This book selection was updated on January 27th, 2021.
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Forgotten People is a gripping political thriller featuring surprising plot twists, compelling characters, and a kick-butt female heroine. If you like fast-paced, page-turning thrillers then this book will not disappoint you.
Buy Forgotten People today and join the revolution. Free on Kindle.
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After the illustrious Saffron Ellis returns to Ville de Bois, Wallace Hadley just knows his life is about to get more exciting. When a girl ends up dead at a New Year’s party, Saffron and Wallace decide to solve the murder themselves, and Green Scarab Investigations is born!
In books one through three of the Saffron Ellis Mysteries, meet Saffron’s eccentric family and discover Wallace’s deep love for food as the underdog duo solves murder after murder. Come along for the cozy,...
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London, 2045: Technology has changed everything from travel and work to government and even personal relationships. Society is segregated between knowledge workers who enjoy all the benefits of life in the new digital cities and the majority of the population, so-called Zeroids, who have been rendered economically superfluous. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Ten years ago, his wife died in his arms. God saved him for Himself. Now, he wants his first love to catch her killer.
Father Tom Greer is playing with fire. ...
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Caught in a shooting spree, Ash wonders if the only victim was specifically targeted by the shooter. Will she identify him before finding herself in his crosshairs? ...
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A long-lost airship with a deadly cargo…
In 1939 a secret airship departed Germany in the dark of night filled with some of the most influential people of its time, each carrying their most valuable possessions.
One such item amongst them was as dangerous as it was priceless.
The airship never reached its destination.
In present day, former Marine troubleshooter Sam Reilly discovers a missing clue about the lost airship, triggering a violent treasure hunt against the most dangerous and ru...
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New 2021 release! “Who,” by Nanette L. Avery, is an entertaining work of fictional satire that will have the sleuthing wheels turning in your head. This book pulls together the whodunit tropes you know and love—a murder mystery experience to top them all—but in parody form, which makes it all the more fun. $2.99 on Kindle.
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Coleman Cooper is a troubled young man who can never get anything right—not even his own suicide. When he is sent to an open-door mental health facility in a small New England village to get his life back on track, his journey darkens even further: someone starts killing the psychiatrists, one by one. $0.99 on Kindle.
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DCI Jane Birchfield is facing a series of personal challenges: a rocky relationship with her partner, her mum hardly talks to her; and her boss and mentor is critically ill, which means she is having to cover his post as well as her own. Then she has to take charge of the toughest of murder investigations.
Young Jamie Castleton is found dead, seemingly frozen in position at a computer in a grubby internet cafe in the Manchester suburb of Ashbridge. Enquiries reveal he was a self-employed tech-c...
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1984- Gangsters Tony Spilotro and Joe Spagnoli have relocated to Las Vegas from Chicago, Tony to be the Chicago muscle for Lefty Rosenthal, casino manager of the Stardust, Spagnoli to loan shark and gamble. Joe gets involved with a bookmaking operation that comes with an invaluable asset. 18-year-old Cyn. She falls in love with Junior, Joe’s son, and her life becomes more and more enmeshed in the illegal activities that supplied the Chicago Outfit bosses with their thick envelopes. After Tony...
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A flash of memories. A familiar face. A voice echoes in the distance.
Harvey Cullum, a rideshare driver with the urRide company, has chauffeured people around for thirteen years without incident. Until now. When he wakes up in the state mental institution after a tragic car wreck involving one of his passengers, he is pressed by police to recount the events surrounding the accident. $2.99 on Kindle.
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Maggie Matthews is ready for Halloween in Castlefield. When she gets invited to a murder mystery weekend, she gets the chance to solve a fake murder. However, it’s not long before the fake murder turns into a real one and Maggie has to exchange her quill for her magnifying glass once again.
Not only does Maggie have to watch out for Pandora the chicken, who is even scarier during Halloween, but also for the killer. With the help of her fictional detective and her friends, she sets out to ...
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Private investigator Andrew Schlakier is hired by a government agency that wants a conviction on a ten-year-old murder case – and will pay handsomely if he delivers. But far from unearthing a man of murderous intent, the main suspect’s past reveals a family tragedy in which he was an innocent victim. But as Schlakier traverses the streets of Melbourne, the state and the entire continent in search of clues, each lead propels him further into jeopardy – and a step closer to the man who will...
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Two sisters, one messy court case, and two handsome sidekicks add up to one helluva ride!
A high-speed pursuit was the last thing Anna expected when she set out on a road trip to the spa with her sister. But, when you learn your sister is the main focus of an FBI investigation, plans tend to change.
A deadly crime boss is hell-bent on wrecking her sister’s blossoming legal career, and now it’s not only her future in the balance—Anna has an arrest warrant waiting for her too! If the FBI ca...
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Rebecca decides to vacation alone and in suddenly caught in the center of a violent assault, an icy murder plot, and a strangely attractive assassin. Who in the Poet? $3.99 on Kindle.
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A second divorce and a new baby wasn’t the vision Alison Hayes had for her future.
Now a single mother with two young boys, she wants to focus on her kids and what’s left of her stagnant career. When Detective Johnny Rhay Bennett breezes into her life with his charming smile and country-boy accent, she’s not interested. She doesn’t need another man in her life, or another reason to make people talk.
Johnny Rhay doesn’t believe in love-at-first-sight, but after a on...
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There’s a dangerous cult in Palm Beach.
The members say it’s all about altruism and philanthropy, but to detectives Crawford and Ott, it looks a lot like sex and money.
Make that sex, money and MURDER…when one of them is found brutally stabbed to death.
The list of suspects: a billionaire heiress, an ex-movie star, a former member of Skull and Bones, a Blackwater psychopath…and the weird thing is, they’re members of the Mensa society! $0.99 on Kindle.
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From USA Today bestselling author Uvi Poznansky comes a gripping medical thriller:
Ash finds herself in the ER diagnosed with coma. She has no memory of what has happened to her, but what she can do–despite what everyone around her might think–is listen to the conversations of her visitors. One of them is the man who raped her.
For Ash, there is little time to gather clues: blackouts are happening not only in the hospital but throughout California. The Russian hackers who are intent...
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Sarah Jennings wants nothing more than a quiet life–alone.
Raised by an eccentric mother, their life on the road only taught her how to run away from hard times. When she finds herself in an abusive relationship, this lesson serves her well.
Eight years later, she’s settled back in her hometown and less fearful than she’s ever been in her life. She’s a first-grade teacher, and with few friends and less family around, she has what she wants, a quiet life under the radar w...
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A body in a bath in a city on the edge. The discovery of the dead woman leads the investigation to unexpected places and the heart of the British government. As the world descends on London for the WTO meeting, the pouring rain threatens to flush out all their secrets and some of them are proving deadly. ...
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“A gripping novel that combines archeological, historical, scientific, and romantic elements to create a thrilling, strong story. Authentic characters, all-too-human relationships, adventures and mysteries transport readers into past, present, and future events–a wonderful discovery for this reader, who cannot wait for more!” ...
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In a remote mountain community, the execution of a grocer and the abduction of a world-renowned model leave Sheriff Dove Connolley searching for a connection, two killers and a woman who is running for her life. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Another outlandish adventure from best-selling author, Michael Reisig and his “Road to Key West” series! Airplane crashes, lustful Amazonians, bungled bank thefts, river pirates, remarkable animals, a crystal skull, and a cold drug lord. Buckle up! You’re in for a ride! (A great “stand-alone” read — you don’t need to have read the series to enjoy it!) $0.99 on Kindle.
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Connor Jones has spent the last thirty years of his life leading a secret organization called The Nobodies. They hire a select group of regular people with no police record to murder those whom The Nobodies deem to be the most dangerous people in the world, paying them huge amounts of money to do so and thereby making the murders almost impossible to solve.
However, everything changes when Connor begins to think the group is getting too big, and he starts to target some of the assassins themsel...
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Deep in the forests of the Black Hills, human remains are being discovered – one bit at a time. Rumors of a rogue man-eating mountain lion are spreading through the county and panic is starting to swell. Sgt. Hank LeGris of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office is feeling the pressure; he needs to find out who the dead are, and how they got that way. Hank suspects that the bodies are the result of a more sinister predator. But in order to solve the mystery, he will have reach back into his own...
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All Jules Nichols wants is a quiet family life, which she and her lover Wesley can have as soon as they off her abusive hubby, Eddie. But once he’s good and dead, mob guys and drug dealers are coming out of the woodwork, the staties are suspicious, Wesley’s panicking, and all Jules’s careful plans are going wrong. Who would have known it’d be so hard to get away with one little murder? $0.99 on Kindle.
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From the day Max Cotton is sworn in as sheriff, trouble follows. Charlotte got away from outlaw Joe Fanning once, but never again. He’ll destroy everyone in Tucson to get to her.
Can Max save his town and stop evil without being destroyed himself? $0.99 on Kindle.
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After her husband, Bruce, is gunned down by her lover, Linda calls every hospital but can’t find him anywhere. Days later, she finds out Bruce is alive and being held in jail. When she visits him, she sees no signs of gunshot wounds. Soon Linda realizes the man she visited in jail is not her husband. Why is the impostor impersonating Bruce? $0.99 on Kindle.
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Escaping an assassination attempt, the underground figure El Buscador lands in Brooklyn’s Gowanus, home of a toxic canal. His mortal adversary, developer Timothy Tolland, has proposed for Gowanus a magnificent canal district, featuring humpbacked bridges, majestic ramps, and inspired industrial architecture. $0.99 on Kindle.
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It’s novice private investigator C.T. Ferguson’s first case. He wants an easy one.
He doesn’t get it.
Now, C.T. must use his wits and skills to keep his client alive and prevent his first case from becoming his last. ...
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The ambush is in place, he takes aim, and shots ring out. Chicago is officially on notice, and a siege is underway on the city’s men and women in blue.
Assigned to the task force investigating the shootings, Jesse McCord and twenty of Chicago’s top-notch detectives work day and night to track down the sniper whose agenda is apparent—to kill as many police officers as possible.
Getting in front of the crazed assailant is the only way to stop him, but without a name, a face, or a witness to...
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An international thriller set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Tropical researcher Henry Foster is assigned to take a film crew into the jungle, leading to a deadly discovery. $1.99 on Kindle.
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Two murders. A terrified mountain resort. Can a daring reporter help stop an avalanche of bodies before she becomes the next victim?
Now I See You is a fast-paced whodunit set amidst the spectacular scenery of Aspen, Colorado. $4.99 on Kindle.
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SIX MITCH TURNER LEGAL THRILLER SHORT STORIES IN ONE BOOK!
Meet Mitch Turner, the fast-talking criminal defense attorney who takes risks others do not! If you like legal thrillers, these short stories are for you. Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turrow will enjoy these stories....
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Caleb Allard is dying. Rather than drag his children through a battle he knows he will lose, Caleb arranges his medically-assisted suicide. The banality of his legacy haunts him: a pointless career and two angry children estranged from one another.
Then a voice arrives. Immense. Debilitating. It fills Caleb’s skull, promising the one thing Caleb wants more than anything else—a purpose for his miserable life. It tells him of a young boy with miraculous abilities living in the Texas hill coun...
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In California’s Wine Country Someone Wants Lily Dead…
When Lily Callahan returns home to California’s wine country, sparks fly amid a hail of bullets as she and Deputy U.S. Marshall Austin Jennings take cover.
Money, fame, and love all come into play as motives when Lily and Austin try to discover who wants Lily dead. The trouble begins soon after Lily’s beloved Aunt Lettie dies and leaves her vineyard estate to Lily—is it about the money? Counterfeit wine and growing suspicions a...
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Mystery, Intrigue, Action! When the primary suspect in a woman’s death flees, Detective Henson follows … to Miami, Chicago, New York and the Blueridge Mountains of Asheville. 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! ...
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When Laura Fisher is accused of killing her high school boyfriend, she must clear both her name and the reputation of her sister’s struggling Bed and Breakfast, where the murder took place. Meanwhile, an unscrupulous property developer tries to force Laura’s family to sell their business, and a handsome detective thinks Laura is definitely a killer. $0.99 on Kindle.
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With the hanging of a serial killer, police Detective Patrick Moses is suddenly without a case. Before Moses can relax, he is approached by a retail mogul who asks him to investigate the mysterious shooting of his son. As Moses gets deeper into both cases, he realizes that in the Levee there are a lot of people who don’t want the two cases solved. $0.99 on Kindle.
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A cupcakes-and-crime caper!
When cupcake-loving croupier Tiffany Black investigates the death of a casino owner, she finds herself uncovering a web of deceit – secretive suspects, corrupt casino henchmen and a bodyguard with a mysterious past. ...
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