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Fade to Blue

by Hank Scheer

Will Dr. Brenalen's unauthorized experiment lead to a cure for Alzheimer's, or will it be used for bioterrorism? Biotech researcher Sarah Brenalen is frustrated by her boss’s dismissal of her controversial theory, so she secretly injects lab mice with experimental Alzheimer’s drugs of her own design. Sarah is stunned when one of her experiments goes horribly wrong. But Marcel and his international cabal are intrigued. Sarah's brain-destroying T-3 formulation could be just what they need. F... more

A Sickening Storm

by https://twitter.com/davidefeldmanw1

A deeply troubling sequence of events is unfolding at the Beach City Medical Center, as people are growing unaccountably, deathly, grotesquely, painfully ill, and eventually dying. First one. Then two. Then a handful. Now a dozen. And the doctors are baffled as to the cause, diagnosis, or treatment. The hospital CEO has hired Dora Ellison and her sidekick and intriguing love interest, librarian Missy Winters to investigate and keep the hospital from having to close its doors. But what t... more

Echoes of the Past

by Angela Grey, Paige Peterson

When a forty-two-year-old married park ranger and mother of two grown children goes missing during the suitcase killer spree, everyone believes the serial killer is at fault. A serial killer known to dismember his victims, stuffing most of the body parts in a suitcase but leaving the head or a limb around town to frighten unsuspecting passersby. However, unbeknownst to nearly everyone is the fact that over twenty years prior, it was the park ranger that gave birth and abandoned her offspring to ... more

Tree of Redempion

by Jim Davidson

Chris Hamilton travels to Laredo, Texas to pay respects to his surrogate father who has suddenly died. His journey unveils decades of deceit, a cryptic death, new friends and lovers, along with multiple mysteries and a shadowy figure from his past.

The Salvador Dalí Formula

by D. Labovich

CRIME, REVENGE, FRIENDSHIP, ROMANCE, MURDERS, BETRAYAL...

"Author D. Labovich challenges readers with a fast-paced and intellectually-stimulating storyline wrapped in a mystery to rival that of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code." - Readers' Favorite

″A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller dives into ancient myths, and unsolved astoundingly planned murders.″

A shocking mystery about a journalist who reveals Salvador Dalí... more

Sleep

by Shane Michael Mortensen

Haunted by a Killer: Homicide Detective, Gerard Rush, has been hunting a killer who has already left 6 women in the morgue…a killer who haunts him every night in his sleep. Every crime scene is like deja vu. Is his mind playing tricks on him or is he losing it?

Nagged by Doubt: Captain Thompson, noticing his strange behavior, begins to question his ability to handle this case. With their newest victim being the sister of New Jersey Governor, Abig... more

Crimson Waters

by Jacob Parr

An important assignment pulls James Luna back to his hometown of Alpine Ridge. A place he vowed never to return to after that ill-fated summer when he lost his younger brother to tragedy. Upon arriving, he finds himself thrown into a situation beyond his wildest dreams. Danger and death surround picturesque Lake Trinity in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. James must balance the weight of a shattered family, a new romance, and keeping those he loves alive. The stakes have never been higher.... more

Fractured: The Stealth Stalker (The Cameron Cooper Psychological Thriller Series)

by C.S. Dodds

Fractured: The Stealth Stalker is a gripping psychological thriller that follows former FBI Agent Cameron Cooper as she hunts a serial killer until the tables are turned, and she becomes the hunted. Now she must figure out if a serial killer from her past has returned or if a copycat is killing women in New York City. Will she stop a killer, or will she be the next victim of the Stealth Stalker?

Once to Die (The Other Side of Dead Book 1)

by T.S. Epperson

He imagined his death would be the end, but there is no rest in the afterlife… Perry is homeless, and desperate to get off the streets, after losing his best friend Bobby to gang violence. When Perry witnesses a drug deal, he finds his own life in peril. Father John is exhausted. Burned out after fifteen years of ministry, he seeks a sign that he is on the right path. At the driest point of his spiritual life, a beautiful woman is tempting him. He knows he is a soul in danger. When a murde... more

THE ORDER by LENNY TOCCO

by LENNY TOCCO

A fun read. Find a quiet place and enjoy the unexpected humor and conversational style of this author's very first novel and telling. It's a look at a fictional Italian family taking place over a weekend in 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri. The book was born of love and looks deeply into several love connections but targets and questions discrimination and stereotyping and attempts to see what others "see". The Order looks into the minds of others and represents all things unsaid but thought. ... more

978-1507842157

by Carson Morton

Against the colorful backdrop of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897, a sheltered young woman forms an unlikely alliance with her prominent family's Black maid whose brother has been accused of murdering a white woman. To prove his innocence, they must navigate the racial divide of the period and their own developing relationship as they descend down a rabbit hole of betrayal, corruption and murder, leading inevitably to the Exposition's most macabre attraction, the Café of Night and Mor... more

Irish Black

by D.A. Schneider

Eddie Sutherland is dead. Normally, Detective Wes O'Brien wouldn't care about another dead drug dealer, but he may just be the man that killed him. Thrown off the force and under investigation, Wes is called upon privately to look into a cheating spouse case. The one thing he wanted to avoid. Only this case turns into a double homicide with Wes the only witness. Diving deeper into the murder, Wes soon finds himself teamed with a mentally unstable bounty hunter, embroiled in crooked politics, and... more

Miller Knew: An Appalachian Noir and Suspense Story

by Scott Geisel

Deep in the Appalachian hills of Virginia, a brother and sister are in trouble. Miller’s ma is gone. His pa is gone. What else can be taken before he fights back? Miller knows the kind of men who inhabit these hills. He doesn’t want to become one of them. How can he protect himself and his sister without losing his soul? From the author of the critically acclaimed Jackson Flint mystery novels. A new voice in Appalachian noir. Mysterious, suspenseful, intense, and yearning for redemp... more

Breaking Arrows

by Luis Figueredo

An eight-year-old Indian child is dead. The innocent boy’s death is cruel, torturous, and most of all, needless. Jeremiah Tiger, the chief of the Kialegee Tribe, is now faced with the realization that he must fight for his impoverished tribe against the State of Oklahoma and the wealthy and influential Muscogee Nation. The battle is seemingly unwinnable. The once fierce warriors of the Kialegee Tribe are now oppressed and living in squalor. Jeremiah’s only option for securing a future for ... more

Windekind

by Mark Lavine

Following the tragic death of his young wife, Sam Thibeau and his eight-year-old son Harry move from California to a co-housing community deep in the Vermont woods, where they hope to leave behind their painful memories and start over in an unfamiliar land of snow and maple syrup. Just as they are starting to settle in, Sam comes across a series of strange clues and messages which appear to be meant just for him. The clues lead to what at first appears to be a financial windfall, but before long... more

Trip the Light Phantasmic (The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries Book 1)

by Judith Sterling

Gwyneth Camm has just inherited her great-aunt’s house in Salem, Massachusetts, along with an extensive collection of gothic romance novels. As a PhD student who prefers “serious” books, Gwyn has always avoided pulp fiction. Now, in honor of her beloved Aunt Ethel, she gives one of the gothics a try…and promptly falls asleep. When she wakes, she finds herself inside the story, thrust by forces unknown into the heroine’s role. There’s magic afoot, and the only way back to her own life is to play... more

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