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A Fate Worse Than Death

by BRITT LIND

As a homicide detective, Rosemaria Baker is known for her street smarts, her feisty personality and her ability to nail the bad guys. Being the daughter of a cop and an actress gave little Rosemaria a dichotomous view of life. Her mother was inclined to get lost in her fantasies while her father had to face the harsh realities of a world filled with murder and mayhem. Nine-year-old Rosemaria loved both her parents and admired her mother’s talent but even at a young age she felt drawn to her ... more

The Silver Star Caper. A Damien Dickens Mystery

by Phyllis Entis

After a string of arson fires drives migrant farm workers from their homes, Damien Dickens goes undercover to infiltrate the white-supremacist, neo-Nazi militia responsible for the fires and unmask the identity of their leader. Left alone to run their detective agency during Damien’s absence, Millie Dickens dives into an investigation of a local resident she suspects of being a Nazi war criminal in hiding. The action is non-stop as Damien and Millie risk their lives to eradicate the spectr... more

Revenge on a Cruel World

by Rick Clements

They rated Buffy VanderRye as one of the best Army officers in the past fifty years. She had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the age of 37. Buffy was physically strong, had a brilliant tactical mind, and was a natural leader. She also had a lover on the side. The ultimate example of an empowered woman. But then a sniper’s bullet severed her spine and put her in a wheelchair. They moved her to reserve status and her world fell apart. The attempt to rob several banks at the same time wo... more

Murder during the Antique Auction

by Denise Jaden

Some people will kill for the perfect antique. The question is… who did? When Mallory and Amber try their hand at catering their first event—an antique auction held on New Year’s Eve—they have high hopes for helping the locals ring in the new year with a little culinary decadence. But when a highly anticipated collector fails to show up and bid on a piece he’d been prattling on about for most of a year, the antique dealer is sure something is wrong. Has the collector gone missing? Or was s... more

The Sunshine Shenanigan

by John M. Whiddon

It’s the early ‘90s, and Florida’s Medicaid program is growing fast. Webb Espy, the well-loved and spirited leader of Florida’s Medicaid Regulatory Office, has inadvertently discovered that large amounts of money are being siphoned from the state’s Medicaid coffers. Those responsible are doing so for reasons far more complicated and nefarious than greed. The resulting investigation leads him and his unconventional staff into the path of a mysterious and dangerous adversary, determined to keep th... more

The DrugTech Trilogy

by Marcel Victor Sahade

Book 1: Spellbound - The Workings of DrugTech A clandestine pharmaceutical company will stop at nothing in its quest for power and profit. When Benjamin Jones, an average university science student with girl-problems, is secretly given access to the breathtaking breakthroughs of DrugTech by his parents, his life will never be the same. Meanwhile, William Hunter Barrister-at-Law has never lost a case in his 15 years of practice. But things are not as they seem as his work-experience stud... more

There's a Dead Girl in My Yard

by Angela Page and Mia Altieri

The life of Poppy, a struggling actress, is turned upside down when she witnesses the burial of an urn in her yard. Poppy gets entangled with the “dead girl,” Dalia, a Latina health guru, whose mourners show up in the yard, and whose criminal antics, ranging from Miami to New York to L.A., sent her into a witness protection program. Why does Poppy agree to mourner manage Dalia’s burial site? Dead Dalia’s fan club overwhelm Poppy with their visits, as do the dangerous signs of Dalia’s former... more

Clifford's War

by J. Denison Reed

In this page-turning suspense action novel, private investigator and military veteran Clifford Dee finds himself in deep trouble. After accepting jobs from an unrelenting local Mafia boss, Clifford is promoted from PI to hitman...without the option to refuse. His envious arch-rival will do anything to take Clifford down a peg and earn back the favor of the mob...even if it means paying the ultimate price. To find a way out of the Mafia's clutches, Clifford must make friendships and alliances in ... more

Innocent Lives

by Julie Bonn Blank

Assertive Cienna should have been able to fight off an abduction. However, even she is unable to fight two able-bodied men and the drugs that they use to get her in the back of the van. Her journey begins as she awakes, and is sold to a friendly man in a baseball hat named Mike, who promises to take her back to her family but instead ties her to a pole in his barn. Mike becomes her friend, saving her from the man who abducted her and violently took her innocence. When Jasmine awakes, she is i... more

Interstate!

by Marvin Mason

Joshua Easton and Christian Buckman are two best friends going into their senior year of college who embark upon a road trip to help Joshua's cousin, Tina, move from a college dorm to an off-campus locale. Having been friends since the second grade, they know each other’s secrets. For Christian, it is an illness he has tried to hide, specifically from Joshua's cousin who he ditched on prom night. This is Christian's first face off with her since that fateful night four years ago. For Joshua, ... more

Best Eaten Cold

by D M Fletcher

A World War 2 thriller -A fast-moving modern-day thriller with an unusual historical background Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2021 A third of a million South African servicemen, two-thirds of them white and including many Afrikaners, volunteered to fight for King and Empire in World War II. Yet at home a secret organisation, the Ossewabrandwag, was actively working to sabotage the war effort. This sinister group was made up of Afrikaners who had never been reconciled to defeat in th... more

A Screw Loose

by Cameron Wright

Investigative Journalist Leif Lacroux interviews Prison Officer turned Mass-Murderer Edward Montana, following the largest inner jail murders the country has ever seen.

Pacific Wiretap

by Patrick Downey

An engineering graduate student interns at a telecommunications firm to investigate a theft-of-service scam. His investigations lead to the discovery of a sophisticated wiretap set up on an undersea cable spanning the Pacific Ocean. The task of the intern quickly moves to how the wiretap was established, by whom, and for what purpose. He is assigned to the Company's cable station on Guam, ostensibly to fine-tune cable equipment, but quietly snoops on the technicians. When an Air Force commun... more

Ashes in Venice: A Vengeance Thriller

by Gojan Nikolich

A psychopath with size 16 shoes, nursing home hookers and an irreverent Las Vegas homicide detective with a gambling habit set the tone for this off-beat tale of revenge and retribution. Blackjack addict Frank Savic is deeply in debt and facing family problems when he's asked to delay his retirement to catch a vigilante killer who murders other murderers in a manner the veteran cop has never seen. While dead bodies stack up in quick succession, the motorcycle-riding policeman gets reluctan... more

The Doomsday Medallion - A VanOps Thriller

by Avanti Centrae

A covert operative’s first mission might be her last. Can Maddy Marshall and the VanOps team keep foreign operatives from stealing powerful secrets hidden by the prophet Nostradamus?

A rare five time award-winning series:

THE LOST POWER (VanOps #1) won:
- a Genre Grand Prize blue ribbon at the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards
- an Honorable Mention at the 2018 Hollywood Book Festival
- a Bronze Medal at the 2019 Wishi... more

Island of Dead Gods by Verena Mahlow

by Chick Lit Café - Book Reviews, Promotions & Author Services

An island in the Mediterranean, a traveler’s dream destination, and a nightmare for those involved in a deep-rooted crime. Philine, interpreter, single mother, and bankrupt, is forced to sell her one asset, her beloved cottage on Ibiza, when she runs into even more problems: her best friend has disappeared, a fire breaks out-and, on top of all, she is confronted with Adam, a man she, for good reason, never wanted to see again. He’d flown in from Texas to bury his sister, who supposedly commit... more

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