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Secrets pervade Barbara O’Leary’s life. Who is her biological father? What caused her beautiful and troubled birth mother’s death? Is the terrorist Ahmed her half-brother? How did Barbara consort with her mentor to outmaneuver a corpo-rate rival? Why did she accept the assignment to Chad and that subsequent peri-lous journey followed by the international political intrigue? These personal and professional secrets, buried throughout her life, collide as Barbara pursues person-al fulfillment and h... more

Lily Torrence

by Fred Andersen

This is a tale of classic Hollywood told with 21st Century perspective. Therefore call girl-turned -starlet Lily Torrence shoots pimp-turned-talent agent Marty Nuco not because she’s crazed and vindictive, but because she’s fighting for her freedom, standing up for herself . . . and vindictive. Nuco, the blackmailer and exploiter, is not a heartless Zachary Scott cad but a family man involved in a hopeless love triangle with a married woman. And the sleuth of the piece, Lyman Wilbur, is not a re... more

Sailing the Gates of Hell

by R.H. Johnson

Elissa Bancroft is kidnapped from a luxury cruise ship while sailing Alaska’s Inside Passage. She’s at the mercy of ruthless human traffickers, and the odds of rescuing her grow worse by the minute. Pete Nazareth and Tara Gimble, now working as special agents for U.S. President Roland Armstrong, will do whatever it takes to keep the young woman from joining the ranks of the world’s thirty-five million slaves. This sixth adventure in the series includes war with North Korea, spies in high places,... more

The Big Job: A Stella Reynolds Mystery (The Stella Reynolds Mystery Book 5)

by Libby Kirsch

A high-profile murder case. A resourceful reporter. And a story nobody else can get. TV reporter Stella Reynolds lands in Palm Springs, California to cover the trial of a man accused of killing his business partner in cold blood. He’s adamant he didn’t do it, and Stella gets a credible tip, off the record, that he’s telling the truth. Now she’s on the clock to unmask the real killer before the jury returns a verdict. A new source is pumping Stella full of exclusive information, can she tru... more

The Redhead is Dead

by Chris Ingram

Think of a female Sherlock Holmes, but instead of Dr. Watson, Donna Rand depends on her platonic friend and neighbor, a painter named Charles, for feedback and support. Instead of Scotland Yard, she has the manpower of a major market TV news department to further her investigations. Her cat, Boomer, and transsexual neighbor, Dolores, round out her family. Instead of a seven-percent solution, she takes the edge off with a couple of hits from a joint and a glass of Chilean Chardonnay on the roofto... more

Me, the World, and a Dog Named Steve: The Mini-Expeditions

by Wayne Cotes

After a 27-year career in law enforcement and a 30-year military career, Jerod Grey was looking forward to retirement, just after this next adventure. Jerod and his dog, Steve, join members of the Adventurers' Club as they hunt for the lost treasure of Spanish Conquistador Juan Julio De Sonya Ramirez, protect an original Salvador Dali painting, track down an ancient Sumerian tome, and try and figure out how to turn the Adventurers' Club into a Non-profit Organization.

Gone Viral (A Miles Stevens Novel Book 3)

by D.R. Shoultz

It has been months since Miles Stevens, a time traveling CIA agent for the Department of Historic Intervention (DHI), has seen his former partner, Terri King.

Upon returning from his most recent assignment, Miles learns Terri and her new partner, Dr. James Brock, have been transported from 2050 and their offices in Langley, Virginia to thwart a bioterrorist assault on the 2032 Olympic Games in Sydney. A genetically altered chimera virus was used in the devastating September 1st attack, ... more

A Reflection of Sophie Beaumont

by L M Barrett

An easy reading, guilty pleasure book with a twist. Set across Bristol, London and Birmingham (UK). A highly entertaining, racy, fast paced book that you won't be able to put down. When a devastated Richard Beaumont returns home one evening to find out that his beautiful, happy wife Sophie has committed suicide it sends him on a journey to unravel the mystery of why someone with a seemingly perfect life would do such a thing. He discovers deep and dark secrets from her past and present tha... more

Fallen Five

by Erica Spindler

Descended from an ancient race, Earth’s few remaining Lightkeepers battle the forces of darkness that threaten humanity... Detectives Micki Dare and Zach Harris are called in to investigate when a millionaire developer leaps from atop his luxury hotel on the night of its grand opening. After Micki receives a mysterious package from her long-dead mentor, and Zach suspects something supernatural working against them, they realize this is no ordinary case. A dark force is once again threateni... more

Isabella's Painting

by Ellen Butler

Peeling back layers of lies could save a masterpiece…or reveal a killer. After a long week lobbying on Capitol Hill, all Karina Cardinal wants to do is chill with Netflix and her boyfriend, Patrick Dunne. Instead, she’s slipping her aching feet into red stilettos for his parents’ annual holiday bash. When she accidentally interrupts Patrick’s father in his study, her embarrassment is tempered by suspicion that Martin Dunne and his dapper, secretive guest are hiding something. Maybe the pa... more

The Bethune Murals a novel

by Tony Holtzman

Two true events underlie The Bethune Murals: Dr. Norman Bethune drew a mural when he was a patient at the Trudeau tuberculosis Sanatorium in 1927; data on asbestos toxicity were stolen from a research laboratory affiliated with the Sanatorium in 1953. Bethune declared himself a Communist in 1938. In the novel, a central question is whether Bethune, and a student nurse who modeled for the mural, were Communists in 1927. An FBI agent makes several visits to the Sanatorium and attempts to link a sc... more

The Downing Street Plot: An Agent's Revenge

by Gillian Morris

There's a professional killer gunning for Britain's Prime Minister, and it’s up to MI5 Director Spencer Hall and a top CIA agent, Jack Stein to stop him. They go way back, so when Stein tells Hall there's a plot against the Prime Minister, he knows it's legit—and isn’t the least bit surprised to learn the KGB's behind it. The killer may be a current or ex-British agent, meaning Hall and Stein must put together their own close-knit team to crack the case.

Hidden Treasures: A Pinx Video Mystery

by Marshall Thornton

It’s about a dress. A valuable blue sequined dress worn by a famed actress in a film from the 1940s. For some reason everyone thinks video storeowner Noah Valentine has it. Which might not be a big deal except that it’s connected to the murder of a prominent Hollywood costumer. In the second of the Pinx Video Mysteries, Noah attempts to solve the mystery of the dress. To do so, he must confront a legendary film icon Wilma Wanderly, hunky police Detective Javier O’Shea, the dowager Queen of Wa... more

Desert Jade:A Letty Valdez Mystery

by C.J. Shane

Tucson private investigator and Iraq War vet Letty Valdez joins forces with an unlikely ally, Chinese cop Zhou LiangWei, who has been sent on the advice of Interpol to southern Arizona to investigate Hong Kong Triad gangsters bent on infiltrating the Mexico-U.S. borderlands. Together Letty and Zhou work to find and free three abducted young women. Reviewers have said of Desert Jade, "I couldn't put this book down. I had to know what happens next," and "I was very entertained by this story. While... more

Deep Zero

by V.S. Kemanis

It’s one a.m. Do you know where your teenagers are? Prosecutor Dana Hargrove makes it a point to know. But one night, in the dead of winter, she should have known more.

In February 2009, Dana is the newly-elected district attorney of a suburban county north of Manhattan, where she lives with her husband, attorney Evan Goodhue, and their two teenage children. The Great Recession has seen a rise in substance abuse and domestic violence. It’s also the era of bu... more

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