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Village of Chance: Supernatural Murder Mystery: Book 1

by James Lowery

Detective Jack Kelly hunts for a serial killer in a small village founded two-centuries ago. A sixteen-year-old teenager is found murdered. The serial killer murders two other village residents. There are several suspects, but an evildoer keeps impeding the detective’s investigation. A psychic, a paranormal cat, and a sorceress help the Detective to soar to the ultimate battle of good versus evil, spawning a Ring of Fire eclipse and an enormous storm creating a tornado of millions of swirling bl... more

Wedding Bandits

by Oswald Black

After Angie Robertson’s new husband disappears with over $200,000 in wedding gifts and a brand new 911 Porsche convertible, her gangster father makes it his mission to seek retribution. Alongside him is Angie’s brother and heir to the Robertson empire, Sebastian, who, like his father, is eager to enact a swift revenge. Meanwhile, the missing groom and his team of con artists speed along the southwestern coast, searching for the next town and rich, lonely girl they could scam out of a couple hun... more

Burned Out and Bled Dry

by Meredith Jacobowitz

Burned Out and Bled Dry is a murder mystery that follows Tyler, a stressed out, workaholic young associate at a large law firm whose career goals come into jeopardy when she discovers her boss Kevin's corpse in the trunk of her car and becomes involved in the subsequent murder investigation. After discovering Kevin's body, Tyler worries that reporting her discovery and fielding police questions would take too much time away from her work, not to mention that being involved in her boss' murde... more

Spygirls

by Joanna Vandervlugt

A CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered, and the Law Society is scrutinizing Jade Thyme’s conduct. Jade’s life can’t get much worse until she is coerced into finding an elusive double agent. Tangled in lies and political agendas, high speed chases and sticky bombs, can Jade outplay a dangerous Russian assassin before her own life is terminated?

The Greater Good

by Frank J. Sapienza

Dr. Jonathan Morrison saves his son’s life with a kitchen knife tracheotomy , but finally realizes he has been in denial about the true cause of his son’s worsening symptoms.

When he is contacted by Advanced Genomic Research, their promise of creating a revolutionary new treatment for his son seems too good to be true.

And there is a catch. He is faced with an impossible choice – abandon a possible cure for his son, or embrace an ethical compromise that will chan... more

Roll Me Away

by Alan N. Webber

Trucker Tim Harrison is back, years away from his problems in Whipping Post. He has a new job, a new home, and a budding love life. But then a fellow trucker is murdered and Tim is drug back into a situation he doesn't want to be in, with horrific results.

Barren

by JJ Savaunt

Like most when receiving a promotion, Dr. Jacqui Stevenson believes it is the opportunity of a lifetime. However, Jacqui soon realizes that she is not helping women, but harvesting their most precious organ. When Jacqui finds out the truth she cannot walk away because now she has more at stake; her daughter’s life is on the line. This crime suspense novel, Barren, is told in three alternate points of view and set in a fictional contemporary American city. At the center of the conflict, power, we... more

Season of Eclipse

by Terry Wolverton

The plot centers on Marielle Wing, a highly popular literary novelist whose triumphs on the page are matched only by her failures in finding and loving another woman. At JFK airport, she encounters a terrorist bombing; rather than running, she begins snapping photos and this brings her to the attention of Homeland Security, who insists she enter the Witness Security Program. Denied her vibrant Los Angeles life, banished to a dreary suburb of Detroit with only her cat, Dude, Marielle convinces he... more

Reap the Wind

by Joel Burcat

REAP THE WIND is an action and adventure thriller wrapped in a climate change-induced hurricane. It has strong elements of family drama and romantic suspense. Josh Goldberg is a lawyer at a Philadelphia law firm attending a firm marketing function at The Four Seasons Hotel in Houston. His eight-months pregnant fiancé, Keisha, has come along for a last “baby-moon” at the five-star hotel. A monumental hurricane, caused by climate change, approaches Houston and Keisha decides to head back to Phi... more

Target Area: A Leo Rossi Novel

by Lawrence Colby

In the latest full-octane thriller from #1 Amazon bestselling author and former military pilot Lawrence Colby, Special Agent Leo Rossi organizes the greatest manhunt Washington has ever seen to locate one of the Pentagon’s highest-ranking generals who has suddenly disappeared. When an Air Force General cannot be located, and an ensuing search breaks out in Washington, D.C., it doesn’t take long for Air Force OSI Special Agent Leo Rossi and FBI Special Agent Marcy Phillips to realize that ther... more

The Mole People

by Kevin Landt

In the glittering city of Las Vegas, where fortunes are won and lost on a single roll of the dice, there exists a world unseen by the pleasure-seekers above. It’s a community of outcasts who dwell in the shadows, beneath the twinkling lights and towering casinos, beneath the thin veneer of glamour. Here, in the labyrinthine tunnels below the city streets, live the Mole People. Plagued by schizophrenia and alienated from her loved ones, Suzie Franks abandons her college life in Oregon and ends... more

Old Bones and New Ghosts

by Kay Charles

Book Two in The Marti Mickkleson Mysteries. With only one month to go until Marti meets the conditions of her late father’s will and gains control of her trust fund, she’s determined to be on her best behavior. No admitting that she can see ghosts and certainly no talking to the dead. But her mother’s roped her into a new family project, her new office has a mysterious haunt, Grandma Bertie’s digging up mysteries from the past, her friend Dmitri’s barely speaking to her, and her sister's life... more

The Turnbull Murders: A Historic Homes Mystery

by R.J. Koreto

Movie star Nicky Tallon selects architect Wren Fontaine to renovate Turnbull House, where he'll be filming his next movie. Even to Wren, used to old homes, this one is special: a 200-year-old federal-style home on a private island in New York harbor, designed by the most celebrated architect of the day. But Turnbull House hides many secrets, such as the disappearance of the sea captain who built it. That's just a historical curiosity, until a studio executive no one likes is killed. Wren just w... more

Dark Echoes: Lost in Neglect

by Beth Turner

Uncover the haunting depths of human neglect in this captivating second installment of the Dark Echoes series. In "Lost in Neglect," delve into the shadows where forgotten stories are woven, and follow Vincent, an intrepid reporter driven by a relentless pursuit of truth. As he peels back the layers of darkness, a sinister web of corruption and hidden agendas unravels, revealing the chilling consequences of society's indifference. Prepare to be spellbound as the echoes of neglect resound, leavin... more

Herbvana

by Brian B. DeFoe

Herbvana tells the story of an ill-fated partnership between an illicit marijuana farmer who wants to go legitimate, Barry Jones, and a shady lawyer, Marshall Owens. Their store is successful but they're being extorted by a corrupt Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board officer. Things go from bad to worse when Marshall catches Barry stealing product from their store. In the confrontation that follows, Marshall ends up dead. Unbeknownst to Barry, Marshall had previously commissioned orga... more

Sugar and Vice

by Melissa Yi

Felony and the Feast Hope hurries to Montreal’s first Dragon Eats Festival, a combined dragon boat fest and mukbang eating contest that starts out delicious (Pho King Awesome! Tart of Darkness!) and winds up deadly. While Hope pursues the killer, dragons begin to haunt her in an increasingly fatal game of Eat/Prey/Lose. Will Hope's gluttony lead to her doom? “I’ve always known that if someone wants to murder me, the easiest way is through my stomach. I just hadn't expected anyone to kil... more

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