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A Murder Solved Twice

by Murray Moffatt

Investigator Shane Daniels has been kidnapped and told he'll be killed if he doesn't solve the murder of a young woman for which a man has already been convicted. Gavin Benson was found guilty by a jury of killing the much younger woman he was having an affair with. Shane's partner, Emma Carstairs. searches desperately for him with the help of Ben Chen, Shane's foul-mouthed, politically incorrect childhood friend, but they're not even sure why he's missing. Is it related to the Benson trial or ... more

Assassins Are Us

by Kimberly Van Sickle

Assassins Are Us is a real-time, contemporary, humorous young adult piece of fiction that focuses upon family issues within and out of the centuries-old family business of professional international assassins. Set in San Francisco and narrated in first person by 18-year-old Hedy Hinterschott, the reader is taken through the life and inner thoughts of this teenage girl, who is subject to all the usual trials and tribulations any other teen might (annoying brother, domineering mother, boy trouble... more

All Mortal Greatness

by Nelson Cover

In All Mortal Greatness, the stand-alone Book III of the Sessions University Series, a new academic year has begun. Thomas Simpson, the former director of communications, is now the new executive director of the Mark Berger Foundation. Berger, a multi-billionaire alumnus, has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of trustees and Zoltan Vastag, Thomas's best friend, continues his cancer research at the medical center. Just as everything seems to be returning to normal from the last th... more

Ace of Cups: Her First Time Out

by Erica Shay

Marti O'Neil is an ex-cop with a mission: save her uncle's detective agency from insolvency. When a wealthy widow hires her to investigate her husband's suspicious death, Marti is thrust into a thrilling and dangerous crossfire of likely suspects in the Philadelphia suburbs. With a killer on the loose, will Marti be able to prove her client's innocence and save herself before it's too late? Mayhem ensues in this suspenseful mystery novel as Marti races to uncover the truth in the shadows of the ... more

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by inderpreet kaur

To deliver this message, to quest my thirst for Eternal Truth, like a serpent I shed mortal skins to experience nothingness, the concept of ‘shunya’/zero in Sanskrit, to see what is the Obvious …

The Breadcrumb Game

by Lauren Kristen Roberts

After Ella's house blows up before her eyes, she is forced to partner with the world's grumpiest FBI agent in a cat and mouse chase across the country, following clues that only she can recognize and decipher. While dodging further attempts on her life, they must find out who is trying to kill her and why, and what it all has to do with her estranged sister, Mal, before it's too late.

Indies Inferno

by Edward Hochsmann

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kauai takes on the secret mission of supporting a Defense Intelligence Agency operation in the Eastern Caribbean, using a low-key geological research expedition to the island of Saint Ignatius as a cover. The tables are turned when the volcano on Saint Ignatius violently erupts, and Kauai's crew must face death in the rescue of the survivors.

Tree Pose

by Susan Rogers & John Roosen

Escape to Tasmania they said … But what was supposed to be a dream for Ric Peters and Elaina Williams has turned into a nightmare. The Devil’s Island is living up to its name, serving up the ghosts of its dark past, while Ric is haunted by his own demons. The truth is unravelling, and death is closing in from all sides. And now, it's stalking Elaina. Ric's past is catching up to him, with a vengeful man seeking retribution for a catastrophic blunder in Indonesia. Ric has kept a secret hid... more

Z Is For Zero: Zero Is For Out Of Time

by Arthur S. Newman

The novel delves into the story of Author Janae Mayfield’s heirs as they play a dangerous game with a deranged fan when their mother dies without finishing the final book in her wildly popular mystery saga, the Calendar Series, written under the pen name Annie Reeves. Reese and Peter Mayfield vow to let their mother and her work rest in peace, declining to release the notes for her final novel or hire a ghostwriter to finish the series. However, as the fortune earned with Janae’s words begins t... more

The Cry of Cicadas

by J. Sydney Jones

A wounded ex-NYPD detective investigates murder and espionage on the coast of California in the early days of WWII. Autumn, 1941—Max Byrns was once a high-flying NYPD detective, but his career ended the night he took a bullet intended for another officer. The shooting left scars both physical and emotional. Now his wife Elizabeth has given up her own successful career at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art so that Max can recover in the peaceful town on the California coast where she and the ... more

Model Wave, romance, boats, and bad business in the Wisconsin Northwoods

by TK Sheffield

It begins with a romantic date and a turtle sundae. It ends with a businessman dead on his mega-pontoon and more questions than answers in the land of brandy old-fashioneds and fish fries. In Model Wave, retired fashion model Mel Tower travels north for a vacation and a date with a handsome sheriff. Then a thunderstorm strikes and a man is discovered dead on his boat. Did someone kill him—or worse, did his pontoon go rogue and dispatch the fellow? A killer lurks, but like the hodag, the legen... more

Moneymaker

by Josh Boldt

While tracking a drug shipment in Savannah, surveillance expert Mack Abbott gets tangled up in a deadly underworld filled with ruthless smugglers who will stop at nothing to protect their product. Abbott's one connection in town is an exotic dancer named Avery Calloway, who has questionable motives and a taste for the smugglers' product. Their relationship deepens as the smugglers close in around them.

For fans of Josh Boldt's fiction, Moneymaker offers a glimpse in... more

Platinum Blackmail

by Jay Atleson

Cryptuc messages appear on Mark Sterling's secure iPhone and direct him to visit a website where he discovers photos of him in bed with a teenage girl. Along with explicit instructions to pay a million dollars in blackmail to keep the story from the prying eyes of the media. Like some modern-day Job, Mark finds his sales career sabotaged, his company in danger of bankrupcy, his modeling expectations at a brick wall, and himself the victim of a serious ship-board attack. Then things get worse. Ma... more

Murder Takes the Fifth

by K.P. Gresham

A ragged-looking man walks into a popular gay nightclub in downtown Austin, leaving a box at the bar. Hours later the proprietor opens the box, triggering a bomb explosion. Several people are killed and many more injured. Two weeks later, another gay bar is bombed resulting in more deaths and carnage. Pastor Matt Hayden’s new home is in Austin, where he resides under the roof of a gracious elderly woman and two other boarders: together they’ve formed a cheerful little family. When one of his... more

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by James A. Johnson

An American Abduction: Is It Fiction, Or Is It Happening? is a wonderful mystery book for all kinds of people. It is an excellent story that describes the abduction of Americans. But what is behind this abduction? Therefore, the question is, if it is fiction, or is it happening in real time. James A Johnson has produced an excellent thriller, which captures the imagination of all the people who love stories about UFOs, aliens, and abductions. This book holds a lot of surprises.

An American Abduction: Is It Fiction Or Is It Happening?