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  • In the Silence of Decay

    by Lisa Boyle
    New Mexico, 1979: After a career in the military as a CID detective, all James Pinter wants to do is drive his rig and mind his own damn business. But when his daughter, Molly, finds a dead woman behind a gas station and a disabled boy at her side, he’s forced to reckon with his former life. The state police record the death as an overdose—just another drug addict from the reservation—but James can’t ignore the clues they’re conveniently overlooking. Reluctant to get involved but fearing for... more

  • Madam Ricketts: A Story of Murder, Deceit and Dark Humor

    by D.C. Hancock
    Madam Ricketts tells the story of John Wesley, a second-generation newspaper reporter who is writing a book based on his late father’s writings and research. He interviews Maudie Ricketts, the elderly madam of a whorehouse on the Mexican border. She tells of her adventures in New England on the riverboat Lady Minerva and her travels to Arizona in Brother Tucker’s Redemption Caravan that led to her becoming the ‘white’ wife of a rich and cruel man who already had a family. She reveals the ... more

  • The Brisling Code

    by Janet Oakley
    An experienced intelligence agent at 22, Tore Haugland faces certain danger when he accepts an assignment in occupied Norway knowing that his predecessor was killed by the Gestapo only a week before. The dying agent left a mysterious message in his interruption code that London calls the “Brisling Code.” London wants Haugland to find out what it means as well as to gather information on the expansion of the U boat base in Bergen. Haugland is sent to work at a drafting office in a shipyard. His m... more

  • A Murder of Crows

    by Dharma Kelleher
    Goth tattoo artist Avery Byrne refuses to accept that her friend's death was an accident. Armed with determination and a thirst for justice, Avery dives into Phoenix, Arizona's adrenaline-fueled world of street racing and vintage hot rods looking for the real killer and vengeance.

  • To Dance With Destiny

    by W.L. Hawkin
    Twin wolves howled beneath a turquoise crescent moon, their bushy manes wild and ruffled and knotted by the winds of change. “It’s us. You over my heart, and me beside you. It’s our destiny.” In the captivating sequel of To Kill a King, ancient magic collides with modern trickery, as a gifted magician and Wicca high priest embarks on a thrilling journey, defying the boundaries of time to challenge the very fabric of destiny. This gripping urban fantasy novel follows Estrada who, armed with extr... more

  • When You Read This I'll Be Gone

    by Anne Moose
    Spurred by her husband’s infidelity, writer/college lecturer Valerie Hawthorne has a romantic encounter with a compelling stranger in a rustic river-side hotel. They agree it will be a one-time thing, but it becomes an extended nightmare when she discovers the meeting was not accidental. Her stranger has both an ax to grind and an extravagant plan to make her pay for a crime she never even knew she committed. As Valerie’s story unfolds, so does another—one more chilling than she could ever hav... more

  • Crabb

    by Robert E. Kearns
    In 1980s rural Texas, to prevent annexation by its larger neighbor, Brian Zimmerman, by straw poll is elected the Boy Mayor of Crabb. Years later he recounts his story for the narrator, where he reveals the astounding details he gleaned while at a Mayoral Conference in Paris, and how these shaped his teenage years and beyond. The former Mayor of tiny Crabb speaks of the incredible secrets, exceptional events and the people he met that know the truth. Conspiracy, Cover Up and a Shocking Conclusio... more

  • Carnivore

    by Robert E. Kearns
    From the Houston headquarters of his family-owned business, Bryce Ditloc surveys an economy that is in deep recession. Throughout the country unemployment is rife, and to satisfy his psychopathic urges Ditloc creates a vacancy in his sales department. He then invites applicants and many apply for what appears a wonderful opportunity. What they're not aware of is that Bryce Ditloc is a conniving, manipulative killer. After the disappearance of Ditloc Pharma's HR manager, detectives Beaufort and H... more

  • Freedom is For the Few

    by Robert E. Kearns
    Trevor Mitchell is the billionaire founder of an internet retailing giant. After deciding he doesn't care for the current President; with maneuvers Machiavelli would be proud of, he plots and schemes his way to the White House. Confident, manipulative, charming and without conscience, Mitchell will use anyone to achieve what he's after. And if a friend or acquaintance needs persuading, blackmail and dirty tricks are not above him. Intrigue, ruthlessness and murder are the hallmarks of a rich man... more

  • A Donnybrook Affair

    by Robert E. Kearns
    Lemuel Plant is a hard-up private investigator working out of a shabby downtown office. He's ready to quit, and is determined that his next case will be his last. Plant is visited by the beautiful Florence Joiner, who wants to collect evidence against her husband, who she alleges is having an affair with his secretary. On the job, Plant follows Harold Joiner, the managing partner of a successful firm. But he also follows his client, which leads him to the affluent suburb of Donnybrook and its ... more

  • The Blacker Death: A Bam Matthews Thriller

    by Larry Enright
    Bam Matthews, an FBI agent on his way out the door, is working the case of a drug deal gone sour when he and his partner encounter a dying man in a hotel parking garage. The man was a Belgian diplomat who it is later determined, died of Ebola. Several of the bystanders and Bam's partner are quarantined with symptoms. The Belgians send a representative to arrange for the disposition of the diplomat's remains. Bam, currently without a partner and on his higher-up’s shit list, is assigned to chauff... more

  • Cornero's Gold

    by Greenleaf Book Group
    Chasing more than treasure... Travel back to the sun-soaked streets of 1970s California in this lighthearted, slice-of-life detective novel. Thirty-five years have passed since the SS Rex, a popular gambling destination for the citizens of LA, owned by the equally popular Tony Cornero, was robbed for a million dollars, a treasure that was then lost in the Santa Monica Bay. When part-time private investigator Kit O’Banion is called in on a new case for his detective father, what should have be... more

  • Deceptive Calm

    by Patricia Skipper
    Deceptive Calm starts with declared Martial Law in South Carolina. In 1968, two American legends are felled by assassins, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, In the South, it was a tough time to be Black. Against this backdrop, Vanessa, a light-skinned beauty is raised in a Catholic Orphanage for Blacks. After the death of the nun who reared her and a back-alley abortion, Vanessa changes her race and assumes the identity of a dead White Baby. Her charmed life abruptly ends w... more

  • 2053

    by Steven F. Freeman
    The perfect baby is only an appointment away… It’s the year 2053, when wealthy couples visit designer-baby companies to create the perfect child. Ex-cop Finnegan Cooper is hired to investigate the unexplained failure of one couple’s embryos at Melgen, the world’s premier designer-baby consultancy. When his client dies the next day in a suspicious car accident, Finn fears the client’s widow will be the next target. Determined to save her, Finn plunges into the shadowy world of genetic engin... more

  • For the Love of Maggie O'Die

    by Cle Curbo
    Simon Silibus is unflinchingly devoted to Ryger Deacon's comatose body, planning to give Ryger a new life, but the law and the Trackers are after Simon. After leaving Ryger at Heavenly Hospice, Simon borrows a memory pearl from old friend Maggie O’Die, head of All Bio. He catches a late evening’s flight to Arizona, intending to disappear into the desert below the Mogollon Rim, where he hopes to find the fabled old woman of the hill. Maggie sends an awakened Ryger Deacon to recover her pearl, and... more
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    Rattlesnakes Strike Twice

    by EA Mayes
    Former anthropologist Minoa Diamond is back in Santa Fe when a childhood friend, Dreema Adkins, dies of rattlesnake bite—a tragic improbable accident, or so everyone believes. Although the grieving dysfunctional family brings up memories of Minoa’s derailed adolescence, she tries to help out. Big mistake. Dreema’s violent ex- takes aim at her, the neighborhood real estate developer trades Diamondbacks in a fake ‘reptile elimination program’ and a New Age shaman hides serpent secrets behind godde... more
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