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Mortgage and Mayhem

by Carol Ayer

Mother-daughter real estate agents Autumn and Sierra find themselves involved in a murder investigation when Autumn's best friend stands accused of the crime.

Riders in Disguise is the first book in a trilogy that takes a broad look at the most influential decade in South Florida's history through the prism of four individuals: Rig Lopez-Campbell, a Liberty City middle-schooler whose father's been recently incarcerated; Tommy Munoz, a Pedro Pan survivor dragged into the violent world of cocaine trafficking; Tina Pacheco, a freelance photographer turned journalist after capturing images of the '79 Dadeland Mall Massacre; and Ralph Williams, a homicide ... more

Bring the Night

by J.R. Sanders

When an oddball sister and brother hire him to find out if their father's suicide was suicide, private investigator Nate Ross figures he's in for an easy job. That is, until he discovers that the evidence doesn't add up and the cops - who are strangely cooperative - have rubber-stamped the case and filed it away. Soon Nate's dealing with crooks on the lam, dodging local bigwigs and shady lawyers, and chasing a clear-cut case of murder. Meanwhile, he wrestles with a conflict of interest as he'... more

The Serpent’s Teeth

by Stephen Kronwith

Detective Jane Rieger-Franklin, her wife, Anna, and their two adopted daughters live in an idyllic world, in stark contrast to the nearby Kings, a family whose long history of mutual enmity reads like a Greek tragedy.

When someone murders matriarch Emma, suspects abound, but as the detective investigates, the Kings’ mutual animosity tears at her psyche, inciting old fears and bringing new ones to the surface. And as the investigation proceeds, what were tiny cracks in the Franklin... more

Bayou Venom

by J.J. Cagney

When Ash stumbled upon her potential boss’s lifeless body in New Orleans’ murky swamps, she knew nothing would ever be the same. With a long list of suspects and a web of secrets lurking in the bayou, Ash will need all her cunning and intellect to unravel the truth and catch the killer before they strike again—or her newest nemeses at the NOPD find a way to pin the murder on her. Danger lurks around every corner, and Ash must stay one step ahead of a killer who seems willing to hurt anyone to m... more

The Unexpected Hostage

by Allison McKenzie

Nothing in her life has been stable since Tess’s beloved fiancé Kyle died in a tragic accident. She’s spent the past year hell-bent on outrunning her grief, jetting between high-stakes meetings and the rock clubs where she can disappear. Avoiding her pain was working—almost—until she and her colleagues are taken hostage by a violent Eastern European terrorist group. With no means to escape her captors, Tess and fellow captive Mark must rely on one another to survive. Together, they’ll risk t... more

Lorelei

by Kit Derrick

Trent has been in a living nightmare for two years since the accidental death of his beloved girlfriend. What was once a tragedy has become a terrifying descent into his own mind, as a seductive spirit torments and blames him in his dreams, and hallucinations start to take over his waking hours. With his mental and emotional stability on the brink of collapse, Trent must decide if he's willing to cross the line between reality and madness - even if it means taking one more life. Will Trent be ab... more

Two for the Money

by Steve Zettler

What happens when millions in cold cash evaporates into thin air? And the only people aware of its disappearance are a collection of misfits, bunglers and crooked CIA agents? And the one person on earth who knows exactly where that cash is located is a legless, ex-Navy SEAL, confined to a wheelchair. It’s an icy Christmas Day in Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love. Sam Christie has come to South Philly to visit the grave of a former Secret Service Agent, Pete Macaluso. Drive into town, place s... more

Second Chance Killer

by Bradley Cornish

Damon Faulkner is trapped in a nightmare he can't escape. A lifelong struggle with sleepwalking lands him in the middle of a murder investigation - and he's the main suspect. Despite having no memory of the crime, Damon fights for his life against a drunken detective determined to close his one-hundredth career case. As Damon awaits trial, he discovers unsettling secrets about Jekyll Island's past and realizes he may have been set up. He must stay awake to clear his name before it's too l... more

The Recordings

by Kyle Zona

Joseph Bailey—recently fired after a student-scandal—moves to Baxtor Springs, hoping to publish a novel unlike his previous textbooks. After a massive explosion claimed hundreds of lives in Baxtor Springs, Joseph feels inspired to use the tragedy in his writing. But would it be malicious to write about the victims as an outsider? Alone in his smart home, Joseph asks his Home Device to play a record—but his words are misinterpreted. Instead, the Home Device plays the recording of a murder, a r... more

Border Sands

by Math Bird

ONE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY. ONE BRUTAL MURDER. On a sweltering August Bank Holiday in 1983, the town of Mabon Pryce’s childhood home had much to celebrate - until tragedy struck with the brutal murder of local beauty Mary Reece. Haunted by the darkness that shrouds the small town, Investigative reporter Mab returns for the funeral and finds himself drawn into the mystery of Mary’s death. As he begins to piece together the events that led to Mary’s death, he realizes that the truth is far m... more

Break My Bones

by Michelle Ian

A secret never to be shared. A killer seeking vengeance. Is his nightmarish fiction about to become a bloody reality? Michael Kerrigan is delighted with his success. With his well-received suspense novels putting him on the map, the popular author trades his dark past for meet and greets with adoring fans. But his borrowed peace shatters when a friend he thought he’d buried dead in the ground long ago shows up very much alive… and hellbent on wreaking murderous havoc. Trapped in a deadly g... more

Bee Conspiracy

by David Boito

As concerns over food shortages grow amid massive honeybee die-offs, an LAPD cop and a Special Agent for US Fish and Wildlife investigate a sociopath kindling mass hysteria to profit from the extermination of biological bees.

Gracie's Deal

by Larry Enright

Everyone’s got a deal. Gracie’s is complicated, but then everything is complicated in the quaint little college town of Holbright. Gracie was born there and has lived there all her life. That makes her a townie, and at any bastion of education atop a holy hill in the middle of nowhere worth its salt, that merits her little more than a look of disdain down a better-than-thou nose. It doesn't matter that she more or less graduated from there or that her father is the college physician. It doesn’t ... more

The Spirits of South Drive

by Caroline Kaiser

When antiques appraiser Virginia Blythe finds a murdered woman in the art studio of a gloomy mansion, she’s stunned to realize that she recognizes the victim. Who would have strangled eccentric but harmless Alice Aberfoyle, and why? Virginia’s boss, George Schlegel, and Detective Joe Hanratty are determined to find the killer, but the investigation is going nowhere. Then Virginia meets a quartet of frustrated ghosts who attended an art class in the studio in 1928 and still gather there to this d... more

Ghost Witness

by Jason L Melendez

Ghost Witness follows the sole witness to a murder, a young woman haunted by what she’s seen; only she’s seen it in her dreams and has written it off as just an unwelcome recurring nightmare. Everything changes when she meets the mysterious and irresistibly attractive new tenant of the house where her nightmare takes place, and she begins to suspect that his adopted four-year-old niece’s disturbing claims of seeing ghosts in her room are related. Meanwhile, those be... more

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