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Carolina Dance

by Alex Cage

They took his peace and quiet. He’ll pay them back in fists and bullets… Charlotte, North Carolina. Ex-Special Forces Captain Orlando Black is long overdue for some peace and quiet. So when cops arrest him on the quiet city streets, he struggles to keep his cool against the blatant racial profiling. And after the FBI infiltrates his case, he gets entangled in a criminal conspiracy that could force him to dodge bullets all over again. Managing to exonerate himself and team up with a local p... more

Yellowhead Blues

by R.E. Donald

Just west of the Rocky Mountains, a frightened horse with a bloody saddle is found running loose on the Yellowhead highway. Former RCMP investigator Hunter Rayne is on the road in his eighteen-wheeler when he’s flagged down to help calm the horse and find its missing rider. The horse with the bloody saddle leads Hunter and a good-natured French Canadian cowboy into a complicated murder mystery.

Rainbow Vintner/9781644370834

by Geza Tatrallyay

In this international political thriller, Morgan Kenworthy, a Berkeley student studying abroad, uncovers a coup against the government of France. She is a guest of the de Carduzacs, family friends who have a chateau in St. Émilion in France. Soon after she arrives, a bombing at the Brassault Aviation plant kills several ministers. The investigation, led by General Tolbert, the head of French intelligence and friend of Joseph de Carduzac, points to jihadists. However, clues Morgan unearths about ... more

The Bartender

by Brian O'Sullivan

Olive is a Los Angeles bartender who has been unlucky in love. She hopes that will change when one of the best-looking men she's ever seen walks into her bar. But he’s not what he seems. Austin is tall, charismatic, and compellingly attractive. But unbeknownst to the smitten Olive, Austin is not dating her for her beauty, but merely for her usefulness. He and his childhood friend have set a depraved plan in motion. Becca is a grifter and a con-artist looking for her one big score. She’s found ou... more

Bolt

by Bryan Cassiday

Power-broker Hollywood talent manager Lyndon Fox's wife Deirdre hires epileptic LA private detective Scott Brody after a previous private detective she assigned to keep tabs on her husband’s suspected infidelity is killed in Cabo San Lucas when she and her husband vacation there. An unknown assailant stalks her after she returns home. A secretive FBI agent named Peltz tells Brody that Lyndon Fox is involved with a cabal burrowed inside the FBI who, with the help of the deep state, a... more

The Past Never Dies

by Laura Elvebak

Matt Langdon has it all. A beloved son in college. An ex-wife who understands him. An exploration business in oil and gas which has shown a profit. Then, suddenly, his investors back out, and he faces bankruptcy. As Matt rushes to meet the one man he believes can help him, he finds an injured girl on the road. If he’s late for his meeting, he could lose his funding. But he can’t leave the unconscious girl. Being a Good Samaritan changes everything when he’s arrested and charged with assaulting h... more

Robot Revenge

by J.J. Chow

(second in the humorous Winston Wong Cozy Mystery series) Winston Wong, expert seniors’ sleuth, takes on a case in his local neighborhood. When the captain of the block, a reclusive robot inventor, has a fatal fall, Winston suspects foul play. But was it the ambitious events coordinator, the slick banker, the eco activist, or the tiger mom? Just as his girlfriend is called out of town, his bossy sister shows up at his door. Can Winston get his comfy videogaming life back and solve the unn... more

Lake of Lies

by Clark Haberman

Since leaving his criminal investigators position, CJ Hand has become a thriving community college instructor in northwest Iowa. Finally, he can settle down with his fiancée Dee and have a peaceful future. But all this tranquility rapidly fades: A call from his daughter is unsettling, and suddenly Dee’s life might change with a new job offer. Then, past troubles return and nearly destroy him.

Dead Man's Run

by Clark Haberman

Looking forward to a brief respite from teaching at a small community college, CJ Hand finds more than quietude. The harrowing experience of the geocache mayhem the past year left him with a want for isolation in the Nebraska Pine Ridge. What he finds is a call for help from his friends. A geologist has disappeared, and a cougar is blamed for the kill of an unknown person. Before he arrives in the Pine Ridge County, CJ is called back to Yankton, South Dakota because his wife to be suffered... more

Murder Under A Blue Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery Book 1

by Abigail Keam

Miss Mona is broke. It’s during the Depression, and National Geographic has just turned down her application to join an expedition to the Amazon. What’s she to do? Perhaps get a job as a department store salesgirl. Anything to tide her over until a next assignment. There’s a knock on the door. Who could this be in the middle of the night? Holding a revolver, Mona reluctantly opens her door to a man wearing a Homburg hat and holding a briefcase. “I bring glad tidings. Your Uncle Manfred... more

Last Gasp

by Howard Levine

Frank Tedeschi’s niece is dead, one of thousands of victims of a terrorist attack, which has been laid at the feet of “Islamic radicals” by a right-wing US government. Frank, based on a chance encounter, is one of the very few people who question the government’s explanation. He is a Vietnam veteran who wants nothing more than to live without further controversy or conflict. Can he and his grieving brother Rob, a detective with the NYPD, obtain the necessary evidence to uncover the truth, in ... more

Death and Cupcakes

by Yvonne Rediger

Jane Westcott has come home to Musgrave Landing and nothing will be the same again. She has inherited her aunt’s cafe, and a good thing too. Her finances are in a shambles. When her sister receives a letter from their deceased aunt, alluding to finding a key. But where is Jane's letter? The villagers learn the mayor is missing and when Jack Birch finds the mayor, murdered. Jane’s letter is in his coat. Worse, as the investigation unfolds, Jack finds the murder weapon. Turns out it is Jane's ... more

Diamonds & Deception

by Ellen Butler

When fashion crosses the line to felony, the only label left to wear could be a toe tag. Sadira Manon, friend and colleague of Karina Cardinal’s sister Jillian, has been moonlighting at a jewelry store. When a loose diamond falls out of her purse, the police sing her the song of their people—"Miranda Rights.” Karina, Jilly, and Silverthorne Security join forces to investigate who’s setting Sadira up to take a fall, and why. By the time Karina realizes they’ve dug too deep, Jillian’s in trou... more

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

by Paul Sinor

Senator "Poker John" Herbert is on target to get his party's nomination for President of the US. The only thing that may stand in his way is a rumor of a daughter he fathered when he was in law school in New Orleans. The daughter, if she exists, may or may not know that he is her father. Not only that, but she is mixed race. The fourth book in the Max Maxwell mystery series takes the reader from the halls of Congress to the French Quarter, the bayous and Voodoo ceremonies in Louisiana. He so... more

Pure Gold: Three Cases of Gold

by THEODORE P. DRUCH

Collateral Carnage: Money. Politics. Big Pharma. What could go wrong?

by Chris Saper

Money. Politics. Big Pharma. What could go wrong? As PTSD therapist Claire Wilheit is about to learn, a whole helluva lot. A chance after-hours encounter with a fellow therapist reveals falsified patient files and thrusts Claire into a conspiracy poised to revolutionize treatment for US veterans now and for future generations, with deadly collateral damage. Trapped in an avalanche of events over which she has no control, Claire is locked in a race against time to stop the release of ... more

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