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A Message in Poison: A Dr. Lily Robinson Novel

by BJ Magnani

Sparks fly as Dr. Lily Robinson, the brilliant academic pathologist and covert assassin for the U.S. Government, investigates two seemingly unrelated deaths alongside her lover, Agent Jean Paul Marchand, and D.C. Medical Examiner Dr. Logan Pelletier. A U.S. Senator and the president of a developing nation are found dead in their beds. As governments thousands of miles apart react to the fallout and begin their investigations, no one claims responsibility, and no motives are clear. Yet, the caus... more

Mouse Trap: A Clay Wolfe / Port Essex Mystery

by Matthew Cost

Summer on the coast of Maine can be an idyllic time. That is, until Wolfe and Baker are hired to find who tried to steal a mouse. What starts out as innocuous as a fireman saving a cat from a tree quickly morphs into something far deadlier. Johnson Laboratories is involved with genome editing on mice in an attempt to eradicate diseases including cancer. But it seems that somebody else has designs on the technology of altering traits within living organisms. Clay and his colorful group of cohorts... more

The Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys

by MICHAEL STEWART

In Antarctica, the cold part, Belle Vail does not know she is an emulator. Not yet. Instead this callused deep core driller is too busy falling in love in the most romantic spot on earth. They will find her here though. It is the first place they look.

A.A. McCoy was lucky enough to discover a pattern in the trees. Now he is locked up. They will kill McCoy when they get it out of him. The location of the seventh key.

They are The Smiths, a faction started 900 years ago by Saint Ma... more

MURDER AT THE OLYMPIAD

by james gilbert

Synopsis: An American tourist is murdered in a Mexican gay sauna, and Amanda Pennyworth, the American consul to Puerto Vallarta, risks her career and her life to find the culprit. Amanda Pennyworth works with a junior officer of the Tourist Police in search of suspects in the secretive underworld of a beautiful resort. When a young Mexican boy is arrested on flimsy evidence, Amanda is convinced it is a terrible mistake. But no one is willing to listen to her: not the arrogant chief of police;... more

Once Upon A Crime

by Nolon King

Once upon a time, the Grimms’ fairy tales taught lessons. Now, the Grimm Reaper does. New detective Chelsea Sullivan is partnered with a maverick famous for closing cases and infamous for how he does it. He has a target on his back and a chip on his shoulder. Not exactly how she hoped to kick off her first homicide case. Jim McPherson doesn’t mind showing an up-and-comer the ropes, but he does mind when she keeps putting herself in harm’s way. Especially since her innocence is exactly the ... more

The Thresher Ghost

by Spencer Compton

Los Angeles, 1962.

Dr. Wiley McCoy has a successful medical practice, movie-star good looks, and a substance abuse problem. When a young woman dies on his operating table, his life and career are destroyed.

Romulo DaVinci is a conniving Voodoo shaman with supernatural powers to resurrect the dead.

The disgraced doctor and the medical adventurer are thrown together on a gonzo journey through the seminal events of the 1960’s including the JFK assassinat... more

The Boy in the Barn

by Ciana Stone

Their childhood was dominated by pain and fear. They escaped the darkness at first chance, but darkness is a beast that doesn't let go easily, and now it's found them. It will be a battle that will threaten their lives and souls. The time to fight is almost at hand and this time, they can't run.

The Long Shadow on the Stage

by Nichole Heydenburg

Jackson Birkman has the perfect life: the lead role on the popular detective show "Dispatching David," millions of adoring fans, celebrity status, and a beautiful girlfriend. After five seasons, "Dispatching David" has just been canceled. With the final episode quickly approaching, Jackson is worried about more than just his future acting career. His... more

The Opus Dictum

by Gary McAvoy

In 1982, Roberto Calvi, known as “God’s Banker,” was discovered hanging under London’s Blackfriars Bridge. What wasn’t found was the briefcase he was known to have had with him the night before, reportedly stuffed with explosive documents blackmailing some of the most powerful people in Italy, and perhaps more. When the briefcase mysteriously reappears in the Vatican Archives, Father Michael Dominic and his team—Hana, Marco, Karl, Lukas, the feisty Pauline nun Sister Teri, and Dominic’s new... more

China Invades Taiwan

by Ted Halstead

After China launches its attack on Taiwan, America will respond. But how far will the US go to keep Taiwan out of Beijing’s control? America will have to use its bases in Japan. Will Japan be ready for involvement in combat for the first time since WWII? Russia wants to make money selling equipment, weapons and fuel to the Chinese war machine. But if China wins in Taiwan, will it stop there? Or will it begin to eye the over 4,000 kilometer long border it shares with Russia? China’s invasion o... more

The DrugTech Trilogy

by Marcel Victor Sahade

Book 1: Spellbound - The Workings of DrugTech A clandestine pharmaceutical company will stop at nothing in its quest for power and profit. When Benjamin Jones, an average university science student with girl-problems, is secretly given access to the breathtaking breakthroughs of DrugTech by his parents, his life will never be the same. Meanwhile, William Hunter Barrister-at-Law has never lost a case in his 15 years of practice. But things are not as they seem as his work-experience stud... more

Star Revelations

by Steven Terry

Get their attention before it's too late... The Quiet War has begun...

In this explosive thriller that resonates with today’s news, we follow Diana Willis, acclaimed journalist and media celebrity, on her quest for truth after a mysterious helicopter crash sends her down a maze of misdirection and murderous intrigue. Surviving the crash, she awakens from a coma to be haunted by recurring dreams that reveal a strange past life and repressed memories from a... more

Murder in Santa Barbara

by Dean C. Ferraro

One of the top trial attorneys in the state, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Rizzetti prosecutes crime in the scenic, coastal town of Santa Barbara. He's successfully tried several murder cases, all without a scratch. Suddenly, in preparing a simple misdemeanor case for trial, everything changes. At the eleventh hour, the defendant's trial date gets postponed by a murder, seemingly unrelated to the case. Or is it? After Josh suspects there is a connection between his case and the murder, he d... more

The Death of Me

by Carolyn M Bowen

The Death of Me

By Carolyn M. Bowen

The protagonist has a family history of secrets and espionage from their part in taking down corrupt companies and individuals. He leaves their haven to keep his ventures from leading tracks to them. His passion was research and the funding of initiatives to combat climate change and nuclear war, two of the reasons the dooms day clock registered seconds to midnight.

The Italian family estate h... more

Finding Faith

by Claudia Terry Pemberton

Raised by devoted and loving parents, Faith Fanelli has been a devout Christian for all of her twenty-eight years. Trusting God is not only a concept for her, but also a way of life. But Faith is about to learn how profoundly life can change in the blink of an eye. One cold January night after she is abducted by a stranger in the dark parking lot outside a hair salon, Faith is subjected to living a fifty-hour nightmare. Never has she dreamed that such evil existed in the worl... more

Angel Boy

by Kelly Jones

Dana Pierson has invited Mia Antonelli, the grand-niece of her friend Father Giovanni Borelli, to stay with her while the girl attends high school in Boston. As Dana, a reporter for the Globe, settles the Italian teen into her new life, she is caught up in the excitement and horror of a potential story after a series of fires in local Catholic churches. Joining forces with the State Fire Marshal, Ryan Kelly, Dana sets out to determine who is responsible, unaware that Mia and her new friend, Meag... more

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