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The Penderghast Puzzle Protectors

by Julie Seedorf

The Brilliant Brothers founded Brilliant Minnesota, and then they disappeared. The residents of Brilliant didn’t know the brothers left a puzzle needing to be solved. A chain of unexpected present-day events shakes up the Penderghast neighborhood of Brilliant: Mr. Warbler hanging between floors after stepping through a hole cut in his floor by a floornapper, then a dead body in Annabelle Avery’s empty house. To the dismay of Police Chief Hank Hardy, Jezabelle Jingle and her quirky neighbors form... more

Murder in the Museum: An Edmund Decleryk Mystery

by Karen Shughart

Early one gray November morning, retired Lighthouse Cove,NY police chief, Edmund DeCleryk, finds Emily Bradford's body at the base of the bluff where the museum and historical society stands. At the same time, a break-in has been reported in the museum, and Emily's coat and purse are found hanging on a peg in the museum's gift shop. Was her death the result of a burglary gone bad or something more sinister? When the police chief is called out of town for a family emergency, he hires Ed, now work... more

Critical Cover-Up

by Margie Miklas

Allison Jamison abandoned a lucrative real estate career to become a nurse and be able to impact others’ lives during their most vulnerable times. When she accepts a job in a critical care unit at a prominent Florida hospital, corruptive practices threaten to shatter her illusions. An element of evil lurks just beneath the surface and around corners in a place typically known for saving lives. The murder of a popular surgeon, a fatal mistake in a critical care unit, and anonymous threats chall... more

The Mystery of Ruby's Port

by Rose Donovan

Spring in the Caribbean, 1935. Cruising to disaster, Ruby Dove and Fina Aubrey-Havelock face down a murderer who is slowly crossing names off the passenger list. As the SS Sanguine sets sail from the Bahamas, Ruby and Fina eagerly await the excitement promised once they dock in Trinidad. Ruby pays her way as an apprentice to a French designer and Fina tags along as a governess to a wealthy widow’s son. Ruby’s brother has also asked them to find a secret contact on board. Which passengers a... more

The Mystery of Ruby's Sugar

by Rose Donovan

Christmas, 1934. The snow lies heavy around Pauncefort Hall. Dress designers Ruby Dove and Fina Aubrey-Havelock leave behind their Oxford exams to rescue Lady Charlotte’s wardrobe. But what Lady Charlotte doesn’t know is that Ruby is on a mission—a mission to avenge her family and bring down an empire. As the weather worsens, Ruby and Fina are drawn into the intrigues of Lady Charlotte’s other guests, who include a princess, a furiously left-wing don, a West End starlet—and, it seems, a m... more

The Mind Reader

by david singer

What would you do if you could read minds? Dr Finker had no idea, but he is about to find out! The retired dentist wasn't looking for these amazing abilities. He was simply looking for a cure for a hand tremor that drove him out of his profession. After a Brazilian healer cures his ailment. Finker discovers that the ritual has given him powerful psychic abilities. Dr Finker wants to use them to advance peace and justice, but sinister operators might force him into using his powers to cause ch... more

Another One

by Tony Faggioli

A priest dying of cancer and guilt, about to make his final stand against evil. A detective, at war with himself, about to learn that the past is no place to fight your battles. A gangster, out of jail and free at last, about to find out that the greatest prison of all is a broken heart. Three men. Each about to discover that the veil between this world and the next is razor thin.

Darkness and Blood

by Steve Haberman

A former American spy, now in hiding, and his former CIA handler are on the run in Europe from governments, after they unearth damaging, top-secret information. A thriller set against a backdrop of paranoia, surveillance-infested London, whistle blowing, and high-level backstabbing at MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency.

SCABLAND

by Adam Smith

When Melissa Cohen was 18 a cruel attack ruined her dream of becoming a psychiatrist. Ever since, she’s been unwilling to commit to any relationship or career. She’s been a soldier in the Israeli army, an Israeli federal agent, a Miami police officer and a forensic photographer. Now 38, she’s a successful paparazzi photographer. For 20 years Melissa assumed her attackers didn’t know her identity. But one does. Dying from the mysterious Burning-Heart Virus, he confesses... more

To Conquer Heaven

by Felix Long

Jeremy Wang, still smarting from his fall from grace at the urging of his college roommate Brett East, has found a clue. A clue to the location of the lost Tomb of the First Emperor of China. A legendary lost treasure more amazing than King Tutankhamun's tomb. And he needs Brett's help to find it. There's just one problem ... the First Emperor was a powerful Taoist sorceror obsessed with discovering the Elixir of Life ... and he is not ... quite ... dead.

If I Scream: A mystery novel (The Ward Trilogy Book 2)

by W.H. Clark

When a malnourished woman is involved in a fatal car crash Ward's attempts to identify her falter. Suspecting the woman to be the victim of an abduction, the detective races against time to try to uncover what happened to her. And then the brutal murders start.

An End to a Silence (The Ward Trilogy Book 1)

by W.H. Clark

A twisty, fast-paced crime mystery set in small town Montana. On the brink of retirement, Newton, a detective broken by his failure to find a missing boy twenty-five years earlier, gets one last chance for redemption. With the help of his replacement, a city-hardened Texan detective called Ward, can Newton finally break the silence? Can Ward conquer his own demons?

Belfast Central

by A.K. Amherst

Belfast 1993: A nocturnal ambulance service at the Belfast Central Station almost turns deadly for the young paramedic Ryan. In the crosshairs of the IRA, he is badly wounded and wakes up in the hospital with muddled memories. The police close the case fast, leaving too many burning questions unanswered. Most importantly, who was that old man who appeared at the scene out of nowhere and saved Ryan’s life? Not fully recovered yet, Ryan begins searching for the mysterious man, only to get dragged ... more

Waiting for You

by Alan Johnson

It's been almost forty years since Cubby James and the group of close friends graduated from high school, left the small mountain town where they grew up and went in search of success and happiness. For the most part, they've achieved their goals, and are beginning to think about slowing down a little. All except Cubby. The life he dreamed about simply has eluded him. As he contemplates changes he hopes will bring happiness, he receives news that his best friend has been in a serious auto accid... more

Battlefield Taiwan

by Miranda Watson

Is it too late to stop the dominoes from falling?

Not since the US pulled out of Vietnam has the communist threat been so real.

Taiwan is at risk.

If America loses its ally in the Pacific Rim, the Chinese will be one step closer to dominating all of Asia. Japan, Thailand, the Philippines—no one will be safe from their hostile takeover.

The President must act. Force is needed, but the deployment won’t be popular. Politics ar... more

Neapolitan Sky

by James Wood

Dreams of becoming a professional writer are abruptly put on hold for college student Nica Mitchell following the unexpected death of her mother and her father’s cancer diagnosis. Forced to return home when he’s hospitalized after encountering a near death experience, Nica learns that her father has been keeping a dark secret. Something in between the stages of life and death that, when revealed, will change her life forever.

James Wood is a writer, musician... more

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