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The Feel of Echoes

by Mari Labbee

Thirtysomething, unemployed, and smarting from the abrupt unraveling of her upcoming wedding, Sabrina “Bri” Hall is desperate to leave her life in New York behind. So when she sees the opportunity to buy a mysterious old house on the secluded Jackal’s Head Point on the southern coast of Maine, she jumps on it. While she may be able to run from the past, she’s haunted by a new demon: cryptic dreams of a previous occupant’s life and untimely death. On top of it all... more

Sea Girl

by Oz Carter

New York socialite Carly Hodge thinks she’s kept her infidelity secret from her husband, Preston. She’s wrong. On the pretext of celebrating her fortieth birthday, Preston takes her to the Bahamas on a sailboat. Under the night sky on the Little Bahama Bank, he serves her a romantic dinner and gives her the best sex of their nineteen-year marriage. Then he beats her, ties her to the mast of the boat, and blows the boat up while making his getaway. Carly survives the murder attempt, forcing Pre... more

Tidewater Hit

by M.Z. Thwaite

M. Z. Thwaite’s novel is a story of one determined woman’s refusal to leave well enough alone. In one a heart- stopping moment, while rowing off the coast of Georgia the summer of 1986, Abbey Taylor Bunn discovers a dazed boating hit-and-run victim. In the days following the successful rescue, Abbey becomes acquainted with a new potential real estate client, but the unidentified man she rescued worries a recently awakened side of her, the sleuth. Who is the stranger? Who left him to die and why... more

Solve by Christmas

by Amber Schamel

When sabotage threatens the Rudin Sugar Factory, Detective Jasper Hollock believes this will be his first real case. But dear Mr. Rudin—the only father Jasper has ever known—holds a different assignment for his private investigator.

“I’ve struck a deal with God, Jasper, and you’re my angel.”

Mr. Rudin charges Jasper to build a “case” of reasons for his employer to continue his life. If he fails, Mr. Rudin will end it in suicide on Ch... more

Alexandria Rising: Book 1 of the Alexandria Rising Chronicles

by Mark Wallace Maguire

Rand O'Neal, an ambition-less newspaper reporter, is given a single task upon the death of his grandfather: Destroy a mysterious map. What should be a simple errand thrusts Rand into a journey across three countries chased by unknown pursuers where he discovers humanity's biggest secret.

Tiffany

by Rob Kelley

Harry Kavanagh, a wealthy mutual funds manager, is found bludgeoned to death with a fire place poker in his living room. His beautiful, pampered, trophy wife, Tiffany, is discovered walking in a daze down by the old Moxley Covered Bridge with no recollection of the event. When the deputies search her white Mercedes sports car, they find the bloody murder weapon in the trunk. Sheriff Grady is certain he has a slam-dunk case, and charges her with first-degree murder. When a local doctor, with a y... more

Two Detective Jericho Singles

by walter marks

Two novella length books: “The Hated” explores a different side of East Hampton, rife with crimes of violence, vicious gangs and secret organizations. “A Man’s Partner” brings Jericho back to his old precinct, East Harlem, where he must investigate his partner’s death, much like the noir fiction detective, Sam Spade. As in all Jericho books, the reader should be prepared for a shocking ending.

Daingerfield Island

by John Adam Wasowicz

Daingerfield Island is a legal thriller, featuring Elmo Katz, an Alexandria, VA, defense attorney and former city prosecutor. Although he is no stranger to the twisted truths that lurk in the justice system, Katz's world is upended when he find himself entangled in a complex terrorist plot. Places he once navigated with ease are now obscured by shadows as Katz weaves his way through political intrigue, courtroom machinations, and police skulduggery to save what's left of the truth -- and himself... more

2018: (Book 1). One hundred years after the deadly Influenza pandemic of 1918, similar virus emerges again..

by S Sapkota

One Hundred years after the deadly Influenza pandemic of 1918, similar virus emerges again. In this novel S. Sapkota marvelously weaves a thrilling story chapter by chapter that leave readers biting their nail in excitement from the start to the finish. The novel drench readers with full fledged entertainment while feeding them with information on what they should expect to realistically happen during an outbreak, epidemic and pandemic caused by highly virulent influenza virus. This is book 1 of... more

Pre-Marital Murder

by Candy Justice

“Logan Magee was obviously a man in love, a man looking forward to the future. I didn’t believe for a minute all that conspiracy stuff Mrs. Magee was clinging to, but neither did I believe that Logan Magee had killed himself.” Thirty-something and single, Britt Faire is a columnist and former reporter for a daily newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee. She doesn’t like to attract attention to herself, but that doesn’t stop trouble from finding her every chance it gets. One day she gets a phone c... more

Fade to Black

by Karl Bakke

When actor, turned private investigator, Will Spire receives a call from his ex-wife, he is drawn into a case involving a series of murders within the entertainment industry. Then, two women in Will’s life are taken and things turn personal. But who is responsible for these horrific crimes? Could it be Blue, a violent felon who was mistakenly paroled and has vowed revenge? Perhaps it’s Anna Burnside, the institutionalized debutant, who is pulling the strings? Or is something even ... more

Only In Key West

by Kenneth D. Michaels

When vacationing Chicago detectives Nick and Norm witness a tragic accident involving a famous entertainer, the local police chief asks for their help. The duo's investigation uncovers crime and corruption in paradise as they come face-to-face with a ruthless killer...And homegrown eccentrics, drag queens, and dwarves rush to their aid in this heart-pounding thriller!

The Judge's Brief

by John Gastineau

The eighteen-year-old son of attorney Allen Pierman turns to an old family friend, a judge, for answers to questions about who his father was. The judge’s recollection begins in an open field, where Randy Grable, the young man’s uncle, was found dead on a tractor that had been set afire, shot in the head and chest. Pierman had only recently inherited the county prosecutor job from his deceased father, Carter, and he wants little to do with the case. Nevertheless, it is up to him and Sheriff Joe ... more

The Recipient: An Emerald City Thriller

by Audrey J. Cole

A year after serial killer Michael Rhodes is executed and allowed to donate part of his brain as an organ transplant, Wade gets called to a murder scene that shares uncanny similarities to those of the late Michael Rhodes. Other similar killings happen around Seattle, and Wade seems to be the only person still alive who knows enough about Michael Rhodes’s murders to be able to replicate them. When evidence found at one of the crime scenes points to Wade as the killer, he races to find the real c... more

Goodbye, Angel (Matt Salewski Mysteries) (Volume 1)

by Ryan D. Smith

Private investigator Matt Salewski thought he'd found the perfect woman in Erin Ferrell: funny, easygoing and beautiful. But when Salewski is hired for what he thinks will be a routine divorce case, he discovers that his perfect woman is a little less than perfect. For starters, she neglected to tell him she was married. She's also been going by two different names. And she's just turned up dead. As more bodies pile up, Salewski must navigate a web of sex, deceit, and murder to find out what Eri... more

Quest to the Unknown

by Annelies George

Young Dutch reporter JESSIE GOLDEN is truly “golden” in the competitive world of business news. One day she’s given the plum assignment of interviewing business mogul and international playboy CARLOS GOMEZ. To her surprise, Carlos takes a personal interest in her. Before long the two are in a steady relationship. Unbeknownst to Jessie she is destined to fulfill a critical life mission, crucial for the fate of the world. Her journey starts on the eve of her holiday when she discovers an old fol... more

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