Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Renaissance Florence is the target of tyrants wanting to topple the republic. Nico Argenti, a clever and astute young lawyer, is called upon to confront the threats. His missions take him far from his beloved city to oppose power-hungry aristocrats, corrupt foreign bankers, and rogue mercenaries. He must summon more than quick wits when these shadowy villains put him in life-threatening danger. If you like driven characters and suspenseful plots, then you’ll love these award-winning page-turn... [Read More...]

A dynamic, roller coaster ride of plot twists and turns.” “A truly mesmerizing and moving, mystery thriller that will stump the audience until the secrets are revealed.” Battered by her archeologist lover’s betrayal, poet Maria Pell flees to an Irish village to study prehistoric people and write her next volume of poetry, but her sanctuary is invaded first by her moody cousin and then by her Togolese lover who unexpectedly show up on her doorstep. When the discovery of a girl’s body o... [Read More...]

The search for a missing man living off the grid leads private investigator Adam Fraley down a treacherous path to the epicenter of a great American tragedy where he ultimately finds himself the target of a deranged sniper. Coming to his aid in his hour of need is an unexpected friend who appears out of nowhere to help guide him through his ordeal. $4.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

AMY ROWLINGS RETURNS! Sunday morning, and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the church’s lychgate. It appears that he has been poisoned. When amateur sleuth and regular churchgoer, Amy Rowlings arrives she finds DI Bodkin already at the scene. Bodkin tells her about a cryptic scripture reference that has been scrawled in chalk on the stone slabs beneath the body. What the citation hints at, shocks everyone. Amy, a huge Agatha Christie fan is determin... [Read More...]

It’s 1929 and Borya Melnikov is a mixed-race patrolman in Harbin’s Special District police force. Paired with the legendary senior Inspector Chinn, they are investigating a grisly murder. The trail leads them through the city’s most upscale boulevards to its seediest boroughs and even to the frontiers of Manchuria. Danger abounds in the form of ethnic prejudices, local power struggles, and a growing Red terror campaign. And with a brewing border war with the Soviet Union fueling the i... [Read More...]

Gomer and Gloria Hollowman host a long awaited steakhouse grand opening with a seasonal haunted house. With Gomer’s shocking announcement and unexpected guests, the festive week holds more than a few astonishing surprises. Unfortunately, someone is awaiting the perfect time to show his face, and Wasteland will never be the same as Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie uncover a murder mystery that isn’t what it seems. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders take on disturbing similarities, local law enforcement officers fear a serial killer is roaming their streets. Former sheriff’s department sergeant Jade Monroe has just graduated from the FBI’s serial crimes unit in homicide and is called to Houston with her partner, J.T. Harper, to take on her first assignment—apprehending the person responsible for these gruesome crimes. With victims piling up and the clock ticking, Jade and J.... [Read More...]

Jessica Morley is on her way to meet with a man she hasn’t seen for fifteen years. In her bag there is a package she must deliver. As she travels south, she remembers Jack Banford, a boy who captured her imagination as a child and made her believe in a future that could never happen. Now it is time for her to set the record straight and finally put the past behind her. ‘What I Did Not Say’ is a story of loyalty, cruelty and love at all costs. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

“A spellbinding literary thriller packed with psychological suspense and profound questions about motherhood, trauma and how death illuminates life.”—Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins A seven-year-old boy inexplicably recalls the memories of a missing 22-year-old musician in this psychological thriller about the fierce love between mothers and sons across lifetimes, a work of gripping suspense with a supernatural twist that will mesmerize fans of C... [Read More...]

Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s account of a Soviet labor camp revolt in Gulag Archipelago, FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS potrays political prisoners and security officials at a corrective labor camp in Kamas, Utah, where inmates seize control during the mid 2020s. FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS offers a stirring portrait of a man determined to survive under the bleakest of conditions and against formidable odds while raising fundamental questions about the future of American society. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]