Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Jade Blackwell had no idea when she started the Writers Alliance Circle (affectionately known as WAC) it would lead to murder. Though everyone else in the village believes the old battleax, Bernie Comer, died of natural causes, Jade can’t help but see the inconsistencies. If that wasn’t enough, there’s also her disastrous attempts to write a mystery novel and her argumentative daughter home from college for the summer. False starts, misdirection, and a Bible-quoting parrot can’t hold Ja... [Read More...]

Brian is surrounded by family and friends at his 54th birthday party. He’s the picture of health at a time when life expectancy has been extended by 40 years or more. But New America says his time is up. ... [Read More...]

Julia Graves, a nurse trying to atone for a lifetime of bad decisions, believes she’s hit the jackpot when the beautiful and powerful Sarah Nixon hires her as a live-in caretaker for her housebound daughter. But when Julia begins to connect the daughter’s mysterious illness with the sounds of wings coming from the basement, she realizes she may have run straight into the arms of danger. $2.99 on Kindle.   ... [Read More...]

This much is true: In 1562 Diego de Landa burned all the Mayan codices and began a suppression of the Mayan religion that was brutal even by 16th century conquistador standards. What we don’t know is why. Excavations at a recently discovered Mayan site near Valladolid in the Yucatan unearth a codex – the first to be discovered in over 50 years. A mangled body is found among the ruins. It belongs to Father Colvin McNeery, an expert on the Gospel of Matthew, the only Gospel to mention the Sta... [Read More...]

From a USA Today bestselling author: All Joy needs to build her business and dissolve a secret partnership is the signature of Comfort’s chief of police — her ex-husband. When she becomes embroiled in a deadly mystery, she also finds herself back in his familiar, protective embrace! $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

A man mysteriously murdered in his house. Nothing stolen, and no apparent suspects. It seems like an open and shut case, but is it? Finnian Church is trying to piece his life back together. After losing his leg while in the Army, he is starting a new career as an insurance investigator. Joining him is newly hired videographer, Annie Summers— a woman who lost her hearing but is trying to make it as a single mother of two. The world might see them as broken and battered souls, but as they come ... [Read More...]

Ever hear of someone celebrating New Year’s Eve by committing murder? Well, it happened, and the killer is looking for DeeDee! That’s the situation DeeDee found herself in after the very successful New Year’s Eve party she catered for Dana, the popular hostess of a Seattle television entertainment show. The party quickly became a distant memory when Dana was found murdered near her pool house. It didn’t help that the murderer was certain they’d been spotted by DeeDee, and she could id... [Read More...]

Life has always been sweet on Georgia’s Peach Cove Island, but a case of murder has Marygene Brown down in the pits . . . For generations, the women of the Brown family on Peach Cove Island have been known for their Southern sass and sweet homemade desserts at their beloved Peach Diner. Since their mother’s passing two years ago, Marygene has been stuck in Atlanta while her sister Jena Lynn has been running the family business. Now Marygene has left her husband and returned to her homet... [Read More...]

Curl up with these small-town cozy mysteries filled with humor, fun and the quirkiest characters around! End of the Lane (Book 1): Abby Maguire’s first day in a new town and new job could be her last. Be Still My Heart (Book 2): Abby Maguire is in a rut and in desperate need of a scoop, not another dead body, but that’s what she gets. ... [Read More...]

French Quarter P.I. Wyatt Thomas investigates the murder of a Fair Grounds jockey, theft of a valuable quarter horse, and a mysterious convent hidden deep in the Honey Island Swamp near New Orleans where any fantasy goes. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]