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  • Driver Confessional

    by David Winters
    Driver Confessional is the story of Antonio, a ride-share driver who winds the streets of Washington, D.C. to support his young family and pay for law school. His easy manner and Italian good looks lead passengers to disclose a bit more than they intended. On a particularly dark evening, his sedan pulls up in front of a posh Washington eatery. On her way to midnight meeting at a Senate office building, a mysterious woman and her confession plunge Antonio and his police detective brother in i... more
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    For the Greater Good

    by Colin Guest
    When Jeff, hears that his brother died in police custody in Yemen, a country racked by civil war, he flies in looking for answers. However, he soon finds himself involved in a plot to assassinate the self-proclaimed president.

  • Broken Playthings: A Detective Jake Adams Crime Novel

    by Brennon Noss
    A brutal murder, a gorgeous transgender femme fatale and a backpack full of money.When low rent PI Jake Adams meets a disturbingly beautiful transgender teen who has a tragic story to tell, he has to ask himself how far he's willing to go to believe in something beautiful, and how many lines he's willing to cross for sex, murder or redemption.

  • Monsters in Our Wake

    by J.H. Moncrieff
    In the idyllic waters of the South Pacific lurks a dangerous and insatiable predator, a monster whose bloodlust and greed threatens the very survival of our planet...the oil industry. Thousands of miles from the nearest human settlement, deep on the ocean floor, the creatures have lived for millennia. But when an oil drill bursts through their lair, Nøkken attacks, damaging the drilling ship’s engine, trapping the desperate crew. The longer the humans remain in Nøkken’s territory, strugg... more

  • City of Ghosts

    by J.H. Moncrieff
    On the day the villagers were forced to flee Hensu, not everyone got out alive. Jackson Stone is touring the abandoned Chinese city when he slips away from the group to spend the night, determined to publish an account of his ghostly experiences there. 
Then he meets Yuèhai, a strange, soft-spoken woman who can tell him the city’s secrets—secrets the Chinese government would kill to keep hidden. As Jackson uncovers the truth about Yuèhai and the ghost city, he’s drawn into a web of cons... more

  • The Girl Who Talks to Ghosts (GhostWriters Book 2)

    by J.H. Moncrieff
    Would you risk everything to save a stranger? Off the coast of Venice lurks Poveglia, the world’s most haunted isle, steeped in centuries of innocent blood. A deranged doctor who took great joy in torturing his patients in life continues to rule his abandoned asylum after death. Few go to Poveglia willingly, but medium Kate Carlsson has no choice. It’s her job. While struggling to retrieve a young girl’s soul, Kate uncovers some shocking truths about the evil on the island that challeng... more

  • The Planck Factor

    by Debbi Mack
    Grad student Jessica Evans decides on a dare to write a thriller novel. She concocts a nightmare scenario based upon actual science. However, Jessica's fictional story takes her own life in a bizarre direction. Her research into the science behind the novel stirs up concern from an extremist group who intends to use it for the wrong reasons. Before long, Jessica's running for her life.

  • A MURDER ON WALL STREET: A Joey Mancuso, Father O'Brian Crime Mystery

    by Owen Parr
    A Murder on Wall Street takes us inside the world of Captain O'Brian's Irish Pub and Cigar Bar in Manhattan, a legendary hotspot in the Financial District. Investigating the death are pub owners Joey Mancuso, fired from the NYPD for his unorthodox methods, and his brother Father Dominic, who isn't your typical priest. Also investigating is Marcy Martinez, a Cuban bombshell and FBI agent who's Joey's girlfriend. When a customer kills himself after celebrating the night before, the three know some... more

  • Only One Will Fall: The Nick Cross Mysteries: Book One

    by Ruth Bainbridge
    Detective Nick Cross is hard at work repairing burnt bridges incurred during a stormy first marriage when a murder happens. "Only One Will Fall" is the cryptic message sent to the victim's husband moments before the slaying, but nobody thinks much of it until an identical message is sent to the relative of a second victim. For Nick, it means one thing: Mount Pleasant has a serial killer on its hands. With no motive and no connection found between the victims, the police are helpless to pre... more

  • Hard Sentences: Crime Fiction Inspired by Alcatraz

    by David James Keaton
    Inside these walls, you'll find 19 stories detailing the cold, strange history of The Rock, nightmares real and imagined, including the deadly, acid-induced legacy of Whitey Bulger, Al Capone's final days, as well as dark tales of Robert "Birdman" Stroud, Creepy Karpis, and other less-notorious but equally memorable prisoners. Re-live the Civil War incarnation of Alcatraz, sample the prison's famous mess hall menu, and discover specters of the '70s Native American occupation who still haunt the ... more

  • Malthus Revisited: The Cup of Wrath

    by Lin Wilder

    Eighteen-year-old Morgan Gardner did not seem like someone who could save the world—unless you took the time to notice her eyes. And most people didn’t.

    Morgan’s exceptional gifts were known only to her and to the animals she could understand better than people. For a long time, she told no one about her nightmares. Embarrassed and afraid that no one would believe her, Morgan waited until it was almost too late. Then she confided in her mom’s best friend, Dr. Lin... more

  • A Price for Genius

    by Lin Wilder
    Dr. Lindsey McCall’s worst fears are realized. Not only have both drugs been stolen but two women have been kidnapped—one maybe dead. Lindsey had known Liisa Reardon’s new drug was alchemy, only this time, the end product actually more precious than gold. The desperate call from Hank Reardon in Switzerland came late at night causing too many questions. And no answers. Could Lindsey and Rich Jansen uncover who was behind the crimes? It was an inside job-could they figure out who had sold o... more

  • Do You Solemnly Swear? A Nation of Law, The Dark Side

    by Lin Wilder
    What if your former girlfriend decides to use her 6-year-old daughter to punish you for breaking up with her? How do you prove that you are innocent of the worst case of sexual perversion against a child? Is it possible to refute the lies of a beautiful, seemingly innocent, little girl? When Gabe McAllister decorated former Marine and respected Texas State Trooper, walked out of his condo in west Houston on a Tuesday morning to head to a meeting of the newly formed task forc... more

  • The Fragrance Shed by a Violet

    by Lin Wilder
    Why did a Houston district attorney decide to involve the state in an area of the law that it has historically treated as sacrosanct: that of medical decision-making? Why did the DA decide to charge McCall with murder rather than criminal negligence in a civil court? Author Lin Weeks Wilder continues Dr. Lindsey McCall's story in the new book, "The Fragrance Shed By A Violet Cover: Murder in The Medical Center". In a city where the Texas Medical Center reigns as one of the top employers in Hous... more

  • Brainwash

    by PAT KRAPF
    Darcy McClain has discovered unbelievable atrocities hidden deep within the basement labs at Los Alamos, and she can’t escape . . . Former FBI Special Agent Darcy McClain and her sidekick Bullet, a giant schnauzer, are in Taos, New Mexico, when they stumble upon a flash drive in an arroyo on the property she’s inherited. The drive belongs to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Darcy pockets it and hikes to the adobe on her land. There, she finds a pregnant teenager, Rio, searching th... more

  • A Fine Line (A Sebastian Drake Novel)

    by Dan Burns
    When a struggling author with a secret government past is hired by a wealthy philanthropist to investigate a cold murder case, he has no choice but to expose the dark and buried secrets of a powerful political family in Chicago. Sebastian Drake is a novelist working out of a dilapidated apartment in the city who’s trying to come up with his next story idea. But he’s stuck. Drake receives an unexpected visit from a man interested in hiring him for a project and who thinks he has just the so... more

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