New for the Secret Library cozy mystery series!Laura Lee and her friends are helping Mrs. Thornberry host a charity event for the local hospital. The dinner is a flurry with music, dancing, and celebrity guests. Everything seems to be going splendidly, including healthy donations piling in, until...
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*** Best Suspense Novel - 2021 New York City Big Book Awards ****** 1st Runner-up - 2021 TopShelf Magazine Book Awards ***"In all the psychological thrillers I've read, never have I come across a creepier predator than Duke, trained by his even creepier father." "The creepiness quickly evolves into...
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Emotions run high when a Dublin language school becomes the focus of a murder inquiryA young woman’s lifeless body is found in an old shed on the banks of Dublin’s Royal Canal.When detectives find out that the victim is Spanish, attention falls on the language schools in the area.With her...
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Forced into the Battle of the Bulge, two soldiers on opposing sides find the courage to desert when their honor is betrayed in this WWII thriller.Belgium, 1944. For both American GI Wendell Lett and German seaman Holger Frings, the relentless bloodbath of World War II has become a prison and a...
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"I start with zero. Nobody dies today."The strange note delivered to Howard County, Maryland Detective Lieutenant Rick Peller proves to be a warning shot. Soon Peller and his protégés Detective Sergeants Corina Montufar and Eric Dumas are pursuing a cunning killer basing murders on the Fibonacci...
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‘After the pandemic, people hugged, friends and families reconnected, but a few short years later we were back to shooting each other.’David Miller is an amnesiac war veteran struggling to put the pieces of his life back together and adjust to civilian life in 2049's PortCity.His life is turned...
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First published in 1905, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" was written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The novel is the first in a series of tales that follows the fictional main character infamously known as the Scarlet Pimpernel.The story is set at the time of the French Revolution, which occurred in the latter...
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The grim discovery of a body brings up a past that threatens to rip a community apart.Whilst a farmer is tearing up trees near the boundary of a reclusive commune in the Welsh hills, he unearths the remains of a man, clearly buried years ago.DI Winter Meadows grew up within this unusual community...
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First published in The Strand Magazine in September 1917, "His Last Bow" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle and the final work in his classic mystery series about the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes.Unusual for a Sherlock Holmes story, “His Last Bow” is a short spy story as...
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Meredith is a divorced empty-nester who bakes brownies for cash. In her tiny rural town of Merryville, the last thing she expects is to stumble upon a dead body. But that’s what happens.And what’s worse is she dreamt about it the night before it happened. To avoid being a suspect, she must...
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A small-town Christian cozy mystery with a hint of romance.Freshly opened and ready to go.Bailey has high hopes for her new sand art store. To complement the grand opening, she enters the Whelk Island Sandcastle Competition hoping to showcase her artistic talent. Everything is going great until...
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Devious developers. A web of lies. A fatal flaw.Nurse Christie Taylor quits her job to care for her cantankerous father. But her decision to return home puts her in direct conflict with the Webster Group—developers who won’t take no for an answer. When Pop’s old friend, Curtis Altgelt, finds...
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Is “Confessions of Eden" drawn from today’s headlines, or are the headlines drawn from what little is visible of Eden’s highly classified footprints?WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Spy ThrillerWINNER: Literary Titan Book Awards - Gold Medal~~~“For fans of crime and espionage...
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He’s already murdered eight women. Now, he’s coming for me.We find her on a grey November day on Dartmoor, England.I’m excavating a Bronze-Age cairn, expecting to find a burial urn and maybe some bronze tools if I’m really lucky. And then I see her fingers poking through the soil as if...
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A posh hotel, guests with secrets to hide and a mysterious dead body.Ivy Stone is excited to begin her first day as a maid at London’s Hotel LaFontaine, but from the moment she arrives, nothing goes as planned. She insults a guest, is snubbed by the other maids, and finds a dead body, all before...
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Scrumptious sprinkle cake, bookstore chickens, and seeing double...Third in the Belle Harbor Cozy Mystery series!Tilly Griffin is on top of the world. With her newfound freedom in quaint Belle Harbor she is learning to love life again. Her plans for an epic birthday bash for her cherished and kooky...
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The ice is melting. The fuse is burning.Nashville's pro hockey team is on the verge of unveiling their brand-new arena. But celebrations turn to terror as a string of bomb threats and fan-related crimes send fear rippling through the city.Whispers point to a shadowy fringe group on the city's east...
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THE PRICE OF NORMALCYHoping to cure his curse and return to his fiancée, Jason Wolfe agrees to command a corporate monster-hunting unit. But the team isn’t exactly what he had in mind…A priest, a ninja, a zombie, and a guy who looks like he should be working crew on the carny circuit. To be...
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When a trip to Scotland ends in tragedy, travel guide Lana Hansen must sleuth out who murdered her guest before she ends up paying the piper.Lana hasn't seen her ex-husband, Ron, since their divorce was finalized eight months earlier. So when they bump into each on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, she...
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"GREAT START TO A NEW SERIES!""EXCELLENT READ."************* A body is reported lying on an isolated country road. The Stone County Sheriff's Department sends out its newest homicide investigator - Dan Cutter. Cutter discovers a baffling scene that leaves him with few clues and no obvious motive....
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The annual Chestnut Fair brings visitors from far and wide to the sleepy village of Trecchina. This year, one will be coming to die.The moment Vanda Riccardi makes the grisly discovery in the forest, a blow to the head knocks her cold. By the time rescuers find her, the corpse is gone. Did she...
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Join amateur sleuth Chloe Martin on her first case in Jericho Falls where small-town charm, adorable pets, and a bit of romance means irresistible page-turners for cozy mystery lovers.When Chloe Martin makes the long overdue trip to Jericho Falls to check on her ailing grandma, she doesn’t plan on...
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Murder, mystery, mayhem, dragons--and mutants!If anyone can tell the difference between monsters and humans, it's Dahlia Nite. For nearly a century, she's hunted one to protect the other; safeguarding humanity from the creatures that slip through the torn veil between the worlds--creatures like...
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Cold-brewed Murder.Barista, Paige Palmer has escaped the drudgery of academia and is settling into what she hopes will be a drama-free, ordinary life in the small New Hampshire town of Dunforth. Things go awry for her, however, when a stranger comes in for coffee and leaves her with a puzzling...
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INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESSWith his time as the Blue Wolf winding down, Jason knows well the dangers of looking past the next mission. And Legion has just been called to its most challenging one yet.In a closed kingdom in Southeast Asia, a town of 5,000 people has disappeared from the map. Victims...
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Secrets and scandal are the spices of this cruise when Classic Style Network chooses the Helio as the location for a cut-throat cooking competition, and it’s up to Kennedy to keep things from boiling over. Old and new friends are also on this mouth-watering cruise: the Gents from Breezy Bayou...
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From the streets of Mexico to mountains of Wyoming, Juan Velasquez does what is needed to survive and to prosper.His belief in the rule of law is trumped by his belief in the pursuit of justice, a trait that is passed down to his daughter, Elizabeth, and his granddaughter, Elaina.Assassination...
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WHERE THE DEAD WON’T DIEDays from a cure for his lupine curse, Jason takes an urgent mission.A medieval invader has returned to a remote corner of Eastern Europe. Backed by seven undead knights and a zombie horde, Lord Drago threatens the region’s oldest province with ghastly force.Drochia is...
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Walker West is in trouble. Caught in a dangerous explosion, he saves a woman from death, only later to discover that she is under arrest for murder.Determined to help her, West faces danger, the challenging control of his wealthy Aunt Agatha, and a group of suspects who are even more angry at him...
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Here is a selection of tales that fit the "pulp crime" theme to perfection. They feature private investigators, police officers, and even everyday men and women pushed into extraordinary situations. From lowly bars to city streets to suburbia, no place is safe from the pulp crime writer -- and here...
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From #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a fashion model turned PI juggling two hot men, one cold case, and a whole lot of trouble... Her name is Bond. Jamie Bond. And she's got a license to thrill.Catching cheating husbands became Jamie Bond's life when...
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GRAYSTONE MANOR HAS A CHEQUERED PAST.BUT SOME THINGS CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...Ella Mills considers her life to have a well-ordered balance.Until a sadistic killer escapes from prison.When he sends her world spinning into chaos, she senses their paths have crossed before. With the person she cares...
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First published in 1896, "Rodney Stone" is a British literature masterpiece by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in Sussex County, the novel is a Gothic mystery and boxing novel reflecting two social different worlds. The story follows a young boy, Rodney Stone, with an interest in...
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Emily Cherry may be retired, but she’s not about to roll over and die! Defying the doubts of her three adult children this plucky computer-shy grandma embarks on a unique path by launching her very own food blog. The only problem is that during her inaugural restaurant review, she stumbles upon a...
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When Zoe finds the body of the lunch lady on the hopscotch course the week before the new school year, she is pulled into a mystery that will find her volunteering as soccer mom, classroom mom, and PTA board member. It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe murder investigation....
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Rome—the city of churches, marble, … and murder? For one American tourist, a famous fountain will become her final resting place.Wedding bells are ringing, and Lana Hansen could not be happier! Wanderlust Tours guide Randy Wright and his Italian girlfriend are tying the knot in Tuscany, right...
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“The Invisible Man” is a science fiction novella by the English writer H.G. Wells. The story was first published in serial format in a magazine called “Pearson’s Weekly” in 1897. The novella was published on its own later that year due to the public interest. The novella is told in the...
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July 1912Leeds, England.A man is found dead on his study floor and his now-missing wife is the obvious suspect. To their neighbour, Louisa Knight, it's a shocking piece of news but nothing more. However, when she tells her 'companion' over breakfast, Ada Chapman nearly breaks their teapot and looks...
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All of my life, I’ve felt like the frumpy, dumb middle sister, while my older sister was always the smartest, and my younger sister was always the prettiest. Since I’m in my forties now, I’ve gotten used to the sting of constant failure in the face of their successes.What I’m not used to...
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Every hero has a beginning. So does every villain. Titan, the world’s greatest superhero, has been murdered by his longtime archenemy Lord Borealis. And from the ashes rises a new generation. Gifted with powers on the night of Titan’s death, fifteen-year-old Hugo awakes to the strange world of...
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