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Blues of Autumn
Richard Adamson - 2020
He came to the Adirondacks because he heard small-town cops spend their days helping kittens cross the road and rescuing little old ladies out of trees. Or something like that. And so far, things have been quiet as promised.Paul Briar is not so happy. He came to these mountains to spark some romance in his marriage. Now his wife is missing and presumed drowned.And poor Dr. Simon Reesor is downright devastated. He came here to practice medicine in a small hospital. Last night his wife was brutally murdered, blown up in her car.Police Chief Norris Tanager came to these beautiful mountains to escape the ugliness of the big city. Too bad. Seems like ugly just follows some cops around.
She Wore Mourning
P.D. Workman - 2017
She fears Declan’s mother will not be able to find peace until Zachary can give them an answer once and for all. But as Zachary digs into the circumstances surrounding Declan’s death, he finds that all is not as it seems, and somebody doesn’t want him to find the truth.Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F. Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues.Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves cases that will stretch his abilities to the limit.Even with his own life in shambles, Zachary Goldman is still the one you want on the case.Investigate this P.I. mystery now!
Kiss My Assassin
Dave Sinclair - 2019
He’s on the hunt for a mysterious and powerful arms-dealing organisation named Kali—and they have him squarely in their sights.Along the way he falls for a mysterious woman who may just be the death of him.Fast-paced with whip-smart dialogue and twists at every turn, Kiss My Assassin is the very definition of unputdownable.Note to the reader: Although the Bishop novels can be read in any order, the events described take place before those in the Eva Destruction novels.
The Crime Beat: Episodes 1-3: New York, Washington D.C., Miami
A.C. Fuller - 2019
A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies... Two unlikely heroes, brought together by one unthinkable crime in... Read the first three episodes of this addictive series, brought together for the first time in one volume. The Crime Beat, Episode 1: New York City Perched on the soft tar of a New York City rooftop, a mysterious sniper fires a single round from a fifty caliber rifle. Five stories below, his target collapses on the marble steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dead. Crime reporter Jane Cole needs this story badly. Suspended NYPD cop Robert Warren is desperate to clear his name. They don't trust each other, but they make the perfect team. And as Cole and Warren track the killer, they uncover a plot so ruthless it shocks the conscience, a crime so expansive it will rock the world. The Crime Beat, Episode 2: Washington, D.C. At the rooftop bar of the famed Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., a former Vice President is assassinated. Across the Potomac River, a mysterious sniper leaves a fifty caliber rifle on the bed of his hotel room, then disappears. Crime reporter Jane Cole and NYPD cop Robert Warren have clues no one else has. But as they arrive in D.C. to investigate, they're hit with a series of coverups and misdirections. And as they close in on the killer, they realize that they, too, are being tracked. The Crime Beat, Episode 3: Miami Arriving in Little Havana in Miami, Cole creates a list of potential victims while Warren tracks down an old confidential informant. Desperate to reach a reclusive financier, Cole then makes an unusual friend, who leads her on a wild-goose chase through Miami. All the while, news is breaking around the world that implicates Cole and Warren in the killings, and a mysterious pair has followed them to Miami. Perfect for readers of Michael Connelly and fans of True Detective or Jack Ryan, The Crime Beat is your next bingeable series from bestselling author A.C. Fuller. Grab the set now. The Crime Beat is a 9-novella series—each book between 140 and 200 pages—and is designed to be read in order.
Steel Force
Geoffrey Saign - 2019
Now they want him dead. Can he defeat a conspiracy before he becomes the next hit?The Jack Steel series is now in development for a major motion picture. Black Ops expert Jack Steel believes in honor above all else. But he’s horrified when his latest covert mission orders him to terminate a site full of innocent civilians. And when he assaults his commander to save a mysterious monk, he unleashes a fierce backlash, sending the whole of U.S. intelligence hunting for his head. With the help of an alluring counterterrorism analyst, Steel digs deep for the truth behind the unauthorized operation. But with everyone from his former Ops leader to the president out for blood, Steel doesn’t know who to trust. Can one man bring down a billion-dollar conspiracy before it blows up in his face? Steel Force is the first book in the high-octane Jack Steel thriller series. If you like action-packed scenes, formidable threats, and electric characters, then you’ll love Geoffrey Saign’s heart-stopping adventure.
What Follows After
Dan Walsh - 2014
Life is simple. The world makes sense, and all families are happy. When they aren’t, everyone knows you’re supposed to pretend. With their family about to collapse, Colt Harrison and his little brother, Timmy, hatch a plan. They’ll run away from their Florida home, head for their aunt’s house in Savannah and refuse to come home until their parents get back together. But things go terribly, terribly wrong. Colt’s parents must come to grips with years of mistrust and fight for their son’s return…and to mend their broken marriage. In this emotional story, Dan Walsh takes readers on a suspense-filled journey to rediscover the things that matter most in life.
Overdose
Rada Jones - 2019
Emma Steele doesn’t know there’s a killer lurking in her ER. In between fighting to keep her patients alive, struggling with her bipolar daughter and striving to further her career, her dance card is full. A deluge of antidote-resistant overdoses, the gruesome death of her mentor and the near-death of a friend shake her to her core and force her into looking for answers. Since she’s annoyingly competent and uncannily efficient, she finds them - just as the killer finds her. Will Emma live long enough to expose the killer? Or will he silence her first? You’ll love OVERDOSE if you crave ER drama with split seconds separating life from death. You’ll love it if blood, drugs and dislocated joints give you the warm fuzzies. You’ll love it if you long to see what’s inside the mind of a serial killer. OVERDOSE: An ER life novel with strong, flawed characters entangled in complicated relationships, life and death fights, and wine. Mostly red.
The Lt. Kate Gazzara Series: Books 4-6
Blair Howard - 2020
Kate Gazzara. If you love whodunits, police procedurals, realism, fast-paced nonstop action, strong women detectives, it's time you met Kate Gazzara, a dedicated female detective in a world dominated by men.Kate's addictive - You can't read just one.
The Jaxon Jennings Series: Books 1-3
Richard C. Hale - 2014
Over 800 pages of mystery, thrills, and suspense.*** Live For The Hunt Frozen Past Jaxon Jennings. Cop. Homicide detective. Partner. He always had your back and rarely made mistakes. Until the death of his son. Until the night he couldn’t save him. Until everything he held dear was taken away from him. Now, a shell of a man, his reckless actions mark him as a burn-out. A Loner. A dangerous man whom many in the Fairfax County Police Department cannot trust. The criminals he pursues in the suburbs of Washington D. C. are nothing more than ways to bide his time until his next drink, next fix, next loss of control. His past haunts him no matter how hard he tries to hide from it. So, when a boy’s body shows up floating under the ice of a quiet neighborhood pool, Jaxon finds himself immersed in a world where the ghosts of his past feel too close for comfort. A psychopath is using the innocent in ways that appear familiar. Jaxon’s past is catching up with him. And the anger that seethes below the surface threatens to destroy not only his life, but the lives of a group of kids somehow connected with him. The answers are locked, frozen in the part of his past he refuses to confront. But people are counting on him. And he must do anything to save them. Anything. Even if it costs him his life. Cache 72 72 hours. That's what the note said. 72 hours and the girl would be dead. Jaxon held the paper in one hand and the severed finger in the other. It was not a hoax. A day with his new hobby had turned into something he hadn’t seen coming. GeoCaching—a modern scavenger hunt—was now a race against time. A woman he had never met was praying he wouldn't fail. 72 hours. Three days. A life hanging in the balance and the clock ticking. The killer's game deadly. Jaxon Jennings, retired cop and private eye, knew the girl had only one chance… And he was it. Father Figure The truth will set you free. What a crock. Jaxon Jennings knows the lie in the cliché. He’s lived it his whole life. So when his partner witnesses the murder of their client’s wife, he isn’t surprised by the trail of deceit, corruption, drugs and rape underlying the façade of truth in his city. Paid to uncover the real murderer, Jaxon finds himself immersed in a world of treachery and lies. Lies so deep they cut like knives. And when his recently deceased father is somehow connected, he must find the man who pulls the strings behind the scenes. The man who has the answers to all the questions. The answers that send Jaxon over the edge. For he knows… Only the dead are set free by the truth. And the truth will burden you for life. Jaxon Jennings Mystery Thriller eBook Categories: - Thriller Action - Detective Thrillers - Detective Romance - Romantic Suspense - Murder Fiction - Mystery Action - Mystery Adventure
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A Wicked Mercy (Harriet Quinn Crime Thriller, #1)
Bilinda P. Sheehan - 2019
Although the police are convinced that these are open and shut cases, Forensic psychologist Harriet Quinn is certain the deaths are due to foul play. Her suspicions deepen when her own friend becomes one of the victims.Fighting the police’s indifference, she sets out to prove that a murderer stalks the village. A murderer that her training tells her might be hiding in plain sight.
Book One of the Harriet Quinn series is an explosive crime fiction series debut where murder and mystery take centre stage in this dark thriller.
For fans of LJ Ross, Val McDermid, JD Kirk, Chris Carter, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, and Sally Rigby
The Cove
Malcolm Richards - 2017
Seven years later, a teenager has been found washed up on the beach.It’s Carrie’s son. And he’s alive.No longer the sweet boy she remembers, Cal is deeply troubled, wildly unpredictable, and a growing danger to everyone around him.Now, Carrie must unravel the mystery of what happened to her son before it’s too late. Because a serial killer is stalking the streets of Devil’s Cove.And another young child is missing...Set against the wild backdrop of Cornwall, The Cove is the first part of a nail-biting trilogy about a mother's fight to save her son from the grip of evil.
Don't Tell Meg Trilogy Box Set
Paul J. Teague - 2017
One night. So many deaths. When radio journalist Pete Bailey betrays his wife Meg on his fortieth birthday, he has no idea of the terrible consequences that will follow his infidelity. His passionate relationship with Meg is on the rocks and they’re having no luck starting a family. It’s only when he meets TV reporter Ellie Turner on a working weekend away from home that Pete succumbs to her charms in a moment of weakness. His treacherous actions set off a chain of events fueled by jealousy, revenge, violence and hatred. Five people will lose their lives as a result of Pete’s deception and he will be compelled to confront the ugly truth about his wife and his best friend, Jem. He thought that nobody would ever discover what he’d done with Ellie … but he didn’t know who was listening in the room next door. Don’t Tell Meg is the first part of trilogy of thrillers. Please note that this book contains mild violence, bad language and sexual references. The Murder Place: A missing wife. A former lover. A house that isn't yet done with death. Estranged from his wife and living on a caravan park, Pete Bailey thinks the worst is over. Well away from the marital home where the murders took place, Pete is still hoping to hear from Meg and get a sale on a property that nobody wants to buy. But the newspaper and TV reports haven't gone unnoticed and there are some new arrivals in the town. Teaming up with his TV friend and former lover, Alex Kennedy, Pete goes in search of the truth about Meg and hurtles headlong into a tangled mess along the way. The house where two men lost their lives is not yet done with the killing - and more people who are close to Pete must lose their lives before the secrets of Meg's past are revealed. Pete will be brought to the edge of despair and risks losing everything in this non-stop, psychological thriller. The Murder Place is the second part in the Don't Tell Meg trilogy. Please note that this book contains mild violence, bad language and sexual references. The Forgotten Children: A childhood poisoned by betrayal. A revenge that can wait no more. Things have gone from bad to worse for radio journalist, Pete Bailey. Not only is he still estranged from his wife Meg, he has found himself living in rundown flat in Blackpool, rapidly running out of money and scraping by to make ends meet. But the seaside resort holds the secrets of Meg's childhood years, which were poisoned by cruelty, betrayal and violence. As Pete gets closer to the truth, the past comes back to haunt him as a killer seeks to right wrongs and destroy old enemies. More lives will be lost and those closest to Pete will risk most of all. But finally, after all the death and misery, the terrible truth will be revealed. The Forgotten Children is the final part in the Don't Tell Meg trilogy. Please note that this book contains mild violence, bad language and sexual references. Paul J. Teague has also written the standalone thriller Dead of Night (Released May 2017)
Twelve Years Gone
K.J. Kalis - 2021
She never came back.In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow...The family hasn’t given up their hope for revenge, or at least answers.Emily Tizzano, a former Chicago PD cold case detective suffering from her own skeletons holds the hope of the family in her hands. Can she overcome her own past in order to help them find Sarah and get the justice they need?Twelve Years Gone is the first novel in the Detective Emily Tizzano vigilante justice thriller series. If you like Dean Koontz, Robin James and L. T. Ryan, you are going to love this fast-paced suspense thriller series.
Winter Falls: A Jimmy Blue novel (The Jimmy Blue Series Book 1)
Ian W. Sainsbury - 2021
They should have made sure.Twenty years after Tom Lewis watched his parents die, those responsible are being killed. One by one.Gentle, brain-damaged Tom, a giant of a man who can barely speak, can’t be responsible for their deaths. Can he?When Tom Lewis was shot, something new was created. Something unique. Something deadly. Something patient enough to plan revenge for twenty long years.Meet Jimmy BlueAn explosive revenge thriller from award winner Ian W. Sainsbury.NOTE: This novel was previously published in three parts under the series title Bedlam Boy.