A flight from London to Dublin arrives carrying an unusual cargo – a passenger stone-cold dead in his seat.Sergeant Fiona Moore immediately suspects foul play and forensics confirm a lethal cocktail of drugs was in the man’s system.But Moore is left to largely tackle the case herself as her immediate boss, DI Aidan Burke, has other things on his mind – namely the attractive Swedish co-pilot, Andrea Bergin.Investigating the victim’s business dealings and personal life, Moore finds that all was clearly not quite well with the successful lawyer.Yet who was driven to kill him and what do they want to hide?

    

    

     Having had friends in high places, police must act quick to find the killer. But the judge also had lots of enemies in low places, and there is no shortage of suspects. Detective Inspector Robert Carroll is on the trail of the killer, aided by his rather intelligent assistant James Sayder who, much to the former’s consternation, is often one step ahead of the grumpy veteran detective. Detective Carroll’s efforts are confounded by Maggie, who is new in town and recently resurrected the defunct regional rag, The Crier. The newspaper seems to know all of Magnerstown’s bad news before the police, and Carroll wants to give the publisher the full arm of the law, despite finding her rather beguiling. The investigation stumbles forward even though Carroll is at loggerheads with just about everyone in town. But before long another body is found. What links the two victims, and can the Garda find the culprit before he strikes again? This book brims with Irish wit and it will transport the reader into semi-rural Ireland. If you like murder mysteries in the traditional whodunnit vein, like a laugh and a sprinkling of will they/won’t they romance, this book is for you.

    Then the attacks started.Detained in the hospital after an unusual accident, he dismisses the claim his new wife is trying to harm him. He’s convinced the property attacks are the childish pranks of locals annoyed by his plans for Clenchers Mill. As a successful property developer, he’s seen it all before. Mindful of Alicia’s reluctance to involve the police he instructs Kate and Simon to make discreet inquiries.Kate and Simon are keen to find the culprit, but are inexperienced and blissfully unaware they are dealing with a determined killer toying with their prey before they strike. Their first case may prove to be their last.

    What does it take to make a house a home?When four sets of strangers all decide to move, their lives become linked and changed forever.Paul is a young man who is struggling to piece his life back together.Married couple Florence and John are having problems.The empty-nesters Claire and Michael are adapting to their new life.Sarah and Alex are a city power couple who are hoping to relocate.As each of them navigate the troublesome path of buying and selling houses, relationships come under strain.Does moving to a new house mean a fresh start? And is home really where the heart is?

    The peaceful seaside town of Seaborough, half-forgotten on the eastern border of the county, seems an unlikely setting for murder. When a leading resident dies, the cause of death is uncertain. Troubled Inspector Abbs and eager, young Sergeant Reeve are sent to determine whether the elderly spinster was poisoned. Behind the Nottingham lace curtains and over the bone china tea cups, trouble has been brewing. Seaborough is changing, new houses are going up and some prominent inhabitants are ambitious for the town to become a popular resort. When a second death follows, the detectives need to work fast to unravel the truth. Behind the elaborate rituals, is anyone truly mourning? As the leaves fall and secrets are laid bare, unmasking a murderer may have terrible consequences…

    He refuses to let his mother know what’s wrong and becomes very reclusive.But Daphne’s son is not her only concern. Far from it. Her husband is acting oddly. And she is getting messages from an ex-partner she’d very much rather forget.Her family life seems to be unravelling at the seams, so when Gabriel’s classmate Leo gets in touch and promises to help her son, she has hopes she can address at least one problem.But things aren’t quite as they appear. Add online shaming, flaming, and cyberbullying to the mix and Daphne’s life looks like it’s heading for catastrophe…

    

    A cross between cozy mystery and police procedural, the books in the UK based Dave Slater Mystery series have accumulated hundreds of reviews, with over 80% of reviewers giving 4 and 5 star reviews. Now you can get books 5 - 8 in one box set and save money! ˃˃˃ The Red Telephone Box When DS Dave Slater is called from his bed in the middle of the night, he is horrified to find that the flat belonging to his colleague, DS Norman Norman, has been set alight. His relief at being told Norman wasn’t inside at the time quickly turns to concern, as no trace of the missing officer can be found. As the minutes stretch into hours, and DS Slater starts to dig into the circumstances surrounding Norman’s disappearance, he discovers that the involvement of a mysterious Russian man could mean Norman is in an even more dangerous situation than first feared. With a new DI in charge (who just so happens to be a woman) and more twists and turns than a rollercoaster, DS Slater faces a race against time to find Norman before it’s too late. ˃˃˃ The Secret of Wild Boar Woods Detective Sergeant Dave Slater is fed up. His girlfriend is off travelling the world, his trusty partner Norman could be retiring, and to top it all off, his boss has assigned him a rookie to babysit. He finds himself wondering if being a police officer is for him anymore. And then he picks up the phone to find the case that no police officer ever wants to deal with, a missing eight-year-old girl. When little Chrissy’s body is found curled-up in nearby woodlands, DS Slater and the rest of the team are plunged into an investigation that sees them delve back into history in a bid to solve the mystery of Wild Boar Woods. Can they find Chrissy’s killer? And could they uncover an even larger crime in the process? Slater only knows one thing; it’s up to him to find the truth. ˃˃˃ A Skelton in The Closet Detective Sergeant Dave Slater returns to work after an injury to find himself embroiled in yet another disciplinary shambles. His interrogation at the hands of the aptly named DI Grimm is interrupted, however, when Tinton Police Station is rocked by an explosion. After rushing to the scene, Slater is shocked to find a bomb blast has killed his friend and colleague, one who shouldn’t even have been in the building in the first place! Vowing to find justice for his friend, DS Slater throws himself into the investigation to find the mystery bomber. But as ever in Tinton, secrets lie barely buried below the surface, and his friend’s life may not have been all it seemed. And with so many skeletons in the closet, which one will end up rattling the loudest? ˃˃˃ The Kidney Donor When a homeless man is found burned to death in a skip, it seems to police like an open and shut case. After all, it was probably just a tragic accident, wasn’t it? But when former Detective Sergeant Dave Slater (now just plain Mr) arrives back from a holiday to Thailand, it’s not long before he and former partner Norman Norman get the distinct whiff that something isn’t quite right. Why has homeless veteran Ryan suddenly gone missing? And why is he so sure that it should have been him in that skip? And why had the dead man recently had a kidney removed?No longer having the resources and clout of Tinton Police behind them, Slater and Norman must put their detective skills to good use

    Twelve years have passed since Trengillion was covered in a deep blanket of snow and since then much has changed. Ned Stanley, the village school's headmaster, has retired and the inn is, yet again, under new ownership. Throughout Cornwall, businesses are making final preparations for the half a million extra tourists predicted to visit the county in August for the much hyped solar eclipse. An event which, unbeknown to the residents of the peaceful fishing village, will bring in its wake far more than a large influx of holiday makers. A Celestial Affair is the sixth book in a series of seven set in Cornwall on the beautiful Lizard Peninsula. The books cover a timespan of sixty years.

    Sick of degradation, she bolts for the Pennsylvania farm she fled as a young woman. The only way forward is to face the predator who made her life go wrong. But when Grace arrives she finds the Hardgrave/McClellan feud that's been smoldering for generations is now burning hot. The seven-foot tyrant who runs the town brothels and distilleries, Jonah McClellan, found his youngest son bludgeoned to death on Hardgrave land. But as Grace unwinds the mystery she learns everyone has a secret, an angle, and a reason to kill... Just like her. Grit Lit to the bone. Sometimes Bone. Literary depth, thriller pace. Grab Sometimes Bone now! WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: ★★★★★ "An amazing story by an amazing wordsmith." ★★★★★ "The story grabbed my throat and wouldn't let go, wouldn't let me scream either." ★★★★★ "Powerful... Gritty... Sexy... I loved it..." ★★★★★ "A must read book and author." ★★★★★ "Another great read from Lindemuth. The man writes engrossing stories, realistic dialogue, and brings the clash of good vs evil into a realm where sometimes, sometimes, not even the characters know where they stand... Read everything he writes." ★★★★★ "Lindemuth has a unique style that keeps you in the story from page one till the end. he keeps you guessing and then re-guessing until the finale when all the pieces fall together and doesn't leave you out on a limb." ★★★★★ "Believable characters in a compelling world brimming with evil..." Prepare yourself for a battle of good and evil unlike any you've seen. With rave reviews from Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Indie Next List, Kirkus, BlueInk Review, Foreword Reviews, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader and more, if you haven't read Clayton Lindemuth's unique brand of literary noir, what are you waiting for?

    

    Feisty, stubborn, emotionally defended, she spends a lot of her time hiding her better qualities behind a facade of hardball.  In doing so, she often sabotages herself, cutting her nose off to spite her face, pushing away those who try to help her. Never done that, right? Diana now works for a news and crime magazine, yet her past experience and impressive, Sherlock Holmes-like skills mark her as an asset only the government could have trained… This digital box set contains the first four mystery thrillers in this bestselling series: Hunted: When Lydia is found dead at her workplace, John loses the love of his life. His heart breaks for himself and his little girl as Diana spirals out of control following her mother’s death. The authorities rule the death a suicide, but when events don’t start to add up, the family that is left behind begins to suspect something isn’t right. Hunted is the prequel to the Diana Hunter series. Snatched: What would you do if you discovered a dead body? Would you investigate? Try to solve the case before the police arrive? Would you prattle on about theories regarding the murder, realizing you know almost too much about it? Would you put the handsome detective off balance so that he then accuses you of being the murderer? All before 9AM? No… surely no one would do that? Clearly, you haven’t met Diana Hunter.  Stolen: A survivor. A fighter. A threat. When Vancouver’s elite convenes in the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel to celebrate and fund the new British Columbia Children’s Hospital, it is a night of free flowing champagne, high class regalia and more flash than a museum could house – until suddenly everyone realizes all their precious jewels and baubles are gone. In the space of one moment, the night turns from joy to confusion…. How did it happen? How were they all robbed, at once… without anyone seeing a thing? Chopped: Ten years have passed since Diana Hunter, once the youngest spook in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, was captured by the elusive professional assassin known only as “Surgeon.” It is two days before the anniversary of her ordeal, and Surgeon has claimed another victim. Can Diana and her partner, Detective Peter Hopkinson, outthink this brilliant killer, or will Surgeon’s brutal game continue unchecked? What Amazon readers are saying: ★★★★★ “I started reading the first book in this series and after that, I couldn't put them down, reading though all 4 of the books in a week's time.” ★★★★★ “Diana Hunter is a strong, intelligent, and very likeable heroine.” ★★★★★ “Grabbed me from the first page, and I sat up until 4:30 in the morning reading it.” ★★★★★ “This book will keep you turning the pages to find out the who, what, why, and how.” ★★★★★ “A genuine full-blown mystery/thriller.” ★★★★★ “This story is edgy, chilling, scary and breathtaking all at once.” ★★★★★ “Love the characters and the way the book just flows.” ★★★★★ "This author is what I consider a modern day Agatha Christie; she is that good.

    In these first three short stories of the series, Police Detectives O’Toole and Starker use their intellect, experience and drive to bring more than one killer to justice. O’Toole’s relatives and Starker’s haunted past present life problems and tragedies that make the characters real, leaving the reader with a desire to follow their lives beyond the book’s cover. Whether it’s the discovery of a dead medical doctor on the bank of the Chetco River, or an unexpected witness that turns a previously closed case of suicide into a current murder investigation, the reader will find it hard to put this book down.