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Water, Slaughter Everywhere

By: Mark Rasdall

A Dark Mystery Unfolds in Rural Worcestershire…In the autumn of 2017, Inspector Harcourt of West Mercia Police returns in the second gripping installment of this critically acclaimed crime series. S...

Lies In Shadows

By: P.S. Winn

With both her parents dead, Lucretia lives in their house alone. She has a brother, but doesn't talk to him much. In the house, Lucretia has seen the ghost of her mother. That is the least of her prob...

Just Divine

By: P.S. Winn

If you stepped into the Just Divine coffee shop and bakery, Pat and Tracy would greet you with a smile. The two women bought the shop with a house attached when they were rudely shoved out of their ho...

Tales from Waxling Beach

By: Mark Rasdall

Unlock the Mystery of the Past in This Gripping Tale of Secrets, Love, and DiscoverySet in the summer of 2007, Tales from Waxling Beach follows a televised archaeological dig near the lost village of ...

The Proofreader

By: Mark Rasdall

A village haunted by old ghosts, and a detective with ghosts of his own.In the spring of 2017, DI Harcourt is called to the village of Castle Upton to investigate the death of Andrew Patch, only to fi...

House of Lies

By: P.S. Winn

Ray Larsen needs a job. The factory that employed most of the town has closed its doors. Luckily, a job that comes with an apartment and even meals. He can't believe the opportunity. That is, until st...

Shadows of Deceit

By: Kwan Chak Tang

In the heart of a sprawling metropolis, where secrets whisper through the neon-lit streets, Detective Alex Mercer is thrust into a web of conspiracy and deception that threatens to unravel not only th...

Echo

By: Patricia Ntsama

Dans un monde où la violence conjugale reste un fléau silencieux, les statistiques révèlent une réalité alarmante : chaque jour, des femmes perdent leur vie sous les coups de leurs partenaires. ...

Fatal Pretense

By: P.S. Winn

Sometimes, when you least expect it, a conspiracy lands in your lap, even one that brings danger and death. Alana Metcalf had no idea that her boss, the owner of Crawford Pharmaceuticals, was up to no...

Disruptions

By: P.S. Winn

Things in life affect us all differently. For three friends in a small town, the horrors they saw changed everything. At only ten years old. Teresa, Liz, and Megan dealt with the worst aspects of life...

Deadly Afflictions

By: P.S. Winn

Dealing with anxiety after her mother's death, Amy decides to start fresh. She moves to anew town, gets a new job, and settles in. When one murder hapens then another, Amy finds herself in the middle ...

Correlations

By: P.S. Winn

After her grandmother passes away, Lacey is having a hard time coping. It doesn't help that someone is stalking her. Lacey finds that harassment is related to something in her past, and her mother's d...

Collisions

By: P.S. Winn

The day Lindy took her first breath, her mom took her last. Melinda is still nearby. Through the veil, she watches her daughter grow up. When Lindy and her friends play with an Ouija board, a tear in ...

True North Trilogy

The Complete True North Trilogy — three political thrillers in one volume.How secure is a nation in a world of cyber warfare, economic pressure, and geopolitical power plays? The True North Tri...

Channels

By: P.S. Winn

Where are the children? Three kids are missing in Harper Falls. Denise Hanley doesn't feel like she is getting help from local police, who are lost trying to find the children. Denise makes a call in ...

BA 47

By: P.S. Winn

When a biofuel plant was built close to a small neighborhood, the residents weren't worried. That was until an accident at the place left people injured, and even dead. Trying to survive the accident,...

At Hidden Lake

By: P.S. Winn

Three friends head to a cabin at Hidden Lake for a bit of rest. A bit of exploration has the three finding a cave. What they didn't expect was to see someone guarding the secrets inside. Doing some re...

A Gradual Decline

By: P.S. Winn

Rick Holten is a young reporter who just got the job that only comes along once in a lifetime. A serial killer who raped and killed women in the seventies is going to be executed. Rick is the one who ...

75 Hawthorne Lane

By: P.S. Winn

A new home, a new job at a local library, has Jan feeling lucky. Both of those things are a dream come true. Shortly after Jan moves in, strange things begin happening. Trying to deal with those...

MIdnight On Owl Mountain

By: P.S. Winn

People living in and around the small town of Thomas Falls have bad feelings about the Anderson Army base. Watching as the base expanded on public lands that are a part of Owl Mountain, the bad feelin...

The Pyramid Code

By: Richard Bradley

Join agent O'Hara in the exhilarating Archeological Thriller, The Pyramid Code, where the past, present, and future all collide in a web of intrigue and deception. Former soldier Marc O’Hara is...

Murder with a Terrace View - A Harrington House Mystery - Book 1

By: Teresa Michael

Charming B&B Turns Crime Scene: Ghostly Clues Unravel Murder Mystery. Local Author's Death Unveils Scandal, Love Child, and a Heroic Ancestral Spirit.In Murder with a Terrace View, Molly Harringto...

The Wedding Planner's Secret - A Harrington House Mystery - Book 2

By: Teresa Michael

In The Wedding Planner’s Secret, Molly Harrington never expected murder to crash the Chamber of Commerce gala. But when Molly and her coroner friend Rick discover wedding planner Brandi Wrocklage de...

“Stay on the phone…”

By: The_Rooski

“Hey, I never technically did anything wrong, so just stay on the phone. TEXT ME BACK! I need to let you know I’m okay!”

Keep your 15 minutes close and your enemies closer, I guess.

The Blueberry Muffin Murders: A Maple Falls Mystery (Season One)

By: C.B Miller, Author

In Maple Falls, nothing is as sweet as it seems.Clara Miller, a former chemistry teacher turned baker, runs the Periodic Table Bakery, where every recipe is a precise equation. But when a powerful dev...

Works of Darkness

Some secrets just won’t stay buried. A construction site provides a horrific discovery when a worker uncovers the skeleton of a small child wrapped in a sleeping bag. Police Chief Matt Foley soon li...

Shadow of Justice - The Fall and Rise - Book 1

By: Jules MacLeod

In Shadow of Justice - The Fall and Rise - someone guns down Detective Robert Cooper outside his apartment, leaving his partner, Detective Josh Watson, devastated. A strange, unsettling occurrence soo...

Shadow of Justice - Moving On - Book 2

By: Jules MacLeod

NYPD Detective Josh Watson returns from a transformative trip, haunted by the memory of a woman he left behind. As he tries to move on, a new drug lord rises in the syndicate he previously investigate...

The Battle for Truth and Shadows

By: Ben D. Schwandt

The Battle for Truth and Shadows is a gripping thriller that delves into how far people will go when truth becomes a weapon and secrets turn into shadows that refuse to stay buried. The story follows ...

The Lying Spiral: Some Truths Are Better Left Undiscovered

She's gone. Vanished from a city so slick it looks like it’s been sprayed with high-gloss paint. But underneath, it's as rotten as a week-old banana in your gym bag. Where silence and deceit are bou...

CAPABLE OF MURDER Book One

By: brian Kavanagh

The old lady's body lay at the foot of the stairs. The police believe it was an accidental fall that killed great-aunt Jane. Young Australian, Belinda Lawrence is convinced it was murder and when she ...

The Travel Agent: A Rosie Winterbourne Thriller

By: Michael Rothery

Some people move tourists.Some people move terrorists.Rosie Winterbourne is a former Royal Navy NCO with an unusual skill set: she speaks Arabic, remembers everything she has ever seen, and sails alon...

The Conflicted Bride: A Rosie Winterbourne Thriller

By: Michael Rothery

How far would you go to save a friend—if the people trying to stop you are on your own side?When British intelligence trainee Rosie Winterbourne learns that her closest friend, yacht skipper Michael...

The Eye of Saba

By: Michael Rothery

A jewel stolen from legend. A curse that never left the sea.In 800 BCE, a slaver seizes a gold pendant said to be a gift from King Solomon to the Queen of Sheba—and the ocean answers with a storm th...

Return to Saba

By: Michael Rothery

Return to Saba: search for the Eye is the gripping continuation of The Eye of Saba tale—where a lost relic, a fabricated murder case, and a brutal countdown collide.Patrick Redman thought he’d esc...

Boat Finder

By: Michael Rothery

A rogue ex‑operative. A hijacked yacht with hostages. A smuggling route that leads straight into Russia.After losing her dream job at Firegate, Rosie Winterbourne rebuilds her life inside Michael’...

Patrick Smith

By: Philip G Henley

Patrick Smith is at rock bottom. A much-needed haircut leads him into a world of chaos when a shooting erupts in the Turkish barber shop. In a moment of panic, he grabs two bags filled with cash, drug...

Recount

By: Philip G Henley

Ben Walker, The Count, faces the unthinkable. Helen an FBI Agent, vanishes while trailing three Russians who may be carrying out back-channel negotiations.She appears to be gone without a trace, excep...

Counter

By: Philip G Henley

Ben Walker, the count, is off the grid, hiding because of what he took. A life in the shadows with covert military operations was terminated. He sought revenge. He tracked down the chain of command. L...

The Declan Williams Investigation

By: Philip G Henley

Declan Williams is still running large parts of the European drug market, and the stakes have never been more significant. The cartel didn’t stop. Their corrupt police officer must be silenced befor...

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