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The Daughter of Patience

by Hussin Alkheder

It is January 2010, as two police officers emerge from their car and sprint into a building in an old Damascus neighborhood. They are joined moments later by Detective Mansuor Chait from the Criminal Security Administration and find the lifeless body of a mother of four daughters and a boy with a congenital bone disorder, inside one of the apartments. After Chait writes his report, he is handed an envelope stuffed with money. A month later, Mullah Abdullah Al-Allab, a religious man is arrested a... more

Whisper

by Tracy Bilen

Olivia hears voices of the dead. Jacob draws faces of those about to die. In a town terrorized by a serial killer, Jacob meets Olivia. But the voice in Olivia’s head echoes the warning in Jacob’s dream… You’re next.

The Devil's Safe

by M.J. Holt

Death threats, lies, and murder send Stella Fargo to the brink of losing her life unless she can make her way through a maze of betrayals, hate, and violence. The police suspect that she had been sent to retrieve millions of lost money and drugs that her BFF's murdered husband stole, and so do the murdered man's thugs. Then the woman whom she wishes had been her mother is murdered. The people who should help cannot be found. The man who can help her may be the greatest threat of all. Stella has ... more

The Concrete Vineyard

by Cam Lang

This detective story is a rare vintage - cleverly crafted to keep readers guessing. Self-Publishing Review
Packing an intellectual punch, this smart murder/mystery will have you guessing and gripped! Why would anyone want to murder one of the most respected senior citizens, Niagara-on-the-Lake has ever had? Retired history professor Edward Mitchell was surely not long for the grave, so why would someone risk life in prison to kill him? Picking up the clues is the reluctant... more

Black Rifle

by Alex Davidson

There has been another mass shooting in America, and thirteen people are dead. One of the victims is the daughter of Marco Barros, a powerful U.S. senator. The killer is still at large. Their identity and motive remain a mystery. Rookie ATF Agent Miranda Lopez's only lead is the murder weapon: an AR-15, a.k.a. the "black rifle."

Forced to work with Cal, a mysterious private sector mercenary hired by Senator Barros, Miranda's search for the rifle will take her acro... more

Wolfing Down a Moon

by Craig Wells

Wolfing Down The Moon, playing homage to magical realism, and to the novels Walter Mosley and Sherman Alexie, allows Gecko to redeem himself for how he acted as an LA Police detective in the late 20th Century. Gecko, a mammoth white man of 317 pounds, with gentle features and a voice like a woman, cannot delay his retirement after 33 years. LA has fingered him as a chump. He is confused, fed up, angry. He wants to be like the kid who fell in love after a brief, chance encounter with a Centennial... more

Mad City

by Victor Vahl

Mad City explores the lives of New Manhattan impacted by the corruption of a once-coveted all-cure drug. Isaac Sage, son of the deceased creators of the drug, pursues a personal vendetta under the guise of a vigilante, showcasing his true potential and the greatest of his inner demons.

Ghost Assets

by Shane Twede

Ghost Assets! is the second book in the military-style action-adventure series Trinity Operation Novels, written by Shane Twede. This book follows the story of Cougar as he and his elite Black Ops team Trinity are tasked with locating priceless Colombian artifacts which have mysteriously gone missing. While attempting to calm tensions between Colombia and the US, whom Colombia view as responsible for the disappearance, a recently restored C-47 vanishes at sea with its two pilots. Amelia, one of... more

Terrorized In New York City

by William A Chanler

This is a tale of survival of the human spirit. Mary Godwin, a journalist in New York City, witnesses a terrorist incident at The Freedom Tower. Her fiancé, Percy Shelley, fails her. Stalked by a psychotic, she falls for the NYPD operative helping her. Who lives and who dies?

The Sexual Assistant

by Rick Clements

Nancy enjoyed her job of freeing people from their sexual anxieties. She taught both men and women how to embrace the delight of seduction and love-making. Nancy made no judgments and was very confidential. Then one day a secret government agency wanted her to work as a spy. Nancy’s sexual abilities could elicit information during intimate moments. Experts were hired to give Nancy expert skills to assist her spying activities. Nancy became “Jade,” the exotic woman with no inhibitions. This n... more

Chasing the Pain

by Matthew Iden

“If you’re reading this, then you haven’t heard from me in three weeks, maybe more. If that’s the case, call Marty Singer. He’ll know what to do.” That’s the note Karen Reynolds, ex-wife of friend and former US Marshal Karl Schovasa, hands retired cop Marty Singer. Schovasa’s missing after trying to guide a young addict away from being exploited by a fake rehab center, and all signs point to foul play. In a bid to save both of them, Marty heads south to Palm Beach to take on a cabal of crooks... more

The Journalist

by R.N. Crane

Favor Bosworth, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun Paper, investigates murders in the Loch Raven reservoir and the Las Vegas wash feeding Lake Mead. The murdered girls went to Law School at UNLV along with Dan Brock who left school early to pursue a career in investing. Favor interviewed many of the girl’s classmates but only a few seemed to have the means, opportunity, and motive for murder.

Favor is also tasked to evaluate Brock Investments for reporting false investment ret... more

The Dead Daughter

by Thomas Fincham

Can a father murder his only child? Kyla Gardener’s dead body is found on her bed one early morning. She had been stabbed multiple times. Her father, Paul, has blood stains on his shirt and his fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Paul has no memory of what happened. Private Investigator Lee Callaway was also at the Gardener residence on the night of the murder. He had been following Kyla’s mother, Sharon, who was having an affair with her yoga instructor. When all evidence poin... more

The Innocence of Westbury

by Frederic Martin

It's autumn. It's high school. Will is dealing with unwanted fame while Blue flies under the radar, but for how long?

Will is healing and wishing life would return to where it was at the beginning of the summer—peaceful and fun. Blue, meanwhile, finds that high school life is much more tolerable than she expected thanks to a new friend and a surprise mentor. But deep in the foundation of Westbury, a crack is forming that threatens to undermine everything t... more

The Tree of Knowledge

by Daniel G. Miller

It is said that the greatest chess grandmasters envision a match’s outcome ten moves before it occurs. Imagine a person who could visualize ten steps ahead not only in the game of chess but in every human interaction. Imagine a person who could see a punch before it was thrown, who could anticipate what you say before you said it. Imagine a person who could see the chess game of politics, economics, and power itself unfold long before it happens. Imagine a book that could make all of this pos... more

Cross Deep

by S A Passmore

Two women. Two plans. Two husbands in their way. And one river that could solve all their problems.

Alice has a plan to escape her husband and start a new life. She chooses Marcy as her accomplice. But Marcy has plans of her own, and Alice finds herself the chief suspect in a murder investigation. Out of her depth, Alice steers her small boat down the river towards the sea in a desperate bid for freedom.

Set on and around the river at the edge of London, Cross Deep... more

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