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Darkroom

by Mary Maddox

Talented but unstable photographer Day Randall has been living rent-free in Kelly Durrell's Colorado condo for eight months. Day needs someone to keep an eye on her. Kelly needs someone to draw her out of her stable but not spectacular life. The arrangement works for both of them. Then Kelly comes home one day to find Day gone. There's no note, no phone call. Day's car is still parked out front, but her room is starkly, suspiciously spotless. No one seems to care. The police certainly aren... more

Deeper Colors

by C. S. Donnell

The vivid hues in the painting captured her attention. Deep blue and green water seemed to move as if a breeze blew across it. She felt giddy and stepped closer. The air around her turned cold. A picture formed in her mind of the river flowing through a city, reflecting buildings in the waters below. That night the river from the painting invaded her dreams. She could feel the breeze. Lavender shadows lapped ever closer to her face. She awoke with a start. Vermont artist Gina Martin ha... more

SKOOB Revisited

by Kathy Goosev Howell

What is SKOOB? And who is that creepy-looking lady? Those questions and many others will drive young readers wild as they try to unravel the tangled web of SKOOB. Young Ethan stumbles into a mysterious bookstore and meets a strange, old lady with deep, dark eyes who stands behind a counter staring silently. When Ethan asks questions, she answers by pointing her long, gnarled finger. He finds himself deep in a set of mysteries that take him to another planet, then to medieval times, and even back... more

Two Graves For The Bishop

by Gerard Cappa

Finding the Lost Ones: A James & Lacey Ford Mystery

by Sandra Olson

Margaret Krane RN does facial reproductions for the police department. Her skills turning bare skulls into recognizable humans helps identify felons and their victims. When one of her reproductions points at a serial kidnapper, he chooses her as his next victim. James Ford is a detective who helps people after the police declare their cases closed. Jim's uncanny skills prove successful more often than not. But can he save Margaret before it's too late?

His Haunted Past: A James Ford Mystery (Volume 5)

by Sandra Olson

Peter Gabriel Gowen suffered a horribly tortured childhood. As past memories torment him, he murders his wives to stop the pain. As James Ford investigates the murders he learns that the killer is the man who shot him sixteen years ago. Memories of his near death haunt him as he struggles to save Peter's next victim.

Stone and Spark

by Sibella Giorello

During the worst week of her life, Raleigh Harmon discovers her destiny. Her best friend is a smart-mouthed genius girl named Drew Levinson. But suddenly Drew is gone. Nowhere to be found. Everyone insists Drew ran away. But Raleigh suspects something worse. Armed with her encyclopedic knowledge of city criminal codes, one rock hammer, and a stubborn streak that's as wide as the Chesapeake Bay, Raleigh searches for clues. Did Drew secretly meet somebody? Did her loony parents finally push he... more

The Waves Break Gray

by Sibella Giorello

Raleigh Harmon earned a brazen reputation during her years with the FBI. Now, having parted ways with the Bureau, she hopes to rebuild some of those broken relationships—including a new romance with alpha-male agent Jack Stephanson. That's the plan … But when a dead body literally crosses her path in the mountains of Washington state, Raleigh’s forced to choose between her personal life and her forensic skills to track a killer--a killer unlike any she’s ever encountered, and a murder with clu... more

THE DARK AT THE END

by Susan Adrian

Continuing the critically acclaimed story of TUNNEL VISION: Jake thinks he has only one more step and he’ll be free: he has to get the serum to stop his ability to tunnel—to find and control people through objects. But Jake’s contact has been killed, and there's no sign of the serum. Then Jake’s mom and little sister Myka are kidnapped, right under his nose. With the government, his power-mad father, and the terrifying Mr. Smith all after him while he still has his power, he doesn’t have a... more

Tunnel Vision

by Susan Adrian

Jake Lukin just turned 18. He's decent at tennis and Halo, and waiting to hear on his app to Stanford. But he's also being followed by a creep with a gun, and there's a DARPA agent waiting in his bedroom. His secret is blown. When Jake holds a personal object, like a pet rock or a ring, he has the ability to "tunnel" into the owner. He can sense where they are, like a human GPS, and can see, hear, and feel what they do. It's an ability the government would do anything to possess: a perfect su... more

Mind Stalked: Mind Web 1 (Mind Web Psychological Thriller) (Volume 1)

by Y J Kohano

Hallucinations, or a killer’s reality? When Federal profiler Nico Sophianos has recurring nightmares steeped in horror and death, he’s convinced he’s losing his mind. Could he be this cold-blooded killer? Photos and case files can’t lie, and they expose his visions all too well. Hiding the extent of his hallucinations from his staff grows increasingly difficult with each new case. Hiding from the perceptiveness of his clandestine therapist is even harder, until he enlists her help in separ... more

Benjamin Bean's Unbelievable Dream

by Christopher DePietro

Benjamin, like most children, doesn't want to go to bed. But his parents insist so they can finish up their chores. When Benjamin hears laughter from outside his bedroom window, he decides to investigate, and learns that his parents, and their friends, aren't really doing chores at all. Join Benjamin as he discovers what adults are really up to once the kids are tucked away.

Footage

by Lee Isserow

In a city of ten million, under glass eyes of six million cameras, one man evades their networked stares, watching those who are watched.
His days are spent deducing stories of lives from momentary glimpses. Filming everything.

But Jared is starting to see more.
He spends every free moment pouring over the footage, and fate is bringing other observers into his life, teaching him how to push his skills further.

But he's also hearing voices, thinks he's being follo... more

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by Lee Isserow

21 year old Cassie’s life sucks, so on a whim, she starts farming her decisions out to Twitter.

Before she knows it, the lives of her family and friends hang in the balance, and she’s racing against the clock to discover who’s pulling her strings…

Humphrey Bogart, Private Dick

by Howard Decker

In late 1941, actor Humphrey Bogart is a disgruntled mid-level movie star, He is making $2,000 a week and fellow actor Errol Flynn is making $15,000 a week. Bogie decides to get out of the "make believe movie business" and obtains a detective badge to do some sleuthing for a living. Little does he know SuperStardom is just a round the corner for him. Lascivious glamour movie queens, some with pistols in their hands, come after him. He is stabbed, beated up, and his beloved pleasure boat is wr... more

diary of a serial Monogamist

by Jade King

There is a thin line between love and hate, but the line is even thinner between lust and revenge.

This Psychological Thriller will leave you astonished. You don't want to miss this twist.

When the past comes back to seduce her will Kashmir fall victim or find her strength just in time for a dose of long overdue revenge?

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