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That Rock Don't Roll

by Don Alexander

They say the sports world mimics the real world. It does—but there’s a lot more sex, money, and betrayal. Blake Brennon is an investigative reporter for a national sports magazine. He knows morality isn’t big in his industry, but murder is a whole other matter. Blake has always been protective of cheerleaders, but when one ends up murdered, he finds himself in the middle of the investigation. Blake and the local sheriff’s department have a good relationship. Petula, the deputy sheriff, is the... more

Guilty

by Jane A Hobden

In the UK in 2017, only 5% of prisoners were female and the average custodial sentence length was 10 months. Imagine if you will, a sickening acid attack carried out by a female, a loving mother, on a teacher at her daughter’s school. Part 1 plunges straight into the Prosecution witness statements giving their accounts of the evening of the 27th June 2017. It is alleged that the Defendant entered the Thurston’s home in a campaign of terror, and threw acid into Dan’s face causing him disfigu... more

Fatal Infraction (Mike Stoneman Thriller #4)

by Kevin G. Chapman

Controversial quarterback Jimmy Rydell’s body was found naked – on the Central Park carousel. Who killed him? How did he get there two days after he disappeared? . . . And why was the body frozen? Jimmy’s team just wants to move on, after collecting on the $20 million insurance policy. Jimmy’s teammate – the one who threatened to kill him – swears he wasn’t there. Jimmy’s bodyguard says he had the night off. Was Jimmy the victim of a racist attack? Or was he collateral damage in a mo... more

Synchronicity

by Michaelbrent Collings

Some call it the Machine. Some call it the SINC. It’s the most dangerous thing ever created. And it’s fallen into the wrong hands. --- Tyler “Book” Malcolm has lived a life on the run. Off the grid, out of sight of the authorities. Hoping to escape a terrifying secret; to outrun what he has seen and what he has done. Kane is an assassin who, with the help of the Machine, possesses the ability to assume the identity of anyone he wishes. He can strike without warning, and kill without... more

Bakersfield Boys Club

by Anne Da Vigo

It's 1978 in Bakersfield, California. Suzanne Ricci, a widow who escaped a rough-and-tumble childhoodin the oil fields, struggles to raise her 14-year-old son, Danny. When she discovers the stabbed and beaten body of her neighbor, Reggie, she conceals evidence Danny may have attended the all-male party where the crime occurred. More murders occur, andthe investigation widens. Danny becomes trapped in the coild of The Club, a group of powerful men who abuse vulnerable teens. Suzanne launches a... more

The Arbonox Syndrome

by Michael Spitzkoff

Disgraced journalist Lain Barker tries to revive both his career and family while investigating a conspiracy behind a deadly new pandemic that could potentially kill millions. Deeper into his investigation Lain finds himself caught in a web of deception concocted by the ones allegedly responsible for the outbreak. Lain is eventually cornered and forced to make a choice; sell his soul to the devil and save his family, or expose the perpetrators, thus saving humanity.

InSane

by Jane P. Eris

In this thriller collection, weave through murder, mirror worlds, broken hearts, a fuzzy death bunny, and deadly earthquakes. InSane features dark humor and twisted stories circling around family, love, and life. No one regrets his birthday present more than spoiled, newly eighteen-year-old Matt. He hopes for a car, and to get into the well-paying family business. But Matt learns the hard way to be careful what you wish for in the dark short, "The Present". Follow brother and sister pranksters... more

A Spy in Quarantine

by Thomas Eglise

A SPY IN QUARANTINE The coronavirus is deadly. Track and trace did not turn out well for Takis Soulivakis. * A Spy in Quarantine tells the story of two grad students who track the spread of Covid-19 from an infected patient who, unknown to them, is a U.S. spy employed by the CIA. When the grad students published a thesis of their findings — which was written for them by a ghostwriter — they are murdered. The ghostwriter who wrote the article — a dropout named Takis Soulivakis — knows he... more

Concrete Clockwork

by Laura Breck

Ex-military operative Lottie Nightshade is enjoying civilian life helping her widowed sister raise three teenagers. When a last-minute job interview turns out to be blackmail, her peaceful days are over. Lottie is given two choices, and the least deplorable of them is doing wetwork for an eccentric millionaire.

Philanthropist Dane Harrington has no option but to blackmail Lottie Nightshade. Dane was contracted to terminate a bomber who threatened to level a new arena in St. Paul, Minnes... more

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by E.J. Yerzak

A pharmaceutical giant is on the verge of a revolutionary medical breakthrough. But behind the promising new treatment lurks a dangerous secret that the company will do anything to protect. Lincoln Webber, a renowned cyber professor, is looking forward to some time off to binge on reality TV shows. But when he finds his apartment under surveillance, he soon discovers he is caught in a web of national security, espionage, and deceit. A cyber sleuth in a high-stakes pursuit, used to dealing in bit... more

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by Allen Huffstutter

Being stymied by a murder investigation that’s going nowhere is bad enough. Now, Sam and Ski, L.A. Detectives, are being hounded by Kate Newberry, who wants the two investigators to get to the bottom of her grandfather’s seemingly unrelated murder. Reluctantly, this unlikely trio follows an expanding, bi-coastal trail that leads to dozens of potentially related murders with a common how. Eventually, the why becomes clear. Frantic, can they connect all of the dots in time to determine who’s next?

In a Black Monk Funk: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery

by Gloria Lesher

A magician, his ranch guests, and the supernatural “Black Monk” are all after a scroll with occult power. One of them murdered a U.S. Customs agent to get it. When retired professor Blythe Golightly’s pastime—paranormal research—uncovers too many secrets, she finds herself the killer’s next target! Based on Anton Chekhov’s classic tale, “The Black Monk,” this Gothic-flavored cozy mystery explores Jewish and Christian lore from the Book of the Watchers.

The Skinny on the Jinni: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery

by Gloria Lesher

A Saudi billionaire is murdered in his American ex-wife’s ski resort mansion. When his teen daughter begs retired professor-turned-paranormal researcher Blythe Golightly to prove her mother innocent—and to banish a jinni—Blythe can’t say no. MURDER, SHE WROTE meets THE X-FILES in this tribute to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tale, “Rappaccini’s Daughter.”

Pickoff: A Novel

by GP Hutchinson

A ballplayer. A diva. The mob. Trouble, 1920s style.

It's 1927, the year Babe Ruth clouts an unprecedented 60 home runs. Over in the National League, Joe Rath has just lost his spot as starting catcher for the Baltimore Beacons. The team's front office believes their club, too, needs a bona fide slugger, one they've found in their new backstop, Frank Walsh. Determined to prove his worth to the Beacons, as well as to his dissatisfied young wife, Rath boards a... more

The Young Widow's Trauma

by James McGovern

The therapists at a new psychiatric clinic struggle to understand the violence that follows a strange young woman.

Blind Vision

by Nina Blakeman

If Hollywood wanted to entrance movie goers with small-town America, the ticketholder could rest assured that the hamlet would model such a place as Sperling, Texas. Just shy of twelve-thousand people, it possesses a charm of a by-gone era. The fact that the bubbly Callie hails from such a Rockwellesque burg is a surprise to no one. Callie Wallace met Richard Cortez in medical school, and they’ve come back to her hometown to set-up their neurology practice. When there’s a suspicious death of a h... more

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