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  • Friday Harbor

    by D.C. Alexander
    It's 1922. Prohibition is the law of the land. A rumrunner's boat is found adrift near the United States-Canada maritime border of Puget Sound, its crew missing, its cargo hold riddled with bullet holes and awash with blood. Young Sheriff Miles Scott—traumatized by his experiences in World War I and obsessed with protecting his remote, Eden-like island community—takes on a murder investigation with a list of suspects including rival rumrunners, temperance fanatics, anti-immigrant labor leaders, ... more

  • The Tears of Hope

    by Peter Hubbard
    imagine a world with no oil, gas or coal - no internet, computers, technology - a world where a small group of women create refugee-like conditions to help provide a world-wide response to the devastating conditions millions of child refugees experience every day. Then imagine how they might provide HOPE with technology so advanced we can only dream of it. Welcome to The Tears of Hope, the first in a trilogy of psychological thrillers that will have you on the edge of your seat.

  • A Dagger Among Friends (Harvest Falls Mysteries Book 1)

    by Craig Comer
    Charlie Goode has returned home to Harvest Falls after a split from her long-term partner. Her life needs a reboot, and so do her relationships. Looking for a fresh start, Charlie works at her cousin’s board game shop and at the local police station, where her father is chief of police. But when her high-school BFF is killed, Charlie is shocked as amateur sleuths abound. Determined to protect her father’s reputation, she finds herself battling wits with the bumbling sleuths, joining the hunt ... more

  • Montana's Mission: Protecting the Forest

    by Victor Hess
    As far as thirteen-year-old Montana MacCarthy is concerned every animal in the Glen Helen Forest is under her protection. That goes double for the pair of American Bald eagles nesting in the oak on Talus Trail. When the Glen director asks her and the Wesley Club to create a kid-friendly pamphlet about the animals as a summer project, they jump at the chance. Montana guides them through the forest as they sketch and photograph bobcats, foxes, skunks, bats, and, yes, the eagles. Their project unc... more

  • California Hustle: A Novel

    by Jeffrey Messineo
    Grigsby adores The Con. There's nothing better than a good hustle. The ins and outs. The improvisation. Ask any athlete. Eventually, you get too old. Reflexes slow. Agility diminishes. Decision-making decays. So, after a string of bad luck, Grigsby's afraid he's aged out of the only thing that matters: the game. But when his massive debts come due and his college age kids become collateral, Grigsby must learn a new trick and score in the biggest scam of his life: Going mostly legit with an... more

  • Fangs of Deception by T. K. Orbelyan

    by Artisan Book Reviews & Marketing
    “We couldn’t care less about what a tiny minority of people think they know. We own the media, we own the courts. Hell, we own the whole bloody system, everything. There’s no stopping what we’re doing, Terry. Surely you’ve understood that by now.” Just days after Carl Palmer introduces his new girlfriend to his cousin Terry at a family get-together, where he reveals explosive information he has discovered about the pandemic and the vaccines, he disappears into thin air. This forces Terry to d... more

  • Tragedy in Tahoe: Rylie Sunderland Mysteries Book 1

    by Rachele Baker

    “Plenty of suspense, interesting characters, and a fascinating location kept me reading.” 

    “I kept turning page after page until I'd suddenly reached the unexpected and climatic conclusion. It's so good." 

    After the veterinary hospital where she worked burns to the ground, Rylie takes a summer job as a part-time caretaker at an old Lake Tahoe estate turned B & B called Whitaker Cottages while she tries to f... more

  • Flotsam

    by Patricia Boomsma
    Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Flynn is called to a crime scene where a foot in a running shoe has washed up along the Pacific shoreline. While there, she meets Therese, the mother of Diyanni, a young Indigenous woman who has been missing for almost a month. At first Kelly resists Therese's plea for help, but when she learns about the dismissive attitude of the city police, Kelly decides to help Therese work through the jurisdictional maze of law enforcement agencies. Kelly finds herself in a... more

  • CELESTIA HOUSE

    by Roos van der Jagt
    Welcome to Celestia House, where enigmatic secrets and profound mysteries lurk within opulent walls. This thrilling tale takes you on an extraordinary journey filled with intrigue, suspense, and the complex interplay of human desires. In the heart of a bustling metropolis, the mansion known as Celestia House stands as an embodiment of the deepest longings of human souls. When it goes up for sale, a bidding war erupts, and the victor becomes the keeper of its secrets. As the new owner cross... more

  • Flora Investigates: The Case of the Missing Gold Eggs

    by Saloni Surah
    Flora is a 10 year old detective living in Florence who has just opened up her very own Detective Agency. She lands her first paid case to find a missing gold egg laying chicken whilst drumming up business in Grassina, where she sees a flying pirate ship; hears a gunshot; and a woman wailing. She meets a dithery hunter before finding Lucia sobbing next to broken chicken hutch because her much loved gold-egg laying chicken (Gina) has been stolen, along with some of her eggs. The suspects li... more

  • Immortalised to Death: The Dunston Burnett Trilogy

    by Lyn Squire
    Debut author Lyn Squire kicks off his electrifying Dunston Burnett Trilogy with legendary Victorian novelist Charles Dickens dead at his desk, pen still in hand. The mystery unravels as Dickens’ nephew and unlikely detective Dunston Burnett, tries to find the solution of his uncles’ unfinished novel. Convinced that the identity of Dickens’ murderer lies in the book's missing conclusion, Dunston becomes obsessed with investigating those closest to Dickens. A stunning revelation crowns this tale a... more

  • Tulle Death Do Us Part: A Material Witness Mystery

    by Diane Vallere

    Polyester Monroe, quirky amateur sleuth and proud owner of Material Girl, the most colorful fabric store in San Ladrón, California, unravels the threads of a new mystery in TULLE DEATH DO US PART… When the historic Waverly House is transformed into a wedding venue, the town buzzes with excitement. An out-of-town couple with the loosest of local ties has adopted them as their own. But amidst the celebration, tragedy strikes when a guest is found dead in the chapel before the wedd... more

  • The Case of the Zombie Ninjas: Dotty Morgan Supernatural Sleuth Book Two

    by Erik Martin
    Twelve-year-old supernatural sleuth, Dotty Morgan, becomes embroiled in an ancient conflict between rival supernatural factions who all want the same thing—the Japanese sword her father gave her on her last birthday. The timing couldn’t be worse. She’s busy navigating the complications of middle school romance with her girlfriend, Hannah, and dealing with her mother who wants to ask Dotty’s former bully to move in. Somehow, she makes time to investigate a four-hundred-year-old murder to keep saf... more

  • The Doomsday Code

    by Sara Yager

    In an artificial intelligence lab in Shanghai, something has gone terribly wrong. Days after a major breakthrough in machine learning, CyberGen Industries' lead AI scientist is dead—and their precious prototype has vanished into the ether. An investigation reveals that, against all odds, the lab's “unhackable” system has been breached.

    The discovery, an algorithm mimicking human intelligence, is growing quickly—becoming more cunning and unpredictable with each passing hour. Soon its cap... more

  • The Case of the French Fry Phantom: Dotty Morgan Supernatural Sleuth Book One

    by Erik Martin
    When a potato pilfering phantom targets Elderton, twelve-year-old supernatural sleuth, Dotty Morgan, takes the case. Her investigation uncovers a plot to enslave the townspeople. Dotty must identify the culprit before it is too late. Complicating matters are the bullies who harass Dotty at every opportunity, the adults who won’t listen to her, and her crush on the dangerous new girl, Hannah.

  • The Daedalus Protocol

    by Jeff Sheckter
    A deadly pathogen has been unleashed across the globe, killing livestock and destroying crops as it spreads. A near-extinction event from worldwide famine will be certain if it’s not stopped in time. A mysterious man known only as Daedalus, possessing advanced technology and seemingly unlimited resources, has assembled a crew of notable soldiers and scientists for a mission to stop the coming plague. Embarking on a perilous archeological odyssey, this elite team, led by SEAL commander Gry... more
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