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Revenge in 3 Parts

by Valerie J. Brooks

Her sister is dead. The FBI, the mob, and a stalker all played a part. Now they’d better watch their backs… Angeline Porter won’t budge from her convictions. After getting disbarred for breaking the rules to put a criminal away, the former attorney still believes in doling out justice. So when her troubled sibling takes her own life, Angeline’s quest for the truth turns into a frenzied hunt for vengeance. Caught in a whirlpool of grief, her relentless chase for answers exposes an ugly chai... more

Blood Under the Oaks

by M. G. Faust

Tressa Harrison, a timid social worker, has always seen the best in people. After a robbery rocks her sense of security, she quits her job and moves to suburbia. She loves her cozy new neighborhood but things aren't always what they seem. Her plans to devote time to settling into her home and volunteering are upended when her friend Laura Mills is murdered and Tressa is named as a person of interest. Claire Taylor is a prim street-smart woman. Her nephew is accused of murdering a drug dealer... more

Dagger Quest

by Edward Hochsmann

It is a time of international crisis in Europe, with Russia threatening Poland and Lithuania, NATO mobilizing, and leaders on both sides talking openly of war. Far from the crisis point, a Russian bomber flying near U.S. airspace southeast of Miami collides with a U.S. fighter, triggering the accidental launch of a nuclear-tipped hypersonic missile toward Florida. The missile is lost from radar—all anyone knows is that the warhead did not explode, and the missile did not crash on land. Both g... more

The Purple Dolphin

by M.S. Saxon

1960's - 1990's North East England Contemporary women's crime fiction novel following two rival families. The Grimshaws are market traders, the Morettis - known criminals with a grudge. Catherine is left holding things together when brother Steven is incarcerated, her mother becomes mentally ill and her father arranges his own exit. Steven has his own personal war to fight behind bars, while Catherine goes sleuthing to find her missing nephew. Along the way she uncovers hidden family secrets, ... more

Day Sixteen

by Tammie Painter

At first Moire's sleepwalking incidents don't faze her. She's never had them before, so surely they'll pass. But when she notices they keep happening at a specific time each month, she wonders if there's something more to her nightly wanderings. Thinking it might be hormonal, she goes to her doctor and receives a prescription for birth control. When her husband Neil, who works as a researcher at a fertility clinic, discovers them he overreacts, even though he's aware Moire doesn't want childr... more

Grief Club

by JL Bowers

Jessica Mulraney and Damian Ford are two strangers whose lives have been torn apart by loss. Grief Club was meant to be their sanctuary, a place to help them heal and recover from their grief. But strange things begin to happen at the meetings; and as they learn more about each other and the other members, they come to a shocking realization. What ties the members of Grief Club together is more than grief. And the support group that was meant to be their refuge, might turn out to be their rui... more

The Atlantean Horse, Feathers of the Phoenix book 1

by Cheryl Carpinello

Ancient Mystery & Prophecy. ONE EPIC TASK!

Steeped in ancient mystery & prophecy. Hunted by 4 Deadly Biblical Horsemen who’ll not stop at murder to possess the Feathers. Rosa & Jerome embark upon a perilous quest and risk all to find the 1st of 5 Phoenix Feathers. Do you dare to travel with them?

The Last Bridge Across Mostar

by Jeana Kendrick

In 1992, war-torn Bosnia, every day, is a battle for American Katrina Winslow. Accused of spying, she risks her life to protect the war orphans caught in the crossfire. As Serbian forces plot historic Mostar’s destruction, Katrina’s mission grows more perilous.

Croatian Captain Lucien Brezac, driven by a fierce sense of duty, helps Katrina to save the innocent and prevent a catastrophe that could kill thousands. Sparks fly between them, and unexpected feelings complicate the... more

The Paris Conspiracy

by Jeana Kendrick

CIA agent Gayle Regan probes alleged pension fund theft in Paris and gets dangerously close to a terrorist plot. She is mugged, left for dead and has her identity stolen. With her apartment vacated, her bank accounts depleted and not knowing who is trying to kill her, she becomes a hunted fugitive. Where can she go and who can she trust—an ex-fiancé who left her at the altar, her CIA handler, or an airline executive with his own agenda? On the run she encounters CEO Matt Car... more

Tagalong

by George Encizo

When the ten-year-old daughter of a prominent attorney is kidnapped, Sheriff JD Pickens goes into overdrive to recover the girl only to discover that things aren't always how they appear. For one thing, the daughter is adopted and doesn't know it. For another thing, her uncle is a federal prosecutor who wants to help. Then there is the ransom note - an email message that warns the girl's mother not to contact the authorities. Fearful for her daughter's life, she is reluctant to tell the sheriff... more

One Clear Shot

by RA Ferrell

Claire's world is everything, but normal. In Will she finds the part she is missing. Can Claire bring their two worlds together… Without getting everyone killed?

Sick as our Secrets

by Jim Christopher

Hawk’s life is a secret. Wanted for murder, he hides from the law on a marijuana plantation in the Texas hill country. The violence of his past pales against the depravities he endures on the farm: dangerous and miraculous secrets he must protect if he wants to survive. Then a cunning stranger arrives bearing a grudge from Hawk’s past. The outsider unleashes his sinister preternatural ability in a frantic lunge for the farm’s most innocent soul. As the bloody standoff erupts between the dark ... more

Death No Stranger

by Regan Barry

Terror stalks the quiet streets of Cambridge. When a family solicitor is viciously stabbed to death in his own home, the respectable citizens of Cambridge are shocked to the core. Crimes of this brutality are unheard of in the sleepy university town. For DI Shauna Holt, it’s as though she brought trouble with her. Newly transferred from London’s Metropolitan Police Service, the burnt-out, jaded detective was hoping for a quieter life, but her experience makes her the ideal candidate to lea... more

Goldhammer

by Haris Orkin

A young actress, involuntarily committed to City of Roses Psychiatric Hospital, plunges James Flynn into a dangerous new adventure when she claims one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood is trying to kill her. Still convinced he's a secret agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service, Flynn springs into action, helps her escape and finds himself embroiled in a battle with a dangerous sociopath worth billions. In the process, he uncovers a high-tech conspiracy to control the mind of every hu... more

Mayan Shadows

by Craig A. Hart

Maxwell Barnes is an archeologist and the son of an archeologist. He and his companion, friend, and brother since youth, Axel Morales, have been treasure hunting for their benefactor Myron Crabtree, in the jungles of Guatemala. This area, not coincidentally, is also rumored to be the location of the last great city of the Maya, the legendary Ahrum. When Max meets a man who appears to be a young Maya skateboard punk, his entire world is turned upside down as he hears the true story of the city... more

The Bone Records

by Rich Zahradnik

NY Police Academy washout Grigg Orlov discovers an eerie piece of evidence at the scene of his father’s brutal murder: a disc-shaped X-ray of a skull. It’s a bone record—what Soviet citizens called banned American songs recorded on used X-rays. But the black-market singles haven’t been produced since the sixties. What’s one doing in Coney Island in 2016? Grigg uncovers a connection between his father and three others who collected bone records when they were teenage friends growing up in Leni... more

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