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by Mike Baron

When comic book artist Kendell Coffin trades a calm life in Nebraska for his dream home in California, his tortured memories follow him. He struggles to leave his mark on a world saturated with entertainers, hoping others remember him for great things. Yet, work is work, and he accepts any jobs which come his way; no matter how small. As he puts behind failures and lost love, he realizes it might be something other than his past that haunts him. This is the haunted house story to end all haunted... more

The Mailman

by Jeremy Bates

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Los Angeles, 1985. Never was the motto sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll more apt than the scene on the legendary Sunset Strip with the arrival of the underground Hollywood glam bands. While Mick Freeman, a record executive with a major label, works tirelessly to sign five toxic rockers whom he believes might flip the entire music world on its head, his wife, Jade, spends her days bored and alone at home, struggling with a midlife crisis that threatens to topple th... more

The Dig (The Blackwell Files Book 9)

by Steven Freeman

Sometimes the Most Priceless Treasure is Life Two members of an international archeological team have been murdered, and a third is missing. Summoned to the researchers’ site in Guadalajara, Mexico, Alton and Mallory must race the clock to uncover the sinister plans surrounding the site and protect the researchers from further attack. Along the way, they discover that the dig site’s ancient Aztec ruins aren’t the only source of mystery and surprise.

A Sound In The Dark

by Kyle Alexander Romines

For Zack Allen, it was supposed to be a chance to get away and relax. A weekend camping trip with a small group of friends seemed like the perfect distraction from a messy personal life, but as Zack and his friends made their way to the camping ground at Drifter’s Folly Memorial Park, he couldn’t shake the feeling something was terribly wrong. Zack should have listened to his gut, because he and his friends aren’t the only ones in the forest. Someone else is watching—someone with dark intent... more

The Undiscovered Country

by Mike Nemeth

Randle's mother wants to die with dignity and take her family's secrets to her grave. But, when Randle discovers that her medical condition may not be an act of God, he unravels his mother's secrets and learns the shocking truth about his own past.

The Irresistible Muse of Jack Kidd

by Chris D. Dodson

Playboy Jack Kidd is sole heir to a large orange tree ranch located in one of the most affluent regions of California—Orange County. Addicted to the thrill of rich and beautiful married women, yet guilt stricken by his sordid lifestyle and an accidental murder he had committed, Jack is determined to find the ultimate muse that will lure him toward a path of redemption. A ruthless contract killer, the lovely Catherine Fleming, enters Jack’s life and it’s then when he embarks on his riskiest aff... more

The Shadow

by Kimberly Rae

Using multiple personas, Lucias Maddox Moore followed Meagan Winston on her travels for three years, learned from her ability to smile and make friends, and gained confidence as he began his international drug trade. He needs to show Meagan how much she means to him.

Meagan Winston loves working at Rahab's Rope in Gainesville, Georgia, selling jewelry and other creative items made by rescued trafficked women in India. On each of her journeys to Mumbai the past few years, however, dr... more

Dead Cold (An Emily Stone Thriller)

by Jennifer Chase

What happens when one California community has a disturbing spike in homicides? It catapults cops into a deadly game of murder. Frozen human body parts hideously displayed at the crime scenes offers a horrifying interpretation that only a sadistic serial killer could design—and execute.

On the hunt for a complex serial killer, vigilante detective Emily Stone must face her most daring case yet. Stone’s proven top-notch profiling skills and forensic expertise may not be enough... more

The Lighthouse Keeper

by Lily Night

A few months in a rented beach cottage in Peron Cove seems like the perfect respite for artist Laura to create her next series of paintings. However, hidden behind the idyllic seaside town and its quirky inhabitants lies a dark secret from the past which refuses to remain hidden any longer.

Angels in the Moonlight

by Caimh McDonnell

For Detective Bunny McGarry, life is complicated, and it is about to get more so. It’s 1999 and his hard won reputation amongst Dublin’s criminal fraternity, for being a massive pain the backside, is unfortunately shared by his bosses. His partner has a career-threatening gambling problem and, oh yeah, Bunny's finally been given a crack at the big time. He’s set the task of bringing down the most skilled and ruthless armed robbery gang in Irish history. So the last thing he needs in his life ... more

Pack of Lies

by Bradley West

Everything you think you know about MH370 is a lie.

Flight MH370 appears in Balochistan, Pakistan instead of on the seabed. A corrupt Malaysia Prime Minister, a devious CIA director and the secret forces behind Osama bin Laden’s death conspire to thwart former CIA cryptanalyst Bob Nolan as he seeks the plane’s fate.

His quest takes him from Singapore to Balochistan before the shocking denouement in Sri Lanka. Non-stop action compressed into ten tumultu... more

Sea of Lies

by Bradley West

The MH370 conspiracy thriller

An extraordinary CIA thriller focused on the vanishing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The violent intersection of spies and politics thrusts an aging CIA codebreaker into a desperate race across Burma, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the Australian Outback. Crisp dialog drives non-stop realistic action across the sweaty, sultry yet brutal Asia landscape. Interwoven plots deliver four climaxes in the first installment of the exciting new Lies ... more

Airliner Down

by John Etzil

Flight 2262 is bound for paradise, but a rogue terrorist could send it to the bottom of the ocean… Kevin can’t wait to land in Hawaii for a romantic getaway. But when the off-duty pilot takes a glance at his GPS, he’s in for a surprise: the plane is headed to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And he’s the only one who knows it… Expecting the worst, Kevin heads to the cockpit. Before he can take the controls, he’s got a rookie air marshal, a stewardess with a grudge, and a barricade to get t... more

A Broken Instrument

by Jason Brezinski

May, 1590: Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth’s feared spymaster is dead. And someone is unraveling his networks. A perfect instrument of intelligence has become broken. Three men are plunged into the morass of Elizabethan intelligence operations. Robert Poley: He ran some of those networks in Flanders. He has to catch the traitor. Nick Crossby: Deep cover in Flanders for several years. Running for home wounded with his cover blown, he might know who burned him. Richard Helmsley: English Catholic age... more

Petectives: Under Fire

by Robert J. Smith

It’s the 4th of July and the Petectives are feeling the heat! In the midst of a sweltering heat wave, feline detectives Yoshi and Gatsby get word that an old enemy is back and running a protection racket in their neighborhood. When an attack lands Gatsby’s girlfriend in the veterinary hospital, he gets hot under the collar but it may take Yoshi’s cool logic to shut down a gang of animal criminals and clear a dog from a horrible accusation. The Petectives are back and there’s going to be firework... more

Enterprise Reporting: Can Anyone Ever Trust the News Again?

by Tom Chorneau

More than a decade before a distracted nation became transfixed by clumsy efforts to fake the news, a cabal of corporate insiders organized a far more nuanced and insidious persuasion machine in California’s capital. Led by one of the state’s top political reporters and his uncle, the managing partner of a big wheel lobbying firm, the operation netted the partners more than $7 million during the brief sixteen months the website was running. The deception was clever and hard to spot, never anythi... more

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