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Oo-roo

by Michael Barrett Miller

Oo-roo is an Aboriginal word meaning "See you." "...The specter of restored passport control checkpoints and customs at the border with Northern Ireland is contemplated with horror by people here who remember the delays and inefficiencies that the border used to cause in the old days..." From a speech delivered by a Member of the Dáil. Brexit is rapidly changing traditional European relationships. In the middle of these swirling seas, Jack and Mick are tasked with investigating the security of... more

Land's End: To Save the Realm 2

by T. B. Crattie

The time is 1964, the place is swinging England. Southern boy and WWII vet Brock Coole has been summoned (well, kidnapped actually) to England by Sir Alfred St. John Sherbourne, a shadowy figure operating out of the British Museum. Brock's old comrade, Lord Jack Torbryan, has teamed with a rogue druid named Cathbad to commit a series of high profile assassinations. These assassinations, however, are meant to distract from Cathbad's greater, far more weighty intentions. After being deposited in N... more

Mantis

by Steve Zell

In 1968 Los Angeles, Investigative Reporter Deanne Mulhenney and Medical Examiner Sara Poole, risk their lives in a dangerous attempt to bring a brutal murderer to justice. Mob wars, politics and a thriving drug trade have produced an assassin like no other. Evidence suggests the killer is female - a woman with terrifying skills...and tastes.

Red Romance

by Timberly Price

Falling in love with a serial killer is normal, right?

Layla Fabian is just your average teenage girl living every teenage girl’s nightmare: being the new kid. Far from her friends and the life she once knew, Layla struggles to find her footing in the unforgiving landscape of high school. The only thing that relieves some of the pressure is the attention of the mysterious and brooding neighbor next door--a man who’s caught her eye. Despite the rumors, both i... more

DON'T TRUST HER

by Elizabeth Boles

The blackmail letter reads, I know what you’ve done. Court Lane has worked hard to create her fairytale life—loving and trusting husband, well-adjusted kids, safe neighborhood. So when the letter arrives at her doorstep, the message is clear—pay up or have your world destroyed. With nowhere to turn, Court succumbs to the blackmailer’s demands. But she can’t forget about the letter. It haunts her. A girls’ trip offers the perfect distraction. She and her three closest friends head to a ... more

The Reason for Time

by Deborah Court

Maggie Dunn, Alison Budge and Wolfe Corbyn arrive in Toronto on the same flight from London. Sullen but feisty Alison is running from her troubled past in Scotland, hoping to make a new beginning. Wolfe has been banished for crimes he committed at his father's London bank. Maggie is coming home, to confront her past, reclaim her life and perhaps finally, to stop running. The three team up, and their fresh start begins well. But Maggie's health is failing. She is sick and confused. Could her thi... more

17 Marigold Lane

by R.M. Gilmore

After discovering the lump in her bicep is deadly, 17-year-old self-proclaimed loser, Prudence Penderhaus, weaves the tale of Flintlock, a small town known for Friday night football, rainy days, and recently, secrets.

Her dry humor, and undying affinity for film, books, and music, meld into a quirky, Burton-esque backdrop of cloudy skies and looming architecture.

When a moment of long-awaited courage brings her to the porch of the town's "spook house", unco... more

Ending Samsara

by J W Voyce

MARCUS cultivates and sells cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms. Heading to see GAZ, a regular client, he suspects he’s being followed. After making it into the wealthy customer’s apartment, two men force their way in and Marcus hides in a secret panic room. Via security cameras, he’s forced to watch the men lynch Gaz from his own light fitting in a staged suicide. Terrified, and certain he led the men there, Marcus escapes via the roof. He convinces his partner TILD that they should flee their h... more

Curse of Cortés

by Guy Morris

In 1672, Henry Morgan took 36 ships and 2,000 men to sack Panama City for a $1 billion plunder and 600 slaves. Afterward, Morgan cheated his men, disappearing with nearly the entire treasure, and 200 slaves on three ships never to be seen again. Morgan alone survived as a haunted man who hid away in drunken debauchery, and burned his log books to keep the world from learning the terrifying truth. True story.

Three hundred years later, Sophia Martinez discovers odd relics hi... more

The Quickening of Alec Ross

by Walter Reid

A psychological thriller set against the ambivalent values of occupied France. Alec Ross, a withdrawn and reserved young man who had avoided entanglements, finds himself drawn into the world of spying and resistance. The book explores the nature and ambiguities of commitment against a gripping personal drama.

Operation Traction

by Daniel James

A fast-paced novel that juxtaposes two time periods, i.e. 1989 and the 1940s and the points of view of two protagonists searching to untangle personal mysteries. The story blends historical fact with fiction and entwines suspense and human interest with action; wrapped in the backdrop of a world at war and wide-ranging locations from North Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom.

Licosa

by Nick Goulding

He was looking for a fortune, not a story. But as journalist Martin Bass tries to find a shipwreck off the Italian coast, innocent locals start dying under suspicious circumstances. As much as he tries, Bass can’t ignore the fact that a killer has come to town and brought with him a ruthless political agenda. Before long, his reporter’s curiosity lands Bass and his crew in the middle of a Cold War conspiracy with global ramifications. Left versus right. Communist versus fascist. The political qu... more

Murder, Key West Style

by Dave Vizard

Sarge, an American war hero from Bay City, Michigan, dies alone and homeless in Key West, a mystical place many refer to as paradise. News reporter Nick Steele is in the Keys to get married when he's drawn into the mysterious death of the former Marine by toxic brew. Steele investigates Sarge's life among the homeless. But more digging peels back a Key West veneer yo reveal shocking evil that turns paradise into hell.

Death by Chaos

by Renaii West

Tasha, Elizabeth, Dawn, and Miranda were the undisputed goddesses of their Southern California liberal arts college in the 1970s. With distinct talents, beauty, and accomplishments, each goddess appeared destined to be forever traveling on that path called the charmed life. But in a tragic twist of fate, a student is found murdered on campus just before graduation. Suspicion falls in their midst, and one of them goes missing. Destinies are changed forever.

Now fast-forward 20 years, lon... more

Murder and the Talk Show Diva

by Ellen Richardson

Delilah Morgan and her co-worker Norma Davis’s lives are turned upside down when their employer, an infamous radio show host and gossip columnist Cassandra Clark (CC), is involved in a near-fatal car accident. As a result of the accident, Delilah is forced to take over CC’s show and becomes a target for a mysterious caller who repeatedly calls CC on the air to talk about her personal problems. Before Delilah can learn the truth about the caller, who apparently played a big role in CC’s life, CC ... more

Crucible of Fear

by D.W. Whitlock

A man's life in chaos. His young daughter at risk. What is a pound of flesh worth? Dante Ellis is a successful advertising executive on the rise. His world is plunged into a harrowing nightmare after he's targeted by ruthless hackers known only as Dark Messiah. Dante soon discovers no part of his life too sacred to be used against him, no secret buried too deep. What began as a veiled threat soon descends into a desperate conflict against the will of an unseen enemy. If you're a fan of Mic... more

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