Month: September 2021

“Rick McCormick demonstrates yet again a keen eye for detail. His descriptions of characters and settings are worth reading all for their own sake. More than that, they palpably, perpetually advance the narrative, and the reader’s appreciation of the characters. Sometimes disruptive, occasionally mournful, and from time to time also funny, The Last Sand Granules is always human.” —Richard Walter, former professor and head of the screenwriting program at the UCLA film school When... [Read More...]

How far would you go to ruin the person who ruined you? After her nude photos are leaked all over social media by a malicious computer hacker, a fiery high school girl named Heather Chang plots revenge by planning to ruin his life in various horrible ways. Things soon take a dark turn as a raging storm of relentless bullying, vicious lies, chaotic fights, and shocking betrayals revolve all around her and threaten to consume her completely. $3.99 on Kindle ... [Read More...]

Lucy Heron is a mom with three kids, and a baker with a happy marriage in sunny Echo Park. She’s also Silver Griffins Agent 485. The suburbs will never be the same. Fighting supernatural crime from a minivan while keeping the magical world a secret is a fulltime job. Then there’s the PTA bake sale and the neighborhood barbecue. Hard to balance even with a wand. Can Lucy put the bad guys behind Trevilsom bars and still get home in time for family dinner? What are her magical kids up to and d... [Read More...]

A cocky police detective, Dallas Scott and his best friend and partner, Ray Davis chase after a notorious hit-man, McNeil, and a bad decision by Scott lead to Davis’ death. Scott is haunted by his choice and it leads him to become a bad cop and a horrible husband. Now partnered with a new young detective, John Crawford, they finally get a lead on the killer only to come up short. Days later, they find McNeil dead on the street and this still leaves Scott unhappy because he didn’t ki... [Read More...]

Washburn County Deputy Amber Monroe is following in the footsteps of her sister, Jade. She devours everything she can during her detective training in hopes of being promoted soon. Living in small-town USA has its advantages, like a sense of security, and disadvantages, like being close to Milwaukee and its crime. Washburn County has become the dumping ground of murder victims, courtesy of its neighboring county to the south. When two men are discovered on the outskirts of North Bend, each with ... [Read More...]

Happy Birthday, Agatha! Celebrate Agatha Christie’s 131st birthday on September 15 with a Whodunit! A special one-day free download – Silent Sands – Book 1 of the new Agnes Taylor Mystery Series. Join Agnes and her elderly mom on their fateful trip to a German North Sea Island. From the very first, Canadian Prof. Agnes feels uneasy. Agreed, their reed-thatched cottage is adorable. But tension mounts—both between mother and daughter, and in the idyllic North Sea town. Early one morni... [Read More...]

Mystery, Intrigue, Action! Characters you will love and characters you will love to see meet their fate. Strongly developed players who grow as the saga unfolds, one book to the next. Henson leads the charge against strange enemies as she becomes the powerful woman she is destined to be. This series features a female protagonist as a detective assigned to a case of a murdered woman. The woman is married to a dangerous, retired mobster. The investigation leads the detective to Miami and Chicago ... [Read More...]

Kate Albertson is a dog lover, a word nerd and a top-notch diamond thief. She also has a knack for landing in the middle of homicide investigations. Follow Kate’s adventures as she relies on wit and sass, not to mention some serious burglar skills, to solve one lively, page-turning, laugh-out-loud whodunnit after another. $0.99 to 4.99 on Kindle.   Learn More ... [Read More...]

This financial geopolitical thriller, deals with Paul Sense, a portfolio manager entrapped by a rogue CIA agent, looking to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran. The unwanted mission takes the hero from London, New York, and Geneva to Dubai.The novel mixes the espionage genre with a financial backdrop and romance with tragic setbacks. Most characters are everyday individuals rising to unwilling hero status for seeking to do the right thing. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

“Newton is the real deal. I’ll read anything he writes.” – Lee Child As multiple homicides rock Chicago, homicide lieutenant Denny Banahan races to prove the killings are a purge within the Irish mob, not another “Red Summer”—Chicago’s rampage of racial murder in 1919. Denny has 36 hours to stop the city from descending into a race war – or ignite it. ... [Read More...]