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DRAKE'S COFFIN

by Michael D. Urban

Drake's Coffin is the rousing adventure tale of a search for lost treasure in the jungle of Panama. It features rich history, exotic locales, fascinating characters and rapid-fire action. Four hundred years ago the English adventurer Sir Francis Drake stole it from the Spanish and buried it in the jungles of Panama. Thirty years ago an unsuspecting group of teenage boys stumbled upon it in a night of violent death that would change their lives forever. Now, they've come back for Drake's legendar... more

Daisy in Exile (Daisy Tannenbaum)

by J. T. Allen

Twelve-year old Daisy Tannenbaum gets expelled from school for punching a bully and sent to live in Paris with her Aunt Millicent, who teaches math at The Embassy School. Terrible at math, with a chip on her shoulder the size of New Jersey, Daisy arrives to find her enigmatic Aunt Mill moonlighting as a cryptographer, working to decipher an antique code used by Louis XVI’s secret service during their covert operation to recover the infamous Queen’s Diamonds from Comtesse de la Motte. Faster than... more

Waking Lazarus

by D.J. Williams

“A captivating visual story with a colorful narrative. Once I started reading, it was hard to put down.” Peter Anderson, Oscar Winner, Cinematographer A fast-paced thriller packed with page-turning twists, Waking Lazarus proves beyond a doubt that D.J. Williams is an exciting, fresh voice in international mystery and suspense. Homeland meets Bourne in this inventive and complex story of epic global adventure. Jake Harris’ life hasn’t turned out the way he planned. Battling his addictions,... more

Sanctuary: A Legacy of Memories

by T.M. Brown

SANCTUARY introduces newly retired publishing executive, Theo Phillips, and his wife, Liddy, to the time-lost South Georgia town of Shiloh. They leave the shadows of Atlanta and move into a quaint home of notoriety. While making new friends, they discover twenty-first-century challenges threaten the town’s laid-back lifestyle. Theo’s interest in a memorial launches him into investigating tragic events that have left Shiloh unsettled. Theo and Liddy’s retirement dreams take a turn that could unra... more

Jukebox

by Saira Viola

Nick Stringer is a rookie lawyer but what he really wants is to run his own record label. His dream seems one step closer when old family friend and businessman Mel Greenberg offers to bankroll him. Avery Cross is a junior reporter desperately searching for the story that’s going to make her name. Avery thinks there’s more to Mel Greenberg than meets the eye and that uncovering the truth about him might just be her ticket to the big time. Nick, Mel and Avery’s lives converge against the ba... more

The Last Train (Detective Hiroshi Series Book 1)

by Michael Pronko

Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white collar crime in Tokyo. He’s lost his girlfriend and still dreams of his time studying in America, but with a stable job, his own office and a half-empty apartment, he’s settled in. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a grisly murder. A glimpse from a security camera video suggests the killer was a woman, but in Japan, that seems unlikely. Hiroshi quickly learns how close homicide and suicid... more

Whispers in Time - Green Lady Inn book two

by Brenda M. Spalding

The Green lady Inn in Salem Massachusetts is not quite ready for business when guests start to appear at its door. Megan is getting a feeling that something bad is about to happen as she twists the Claddagh Ring on her finger that she received upon the death of her grandmother. Added to her visions, she is hearing strange messages and knows that danger is lurking. Her gift is getting stronger and she needs to learn more about how to control it, if she can. A valuable painting goes missi... more

The Coffins

by Deborah Dunn

Andrea Warren, a young archaeologist with Native American roots, sets out on a journey to the Outer Banks of North Carolina hoping to unearth the truth about her estranged father, an archaeologist who took his own life when she was a child. But when she inherits an old trunk that once belonged to him and discovers his field journals and some picture of old coffins with the Elizabethan cross carved on top, strange things begin to happen. Dreams, visions, and voices from the past seem to be w... more

Gadgets

by PAT KRAPF

Meet The Carver—Albuquerque’s most brutal serial killer. Only one person can end his carnage—Darcy McClain. That is, if he doesn’t kill her next. Since her parents’ deaths, former FBI Special Agent Darcy McClain has leaned on lifelong friend Randolph Colton, but now he has his own battle to fight. Severe cuts in the government’s defense budget have forced his company, Colton Aerospace, to downsize. On the verge of bankruptcy, Randolph learns Capitol Hill has awarded his firm a contract to ma... more

Uncle Neddy's Funeral

by L.M. Pampuro

Giuseppe Vittorio Vaffanculo, a.k.a. Neddy, is an idiot. Not a bad person, he just holds himself in high praise. Neddy is the perfect target for Rayleigh O’Connor, member of the underworld organization The Shadow and soon to be Ms. Neddy number five. As part of the Vaffanculo-Cuzzuto clan, Neddy is the perfect mark Rayleigh needs to avenge the death of a comrade by killing Victor Cuzzuto. All Victor Cuzzuto wants to do is finally retire to the beach, spend time with his family, and hand over th... more

Tangible Spirits

by Becki Willis

Dead is dead. Gera Stapleton does not believe in ghosts.

In the infamous town of Jerome, Arizona, a once-friendly ghost named Mac has reportedly embarked on a petty crime spree, and, to her dismay, Gera is assigned the story. Has her journalism career come down to this? How can she accurately report a story on something she does not believe exists?

Now there has been a murder, and the townspeople are content to blame Mac for this, too. Determined to find the real killer—beca... more

Sacrificial Lam

by Gary Guinn

When English professor Lam Corso receives a death threat at work, he laughs it off. A liberal activist teaching at a small Southern conservative college, he's used to stirring up controversy on campus. It's just part of the give and take of life. Even when violently attacked, Lam is convinced it has to be a mistake. He can't imagine anyone who would want to kill him for his beliefs.

When his home is broken into and his wife's business vandalized, Lam is forced to face fa... more

Driver Confessional

by David Winters

Driver Confessional is the story of Antonio, a ride-share driver who winds the streets of Washington, D.C. to support his young family and pay for law school. His easy manner and Italian good looks lead passengers to disclose a bit more than they intended. On a particularly dark evening, his sedan pulls up in front of a posh Washington eatery. On her way to midnight meeting at a Senate office building, a mysterious woman and her confession plunge Antonio and his police detective brother in i... more

For the Greater Good

by Colin Guest

When Jeff, hears that his brother died in police custody in Yemen, a country racked by civil war, he flies in looking for answers. However, he soon finds himself involved in a plot to assassinate the self-proclaimed president.

Broken Playthings: A Detective Jake Adams Crime Novel

by Brennon Noss

A brutal murder, a gorgeous transgender femme fatale and a backpack full of money.When low rent PI Jake Adams meets a disturbingly beautiful transgender teen who has a tragic story to tell, he has to ask himself how far he's willing to go to believe in something beautiful, and how many lines he's willing to cross for sex, murder or redemption.

Monsters in Our Wake

by J.H. Moncrieff

In the idyllic waters of the South Pacific lurks a dangerous and insatiable predator, a monster whose bloodlust and greed threatens the very survival of our planet...the oil industry. Thousands of miles from the nearest human settlement, deep on the ocean floor, the creatures have lived for millennia. But when an oil drill bursts through their lair, Nøkken attacks, damaging the drilling ship’s engine, trapping the desperate crew. The longer the humans remain in Nøkken’s territory, strugg... more

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