This book selection was updated on October 05th, 2024.
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Moonlight Beach

Yurie Kiri’s novel Moonlight Beach won the 2020 Hollywood Book Festival’s award for Genre Fiction. Moonlight Beach is about four friends who contact the spirit of dead Native American woman and have to fight for their lives against the serial killer who had been chasing her. The second book in the series, where two of the surviving women of Rancho California take a trip to New Mexico, is called Moonlight Canyon. The third book, called Moonlight Rocks is about a battle over a meteorite that ... [Read More...]

Worlds of Eternity

Where Magic is Known Among the Universe. Aryssa Mathis, a distinguished regent of the Invoker Corum, finds herself far from home on an assigned mission. Her journey takes a perilous turn when she is ambushed by the Kaljerian Legion, a race clad in dark armor and equipped with advanced technology and a formidable fleet of flying ships. The motives behind their pursuit remain a mystery. Meanwhile, on Earth, an ordinary man named Michael Weller is unexpectedly drawn into the conflict. In his attem... [Read More...]

Free: Mystery Along the Danube

Who would have thought Rosetta’s exotic trip to Europe would involve thieves and kidnapping? (Book 1 of 4). When Rosetta and her daughter get a chance to travel to Europe, a criminal crosses their path. Follow her through famous cities in this tale of forgotten love, and the dangers of recovering a long lost hidden jewel Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Trunk or Treat

When a body is discovered at a local church’s trunk-or-treat event, all signs point to pre-meditated murder, but could a silly vendetta over a costume drive inspire a few good women to take matters into their own hands? Realizing they’re the only people with a motive, the church ladies hide the corpse in a coffin. Unfortunately, while the women host the trunk or treat, a mortician arrives and picks up the casket. When the Halloween festivities are over, the women are left to solve a crime, ... [Read More...]

Black Dog Escape

“What have I done?” Navy SEAL Jack Thibideaux thinks as he stands over the shepherd girl he has just accidentally shot high atop a snow capped peak in Afghanistan. Thus starts Jack’s perilous journey to save the girl, and himself. With the Taliban close behind, Jack fights his way down the mountain to rescue the girl and find his own redemption. In his new life as a bookstore owner in a small Port Townsend, Washington Jack seeks solace from PTSD and a new life, but his bloody past is sink... [Read More...]

Chase Baker and the Lincoln Curse: A Chase Baker Thriller

Adventurer Chase Baker goes on the hunt for the dress that was soaked in Lincoln’s blood immediately after he was shot by an assassin’s bullet in Ford’s Theater. The dress, which belongs to a long dead woman, Clara Harris, one of the two friends who accompanied the Lincolns in the presidential box on that fateful night, is said to be hidden behind a secret wall in a haunted house located in Albany, New York. Based on a true story by Thriller Award winning author, Vincent Zandr... [Read More...]

The Snare of Addiction

In this thrilling continuation from The Veil of Oppression, Emily Anderson continues to push the two-faced CFO of Roth Pharmaceuticals to take accountability for his unethical company. But when hes got one foot in the grave himself, shell have to use all the influence she’s got even if that means getting closer to his heart than she expected. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The File

Sara West is a beautiful 28 year old graduate student on a scientific expedition in Africa who stumbles upon a cache of WWII Nazi files in the wreck of a German bomber hidden in the jungle. The files reveal the location of a multi-billion dollar war-chest, secretly deposited by the Nazis in numbered Swiss bank accounts at the end of WWII. The story that follows is a nail-biting thriller, with a captivating heroine who is pursued across Africa, the Middle East and Europe by relentless Russian an... [Read More...]

Liberty Justice

Raising your mother can be deadly. Thirteen-year-old Liberty takes care of her heroin-addict mother, and when a drug dealer shows up at their house a fight breaks out, and the dealer ends up dead. To save them both, Liberty flees the scene with her mom in tow. Facing the demons of their past, the two are forced to run, staying just one step ahead of the police and the killer hired for revenge. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries

A series of eleven books, all set in the mid 1940s to early 1950s, featuring Detective Chief Inspector Bryce of Scotland Yard. (In the earliest story he is a mere Inspector, and in the latest he has reached the rank of Chief Superintendent.) The various stories take him to various parts of England, when local police forces ask the Yard for help in solving difficult and serious cases. In other books, the setting is London. Bryce is assisted by a number of subordinates, not all of whom appear in ... [Read More...]

O’SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS INC. Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar’s Kiss

Book 2 of 3 in the O’Shaughnessy Investigations Mystery Series. The homefront 1943, Brooklyn, New York. Maeve O’Shaughnessy and Vic Marino survived the first year of their partnership thanks to solving a murder nobody else wanted to touch. Now they find themselves in much more dangerous territory, caught between feuding mobsters. World War II rages on and it appears the tide is turning, but when will it end so the “boys” can come home? A neo-noir/historical fiction novel... [Read More...]

Death in the Holler: A Mystery Detective Thriller Series (Luke Ryder Book 1)

MURDER, ADDICTION, AND REDEMPTION COLLIDE IN THIS ENTHRALLING SMALL-TOWN MYSTERY. Kentucky Game Warden Luke Ryder is an alcoholic on the verge of losing his job. But when a Louisville gangster is found dead in rural Kentucky on the first day of muzzle-loader hunting season a chance for Luke to prove his worth strikes. Asked to help with the investigation by County Sheriff Jim Pike, Luke works on the case while also confronting his addiction and using his innate detective skills to uncover clues... [Read More...]

Beneath the Neon Lights

A boy is trying to find his missing friend – he’s also trying to survive the sex industry. Teenage rent boy Joseph Fernandez hopes to find a sugar daddy and take him for all he can get. Not only is he battling with heroin addiction, he’s also made some dangerous enemies. Homeless and desperate, Joseph fails to recognize a dodgy punter when he meets one. This thrilling and gritty coming-of-age story is set in 1980’s London. Content warnings: Child sexual abuse. Drug use a... [Read More...]

Free: Waterborne

When Californians start getting sick with flu-like symptoms, civil engineer Jake Bendel is once again forced to work with the FBI to discover the cause. With his new desalination plants behind schedule and searing pressure from the California Governor, Jake uncovers a secret network of vengeful terrorists planning Nazi-level genetic modifications. But before the engineer can find a way to cure the masses, he himself is injected with the virus, forcing him to dig deep to track down the leader of... [Read More...]

Free: Lost Grove: Part One

For fans of Twin Peaks and Stranger Things, Lost Grove is the first in a paranormal mystery duology that explores the twisted legends and mysteries in one small town. In the eerie, enigmatic town of Lost Grove, where secrets whispered among the rustling pines are as thick as the fog rolling in from the sea, the discovery of Sarah Elizabeth Grahams’ lifeless corpse on the windswept beach is but the first note in a haunting symphony of mysteries. Sergeant Seth Wolfe, the town’s tenaci... [Read More...]

The Raven and the Crow: Shores of Blood

With the Gray Throne secured, brothers Kildare and Zedaine are forced to part ways. Leading a party south, Zedaine is tasked with retrieving a powerful artifact stolen by Ebonfire, the great black dragon of the Serpent Marsh and an army of demon spawn stand in the way. While Kildare is compelled to ally with his father, King Medyha, to travel overland to the north, a route under the control of hundreds of cutthroat mercenaries claiming to be priests of the Duorn, the All-Father. Along the way, ... [Read More...]

Daddy’s Girl

When Leah Avondale, a sophomore soccer star, becomes more than a little upset with her father, Martin, and his broken promises and decides to take a trip to see her aunt, it starts a series of events that eventually lead up to her father being arrested for her disappearance and possible murder. When Special Agent Jonathan Dearfield (JD) of the FBI is called to the case, he discovers a fact in the case that could change his life forever, and only after finding Leahs secret diary does he find the... [Read More...]

Chase Baker and the Spear of Destiny: A Chase Baker Thriller

Adventurer and Renaissance man, Chase Baker, finds himself in the presence of a Vatican priest who desperately needs his help. One of the church’s great relics has been stolen by a surviving member of the Nazi SS. A man by the name of Adolf Rickman. The relic is none other than the spear of Longinus. Can Chase nab the spear of destiny before the Nazis use it to take over the world? $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Archie’s No Criminal

Blue-collar Archie Wilson cant catch a break. His wife, Della, spends money they don’t have like she’s one of the la-dee-dah ladies down at the boutiquetalk about gold-plated taste on a tin foil budget. Their marriage is stale, Della quit her job, and she shows more attention to her teacup poodle Smoochie-Pie than to Archie. A lesser man would turn to crime, but Archie is no criminal. When his great-aunt leaves him a small inheritance, he seizes the chance for a once-in-a-lifetime c... [Read More...]

Forgotten Dark

Are memories freedom or punishment? Losing her husband suddenly was difficult enough for Sally, but now her eighteen-year-old daughter has sought out her birth father, Ricky. Sally hasn’t seen Ricky since she was a teenager herself, and her memories from back then are having an unsettling effect on her sleep. As her world begins to crumble around her, Sally decides to face her anxieties by consulting a hypnotherapist. But when more terrifying secrets rise to the surface, will Sally be abl... [Read More...]

The Woman Who: The Complete Series

Embark on a gripping journey into the untamed frontier with C.K. Crigger’s Spur Award-winning series, The Woman Who. Across six captivating books, witness a saga of legacy, revenge, and turmoil as one woman’s unwavering strength takes center stage. The Woman Who Built a Bridge When January Schutt saves Shay Billings after hes ambushed and left for dead on a bridge, they join forces against a mutual and power-hungry adversary. But as their story unfolds into a war over water rights, J... [Read More...]

Manuscript for Murder

The writers’ group president is dead as a wedge on the patio tiles, gruesomely stabbed to death. Forty-five minutes prior, all twelve group members were in the house for a meeting. Becky, the group secretary and attractive professor, finds the body and is determined to use her computer skills to solve the case before the killer strikes again. She teams up with hot Detective Hernandez and is in for the ride of her life. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The War Torn Series: Volume One

The epic struggle of the centuryWorld War II. It’s America, and her allies are at war against tyrants who seek to subjugate everyone and every American must risk it all to help themselves, their family, and their country to survive. The Holts, an Illinois family, are caught up in the trials of World War II, their sons as soldiers and their daughter as the wife of a soldier. As each experiences the ebb of war where people are struggling for their very existence they come to realize that wa... [Read More...]

The Veil of Oppression

When sixteen-year-old Emily Anderson was hit by a car, she woke up screaming a strangers name. Ever since, Emilys dreams have been replaced by the memories of others and she still doesn’t know who Barrett is. Now twenty-eight, she’s never had the courage to move out of her childhood home in Toronto; until a Vancouver university offers her the chance to study a Master of Medical Ethics. Encouraged, Emily latches onto it as a catalyst for change. There, she meets self-assured Nova Sco... [Read More...]

The Hybrids

An unlucky gambler, the essence of an alien being, and a brilliant, beautiful, doctoral candidate embark on an adventure unlike any they could imagine. This a story about a gambler who was very lucky for a long time, then very unlucky for just long enough to find himself in serious trouble. This is also the story of a young woman of surpassing beauty and remarkable intelligence, sometimes known as Ringo. Her father, the worlds greatest Beatles fan, is in the declining stages of dementia. This i... [Read More...]

Alpacas and Alibis

Theres no place like home until you stumble over a body in your yarn shop. After spending twelve years in New York City, fiber influencer Sadie Sexton didn’t expect to find herself living back in her hometown of Hoochville, Tennessee. But when her grandmother bequeaths her beloved yarn shop to Sadie and her sister Charmayne with the stipulation that they must run it together for a year, Sadie and her dog Peaches find themselves back in the small Appalachian town. Despite the somewhat cont... [Read More...]

Elliefant’s Graveyard – The Curious Case of the Throatslit Man

Rich in wordplay and humour, owing more to Lewis Carroll than Arthur Conan Doyle, Elliefant’s Graveyard recounts the adventures of apprentice Metropolitan police officer, Heather Prendergast, an ambitious young detective whose lofty ambitions are not matched by her abilities. Convinced that two unexplained deaths on her London patch are murders, her unofficial sleuth takes her to an isolated mill town on the Huddshire moors where she encounters a vipers nest of vice and corruption that th... [Read More...]

Free: Murder Notes

As an FBI profiler, its Lilah Loves job to think like a killer. And she is very good at her job. When a series of murders surface, Lilah’s instincts tell her its the work of an assassin. But when the case takes her back to her hometown in the Hamptons and a mysterious but unmistakable connection to her own life, all her assumptions are shaken to the core. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Danger Inside the Beltway

New. A Washington, DC Thriller. Tarryn Blue, a young investigative journalist in Washington, DC, becomes the target of a killer when she unknowingly uncovers a major financial fraud and writes a controversial article about it. She turns for help to Brock Spencer, an FBI agent looking into the story, and together they work to unravel and solve a crime in a high stakes political world of escalating danger, intrigue and physical peril. $3.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Psychic Guardian Angel Complete Series Boxed Set

A reluctant psychic, a missing woman, and vengeance from beyond the grave. Rachel Thompson is missing, and the police have no leads. The serial killer who has taken her is efficient, elusive, and seemingly invisible. Her only hope is Jacob Daniels, a man tormented by his second sight. Jacob is driven to search for his friend in the slim hope that she is still alive. However, that means accepting he must use his gift and ask the spirits for their help. Pick up this 6-book boxed set and join Jaco... [Read More...]

Deadly Rivalries (Nico Argenti Renaissance mystery series Book 6)

A tragic death at a betrothal ceremony embroils Nico Argenti in the precarious world of Renaissance Florence’s elite. Guests are gathered at a villa in the Tuscan countryside to celebrate a betrothal that would unite two powerful Florentine families. The joyful atmosphere is shattered when the groom-to-be is discovered murdered. Florentine Security Commission member Nico Argenti, himself a guest, is charged with finding the killer, suspected to be an invited guest or a member of the villa... [Read More...]

Return to Hair of The Dog

Spirits still talk through Gregory Davenport and their warnings are ominous. Letty Carlyle’s dangerous past finally catches up with her when murderous ex-boyfriend Mikey O’Shea returns to Chicago. Working with One-Arm Nettles, O’Shea is looking for Letty and Grace Flanagan. Nettles has doubts about O’Shea. Will Nettles join the Davenports in protecting the gals, or will his criminal past allow him to turn a blind eye, giving O’Shea freedom to commit his maniacal ra... [Read More...]

Intra Delirium

Nusquam is a town trapped in a hellish void of flowing shadows. Unbeknownst to most its inhabitants, the whole of the town is under the dominion of a cruel supreme eldritch monstrosity called the Witch Queen. Those who discover the truth will be ostracized from their community and written off as lunatics as they start to exhibit bizarre behaviors. However, a change is coming, sides are being taken, and agendas are being realized. All of Nusquam is gradually slipping into a state of abysmal deli... [Read More...]