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  • Stunt

    by Jet Black
    CEO and ex-OSI agent Ricky Stunt must moonlight in the seedy adult film world to search for the truth after his fiance Denise is murdered. To find her killer he will do whatever it takes, even if it means screwing his way to the top. But can Stunt find the murderer before the people at his day job discover what he's been up to at night? It's Kill Bill meets Boogie Nights in this erotic thrill ride full of sex, action, and revenge.

  • Doyles Casebook

    by Ann Brady
    A series of short stories following an ex-cop turned PI called Tommy Doyle.
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    Fugitives from Northwoods

    by Chris Bostic
    Eight teenagers escape imprisonment at a work camp to brave the wilderness. Tested to their limits, they struggle to survive their terrifying dash for freedom. After the total collapse of the world economy, the United States could not stand together. So they failed separately. In the small region-state of Winnkota, poverty and greed are turning the idyllic Northwoods of Minnesota into a barren wasteland of clear-cut forests and over-fished lakes. Every able-bodied teenager is conscripted into a ... more

  • Desert Nights

    by Courtney Stackhouse
    Set over the course of four years, Desert Nights is a suspense thriller that centers around Tiny Huff, a woman we first meet in the throes of addiction – addicted both to substances and to a man named Kyle who lures her into an isolated life based on drugs and sex. When their relationship begins to crumble, Tiny realizes Kyle will do anything to control her and his desperation to keep her becomes dangerous. Tiny is forced to flee, abandoning her life in northern California for the southwest wher... more

  • Murder at Cirey

    by Cheryl Sawyer
    MURDER AT CIREY Eight days in spring, 1735 A race against crime. When a handsome young man is shot dead on an estate in the picturesque Champagne region of France, Victor Constant, military policeman, determines to find out why. But no one else, including the local magistrate, seems willing to penetrate the mystery of this brutal death. Alone and against orders, Victor confronts the notorious free-thinker, Voltaire, who found the body. Victor fights to protect the innocent and bring the real... more

  • Desert Nights

    by Courtney Stackhouse
    Set over the course of four years, Desert Nights is a suspense thriller that centers around Tiny Huff, a woman we first meet in the throes of addiction – addicted both to substances and to a man named Kyle who lures her into an isolated life based on drugs and sex. When their relationship begins to crumble, Tiny realizes Kyle will do anything to control her and his desperation to keep her becomes dangerous. Tiny is forced to flee, abandoning her life in northern California for the southwest wher... more

  • 1630473510

    by John Paul Carinci
    Louis Gerhani is a hard drinking, heartbroken, newspaper reporter for the Washington Gazette. He is disinterested in life after his fiancé left him for a doctor, and his final assignment in order to retain his job is to write a full story on Lolita Croome, an 110 year old, philosophical woman, and the oldest living person in the country, who resides in a nursing home in Hagerstown Maryland. As he reluctantly begins the assignment, he uncovers a 90 year old unsolved triple murder of three yo... more

  • In the Name of the Father

    by Rebone Makgato
    When unemployed Zimbabwean Promise Murewa was apprehended at a roadblock outside Polokwane City one night, he did not have a drivers' licence. He also did not have legal papers to be in South Africa. The police found that the car he was driving belonged to a Catholic priest called Father Dorota. Promise was detained, and later information emerged that Father Dorota was murdered on the same night. So Promise became a suspect in the murder of the priest. Promise's story plays out in the courtroom ... more

  • Declan the Kid Detective: Kidnapping of the Diamond Eyes Gingerbread Penguin

    by Maggy Downey
    Eleven-year-old Declan McLeod loves a challenging puzzle. So he has been given three complex puzzles to solve in the new mystery series Declan the Kid Detective. Gone are the days of tracking down missing dogs and secret admires. His latest assignments involve culprits with twisted minds who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Joined by his assistant and best friend, Layla Price, Declan is about to discover some puzzles are not so easy to figure out, but if you do, there may be a price t... more

  • The Kingdom of Assassins

    by Erik Mackenzie
    In the near future, a disillusioned New York City Counter-terrorist detective investigates a terrorist cell. A beautiful Arabian Princess comes to identify one of the dead from an assault on a safe house. Later during the investigation a Saudi Diplomat is also found dead, as well as another man with no identity. Tensions rise between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From the concrete canyons of New York City to the searing oceans of sand in Arabia, Detective Mike Maclaymore purses the truth... more

  • The Last Will and Testament of Ernie Politics

    by Brad Grusnick

    Hands severed at the wrist. Eyes carved from his skull. Body shoved under a dumpster.

    How do you find justice when you are one of society’s forgotten?

    Ernie Politics is a schizophrenic albino who loves conspiracy theories. When he’s murdered and mutilated, the police have no interest in wasting time on the death of one homeless man, so Ray Cobb, Ernie's best friend, decides to solve the mystery for himself.

    Ray finds a c... more

  • Calla's Curse

    by Rob Polans
    An Organized Crime Detective Story: Calla's Curse by Rob Polans An action packed mystery about organized crime on Long Island, New York in the 1960s when rules didn't apply. Calla is the step daughter of a mob boss, Vin the Deck. She puts a curse on Vin, and wants to break with that life by becoming a nun. She leaves the church just before taking her final vows, to fall in love with Hank, who happens to be trailing her step father. Calla's step brother murders Hank's partner and Vin was resp... more

  • What The Town Knew

    by C.W. Farley

    Lizzie was unlike any woman the Borden men ever met. Defiant and unwilling to bend, she refused to take her husband’s name when they married. At first, Dale thought it was endearing. Until the rest of the Bordens whispered in his ear, telling him he had no control.

    Dale Borden was once a loving husband. Different from his father and two older brothers, he cared for his wife. Then he fell to the Borden curse, abusing Lizzie to the point she had to fight back or die herself.

    T... more

  • THE COPY: A Suspense Legal Thriller Novella

    by Grant Boshoff
    Ambitious geneticist Geoffrey Bartell is fighting for his life. His company is under legal and political attack while his marriage crumbles around him. Desperate to recapture his once idyllic life he comes upon the perfect solution by creating a clone of himself, and together they set about picking up the pieces. But the perfection is short-lived as the two’s priorities begin to diverge. As the jealousies and resentments build Bartell comes to realize that while living alone was difficult, l... more

  • All Good Deeds (A Lucy Kendall Thriller) (Lucy Kendall #1) (The Lucy Kendall Series)

    by Stacy Green
    Lucy Kendall doesn't believe she's a serial killer. She simply eradicates the worst of society and brings justice to the innocent–the children she failed to protect during her decade in Child Protective Services. A missing child sets off a chain of events linked to a suspect in a life-changing case in Lucy's past. Her chosen path is terrifying–but the search for the kidnapped child pulls her into web of evil and malice beyond her darkest imagination. Lucy is jaded and desperate, but will... more

  • The Bookseller

    by C. Robert Cales
    Across from Boston Common, nestled into the corner of a cobblestone mall, sits The Bookseller, a bookstore owned by a lovable rare book dealer and his wife, who runs a coffee parlor inside the store. The parlor is the morning greeting place for business people from around the mall where the complementary coffee is hot and delicious, the croissants are a quarter and the lively banter is free.

    George and Elizabeth lead a happy life surrounded by many friends. Their happiness is about to be s... more

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