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The Partnership Track


Michael Ridpath - 2016
    Six ambitious vice presidents of Labouchere Associates are gathered together at an isolated mountain lodge in New Hampshire’s White Mountains for a weekend of corporate mind games. By Monday, one of them will become a Partner and earn at least a million a year. And one of them will be dead. The Partnership Track is a novella of about 20,000 words or 70 pages, with a fiendish twist. It will take less than two hours to read.

Violence in the Blood (The Crime Syndicate #1)


Mark Newman - 2016
    He's got everything he ever wanted, except his health. The knives are out. His rivals sense blood. Their time is now. But Thompson's not going down without a fight. Violence in the Blood documents Thompson's rise to power from the backstreets of Glasgow to the industrial heartland of the Midlands. Join the rampage as Malkie and his crew blaze a trail of mayhem and destruction north and south of the border.

Ultimate Betrayal


Joseph Badal - 2014
    It takes the reader on an action-packed, adrenaline-boosting ride, from the streets of South Philadelphia, through the Afghanistan War, to Mafia drug smuggling, to the halls of power at the CIA and the White House.David Hood comes from the streets of South Philadelphia, is a decorated Afghanistan War hero, builds a highly successful business, marries the woman of his dreams, and has two children he adores. But there are two ghosts in David’s past.One is the guilt he carries over the death of his brother. The other is a specter that will do anything to murder him.David has long lost the belief that good will triumph over evil. The deaths of his wife and children only reinforce that cynicism. And leave him with nothing but a bone-chilling, all-consuming need for revenge. This is a new release of a previously published edition.

Apocalypse Trails: Episode 1


Joe Nobody - 2016
    Commander Jack Cisco has been under the Pacific Ocean for months aboard the USS Utah, conducting a top secret surveillance mission. When their boat finally returns to port, the officers and crew are shocked to find the entire West Coast of the United States has been destroyed or abandoned. Low on supplies and running out of options, the captain has no choice but to enter port and hope to find some answers. It’s not long before they discover that the world they left behind just a few short months before is gone forever.

Perfect Gentleman


Brett Battles - 2011
    He’s not their uncle. He’s not even related to them. In fact, he was born thousands of miles from the Philippines, the place he now calls home. No, Wade’s none of those things. He’s their Papasan. He runs the go-go bar where the girls dance and entertain. But that doesn’t make them any less than a family.And rule number one: don’t mess with the family.PERFECT GENTLEMAN is a 6000 word short story that originally appeared in the KILLER YEAR: STORIES TO DIE FOR anthology edited by Lee Child.

Spy Game


John Fullerton - 2021
    The Cold War is in full swing. Richard Brodick decides to follow in his father’s footsteps and seeks an exciting role in what used to be called the Great Game, only to find that it turns out to be less of an adventure and more brutal betrayal.What he had thought would be an adventure spying on the Soviets and their Afghan communist allies turns sour when he’s ordered to kill his best friend. Will he betray his country or his friend? Which side will he choose?

Murder on Gold Street


Rod Moore - 2015
    The investigation into his murder unearths a more than questionable lifestyle where it seems that everyone who knew him had a reason to see him dead. Detectives Steve Rickets and his partner Detective Sarah Branson follow a trail of dead ends that lead them scratching their heads. Is it the disgruntled business partner, the angry and upset daughter, the woman who secretly loves him, of the crime figure he owes thousands to? This classic who done it murder mystery will keep you guessing to the end. An unexpected twist will lead you right to the killer if you spot it. This short story of 12,000 words (appx) is ideal for lovers of hard boiled detective crime thrillers and murder mystery short stories.

The Escape


Matthew Slater - 2021
    As criminal kingpin of Sovereign City, Bryan Wattson has everything: money, power, and the sense of invincibility that goes with it. But after a botched drug deal leaves him betrayed by his former business partner, shot and left for dead, Bryan is sentenced to thirty years in prison, After breaking out ten years later, Bryan learns the hard way exactly how enormous square one really is. With this second chance, Bryan has only one thing on his mind: getting revenge on the man who betrayed him.

Flood


Richard Doyle - 2002
    The country has suffered floods on an unprecedented scale in recent years, but have we seen the worst, an inundation that threatens millions of lives? Doyle’s vision is incontestable, backed up by over twenty-five years of research. Flood is the disaster novel of today.A storm rages over the north of Britain, a troop carrier founders in the Irish Sea, flood indicators go off the scale, the seas are mountainous and a spring tide is about to strike the East Coast. Air sea rescue and military personnel struggle to save lives all down the coast. The worse is yet to come. When the storm reaches the south the two forces of wind and tide will combine and send a huge one-in-a-thousand tidal surge up the Thames.But surely London is safe: the Thames Barrier will save the capital from disaster as it was intended to do? The river is a titanic presence by now, higher than anyone has known it, and the surge thunders towards the Barrier. Scientists begin to talk of the possibility of overtopping. Can fifty feet high gates be overwhelmed by a wave? Then there is an explosion the size of a small Hiroshima: a supertanker is ablaze in the estuary and most of the Essex petrochemical works are going up with it. The Thames catches fire and the wall of fire and water thunders towards Britain’s capital. This is the story of what happens next, and the desperate attempts to save the capital from destruction.

Shadow Kill


David Caris - 2021
    Betrayed by his employer and left for dead, Kovac decides to lie low in Tokyo.His plan? Revenge...But when a young woman asks him to protect her from the yakuza, Kovac feels duty-bound to help. She’s a victim of abuse, and long experience tells him if he doesn’t step in tonight she’ll be a corpse before dawn.As Kovac works to uncover the truth of his last job, he finds himself drawn into a conspiracy which goes well beyond the yakuza to a new and terrifying multinational cartel. One that will stop at nothing to control the global drug trade.The kingpins are certain they’ve covered all bases. They're well-funded and utterly ruthless. But they’ve failed to account for one man – John Kovac.SHADOW KILL is the first in a fast-paced, unflinching thriller series that won't in any way shortchange you on action. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Mark Greaney and Mark Dawson.

Night Hunter (The Harry Circus Mysteries #1)


E.D. Ward - 2017
    D. Ward's first novel in the Harry Circus mystery series is a story of unforgettable suspense from the dramatic opening to the bloody finish.A body is found disembowled and partially skinned on the remote blueberry barrens, north of the small town of Berryville. Tension mounts as Harry follows the scent of the murderer to the brutal end, where he discovers the long-kept secret of a mother and daughter. Available for Kindle Unlimited.

The Servant Girl


Maggie Hope - 2013
    His kindness helps her make the transition from skinny child to lovely woman -- only for her to attract the attention of his brother.Matthew Fortune is the heir to the house and also a ruthless seducer. But when Hetty rejects him, he has her thrown out. Hetty is determined to make a better life for herself, but when Matthew turns up swearing he wants to marry her, she senses a trap.At a time where she needs him most, where is her hero Richard?Note: previously published as THE JEWEL STREETS by Una Horne

Mermaids of Bodega Bay (Terrence Reid Mystery Series)


Mary Birk - 2014
     Anne, a talented historic garden designer, doesn’t know whether to bless or curse the luck that had her husband show up on her doorstep just as disaster strikes the Grainger Art Colony. Moving on after he left her was hard, but she’d done it with Andrew Grainger’s help. When Anne and her lover become the FBI’s chief suspects, Reid, compelled to exonerate the woman he still loves, steps in to investigate—and in the process, uncovers a shocking web of deceit and danger.

Neptune Island


Tony Reed - 2017
     Lincoln Monk, ex-cop, left the rat race, and has a simple life plan— travel the world, work along the way, and enjoy life —nothing ever goes according to plan. -Two divers die in brutal fashion -A landslide kills hundreds -Quantum physicists are disappearing around the globe -A scientist is murdered on a secluded beach -What dark secret links all these events? Lincoln hadn’t been back to the island of Saipan in quite some time, and for good reason, he wanted to let old wounds heal. However, when he discovers an old flame has died in mysterious circumstances, he feels compelled to find some answers. So, armed with a never give up attitude, the help of an old friend and some new ones, and a dog named Napoleon, what starts out as a simple investigation into her death, soon becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse played out over a tropical island paradise. Lincoln’s trail soon crosses path with ruthless billionaire industrialist Jonathan Kane. Surrounded by impenetrable cliffs, deadly jungles and an army of mercenaries, Kane is a man who will stop at nothing to protect his secrets, and his secluded island complex, from prying intruders and the outside world. Lincoln knows he’s out of his league, out gunned, out manned and out of time. The race is now on to prevent a madman from altering the future of mankind forever, and reveal the dark truth of—Neptune Island. “Who’d have thought saving the world would be this stressful.”- Lincoln Monk. A sexy assassin - Deadly creatures - Raging oceans - A Bond-style villain - Sadistic henchmen - Tropical jungles - Lovable characters - Quantum physics - A good dose of humour - And over the top action on a grand scale.

Broken Angels


Russell Heath - 2015
    Nine years. Nine years since she stepped over her mother’s drunken body and into a cold Alaska night running south, lost to her mother forever. How did she find me? She hesitates, not wanting to open the envelope, knowing the letter inside will drag her home; back into the bleakness of a life with no exit. Kris Gabriel, twenty-four, Alaska Native, and fierce like a wolverine, returns to Alaska—to find her mother murdered; shot in the face by the double-barreled blast of a shotgun. Angry her mother is pushed around even in death, guilty she abandoned her in life, Kris only knows to fight. Relentlessly, she tracks a trail of pain, of lost love, of lives ripped apart by the frozen north’s unyielding law of survival, never suspecting it’s not what her mother would have wanted. Never suspecting that she has far more at stake than finding her mother’s killer. Broken Angels is fast-paced Alaskan noir filled with richly drawn characters struggling to survive in a hostile country where there are no second chances.