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The Last Symphony

by Tonia Lalousi

Who is more likely to commit a crime?

Someone who was forced to leave the top?

Someone who is looking to reach the top?

Or someone who is afraid of being at the top?

Criminologist Peter Deligiannis is called to investigate the murder of a prominent politician's daughter. Her father tries to find the truth in the lie. Her brother tries to hide the lie in the truth. Α leading Russian composer comes to the fore as the main suspect.

A crime... more

Arrowed

by Avery Daniels

It all began when a dying man with an arrow in his chest grabs her ankle. During a heat wave at a Santa Fe resort, Julienne has the resort owner pressuring her to solve the murder. The victim is a high profile business man who made enemies rather than friends, leaving Julienne with a roster of suspects. She was supposed to be training the staff and spending quality time with Mason rather than investigating a murder. The heat turns up when an old girlfriend of Mason's checks in and is determined... more

Killer Cocktail

by David M. Hamlin

Chicago TV reporter Emily Winter is drawn into a complicated and challenging investigation when a women's health clinic is destroyed and a cherished member of the clinic's staff is killed. While her skill, talent and contacts lead her to many likely suspects -- anti-abortion activists, a wealthy donor to that cause, a disgruntled former clinic employee, a real estate broker -- she also encounters stone walls and silence. As her investigation moves slowly forward, Emily relies on her husband Ben ... more

Southside Gothic

by J. E. Staab

Jordan Alonzo Bell is twenty-three, brilliant, and a phenom concerning undercover work. During an assignment for the NYPD, a botched raid compromises him and lands him back home in Pittsburgh in a position with the Pennsylvania Department of Investigation. There, he must prove himself to senior agent Mike DeLuca while battling the psychological trauma from the horrific events in New York, which have made him the target of a crime boss. Mike and Jordan clash but need to learn to work together w... more

They All Fall Down

by Steven F Freeman

Childhood's worst nightmare... Abelardo Molina, rising star of the infamous Los Zetas cartel, launches an effort to create an unlikely criminal alliance, a super-syndicate bent on exploiting the lucrative world of human trafficking. To avoid detection, Molina arranges the assassination of Phil Cranston, lead FBI cartel analyst…and colleague of Mallory Blackwell. When Mallory and husband Alton begin tracking down the perpetrators, they soon uncover an international child sex trafficking rac... more

A High Price for Justice

by Wendy-Ann Diaz

The story of a lynching mob gone wrong…. Andre Jackson stops on a highway to help an apparently injured motorist, but is instead brutally beaten and then hunted by the Last Disciples, a Ku Klux Klan splinter group. Recovering from the encounter, Andre Jackson disguises himself as a Caucasian to infiltrate the hate group and uncover the identities of the men who injured him. After he learns his primary attacker, Andrew McCarthy, was coerced into participating in the group after they threatened hi... more

Killin' Floor Blues: A Music & Murder Mystery

by Paul Martin

In the depths of the Great Depression, father and son musicologists John and Alan Lomax make several eye-opening—at times menacing—journeys through the Jim Crow South. Assigned to record pioneer blues artists for the Library of Congress, they visit plantations and penitentiaries, rural crossroads and bustling cities. During their travels, they encounter a series of bizarre killings. Among the victims are country blues giants Charley Patton and Robert Johnson, along with singers Ma Rainey and Bes... more

A Cloud Can Weigh A Million Pounds

by A.D. Stephenson

A feeling of lethargy during a cup semi final soon develops into something more sinister for Claston Celts star, Paddy McAlpin. A random drug test post match soon reveals more than he could ever have expected and sets him on a dangerous journey to discover the truth.In this thrilling and humorous tale we follow the arrogant and talented Paddy McAlpin as he searches for the truth behind the attempt on his life, taking him back to his ignored, if not forgotten roots in Claston's slums, before sett... more

Sanibel Bones

by R.H. Johnson

Big trouble comes to paradise when people begin disappearing on beautiful Sanibel Island.

You Have Your Way

by E. Vernon F. Glenn

The adventures of trial lawyer Eddie Terrell continue. His professional life is prospering. His personal life is a dumpster fire. Usually racing to the prize fight, Eddie comes to the realization that he needs to beat a hasty retreat from the enticing flames and recalibrate on his own impulsive and subjective terms. Wishing to expand his professional interests by accomplishing something on the darker side, Eddie decides to head an investment scheme with a promising payoff. Of course, the... more

Intimate Relations, A Finn O'Brien Crime Thriller

by Rebecca Forster

A domestic disturbance brings Finn O'Brien to an abandoned brewery on the frayed edges of the City of Angeles. Inside is a bizarre gathering of Los Angeles elites, a man in a rage, and a young woman beaten to death. As he hunts a killer, Finn finds himself in a surreal world where art and science create strange bedfellows, money and desire birth shameful descendants, and the deadliest relationships of all are the most intimate.

Gramble Street

by L.S. Blackwell

She was after the truth ... Now the truth is after her!

When news anchor Nicole Portman gets doors slammed on her research from an intriguing tip, she boldly takes a roving crew into a U.S. Customs department and dangles the rumored connection of a powerful California senator. The report is politically electrifying and her station’s ratings soar, however, instead of praises, within hours of airing, she is suspended from her job.

Out-of-work and out for the t... more

Killing Your Best Friend

by Valda Taurus

Tammy Bartow is wrestling with another bout of insomnia when she glances out her bedroom window and sees a shadow creeping along the cold Alaskan ground near her neighbor’s yard. Ever since her neighbor Marta Gray, married Alexander (Ax), an ex-con who has already served time for murder, fear has hung over the neighborhood like a dark cloud. But as Tammy eventually returns to bed, she has no idea that in a few hours, she will learn a murder has taken place in her neighbor’s barn. After Marta... more

Sniper: A Detective Al Warner Novel

by George A. Bernstein

A deadly sniper is killing people in groups of three. Miami Detective Al Warner hates senseless murder, but the second set of targets provides several possible motives. One victim is brain dead but alive, reliant on life support. The FBI ID’s the shooter as The Shadow, an elusive, nameless contract killer they’ve hunted for two decades.

Charles Seagrave and his lover, Kim, are on a desperate search for a rare blood type liver donor for his nephew, Hunter, who only has months... more

Fate of the Unwilling

by Amy Lee

What if you woke in a damp forest naked, bruised, and unable to remember your life—your name? Would you trust the deaf stranger whose embrace feels familiar? Or the cop who speaks to you like you’ve committed a crime? Silas offered a guest room. He even agreed to call her Daphne. But that’s not her name. She's three-thousand-miles away from home, and he doesn't believe in coincidences. Keeping an eye on her is the only way to protect his secrets and conceal their connection until he can deter... more

Goddess Of Justice

by mickey mikkelson

Goddess of Justice A series of seemingly unrelated deaths have occurred around the city. When one is an obvious homicide, Detective Brad Coulter gets the case. Coulter has barely started investigating when more murders take place. It is clear that the killer not only understands Crime Scene Unit protocols but also has special forces military skills—or training in some sort of Tactical Unit. During the investigation, Detective Coulter realizes he has a connection to some of the victims. Th... more

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