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Naked We Came

by Robert Lane

Jake searches for the man who abducted and killed his sister and only sibling over 30 years ago. While on a family vacation in Florida, she went to their motel room to get the book "Matilda." She was never seen again. The man who was once the primary suspect has washed up on a beach near Jake's home. He penned a confession just days before his mysterious death, admitting to killing the young girl. Jake suspects that the confession was forced and that the DNA was tainted. Jake's vengeful qu... more

End It by the Gun

by Kenechukwu Obi

Strong ambition drives Beck Blades, an aspiring writer from rural Nebraska, to become obsessed with having big Hollywood studios make movies based on his fiction stories. Taking a heavy toll on his marriage, Beck’s writing ambition soon proves hard to achieve. However, he is not a man to give up, even as rejections trail his efforts. He continues to write one fiction story after another with no breakthrough, until he writes his eleventh one, the unusual one, which grabs headlines through unex... more

Dead Money: A Jolly Lomax Mystery

by Dan Gilvezan

Private investigator and amateur magician Jolly Lomax finds himself in over his head when he’s hired by a rich widow to stop her daughter from pilfering funds from their shared bank account. The complication? The girl’s been dead for over a year and the woman believes it’s her daughter’s ghost who’s responsible for the withdrawals. Against his better judgment Jolly takes the case, little knowing that following the dead daughter's trail will lead directly to a villainous plot that may well threat... more

The Victim of the System

by Steve Hadden

Twenty-two years ago, Ike Rossi’s life was shattered when his parents were murdered in cold blood. He surrendered his football scholarship and returned home to find their killer and raise his nine-year-old sister. Now, the crime of a local ten-year-old genius, Jack Cole, threatens to unearth old wounds rather than provide the closure Ike desperately wants. When Ike meets Jack inside the Pittsburgh courthouse, he doesn’t see a murderer but instead a boy who has been victimized by a... more

Twisted Secrets

by Donna M. Zadunajsky

Craven Falls, Ohio, is a small town with twenty-eight hundred residents—a town where everyone knows almost everyone else and where nothing ever happens, until one day two children disappear.

Ashley Teodoraspends her days juggling work, school, and her five-year-old daughter, Lily. She receives a phone call from her best friend, Carla Michaels, needing her to go to Illinois to help Carla who is going through a tough time in her life. When Ashley returns home... more

The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci: An Out of Time Thriller (Out of Time Thriller Series Book 1)

by Belle Ami

In the spirit of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown comes a suspense thriller that unravels an unforgettable mystery . . .The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci by Belle Ami. Will her visions lead her to the truth? Art historian Angela Renatus is haunted by dreams of Leonardo da Vinci and a mysterious painting of Giuliano Medici and his mistress Fioretta Gorini. A painting that, as far as the world knows, doesn't exist. Compelled by her visions, Angela is determined to find out the truth. When Angela is con... more

Stripper! A Natalie McMasters Novel

by Thomas A. Burns, Jr.

Natalie McMasters is twenty, short and blonde (OK, it's bleached!), way cute, and a pre-law student at State. She's also straight, or at least she thinks so. To put herself through school, she's moonlighting as a private detective trainee at her uncle Amos Murdoch's 3M Detective Agency, where the most exciting thing she does is sit in a car. After she directly confronts a subject on a stakeout, Amos fires her for taking too many chances. Then she meets another student who bears an uncanny resemb... more

Deep Shadow: ISBN: 978-0997813227

by Nick Sullivan

In the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, something lethal is on the move. Scuba divers travel from all over the world to visit the little island of Bonaire, with its crystal-clear waters and a host of beautiful marine life. After three years in the “Diver’s Paradise”, divemaster Boone Fischer thought he’d seen it all; but on a routine afternoon dive, he spots something that will turn his tranquil life upside down. From the arid shores of the ABC Islands to the tropical jungles of Venezuel... more

The Arduous Case of the Lost Princess, A Hercules Potato Adventure

by Charlotte Easter Earl

Hercules Potato, famed detective and Belgian Griffon, sets out with his bright and sporty assistant, Tess of the Derby Villas, on what seems a straightforward case. Their purpose is to help a lost Borzoi retrace her path to her home and her true human hero before time and the forces of nature destroy the four scents that are their only clues. Their case is hounded by misadventure and peril, but they find help in unexpected quarters. Hercules Potato insists that all mysteries must be solved exclu... more

Hunting Taylor Brown

by Rhys Hagan

Outlaw bikers, rogue police, brutal gangsters and a ruthless assassin converge in the city of Shoremont to claim the bounty on Ryan Hall's head and recover the girl he rescued-Taylor Brown. Join the estranged detectives as they attempt to defy the odds by clearing Hall's name and uncover a conspiracy behind the disappearance of a child.

The Other People: This Is My Friend, My Good Friend

by Thomas Jewusiak

Two men and a woman are waiting in a large modern conference room for a fourth person who is late. They are in a bit of a panic because he has never been late before. This fourth person, as the play develops, seems to be someone of immense power upon whom they are dependent for their own authority. As each of these characters in his own way breaks down certain unpleasant truths emerge further fueling their disintegration

Taker of Lives

by Leslie Wolfe

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER

How can you outrun a killer you won’t see coming?

They are the most violent, blood-thirsty, and vicious of criminals. While hunting for them, FBI profilers call these monsters UNSUBS, short for unknown subjects of ongoing investigations. At any given time, in the United States there are more than fifty serial killers at large, preying on vulnerable, unsuspecting victims.

Until yesterday,... more

JANE'S BABY

by Chris Bauer

Whatever happened to Jane Roe's baby? Norma McCorvey, of Caddo-Comanche heritage, did not terminate the pregnancy that led her to become the anonymous plaintiff of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court women's rights case Roe v Wade because in 1971, when the motion was first argued, abortion in the U.S. was illegal. The Jane Roe real-life child would now be a woman in her late forties, the potential of her polarizing celebrity unknown to her. A religious rights splinter group has blackmailed its way i... more

Deadly Frost

by TJ Shipley

Deadly Frost is a very dark high-octane thriller about a delusional serial killer with a mission and the man who got in his way. Captain Talus Frost, (Frosty), an Air Force flyer and part-time martial arts instructor ends up fighting for his life when he interrupts hulk-sized serial killer, David Allen Zane, (Daz) in the process of kidnapping his next victim during an attack on Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. Daz is a psychopath who believes bringing death is his destiny, and gift. When Fr... more

Fast Bang Booze

by Lawrence Maddox

After seeing Frank deliver an impressive ass kicking in a bar fight, Russian mobster Popov hires him to be his driver. What Popov doesn't know is that when Frank is sober, he's inhumanly fast, deadly, and mute; when Frank is on the sauce, he's a useless twenty-something wiseass. Double-crossed in a drug deal gone bad, Frank and Popov have one night to recover their stolen cash or get wiped off the map. Frank's special abilities put him in the spotlight, and he struggles to keep it all togethe... more

Story Time with Ava

by Ann Deprés

Story Time with Ava is a collection of thirteen short, suspenseful tales written for Ann's animated youtube series also titled, "Story Time with Ava."

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