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Shooting Bogies

by Ralph Monti

When Rocky Delmonico, a big-money golf hustler, attends the funeral of a neighborhood mafioso, he inadvertently disrespects an old-world tradition of the grieving mob family. His life quickly goes awry when he’s told he must make amends. While paying his debt, Rocky gets entangled with ruthless gangsters, callous investment bankers, a treasonous arms dealer, duplicitous agents working for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the CIA—all of whom are playing a role in a murder consp... more

Nefarious Intent: A Sheriff Elliot Mystery

by Kit Karson

In the shadow of murder, secrets come to light. Holiday festivities in tiny Anderson, Montana take an unexpected turn when a welfare check becomes a murder investigation. Stone County deputy Tom Edwards discovers the frozen corpses of a local couple bound to chairs at their home in the Moonlight Mountains. The couple’s son and daughter-in-law soon go missing, the only clue a puddle of blood. A tragic bus accident and embezzled church funds add suspects and complicate motives. Stone County Sherif... more

The Resurrectionists

by Stephanie M. Braun

Fleeing an abusive relationship and in search of her estranged family, Jessica Chase finds herself in San Francisco. When her former lover, a con-man named Felix Rodgers, follows her and she learns that her uncle's life is in danger, Jessica knows it is time to stop running and take action. Together with her brother, she forms a team and sets in motion a heist that becomes a race against the clock to end the threat from Felix once and for all. Set against the backdrop of Victorian San Fran... more

Quantum Eschaton

by Gregory Le Sage

James, a brilliant scientist works for Alpheus, a wealthy, multinational technology company. His specialty is quantum computing. He makes it work, but before he can hand it over to the company, he is talked in to stealing the idea by a mysterious program manager with a questionable background.

Midnight for Justice: A Military Mystery & Courtroom Drama

by Charlotte Stuart and Don Stuart

Midnight for Justice is a military/legal thriller that combines courtroom drama with adventure set in the Canadian wilderness. What begins in a courtroom in 1978 leads to a confrontation in a remote bay on Vancouver Island and ends forty years later in a showdown on the rugged Pacific Ocean coast.

Vanessa is Not a Victim

by Gabrielle S. Clarke

Seventeen-year-old Vanessa’s life is as mundane as it gets in her sleepy, small town. The only thing that breaks up the monotony? Her obsession with corny horror movies. When a murder hits close to home, Vanessa doesn't blink—until she finds the body of a fellow student in the girls' bathroom. Inspired by her favorite slasher films, Vanessa hatches an exciting plan: become the killer’s next victim.

The Gold of St. Croix

by Tom Sedar

A MISSING MAN, AN ANCIENT GOLDEN COIN, AND AN EVIL UNLEASHED, THAT THREATENS PARADISE. On the island of St. Croix, retired homicide detective Mad Dog Cotton has a reputation for being able to find missing things. Betsy Rourk’s husband, Bob, has vanished, after going diving with a friend. Mad Dog is reluctant to take the case until Betsy offers a single golden piece of ancient pirate treasure as his fee. Gold overcomes common sense, and Mad Dog takes the case. Mad Dog has no idea that he’s... more

Alpha Beta Gamma

by Malabika Ray

High paced, contemporary spy thriller based in London where a physics masters student accidentally gets involved into a complex, international espionage drama when one of her professors get killed in his own lab. Together with an MI6 junior detective, she unveils the mystery thanks to her impeccable physics knowledge and cool, calm intellect. This marks the beginning of the spectacular investigating Trio who will embark on many more interesting adventures during the course of this series.

The Turing Test

by Vincent Leo Cartell

Are we here and now, or do we think we are? Are we who we think we are? Is this our world, or has someone manipulated us into thinking it is?

Motorcycles fly here, corpos fight hackers, bots are everywhere, and people can talk without saying words. A sci-fi thriller full of twists, sarcastic dialogue, and cool technology.

This science fiction novel series takes you to New York, California, Central Asia, India, and Australia in 2105. A global technology corporation is experiencing ... more

Red Lines

by James Bultema

From seven-time award-winning author James Bultema, Red Lines is the third explosive installment in the Sea of Red series, plunging readers into the heart of a modern military war between the United States and Iran. After a devastating attack on a symbol of American freedom by radicalized domestic Hezbollah terrorists, the US finds itself on the brink of war. Tensions escalate as retaliatory strikes lead to a high-stakes confrontation that reverberates across the globe.

Challenge for Two

by Kit and Drew Coons

A series of difficult circumstances have forced Dave and Katie Parker into early retirement. Searching for new life and purpose, the Parkers take a wintertime job house sitting an old Victorian mansion. The picturesque river town in southeastern Minnesota is far from the climate and culture of their home near the Alabama Gulf Coast. But dark secrets sleep in the mansion. A criminal network has ruthlessly intimidated the community since the timber baron era of the 19th century. Residents have... more

Angel Diaries /Babylonian Spell Part 2

by Arzu Gokyolcu

In the tranquil embrace of a small Mediterranean town, a wave of chilling murders shatters the peace. For Detective Melisa, a seasoned investigator, the discovery of meticulously severed halves suspended by the ankle plunges her into an inescapable nightmare. As the body count rises, enigmatic artifacts and cryptic cuneiform writings surface, leading Melisa to a startling revelation—these are not ordinary crimes but rather a sinister dance with age-old Babylonian curses. The murder scenes, o... more

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by Maxwell Hoffman

Ivan Zhuk finds himself the center of unwanted attention, particularly Yuri Kozlov a Russian mobster and national who has shown distain for Ivan's Ukrainian background. But more importantly, Ivan's presence has the attention of Yuri's rival - Tamrat Hailu, an Ethiopian crime boss seeking to control Chicago's black gangs.

Secrets Don’t Stay Buried

by J. D. Mills

Lennon Larkin wants a run-of-the-mill college experience, but that’s not what she’s in for. Set to start her freshman year at a local university for deaf and hard of hearing students, Lennon’s chances at normal are yanked out from under her after a prank on her nemesis goes wrong. As the skeleton in her closet is picked apart bone by bone, someone inches closer to a long-buried secret: the private photos of her that were shared without her consent. When her roommate is killed in the crossfire, L... more

All For The Love Of Danilo

by Michael Wayne

Jackie Kincaid was a fire eyed, anything goes, thrill seeker, who loved life and fought mediocrity like a disease. She pushed herself and her friends into an exciting life of extreme sports until the love of her life smiled, waved, threw her a kiss, then leaped to his death from the top of Angel Falls, Venezuela. She blames herself for the tragedy and endured the past year in self-inflicted isolation on the verge of suicide. She was a carefree spirit one day and the next day is suddenly haunted... more

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by Yasin Kakande

What happens when murder, politics, and international diplomacy intertwine in a deadly game of deceit and desire? A Murder of Hate takes readers deep into this thrilling collision, where the stakes couldn’t be higher. Boston detectives Lisa Garcia and Basudde "Bus" Erias, two fierce rivals, are thrust into the heart of a chilling investigation when the niece of an African president-an exchange student in Boston-is brutally murdered. As they dig deeper into the case, they uncover more than just a... more

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