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Footsteps in the Attic: A true account of the slayings at the Hinterkaifeck Farmstead


Edward Chilvers - 2016
    He believed that rogues were in his house. I offered to help him to search the property, to which Gruber replied that he was not afraid.” Sometime during the evening of the 31st March 1922, at an isolated farmstead deep in rural Germany, five members of the same family, alongside their maid, were brutally slain in their own home, hacked to death with a short handled pickaxe. The killings stunned a Bavaria already racked by the aftermath of war and hyper-inflation. Almost a century on the murders remain unsolved. In this, the first in depth English language investigation into the slayings, Edward Chilvers attempts to separate myth from fact, relying on contemporary police sources and witness statements to paint a picture of an insular, incestuous family who, for reasons as yet unknown, took it upon themselves to ignore the numerous warnings of what was to come in the days leading up to their demise.

A Turning of the Tide (An Irish Family Saga, #3)


Jean Reinhardt - 2015
    Friendship and loyalty draw the Irish fisherman into a world he would rather stay away from. Choices must be made that could bring the wrath of an old enemy upon James's head. How many fresh starts should a person have to make in their lifetime? Why is it that just when you think your boat has reached the shore, the tide turns and sweeps you back out to a stormy sea? As these questions torment James McGrother, two members of his young family must deal with distressing events that will change their lives forever.

Key West Normal (Bric Wahl Series book 3): The Whole Ball of Whacks (The Bric Wahl Series)


Wayne Gales - 2016
    After a faked drowning and new names, courtesy of the Witness Protection Program, they can travel all over the world and live the life of the rich and famous, but all they really want to do is go home. They know as long as they stay far from Key West they will be safe.Or will they? This third novel in the “Bric Wahl” series takes Bric and Karen on an amazing voyage, first by motor home across the US and then on a sixty one foot sailing yacht, visiting ports in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Pacific Ocean before they set sail for Key West. They feel safe traveling under their new identities and enjoy their surroundings, believing the people who want to harm them are far away.Or are they?Resigned to leaving Key West forever, they both wonder if all the wealth is worth the loss. After all, the only thing they really wanted was a slice of Key West Normal, and now they have to hide for the rest of their lives.Or do they?Bric and Karen hatch a plan that will let them sneak back to the keys under disguise, but after they return, Bric discovers some disturbing activities in Key West. He takes action, knowing that it may very well end his relationship with the love of his life.

Seventy Times Seven


John Gordon Sinclair - 2012
    Since his brother's murder eight years earlier he has become a professional killer: a hit man for hire, bent on retribution.The Job: Danny's been contracted to eliminate the 'Thevshi' - the Ghost - the most elusive informant that has ever penetrated the Republican movement in Northern Ireland. But there's a problem: the Thevshi claims to know who's responsible for his brother's death. Danny's never killed someone he needed to talk to first.The Target: When Finn O'Hanlon (A.K.A. the Thevshi) is attacked in a bar in Alabama he realises that his past has finally caught up with him. Forced to flee, he embarks on a desperate journey to find Danny McGuire before it's too late.The Complication: But Danny and Finn are up against someone who's spent years hiding a secret, and it's a secret they'll go to any lengths to protect.

Budapest/48: A Ryan Lock Story


Sean Black - 2015
    Fly into Budapest. Handle the exchange in a straightforward kidnap for ransom case. Fly back home. Total time involved: 48 hours. But as private security operators Ryan Lock and Ty Johnson are about to find out, there is no such thing as easy money. Budapest/48 is the new novella (short novel) from bestselling thriller writer Sean Black.

Quantrall


Carolina Mac - 2017
    When his on-again, off-again, love is kidnapped, Jesse risks his life to discover the startling truth behind her disappearance. Battling the chaos of guns and violence, Jesse finds new strength and purpose.

Busted Flush


Brad Smith - 2005
    Renovating the home, Dock stumbles upon a treasure trove of Civil War memorabilia squirreled away in an old root cellar, including pictures and possibly even a recording of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. As he's forced to defend his new find from the onslaught of collectors, history buffs, and media hounds, Dock discovers that, much like Honest Abe himself, he's the right man for the fight--independent, funny, loyal, and stubborn as a Missouri mule. When the scallywags and opportunists--including an easy-on-the-eyes television reporter with one hell of an attitude--start crawling out of the woodwork, he'll need all of that and a bit more.

Piggyback


Tom Pitts - 2012
    When two young girls disappear with a trunk-load of pot, unaware that their payload has been packed with an extra five kilos of cocaine, a lovable loser persuades a sociopathic killer to pursue them across Northern California in a violent, twisted goose-chase that ends in a horrific place none of them could have forseen.

Helltown: A Horror Novel


Stephen Bentley - 2015
    It's nothing like the suburb you might live in . . . Unless, that is, an insane, Listerine-guzzling Realtor sold you your house? Or perhaps your postman happens to have a disturbing relationship with his claw hammer? A grieving Dan LaBarbara knows something is different in Helltown as soon as he comes back home. Yeah, sure, the town always been a little off. You can feel that about the place, like if you stepped into a house whose only occupants were freshly murdered corpses in an upstairs bedroom. But this is something else entirely. Standing in his little brother Barbie's basement workshop, holding one of those dioramas Barbie's been building since the accident, the ones that seem to move when you hold them, Dan can feel Barbie's terror. Barbie must know something is coming, something big, something evil. He's trying to warn Dan in the only way he knows. Why else would Barbie build a diorama depicting a man-sized version of a cartoon rabbit with bloody teeth about to devour a trembling teenager? Why else would he spend so much time crafting an intricate model of Death standing over a pimply teenager in the school library? And let's not even talk about that little model of the mob of undead surrounding the massive tower of vicious black spines behind the high school. Hilltown has a story to tell, and the lonely brain-damaged man who builds magical dioramas in his basement workshop has been telling it all along. As the evil closes in around them, Dan and his new love interest Jessica must do the impossible: save everyone one in Hilltown before it's too late.

Courthouse Cowboys: A Modern Tale of Murder in Montana


P.A. Moore - 2011
    The trial involving the disabled teen with Klinefelter's syndrome was featured on Dateline, NBC, City Confidential, Discovery, TLC, Rolling Stone, and Sports Illustrated. As you follow Paige Defalco's one woman quest for justice in small town Montana, you'll ride with her in the front car of the roller coaster, wondering if this former cynical prosecutor turned defense attorney will recover the soul she misplaced, 'somewhere between the Catholic Church and the Courtroom.'Thanks for checking it out and please let me know, through your honest review, what you think!P.A. Moore

Murder in a Good Neighborhood


K.K. Chalmers - 2011
    So when Roxanne finds the body of a beautiful young woman the week before Halloween, she is more than happy to leave the detecting to her son Marc, an Eastport, Virginia homicide detective...until a retired astronaut who also happens to be an old flame is arrested and the abbess from a nearby monastery insists Roxanne must help clear his name. Only neither woman realizes that by unmasking a killer, Roxanne is placing someone she loves in mortal danger.MURDER IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD was the 2009 winner of the Best Unpublished Novel Contest sponsored by James River Writers and Richmond Magazine. (63,800 words)The author is currently writing a sequel.

Icy Betrayal


David G. Keith - 2015
     Ambitious traffic investigator Mia Serrano is young, attractive and headstrong. Her intuition leads her from a tragic traffic accident on an icy Colorado highway to something far more sinister. Despite his protests, veteran homicide investigator Jack Keller is paired with the upstart Serrano on a high profile murder case that threatens to tear the Rocklin County Sheriff's Department apart from the inside out. The young protégé must choose between love and ambition while haunted by suspicions that consume her. The seasoned investigator will be pushed to the edge as he struggles to come to terms with his troubled past. Sex, love, power and contrition collide amid two intertwining love stories as Keller and Serrano struggle to expose a murder plot while hiding secrets that could cost both their careers.Jack Keller faces the most personal case of his life in a wild ride of passion, deception and betrayal, served on ice.

A Posh Murder (Rex and the Dowager Book 1)


Keith Finney - 2021
    

Sedona Law 2: A Legal Thriller


Dave Derin - 2019
    The clock is ticking, but Henry pulls inspiration from the least likely places to defend his innocent client.

A Kingpin Stole My Heart: A Complete Hood Love Series


Princess Diamond - 2020
    That is until she catches Graham in bed with another woman. Their breakup leaves her homeless and heartbroken. Nyceah has no choice but to return to Chicago to face her past. However, with Nyceah out of the picture, Graham stares karma in the face. A string of bad events causes him to be bitter, to hate Nyceah’s guts, and to seek revenge. Nexus “Next” Giuliani owns one of the biggest shipping companies in the world. He makes great money as a corporate leader, but, it’s his street affairs that concern him the most. He returns to Chicago to finalize contraband drug shipments for the mafia to France. He has put his heart and soul into this arrangement that includes marrying the French ally’s daughter to seal the deal. Neither Nyceah or Next is looking for love when they first meet, but their attraction is instant. Even though they try to avoid each other for obvious reasons, she craves his touch and he longs for her presence. What starts off as lust between them quickly develops into something more. However, Nexus’ wife Camille and Nyceah’s ex-boyfriend Graham are willing to do anything to stop these two from being together, including murder. Will Camille kill her husband’s mistress like she has in the past? Or will Graham get to Nyceah first? Nyceah’s life is in jeopardy with threats coming from everywhere. With all the power that Nexus has, will he be able to save her from certain death? Experience the complete series right here, right now!