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The Musubi Murder: A Molly Barda Mystery (The Molly Barda Mysteries Book 1)

by Frankie Bow

If you're a Hawaii expatriate, a disillusioned academic, or a fan of pessimistic, snarky humor, you'll enjoy what one reviewer described as "Dorothy Parker meets Jane Smiley." Buy The Musubi Murder for the embittered, underemployed academic in your life (maybe that's you!)

The Case of the Defunct Adjunct

by Frankie Bow

When the lecherous Kent Lovely, Mahina State’s one-man hostile work environment, collapses face-first into his haupia cheesecake, the faculty retreat goes from dull to disastrous. Now Professor Molly Barda has to fight to keep an innocent out of prison—and herself off the unemployment line.

Sweet and Savage

by T.C. Winters

Annie Sweet’s nemesis is fire… The sole survivor when an arsonist destroyed her home, young Annie Sweet is plunged into the nightmarish world of unregulated foster care. When her abusive foster mother also dies in a suspicious fire, the local media dubs Annie the Vigilante Baby. That’s not who I am anymore… Years later, Annie has one goal—eradicate her past by saving other children from the horrors of abuse. But as she finds herself surrounded by flames and death once again, she realiz... more

Blue Falcon

by T.C. Winters

Devastated by her combat experiences, Grace Garcia is unable to adjust to civilian life until a wayward postcard sends her on a mission that places her in the path of Jared Cooper, the new Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix ATF. With a new job and a new daughter, Jared has no interest in a new relationship, but when seemingly unrelated events result in a dangerous threat to their lives, he offers Grace refuge. When witnesses and suspects die before they can talk, Jared becomes convinced the ... more

The Governor's Daughter: The Scribes of Brahmadhan

by Sambath Meas

Anjali Chinak, the curious-minded teenage daughter of a Cambodian detective, is shocked by the fatal rape of her Eurasian friend, Esmè Laurent, the governor’s daughter. Anjali believes the perpetrator is the same man who has wreaked havoc in other Asian countries. On a scorching April day in1920, in Siem Reap, a town of majestic Khmer ruins and opulent French-colonial edifices, Asian authorities meet to address the crisis. The multiple rapes and murders have triggered pandemonium in cities of An... more

The Day Job is Murder (McKinley Mysteries series Book 1)

by Carolyn Arnold

“The perfect beginning to what will certainly be a wonderful series.”
–Marianne Spitzer, Bestselling author

The bad guys aren't the only ones on his radar…

For Albany PD homicide detective Sean McKinley, catching killers is the easy part of his job. Working next to his beautiful partner, Sara Cain, is what’s difficult. It might have something to do with the fact that he’s fallen in love with her, tho... more

Collateral Crimes

by Jeffrey Yochim

Valdo Esposito is a hit man with a gambling problem. In need of cash, he contracts with erratic ATF Agent James Roberts for what turns out to be a gun running operation, but Roberts insists upon controlling every detail of the operation, needlessly complicating what should be a simple crime.

Jonathan Starker is a highly successful graphic novelist who needs to get to Phoenix to speak at a comic book convention, but his fear of flying forces him to find other means of tra... more

Death on Canvas

by Mary Ann Cherry

Book one of the Jessie O'Bourne art mystery series, Death on Canvas finds the artist in rural Montana, teamed up with Norwegian deputy Arvid Abrahmsen on a search for two missing Thomas Moran masterpieces worth millions. The paintings connect the cold case murder of Jessie's great aunt with the present day murder of a Native American grad student discovered in the O'Bourne family hayfield—a girl who whispers before she dies that her attacker was a cop.

Boystown 8: The Lies That Bind

by Marshall Thornton

The eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Mysteries series begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Private investigator Nick Nowak is pulled into the troubled world of freelance journalist, and all around pain-in-the-ass, Christian Baylor. When Christian can’t stop lying about the corpse in his bathroom things slip slowly out of control. Meanwhile, Nick’s relationship with former priest Joseph Biernecki takes an unexpected turn and the Federal case against Jimmy English proceeds ... more

Death Comes to Happy Acres

by JT Moss

At sixty-three, former jazz musician Wade Lovett finds himself something of a trailer park Lothario carrying on affairs with three different women. But when circumstances prompt Carol Smitzky to make a compelling case for a marriage arrangement, he agrees. The next morning he visits girlfriend number two, Peggy MacCallister, to tell her the news—and finds her lying dead on her kitchen floor. Shortly after Peggy’s death, Wade is surprised to learn that she left him guardianship of her prized cat,... more

Suicide Lake

by Ashley Fontainne

Those who have secrets… Renee Thornton is on the brink of despair, ready to take a final plunge and join the other tragic souls at the bottom of Bradford Lake—known to locals as Suicide Lake. Beneath the murky waters… Her plans change when she’s startled back to reality after a body brushes up against her from the depths below. Terrified, Renee runs away and slams into her old flame Cliff Simpson, a deputy with Whitten County Sheriff’s Department. Will stop at nothing… Strang... more

Connections

by Jacqueline Wein

When their beloved pets are threatened, a group of ordinary New Yorkers find surprising new connections.

Vile Means

by Steve Dimodica

Vile Means is an espionage thriller. It's 1999. The United States, a long time benefactor to Panama, is scheduled to return the canal to the Republic of Panama at the end of the year, so stability in the Central American country is paramount. But a wealthy Swiss financier and an Israeli Mossad officer have compelling reasons to destabilize the tiny isthmus. In an intricate plot, they enlist the help of a Bosnian war criminal who leads a series of attacks against defenseless j... more

A Wake in Chinatown (A Honolulu Private Investigator Novella Book 1)

by A.P. Pierce

Private Investigator Brad Hunter built his one-man detective agency after losing his job with the Honolulu Police Department. Most of the mysteries he investigates now are Chinatown waitresses and seedy bars in hopes of finding new thrills in life. That is until he stumbles onto two of his biggest cases in months: a missing little girl, and the murder of a prostitute.

Chasing down one lead after another in both crimes, he plays a deadly game of suspense with an alluring second grade sch... more

The Courage to Kill

by Ron Argo

A girl molested ... A father murdered … A killer on the loose … The young UC graduate went to her father’s beachside condo the night he was murdered, but she doesn’t remember shooting him. Janice Parrish had plenty reason to hate her father after recalling the horrible memories of the abuse as a child some 20 years ago. But even as she’s booked on murder charges, she knows there was someone else at his house that night. So begins Janice’s dark journey through a tortuous psychological wasteland... more

978-1329712089

by Joe Peters

When terrorists apparently strike one of Boston's Mbta transit stations during the famed St. Patrick's Day parade, the onslaught of federal and state officials turn the city into a chaotic police state. Only a veteran transit cop, jaded by his memories of growing up in the shadows of Boston's forced busing and desegregation, knows the truth: The enemy is not some international terrorist cell but the politics and hubris that continually pit the haves and have-nots against each other in one of th... more

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