Thriller - Suspense
A Murdered Professor. A Priceless Manuscript Stolen. A Journalist Caught in the Crossfire. This was not the reunion James envisioned. His friends are squabbling and keeping secrets. At the centre of the drama is a medieval manuscript. Moments after James discovers a secret code on the pages of the manuscript, a hooded figure murders a professor and steals the manuscript from Oxford University. Whi ...
Black Sun Rising Featured
Only recently has Dr. Noah Jobes slipped out from beneath the dark cloud under which he existed since the brutal unsolved murders of his wife and daughter. On tour promoting his latest novel, Noah finds himself in the crosshairs of a powerful corporate executive who is systematically perverting American democracy as part of a global power play. Aided by his father’s lifelong friend, a patriotic Ma ...
The Thriller Book Killer Featured
Somebody’s murdering authors of thriller books and killing them exactly as described in one of her books.
SynDee Unser, a fitness instructor and writer of thriller novels, dreams of becoming a bestselling author. Since the death of her husband, she also dreams of finding another Mr. Right, falling in love, and once again embarking on that “living happily ever after” journey. However, based ...
For two decades, forty-four-year-old magazine writer Clara Khoury has lived with missing pieces of herself—her memory. When the recent discovery of a young woman’s remains triggers her, she’s compelled to investigate. Now, her disturbing past threatens her contented present, someone frames her husband, and their daughter is abducted. If she can’t uncover the truth, she might lose everyone she love ...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "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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Enter the series at any book - each is a complete standalone mystery!
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Edge-of-your-seat thrills, touches of ...
The Bulls-Eye Killer Featured
Smart. Sexy. Single. And a knack for trouble, either finding it or it finding her. Introducing Pepper Jackson. In her mid-forties and recently divorced, she’s every bit as tough as she is drop-dead gorgeous. A Neighborhood Watch patroller, member of the Crime Busters book club, and advocate for finding forever homes for shelter pets, Pepper is an active, outspoken member of the community. Although ...
The Girl Who Found Joy 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 Butterfly Cage Featured
In the fall of 1913, society writer Louisa Delafield suffers from panic attacks because of her recent abduction. When her assistant Ellen Malloy wants Louisa to help her find a missing teenager, Louisa finds she’s paralyzed by her earlier trauma. Taking a trip out west in the company of a lovely young heiress to interview the Prince of Monaco only makes matters worse. Even in the pristine wilderne ...
The Deciding Hour Featured
All will check in. But not everyone, will check out. A trip home from summer vacation for six friends quickly spirals out of control as they find themselves in a precarious situation amid an unexpected storm. With no other options, they seek shelter within a strange hotel, where they hope to wait out the downpour. Surprised by the spacious room and amenities, they couldn’t be more elated. That ...
Border Field Blues Featured
"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 creates a secret and shocking bond between the boy and the bandit’s dumbfounded daughter. But when re ...
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 wants a home.
Shee McQueen grew up skip tracing and hunting military criminals with her fathe ...
Final Notice Featured
The year is the very near future but you’ll recognize current day shootings and the divisive politics. A brilliant young doctor and mathematician has invented a new health/sport watch that monitors blood chemistry so accurately, it can actually predict when someone will die – within 10, 20, or 30 days. This “Final Notice,” was intended to help people to get their affairs in order and reach out t ...
Luke Savage is a DEA agent assigned to go undercover in a criminal organization that wants to expand its “business.” Bree Kelly is a local cop assigned to go undercover with him. She thinks he’s an arrogant sexist. He thinks she’s an irritating liability. Their cover? They have to pose as a loving couple—and they don’t even like one another. The assignment could last for weeks or even months as th ...
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 son, he enlists the help of his daughter, Siofra “Shee” McQueen. An experienced tracker, Shee quickly ...
In this psychological suspense story, Roger and Alice seemed to be the perfect couple. To the outside world, they appeared to have it all - a great marriage filled with romance, exotic vacations, money, and prestige. If one took a closer look, however, one might find that it was a marriage of chastisement. Take a ride on the dark side with someone who simply SNAPS because they can't take it anymor ...
Codename: Parsifal Featured
The Spear of Destiny. The Roman Legionnaire’s lance that pierced Christ’s body as he hung on the cross. Legend claims whomever possesses it will become a great conqueror. But if they lose it, they will lose everything—including their lives. Shortly before WWII, Hitler stole the spear from a museum in Vienna. In the last weeks of the European war, he lost it. General George Patton orders an America ...
Keep Your Doors Locked Featured
An escaped prisoner. A woman running from her past. National news coverage is the last thing Sara needs. After a troubled and abusive past, Sara Jennings has found a semblance of tranquility in her life. Buying an old farmhouse at the edge of nowhere has brought her the peace and solitude she so desperately craves. The property comes with history. Better yet, it comes with the promise of a fu ...
Calculated Deception Featured
Dr. Ree Ryland is an engineering professor who loves her job and plays by the rules. Her life is reassuringly predictable – until an enemy hiding in plain sight decides her squeaky-clean reputation is the perfect cover to commit a crime. When Agent Parker Landon and his FBI team discover that someone at the university has been procuring military-grade hardware by disguising it as test equipment, a ...
Living Secrets: A Thriller Featured
Can the secret love child of a U.S. Senator deliver the cure for a bioterror threat before time runs out? Lily Tso is bored and unfulfilled. Orphaned at birth, the twenty-two-year-old Hotel Guest Service Officer is overwhelmed to discover her parents are alive. But the young woman fears she’s woefully unprepared for a treacherous operation to save America and to meet her parents. Teaming up with a ...
Ordinary Heroes Featured
Esther is 18 at the outbreak of war. She is a Jewish girl who has reached England via the Kinder Transport. George is 17 at the outbreak and a veteran of street fighting against the fascist Blackshirts in London's East End. Despite being granted British citizenship, Esther is interned on the Isle of Man while George is called up after some frightening civil defence work in the Blitz. Released from ...
Refuge Featured
Miranda Flores didn’t kill anybody. But there are four dead bodies in the New Mexican desert and rookie FBI agent Jodie Layne knows the Salvadoran immigrant was at the scene. Jodie seeks only the truth. Her partner Scott Tanner wants vengeance. Miranda’s only desire is a life free of violence. The bloody civil war in El Salvador that wiped out her family set her on a dangerous trek north to the co ...
The Advocate Featured
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 length to obtain custody. Sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered questions. Her quest for the trut ...
The Reluctant Coroner Featured
Fenway Stevenson doesn't want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practically king. But after her mother dies, her estranged father's job offer is the only way she can stay on her feet. Soon, however, the murder of the county coroner draws her into a deepening conspiracy. As the body count rises and all signs seem to point toward her father's oil company, will Fenway unco ...
Bad Girls (An Eden Mystery) Featured
Bad girls can be victims, too. Only eighteen years old, Marnie Becker has an unknown and absent father, an alcoholic mother, and drinking problems of her own. Her uncle, Cal Becker, a former Chicago police officer, has been the only responsible adult in her life, but now that she’s legally an adult, he worries that he won’t be able to keep her on the straight and narrow. So he’s pleasantly surp ...
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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Left Alive Featured
John Hill is eager for the day when he will be with the love of his life Katie. Katie Williams lives with her parents out of town and they had just got engaged. However, the world is changing. The government no longer recognizes marriage as we know it. Marriage has been deemed a failed experiment. However, this doesn’t deter John. John is determined to make his way to Katie and marry her, regardle ...
The Anti-Semite Next Door Featured
Zachary Blake is overjoyed to attend the bar-mitzvah of Josh Cooper, his friend Rich’s son. But Josh’s special day is interrupted when a terrorist bomb explodes in the temple. Josh disappears during the melee. City police determine that Cooper’s neighbor, Chip Ellis, is also missing. The bomb is homemade, the motive is unclear, but because it’s a Jewish temple, the police believe this might be a h ...
Shee McQueen Mystery Thrillers 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.
The Shee McQueen series is a wildly entertaining, wholly unique tour de force of action, psychological drama, and wit from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling a ...
The Man Who Came Back 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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Blunt Force Trauma Featured
An innocent man doesn't run, he fights. Adam Cash wants to be a deputy in his hometown of Pinyon, Texas. The sheriff won't hire him. Furious at the rejection, Cash launches a long-shot campaign for sheriff, only to lose the election in a landslide. When the sheriff turns up dead the evidence fingers Cash as the killer. In a desperate search for the real culprit, Cash uncovers a sinister plo ...
AESOP Featured
Dive into the AESOP espionage thriller series and meet your new favorite heroine. Fast-paced, heart-pounding, and packed with action—prepare to be hooked. Top operative Matti Baker is on a mission to protect America from high-level threats. With unwavering loyalty and determination, she navigates through assignments that, on the surface, appear to have no connection. But as her concern grows about ...
The War No One Wanted Featured
No one wants war. But no nation has the guts to stop it. Alex Coleman had a chance to end World War III before it started...instead, he lost an unwinnable battle. Now, he finally has command of his own submarine, but USS Jimmy Carter is old enough to drink, his crew is a few beers short of a six pack, and no one—particularly the admiral who hates him—expects him to make a difference. It doesn’t he ...
The Secret Featured
The reclusive life of former homicide detective Brenda Corrino has suddenly leaped from post-traumatic stress disorder recovery to something much more interesting. Murder! Her ex-partner was investigating the bizarre murder of a college student when he inadvertently let his guard down and now, he remains comatose in a hospital. She investigates as she tries to come to terms with being raped and ne ...
Shee McQueen lives in her father’s hotel for ex-military mercenaries. Life is never easy...and never boring.
Bounty hunter Shee and her second-chance love / ex-Navy SEAL, Mason Connolly, are sent to the middle of Florida to protect the family of a retiring small-town drug lord, only to find the man’s dead wife on her way out on a gurney. When the “accident” feels more like murder a ...
The Girl Who Saw the Truth Featured
A thriller from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant.
The team at the Loggerhead Inn—the perfect family of troubled mercenaries searching for redemption—are left to pick up the pieces after their leader's murder.
Shee and Mason go undercover to investigate who's using a local port for nefarious dealings. After a shark-ravaged body washes ashore ...
How do you escape a man who believes he owns you? Sophie Steele’s life is ruled by fear. Her husband, Ben Steele, tracks her phone, her bank accounts, her every move. His position as part-owner of a successful surveillance and investigations company gives full rein to his controlling instincts. When Ben allows Sophie and their son, Benji, to travel interstate to visit family without him, she ...
The Leap Featured
Unthinkable . . . impossible . . . unstoppable Six months ago, Sean had everything. Now she has nothing but her private detective work, one client with a missing husband, and a growing body count. All of the victims live in the same luxurious building as the missing husband. All of them have some connection with Pierce Sangstrom, the megacorp whose systems power every computer in the world ...
Whiteout Featured
A holiday weekend in an isolated cabin with your distant wife, your overbearing business partner and the partner’s alcoholic wife is bad enough. Add in a freak winter storm, no power, and two killers, and it can be murder!
Gillespie Field Groove Featured
When nurse and fledgling pilot Lucinda Rhodes hires guitar-playing private detective Rolly Waters to track down a Stratocaster guitar owned by her deceased father, Rolly is thrilled to take on her case, especially when he learns the guitar’s original owner may have been Jimi Hendrix. But Gerry Rhodes’s reckless personal history leads to more questions than Rolly and Lucinda have bargained for, as ...
Game of Fear Featured
Ambitious high school senior, Abbie Cooper, is determined to become a brilliant neurosurgeon one day. She just needs to be admitted into Princeton, the Ivy League university of her dreams. But someone is threatening to expose her dark secret—the secret that could get her expelled from her elite private school and ruin her chances of getting into Princeton. Competition to get into the Ivy League ...
Widow Sarah Johnson struggled to pick up the pieces after her life was ripped apart. After two years of grieving, she's found contentment in her thriving business as photographer to Hollywood's A-list and in raising her angel-faced daughter, Kylee... until bodyguard and long-time friend Ethan Cooke changes everything with a searing moonlight kiss. Sarah's world turns upside down as she struggles w ...
Lies and secrets destroyed Kayla’s family. Her quest to find the truth could turn deadly. After a savage attack at the hands of a masked murderer, Kayla Walsh’s life will never be the same. As if witness protection weren’t enough of a challenge, she needs constant support and struggles with day-to-day self-care. Martin Daniels wants to keep the tragic results of his childhood as a foster kid burie ...
A covert operative is ready for a new life outside of international espionage. But her enemies are far from willing to let her go…
Breathtaking suspense unraveling at train-wreck speed, in an unforgettable collection. Sometimes the only way to do the right thing is to break the rules. Love, Lies, and Murder is a collection of 19 short stories that explore the extremes of human emotion and the conflicts that result. Every story will leave you tense and breathless as the characters race to a conclusion that is as unexpected as ...
Whose secret is a motive for murder? Sandra is murdered while working late at the office and the investigation drives Detective Elliot crazy because everyone has secrets. Ian is trying to hide illicit activities, Henry has a darker, hidden side, George needs money and will make it any way he can, Nathan wants escape from a mundane existence, Brody seeks power and respect, and Brooke wants to ...
HE SAVES OTHERS FROM THEIR TROUBLES. WHO WILL SAVE HIM? Bus driver Rory Fine has a gift. He can take troubles from others with merely a touch. On a rain-swept night he asks his glum passengers to leave their worrisome emotions in his palm. But when he touches one passenger's hand everything he knows about troubles keeping is shattered. Somebody aboard hides a deadly and dangerous secret. What bega ...
A sleight of hand. A trick up the sleeve. A call for the dead. It’s all part of the game in this twisty tale by the bestselling author of After Alice Fell. Maud Price was once a celebrated child medium, a true believer in lifting the veil between the living and the dead. Now penniless, her guiding spirit gone, the so-called “Maid of Light” is desperate to regain her reputation—but doing so means p ...
When fires start cropping up on the Gold Coast, it’s Detective Erika Lawson’s job to put a stop to them. Erika hunts the arsonist, piecing together the clues he’s left behind. But the more she learns, the more she realises the boy she’s looking for is not who she expected. Meanwhile, TJ is in over his head. Weak, anxious and self loathing, his teenage frustrations have only one outlet: fire. But s ...
Today is the perfect day to die. Bernard is the type of man that accomplishes all that he sets out to—and easily. He's intelligent, hardworking, and completely unfamiliar with failure. His only complaint—the singular source of the inner anger bubbling within him—is that no one else in the world recognizes that. It's time to force them to. Bernard's had enough. Enough of the complete absence of res ...
Stolen artifacts, a missing anthropologist and a tenacious amateur sleuth. American art history student Zelda Richardson is back and embroiled in another exciting art-related mystery! This time she's working at an anthropology museum in Amsterdam on an exhibition of artifacts from the Asmat region of Papua – the same area where a famous American anthropologist disappeared in 1961. When the anthrop ...
The making of a serial killer to love...
Quick-witted and wise beyond her years, Dani Woodbury is a girl determined to prove her worth.
But first, she must adapt to a new home with a dark secret.
Dani has lost count of how many foster homes she's lived in, and at last, she has a chance at a family of her own. Her foster mother cherishes her, but her fost ...
“Your best friend can be your worst enemy” Three inmates break out of a maximum-security prison in Texas, one of them Danny Marsh, a suburban man in his twenties who landed in jail because of a crime he never intended to commit. An American Cage, a “tale of convicts on the run that convincingly examines their psychological states” (Kirkus Reviews), follows Danny and his two escape partners over a ...
An heiress who can’t seem to keep her legs closed. A Russian plan for dominating the space race. An assassin with a penchant for rich food and sadistic murder. When you’re alone in the cold, passion and betrayal are commodities and love hangs on by an icy thread. From the author of The Bone Church and Cold, comes a white knuckle tour de force of Cold War noir.
Sheriff Peter Holbrook leads a simple life watching over the residents of Nowhere, Kansas, where the most noteworthy crimes are dognappings and brawls at the local tavern. He’s always had an inherent fear of the gray – the yearly spring storms that plague the area. As the gray descends on Nowhere, a mysterious woman crashes her car just outside city limits. The tattooed stranger may not remember w ...
An Impossible Promise...A Remarkable Discovery...A Decision for Mankind... When Ryan Webster is summoned to a Miami hospice by his dying grandfather, he knows his hero's life is about to end. A renowned zoologist and founder of the world's most famous primate park, his grandfather tells Ryan about a remarkable species of monkey kept secret by the Webster men since their discovery in 1926, the year ...
Robin Curtis and her son Paul have come to Devil Creek to start over after her bitter divorce. Also new to the area is Mike Landware, a writer haunted by the death of his wife. Neither of them is looking for love or trouble, but in Devil Creek, it's possible they'll find both. At first Devil Creek seems like an idyllic small town, but it's not long until things begin to go horribly wrong. A young ...
A new husband, a new town, a new job-- Claire O'Connell Whitney expected moving was going to be an adventure. But in one mystifying, horrifying morning, adventure turns to disaster and she finds herself accused of murder! Now she is unable to explain the unexplainable, even to herself.
North and South Korea are on a collision course with the prospect of reigniting war! If 1LT Sam Harper can't defeat the rogue general's forces, his friends and new Ranger family will be destroyed. Sam, a surfing engineer, tries to fit in on his new job. His team identifies security vulnerabilities in a top-secret lab in Seoul. Meanwhile, his CIA ex-girlfriend complicates his life with her spy prio ...
The party of the year in the rural Virginia countryside turns into a day of horror as the enemies of Alex's grandfather, Congressman Adam Patrick Lee, bring the war to his Virginia estate killing, maiming and destroying every thing in their path.
Are dreams mere fantasy, or are they real? When Mary Parker finds a magic book everything in her life changes. As she reads, she dreams, and the woman sunk in depression after her mother’s death is transformed to a vibrant beauty. She gives the book and the phenomenon a name, 'falling awake’. The book seems to twist others to act out of character too. Joe’s usually dour father turns visionary and ...
A wannabe private eye with a love of film noir and detective fiction.
A rich, attractive femme fatale.
A missing husband.
A rollicking ride to a dark and daring ending.
Reed Ferguson’s first case is a daring adventure, complete with a dose of film noir, and a lot of humor. With a great supporting cast of the Goofball Brothers, Reed’s not too bright neighbo ...
Winner of the 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical. Until she discovers the truth of her sister’s death, no one will rest in peace. New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after falling four stories from a steep-pitched roof. Officially: an accident. Confidentially: suic ...
When the plans to a new device that could change the course of world politics forever is stolen, every country goes looking. It’s going to be a free-for-all.
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He’s haunted by the memory of a kidnapping case gone wrong… Not wanting history to repeat itself, Detective Matt Brady struggles to solve the disappearances of seven young women, but he quickly finds himself pitted against a criminal organization that knows as much about police procedure as he does—an organization that will do whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of him. His troubles are compo ...
It’s the year 2150, and despite America having crumbled into a poverty-stricken dictatorship, no one dares question the leadership of President Caine. No one, but 16-year-old orphan, Jennifer Wolfe. In a desperate attempt to save her siblings from Caine's slave labor camps, Jen stumbles upon a horrifying Government secret that could end his oppressive regime. She knows that exposing the President ...
Jackson wants to sing. A billionaire hears God speaking. A seductress has her own agenda. Jackson Fullerton III is one of the best quartet baritones and music arrangers in Southern Gospel music. His downfall? Getting bored and quitting after a year or two with a quartet. Now, no group will hire him. Jackson’s fortune changes when Vicky Valure comes along. She is gorgeous, sexy, and smart. Even bet ...
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 involved. Or a girl. And when the girl's husband shows up, Lenny is in way deeper than he ever wanted. It ...
Just when Abby and her family think things are finally turning around, Delphine has the last laugh—literally. With enemies new and old coming out of the woodwork, it’s hard to know who’s friend or foe. Abby and Liz become trapped in a merry-go-round of illusions while Delphine becomes stronger. Abby, along with her family and friends, must find and secure the talisman before it’s too late. Witches ...
When you’re an international spy, who said dying was easy?
Yigdal-Ben-Le ...
Years ago, my brother—The Lancaster Slasher—covered our hometown in blood.
I won't let it happen again.
Riding high after her latest arrest and promotion in sight, Erin Hastings is plunged back to reality with her first serial killer case—in her hometown. Reminders of her brother’s murders plague her nightmares. Haunted by the similarities between the two cases—beautiful women, ...
He has to catch a serial murderer who knows his deadly secret. A year after a cunning serial killer slaughtered Detective Hudson's daughter, Liz, a man named Ed Roth confesses to the murder to an informant. For some reason, Hudson is convinced Roth is lying. Why did Roth confess to a murder he didn't commit? What's his agenda? Is Hudson wrong about Roth? When another woman is killed the same way a ...
Rex Dalton, the former black ops field agent, and his best friend, Digger, the former military dog, are exploring the remarkable history of Peru when they befriend a retired American couple. The couple invites them to join their expedition to a remote village high up in the Andes Mountains to inspect an archaeological site in which they want to invest. But on arrival in the village, it doesn’t tak ...
When a sheriff’s investigation into the murder of a prison inmate is stymied at every turn, she realizes that members of her own force and the county prosecutor are helping to torpedo her efforts. She steers the victim’s parents to Tony Valenti and his partners, hoping to leverage the machinery of a wrongful death lawsuit to get to the bottom of what really happened. Determined to bring the killer ...
"An action-packed medical suspense that kept one guessing..."
Major Jack Bass, MD is a mix of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and Marcus Welby.
In the first book of the Jack Bass Black Cloud Chronicles series, In the Line of Ire, Jack finds himself the target of blazing hatred from his commanding officer who blames Jack for his own failings. The commander makes Jack a scapegoat of his malicious ...
Fire Eyes is a W.H. Smith First Novel Award finalist. "A dynamite Read"--Andreas Schroeder, author of The Eleventh Commandment The book reviews are in! "Fire Eyes is a taut psychological thriller with literary overtones, a very contemporary terrorist romance." -- Globe and Mail "On the whole, this tale is plenty haunting. To put it simply, there is some very good writing here." -- Alberta Report " ...
Nature or nurture? Which tips the balance between normal and misfit? For ten-year-old Michael Romanov, hammered constantly by his older brother, when does enough bullying cross the line to too much? How many insults can he take as both parents look the other way--and even laugh at his sensitivity? Smart, cute, charismatic, Michael finally strikes back. In a moment of retaliation, he commits an act ...
What if there is a second world, unseen, but right alongside the everyday one we know – a dark, hidden world that controls the darkest deeds of humanity? It’s an evil world, breeding individuals who commit only the vilest of atrocities. Could a single, seemingly harmless, incident open the door to that hidden world and unleash an unimaginable horror, having the ability to destroy mankind?
A one night stand can’t possibly mean forever… Detective Jared Manning met his match at a bar. After a night of passion, she flees his bed without so much as a note. Problem is, now he can’t find her. Kindergarten teacher, Melody Nash doesn’t do one night stands. Embarrassment gets the best of her and she lies about her name. When they collide at her school, Mel resists his pull. She won’t risk he ...
An Antarctic research team discovers a perfectly machined gold canister, 2500 feet below the surface of the ice. There are strange, and unrecognizable markings on the canister. How did it get there, and where did it come from? It is sent back to a research center in the U.S. where it is opened in an environmentally controlled room. Inside are six human embryos, and even more shocking is the discov ...
A murdered metal sculptor. A Russian mobster on the hunt. Can a talented PI outsmart a vindictive killer who has her in his crosshairs?
Private investigator Angelina Bonaparte can barely contain her excitement. Thrilled to reunite with her detective boyfriend after an obligatory embargo of several years, she’s preparing every detail for his return. But she’s forced to put passion on t ...
Commander Alex Coleman is no hero. Just ask him. It’s 2037 and Alex is one more disobeyed order away from kissing his naval career goodbye. He used to be high speed, the kind of officer on the fast track to submarine command. Then he threw it all away trying to save a few civilian lives from his glory hungry commanding officer. No pain no gain, right? Alex isn’t sorry he did the right thing bu ...
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. The bodies are piling up, and he's getting closer to his number one target: Xandy. Only her death will ...
A ship wreck-- Dozens of bodies washed ashore-- Clear evidence that evil has made port in London. The horrific case piques the interest of P.I. Lorne Simpkins. It doesn't take long before Lorne learns that young, helpless women are being caged and sold to the wealthy and salacious. Old wounds are wrenched open when she suspects a cover-up by the very authorities that should be keeping lawful order ...
When a stroll down memory lane becomes a rush for the exit. Shattered by the death of his wife, Doyle Mere returns to San Francisco, his wife's home town and the city he used to know and love. He plans to settle into Haight-Ashbury and write a memoir, believing that if he can clarify the past it will lead to a more certain future. But when Doyle is robbed — twice in one day — he realiz ...
Satisfying one's greed can come at a devilishly high cost. Achieving what you crave can also bring the terrifying fear of losing it. For Alexa Wainwright, this truth has become her nightmare. Born Gladys Lipschitz, the daughter of an unwed Soviet-era Jewish immigrant, she was beyond thrilled and amazed when her debut novel, A Foregone Conclusion, soared to number one on the bestseller’s list and b ...
Domestic violence and alcoholism stalked three generations of the Byrne family, with Colin the latest victim. A successful Oregon winemaker who survived a near-fatal beating as a child, Byrne is a man possessed with learning why his father tried to kill him for no apparent reason 50 years before. After discovering a 100-year-old family secret that haunted generations, Byrne flies into a rage, prom ...
My Gran used to say, “There are times when the only way out is a lead pill.” These are stories when things got that bad. A Lead Pill is the second collection of short stories from a HARD PLACE. Stories of loneliness and betrayal, of false hope and shattered dreams, of gifts and regrets, of love and accidental kindness. Each story follows separate paths that lead to the understanding that sometimes ...
Who shot Lucy Watson’s estranged brother, the popular high school teacher who brought snacks for the staff and volunteered to help troubled students? When Lucy Watson returns to her hometown in New Hampshire to bury her brother, she learns law enforcement is looking into several suspects. But soon the search for the killer grows intensely personal for Lucy. The police discover a fierce argument oc ...
Jake Travis tackles the mission of his life, and fulfills his hearts deepest desire, when he finally uncovers the fate of his sister. She was abducted from a Florida motel when they were both children. The "Matilda" case was never solved. "This heart racing thriller is just dripping with style." Florida Weekly The man who was once the primary suspect has washed up on a beach near Jake's home. He p ...
he only thing to save two old friends from death may also be what kills them. Mr. Peters is a successful business owner. Other than dealing with a recent rash of break-ins, he lives a very satisfying life. That was until a childhood friend and brilliant scientist paid him a visit. While the two friends had a troubled past, not speaking for ten years, the reunion was a happy one. That happine ...
“Marisa peered down the stairs, toward the street, at the sidewalk. Her sister and her daughter had been there just a moment before. They should have been staring back up at her, waving, smiling. But they were gone.” --Robin Patchen, award winning author of Finding Amanda and Convenient Lies About TWISTED LIES: She thought they’d never find her… Marisa Vega’s life as an adoptive mom in a tiny Mexi ...
There are traps you can't escape.
When Ryan Jacobs asks to join the Faction, he finds himself trapped in a situation which keeps getting worse. He needs to escape fast, or they will own him forever. But how can he fight an invisible enemy?
You shouldn't have to solve problems like these when you're only twelve. But you shouldn't have to solve problems like these a ...
The gay 1890s aren’t always. Gay, that is. Sometimes life is dangerous. In 1896, there aren’t many career choices for a young lady. China Bohannon has fled one bad situation and is looking to start her life over as a strong, independent woman in the wild and woolly town of Spokane, Washington. The trouble is, convincing Gratton Doyle to take her seriously as a bookkeeper is hard enough, and when i ...
Until tragedy scuttled her dreams, Christina Davenport had been training to become a magician like her father. On her twenty-fifth birthday, a mysterious present reawakens her interest. A pop into the local magic store captures the attention of a charming street performer, who hires her as his assistant. Christina has no desire to make a career out of holding some guy’s props, but Reynaldo t ...
From Book 1: What a great murder mystery plot! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Fantastic book. Sudden twists that will leave you totally surprised. Loved it! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Would you save your daughters killer?
When Evie Butterworth faces every parents nightmare, the death of her daughter, the police are brought in to determine whether it was murder or manslaughter.
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A collection of short stories, "A Therapeutic Death", blends mystery, crime, noir, and comedy. The pace is fast. The work mixes micro-fiction with longer pieces. This book is a heartfelt examination of life after war, while remaining a page-turningly-fun read. The violence is raw. The comedy is laugh-out-loud funny. The prose is tight and well-constructed. This entertaining collection will leave t ...
When Angela’s lover, Lucius, returns from a long absence and finds her pregnant with his child, his rage causes her to evade his grasp and run for her life. One by one, people she trusts betray her. Even her church doesn’t provide her sanctuary. Angela realizes the maze of deceit around her extends farther than she could have ever imagined. Is she doomed or can she escape Lucius’s henchmen?
She fought to leave her past behind her, but for Charlotte, there is no escape. New Orleans Homicide Detective, Charlotte Pierce, was on the hunt for a sadistic serial killer who was known for slicing his prey, when she nearly became his ninth victim. In an effort to leave her past behind her, she walked away from her profession to start a new life, until a copycat killer hit too close to home. No ...
Patrick Hanford’s award winning, best-selling series continues in the highly anticipated sequel to The Creation of Marla Adams. DEA Agent Crosby Adams is brain dead and doctors have no hope for recovery. Special Agent Marla Adams is determined to bring her husband Crosby back to life, for her own sake, but also for Crosby’s testimony against the shooter, possibly a member of a Mexican drug cart ...
When a man plunges to his death from a high rise building in San Francisco the city’s streets are brought to a standstill. Why had he been holding a young girl on the ledge with a knife to her throat? Did he fall or did the shock of the bullet that ripped his shoulder apart kill him? Why had made this otherwise, peaceful, family man snap? Did the answers to these questions die with him?