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  • COOL JAZZ SPY

    by Paul J. Bartusiak

    The Initial Attack...
    Friday morning at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Terminal A is bustling as business travelers await their flights, anxious to return home for the weekend. All of a sudden, information on arrival and departure monitors becomes distorted; pixels seem to melt away from the screen. Airline computer systems crash. Even the building’s lights and HVAC system shut down. Crowds form around flight desks, but no one knows what is happ... more

  • Passing the Torch

    by L.L. Sanders

    Deep in the Arizona desert live a girl and her dad, burying secrets—and bodies.

    Mesa Kingston's first memory of burying a corpse was at eight years old. Back then it had been the carcass of a large lizard her dad found that they buried in the backyard of their isolated cottage. At age fourteen, the body of a young lady accompanied the reptile's remains, and ever since, an accumulation of female bodies began to grow. Now, the only way Mesa can stop the haun... more

  • Grift

    by Jason Mosberg
    Grift follows a crew of orphaned teenage con artists living in Las Vegas. Piper, the main character, masquerades as a prostitute to con rich men. Unlike the others, she must split her time between hustling and raising her younger sister Sophie. Disaster strikes when Sophie gets kidnapped by the Las Vegas mafia, and the crew must rally to piece together the ransom money before the clock runs out.

  • Sandman

    by Sean Costello

    People put their lives in doctors' hands every day -- but in no other situation is this so literally true as the moment the anesthesiologist looks casually down at you and says, "You'll be going off to sleep now . . ." What if the eyes that gaze down at you in that moment of trust and surrender belong to a madman? What if, as you feel yourself slipping away, you see something in those eyes so rank, so terrifying you want to leap off the table and scream?

    But by then, o... more

  • Finders Keepers

    by Sean Costello

    Ever dreamed of winning the lottery? One of those massive, life-altering purses?

    Join Keith Whipple and his daughter Kate as they do just that, netting ten million dollars in a single-winner draw. Share in their excitement, the dreams that leap into their lives fully-formed, suddenly within easy reach.

    But that kind of money, the heady sense of power it brings...do we control it? Or does it control us?

    Join the Whipples and their ill-fated ticket on a blood-fueled ride of gr... more

  • Here After

    by Sean Costello

    Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingly random search for a missing child, risking his sanity, even his life in a grief-induced quest. His journey propels him into the darkest reaches of human suffering and pits him squarely against an adversary whose own obsession defies all reason.

    Here After is a story of love, loss, obsession and redemption, with gripping action sequences and a subtle paranormal underpinning. A compelling ... more

  • Squall

    by Sean Costello

    Bush pilot and family man Tom Stokes is about to face the worst day of his life. On a clear winter morning he sets out in his Cessna 180 to do some repairs on a remote hunt camp, leaving his five year old son and very pregnant wife snug in their beds.

    On the return trip, a squall forces him into an emergency landing and he winds up—quite literally—in the lap of petty criminal Dale Knight. Dale, now a fugitive from the law—and worse, from a merciless drug lord who just ... more

  • Drowned Murmurs: A family suspense mystery with psychological and supernatural overtones

    by Honor Amelia Dawson
    Megan's left her home town after being physically assaulted. She's striving for independence, and self determination. The train journey is uneventful until she has a feinting spell while midst a conversation. Megan experiences more hallucinations relating to Saskia, a local young woman, who lead a wild life, then she disappeared. The dangerous problem for Megan is her appearance, she's the spitting image of Saskia, now someone is stalking her, she's attacked. Luke Adams and Imogen Morrison a tea... more

  • Sundown on Top of the World: A Hunter Rayne Highway Mystery

    by R.E. Donald

    Former homicide investigator Hunter Rayne follows the white lines northward on the Alaska Highway, but a truck breakdown forces him to take an unscheduled stop in Whitehorse, Yukon, where he had been stationed as a rookie cop. While his Freightliner is awaiting repairs, Hunter and fellow driver, Dan (Sorry) Sorenson, kill time with a side trip to bush Alaska where a chance meeting with a young Alaskan woman awakens his interest in a baffling cold case. A reclusive trapper and his young girlfr... more

  • Among the Shrouded (The Sevens Prophecy Book 1)

    by Amalie Jahn
    What if a group of psychic strangers came together to save the world? Mia, Thomas, and Kate have paranormal abilities. And a common destiny. They just don’t know it yet. Mia Rosetti is used to being different, especially since she can tell if people are good or evil just by looking at their auras. But when a mysterious (and handsome) stranger walks into her life without one, she starts questioning her power and begins a search to find the true purpose of her gift. What she do... more

  • Mystery Ball '58: A Season-Long Whodunit

    by Jeff Polman
    It's 1958, the Giants have just moved to San Francisco, and Snappy Drake, ex-minor league pitcher turned Seals Stadium usher, has found a dead body in his grandstand section on Opening Day. With someone apparently out to frame him, Snappy probes deeper and deeper into the mystery, encountering shady local officials, a smart, fetching female reporter from L.A., and a cast of Bay Area characters who just may or may not be involved. As the pennant battles tighten, the race to stop a madman is runni... more

  • Tödlicher Anstoss

    by John McLane

    Die deutschen Behörden erhalten eine E-Mail von der NSA und sind alarmiert, da die Fussballweltmeisterschaft 2006 näher rückt. Man geht von einem geplanten terroristischen Attentat aus. Eine Warnung vor einem Anschlag auf das Münchner Rathaus erhöht die Angst zusätzlich. Aber noch ist auch das Eröffnungsspiel nicht sicher. Die Beamten kommen einer groß angelegten Verschwörung auf die Spur...

  • Send More Idiots

    by Tony Perez-Giese
    Juarez, Mexico, is murder city, so it's not surprising when an American real estate broker vanishes there without a trace. The only person who shows any interest in his disappearance is his brother, Jon. Oddly, Jon seems more intent on trying to go missing himself than he is in actually figuring out what happened to his sibling. Within a matter of days, Jon is sucked into the violent and darkly humorous web of cartel warlords and free-trade profiteers in which his brother was tangled up. A... more

  • Brearley's Encore

    by Derek Taylor
    Life at the Royale – a large Edwardian seaside hotel now converted into apartments – should be gracious and lovely for its retiree residents. But their lives are blighted by the unscrupulous doings of their rogue landlord Paul Levine. Then Dan Brearley, a retired Secret Agent, moves in. Paul Levine begins to get under his skin and Brearley makes it his business to find out all he can about him. In so doing he uncovers a smuggling ring led by a murderous international crime boss John Gonzales.... more

  • Half The Battle

    by Justin J. White
    Jeffrey and Tony are passionate lovers that have been through the tests of time together. Their undeniable love for one another faces challenges when one partner crosses the line of the relationship and breaks their commitment to one another. Things turn deadly when jealously and deceit triumphs in a relationship that was once full of love and trust after the sanctity of their union is betrayed by Tony with his no-so-secret love affair. A, somewhat, accidental murder spins Jeffrey’s life out ... more

  • Death at Timberly (Lucy Belling and Maude Grimsworth Series Book 1)

    by Maithili Pradhan
    It's the tail end of summer in 1930 and Lucy Belling and Maude Grimsworth head to the Timberly Estate for what promises to be a lively house party hosted by their dear friends, Lord and Lady Hemming. But what starts off as a perfectly fine – if awkward – gathering of friends and family quickly turns into a complete washout when thunderstorms trap the ill-assorted guests in the house, tempers flare, and the host turns up dead. Now Lucy and Maude must put their wits to the test to help the tall, d... more

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