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Decker

by Kevin Roberts

Lonely hardware store clerk Tom Decker carries around a beef with his boss, a chip on his shoulder and horrors he experienced in the Korean War. He deals with these demons by taking the moral low ground: crime and the pursuit of dangerous women. But the bedding of the ex-wife of mob boss, Vito Fiori, turned out to be a big miscalculation, leading to kidnapping, blackmail and an impossible bank heist replete with gunplay and murder. To get out from under these impossible circumstances he will nee... more

The Doctor Will See You Now

by Logan J. Hannen

"Hi, I'm Mike, and I have an empathy disorder."
If there were support groups for Dr. Michael Blake's condition, this is how he would introduce himself. But there aren't and he probably wouldn't go anyway.
So, instead, he spends his days working as a hospital diagnostician from inside the safe confines of his office; reading files, writing prescriptions, and saving lives.
This should be fulfilling, but his specific condition causes his body to experienc... more

Family Tithes

by Colette Tozer

Family Tithes delves into the mysterious life of the Krone family. With a father, who amidst varying medical degrees, fills the majority of his time by running a crime syndicate and two sons who want nothing to do with him, despite their unique talents, life for the family has never been dull. Although, with their father having disappeared for the better part of a decade, Derrick and Eric Krone have finally settled into something of a normal life. However, that is all about to change. Convinced ... more

Decoy Theory

by Chad M Campbell

"No event in human history was as infinitely great as the discover of the infinitely small." -Sterling Davis At a private research facility in Northern Virginia a team of biomedical scientists is on the verge of a monumental breakthrough. Logan McBride, a young researcher for the CDC, is tasked with evaluating their discovery; a process for treating disease called Decoy Theory. The research ostensibly holds the key to the cure of a terrible disease, but what will be the ultimate price f... more

Clueless in Cleveland (A Sam Carter Mystery Series) (Volume 1)

by Nelle Lewis

Ten years ago, Samantha "Sam" Carter bailed on her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Now she's back - a return less anticipated than a Browns' Super Bowl win - to help her mom out of a funk. Sam heard it was bad, but now Mom's blowing off bingo? Sam begins to suspect that her mom's depression may not be all it appears, but she gets side-tracked when her investigator brother Paul tosses her into a case. They're on the hunt for a client's missing wife, Tracy. Sam discovers she has an old connection to... more

Black over Bill's Mother's

by Stephen Burrows

Mary Docker, a single mother in wartime, fights for her own and her twin’s survival. The twins have their own problems. A rare genetic ‘miracle’ means one is black, one white. Their destinies lead them to opposite sides of the law, conflict and betrayal.

Elsewhere in Birmingham, Patrick Quinn, a violent child of Irish descent, makes a deal with the devil, a deal that haunts him down the years and draws the twins into a cataclysmic showdown.

&n... more

Gone on Sunday

by Tower Lowe

Polio disabled Cotton Lee’s leg, but not her sexuality, not her mind, and not her ability to connect the murder of her friend Little Mary in 1972 to that of Bead Baker in 1932. Gone on Sunday follows the lives of the Baker family, their black servants, and the townspeople they knew in Homeville, Virginia. Alternating between 1972 and 1932, Cotton Lee’s investigation into the murder of Bead Baker brings out secrets kept for decades. With suspects ranging from a housewife, to a cook, and even a ru... more

Wind the Clock

by Dawn Brotherton and Lawrence Stutzriem

Bathed in the beauty of Germany on a storybook assignment, Major Jackie Austin is revered across Spangdahlem Air Base as an officer and leader. The Air Force is looking to promote her ahead of the pack. From the outside, she’s got it all, to include a fighter pilot husband, the handsome and popular Stan “Mace” Mason. In truth, things are fraying behind the scenes, as the compromises of a two-career military marriage take their toll. All of it factors into the greatest tragedy Jackie will ever ex... more

The Obsession

by Dawn Brotherton

When the phone calls began in the dead of the night, Jackie chalked them up to a prank caller. She had had her share of harassment coming up the ranks of the Air Force and shrugged them off. Then she began noticing changes in her home that she had not made, unsigned love letters began arriving, and she knew she needed to worry. Was she paranoid, going crazy, or were men at work not getting the message that she wasn’t interested? In the neighboring town of Sedalia, a more ominous situation was... more

Infinite Loop

by Gordon Brewer

In this paranormal mystery, Warren wakes inside a new character aboard a tramp steamer returning from Cuba during the 1930s. The man discovers his role as a wealthy playboy, but he has no idea why his character is involved with an unsavory group of associates for ten grand in cash. By the time his ship docks in Boston, Warren is a wanted man, just one-step away from capture and the gallows. The fugitive must adapt to an era of beautiful dames and dangerous lies while trying to find the real m... more

The Datura Solution

by Patrick Faure

Max Foreman has just come back from a military mission in Africa. What should have been a simple in-and-out covert operation turned into a multiple-week ordeal punctuated by a trail of bodies from Africa to Europe. Worse, Max realizes that the team was betrayed. Escaping to Spain, Max is witness to the kidnapping of Lena, a multibillionaire Russian woman, whom he falls in love with. Max?s relationship with Lena will change his life forever as she is an oligarch trying to fend off organized crime... more

The Summer Boy

by Ray Rhamey

The air was as still as it was hot—only the whir of a grasshopper’s flight troubled the quiet. Jesse felt like an overcooked chicken, his meat darn near ready to fall off his bones. Mouth so dry he didn’t have enough spit left to swallow, Jesse croaked, “That guy tryin’ to kill us?”

Turns out the answer is “not yet.” A ranch hand is murdered and bad things start happening to Jesse, just an average kid working on a ranch the summer of 1958.... more

Castle Danger

by Chris Norbury

Fugitive Matt Lanier, unjustly accused of a violent crime, has been hiding in the northeastern Minnesota wilderness for nine months. The law wants him in jail. His enemies want him dead. He simply wants to survive the most brutal winter in decades. After rescuing an injured trapper, Matt is forced to leave his primitive encampment. He undertakes a Herculean trek through a blizzard to Castle Danger, a small town on the rugged North Shore of Lake Superior. There he’s saved from near death by A... more

The New D Street

by Ravi Naik

D Street a place somewhere on earth, rarely heard. Unexpectedly D Street comes into action when archaeology team enters the place to find some excavation. Walter the business man and the main character of story begins his quest when he first feels some suspect murder near the tunnel and finds some anonymous creature spys on him. People say, D street is a curse of monks, The tunnel is a place of Spirits, and no one dares to come through it. A suspense, mystery novel tied with many tales.

After the Wedding Came the Marriage

by Stella Louise

This novel has a pronounced Christian theme but centers on notions, such as forgiveness, that are all-inclusive. Louise doesn't focus on the mystery of who shot Paul, but still has fun by teasing plot twists. At its best, an engaging story of surviving tragedy with a universal, moral message.? 'Kirkus' Review Because of mistaken identity, Edmond was severely beaten, shot, and left for dead. They left him with a loss of memory. As he worked on regaining his identity and learning who tried... more

Midland Club

by Mark Spano

A knotted tale of corruption, lies, and murder in a Midwestern town. Only one man is willing to reveal the truth -- at the risk of his own life.

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