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ECHOWAVE

by Joe Joyce

June 1941. An American plane crashes in the west of Ireland.

Its cargo of booze, cigarettes and caviar destined for the US embassy in London includes a piece of secret military hardware of great interest to the Germans.

The device disappears from the wreckage. Paul Duggan, a young Irish military intelligence officer still pining for a beautiful Austrian-Jewish refugee who has moved on to a new life in New York, sets out to find it before the Germans do.

Meanwhile, the United... more

The Gay Detective

by Kenneth D. Michaels

Nick Scott’s TV talk show, The Gay Detective, looks like a big hit, that is, until his first guest ends up murdered. Nick, also a gay Detective with the Chicago Police Department, and his older, straight partner Detective Norm Malone work together to stop this heinous killer tagged The Reaper. This odd couple faces both personal and professional conflict as this suspenseful noir thriller races to a surprise conclusion that leaves Nick and Norm battling for their lives.

Picking up Pennies

by J. D. Wellander

Lucie and Avalon have just finished school, and it’s time for summer break. They are ready for three months of fun and adventure. Little do they know, danger is about to spoil their plans. In their small town (where everybody knows everybody), three crimes shock the neighborhood and set everyone on edge.**First, there is a liquor store robbery, followed quickly by an act of arson. In both of these cases, the criminal is brought to justice. It’s none other than Bob Harden, a known villain and mis... more

Chef Maurice and the Wrath of Grapes

by J.A. Lang

In the rarefied world of wine collecting, murder isn’t exactly a barrel of laughs… An invitation to dinner at the home of renowned wine collector Sir William Burton-Trent soon finds Chef Maurice in the middle of an all-too-real murder mystery party, when Sir William is found dead in his own wine cellar. The guests are acting all innocent, but which one is only playing the part? The pushy Californian film director? The seductive French winemaker? Or could it be, against all narrative decenc... more

Travel the Wicked Road

by M. L. Sanford

Eaton Prescott’s young life, and path, was so far—well, in his words ‘lacking in everything that one could possible desire, or achieve’. Love, money, self-esteem, good looks, outgoing personality . . . well the list could go on and on. Little did he know that his path, the one that he would just as soon throw away and start over, was about to cross with a few other important ones—and something else. The ‘something else’, something wicked, he could do without, but then, do we have much choice on ... more

Red Flag

by Steve McManus

A 30-something crime blogger trails a prolific arsonist around drought-stricken 2019 Los Angeles. He quickly finds himself caught in the middle of his own story—between uncertain loyalties, unceasing competition, and a killer with a homemade flamethrower determined to crown the bone-dry mountains around LA with flames.

Daughter and the Snake: A Bedtime Story for the Intellectually Adventurous (Bedtime Stories for the Intellectually Adventurous B

by T. Maxximillian Dafoe

A woman returns to home to discover her convalescing mother has fallen prey to a dangerous predator she can't prove exists and must adapt to get along with an entity that kills to stay alive.

Sweetest Revenge

by yvonne yourkowski

The only way to stop the voices is to appease them with more blood, and he's more than capable of obliging. Detective Kaila Porter can't explain the motive of a brutal stabbing of a young woman, and it's keeping her awake at night. Time is of the essence--bodies start piling up and the murders become increasingly vicious. The worst is believed; a serial killer is on the loose, gaining confidence with every kill. As the investigation progresses, evidence begins implicating the victims' pa... more

Melody Hill

by Rick DeStefanis

Melody Hill is the exciting prequel to the award winning novel "The Gomorrah Principle." This is Duff's story as he goes off to war in Vietnam leaving behind his mother, sister and best friend Brady Nash.

Duff Coleridge has joined the military and heading to the war in Vietnam. With the instincts of a natural warrior the young paratrooper quickly proves himself a more than capable soldier and is recruited into the shadowy world of black-ops. Despite months of jungle fighti... more

Silver Lead and Dead

by James Garmisch

Ex CIA agent Evan Hernandez knows the odds of seeing a kidnaping victim again and alive, no less, is about zero. When a family friend is kidnapped in Juarez and his brother asks him to be his alibi so he can travel to pay the ransom, Evan proposes to go in his place. After all, he has nothing to lose. Perhaps through his own sacrifice he will finally find redemption. In Mexico, Evan stumbles quite literally into a conflict between an ambitious cartel leader with a desire to reshape Mexico and a ... more

The Hut in the Woods

by VLZ (vicki lee zell)

There is something in the woods along Laden Lane very sinister hidden deep within its plush greenery of forest trees and shrubs. The Laden family who lives at the end of lane has no idea what darkness surrounds their little part of Eden on earth. Carly Laden married a man she knows little about, and something strange is going on. Something's off kilter, out of sorts. When Carly's suspicions finally surface, the devastating results hurl Carly and her family into a whirlwind of frightening change.... more

Seeing Evil

by Jason Parent

Fate in plain sight. Major Crimes Detective Samantha Reilly prefers to work alone—she’s seen as a maverick, and she still struggles privately with the death of her partner. The only person who ever sees her softer side is Michael Turcotte, a teenager she’s known since she rescued him eleven years ago from the aftermath of his parents’ murder-suicide. In foster care since his parents’ death, Michael is a loner who tries to fly under the bullies’ radar, but a violent assault triggers a disturb... more

Fatal Eclipse

by Dermot Davis

It started with feelings of jealousy and like a mental virus it spread. Soon, Jonathan's mind became attacked by thoughts and images he had no control over. Even though there was no basis in fact, Jonathan couldn't help himself from an increasing paranoia that his wife was cheating on him. When he begins to test his wife's loyalty he not only alienates her from his life but puts her in harm's way. Struggling to come to terms with a buried trauma from his past, Jonathan has to solve the mystery ... more

The Dollhouse in the Crawlspace

by Ellen Byerrum

If you lost your memories, would you lose your soul? “In my memories, my eyes are always green.” After a devastating accident, a young woman finds herself recovering in a memory research facility. Her eyes are brown; her memories are broken. Years of her life are blank, yet she remembers being two very different women, one called Tennyson, the other Marissa. If she can’t trust her memories or her own eyes, who can she trust? To save her sanity and her life, she begins a secret journal betwe... more

Troubles In My Way: Immoral Sins

by Vivian Lewis

Troubles In My Way: Immoral Sins is a one-hundred sixty six page mystery, suspense and a twist of real life drama. Most often young adults dream of having an everlasting relationship with their first love. They jump through many hoops to be with that chosen one. They do not care whether it is right or wrong. At times they rush to start a family not thinking their life could change in an instance. What do you do when life hit you with a powerful punch and you never saw it coming, you were... more

The Outreach Committee: Because Marriage Can Be Murder

by C.L. Woodhams

Is murder ever justified? The ladies of the Outreach Committee say: "Yes." In L.A.’s South Bay, the Battered Women’s Escape Foundation (BWEF) shelters, counsels, and trains abused women so that they can start new lives. However, one group cannot take advantage of this haven: women of means, whose influential husbands can unearth any shelter with a single phone call. Mora Rey and Carol Ewald form the Outreach Committee to rid these women of their abusive spouses by creating “accidents” to dis... more

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