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Cordial Killing

by Vikki Walton

Anne is excited for the opening of the Brandywine Inn. Kandi and Hope are her partners in the bed and breakfast in Carolan Springs, Colorado, where they also provide homesteading classes and workshops for guests. As soon as the first guests arrive, it's plain to see that the old college chums have bad blood between them. Then a guest is found dead. At first, the death appears natural but suspicions grow. When a blizzard threatens the Inn, will it trap them all with a killer and no way out?

Desperation Rules the Day

by Colin Guest

Nathan, the captain of a cargo ship, finds himself in serious trouble. Unless he can pay off his gambling debts, he is liable to lose his fingers. Given this, when offered a large sum of money to accept two containers on his ship, Nathan is only too willing to agree. To his shock and horror, he later finds he has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. He has become the unwilling accomplice in a terrorist plot targeting America. After the authorities learn and foil the plot, Nathan makes a bid... more

The Last Caliph

by T.L. Williams

CIA officer, Logan Alexander, discovers that ISIS, back on its heels in Syria and Iraq, has turned to Al Qaeda's playbook, using the internet to recruit aspiring jihadists to conduct terrorist attacks in the U.S. Working with the CIA, Special Operations personnel and law enforcement agencies, Logan contrives a plan to penetrate the terrorist organization. He travels to Syria where he confronts one of the most challenging foes in the war on terror. His very life and the security of the U.S. are ... more

The Girl with 39 Graves

by Michael Beres

Rose Buckles, murdered near the Wyoming-Utah line in 1939, isn't quite buried. Decades later, men from an FDR CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp cling to strands of hair. Legends surrounding Rose’s death surface in, of all places, Ukraine during the Chernobyl disaster’s 25th anniversary. Deaths of old men and relatives researching what happened in 1939 have bizarre connections: Murder-suicides in retirement communities, so-called single vehicle accidents, a Chernobyl serial killer, a safe de... more

BarCats

by Douglas Keil

During the spontaneous act of saving cats from certain death, Ethan meets and falls for Annie, a mysterious woman who is sentenced to prison while trying to protect her Mafia uncle. Ethan finds himself in the crosshairs of the Feds and the mob as he risks all to obtain the release of Annie, now his wife. Along the way he inherits responsibility for a behemoth Sicilian bodyguard, learns some hard lessons from a dying con man, becomes entangled with a sleazy real estate agent, and seeks assistance... more

My Cursed Heart

by Steve Zimcosky

A witch curses the male descendants of a man with whom she fell in love, but he turned her down after he discovered her secret .She was eventually burned at the stake because of him. The man's male descendants mysteriously die on their 65th birthday of a heart attack. A possible end to the curse plays out in a city known for its burning river and how a woman's fate, a descendant of the cursed lover, may put an end to centuries of suffering! Her rare form of heart disease may be the key to liftin... more

Punishment & Good Deeds

by Andrew C McDonald

Recently retired Air Force commando Thomas Mazuko was looking forward to a quiet future spent teaching karate in his small Tampa, Florida, studio. His dreams were of little more than days on the sandy beaches and nights in the company of his wife and children. Little did he know that his instinctive reaction to witnessing the mugging of an elderly woman would set in motion a chain of events that would drastically alter the course of his life. By sheer accident, Mazuko becomes a primary target fo... more

The Extra Ordinary

by Kailie Bill

Imogene McCoy goes to her friend's party, even though she's the type of person that would prefer to just stay at home with her dog, her Lily. After the fairly normal routine of quietly listening to her friends talk, they are suddenly the victims of a terrifying accident. An accident that leaves them all with extraordinary powers. Well, not all. Imogene appears unaffected. But it isn't until something horrific happens to the one thing in the world she cares about most that she realizes sh... more

Tumbling Down

by Walter Marks

A homicide in the LGBTQ community of East Hampton draws Detective Jericho into a world that feels foreign and unfamiliar to him. As he begins to understand the complexities of lives that redefine gender and sexuality, the solution to this murder mystery becomes more and more elusive. And when he finally finds the killer, he’s faced with decisions that force him to reexamine his sense of what is right and what is wrong.

Halo of Power

by Jeremy D. Holden

What if ten unelected people controlled the destiny of all of us? What if they already do?

AN ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE, MYSTERIOUS BUDDHIST MONK & ENIGMATIC BILLIONAIRE TEAM UP TO SAVE THE WORLD IN THE LATEST #METOO INSPIRED MAL THOMAS MYSTERY

Since Jeremy D. Holden introduced readers to one of contemporary fiction’s most charismatic new protagonists in his 2016 novel Sea of Doubt, advertising executive Mal Thomas has been t... more

Achilles Heel - Your Stalker Solution

by E J Phillips

Colleen has an unremitting stalker. “Achilles Heel” is a clandestine organisation existing in the shadows of society, well financed and expertly organised with the mission to get stalkers to desist or face stark and embarrassing consequences. Colleen has had “Achilles Heel” involved but as he clearly is incapable of getting the message, they set up a “sting” operation which publicly exposes him, makes him the subject of Social Media viral posts and also of a major TV channel. He appears to be sh... more

Enyo

by Peter Hulsman

When retired FBI agent Karen McIntyre is hired to look into a string of grisly murders, a trail of sinister secrets leads her down the twisted trenches of a world shunned by society. From the torrid streets of Honduras to the sleepy backyards of small-town Appalachia, fragments of a brutal reality come to light, and the picture of a killer emerges. But the closer Karen comes to the truth, the more the lines separating criminal from victim start to blur. Caught on the crossroads of murder and ret... more

Boxes For Beds

by Maryann Miller

In March, 1961, Leslie Richards leaves New York with her ten-year-old daughter, Mandy, hoping to escape from her past and the ruins of a relationship. She chooses Pine Hollow, Arkansas because that is where her grandmother lived, and Leslie still remembers the visits. At this point in her life, the thought of a quieter, simpler daily routine has tremendous appeal. A moderately successful author of children's books, Leslie has the freedom of taking her job with her, even though he... more

Absolute Threshold: A Harvey Chatham Novel

by Charles Kipps

When psychiatrist Harvey Chatham is hired by the CIA, he thinks his job is to help assassins make the transition from cold-blooded killers to desk bound civil servants. He’s dead wrong.

Cassie's Curse

by Rod Martinez

Everyone in Cobra Lake was worried, would they be next? No one felt safe. No one would have guessed that this small town would be the scene of a crime, at least not one of this magnitude. Bessie Saunders was a kind old woman who it seemed everyone respected and liked. Was it a random attack that found her in the bottom of the lake or something more sinister? Was it a stranger or worse - someone that she knew? Some people suspect Cassie’s father, a very important, but angry man whose... more

Yesterday's Tomorrow: Part One: Just a Dream

by Guy Rosmarin

Harvard historian, Andy Spencer has spent his career struggling to unravel the truth behind the Third Reich downfall. On Spring 2001, his research is on the verge of a breakthrough, but life takes a mysterious turn. Just before sending his class off to spring break, Andy blacks out. The lights suddenly turn off. Locked out of all his senses, Andy floats in complete darkness for what seems like hours, but when he regains his eyesight, he realizes the ordeal was instantaneous. Though he chooses to... more

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