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Hubris


P.A. Wilson - 2011
    A suspicious car accident, a mouthy client. Will Charity survive her first case? When Charity Deacon witnesses a car crash, the police push her aside. But she can’t ignore what she saw; a bullet hole in the driver’s temple. In a new PI agency, clients are hard to find. So, when a teenager with an attitude bangs on her front door, Charity reluctantly agrees to search for a missing sister. Her first two cases lead her into the dark and violent world of gangs, drugs, prostitution, and people trafficking. Can she solve the cases before her life is ripped apart in retribution? Grab a copy of this mystery thriller today and join the fight for justice.

All the Dark Corners


Emerald O'Brien - 2019
    Not at the one thing she loved most. Not even after the murder of her father. When her mother calls, one cold October night, begging for help, Samantha breaks her rule and returns to the town where her self-destructive coping habits were created in the hopes that she can save her. But when she arrives at her childhood home, she is confronted with the past and people she desperately tried to forget, and the realization that a part of her never really left the town behind. As Founders Day approaches, disturbing events occur, and Samantha is reminded of the insidious nature of the people who reside within. Truth has consequences, and as she wrestles to find a way out of the madness, trying to escape again could cost her life. A standalone installment of the thrilling Crimson Falls novella series Do you dare to read all eight? -Original Sin by Greta Cribbs -The Last Dupont by Rachel Renee -All the Dark Corners by Emerald O'Brien -Flawed Plan by Amabel Daniels -Returned Home by Julie Strier -Sight in the Dark by AM Ialacci -The Stranger in the Woods by Kiersten Modglin -Little Girl Lost by Laurèn Lee

The Lift


Andrew Barrett - 2015
     CSI Eddie Collins embarks on another ordinary day. But the people he meets in a lift prove that you should never make assumptions, never let preconceptions sway your judgement. And never let down your guard.

The Abducted Omnibus


Roger Hayden - 2016
    The Snatcher is presumed at large. Miriam’s daughter, Ana, is missing. Their home is violated with only a note left behind. The Snatcher wants to play, and the games have only just begun. Miriam must now enter a nightmarish world where danger awaits her every move. The clock is ticking as the Snatcher continues his taunts, and with Ana’s life in the balance, Miriam will stop at nothing to save her from the clutches of evil. But that’s just the beginning of the exciting journey through the dark, frightening world of the criminal mind. Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.     The stakes have never been higher in the new mystery thriller by Roger Hayden, best-selling author of the enormously popular EMP series, “Grid Down,” and the action terrorist thriller, “Sleeper Cell.” With “Abduction,” Hayden delivers his most suspenseful outing yet in a series certain to have readers locking their doors at night.

A Marriage of True Minds


Melissa F. Miller - 2013
    Miller! Sasha and Connelly are finally getting married! They’ve gathered their closest friends and family at a remote eco-resort in Nicaragua to attend their New Year’s Eve wedding on the beach. It’s romantic. It’s breathtaking. It’s perfect. Until a murderous enemy from their past arranges for armed banditos to storm the resort and take the bride and groom hostage. Till death do us part may come all too soon, unless Sasha, Connelly, and their guests can outwit the mercenaries and reclaim control of the festivities. Note from Melissa: This 18,000-word novella (approximately 75 printed pages) is written for readers who are already hooked on Sasha. If you haven’t read any of the books in this series, you should start with one of the full-length novels first. After all, who wants to attend a stranger’s wedding?

Lost Orphans Omnibus


J.S. Donovan - 2017
     It's Christmas, and there's been another murder. Rachel Harroway, a homicide detective gifted in the arts and communication with the dead, tracks a serial killer lurking in the shadows for the last twenty-five years. The closer Rachel gets to solving the mystery, the more the unforgiving Appalachian winter weather and supernatural energies push back, forcing Rachel to decide how far she'll go for a man society has forsaken.

Mine


Fiona Quinn - 2014
    Pleasantries are only skin deep as big city issues and the politics of the world roil just under the surface.A string of untimely deaths has the whole town grieving. Only Kate thinks something nefarious is afoot.Can Kate convince the local police that coincidences like these are only found in fiction?Kate is determined to solve the puzzle and save lives, especially her own.Download your copy and join Kate's hunt for the truth.Mine was written as a trilogy and can be read as a stand alone, as part of the series, or as part of the Iniquus World.

Lasser- Beginnings


Robin Roughley - 2017
    Soaked to the skin with the lightning illuminating the tumultuous sky he is determined to get his man. This is only the start to a night that will change him forever. Soon he will find a young girl, a runaway with a terrifying tale to tell, leading Lasser on a race against time as he tries to help her find her way through the terror. Though as the mystery unfolds Lasser realises that there is more at stake and the clock it ticking. The question is can he save the innocent as well as the guilty as the thunder continues to bellow from the unforgiving heavens?

Abduction


Tim Kizer - 2017
    The ransom--16 billion dollars.           On July 21, Jane Shepard's 8-year-old daughter and husband vanish from her car without a trace while she's shopping at a grocery store. Days later, she's shocked to learn that according to state records, her daughter and husband died in a motorcycle crash on July 17. The police believe that her family's abduction is just a figment of her imagination, but Jane knows it's not true.     When she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, Jane is sure she's been framed by the people behind her family's kidnapping. As she searches for answers, she uncovers a conspiracy masterminded by a top U.S. government official hell-bent on becoming one of the world's richest people.     To save her family, Jane has to find a treasure worth billions of dollars buried somewhere in South America.    The problem is, she has no idea where to look.----------Mania, a bonus novel  Richard Brower has killed a dozen people. Now someone is trying to frame him for the murders committed by another serial killer.Serial killer Richard Brower buried his cheating wife, Mary, in the woods on Saturday.On Monday, Mary calls her brother's girlfriend.A few days later, she calls her mom.Then Mary bumps into her friend at a mall.Are all these people lying or has Mary actually come back from the dead?Richard has no idea, but he will get to the bottom of this. Or at least he'll try.

A Deadly Lesson


Paul Gitsham - 2019
    She was a trusted and respected member of the community. Deputy Head of Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, she had an unblemished record and had been a formidable force in the school for years. Who would kill this woman – a woman who had dedicated her life to supporting others? The deeper Warren delves, the darker the possible motives become…

Deborah's Judgement


Margaret Maron - 2012
    I’d had the germ of this plot for years but could never seem to bring it into focus. It wasn’t a Sigrid Harald situation, but what if I gave it to a young Southern attorney? Or what if it were a district court judge? Or an attorney running for judge? Before I knew it, Deborah Knott strolled into my head and began telling this story. I shall always be grateful to Sara for giving me a chance to “test-drive” Deborah’s first-person voice before tackling Bootlegger’s Daughter."

Joy


Celina Grace - 2015
    IT IS NOT A FULL LENGTH NOVEL.A Kate Redman Short Story for Christmas The last person Detective Sergeant Kate Redman wants to see while she's doing her Christmas shopping is habitual petty thief and homeless alcoholic Charlie Petworth. While she knows that Charlie steals small things in part to get a warm bed for the night, it's still annoying, particularly in the season of good will. Then a far more serious crime occurs and Kate realises that Charlie might well be involved. But why would he go from stealing a packet of flower seeds to stealing a little toddler? And is there more to this case than at first meets the eye?

Fatal Features


LynDee Walker - 2019
    Even injured and on doctor-ordered bed rest. When her editor offers her a feature assignment thinking that will silence her requests to return to work early, Nichelle jumps at it. Her editor sends reinforcements to keep Nichelle from overdoing it, venturing to an abandoned renaissance fairground to interview a ghost-hunting reality TV show’s producers and staff. But a fresh dead body and a nearby tragedy leave Nichelle and her friends on their own to figure out who they can trust on the set—and who might be a killer. Can Nichelle uncover the truth before someone she loves becomes the next victim? This suspenseful thriller series has riveted fans of James Patterson, Catherine Coulter, Melinda Leigh, and Robert Dugoni. Brace yourself for murder mysteries taut with authentic plots that only a former crime reporter could write--pick up your LynDee Walker thriller today. This novella includes a sample of Front Page Fatality, the first full-length novel in the Nichelle Clarke Crime Thriller series.

The Teacher


Emily Organ - 2017
    Enjoy this read in thirty minutes. London 1881. A young teacher dies at a school just weeks after her sister. A tragic coincidence or something more sinister? Fleet Street reporter Penny Green is suspicious but nothing suggests the sisters have been murdered. The police are disinterested and the school wants to move on from the tragedy. How can Penny persuade someone to listen to her? Penny risks taking matters into her own hands. But the risk might be a step too far.

Foul Trade


B.K. Duncan - 2014
    May Keaps, the Poplar Coroner's Officer, has never failed to provide a jury with sufficient evidence to arrive at a just verdict.The poverty, drunken fights between visiting sailors, drug trafficking, and criminal gangs, haunting the shadows of the busiest docks in the world, mean that the Coroner sees more than its fair share of sudden and unnatural deaths.May relishes the responsibility placed upon her but there are many who believe it's an unsuitable job for a woman. Even May begins to wonder if that is the case when the discovery of a young man's body, in a Limehouse alley, plunges her into an underworld of opium dens, gambling, turf wars, protection rackets and murder.As her investigations draw her into danger, it becomes increasingly clear that whoever is responsible intends to avoid the hangman's noose by arranging to have May laid out on one of her own mortuary slabs.