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A Ring of Truth

by Michelle Cox

In this second book of the series, Henrietta and Clive delightfully rewrite Pride and Prejudice―with a hint of mystery!

Newly engaged, Clive and Henrietta now begin the difficult task of meeting each other’s family. “Difficult” because Clive has neglected to tell Henrietta that he is in fact the heir to the Howard estate and fortune, and Henrietta has just discovered that her mother has been hiding secrets about her past as well. When Clive brings Henrietta to the fami... more

Gestation Seven: One Was Black and One Was White

by J. Stewart Willis

Two babies, found dead, in a dumpster, south of the City of Alexandria, VA, challenge a young reporter and the Alexandria Police Department. Their search leads to three government scientists who have gone rogue, conducting an unauthorized experiment to reduce the gestation period of the human race down to seven months. The experiment has gone horribly wrong producing numerous ramifications.

Big: Crisis

by Greyson Bryan

Duncan Luke is back as the head of the newly created Bingham Intelligence Group, working with the frustrating and beguiling Ghislaine Bingham. Duncan's life is thrown into crisis when his soon-to-be ex-wife threatens to move his beloved son, Sam, to San Francisco. Ghislaine faces a crisis of her own as her company's future depends on the success of an investment in a West African oil concession, a deal Duncan fears is rife with corruption. London, Paris and a tiny African island take center stag... more

False Positive

by Tom Williams

The US natural gas pipeline infrastructure is under attack. That’s what Bob McKenna, a veteran accident investigator concluded in his analysis of 20 accidents. Unconvinced, the federal authorities and natural gas pipeline management companies believed the accidents were unforeseen catastrophes. Bob understood his evidence was circumstantial, replete with conjecture and extrapolations. But, that’s the point. Could the accidents be attributed to cyber terrorism, eco-terrorism, cyber warfare,... more

Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair

by Larry Darter

When a beautiful blonde socialite, with a penchant for seduction and secrets to keep, witnesses a murder, she turns to LA private eye Ben Malone, for help. Known for playing it fast and loose with the rules, the eccentric Shamus has a decided weakness for attractive women. A vicious LA mob figure gets tossed into the mix. What else could go wrong? Maverick hero and former Hollywood Division police detective Ben Malone, from Come What May, is back in another action-packed, thrilling adventure,... more

Seed of Control

by Lawrence Verigin

Nick Barnes is back, setting off a chain of events that uncovers a conspiracy beyond moral comprehension against Earth’s entire population; save a chosen few. The scheme has taken generations to develop and it’s on the cusp of being fully implemented. Agrochemical and pharmaceutical industrialist Dr. Hendrick Schmidt and media baron Davis Lovemark lead the scheme with the unerring belief that they are the stewards of humanity and that they alone have the right to decide the fate of the masse... more

Jesse

by William Lucas

She developed the machine. It developed a mind of its own… Maggie Templeton has big plans for her future. A computer science major at NYU, she has her sights set on a lucrative career at a leading technology company. Working through the summer, Maggie designs a computer program named Jesse, an online chat bot she hopes will grab the attention of one of the tech giants working in the new field of conversational computing. But when Jesse comes online and begins predicting future events, it get... more

The Samurai

by Colin Roy

Tokyo, 2017. The spark of magic is fading slowly from the empire of the rising sun, but the powerful Samurai families still manage to hold Japan in their iron grip. When Yukiko Nagakura's ex-lover is murdered she is driven to hunt the killers. Navigating the dangerous games played by the ruling clans, every clue brings her closer to a truth in direct conflict with the Samurai's code of honour. Clouded by her own grief and anger, Yukiko's attempt to unravel the conspiracy around the murder ... more

Land of Cotton / ISBN-10:1626769982 / ISBN-13:978-1-62676-998-4

by Angela Spencer

Through the process of an unusual murder investigation, the rural Tennessee Homicide Chief of Investigation, Ron McCarthy, confronted not only many colorful characters who seemed to have reason to commit the crime, but also learned the effects of fast changing times resulting in generation clash and personal tragedies. He discovered anger and betrayal triggered vendetta, covered by Southern social niceties. He found hypocritical religious practice, and encountered anticipated or only believed as... more

Arch Patton, Down in the Valley: First Arch Patton Thriller (Volume 1)

by James Strauss

Arch Patton, middle aged CIA operative, finds himself associated with his unrequited love, Virginia and a band of Hawaiians Natives, active in the Sovereignty Movement, dedicated to protesting the possible nuclear contamination of the Islands. The adventure also provides a 'travelogue' of the Island of Oahu

Denial of Credit: Don't ask if you won't like the answer (Mike Stanhope Mysteries Book 3)

by Peter Rowlands

When the original writer backs out, journalist Mike Stanhope is happy to take on the job of ghost-writing the autobiography of a noted industry leader. But Alan Treadwell proves a tough taskmaster, and soon Mike is learning things about him that he’d rather not know. He tries to unravel what he can and can’t say, but discovers Treadwell isn’t the only one with a view on that. Mike's efforts to track down the original writer have alarming results, and concerns over his ha... more

Leah

by Dana K. Haffar

On a still summer's day on the island of Puerto Franco, darkness falls after eleven-year-old Leah wades into the sea and disappears. For days, her distraught mother Cristina and her little boy Sebastian watch the search boats scour the waters for the missing girl. Leah is not found. Sickened and devastated by the fishermen's decision to call off the search, Cristina shuts herself off in her home, convinced that Leah will return. Meanwhile, freakish weather and unexpected storms lead the islander... more

Brutal Silence

by Margaret Dardess

After narrowly escaping a seemingly random kidnapping by human traffickers while on vacation in Mexico, and then only at the death of another woman who escapes with her, Alex Harrington risks everything, including her life to find justice for the women she was unable to save. She returns home to the southern town of Dalton, North Carolina, and when another young woman seeks refuge in the free clinic she runs, she discovers that human traffickers are operating even in her own hometown. She teams... more

Cold Powder

by Karuna S

She lives in Kalimpong. Married to a successful businessman, she is attracted to his partner. Is the partner who he says he is? What does he want? Does he love her or is he using her? She is torn between the two, as she helps her husband smuggle out drugs. A tale of passion and crime, the book will leave you spellbound for more.

The Oreo File

by Carol Van Strum

Music, baseball, lost penguins, and murder grip a coastal town in the Pacific Northwest. When Molly Matthissen is arrested for the murder of an FBI agent, she is caught up in a small-town legal system that has already determined her guilt. Children and friends from her tight-knit community desperately seek the evidence that will prove her innocence, while protecting penguin climate refugees from a media circus.

Murder Finds a Home

by Winnfred Smith

John Stone is a computer guy with a knack for solving mysteries. And he’s been asked by his close friend, Elliot, to come to California and find why an employee was murdered and who done it. Stone finds himself getting bits and pieces that don’t fit anywhere. He gets clues that don’t seem like clues till another person provides the glue. In the midst of solving the murder, he finds himself colliding with women who are delicious, devious, or deadly. Suspicious police steer his progress down one-w... more

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