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The Revleations at Black Corners

by Steve Zimcosky

An accident in junior high leaves a young boy needing surgery. Afterwards he has an insatiable desire to become a writer leading him to become a New York Times best-selling author. What happened during the surgery to lead him down this path? While doing research for a new book he finds the answer in the small New York town of Black Corners!

The Ordeal of William Bunsen and Other Stories

by James Sherwood

The book comprises an opening Novella and ten short stories.

William Bunsen enters hospital for a routine operation and awakes to find his life changed forever. A woman flees her brutal husband to start a new life. A police detective hunts a phantom serial killer. A young man on death row revisits his life. A private detective takes on a case of blackmail. A taxi driver's passenger is more than she seems. A woman detective takes revenge on her attacker. Two detectives investig... more

Locked In A Box

by Sheila Sharpe

Kate Devlin deals in secrets, lies, and betrayals. She’s a psychologist, an expert at digging up everyone’s dirt but her own—until she uncovers her opera star father’s murder. Flashing back to the night he died, Kate sees her father at the Metropolitan Opera, dressed to sing in the last act of Carmen, her ten-year-old voice yelling, “I hate you.” Suspicion that she played a role in his fatal fall compels Kate to investigate.

When her secretive ne... more

Mis-Chipped

by Susan J. Kroupa

One dog, two people, two microchips. . . What happens when two people claim to own the same dog? And both insist they have the microchip number to prove it? When Molly and Doodle watch a good friend’s dog race in flyball tournament, Doodle thinks flyball might be fun. But when Grady’s dog shows an unusual talent for the sport, what initially seemed like a good thing throws Molly and her friend into a world of trouble and hard choices. Faced with the unspeakable, a claim that someone else o... more

Raven's Run: A Cybertech Thriller

by John D. Trudel

A patriotic rogue agent, RAVEN, is saved by JOSIE, a gentle woman with mystic powers. They face terrorists with Iranian nukes. When Raven is terminated with prejudice by the government, they must work together to rediscover censored history, expose high treason, solve two historic assassinations, and prevent an apocalyptic attack that would destroy America. The backstory features some of the most interesting history that you’ve never heard. Best-selling author Anne Hillerman said, “Raven’s... more

The Black and White House

by Robert James Bridge

The year is 1950 and in Memphis Joshua Jenks home town racism had been almost eradicated save for the odd event. Joshua Jenks a young black boy was luckier than his friends since his mother and father had gained employment with a local rich white family who had inherited a whisky company in Scotland and were influential in Memphis. As Joshua grew older if became clear he was to be the son Sam Mcleod and his wife had always wanted even though they had a daughter same age as Joshua. With Sam's mon... more

Drone (Miranda Chase Book 1)

by M. L. Buchman

A supersonic drone flies Black Ops missions from the most secure hangar in the nation. A C-130 Hercules transport plane lies shattered in the heart of America’s Top Secret military airbase — Groom Lake in the Nevada Test and Training Range. China’s newest stealth J-31 jet fighter goes missing. The CIA, the military, and the National Reconnaissance Office are all locked in a power struggle. One woman is trapped in the middle. Miranda Chase, lead crash investigator for the NTSB (National Trans... more

Howard & Debbie

by Max Mobley

Lonely loser Howard Feck has just fallen in love over the internet. His online paramour, the sexy and vivacious Deborah Fairchild, seems to be every man’s dream girl. Howard sure lucked out. But when he arrives in Deborah’s small town to consummate their digital relationship, he learns a dangerous truth: Deborah Fairchild is actually the fictitious online persona of violent sociopath Debbie Coomb. If only he had learned this before Debbie kidnapped him. Normally Debbie kills the men she lures in... more

The Broom of God: A Novel of Patagonia

by John Bragg

Patagonia. Chile. An unexplored mountain range on the edge of the vast continental icecap. A remote basecamp. A brutal murder. Todd Miller, elite alpinist, is found with an ice-axe buried in his back. Inspector Juan Antonio Paz is sent from the capital city of Santiago to lead an investigation that will pit him against the rugged landscape and raging storms of Patagonia, the violent political history of Chile, and the dark secrets of an isolated village. And will test him in ways he never kn... more

Fractured

by Thomas Kelso

Orthopedic trauma surgeon Mark Thurman and preeminent stem cell biologist Claire Hodgson have discovered how to heal fractured bones–in days. When Mark’s ex-SEAL Team colleague, John Bristow, shows up in the emergency room they plan to test their revolutionary methods on a human patient. Things soon begin to go sideways and it doesn’t take long to realize Bristow isn’t the person he appears to be. An intricate web is spun leading on a thrilling, treacherous journey pitting Thurman against those ... more

It Came from under the High Chair - Salió de debajo de la silla para comer: A Mystery (in English & Spanish)

by Karl Beckstrand

A mysterious visitor brings excitement and humor to a biracial family. A bilingual picture book of prepositions, interjections, monsters, and heroes—with pronunciation guide and online SECRETS for ages 4 – 7/ESL

Murder in Black Tie

by Sara Rosett

Top hats and tails. Mink and murder . . . November, 1923. An invitation to a house party at the estate of Parkview Hall is a welcome respite for Olive Belgrave, a newly minted working girl who’s become the solver of high society’s trickiest problems. But when the sumptuous black-tie event turns deadly, Olive’s cousin Peter becomes the main suspect. Olive must unmask a sophisticated killer before an innocent man takes the blame . . . because murder doesn’t RSVP. Murder in Black Tie is the fo... more

SACRIFICED: A Kieran Yeats Mystery

by Linda J Wright

A cryptic text brings Victoria, British Columbia, animal crimes investigator Kieran Yeats to a midnight rendezvous with a client mysteriously named Shrew. Shrew’s late . . . and when she does arrive, there’s no time for talk. She hastily throws two packages into a nearby garbage dumpster, telling Kieran, “Get the things I’ve left for you, and for God’s sake, don’t leave the others behind.” Then her VW screeches out of the parking lot, a big SUV in pursuit. The next morning, Shrew is found dead, ... more

Inheriting Redemption

by Dawn Smith

Twenty days ago, Lyssa Eastin's sister married into a wealthy Scottish family. Now, Lyssa's sister and brother-in-law are dead. Lyssa flies to Scotland for the funeral and winds up inheriting her brother-in-law's half of the family business. When Lyssa learns that the couple was murdered, she starts her own investigation and uncovers a chaos of conflicting interests, jilted lovers, and a family business that shuns outsiders. If only things stayed that simple...

Ailey of Skye

by Wendy Hewlett

Sometimes you don't know what you want until you find it. Recovering alcoholic/addict, Aileen MacEwan, travels from Toronto to the Isle of Skye in Scotland to spend a month deciding what to do with the house left to her by her paternal grandmother, discover who sober Ailey is, and figure out what to do with the rest of her life. But, when she arrives, she finds a man already living in the house. As she learns the truth of who this man is and the real reason her father fled to Canada with her, ... more

A Woman Like Me

by Francine Rodriguez

August 26, 2019 Dear Reader/Reviewer: I am writing to you, to introduce my novel, A Woman Like Me, a 157,000 word, gritty and dark “warrior’s journey,” crime thriller. This novel is inspired by the life of a female police officer who is currently on death row for several murders. This is the story of a one-of-a-kind, disconcerting protagonist, a transgender, and biracial woman, who is isolated, lonely, and emotionally troubled, a stranger in her own body. She is the character that... more

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