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Family of Killers-Memoirs of an Assassin

by Stephen W Briggs

David is pulled from his bed; he is seven. His father, freelancing for British intelligence, is identified while attempting to assassinate a terrorist. Now a wanted man, he must relocate his family from Northern Ireland to Canada. David is raised in the family’s business. A business that, eliminates those that can’t keep secrets, sells weapons around the world, and hides those that need protection. As a teen David struggles with his future in the family business and his mother’s desire to have... more

The Reisman Case

by Andrew Diamond

A wealthy business owner asks investigator Claire Chastain to solve a simple case. Is his employee stealing or not? From the moment she’s hired, subtle clues tell her something’s wrong: the unbusinesslike business owner, the lingering scent of a woman on the stairs, the rustle in the curtains where someone watches from above. Claire’s gut tells her the case isn’t about theft. Her investigation turns up a pathologically anxious suspect, a deeply dysfunctional family, and a murder that she h... more

"To Live and Die In the Floating World"

by Stephen W Holgate

Kip Weston, young scion of a fabulously wealthy American family, has become a wanted fugitive. Out of money and desperate, he flees his seedy quarter of Paris one step ahead of a private detective and heads for the countryside. Here, he falls into a job with the Celeste, a small tourist barge plying the canals of Burgundy. Kip quickly finds that in running from one peril he has landed in far greater danger from another. A tale of mounting suspense, it ends in a spasm of violence that closes all ... more

Dell's Leap

by Michael Biddison

Her enviable survival skills, born from a childhood on the streets, barely keep her alive as Deputy Dell dodges a series of attempts on her life. A unique ability to suppress fear and other distracting emotions while confronting catastrophe enhances her job effectiveness for sure, but these onslaughts are taking their toll, physically and psychologically. Thus, she can do little when her FBI mentor invites her help with an investigation of rail tanker explosions across South Dakota. Agent Madd... more

The Opposite Of Trust: A Cold War Novel Of Passion And Betrayal

by Rodger Carlyle

“Carefully plotted…an abundance of cunning political themes…invigorating until the last page.” –The BookLife Prize

IT’S 1958 AND THE U.S. MCCARTHY WITCH HUNTS ARE DESTROYING lives, while in Russia, Stalinist hardliners are fighting Khrushchev’s reforms. Both countries are paranoid over the other’s nuclear threat.

A Russian bomber trying to deliver a threatening message to ... more

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by kieronpollard

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FREEZE BEFORE BURNING

by Nikki Stern

Macabre Murderer Ices True Crime Devotees

What do a bartender, a priest, and a librarian have in common? They all work in New York City. They’re all true crime fans. And they’re all dead, courtesy of a predator with a chilling need for respect.

Lieutenant Sam Tate is in the Big Apple to investigate her own tragic past and reconnect with remaining family. She’s pulled onto the case of the Dry Ice Killer, as the malicious murderer is known, by an old friend, now an... more

Murder on the Golden Arrow

by Magda Alexander

What’s a bright young woman to do when her brother becomes the main suspect in a murder? Why, solve the case of course.

England. 1923. After a year away at finishing school where she learned etiquette, deportment, and the difference between a salad fork and a fish one, Kitty Worthington is eager to return home. But minutes after she and her brother Ned board the Golden Arrow, the unthinkable happens. A woman with a mysterious connection to her brother is poisoned, and the murderer... more

The Secret is Out

by Gabrielle K. Chevalier

"...this would never happen to me so there must be a logical explanation to what is going on..." All seems normal and well from the outside. But something doesn't seem quite right to this little girl, she knows there is more than what appears. A certain horror is lurking within her family, will she uncover the secret? Is the demon haunting her there for a reason?

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Serious Business on Albatross Lane

by Bryan (B.L.) Smith

Sam Hastings and her friends have decided to start a detective agency, but they’re a little short on clients. Actually, to be exact, nobody at all is interested in hiring a group of twelve-year-olds for important detective work. So, when Sam and her friends happen to be eyewitnesses to a crime at the Perceval Museum, they can’t let the perfect opportunity to prove themselves slip by. In no time at all Sam, Bert, and Kennedy have fully entrenched themselves in the case of the missi... more

Irritating Adventures on Albatross Lane

by Bryan (B.L.) Smith

As a newcomer to the small town of Perceval, eleven-year-old Sam Hastings quickly realizes that Bert Mintenko – her bookish, overdressed, stuffed-up neighbour – is the last person she should be seen with. In fact, she decides to avoid him at absolutely all costs. But Bert has a way of stirring up trouble that Sam just can’t avoid. When she starts making friends, there’s Bert diffusing an exploding tuba. When she finally gets to enjoy some independence, there’s Bert getting savaged by a killer go... more

Thieves of Paris

by Helen Schwartz

In German occupied Paris, Max St. Denis vows to steal back from Nazi looters a well-loved portrait. He needs the help of two brave women, Rose Valland, the only French person in the depot for loot, and Hannah Kiesler, a Hungarian Zionist recruits him to rescue Jews. Himself a convicted thief, released from prison to fight the invading Germans, Max sees thievery all around him—in Hitler’s orders, Goering’s avarice, Vichy French attempts to get in on the spoils, as well as neighbors’ casual thefts... more

A.J. HAWKE ATTORNEY AT LAW: The Case of the Sphynx Rapist

by Donald McInnis

Amid a series of unsolved rapes in San Diego’s beach communities, attorney A.J. Hawke is retained to represent David Caine, a college student accused of raping and killing his girlfriend. Claire Rewake. The young man is also being treated as a suspect in the other rapes. David claims he is innocent of any wrong doing, even though the police produce a “confession.” Meanwhile, the power brokers at City Hall—including the Presiding Judge—attempt to suppress media co... more

Moves

by John Michaels

In the blink of an eye, Robert Jake’s perfect life became hell.

Jake, a radio talk show host with a pregnant wife, had the perfect life until, in a moment of “Patriotic Stupidity” he decided to stop talking for a living and start shooting to help his country.

Deployed to Iraq, he barely made it home alive, shot-up and full of shrapnel, after a fatal ambush.

Moves is a mixture of single parent meets thriller, action, and suspense in bucket loads. If you like... more

Zopifresh 7.5 Mg

by Jontis Johnson

Zopifresh 7.5 is an over the counter sleep aid that is used by millions of people each year. It is commonly used to help people fall asleep, especially those that are extremely stressed or nervous. However, Zopifresh has been known to cause side effects for some users. Some of the side effects Zopifresh has caused include dizziness, dry mouth, upset stomach, headaches, runny or stuffy nose, upset stomach, nausea, itching or burn... more

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