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Sunflowers & Scorched Earth: The History of American Vigilante Expression and The Found Works of B.L. Ashburn

by Locke Wood

Ben Ashburn was violently ripped from his bed one fateful night, his naked body trembling amidst the heart-wrenching cries of his beloved. He had no recollection of how or why he ended up imprisoned. The next 20 years of his life bogged down in an inferno of torment, humiliation, and blind justice, wiping him off his Earth's surface and his family's memory. Now a free man, vengeance consumes Ben's every waking moment, as the city and the only father he knew steeped in greed and venality. The R... more

The Esmeralda Goodbye

by Corey Lynn Fayman

In the sleepy seaside town of La Jolla, California, rookie cop Jake Stirling saves renowned author Raymond Chandler from committing suicide. Jake’s decisive action earns the respect of his hard-nosed captain, Wade Lennox, who served on the force with Jake’s father, a detective whose career was destroyed by the scandalous, still unsolved Creeper case. Jake and his family have pulled together to deal with their father’s self-destruction, but teenaged brother Danny’s rebelliousness threatens their ... more

Shitamachi Scam

by Michael Pronko

After the suspicious deaths of a seventy-something woman and a student recluse, Detective Hiroshi tracks a gang of scammers. Hiroshi teams up with Detective Ishii from the women’s crime task force, and together, they search for who’s been ripping off retirees in shitamachi, the old part of Tokyo. With his personal life on hold (almost), Hiroshi finds out who’s behind the scams and who’s behind the scammers—and who will kill for more than the scams.

Embers of Shadow

by Lloyd Jeffries

After the brazen attack on Israel, the Antichrist’s shadow grows.

Rhyme Carter faces the fight of her life to escape the clutches of her evil husband, the FBI, and a secret society hellbent on world domination.

Emery Merrick watches in horror as the Antichrist launches an international coup that changes the course of humanity forever.

In a race against time, Book III in the superlative, award-winning Ages of Malice series continues the saga of ... more

One Icy Night: 30th Anniversary of the '94 Delta Ice Storm Edition

by W.A. Pepper

Rook’s on the run in the most dangerous storm in decades. When a brush with the law goes from bad to worse, can she escape druggies, crazies, and killers? Abandoned by her now-ex-boyfriend at a dive bar in the middle of nowhere, the last thing resilient Rook Kellum needs is the local sheriff confiscating her I.D. when one phone call could expose her true identity and the reason she is on the run from the law. So when she’s trapped by a deadly ice storm that destroys the Mississippi Delta, the... more

Two Degrees: A Climate Change Novel

by William Michael Ried

Dan Lazaro lobbies for big oil in DC but lives in the Texas Hill Country. His firm funnels money to a senator to defeat a methane bill, as he is seduced by the senator’s aide and a flash flood washes away his home along with his wife and daughter. Guilt brings on aquaphobia. He tries to keep working but becomes convinced his work made the flood worse, that he has been promoting greed over the public good. His brother-in-law introduces him to eco-activists, who exploit his grief and... more

BELLADONNA, Bitter Conduct

by L.M. Jorden

BELLADONNA Bitter Conduct, a 1935 Mystery Voyage

An Italian opera star spouts strange verses and collapses during the final act of Romeo and Juliet. Dr. Josephine Reva is in the audience and rushes to render aid. She believes the soprano was poisoned by Belladonna, a plant with deadly black berries, but her botanical expertise tells her there’s something more.

Meanwhile, the Chief Detective uncovers fascist plots to overthrow President Franklin... more

The Crooked Queen

by Daniel A. Crane

The Murder of a Queen Lacey Papparin, a law school dropout turned private investigator, is on assignment in Lisbon when she stumbles into a mystery involving the murder of a fourteenth century noblewoman depicted in a work of art that has disappeared along with a man claiming to be its owner. Working with the disappeared man's daughter, Lacey must study the secrets of Portugal's traditional azulejo art form while dodging sinister forces bent on preventing her from uncovering the truth. Wit... more

Murder Not Quite Buried

by Murray Moffatt

Shane Daniels is a disabled former police officer who lives in the Ontario city of Brantford and now works as an investigator for a lawyer. The lawyer, Jason Burke, asks Shane to review the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a woman seven years ago before her husband receives a huge life insurance payment. But the discovery of the bodies of a woman and a young child, partially buried in a wooded area near Shane's hometown brings shocking family news for Shane and sends him looking f... more

Fade into the Night: Philly Heat Series, #5

by Becky Flade

A man dedicated to unmasking monsters. The woman who gives faces to the lost. Neither can see the evil hiding in plain sight. FBI Special Agent Noah Danes’ investigation into The Beltway Romeo brings him to Philadelphia and leads to a chance encounter with an old friend. Forensic facial reconstructionist Sadie Potter. She hasn’t seen Noah since the sentencing of her mother's murderer four years earlier. Seeing one another in a new light, they both dare to hope for more. But before they c... more

Spy Girls

by Joanna Vander Vlugt

A CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered, and the Law Society is scrutinizing Jade Thyme’s conduct. Jade’s life can’t get much worse until she is coerced into finding an elusive double agent. Tangled in lies and political agendas, high speed chases and sticky bombs, can Jade outplay a dangerous Hungarian assassin before her own life is terminated?

Dealer's Child

by Joanna Vander Vlugt

Jade Thyme must delve into her mother’s free-spirited past if she wants to prove her father was murdered and hadn’t died from a cocaine overdose. Legislative Clerk Adam Younghusband gives Jade damning evidence regarding the island’s once feared drug dealer, Oscar Cooper. Immediately Jade and Sage are targets as they uncover generations of dealers, while hiding from an arsonist determined to destroy them. Is it all connected? From a ghost appearing on the picnic table to the possessed type... more

Village of Chance: Supernatural Murder Mystery: Book 1

by James Lowery

Detective Jack Kelly hunts for a serial killer in a small village founded two-centuries ago. A sixteen-year-old teenager is found murdered. The serial killer murders two other village residents. There are several suspects, but an evildoer keeps impeding the detective’s investigation. A psychic, a paranormal cat, and a sorceress help the Detective to soar to the ultimate battle of good versus evil, spawning a Ring of Fire eclipse and an enormous storm creating a tornado of millions of swirling bl... more

Wedding Bandits

by Oswald Black

After Angie Robertson’s new husband disappears with over $200,000 in wedding gifts and a brand new 911 Porsche convertible, her gangster father makes it his mission to seek retribution. Alongside him is Angie’s brother and heir to the Robertson empire, Sebastian, who, like his father, is eager to enact a swift revenge. Meanwhile, the missing groom and his team of con artists speed along the southwestern coast, searching for the next town and rich, lonely girl they could scam out of a couple hun... more

Burned Out and Bled Dry

by Meredith Jacobowitz

Burned Out and Bled Dry is a murder mystery that follows Tyler, a stressed out, workaholic young associate at a large law firm whose career goals come into jeopardy when she discovers her boss Kevin's corpse in the trunk of her car and becomes involved in the subsequent murder investigation. After discovering Kevin's body, Tyler worries that reporting her discovery and fielding police questions would take too much time away from her work, not to mention that being involved in her boss' murde... more

Spygirls

by Joanna Vandervlugt

A CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered, and the Law Society is scrutinizing Jade Thyme’s conduct. Jade’s life can’t get much worse until she is coerced into finding an elusive double agent. Tangled in lies and political agendas, high speed chases and sticky bombs, can Jade outplay a dangerous Russian assassin before her own life is terminated?

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