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All of us Thieves

by Fary

The life story of a boy who tries to continue his life after his father's arrest and his family's separation from him, but a call from an unknown person changes his life path. 180 pages and 41000 words. If you wish, I can send you the story in its entirety.

The Games We Play

by Alistair B. Hayward

**Extreme Content Warning: Reader Beware**
Two brutal killers. One bloody game.
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?

Hello. I'm David. But that's not my only name. The media call me The London Strangler . . . and I've been terrorising this city for years. But the thing is: I'm getting bored. Murder's a lonely game and I need someone to play with. Now I think I've found the perfect partner. Someone I know well. Someone I trust. Someone who has a secret as dark as my own... more

The Great Gatsby Case

by David Finkle

On a beautiful spring day in New York City, writer Daniel Freund receives two surprises. First he finds a long sought after 1953 edition of The Great Gatsby free for the taking on the steps of a building right down the block. The other occurs when he brings home his treasure, begins to read it and sees the words lift off the page and start rearranging themselves. After a few moments he realizes he is being sent a message that there has been a murder. Prompted by The Great Gatsby itself, Freun... more

Lost and Found: A Madison Lockhart Mystery

by Matthew Fugazzie

After solving the biggest case of her career, Madison Lockhart decided to expand Lockhart Investigations. She's now working alongside former police officer Lillian Walsh and computer whiz Milo Dark. When a young programmer working on a massive new app about to be launched to the world goes missing, his mother hires Lockhart Investigations to find him. As the team delves deeper into the case, they realize there's a lot more going on than just a missing person. They become entangled in a conspirac... more

Molly's Milestone

by Marlys Beider

30-year-old Molly Miraldo is trapped in a shroud of amnesia caused by a traumatic accident at the age of four. Raised by her narcissistic grandfather and philandering father, she relies on their words as they insist her mother and twin perished under mysterious circumstances soon after they abandoned her. Everything changes when an enigmatic phone call disrupts Molly’s fragile existence; a voice from the past reveals her mother and twin are alive. But as she embarks on a journey of truth, the... more

Heliacal Star

by Victor Bahna

Thoroughbred racing is one of the oldest, richest, and most traditional sports. In ancient Greece, horse-drawn chariots sped around rudimentary hippodromes. In North America, racing dates to the mid-1600s on Long Island, only a few miles east of present-day Belmont Park. Today, crowds cheer and scream from the stands as intelligent, athletic equines thunder toward the finish line, but few consider the welfare of the horses once the track lights go dark. It’s at Belmont Park where former booki... more

Adventures of the Moment: The Mystery Tour

by Golden November

When the characters from two different book series meet on a mystery trip, all that could happen is the reader will feel like they are part of the tour.

Mystery on Inheritance Ranch, Book Three in the Meg Miller Mystery Series

by Phyllis Moore

Meg Miller is adjusting to life in retirement, however following recent involvements with law enforcement to help solve murders, she's discovered she has an intuition she'd been denying. It's not until she's confronted with a mystery involving her own family, that Meg realizes her abilities are a legacy. When she inherits a sprawling South Texas ranch, Meg has opportunity to seek justice for new friends and in the process come to terms with her mother's suicide. The setting is captivating, the c... more

One Minute Past Midnight: A John Drake Mystery

by Martin Crosbie

Two brothers visiting Ireland are saved by a mysterious priest. A shy young girl must fight her way out of her smalltown. A police officer befriends a displaced killer. And a native man with a gift of seeing into the future flees his village. All their stories are connected as John Drake must come to grips with whether to reveal his true identity in order to save a missing child or continue living in the darkness. The chilling final installment in bestselling author Martin Crosbie’s John Drake... more

Escape: The Hunter Cut

by L.A. Davenport

John, a trauma doctor, wanders the streets of a glamorous Mediterranean resort as he mourns the death of his wife. He drifts from bar to bar until he meets Jasna, a captivating hostess.

Then tragedy strikes. In this all-new edition, Escape: The Hunter Cut takes the classic tale of L.A Davenport’s debut novel Escape and retells it through John’s eyes, as he battles with himself and the events that threaten to overwhelm him.

Nine Minutes Eleven Seconds

by L. V. Pederson

Everyone has secrets. Some are just more deadly than others.

When Madison starts her first real job as an executive assistant at a Silicon Valley tech giant, she has hopes to start afresh and put her troubled life in Boston behind her. But it is not to be.

A young employee out for an evening jog turns up dead.  

Her charismatic VP boss fills her with unease.

And when Madison uncovers his deadly secret, her ordinary life is thrust into a high-stak... more

Countdown

by Johan Ottosen

Danish intelligence races to stop a dirty bomb in Copenhagen before heads of state gather for the Queen's jubilee. Meanwhile, a 5,000-year-old calendar is unearthed. It's counting down. To Ragnarok.

Countdown is a must-read for fans of Dan Brown, Brad Thor, and Stieg Larsson, a gripping tale of international intrigue, ancient mysteries, and unbreakable bonds.

When journalist Kurt Østergaard's stepfather dies, he leaves behind clues to a... more

Until Death Do You Part: An American Family Meets Their Sicilian Cousins

by Wm. Hovey Smith

The first novel by Wm. Hovey Smith relates the adventures of a third- generation Louisiana family of Sicilian origin who takes a vacation to their home island and unexpectedly discovers when they arrive on Monday that their two sons are to be married on Friday or none of the family will leave the island alive. He is richly drawing from his experiences as an exploration geologist, decorated combat engineer officer, outdoorsman, art enthusiast, and storyteller interested in archeology. Smith... more

Dell's Demons

by ML Biddison

Deputy Dell has never ventured far from her small adopted town in South Dakota until now. She is called to Arizona to keep her friend Pan from languishing in jail on bogus charges. Thank you, Pan! She’s on her way to see and do stuff she’s never done before. London Bridge. The Grand Canyon. But, all-too familiar demons dog her along the way. Drug runners. Kidnappers. Murderous gangs. Not to mention the ones nagging inside her head. Fortunately, Dell finds a new friend on her arriv... more

KYD'S GAME

by Marc Rosenberg

Neil Kyd, accused of assassinating a Russian presidential candidate, hunted by Russian Special Forces, has only one thing on his mind, saving his daughter's life. Kyd has done everything possible to help his terminally ill daughter. He's out of options when he's recalled by the Agency and offered a special job, a quick 'in and out' assignment to retrieve a memory card from an ex-girlfriend in Moscow. If he accepts, the Agency will place his daughter into a cutting-edge medical program that wi... more

Submerged Within Shadows

by Shad'e Zuiweta

Florida, 1997. Mallory Thatcher is a girl marred by the trauma Florida, 1997. Accustomed to isolation, and from a family that lives in poverty, Mallory Thatcher is a shy young girl marred by extreme trauma by an older teenage boy, Elijah Campbell, who made her a victim of relentless bullying, and a haunting incident in her childhood that she can never erase from her mind, “attempted rape” in a swamp he had chased her down in. She yearns for normalcy. Living in isolation and in the shadow of this... more

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