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Based on a real-life tragedy, Mirror Image is a heart-stopping tale of horrific abuse. Female PI Catrina Flaherty tackles one of her most difficult cases. Cat specializes in women’s issues, infidelity, messy divorces, spousal abuse, sexual harassment, etc. But her newest client, Mandy Alcott, has an ...
A KILLER UNLEASHED. A DETECTIVE TRAPPED. A MANSION OF DEATHLY SECRETS.
A secluded old-money manor in the heart of the White Mountains conceals a chilling secret. The family matriarch calls for private detective Asha Kade and sha ...
It is early autumn, and Dixie Mae Carver is enjoying working as a Beauty Maven Cosmetics representative in her small hometown of Friendship. Her business is off to a great start until she finds one of her wealthy customers murdered by a knife-wielding maniac. When Detective Harlan Granger takes over ...
Imagine heading out for vacation, excited about the chance to rest, recharge and have loads of fun, exploring the great outdoors only to encounter a stranger as soon as you arrive at your destination, someone who haunts you with their sinister presence. Do you turn back?
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Newly-separated Laura is back home living with her mum. She spends her days reading and escaping from the realities of her new life alone - until that life suddenly becomes more complicated than she could ever have imagined. When a novel received from an online book swap contains a chilling note, La ...
The first three Huntingdon Hart stories. 3 Quick Reads collected in one Casebook. The named case is solved within each of the three stories, and we also learn a lot about Hunt's life, unfolding more fully with each case. Casefile # 1 - The Missing Peke Hunt is enjoying a quiet drink in the Bird in N ...
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 ...
PREORDER NOW - BOOK 7 IN THE TRAVEL CAN BE MURDER COZY MYSTERY SERIES RELEASES ON DECEMBER 10! When a renowned travel writer is killed during a flamenco workshop, tour guide Lana Hansen is one of the Spanish police’s prime suspects. Can she sleuth out the killer’s true identity and dance her way out ...
“Is something wrong, detective?”
He strode into her personal space.
He thinks I killed her popped into Rita’s head.
“Ms. Mars, I’d like to talk to you about Diane Winter.”
It’s August in Baltimore City. Nothing’s hotter - until Rita Mars gets a shocking visit from ...
A cozy mountain town with elemental magic that goes back generations. A hereditary witch strengthening the powers within her since childhood. A magical family and a newfound cat familiar to stand by her as she builds a close knit coven of her own, solves the suspicious nature of her grandmother’s ...
Gossip is the life blood of most any small town. How do you combat something like that when gossip is so much more interesting than the truth? Bruce Cartwright was willing to feed the gossip mill if it got him what he wanted.
It had been six months since Melanie Jarvis had seen him when h ...
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 ...
Assaulted, left for dead, and amnesic, the woman who thinks her name is Alex, may be the only surviving victim of a killer who’s targeting prostitutes. Every new victim makes it more crucial for Alex to remember what happened to her if Denver Homicide Detective Blake and his partner are to solve the ...
Rural Sacramento, 1870. Caleb Stewart can’t wait to be a family man. After battling natural disasters and legal challenges to secure his land claim, he’s finally free to court the French beauty next door. But he’s forced to push his feelings aside when his own hacienda becomes the scene of a suspici ...
Lauren Beck’s friends, phone, home, credit and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee she upstaged? Does the daughter of her landlady and dear friend, Corinne W ...
What if finding your family means losing yourself in the process?
Haunted by the disappearance of her father and sister, Talia Turner is left grasping for answers in a world that’s quick to forget. Consumed by grief and desperate for closure, Talia turns to ...
Three murder mysteries -- but the theme always comes down to sex and money… From a USA TODAY Bestselling Author. If you like Philip Marlowe and Spenser then you’ll love Burnside! The first three novels In The Burnside Mystery Series have been placed into a Box Set which Includes: POST PATTERN ...
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 ...
He’s just the demon to bring out her magic powers…
Raised as a “normal”, it was easy for Jane to forget that she came from a long line of witches. Her mother always told her that the magic skipped their branch of the family tree but lately Jane’s starting to wonder i ...
From Book 1: USA Today bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, brings you an unconventional sleuth hot on the heels of high-living lowlifes in book 1 of the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series. Even in a desert paradise, life is full of surprises like A Dead Husband.
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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 ...
Georgia’s obsession with exposing the conspiracy entrenched in her genetic code makes her a natural target for her progenitors most dangerous experiments. Now she must untangle the secret of the technology implanted inside her before it takes her mind...and her life. *** Titanium Web is a fast-pace ...
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 ...
Has cyber-crime escalated to murder?
Forensic accountant Kat Munro puts her traumatic past behind her and begins dating journalist Connor O’Malley, whose investigations into online crime attract the ...
Sabotage, secrets, and stolen recipes. Can Kendra save her grandmother’s legacy before Willow Creek Springs' Christmas-in-July festival begins? When Kendra Hayes inherits her grandmother’s bakery in a charming Montana town along the Madison River, she trades her corporate marketing life for the s ...
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 ...
Ever since the love of Steve Hartshorn’s life was murdered, nothing has seemed right in the world. What he needs is a change of pace, so Steve spends a bit of his fortune on a head-clearing trip to Indonesia. Convinced he’s cursed and that’s why his friends and lovers keep ending up dead, Steve d ...
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 ...
The man she married wasn’t who he said he was; in fact, she didn’t even know his real name. When he was arrested, and he ...
A popular TV game show is filming in The Sisters, and everyone wants their chance to win instant cash on Dollars or Death. The final rounds are called Sudden Death but for one unlucky player, it’s not just sudden. It’s final. That’s not the only chaos taking place in Madison deCordova’s life. In a ...
The blistering summer heat of San Antonio, Texas reveals a disturbing trend: a surge in fatal fentanyl overdoses among the homeless population. Someone is preying on the most vulnerable, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake. Still reeling from the trauma of her husband’s ...
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 ...
Lucas Matthews owes everything to his mentor, Andy Garrett, whose guidance helped him realize his dream of becoming a firefighter. When Lucas scores the coveted fire chief position in Andy’s town, he’s determined to prove himself worthy of the role—unaware that he has become the target of Milton ...
She planned to unwind in paradise. Now, survival is her only goal.
Shadow Defense sniper Talia Dupuis pictured a few blissful days under the sun before breaking the tie between her and Kenjiro Sato at the shoot ...
Is Mothman Real, or Just Another Fly-by-Night Tourist Scam? The Truth is Out There … Way WAY Out There in this Deliciously Snarky, Semi-Paranormal Detective Mystery Growing up in backwoods Florida, Bobbie Drex has seen it all – from two-headed turtles to two-timing boyfriends. Her life of hard kn ...
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 ...
She was two, and yet she was twenty. How could she be both in the space of twenty-four hours? ‘I call it a Revolution,’ she explained. As Crane Industries unveils its latest medical advance to ward of illness and aging, journalist Luke Maynard gets the opportunity to lift the lid on what it really d ...
Murder, Magic & Mayhem in Good Fortune! Jessica Lavender never wanted to be a witch, but fate—and her sassy cat familiar—had other plans. Running a potion shop is challenging enough when you can barely brew a proper potion. Add in a spirited (literally) mother, an overzealous assistant, and a ...
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 ...
A bitter past drives Acapulco’s first female police detective into a Hollywood film starring lies and murder when she goes undercover to catch a killer. As the camera rolls, Detective Emilia Cruz will face her toughest case yet. After witnessing the execution-style murder of a taxi driver, Emilia ...
The darkest shadows hide the deadliest secrets.
When Keira O’Ryan starts receiving photos of herself at business events, she assumes it’s just another office prank. Then the situation takes a menacing turn when the spotlight shifts to her personal life. As the photos pile up, Kei ...
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 ...
No one deserves to live. Everyone deserves to die. End of story.
The fourth book in The Serial Killer Anthology. Can be read as a standalone.
Facing execution, Arizona death-row inmate Travis Newsom, “The Compass Killer,” has a last wish: he tells Rev. Stan McLoga ...
All the intel points to his kid as the perp. But the truth could get them both killed… Andy Flint is on the mend and off the booze. Hoping to reconnect with his estranged adult son, he arranges to meet him in New Zealand and walk the stunning Milford Track. But before they can reunite, a massacre at ...
DI Liam McLaughlin and DS Nancy D'Arcy are seasoned pros, but even their skills are stretched when a battered body turns up in an alley across from the hair salon. Declan Hoagett was a seemingly harmless wino who spent his days hanging out on the street corner where the bank used to be. He rarely as ...
Venice is a city known for love, art, and most of all secrets.
Two couples separated by 500 years find themselves linked by a set of priceless jewels.
In 1485 Venice, stra-crossed lovers Nino, a sculptor, and Serafina, the daughter of a renown architect, must use to Jewels o ...
He made a tragic mistake. Will more missteps lead to his own demise? Andy Flint can’t escape his devastating guilt. Determined to bring the man responsible for his boy’s murder to justice, the disgraced former CIA officer heads to Brussels to meet an old friend and colleague. But their rendezvous tu ...
Two spouses, Richard and Serene awake to a morning of uncanny feelings and to add to their unease, they soon discover their six-year-old son Mark is nowhere to be found. Despite their numerous attempts of searching top and bottom throughout their home, there is no trace of their son. After searching ...
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 ...
First Book in the series. Meet Seamus McCree, a single dad, amateur sleuth, champion of the little guy against those who abuse their power. In this Kindle Scout winning page-turner, police can’t figure out why someone murdered thirty-eight retirees at a Labor Day picnic. They enlist Seamus, a financ ...
Grief takes a back seat to uncover the truth…
The sky was filled with wonder—vibrant colors, drifting dreams, and the thrill of flight. Unexpectedly, the dazzling celebration at a balloon fiesta takes a horrifying turn when a hot air balloon plummets from the sky. Nikki’s ...
Explore the shadowy mysteries of America’s past with The Vanishing Act: Unsolved Cases of America’s Most Mysterious Women. This compelling trilogy collection brings together three captivating true crime narratives from the Shadows of the Past series, each immersing re ...
Zeke Hanson hunts things in the night. He learned about hunting from his dad until his murder forced Zeke into foster care. Outgoing & with an easy charm, Zeke keeps his emotion ...
Poisoned Legacy Unsolved deaths. Untold treasure. Can she uncover the secret of her inheritance before dark forces claim another victim? California, 1868: A rundown goldmine seems like singing star Graysie's golden opportunity. But bright new beginnings crumble underfoot when the townsfolk of th ...
Someone is slaughtering the innocent. That someone has Logan’s daughter. Facing her worst fears, Logan must find and stop a killer before all is lost.
It's summer, and with a new job, a new life, and plenty of time for her music, life couldn't be better for Logan. She and her daught ...
Lauren: a Short Story is the story behind Treasure of Saint-Lazare and the Eddie Grant thriller series. Eddie made his name as a US Special Forces commander in the First Gulf War, then following in his family’s footsteps as a businessman in Paris, where he was born and lived until he left for colleg ...
Maverick New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet's new client is Darryl Alvarez, the manager of a local nightclub who's been caught unloading marijuana from a shrimp boat. At their first meeting, Darryl entrusts Tubby with an ordinary-looking blue gym bag--filled with cash. After Darryl's unfortunate demi ...
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 ...
Ginger Barnes has high hopes that Bryn Derwyn Academy’s upcoming holiday concert will showcase the struggling school her husband heads. Enrollment pays bills, and little schools have big bills. Unfortunately, Fate laughs at high hopes. When Gin reenters the conference room she was tidying, a body is ...
Elizabeth O'Connor is an Irish-Italian stunner who has it all, intelligence, looks and drive. Her one flaw is that she is in love with bad boy Henre Pierre, a handsome loudmouth who has to have one up on the world at all times. A con artist by trade, money, power and greed are his drugs of choice. B ...
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 ...
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 ...
A VERY GOOD FRIEND… WOULD HELP YOU HIDE A BODY Ready for some action and adventure in the tropics? Join Will Harper, ex-journalist, and budding detective as he tries to solve the mystery behind who would frame his girlfriend for murder. He can’t trust the cops, mayor, or city manager; for all he ...
When assistant librarian Pru takes a tough yoga class, she doesn’t think she’ll return. Neither do some of the other class members, including her friends Zoe, and Doris. But afterward, Martha (Pru’s roommate), Teddy, (Martha’s fluffy white Coton de Tulear puppy), and Pru stumble across a dead bo ...
Heather Stanton is used to spinning anything negative that comes her way into gold, but now both her personal and professional lives have hit a glitch, so she cuts her losses and boards the first train out of town, leaving it all behind. Heather never expects to run into her independent, free-wheeli ...
Coming out of retirement can be deadly… After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees. ...
He's done it again! US Marshal Jack Dillon, working in Dublin's Special Branch is given a routine task. Faricy takes things from there into a 'Can't put it down' tale that will have you riveted. A great read. - The Irish Gazette
Two American women, Ka ...
Carmela is on the run with nothing more than a Star Trek flip phone, a ring from a wedding she can’t remember, and a Glock 19. Can she find the key to her husband’s death before the killers find her? Carmela Canova Cardova always did what her parents wanted. She majored in marketing like they sugges ...
Sometimes what you want most is what you left behind… After her cousin disappeared without a trace, Christina Wade left rural Vermont behind. Nearly a decade later she inherits the family’s historic inn that should have gone to the missing girl. Compelled to return to the place she intended to fo ...
A Deadly Mission. A Relentless Hero. A City on the Edge.
In ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT! New York private investigator Nick Wolfe steps into his most dangerous case yet. When his longtime mentor is found murdered, Wolfe uncovers evidence that points to a chilling conspiracy stretching fa ...
Two FBI agents investi ...
In this intelligent and darkly funny mystery set in 1958 San Francisco, a private eye endures surrealistic dreams of a friend's suicide and discovers he disappeared weeks before the dreams began. His investigation sends him spiraling down an unrelenting road to face the shocking reality of his frien ...
Hell hath no fury like a mother whose daughter has been kidnapped by a sexual predator. Chloe Denhurst lives in the quaint coastal town of Driftwood, Oregon. Recovering from a hurtful divorce, she finally allows herself to have feelings for another man. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down by ...
When it comes to writing Golden Age Hollywood biographies, the pen is deadlier than the sword Charlotte Donovan's overbearing boss, Justine Turner, is a world-famous biographer of Hollywood stars. It comes as no surprise to Charlotte when Justine requests an emergency meeting related to her latest i ...
Down Wind and Out of Sight is a genre-bender. On one hand it’s an utterly original suspense thriller, populated with unforgettable characters and loaded with bizarre twists and quirky science, that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride from the Australian outback to a top-secret US government re ...
Some secrets are meant to be swallowed whole.
In the spring of 2005, deep in the humid stillness of the Florida Everglades, a brother and sister commit a chilling act—they murder their parents and feed their bodies to the alligators, believing the swamp will consume every trace of their crim ...
1.Secret History
Is his dream of creating worldwide rescue submarines doomed by the French ironclad bearing down on him in the Atlantic storm?
The French want to kill him---again. First in the Paiute Indian wars, but now wrestling the tiny pitching mini-sub off stormy Civil War Cape Hat ...
When an asthma patient under Laurel Benson’s care dies, the ER nurse quickly realizes it wasn’t of natural causes. Faint bruising around the neck indicates the woman was strangled, right there in the recovery room! Always a champion for her patients, the headstrong nurse is determined to find out wh ...
When murder propels him backstage, Haydn is forced to confront a deadly killer. . .
When the Burgtheater’s impresario unexpectedly meets his maker, Joseph Haydn is relieved to learn no one expects him to look into the matter. The impresario was m ...
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 ...
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 ...
“The German ambassador, madam,” said Sherlock Holmes, “is reputed to be brilliant and very difficult.”
“My dear, Mr. Holmes,” she said. “He is a man. Like all men when they are drunk and in the throes of ecstasy, he will be easy.”
“I must warn you, he has a reputation amongst men who ha ...
Murder in paradise!
Charlie Kingsley escapes Wisconsin’s winter chill for sunny Cabo, Mexico, hoping for sandy beaches and endless margaritas. But her vacation takes a deadly turn when she stumbles upon a body on the beach, and worse, becomes the prime suspect!
Now Charlie must sw ...
Sibling rivalries during a mariachi show threaten brotherly love! When Andy Veracruz agrees to help his girlfriend stage a show in Vegas, he never expects the junior trumpet players to knock one another unconscious or his brother-in-law to blackmail his sister. Despite aid from a lookalike brother a ...
Aileen McKenna arrives in Wolf Creek to study wolves in the wild only to learn Rhys Lindgren has a unique connection to the local pack. Frightened townspeople fear the three men found dead and mutilated in the woods were killed by a wolf. Rhys doesn’t believe that any more than does Aileen. But c ...
A pregnant woman on the run. An invisible foe. A body count of two… so far. 1928 Chicago. Court reporter Belle Stefano escapes from her San Francisco home, where a growing shadow of danger looms after her husband’s death. She leaves immediately, zigzagging across the country by rail and bus until s ...
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 ...
SHERLOCK HOLMES is the world’s most famous detective. For over 100 years, his adventures have been read by millions of people like you—people who care about seeing evildoers brought to justice, seeing a brilliant mind at work, and knowing that, in the end, good will triumph. Return to London in o ...
Psychic Cass Donovan must uncover the truth about long-buried secrets and recent murders to bring peace to a troubled spirit and bring justice to a flesh-and-blood killer . . . When the spirit of Ophelia Wilson turned to clairvoyant Cass Donovan for help, Cass was able to prove Ophelia’s innocence i ...
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 ...
Only the invited get to stay. Only the lucky ones get to leave. When Katrina Darlington lost everything, she turned to a stranger for help. Desperate and grieving, she trusted the hand of friendship and travelled halfway across the world to a very private island. Blue skies, blistering sunshine, and ...
Shadow of Death will be free from 10/4/2023 through 10/8/2023 ALWAYS FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED Sidra is no longer safe on Earth. Will a faceless attacker wreck the last of her shattered life? After her daughter dies and her marriage crumbles, this dimensional traveler only has her dog as a f ...
Islamic terrorists. A Blue Angels air show. And a former special operator. What's the connection? What happened in Afghanistan? And why does someone in the State Department, with ties to Islamic terrorists, want Reb Rogers dead for what he did in Afghanistan?
If you like fast-paced, action-packe ...
Suspect Santa (Dev Haskell Private Investigator Book 33) Private Investigator Dev Haskell gets a call from Tubby Gustafson. There’s a car waiting for Dev just outside his office. If he doesn’t want to take the ride, he’ll have to drive himself to the Emergency room. Dev decides whatever he was invol ...
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Posing as a relative’s girlfriend, ex-cop Lauren Beck accompanies a family to the Caribbean to scatter the ashes of a questionable suicide. For the low-maintenance ex-c ...
