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The Last Hunt (The Final Hunt Book 2)
by Audrey J. ColeA missing body. A bloody bear trap. Is a serial killer back from the grave? Tok, Alaska. Cameron Prescott hopes the past stays buried. After believing her murderous husband is finally dead, the fierce survivor longs to start over with her state trooper boyfriend. But her illusion of peace shatters when she hears of a fresh killing that resembles her late husband’s grisly signature. -
Entheóphage
by Drema DeòraichIsobel, a pharmaceutical scientist, harvests the last pristine coral reef for materials to make a medicine that will save her son. Luk, a game designer who is raising his daughter alone, watches helpless while his 8-year-old daughter contracts an unknown virus that leaves her screaming in pain. When the virus strikes children around the world, CDC researcher Nadine discovers the unlikely truth. The virus is rewiring the children's brains, changing them in what appears to be an unusual evolutiona... more -
Tommy Rocket and the Goober Patrol
by Thomas KuhnWhen Nate Turner, a more or less average, well-intentioned 10-year-old, receives via robot-helicopter an encoded invitation from the secluded, anti-social, and enigmatic child prodigy, Tommy Rocket, promising free Doritos, Twinkies, and adventure, he can’t resist. Tommy’s gift for making gadgets and robots further fascinates Nate, most especially Tommy’s Goober Patrol, a small group of robots possessing the Prometheus Chip, the sentience-granting and epoch-marking invention of Tommy’s father. No... more -
Did the Frail Have a Heater?
by Larry KahanerThis funny, suspenseful version of a much-loved genre uses familiar conventions, characters and plot points, which are then twisted, shaken and slapped around until they are transformed into material that is not only original but at the same time pays homage to an honored mystery-novel past. Washington, DC private eye, Sam Marlowe, named by his parents for their love of classic noir literature, works out of a shabby office where he gets by on the usual staples of private eye work. Into his offic... more -
Torment
by Jeffrey ButlerOn an early fall morning, the sleepy oceanside town of Wolf Hollow awakens to a gruesome crime. Alison Newton, an innocent young woman who was senselessly murdered six months ago, has been dug up and brutally violated. Veteran Detective Harper Jones, the lead investigator in her murder, is called upon to track down the offender, and he quickly realizes that this isn’t some random act. Instead, he discovers that a ruthless serial killer has descended upon Wolf Hollow with his own cruel mo... more -
Iceapelago 3
by Peter BrennanA decade after the Big Storm climatic conditions improved gradually in Iceapelago. The third generation of survivors faced a different set of challenges as improving temperate weather prevailed. The sea ice melted. Crops thrived. Food was plentiful. The ageing island communities were more settled and self-sufficient but isolated. Word spread abroad that Iceapelogo had recovered well unlike other less-fortunate regions affected by the extremes of Mother Nature. The leaders of the Principality of ... more -
To Find a Killer
by Leah BrewerNothing slows Tammy Sharp down.
Until she meets a bullet.
After Detective Tammy Sharp is injured on the job, she takes a leave of absence from the Atlanta PD.
The passing of her only uncle leads her home to Pocahontas, Arkansas. She needs time to mourn and find peace. Instead, she finds her ex, Jace Eubanks.
And a killer on the loose.
With murders old and new intertwining, Tammy’s life is filled with even more mysteries. Why does she keep getting messages a... more
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The Stolen Heart of the Cape Cod Bay
by Jared AuchterInspector Jack Post, one of the most brilliant detectives in the greater Boston area, is invited along with his family to an exclusive private gala for the reveal of a multi-million-dollar pirate treasure known as the Heart of the Cape Cod Bay. While trying to get a picture with a famous actor, Jack’s son knocks over the pedestal holding the Heart resulting in it breaking into several pieces. This fiasco makes Jack realize that during a mysterious power-outage, the real Heart was cleverly replac... more -
Double Takedown (A Mike Stoneman Mystery)
by Kevin G. ChapmanNYPD homicide detectives Mike Stoneman and Jason Dickson are preparing to testify at a high-profile murder trial. They busted the Broadway director, who poisoned his leading actor to collect the insurance money on his doomed show. Or did he? The director claims the evidence was planted to frame him and that Mike and Jason developed tunnel vision. If they did, can they live with themselves, knowing that an innocent man might be convicted . . . and someone else got away with the perfect crime? ... more -
Olivia
by Michael BowersAllen’s daughter Olivia is a beautiful sixteen-year-old, born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. She had the whole world ahead of her. But when a family vacation gets them caught in the crossfire between the DEA and a Mexican drug cartel, Olivia’s world turns upside-down, changing the lives of everyone around her and driving Allen to commit atrocities so complex, that no one could have thought him capable. Inspired by the events of his 2022 award-winning book, Captured by COVID: Deceit, Conspiracy... more -
The Girl in the Thistles
by S.K. SandvigEmilie, the 19-year-old daughter of a Sioux mother and a Scottish trader, finds her home destroyed when her clan is caught up in the US-Dakota War of 1862. Her mother is sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, and Emilie sets out to find her father, who has been missing since the beginning of the war. With help from two new and unlikely friends, Eustis and Anders, she begins a treacherous and emotional journey to track him down. Will she find him? Will her mother be set free? And will Emilie be able to ... more -
The Jigsaw Effect: On the Edge of Trust
by Adele Hewett VealThe Jigsaw Effect: On the Edge of Trust, follows the intense and emotionally charged journey of Ryan Parrish, a private investigator whose life is thrown into chaos when she decides to assist in bringing down the man who stole a military chip containing the blueprint and activation codes for a new, undisclosed experimental weapon that had the potential to shift global power dynamics. Ryan plays a crucial role in locating and apprehending Jake Williamson, the man responsible. With Jake behind b... more -
Artifact
by C. A. PackTray and Carey Lennox are identical twins—one a sophisticated art and antiquities appraiser searching for an obscure artifact for the FBI, the other an outgoing yet down-to-earth Nuclear Regulatory Commission engineer hot on the trail of a nuclear saboteur. Their individual investigations into ruthless power-mongers gain momentum until one fateful day in the Hamptons when one twin is gunned down and the other sacrifices his identity to find his brother’s killer.
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The Tides of March
by S D PriceIn the haunting depths of Japanese waters and the scarred landscapes of Manchuria, where ancient curses intertwine with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, a cascade of incidents unfold, proving to be of ominous significance. . Amidst the backdrop of a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear disaster, a saga of espionage, ancient curses and forbidden powers emerges. The story follows the lives of two high-profile Japanese detectives, each with a turbulent past. One, a former sumo wrestler towerin... more -
Operation Sleeping Dragon
by Peter KrebsOperation Sleeping Dragon was a plan devised by the Japanese High Command in the last days of World War II in the desperate hope to snatch victory from the Allies through the use of biological warfare. In 1945, Japan was being systematically pounded to rubble by devastating air raids, with calls for its unconditional surrender and the threat of using the atomic bomb if Allied demands were not met. Around this time, Unit 731 of the Japanese Army Biological Warfare Section discover a deadly airb... more -
Russian Nonsensical
by Edward D. WebsterPastor Clem Dudas is a charismatic preacher who features rattlesnakes in his worship, a businessman developing fake AI “political exposés,” a schemer with clandestine Russian connections. Bud Randolph shares Clem’s politics, a quirky disposition of his own, and a far different link to Russia; Bud travels there seeking love. When Clem’s wife and two favorite snakes go missing, Bud and his detective team take the case. They solve one mystery, only to uncover another far more deadly. Bud’s Russian ... more
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