucker never knew how perilous dying was until he stumbled onto William Mendelson—murdered in a hidden vault where Egyptian relics and World War II secrets were once stashed. Now those relics are missing. The secrets are coming out. The dead are talking.
Tuck, the detecti ...
The sexually abused body of a young talented actress is discovered at Lake Mohegan, in wealthy Fairfield, Connecticut. Detective Frank Gianni’s sixth sense screams serial killer the minute he lays eyes on her. This erotically charged thriller calls upon the synergism of Detective Gianni and rooki ...
A blind detective. A mysterious drowning. A tangled web of secrets.
When the body of an oil magnate's son is found in the reflecting pool at a famous Texas monument, the police are quick to call it an accident or suicide. But blind former homicide detective Steve Smiley s ...
In the turbulent years leading up to the American War of Independence, one man’s journey will redefine his destiny and the future of a nation.
Jeremy Whitehall, a privileged young man from London, suddenly finds himself stripped of wealth and thrust into the hands of his ...
They want him back—for one reason: he's disposable.
Former CIA agent Andy Flint seizes the chance to rebuild his career when his old bosses pull him in to investigate a series of calculated killings in Russia.
After landing in Moscow, Flint discovers the slain ope ...
★★★★★ Casi McLean never fails to bring it in such enchanting ways, and her ability to put the reader smack in the middle of the action (and believe me, there’s plenty to be had here), puts her at the top of my to-read list every single time she releases a new title. ––A Kindle Customer ★★★★★ Timeles ...
Be careful what you wish for. It drives Nicholas Harlow nuts that his employer, Edward Harlow, refuses to promote his Aunt Civility etiquette books to the public, instead opting to give lectures to like-minded societies. When Nicholas tricks his brother into a speaking event at a popular bookstor ...
When Bernie, the star of breakfast show TV Rise & Shine, is murdered in her dressing room, Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agents Abi and Jake are sent undercover to catch the killer. With suspects aplenty, the snow building up outside and the holidays fast approaching, they’ve certainly got thei ...
"Catrina Flaherty is a kick-ass female PI whose mission in life is to help women who can't help themselves. Her practice caters to abused women, divorce, rape, and sexual harassment. Come see her play with the big boys."
Come home to Nutfield in two Christmas novellas, featuring Daniel from Innocent Lies and Caro from Convenient Lies, both grown up and living new adventures.
SLEIGH BELLS AND STALKERS...
Threats lurk in the shadows ...
Sweethearts Eric Leidheldt and Desiree Chauveau are spending a weekend at his uncle's cabin when they encounter two strangers cutting wood. Eric is knocked unconscious, and Desi is viciously attacked. The following day two police officers come to their apartment to arrest Des ...
A new future. A chance at love. And an unknown stranger determined to destroy both. Emma Walker thought her biggest problems were work, finishing college, and a recent breakup—nothing she couldn't handle. Because when life got overwhelming, she had the barn, the horses—the one place where the ...
Attorney Sabre Brown runs from a horrific assault and loses her memory of it with every step. When a dead man turns up in the same area, Sabre blames herself. Did she witness the murder? Or worse--did she kill him? Before Sabre and her private investigator, JP, can solve that mystery, a minor client ...
Quantum computers are the next big thing. A router capable of allowing those computers to talk to each other, securely and near instantaneously, will be worth billions of dollars. As the first “Quantum Router” nears completion, the lead inventor is murdered. When the surviving creator doesn’t believ ...
After the Dublin car bombings in 1974, Harold Stokes, ME, and his new assistant, Samantha Monaghan, begin the last autopsy of the casualties. This unidentified victim is not an Irishman, but an Israeli, killed by a bullet, not a bomb. Before they can finish their task, the body is stolen. Stokes and ...
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On paper, it was a great idea. Ginger Barnes would chauffeur her mother’s dear friend, fierce floral competitor Iffy Bigelow, to the world-famous Philadelp ...
A murder. A mystery. A legacy to uphold. Abbie Grimshaw’s road to recovery from a traumatic experience takes her on many journeys. On a whim, she stops at St. Michael’s church and runs straight into more danger. This time, there’s a supernatural complication: she can see—and talk to—the Earl of Ashf ...
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight. There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . . When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to ...
When the forces of darkness masquerade in the light, is your sword sharpened in TRUTH and wielded to fight? After another clash with evil, Ellie is back as a special agent with the FBI, and she and Steve are expecting their first child. Ellie should be enjoying the happiest time of her life, but i ...
Early Christmas morning, Tori returns home to frantic banging on her front door. She goes to investigate, but instead of finding someone at the door, there is a barefoot man lying dead outside in the snow in a pool of blood. She calls the police, but when they arrive, the body is gone. There is one ...
The shadows of Los Angeles hide deadly secrets, and Neve Traxon is at the heart of them.
Private investigator Neve Traxon has one rule: Blend in. Stay hidden. Stay dark. Because Neve isn’t just tracking killers in Los Angeles—s ...
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes Merry Wrath's most wild case yet! Ex-CIA agent turned scout leader, Merry Wrath, faces her greatest challenge yet when her cranky new neighbor is convinced Merry’s cat is melting her mind from across the street. But when Merry tries to extend an ...
Madison deCordova is tackling one of her strangest ‘cases’ yet. A woman contacts In a Pinch, begging for Madison to keep her from killing someone. She hangs up before giving her name, or that of her possible victim. It could be a prank. Someone looking for attention. A lost soul reaching out for he ...
Twenty-five years ago, three college boys tackled an ambitious class assignment; a documentary surrounding the legend of The Flaming Woman, rumored ...
Abandoned by her spirit guide and reeling from a bad break-up, Lexi turns her back on her calling as a medium. Hunting for direction in her life, she borrows her best friend’s giant dog and heads to Rosestem Holiday Village for a quiet getaway. But the dead aren’t quite done with her yet. Even the i ...
