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That'll Be The Day: A Power Pop Heist

by S.W. Lauden

Jackson Sharp is a former guitar player fresh out of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He’s on a mission to settle the score with his dead beat dad, but needs to collect some cash from his younger brother and former bandmate, Jamie. He finds Jamie at his struggling Tulsa record shop, but the cash is long gone. Jamie offers up a heist instead—steal a rare copy of a pre-Beatles 45 from a wealthy collector in Memphis. The road trip that follows is the violent family/band reunion that Jackson never w... more

Beyond Control

by Lawrence Verigin

As the stunning conclusion to the multiple award-winning “Dark Seed” trilogy, Beyond Control is a fast-paced, high concept novel of suspense and intrigue. Nick Barnes and his companions are back to confront the men who are behind the far-reaching plot targeted against Earth’s entire population. Nick’s team have been discredited and their lives are in danger as they are hunted by the agents of the Club. But the scheme is imploding, and now threatens even the people behind its design. The genet... more

The Black Widows

by Artisan Book Reviews & Promotion

Another great mystery from bestselling author, Jane Finch! What makes a woman kill the man she has loved? Three women from different backgrounds, brought together by their determination to make a fortune from their unsuspecting husbands. Carefully selected, the men are lured into the widow’s trap, completely beguiled, until their ultimate disposal. The women meet regularly to discuss their progress and compare notes on new methods of termination. It seems they are invincible. A journey back in t... more

Primed For Revenge

by Carolyn Bowen

Practicing law in a large partnership, Sydney Jones was primed for making partner. Then her life turned upside down after a disagreement with her boss at Birdman & Birdman. Leaving the office, she was swiftly kidnapped and taken to her assailants’ hideaway, beaten, and raped. With no memory of whom she was put her at a disadvantage with her captors. Through gritted teeth, she promised a day of repercussions for their actions while mentally visualizing her revenge. Warned by her assailants ... more

The Horseman's Word

by Erica Obey

It is July of 1865, and, in Saratoga Springs, everyone wants to put the war behind them. Yet, Rose Adair cannot forget Lane Fallon, the Englishman she last saw dragged off to be hanged as a Confederate spy. When Fallon is pulled from Congress Spring, after apparently having killed a man over the same smuggled artifact that killed her father, Rose is forced to decide who she can really trust.

HPD

by Michael Connick

A small-town police officer sacrifices everything in his life for his job, while pursuing a murderer no believes can be caught. Ethan Miller fulfills a lifelong dream and becomes a police officer in Huntington, WV, a hardscrabble Appalachian city that will become known as the "overdose capital of America". There he spends years attempting to bring a murderer to justice no one believes can be caught. He sacrifices his marriage, his happiness, and sometimes even his sanity for the job he altern... more

Burying the Lede

by Joseph LeValley

A horrific double murder in small town Iowa leads to the arrest and trial of a young man who owned the murder weapon. Tony Harrington, a reporter for the local daily paper, doesn’t believe the man is guilty. His search for the truth sparks a chain of events with tragic consequences. Undaunted, Tony pushes on, risking everything to uncover the most important facts – the story’s true “lede.” But even Tony can’t imagine the magnitude of the evil he’s facing or the true purpose behind the crimes th... more

Hey You, Pretty Face (Jack Rutherford and Amanda Lacey Book 6)

by Linda Coles

An abandoned infant. Three victims stolen in the night. Can one overworked detective find the connection to save them all?

London, 1999. Short-staffed during Christmas week, Detective Jack Rutherford can’t afford to spend time on the couch with his beloved wife. With a skeleton staff, he’s forced to handle a deserted infant and a trio of missing girls almost single-handedly. Despite the overload, Jack has a sneaking suspicion that the baby and the abductions... more

Shadow Crimes

by E.J. Moran

The year is 1978 and NYC has become a place of moral decay. A recently discovered fashion model signed by modeling agent, Natasha Burns, has been murdered. Who preys on the women of Natasha Burns’s agency? Is it the seedy movie producer, a drug-addicted photographer, or the handsome male model? In an industry where women are seen as objects to be used and discarded, anyone could be responsible.

Lost to the World

by Libby Sternberg

Ten years after the end of World War II, Detective Sean Reilly finds no peace. His wife is gone, he has to raise two boys on his own and solve a complicated new case: the murder of a researcher at the Johns Hopkins polio research labs on the eve of the famous vaccine trials that will save so many children while leaving current polio victims lost to the world. Although fiction, this book also explores the conspiracy theories (some anti-Semitic) surrounding the release of the polio vaccine, an... more

The Vengeance Squad Goes To Germany

by Sidney W. Frost

Sometimes a man must break a promise to keep one … Chris McCowan vowed to love, honor, serve, and protect Angela, but she’s gone missing. Long silences aren’t unusual for the MI6 agent, but something feels different this time. He remembers his promise to never look for her if she disappears, but that doesn’t stop the worry. When the cyber security guru stumbles across a clue, he’s forced to choose which promise to keep. Desperate to find his wife, Chris activates the Vengeance Squad and heads... more

The Girl in my Mirror

by Gina Karasek

Derry has almost everything she could ever want. She’s doing well in college, her best friend Sarah is her roommate, she has a very close family with a little sister whom she adores, and the guy she’s had a crush on all semester is finally starting to notice her. But one morning after having a nightmare, she finds out that the pet cat she has loved since she was a child is really just a stuffed animal, and everyone except her has known it all along. Sarah - a psych major - helps her to unders... more

Adrian's Revenge

by Marilyn Alcorn Alcorn

"ADRIAN'S REVENGE" a Christian suspense thriller; and historical tale that tells of a true American Hero, a professional football player; and of true love's lost; and yet of a future renewed!

"... once again, as it was in the beginning when Adam first knew Eve, a man child would be born. Yes, Jonny knew already in his heart of all hearts that God had allowed his seed to bring forth a child. And that perhaps long after he was no longer that the child wo... more

Murder Music, a YA Mystery-Thriller

by Michael Baldwin

Murder Music is a mystery-thriller for anyone who enjoys mayhem, music, and romance. Join Missy McKean, beautiful teen virtuoso who plays a haunted violin; Missy’s genius jazz mentor, Tiger Blakely; a demonic drug kingpin who wants Tiger very dead; Tiger’s dog, Bix, a canine Einstein; a mysterious red-haired Indian from outer space; and a bevy of craven killers on a crazy cross country jazz road trip that can only end in death and disaster.

Journey Through Chaos: The Valley

by Ward Williams

After concealing their true financial instability to the world for a decade, the Chinese government implodes, triggering severe global economic crises and panic. Rioting, chaos, and ultimately anarchy breaks out in the U.S. as it experiences the sudden and complete collapse of banks, stock markets, and all major business enterprises twice as bad as the Great Depression. One man anticipates this chaos and prepares a journey to a safe haven in a valley just two hundred miles away. The rapid disint... more

The Condor and the Hippo

by Larry Raymond

Surrounded by the lush landscape and societal problems facing many Africans today, this thriller follows Kelvin Kantu and the path leading him from good works toward violence.Each day, hundreds of tribal people migrate into the degradation, squalor, and disease of city slums, and dozens die young. As Deputy Minister for Zambia's tribes, Kelvin proposes installing solar panels for the electricity, internet, and jobs to keep them in their rural villages. But politicians block his funding and ... more

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