A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Sam's client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find Melanie Hayes, the Maryland attorney is drawn into a complex case of murder and identity theft that has her running from the Mob, breaking into a strip club and forming a shaky alliance with an offbeat private investigator to discover the truth about Melanie and her ex-boyfriend. With her career and life on the line, Sam's search takes her from the blue-collar Baltimore suburbs to the mansions of Gibson Island. Along the way, she learns that false identities can hide dark secrets, and those secrets can destroy lives.

     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.

    After Lorna Buchanan returns from her trip to India, she looks forward to a quiet life as a teacher in St. Ann's College. Instead, she gets tangled in a mystery involving murder and ancient, druidic practices. After Lorna is sacked by the tyrannical head teacher, she is recruited to solve the murder of Mr. Findhorn, a railway conductor. Liaising with Police Sergeant Caswell, their search for the murderer takes them deep into the world of deception, greed and age-old rituals. But is there something supernatural behind the crimes, or are they driven by a completely different motive? Praise for THE MALVERN MYSTERY: "I truly appreciated the author's historical details... An interesting and entertaining novel." - Amazon customer "I sincerely hope that this could be the start of a series." - Amazon customer

     Overview: A madman terrorizes Seattle, attempting to recreate the nine circles of hell by using the blood and bodies of the innocent. Detective Robi Darcmel, a gifted yet troubled savant, is the only man standing in the path of this pathological killer. As the fate of the Emerald City hangs in the balance, can Darcmel overcome his failings or will Seattle burn to ash?

    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.

    Haunted by a dark past for fifteen years, Jack finally tells all to his daughter Eleanor. As an OSS agent during the war, Jack’s traumatic past involved a series of near-death experiences, from failed sorties and secret missions, to a horrifying run-in with Auschwitz, to having met and married Eleanor's mother, Veronika. But the flames of passion had died when a prying Waffen SS officer, Alois Richter, entered the fray. With an amorous eye for the bride and a suspicious plea to join the OSS, Alois had sent Jack’s world into a dark tailspin with catastrophic results. Fueled with revenge, father and daughter join forces to hunt down his long-time nemesis. But when disturbing evidence arises, Eleanor is forced to reevaluate the mission, as intrigue, murder, and suspense abound, leading to a climatic face-off that reaches terrifying and unexpected heights.

     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 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.

    Despair. Rebellion. What pushes a teenager from the toughest sink estate in East London to join The Met? Reader Reviews "Cracking read easy to follow full of action couldn't put it down..." "If you haven't read this book then you don't know what your missing, couldn't put it down once I had started it." "Absolutely brilliant lots of twists and turns." "Found all 3 of D.S.Connolly by chance but boy am I glad I did ...read them you won't be sorry" "From the very first page onward I was hooked and could not drag myself away..." "Another cracking read from Natalie Hames" Book Description The Towers is the first book in the East End Noir Series by Natalie Hames and introduces the young DS Matthew Connolly. Set against the dismal backdrop of 90's social housing, The Towers will plunge you into the fight for survival in a community ruled by gangs. Connolly soon discovers even the pure of heart can unwittingly slide into the world of organised crime when a loved one hits crisis point. Will he stay beneath the gang's radar, or fight fire with fire, alone? Lovers of crime fiction and noir will find The Towers will satisfy their hunger for a fast-paced, hard hitting story with unexpected twists and turns. Download The Towers today and absorb yourself into a terrifying world where gangs and corruption rule.

    Compassionate to most, downright lethal to those who would harm her patients. This is an action-packed, shocking, take-no-prisoners series about the dark rough and tumble side of the medical profession and its adjuncts. Fans of hard-boiled medical thrillers will eat it up ... as will lovers of strong women sleuths, hospital mysteries, and all medical fiction, especially fans of Tess Gerritsen, Carolyn McCray, Eileen Dreyer, Lisa Genova, and Robin Cook. BONE DRY (#1) Carl Chapman, a young man with an excellent prognosis, dies--and Gina knows he shouldn't have. Another patient’s acting weird and desperate; a third, a teen-ager, has actually run away. Gina soon learns Carl’s cancer treatment had gone missing, in fact finds out her patients are being subjected to a form of blackmail so diabolical Hanibal Lecter could have dreamed it up. … a medical thriller "not for the squeamish."-Publishers Weekly, SIN AND BONE (#2) "Help me quit killing redheads." That’s the plea RN Gina Mazzio hears when she gets an anonymous call the night before her wedding. The cops say it’s a crank call. Her fiancé says she’s altar-shy. Her fellow workers call her “silly”. But Gina’s got a bad feeling… And then it turns out two of her fellow nurses at San Francisco’s Ridgewood Hospital are missing. Instead of a honeymoon, she’s plunged into the dark world of the black market trade in human body parts. Need we mention this is not medical suspense for the faint-hearted? BONE PIT (#3) Why does a hospital need bars on the windows? And why is the parking lot empty? As RNs Gina Mazzio and her fiancé Harry Lucke arrive for their new assignment as travel nurses, they suddenly have the chilling feeling of being about to enter a Stephen King novel—only in rural Nevada instead of Maine. This adventure’s supposed to be a respite from San Francisco, with its numbing memories of murder and kidnapping, but they seem to have signed up to work at a hospital with no windows on the first floor and barred windows on the second.

    He is stabbed twenty-seven times. The killer is still on the loose. The police have exhausted all leads. Johnny takes the case and immediately runs into problems. His star witness is dead. The best suspect turns out to be innocent. Time is running out. Will Johnny solve the case before his client meets his own death? Will the assassin strike again? Murder Rites is the first book in The Johnny Sundance Mystery Series.

    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.

    His scheme of masquerading as a paranormal investigator seems foolproof, until he encounters an actual ghost haunting an antique armchair.Now, having unwittingly become a witness to a decades-old murder, Dennis finds himself stumbling headfirst into bizarre and often hilarious situations as he tries to solve a legitimate paranormal mystery.Pursued by an overzealous private detective and driven to befriend a cast of memorable characters - from a perpetually-smoking matron to a charismatic charlatan who masquerades as an African shaman - Dennis works to exorcise the haunted furniture and return his life to a state of moderate normality.Easier said than done.

    for fans of Chelsea Cain and Alexandra Sokoloff Nash Steven Wilt’s true crime podcast targets unsolved crimes. That’s how he ends up trying to unravel the murder of a man who was found buried in the woods, surrounded by bodies of women who’ve gone missing over the years. Then Nash sees a picture of the dead man’s wife, and he recognizes her as Siobhan Thorn, someone he knew in high school. Well, no one knew Siobhan. He tried to know her. She toyed with him for her own amusement. Funny thing, too. In high school, a bunch of girls went missing and no one ever found out what happened to them. Dead women now, missing girls in the past, Siobhan Thorn. Nash finds it’s not a stretch to believe that Siobhan did all of it, even though he knows that’s not typical behavior for a female serial killer. But Siobhan always was different. And now, he’s got to track her down, not only because it’ll make a dynamite podcast, but because, deep down, he still wants to know her.

    But it doesn't take long for Jack to realize Todd should've thought twice about what he did to several girls he dated. Was his murder justified?Jack Bailey, small town hard-boiled detective, must solve the crime, but his own unrelenting demons rising from his struggle with PTSD and buried family secrets complicate his task. Daily work at the station affords Jack distraction from the inner turmoil that penetrates his nights. Darkness brings unwanted memories, nightmares, and the realization he needs to face what happened ten years ago.Through the searing Texas summer heat, Jack's team of detectives works hard interrogating witnesses in an effort to discover Todd Kaplan's true character. But it's patrol cop, Denise Williams, who rises above her calling to assist in questioning a crucial witness. Smart and sassy, she holds her own with Jack's moody temperament. All the while, a new romantic interest with a woman who is off limits proves problematic for Jack as he tries to make the right decision.Was this small town murder an act of justice or revenge? Only a parent who has tragically lost a child can hold the answer in their hearts. Jack understands. Only too well.