Paint Me A Murder Featured
A murdered artist. A rookie author in over her head. And a detective who could save her life, or break her heart.
Lori Sykes thought moving to Badger’s Drift, Maine, would give her the perfect chance to finish her first mystery novel. But when she discovers the body of a local painter, he ...
Betrayal of Justice Featured
Superstar lawyer Zachary Blake returns fresh off his epic legal battle with The Church's clandestine evil force in Betrayal of Faith.
Who stands between his client and justice?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
In Bla ...
The Fatal Family Function Featured
Jamie Sharpe is adoring her new role managing the Terrowin Hotel. But Grandpa Sharpe has alluded that the mysterious hotel, a legacy passed down from her uncle, could contain secrets and treasures too dangerous to unearth.
When she’s invited to a gathering at the histori ...
Sherlock Holmes Letters from Jack Featured
Herein lies an excerpt from Letters from Jack: Sherlock Holmes laid the letter on his lap and smoothed the wrinkled sheet. He took a cleansing breath, “Thank you, I’m fine.” Holmes said, regaining his composure. “I think we both could use a brandy,” Watson left his seat and went to the cabinet. He f ...
The Girl From Her Mirror Featured
A good deed gone dangerously wrong….
Kindred spirits Makenna Reagan and Kenzie Reese have been best friends since college. There is nothing one would not do for the other. So when a car wreck lands Kenzie in the hospital, Makenna agrees to pose as her friend on a photo assignment for ...
The Nut Case Featured
Solve the mystery of how it all started! How did two sisters in their thirties, living in a peaceful beachside community, become involved in a world of mystery and crime? This prequel to the Sister Sleuths Mystery Series is a whodunit that will keep you guessing until the end. A fascinating explanat ...
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Murder Creek Featured
When secrets are buried, bodies are next.
Texas stalwart author Jeff Kerr delivers the hardest-hitting Adam Cash story yet, a barn burner of a crime thriller that fans of Craig Johnson and C.J. Box won’t want to miss.
When a man from Dieter Bergheim's ...
Human Strays Featured
MAXY AWARDS RUNNER-UP BEST MYSTERY & CRIME NOVEL
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"A hard-hitting serial killer thriller that deftly explores the homeless crisis and the role of law enforcement with unflinching realism. Highly recommended."
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Past secrets, agitated acquaintances, and a deceased body. Can this retired investigator prove a killer has struck again? Isle of Man, 1967. Tom Ramsay is cautiously ready to be busy. Training a new sleuthing partner who’s determined to fill up their caseload, he decides to help some friends prep ...
Kapellmeister Joseph Haydn would like nothing better than to show his principal violinist, Bartó Daboczi, the door. But with the Empress Maria Theresa’s visit scheduled in three weeks, Haydn can ill-afford to lose his surly virtuoso. But when Bartó disappears—along with all ...
When Elizabeth Grant sees her childhood friend, she is thrown into a world of secret societies laced with conspiracies. Elizabeth has been plagued with visions since the disappearance of Loralie. When she returns to the small town of her childhood, she’s unaware that she’s walkin ...
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but if you’ve been waiting for the chance for 5 long years, it is cold, sinister… and deadly. Six months have passed since Paul, Dave, Cathy and Krista met and solved their first case together. Now an established power team in their precinct, the detectiv ...
It’s 1925. Scarlet Haslewood is a con artist. Besides perfectly baked pastries and strong coffee, she has a fondness for stealing things. But she knows that stealing the most famous painting in the world would be pointless. After all, what can you do with it once the world finds out it’s missing? Hi ...
Emma Rand can't understand people who consider the countryside a dumping ground for whatever they no longer want. Living on ten acres outside of Casper, Wyoming, she's seen everything from pets to appliances dumped along her fence line but when she spies something propped against her fence after a b ...
Grace escapes a kill order, only to be abducted. FBI links her case to murdered officials, threatening global stability. Trapped in a bunker, Grace allies with a child to escape. As they flee through tunnels, a misstep alerts their armed captor. A heart-pounding thriller for fans of Cross and All ...
...AND THE KILLER HAD NO FACE…
Lara Radburn arrives minutes after a crime is committed. She finds her renter, Crystal Mar, a local artist, dead. She has been bludgeoned by one of her own works in progress…the sculpture of a fierce lion. Her four-year-old daughter, Karma, has disappeared. In a f ...
Garrett and Tiffanie Bate had it all—youth, money, and a perfect marriage. Until Tiffanie is killed in a suspicious accident. Neither the police nor the insurance investigators can prove she was murdered and the case turns cold. Two years later the insurance company asks an intern—former ...
IS THIS HIT-AND-RUN AN ACCIDENT. . .OR MURDER? The police say Cate’s death is an accident, but her brother believes it was murder. Lea and her father, a former chief of police, are asked to look into the case. The suspects are plentiful. The kind of politician who gives politics a bad name, a ...
It's mystery and murder, suburban scandal and little league baseball! Sexy and a bit snarky, Open Season is full of small town crazy and more suspects than can fit in a dug out. Here's the pitch... (ha ha) Little league head coach Wayne Savage is at the top of his game. A big personality with a bigg ...
Ballerina Leah Siderova knows the career of a professional dancer is short. But rarely is it as brief as that of her rival, Arianna Bonneville, whose rise to stardom ends when she is stabbed in the back.
New York City police detective Jonah Sobol fixes upon Leah as the prime suspect. A ...
Detectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the United States. In the middle of a city with two million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they’re searching for a missing girl and the ru ...
Miles O'Malley wants out of Christmas in the city. He rents a primitive cabin in the north woods of New York State, looking for peace quiet away from the incessant bell-ringing and endless ghastly songs. He's not expecting to stumble on a heinous crime, but when he does, his special forces training ...
Clancy encounters an old friend who has more on his mind than simply a nostalgic reunion. His cryptic clue to a crime that has plagued her for too many years – the murder of her father – drives her headlong into a double murder investigation that extends from Tidewater Virginia to Detroi ...
Sometimes, it seems, friends and enemies are not always so easy to tell apart.
A new and faltering partnership.
A flock of dangerous sheep.
Beautiful Cotswold countryside.
A perplexing murder.
And a lengthy list of suspects.< ...
After a tiresome year of computer programming, Zelda Richardson is back on the road – destination Panama and Costa Rica. Learning to scuba dive, exploring Central American rainforests, and climbing a volcano sounded like the perfect antidotes to Seattle’s spring rains. When a banana farmer tells her ...
Unfazed after finding a body shoved behind the dumpster of her bar, Janet Black is ready to open for business as usual, until police start eyeing her boyfriend as the possible killer. When the victim’s teetotaling daughter decides to take up residence in the corner booth until the murderer is caught ...
Welcome to Beyond, where the gravestones have no birth dates, and the residents are dying… A new series from the author of the popular Promise McNeal Mysteries…
Looking For Ona introduces Paula Vega, whose plan for surviving Atlanta’s brutal summer is to complete ...
A peaceful retreat. A maze of smoke and murder. Is their remote getaway about to become a death trap?
Sheriff Jax Turner is worried about going off-grid and leaving his young team of deputies behind. But while his getaway with his ex is meant to help them reconnect, Jax is distracted by sign ...
Temple, Texas Police Detective, Barry Marshall hunts for a hardened serial killer with the ultimate endgame, one intended to strip Marshall of everything he holds dear—his career, his wife Erin, and his reputation. Unbeknownst to Marshall, the killer had dated Erin years ago, and seeing Marshall wit ...
Ivan Sorokin is missing. Who wants him out of the picture—his wife, his business partner, or the stripper who holds his heart? Can grouchy food critic, Josie Tucker, unravel the puzzle with more twists than Lombard Street and find the missing software entrepreneur? Chinatown. Dim sum. Murder. ...
San Francisco, 1872. Susannah Carterton yearns to be accepted as a serious artist. But family comes first, and she accompanies her adored adopted niece back to the guardianship of an unsuitable biological uncle. But when an estranged friend is found murdered and she stands accused, the panicked pain ...
Imagine if you were the first and only female police detective in Acapulco, investigating crime in a city both breathtaking and deadly. Mexican drug cartels battle for control and politicians are bought with blood money. The detective squadroom reeks of machismo. The lieutenant is a dirty cop who ha ...
Max Boucher, a former Seattle detective turned P.I. has just been handed a puzzling case. Dozens of dogs are disappearing all over the city, and no one knows why. The stretched Seattle police department can't dedicate the resources needed, and Max may be the pet owner's only hope.
For the ...
Dig in and hold your breath! This gripping terrorism thriller and serial murder mystery will not let you go When Trans Air Flight 88 is hijacked on approach to Kennedy Airport, warning bells ring in every agency in the country. For the passengers and crew the most terrifying hours of their lives ...
Who killed Judge Grayson?
When Sheriff Jeff McQuede finds Durmont's highly respected judge, Phil Grayson, bludgeoned to death in his study, a black executioner's hood shoved over his head, he faces his toughest case yet.
The judge has many enemies, including Darin Keefe, senten ...
Seven-Time Amazon All Star Author with her latest book in the highly popular Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery series
Cooking is nourishing. Murder isn't. Kelly and her husband, Sheriff Mike, take a belated honeymoon and travel to a cooking school at the Castello di Nardo in Tuscany. The day after t ...
Small towns are remembered with nostalgia, deep-seated anger, or parts of both. So it is with those who live or have lived in Jerrod, a small cotton-farming town in north-central Texas. It is home for multiple generations of men or women with few opportunities to break the bonds with land, family, a ...
Still an earth-bound spirit-detective, Tuck is on the case of the murder of a mysterious philanthropist with ties to the Russian mob and 1939 gangsters. With the help of his wife, Professor Angela Tucker, and his former partner, Detective Bear Braddock, they must find the killer and be the first ...
A missing sister. Her lying twin. Their estranged father. Her brother doesn’t know where to turn or whom to trust. Attorney JD Thompson leaves his practice in a small town to trace his sister across Texas. He can’t believe she would run away. She was always the good twin, something the story of h ...
A strong fateful wind blows Phoebe Clay, a multi-lingual espionage agent for the US government, from her assignment in Sri Lanka to the Oregon coast on a rescue mission. Her Great Aunt Helen's text about a historic family catastrophe has Phoebe hopping on the next plane home. On arrival, she discove ...
“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s west coast. The coolest guy at the wildest parties, with the coolest posse, the best weed and the most beautiful girlfriend. Then he disappeared. Fifteen ...
An amazing work of fiction or prediction? A satirical look at President Trump, Congress, Russia and the 2020 election. President Trump and the first family as they spend the 4th of July, 2020 weekend in the Hamptons at the castle of a Russian oligarch Dmitriy Volkov when the unspeakable happens. Bet ...
US Marshal Jack Dillon is assigned to the Dublin police force interviews a woman who is being assaulted, and she has no where else to turn. Things go on from that point and she actually moves into Dillon's home for protection as he begins to pursue the case. Powerful people are involved...
*This is a stand alone book in the Stella Reynolds Mystery Series* Sometimes The End is just The Beginning. When the suspect in a Knoxville shooting confesses on camera, police say the case is closed. But then TV reporter Stella Reynolds gets an anonymous email that changes everything. As she picks ...
What would you do if someone murdered your child, but the justice system let you down? Kathryn Walters is faced with this dreadful decision when her daughter, Shelley, is found dead in her boyfriend's flat. Despite the best efforts of the Crown Prosecution barrister, Sarah Newby, it seems possible t ...
Solving crimes and chasing bad guys is what Cassie Hart does best ... on paper. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect to do it in reality. Sean Hedley and Neil Armstrong both have ulterior motives for trekking into a rainforest with Cassie. Bullets fly and she is left with partial amnesia, wond ...
Over 100,000 Susan May dark thrillers sold in 2016.
THREE BEST-SELLING NOVELS ALL IN ONE
A freelance writer is caught up in a mass killing spree. During an arson trial a couple reveals a terrifying, unbelievable secret. To save her son Dawn must repeat the most painful ...
This simple job just went way off the rails. Lenny wants to get into the good graces of the guys who have connections. He's willing to do anything. His cousin, Eddie, sets him up with a simple job — drive a classic red convertible from Boston to Brooklyn. Nobody told him there would be a dog invol ...
Veteran cop, DCI David Jones, is tough and uncompromising. His Serious Crime Unit has the best arrest record the Midlands Police Service has ever seen. Jones and his dedicated team work hard to keep it that way. Locksmith turned jewel thief, Sean Freeman, is the best in the UK. He's never been caugh ...
A simple heist at a hardware store uncovers a brutal crime spree leaving a police officer dead, several innocents murdered, and the small Oregon town of Sweet Home shaken to its core. Veteran police officer Lacey James answers the call. The robbery suspect has fled, but the items she finds inside th ...
When Special Agent Finnegan O'Reilly gets shot, and the news brings on his father’s heart attack, he decides to take leave from further undercover assignments. The O'Reilly has suffered enough and Finn can’t be the cause of more distress for this beloved old rascal. Then his boss forces ...
The headless corpse of a young woman, discovered in the woods of Northern Kentucky in February 1896, disrupted communities in three states. The woman was Pearl Bryan, daughter of a wealthy farmer in Greencastle, Indiana, and her suspected killers, Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, were dental stu ...
A Thriller Bundle of action and suspense with 4 novels of Terrorism, Espionage, Serial Killers, and Noir Mystery with One Cop, 2 Spies and one PI who change the lives of everyone they meet
In California’s Wine Country, Someone Wants Lily Dead When Lily Callahan returns home to California’s wine country, sparks fly amid a hail of bullets as she and U.S. Marshall Austin Jennings take cover. Money, fame, and love all come into play as motives when Lily and Austin try to find out who sent ...
A wily bomber... A determined activist... A man with a secret... Summer Avery, a former-marketing fashionista, turned passionate eco-activist, abandons the bustle of New York City and scurries to the coastal village of Tide Harbor, Nova Scotia, determined to accomplish what the crazy bomber has not— ...
Michael Gresham is a criminal attorney with a client accused of murdering a judge's wife. As the story progresses, the judge whose wife was murdered suddenly tries to hire Michael Gresham for himself. New revelations have the judge backed into a corner in this legal and financial thriller. Can an at ...
For more than five years police operations in the southeast of England have been failing. Chief Superintendent Knightly, a senior member of the National Crime Agency, suspects that someone is selling police intelligence. When one of his junior officers dies before he can attend clandestine meeting w ...
Making chocolate is a labor of love and an age-old art. As a connoisseur of the sweet, creamy stuff herself, Blaise is excited to be working at an exclusive confectioner’s shop, run by a woman whose reputation for being a creative chocolatier is legendary. Madeline Foss’s past might be murky and sli ...
A Realtor, she’s smart and intuitive. A private investigator finds her uncle dead in his home. Haunted by the uncle’s bizarre past, Lance Underphal, a friend and freelance photographer steps in. With the help of Lance’s dead wife, serial killers are exposed. Outside the box of King and Koontz, it’s ...
Peter, a brain-injured veteran with a motive, is arrested for murder. The victim bullied Peter throughout his youth, and, on the night of the murder, he discovered the bully stole his fianceé while Peter served overseas. Detective Luca leads the investigation but believes the marine's inabili ...
Morgan Hunter built her reputation on ambition and sacrifice—there was nothing she wouldn’t do to get ahead. But when her latest campaign for a powerhouse food corporation reveals evidence that their so-called “healthy” products may be deadly, her c ...
A Message From Beyond
New York Detective Sidney Langston is rushed to the hospital with excruciating chest pains the sam ...
Tony Wagner's former foster daughter, Christi Fischer, asks him to investigate when one of her client's disappears. Chisti is a social worker at a women's shelter in Pueblo, Colorado.
Miranda Carrington had moved to her own place a month before. When her parents reported her missing, inve ...
Trapped in a bunker in Ukraine's war zone with her family, five-year-old Vira is thrown into an adult world where terror awaits around every corner. Encouraged by her faith to be optimistic, Vira sees angels working for her good. A short story from the award-winning anthology "Children of War." Chil ...
When Sloan Booker’s father dies tragically, he has no other option but to give up his job as an FBI ...
Welcome to the Cassidyverse, a rich tapestry of tales from the renowned Cassidy Chronicles where the boundless expanse of space serves as the backdrop for extraordinary adventures and unexpected journeys. Embark on a thrilling odyssey alongside Kendra Cassidy, a visionary determined to propel hum ...
Join Sam as she embarks on her first big adventure in this middle-grade mystery full of fun, suspense...and just the right amount of spying! Sam is a middle school girl living a normal life-except when she is occasionally bullied for the differences kids perceive in her. Sam has Down syndrome. See h ...
Zelda wants to teach children English and “find herself” in Kathmandu. Ian wants to get stoned and trek the Himalayas. Tommy wants to get rich by smuggling diamonds. How their stories collide will leave you on the edge of your seat! Travel from the dusty, tout-filled streets and holy sites of Nepal ...
The little boy is bright, handsome and polite. Any parent would be proud to show off such a child. So why is his father determined to keep him hidden from everyone, even the child’s grandmother?
There’s nothing like an old-fashioned Christmas.
Young Texas attorney JD Thompson just wasn’t expecting a Biblical one.
No Texas hospital will admit his sister in premature labor. His friend Nick is homeless and jobless fr ...
Old enemies, Spring Festival, an angry ex, and a baker with skills outside the kitchen! Maddie returned home to help her ailing Gran, but instead she opened the bakery of her dreams. Dreams which become a nightmare when she stumbles upon a body at Spring Festival. The sheriff, who happens to be h ...
A stellar mystery… Packed with skill and nuance, Snowden’s latest is a treat for serious mystery buffs. When Doctor Lawrence Rosewood’s best friend and business partner, Ted Villeneuve, committed suicide, the latter left a Pandora’s box of mess in his wake. With dwindling finances, a million-dollar ...
Sam is a ninth grade girl trying to enjoy her first year of high school. Sam knows she has Down syndrome but she doesn't feel different; even though other kids sometimes treat her that way. Sam's new adventure involves a mini family reunion, exploring the interesting spaces of a retired military bas ...
Captain Hunter believed watching Tessa Scott’s children for one night would be an easy assignment while she traveled to the airport in Reno to pick up her parents. What he hadn’t considered was how much they resembled miniature, domestic terrorists. The former Delta officer discovers, outmaneuvering ...
US Marshal Jack Dillon, assigned to An Garda Síochána, Special Branch is just about to settle into an enjoyable evening with his neighbor Tara when his phone rings. Against his better judgment, he answers… Good thing he does. It’s his boss, Detective Chief Inspector McCabe. There’s been a shootin ...
There’s a killer on the loose in Portland and no one is safe. Blocked at every turn, Logan McKenna must uncover the truth before more lives are lost.
It’s been two years since the fatal car accident that changed Logan’s life forever. She’s recovered most of her health, f ...
A mysterious epidemic grips the tranquil coastal town of South Padre Island, known for its scenic views of the Gulf and relaxed vibe.
The DEA sends Special Agent Marla Adams to investigate the rash of drug overdoses plaguing the town. But as she digs deeper, she stumbles upon something ...
The first three books in the Dhata Mays futuristic detective series. The Synth Crisis series is a set of sci-fi technothriller stories with an enticing noir vibe. If you like robust future worlds, action-packed cyberpunk, and mysteries that keep you guessing, then you’ll love Dhata’s electrifying mi ...
A strange accident on the freeway, accusations of murder, and an encounter in the Idaho wilderness all propel Todd Clarke, not exactly one of the good guys, into a new friendship with a dog named Sparky in this canine military thriller. But Sparky is no ordinary dog, and there is more going on than ...
After years of psychiatric counseling and group therapy, Private Investigator Brenda Corrino is finally ready to move on. The cases involving David Fanning and Mark Alexander are long behind her. Brenda was largely responsible for helping to secure Alexander’s conviction for several rapes, includ ...
Vanished women. A rising body count. A detective who won’t quit.
Detective Kylie “KC” Cassidy thought Major Crimes would be her big break. Instead, she’s chasing the brutal murders of young women—and the trail keeps circling back to Assistant State Attorney Gavin Watki ...
Get a box set with the first 6 books in the Detective Emilia Cruz mystery series! Emilia Cruz is the first and only female police detective in Acapulco. She's a good liar, a fast thinker, and a mean kickboxer in a department that didn’t want her and is still trying to break her. Perfect for murde ...
A long-buried secret that was never meant to be uncovered could suddenly put a target on both Detective Mark Friessen and Billy Jo McCabe. “No matter how much you think you want to know about something, sometimes the truth is worse.” Catlou Twenty-five years ago, Billy Jo was born to a meth ad ...
A little girl is stolen from her yard and police have no leads. Hope dwindles with each passing hour. The desperate parents hire Michael Sykora to find their daughter, and to kill anyone involved in taking her. Michael and his team discover this case has roots far deeper than a single kidnapping. Ch ...
Why kill the man you love?
Lizzy was struggling, everyone could see. He shouldn’t have done those things. He shouldn’t have pushed her so hard. And now her children, her marriage, her hope – gone.
Lizzy Dyson is on trial for her life. She knows she must pay for w ...
Love and betrayal—the ingredients in any crime of passion. But how dangerous can desire be? For the women in these tales, falling in love may prove to be deadly.
"Readers who love strong women and terrific writing will applaud this anthology." —Barbara Nickless, Wall Street Journ ...
It was one drink too many for 72-year-old Evelyn Guilfoyle, found dead the morning after a raucous party in the family’s back garden pub. But the woman had a terminal illness and would have been dead before the year was out anyway. Why the hurry...?
Family, friends and neighbors had cramm ...
Threatened victim, waiting grave…Sheriff McQuede is called to the cemetery by Ben Ward, a member of Durmont’s Good Old Boys’ Club. Ward’s tombstone, where he plans someday to be buried with his first wife, is vandalized. A menacing date of death, fast approaching, has been drilled into the stone, ...
From Book 1: If Rachel stops running, she will die. Or worse.
The debut novel from thebest selling, award-winning author of Conduit
Rachel Thomas longs for normalcy, but if she stops running she could die... or worse. Chased by a past that wishes to imprison he ...
When pranks turn deadly, Mandy must find a way to win the game assigned to her, where the killer keeps changing the rules. The ominous note slipped into Mandy Wright's locker reads like a hoax...until she finds her friend's body discarded in a dumpster, the victim of a gruesome firework execution ...
Some things are worth killing for! Alexandria "Xandy" Caras was charged with murder--a mass murder. The charges were dropped; the case dismissed. Or was it? A serial killer with a "Moses Complex" is out for blood--Xandy's blood--and the blood of those who have sinned against the Ten Commandments. Th ...
***AMAZON BESTSELLER***
Cases come, and cases go
But Colorado private eye Jarvis Mann
Can't land an easy one these days.
The cops are unhappy when Jarvis digs into a murder case they closed
Uncovering a crooked tech company
Hell-bent on stealing digital bits and b ...
Harlem is deadly cold the night private eye SJ Rook arrives home to find his own apartment building is a crime scene. With his pal NYPD Detective Archie Lin working the case, Rook join the investigation into the death of his neighbor. Nomie George was a gentle, unassuming city bureaucrat, with few f ...
The Reluctant Rector is a boxset of the first three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. Meet Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr, former lovers reunited after twenty years, as they solve crimes old and new--and explore the profound mysteries of the human heart. The Penitent Priest (Book 1)-- ...
Angel of Mercy explores the line between justice and vengeance, mercy and murder.
Dr. Jim Briggs saves lives for a living—mostly canine ones. By night, among Chicago’s forgotten homeless, he offers a different kind of mercy.
When suffering becomes unbearable and hope runs out, ...
If you love clean, fast-paced mystery books that keep you guessing to the end, this book is for you! The captivating action begins with an executioner trying to kill Dan. Will Dan’s relationship with a local jazz singer prove to be more deadly than just a broken heart? Lea looks forward to w ...
Garrotted.
That’s what happened to the first three men she asked for help.
Treason, murder, assassination, regicide.
A magnificent, mature woman, a Southern goddess, desperately needs Sherlock Holmes’s help. She has to fin ...
