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Paradise Lost

by Mollie Bach

This book is set in the present day. It takes place in London and Southern France. There are two central characters, Judith and Annabel. Judith is a young artist who meets and falls in love with Claude, who is doing his doctorate on the painter Vincent van Gogh and the causes of his mental disintegration, which led eventually to his suicide. Judith's mother is an alcoholic. Annabel is a financial advisor to the NHS. Her job is deficit reduction within the hospital trusts. These two diverse chara... more

Upon a Time The Darkness behind the Tales

by Elliot Francke

Upon a Time The Darkness behind the Tales is a late medieval murder mystery based on the prototypical origins of famous fairy tale characters. What would drive the original Rapunzel, Hansel, Red Riding Hood, even the fairy godmother, among others, to contemplate murder? Learn about life in the principality of Quellestadt in central Germany, and how the citizens' surrounding history affects their lives, as well as what would drive them to extreme action.

Awake Asleep Dreaming Dead

by John Siwicki

A MIND BENDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER — A RIDE THROUGH TIME — The driver's focus is on the disappearing center line. Then the sun begins to rise, and it's like nothing he's seen before, he stops to admire it and takes a picture. He's tired, closes his eyes, rests, thinks, and dreams. Time, memories, love, places, people from the past. Who knows and makes the future? Do wishes come true? Where do they come from? Is life a coin toss? Does it happen by choice? Is it random, magic, or an ... more

Ameerah: Paranormal Thriller

by Rebekkah Ford

Sometimes even the dead seek salvation.

In 1925, eighteen-year-old Ameerah Arrowood is murdered in an insane asylum. She finds herself transported to a dreary realm that turns out to be a recruiting station for the dark spirits. With animosity in her heart toward humanity, she decides to join them.

For the next ninety years, Ameerah possesses soulless humans, living a hedonistic, mischievous and sometimes vengeful existence, but now she's seeking salvation so ... more

It Is What It Is (Noir et Bleu Motorcycle Club Series Book 3)

by D.R. Graham

Sons of Anarchy meets Sicario and Taken in It Is What It Is: Noir et Bleu Motorcycle Club Series.

Tracking down the missing daughter of a senior member of the Noir et Bleu Motorcycle Club should be a quick, easy assignment for Tait—a chance to finally earn his full patch and officially become a member of the outlaw biker family. But the mission leads him into the clutches of a Mexican drug cartel and now the daughter is not the only one tangled up in a lethal situation.

Foliage: An International Banking Spy Thriller

by Lorraine Evanoff

Investment banker Louise Moscow loves her new life and career in late 1980s Paris. With a high-profile dream job, plus fascinating friends and love interests in a glamorous city, things couldn’t be better. When she stumbles upon criminal activity at her company, the FBI and CIA force her to cooperate and bring down the murderous brazen bankers in what turns out to be one of the greatest scandals of the twentieth century. Code word: FOLIAGE!

The Benghazi Affair: A Hillary Clinton Parody (Hillary Clinton Secret Agent Parody Series Book 1)

by W.E. Salud

Hillary Clinton: First Lady, Senator from New York, Secretary of State . . . Secret Agent Unbeknownst to the American people, Hillary Clinton leads a secret life as a secret agent in this political satire of the former Secretary of State and presidential candidate. In The Benghazi Affair, Hillary must make her hardest choices yet as she embarks on a mission to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the incident in Benghazi, Libya . . .

That Melvin Bray

by Margaret McBride

Having been raised in abject poverty with an abusuve alcoholic father, Maggie attempts to reconcile with Lizzy's help, the agonizing truths of her childhood and Melvin Bray by finally addressing the constant anxiety, fear and anger affecting her life. These two lifelong friends revisit childhood memories while divine intervention guides them on a path to transform the tragically broken lives of Ballen and Katherine, a couple whose young son disappeared without a trace decades before.

If I Should Remember

by K.D. Van Brunt

Memories make us human. Are we still alive if we can’t remember?

Seventeen-year-old Zoe Laleigh has accepted that sometimes the only way to survive today is to wipe away the past. That’s what her loving parents and dedicated psychiatrist are helping her do—forget. What, she’s not entirely sure. All she knows is when an entire year of recollections goes missing, there’s definitely something wrong.

Sometimes the past isn’t so easily forgotten&hell... more

To Ithaca

by J.C.Graeme

If you like sailing or even if you don’t, if you like Greece and its quirky anarchic culture, if you have a little interest in the modern history of Greece and the rise of the right wing Golden Dawn party, then this thriller/novel will be of interest to you. When there is a knock on his door at night Douglas opens it to find a tall dark girl there. She gives him a package and tells him he must come to Greece. His brother is ill and needs him. Leaving his orderly, comfortable life Douglas trav... more

The Reveal: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery Book 6

by Mike Markel

Many citizens in the small college town of Rawlings, Montana, are unsurprised to learn that Virginia Rinaldi, the world-famous sociologist, was murdered. A few are secretly pleased. Her political enemies knew her as an ideologue who used insults, threats, and blackmail to promote her unpopular social views. When Detectives Seagate and Miner begin their investigation, they discover that a local prostitute had recently moved into the professor’s house, angering Rinaldi’s college-age son. And when ... more

Utopian Day

by C.L. Wells

International crime, kidnapping, and murder intertwine themselves in this novel about three convicted felons who are attempting to change their criminal ways and build something positive out of their lives. Suddenly, James, Laura, and J.T. are pulled back into the world of crime as they are blackmailed into helping to steal 80 million dollars. With no one to trust, the authorities on their trail, and the clock ticking down they must each confront their own beliefs about what is right and wrong... more

Fractures: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery

by Mike Markel

The fracking boom in eastern Montana has minted a handful of new millionaires and one billionaire: Lee Rossman, the president of Rossman Mining and the leading philanthropist in the small city of Rawlings. Rossman is the last person Detectives Seagate and Miner expected to discover dead in the alley next to a strip club. Later, when Lee's son is found out at the rigs, with significant internal injuries, numerous broken bones, and a belly full of fracking liquid, the detectives know the two crime... more

No Reason for Insanity: A Haszard Narrative

by Kevin E. Hatt

No Reason for Insanity is a tale of intrigue, concentrating on the thoughts and actions of Haszard, the narrator. It is a whodunit with dark, and occasionally light humour, using lateral thinking as Haszard works through the bizarre murders to discover links. There is tension and danger throughout, plus a desperate fight for survival.

Intrigued by the bizarre events surrounding the murder of a friend, Haszard is asked by the family to look in to the matter. Against the advice of his fri... more

Oath Stone

by Claire H Brukman

As Colin McGrath and his seven-year-old daughter embark for Hare Island in autumn, he is given grave warning. Don't go after the leaves drop, says the old groundskeeper. A moist wind picks up but Colin will not be swayed off course. The island is where he and his wife Alice met as children. She was the bright but crippled daughter of a wealthy Boston couple. Colin was the illegitimate son of her housekeeper. They formed an unlikely bond and swore an oath under shallow-rooted trees and distant co... more

Broken Promises

by Donna M. Zadunajsky

Two years after their marriage, Jim Culback wasn’t the man Clare thought he was. How many more broken promises could she accept? After packing and moving everything they owned from Ohio to Naples, Florida, she actually thought their marriage would improve. But as time went by, she couldn’t take the beatings, lies or cheating any longer. But could her husband be capable of homicide? Is Jim responsible for the murders of two women? A detective from Chicago is put on the case to help solve the murd... more

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