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Power Blind

by V.S. Kemanis

An unsolved murder. A teenager in peril. Two cases, lives in turmoil, fates manipulated by officials wielding the power to help—or harm.

In the dead of night, on the eve of New York City’s lockdown, a well-respected man is murdered, setting off a perplexing tangle of missed clues and political scandal. Former prosecutor Dana Hargrove, now an appellate judge, is determined to expose the media lies and false accusations targeting her friends and former colleagues. A limping cr... more

Friends to the End

by C.L. Colyer

Twelve-year-old Zach is convinced he'll never be happy without his best friend Jeremy by his side. But both of their lives changed with a bang five months ago, and as far as Zach's concerned, it's his fault Jeremy will never see his twelfth birthday. When Zach moves with his family to a Chicago suburb, he quickly becomes friends with a group of thrill-seeking kids trying to find a disappearing haunted house. But Zach's not worried. He doesn't believe in ghosts, so he follows them into a wild,... more

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by Dubhghlas Kraus

Darkness: A Collection of Stories provides a literary collection of investigations into the darkness of mind, heart, and environment. It uses this focus to cast a light into understanding the wellsprings and incarnations of different forms of darkness. Each story provides history, depth, and psychological inspection. Each offers a different glimpse into that special darkness that resides in heart and soul, its origins, and the choices of different characters that choose to finally confront it. ... more

Overdose, An ER Phycological Thriller

by Rada Jones MD

Dr. Emma Steele is having a bad day. Scratch that. She's having the worst day of her career. After all, she never before woke up in her own ER tied to a stretcher, wearing mental health patients blue paper scrubs. How the heck did this happen? She was hunting for a killer, and she found him. Just as he seized her and planted evidence accusing her of his crimes. She's innocent, so she'll be free soon. She has friends who can't wait to help.Twice wrong.Things can't get any worse. Until they do. Em... more

Ghost Cat

by Helen Currie Foster

Real estate's hot in once peaceful Coffee Creek, Texas--hotter than lawyer Alice MacDonald Greer has ever seen. An unscrupulous developer is muscling in, abusing undocumented workers and menacing his neighbors. Ignoring threats, Alice challenges him in court. When one of her clients is shot dead, and another nearly suffocated in a wine vat, Alice has a target on her back. A devious mastermind is intent on stopping her -- permanently. Is she snake-bit? She'll need more than legal skills to foil a... more

Murder in the Medina

by Carter Fielding

Finley Blake thought a plum assignment in Tangier would be the perfect chance to grab some girl time with her sister, Whitt. But when a crew member from an action movie being filmed locally falls to his death, Whitt and Finley must put their heads together to figure out whether it was an accident – or murder. While in Morocco, Finley Blake, a young travel writer still reeling from a painful breakup, and her sister, Whitt, are caught in a web of human trafficking and murder. They must decide whe... more

Scout Manchester: Ghost Terrier of England, Book One: Chillblains Castle

by A. G. Powell

Three-legged Scout Manchester is England’s most renowned ghost hunting dog—and she knows it. But the phantoms at play in Chillblains Castle are far more darkly powerful than anything Scout has ever before encountered. Forced to rely on another canine for the first time in her illustrious career, Scout and her unlikely partner must work together to defeat the evil entities that have lain in wait for centuries in the dark recesses of Chillblains Castle..

Black Camelot's Dawn & the Return of Madame Hot Temper

by Darius Myers

Donald Alexander, Kwame Mills, and Samantha Rivers, after the solving of The Harris Simmons Murders, have become darlings of the city. They also have become extremely wealthy after Alexander's successful sale of the company for $75 billion. Their dramatic stories led the city’s leading gossip press crew, the Celebrity Hack Patrol, to name this period of adulation and fascination, Gotham’s Black Camelot. In Black Camelot's Dawn, Gotham's gossip and drama are at an all-time high. The city is ex... more

The Publisher's Dilemma

by Darius Myers

All is well at the family-owned media company of Harris Simmons. The company is on fire and reporting record profits. It's also a best-in-class workplace, everybody wants to work at Harris Simmons. However, looks can deceive. There are dark secrets and abuses by family and company leaders that have been kept at bay. When gunshots ring out, so do these dark secrets.

KING PEEPER

by J. Ronald M. York

What can you do when it feels like the world is looking through your window and you can no longer hide? It sounded like a simple plan – a serial peeping Tom writes a book based on his own experiences – but he needs a sounding board, an audience of one. He needs help from someone knowledgeable in illegal sexual behaviors, and so a game of cat and mouse begins. However, his scheme becomes complicated when the peeper realizes his prey comes with baggage, and he has lost the upper hand – he is... more

The Telecom Takeover

by Beverly Winter

When two mid-level tax accountants realize their newly-acquired company is under attack by foreign spies, they risk their lives to stop the theft. Jim Dennis and Beth Madison were employees in the tax department of Principal Processing Company. After Principal is acquired by Heenehan Telecom Company, Jim and Beth battle to carry out their responsibilities in the dysfunctional work environment of Heenehan. It’s not just the lack of transparency from above or the strange behavior coming from ne... more

Now and Forevermore Arabella

by Carolyn Summer Quinn

Found abandoned in Colorado a mall when she was too young to say how she got there, the little three-year-old girl wearing a bracelet with the name “Amanda” on it doesn’t know anything about herself, not how she came to be left there, not who her parents are, and not even her full real name. Nine years of living in foster care later the truth finally comes to light. Amanda’s not an actual orphan at all! It turns out she was accidentally kidnapped in Florida when one of the antique cars he... more

Dead on the Delta

by Sherry Knowlton

When Alexa Williams agrees to spend four months doing lion research with boyfriend Reese, she looks forward to witnessing the elemental life and death struggle of the African wild. But she never imagines she’ll become one of the hunted on the remote Okavango Delta. Botswana protects its wildlife with one of the strictest policies on the African continent and an entire army deployed to combat poachers. So, Alexa and Reese are shocked when poachers wipe out an entire herd of elephants. At the s... more

Tranquil Heights

by Megan Speece

Katie Edgecomb is questioning everything she thought she knew. She thought the family curse was fake, just a scary story her mom told her to keep her from misbehaving. The first-born daughters in each of the last three generations lost their lives on their twenty-fifth birthdays, a series of tragic accidents sending shock waves of grief through multiple generations. It isn’t until Katie is faced with the real-time impacts of the curse that she starts to believe it may be more than a story and sh... more

Killers! A Natalie McMasters Mystery

by Thomas A. Burns Jr.

Natalie McMasters finds she's the next target of a serial killer who has murdered her mentor. She, her unusual family and some odd friends band together to hunt him down.

A Fashionable Fate

by Ileana Muñoz Renfroe

A psychic, a fashion gala and the death of a runway model. This is not what Boutique owner, Rosa de los Reyes hoped for when she organized the Colten Island Fashion Show. To save the gala and stop the killer from striking again, Rosa must use her psychic abilities, sift through the gossip at La Misteriosa Café and navigate increasing danger all while racing against the clock. Will Rosa, her familiar Raul, and Las Cubanitas find the truth before the murderer kills again? Recipes inclu... more

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