This book selection was updated on March 09th, 2026.
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What She Missed: A Johnston & Fletcher Thriller

A missing child, a murky past, and a race against time – buckle up for a thrilling ride in this novel by the bestselling author of Twelve Years Gone and The Moscow Brief. The story takes place in the small town of Highmill, New York, where the tight-knit community is thrown into chaos after the disappearance of five-year-old Bella, daughter of K9 officer Logan Fletcher. Dr. Skye Johnston, a psychologist trying to escape her own past, is called to the scene to help with the investigation. ... [Read More...]

The Resident

Everyone makes mistakes in residency. But mine might kill someone. Dr. McKenna “Mac” Forbes is in the final stretch of her grueling medical training, juggling impossible hours, high-stakes decisions, and the ever-present pressure to prove she belongs. But when a brilliant new attending, Dr. Jonathan Shaw, arrives at Liberty Hill Hospital, everything starts to unravel. He’s confident. Charismatic. Stunningly handsome. And far too perfect. Almost immediately, things go wrong. Mistakes a... [Read More...]

The Ash Seal

If you are looking for your next dark, atmospheric obsession, step into the gritty, shadow-filled underworld of 1996 Athens. The Ash Seal is a gripping neo-noir crime thriller that will pull you into a web of corruption, betrayal, and inescapable guilt. Detective Stefanos thought he knew his city. He thought he knew the people closest to him. But in a police department rotting from the inside out, trust is the deadliest mistake you can make. When a haunting new case crosses his desk, it brings ... [Read More...]

Free: The Reluctant Coroner

Blood is thicker than oil—until murder is involved. Fenway Stevenson doesn’t want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practically king. But the death of her mother draws her back home–and the murder of the county coroner draws her into a deepening conspiracy. As the body count rises and all signs seem to point toward her father’s oil company, will Fenway uncover the truth before family bonds become deadly? Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Frontier Series

  In the wide-open country of Montana, the land keeps its secrets—and U.S. Marshal Danny Coogan has a habit of digging them up. From the moment a trusted friend leaves him for dead in the frozen backcountry, Coogan’s life becomes a relentless pursuit of truth across the rugged West. What begins as small-town violence quickly spirals into something far darker: cattle rustling operations tied to drugs and murder, shadowy societies stirring unrest on tribal land, missing persons cases tha... [Read More...]

Frontier Vengeance: A Coogan Mystery (Frontier Series Book 4)

Danny Coogan is now working as a US Marshal, and he is within weeks of becoming a father for the first time. During a takedown of a fugitive, he makes a grisly discovery: a body, and it’s the son of someone he knows and works with. Thus begins an off-the-books investigation that leads him to millions of dollars in stolen money, an entire collection of dead bodies, and an ultimate showdown with an adversary determined not to be taken alive. $7.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Sentences of Death

The hero of this mystery novel, Daniel Somerset, is determined to solve the murder of a famous writer. Daniel must track down the writer’s hidden manuscript and face the suspects, the rich and famous in the Hamptons. Searching for love, reconciliation with his father who has a secret, and an identity he can live with, Daniel finds himself struggling to maintain his moral guidance system in a dangerous and confusing world. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Who’s Killing All My Old Girlfriends?

The cops think retired blogger Charlie North murdered his three old girlfriends. They want him to fry. Can Charlie catch the killers before the cops—or the killers—catch him? There is a rousing finish at a lonely Oregon beach house. Justice prevails in strange ways. This is a fast read. Old guys like things fast. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Moonlight Falls: Editor’s Cut Edition

“If you knew your life could end at any moment, how far would you go to prove you murdered your lover? ” Albany, New York, is the dark setting of this paranoid thriller about Richard “Dick” Moonlight, former APD detective turned private investigator, who believes he killed Scarlet Montana – his illicit lover and wife of his ex-boss, Chief of Detectives Jake Montana. Problem is, despite the blood on his hands, Moonlight doesn’t remember what happened! From New... [Read More...]

Free: The Mystery of the Dying Giant Pumpkins

A charming farm mystery that blends science, family, and country life into one unforgettable tale. When Becky and Kurt visit their grandparents’ farm for the summer, they discover that someone has been sabotaging the giant pumpkin contest at the county fair. With the help of their wise Grandpa — a seasoned soil consultant — the kids become young detectives, uncovering a trail of clues that leads from wilted vines to a shocking act of garden foul play. Along the way, readers learn the secr... [Read More...]

No Bee Haven

No Bee Haven is a high-stakes military thriller of loyalty, corruption, and courage, when the cost is everything. When PFC Virginia Hornet—a loner with deep trust issues—joins the Army, she believes it will be a stepping stone: earn her college money, serve her time, and get out. But the greatest danger she faces isn’t the nuclear missiles she’s assigned to guard at NATO 23. It’s something far closer, and far deadlier. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Enigmata: The Watcher from Within

October Night is determined to get her life back on track as she recovers from a severe bout of depression that saw her dealing with a spiteful, antagonistic voice in her head, all the while losing the connections with her loved ones. Lucas Wendig has a mission, though some might say an obsession. His life’s goal is to hunt down otherworldly artifacts and creatures to contain the danger they pose to humanity. Both of their lives are about to collide when October encounters an ancient, maligna... [Read More...]

An Eternity to Burn in Hell

An Eternity to Burn in Hell is a dark, multi-layered crime thriller that explores the devastating consequences of trauma, revenge, and the failures of justice. The novel follows the intersecting lives of five women known as “Aphrodite’s Ladies.” Each woman is shaped by a harrowing past of abuse, addiction, and survival through sex work, but all eventually attempt to leave their old lives behind in search of redemption and dignity. But their hopes for new lives are shattered when a... [Read More...]

Mr Jones: A Gripping Psychological Thriller

‘An enthralling, chilling novel by a master storyteller… You won’t be able to put this book down!’Reader review Ben is a single father struggling to protect his daughter from a threat he cannot see or understand. Ten months after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Ben is overwhelmed by his responsibilities to eight-year-old Imogen. But now, unsettling events are pushing him to the brink: a mysterious girl appears in the park, seeming to live in an abandoned house; strange no... [Read More...]

Surviving the Silence

The EMP hit like a bomb nobody saw coming. One moment Stephanie was welding steel and kissing her twin daughters goodnight. The next, the world was pitch black and screaming. She spent fifteen years erasing every trace of her prepper childhood so her girls could have birthday parties instead of bug-out drills. Now those drills are the only thing between her family and death by starvation, or worse. The welder’s torch becomes a weapon, the past she hated becomes her salvation, and she’ll bur... [Read More...]

Free: Tune Up (Detective Qigiq Book 2)

On their second case, Qigiq and Kandy are loaned to the Traffic Division to investigate an early morning hit-and-run. By a motorcycle. The victim is an elderly Asian woman. Witnesses suggest all “accidents” aren’t created equal. Then the Captain delivers a new assignment: an affluent Bay Area lawyer is missing. The man’s wife stomps into their office screaming about a contract she found hidden in their home computer. A contract with a seven-figure payout, and an incriminating Exhibi... [Read More...]

Everhaven

I knew something was wrong the moment they locked the door. What I didn’t know was how far the truth would go to stay buried. When journalist Samantha Watkins moves her great-aunt Nancy into Everhaven Memory Care, she tells herself it’s the right decision. The old Victorian mansion turned care home looks comforting enough—until the locked doors close behind them. Then come the whispers. The sudden deaths. The body bags leaving in the dead of night. As Nancy’s memory unravels, Sam’s in... [Read More...]

The Max Quinn Thriller Series Complete Box Set

From courtroom gambits to midnight stakeouts, safe houses to snow-swept plateaus, Max Quinn faces a tightening noose of betrayal, buried agendas, and a rebellion ready to burn the rulebook. When a single keystroke wipes out global debt and throws nations into chaos, Max must risk everything to protect her son as the world tilts toward open war. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Year I Lived Twice: A Time Loop Mystery

‘I loved everything about this book, which drew me in from the first page and kept me hooked throughout…’Reader review READER’S FAVORITE AWARD WINNER 2024MANYBOOKS BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2024 When Jason loops back in time, he thinks he can save his brother’s life – but the past is not so easily rewritten… Haunted by the tragic loss of his brother, Archie, in a fire, Jason is given a miraculous chance to rewrite history. Following a mysterious accident, he wakes to fin... [Read More...]

Free: The Body at Blackwell Lake

She hates her power to detect missing things. When it leads her to a dead woman, can she smoke out a killer before she’s the next one to disappear? Cora Gilbert wishes she weren’t a finder. Constantly overpowered by her strange ability to locate other people’s lost items, the lonely adoptee worries she’ll never have a normal life. But even she didn’t expect her gift to bring her to the site of a murdered corpse. After the police find no clues to the culprit, Cora allows the victim’s... [Read More...]

China Conquers Polynesia

America’s Navy has been the undisputed leader in the Pacific since WWII. Now, China plans to change that. By conquering French Polynesia. A nuclear weapon lost during one of dozens of French nuclear tests has been discovered there by rebels. Who will use it to force France out of Polynesia. On their own, the rebels might have little chance. Unless China’s Navy intervenes to help them achieve independence before the French military can respond. China will call it a “peacekeeping mission.�... [Read More...]

To Serve Justice

The explosion wasn’t meant to kill just two people—it was meant to send a message, and DEA agent Dillon Rains was the one forced to read it. When a pipe bomb explodes in a Miami park, killing a mother and her young child, DEA explosives expert Dillon Rains is thrust into a case that threatens to unravel him. Newly transferred from Detroit and haunted by past failures, Dillon leads a task force racing to stop a series of escalating attacks. As the investigation unfolds, Dillon uncovers a chi... [Read More...]

Free: Vampires and Villains

When this club selects a book, magic happens. They are whooshed inside the book and become the main characters as the mystery comes to life. It is exhilarating fun – until they realize they can’t get out until they solve the crime and reach The End. In every book journey they are excited to meet a different kind of paranormal being – ghosts, shifters, fairies, genies … and more! And in these books, calories don’t count, and cats talk! Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

STOLEN

Lily Aldrich is kidnapped as leverage in a revenge scheme against her powerful father, Warren—only to discover he won’t pay, negotiate, or even report her missing. Roman Vance, driven by years of loss and fury, took Lily to force Warren’s hand, but Warren’s indifference turns the plan to ash. Trapped together, Lily and Roman find an unexpected connection: she feels truly seen for the first time, and he starts to question the monster he’s become. What began as vengeance shifts into som... [Read More...]

The Retirees: Retirement has never felt so deadly

Welcome to the idyllic yet eccentric retirement community of The Ocean’s Edge—where retirement has never felt so deadly. Disco is dead, there’s a serial killer on the loose, the coffin dodgers are solving cold cases, and only the neighborhood cat knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried. When sharp-tongued sugar heiress Diana is ousted from the empire she helped build, she retreats to a posh 55+ paradise expecting peace, maybe even a pool boy. Instead, she finds a ragtag group of ... [Read More...]

Cult Stalker

Paris 1974 A notorious California cult, shattered in a spectacular drug-fueled bloodbath, has resurfaced in the heart of Paris—and they’re planning a new massacre that could bring the City of Light to its knees. Undercover CIA operative Jean Jones is the only one who knows the truth, but when she’s framed for the brutal murders of three cult members, her mission—and her life—are put on the line. Jean’s only hope rests in Brad James, the CIA’s secret weapon, a pop singer with a prov... [Read More...]

Free: The Friday Edition (A Samantha Church Mystery, Book 1)

Snow isn’t the only thing falling in Denver, Colorado, on Christmas Eve. When a brilliant young district attorney plunges to her death from a high-rise balcony, the police call it suicide. Her sister, reporter Samantha Church, calls it something else—murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Samantha follows a trail of evidence linking the DA to a dangerous and deadly drug smuggling ring. What begins as a personal investigation quickly spirals into the biggest story of her career—and the m... [Read More...]