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Confessions are good for the soul. That’s what Rush Kilmer hopes, at least. Secrets won’t stay secrets for long in this Gone Girl-meets-1922 tale of a disappearance.

Rush had no idea that he was about to become one of The Missing. He moved from Oklahoma to a small, lawless town in Montana, because he liked the mountains. Well, that’s what he told everyone, anyways. The truth was that Rush was running away from some dark secrets of his past. He thought that was all behind him, but his past started to resurface after his girlfriend, Gen, decided she wanted to move back to Oklahoma. Now, Rush is missing, and he’s ready to confess to everything. There’s just one problem: some people are desperate to keep him quiet.

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The Houseboat

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Patty is on the way to a relaxing summer vacation when it turns into the fight of her life. Kids off to college and a summer trip left her alone to do whatever she wanted to or the summer. Little did she know she would be in the middle of a kidnapping and saving other women’s lives.

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JANE BLAKE True Sinner

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Jane Blake is a mystery/thriller series full of unexpected twists and turns. The first novel of the series, Jane Blake: True Sinner, will immerse you in the world of an extraordinary con artist tricked into working with the police.
Jane, a con artist with a difficult past, has managed to solve some tough criminal cases while working as a thief in Los Angeles. Her dark history has made her deceitful and cunning. She doesn’t trust anyone, and has always worked alone.
Ryan Gray, a hacker for the police, is impressed with her abilities. He tracks her down and successfully blackmails her into helping solve his mother’s murder. But that’s not all he wants—he wants her to work with his team.
As she settles into life as a Homicide consultant, Jane decides it’s finally time for her to collect the pieces of the puzzle of her past. With a team behind her back for the first time, she’s ready to uncover the truth—why a man tried to kidnap her as a child, and who saved her from that horrible fate. That incident shaped every part of her life. But her search will lead even deeper, uncovering the secrets of her family, her true origin, and a criminal conspiracy that stretches far beyond L.A.

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Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse

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On a peaceful morning in an English coastal town, a handsome stranger meets an untimely end.

Desperate for peace to be restored to her hometown, café-bar owner Charlotte Denver takes up the challenge to help find the killer before they strike again, and uncovers a shocking plot that rocks a close-knit community to its core.

Small-town murder was never so calculated…

You’ll find a twist at every turn, amateur sleuthing and engaging characters in this, the first book in the the Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery Series, which includes a selection of recipes for you to try for yourself.

Please Note; This book is written in British English and contains no strong profanity, sex or graphic violence.

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the dream catcher

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Jonathon Knight is pushing forty and single. His relationship with his ex-wife and his hormonal fifteen year old daughter, Amy, is a turbulent one. By day he is a factory worker, by night he is a troubled man. John inherited the ‘gift’ of precognitive dreaming.

John’s worst nightmare comes true when a local teenage girl is abducted. Beleaguered by his dreams, his sister, and his fear for Amy’s safety, John is forced to take action.

The Met refuse to take his premonitions seriously when he willingly gives information he couldn’t possibly know. DCI Ella Page wants to believe him but she is torn.

And then the worst happens. DCI Page discovers he’s been lying to her…

Decent guy or psychopath?

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A Life for a Life

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“A real treat, highly recommended for its fine attention to both detail and the psyches of investigators who confront themselves as much as the threat at hand.” ~Midwest Book Review
“My life was saved by a murder. At the time, of course, I didn’t understand that. I just knew I was having the best year of my life. Given all the things that happened, I should be ashamed to say it, but that year was a blessing for me.” —Abit Bradshaw

So begins this story of suspense and self-discovery set in the small mountain town of Laurel Falls, N.C. in 1985. After decades as a crime reporter in Washington, D.C., Della Kincaid thinks she’s moved away from all the violence. But a walk in the woods changes everything.

The sheriff calls for what amounts to a coverup. Not so fast, Della argues. She’s spent her life searching for the truth, and she’s not about to stop now. Without her usual sources, she teams up with new friends, including her neighbor—Abit Bradshaw, a teenager struggling to find his rightful place in the world. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of interesting characters, including the best one of all—the lush natural setting of the N.C. mountains.

Will they find the truth before they become the next victims?

Can they make peace with their own lives?

You’ll love this suspenseful story because who doesn’t dream of second chances?

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Parabellum

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Why does this keep happening?

“A vivid, harrowing journey.” – Jenny Milchman, Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Cover of Snow

A mass shooting at a Chicago beach leaves several dead and dozens injured. In the year before the crime, four individuals emerge as possible suspects.

An apathetic computer programmer.
An ex-college athlete with a history of head injuries.
An Army veteran turned Chicago cop.
A despondent high school student.

One of them is the shooter. Discover who and why.

“Parabellum is taut, slow-burning crime fiction at its best. And it’s a great deal more than that.” – Paul Flower, author of The Great American Cheese War

If you like nuanced literary crime fiction that explores the depths of the human psyche, you’ll love Greg Hickey’s compelling and unforgettable novel.

Buy Parabellum today and begin a story you won’t be able to put down.

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Death and a Crocodile by Lisa Betz

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About Featured Book: Death and a Crocodile by Lisa Betz

In ancient Rome, sensible women don’t investigate murders.
Or do they?
Livia’s father is dead and her innocent brother accused of murder. What’s a girl to do?
Find the criminal herself, obviously.
So Livia and her spunky maidservant pound the ancient Roman pavements in search of the killer, with the help of a reluctant lawyer, a lovelorn merchant, and a handful of loyal servants. Will she find the killer in time, or will her meddling lead her into deadly peril?
You’ll love this fast-paced mystery set in first-century Rome, featuring a feisty amateur sleuth, a cast of eccentric characters, a glimpse of the early church, and an unrepentant, sausage-snatching cat.
“Definitely a recommend-to-all-your-friends kind of novel!” Goodreads review.

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Her Brother’s Keeper

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Hilda felt the warm yet soothing afternoon breeze brush past her face. She stood and faced the sea as the ship steadily moved forward. Her mouth was left agape at the sight of the gigantic Statue of Liberty extending its cement torch upward. Her brown eyes were glued to it. “Hey, make some room,” a man yelled, brushing past her as she stood like stone in his way. The statue so absorbed her that she did not respond. She heard more people flocking beside her and cheering heartily. Her big moment was finally here. She was going to reach the United States of America soon!

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Death by Chaos By Renaii West

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Tasha, Elizabeth, Dawn, and Miranda were the undisputed goddesses of their Southern California liberal arts college in the 1970s. With distinct talents, beauty, and accomplishments, each goddess appeared destined to be forever traveling on that path called the charmed life. But in a tragic twist of fate, a student is found murdered on campus just before graduation. Suspicion falls in their midst, and one of them goes missing. Destinies are changed forever.

Now fast-forward 20 years, long after the case went cold, secrets are kept and suspicions linger. One of the four women continues to be haunted by the chaos and tragedy of that night – and of what followed.

With an upcoming reunion and the arrival of a stranger on a motorcycle bringing even more turmoil to her life, she believes the time is right to finally revisit the past, uncover the secrets, expose the truth, and while she is at it, rekindle the lost passions of her roommates.

To do this without drawing the attention of those who wish the case to remain unsolved will require good acting, deception, and maybe a little divine intervention.

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When Murder Comes Home by Shana Frost

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An adventure she’d asked for, being a murder suspect? Not really.
A solitary inn in the Scottish Highlands welcomes ten new guests. But when one is murdered in his own bed and the other dangles over the windowsill, all hell breaks loose. Then a mysterious heirloom goes missing. Who is responsible?
Introverted yet brilliant (former) accountant Aileen Mackinnon needs to figure out whodunnit and save her grandmother’s inn from ruin. But when someone steals a family heirloom from the safe and her guests start to drop dead, her mission gets tougher by the minute.
One-man-show Detective Inspector Callan Cameron finally has a murder to solve, but these ten new guests are not who they seem to be. Can he join forces with the new innkeeper and stay sane?
Aileen and Callan venture into a world of bloody murders, deception, and heists. The tension is high, so is the heat. They might not always see eye to eye, but can they agree: whodunnit?

When Murder Comes Home is the first book in the Aileen and Callan Murder Mysteries. This page-turner will have you at the edge of your seats sleuthing along with Aileen and Callan. Ready to enjoy gore and lots of suspenseful fun? Download this book now!

WARNING: This book deals with poisoning and stabbing.

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Thai Died…Murder in Paradise. Coronavirus has come to Koh Samui but so has another killer.

About Thai Died…Murder in Paradise. Coronavirus has come to Koh Samui but so has another killer.:

On the Paradise Island of Koh Samui, a young English girl’s body is found posed looking out to sea on Bophut Beach. Her throat has been cut to near decapitation and Police Lieutenant Chai Son Sinuan, of the Royal Thailand Police, an incorruptible policeman in a police force that is deep-rooted in corruption, is handed the toughest murder case of his career. At the same time, Covid-19 has devastated Koh Samui’s and Thailand’s tourist industry and the government is putting pressure on Son to solve the case to save face with the international community. Son is in a race against time to solve the murder, but with most businesses, hotels, massage parlours, restaurants and bars now closed on the island and with many potential witnesses having already left the Koh Samui to return to their home countries or provinces around Thailand there are very few leads to follow. The investigation takes Son to Ko Pha-Ngan and the Island of Phuket and then back to Koh Samui as he untangles a crime with links back to the notorious gangsters the Kray twins the most feared, most ruthless gangsters in London during the 1950 and 1960s.

Authors note. I started to write this book in April 2020 when I was in self-isolation after I contracted the coronavirus. For me, the virus was just like a normal dose of the flu, but for millions of people around the world, they were not so lucky. While I was in lockdown and seeing the effect the virus was having on the world I decided to write a suspense novel that was centred on Covid-19 that would highlight the difficulties and frustrations that any police force would face when trying to solve a major crime during the worse pandemic in over 100 years, when most of the population, except for essential services were told by their governments to stay home to stop the virus from spreading. Though I love the working-class people of Thailand I am not a great fan of the Thailand government, in fact, I am not a great fan of many governments. But credit must go to where credit is due and the Thailand government handled the pandemic better than most other counties. With a population of nearly 70 million people, Thailand recorded only 58 deaths compare that to my home country of the UK who have a similar size population but have to date recorded 45,000 deaths.

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Bodies Baddies and a Crabby Tabby

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Murder in an English village. Unsolved mysteries. An empty-nester longing for a quiet life. What could possibly go wrong?
Megan Fallon is in a pickle.
As if empty-nest syndrome wasn’t bad enough, she’s joined the ranks of the unemployed, and her fiancé’s run off with her hairdresser.
In desperate need of a change of scene, she heads back to her childhood village home for some long-overdue friends and family time.
Things are looking up until members of the community start getting bumped off at an alarming rate, and Megan finds herself at the heart of an investigation that has her suspecting everyone.
As she becomes involved in the hunt for a murderer, it’s not long before she finds out that some of the villagers are harbouring shocking secrets…
Will you guess whodunnit?

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Crimson at Cape May

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No matter how far you run, you can never really escape a haunted past. Darrell Henshaw—teacher, coach, and paranormal sensitive—learned this lesson the hard way.
With his job gone and few options, he heads for Cape May to coach a summer football camp. The resort town, with gorgeous beaches, rich history and famous Victorian mansions, might just be the getaway he needs. Only, no one told him Cape May is the most haunted seaport on the East Coast. One resident ghost, the Haunted Bride, stalks Darrell, begging for his help.
He can’t refuse.
Joining forces with Cassie, a street-wise teen and another sensitive, he investigates the bride’s death and discovers her murder is connected to a far greater horror. But can Darrell and Cassie expose those behind the crimes before they end up being the killer’s next victims?

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Last Girls Alive by Jennifer Chase

Last Girls Alive by Jennifer Chase

“Totally loved this! The characters were amazing and drew me right in. This one cut deep on the emotional scale. Highly recommend this book.” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

Her pale skin looks like porcelain in the early morning light. Her fragile arms bent and crooked like a broken doll. Lying half-buried in the muddy earth is the naked body of a beautiful young girl…

When Detective Katie Scott is called to the discovery of a young girl buried on the grounds of a former children’s home in Pine Valley, California, Katie assumes the victim is Candace Harlan, who ran away from Elm Hill Manor five years ago. It would be a devastating end to the cold case Katie’s been working on. But the girl in the ground is not Candace.

Fear grips Katie as she takes in the black ink that decorates the mystery girl’s back – a terrifying message about a hunter stalking his prey tattooed on her skin after she drew her last breath.

Forcing down traumatic memories of losing her own parents, Katie suspects someone mistook this poor soul for Candace, and that this crumbling home for lost girls is at the heart of this terrible crime. She sets to work digging into the tragic history of the owners who lost so many children of their own and tracking down the last six residents and the staff who cared for them – but no one wants to talk, let alone remember.

The next day, a second girl’s body is found down by the creek at high water, the same words etched into her skin. Katie fears the worst: someone is picking off the last of the Elm Hill girls one by one. But what does the tattoo mean? And what monster would target these innocent girls who have already been through so much?

Katie must dig deep to confront her own fears and protect the vulnerable – but as the body count rises further, will there be anyone left to save?

An absolutely gripping, dark, and totally unputdownable serial killer thriller that will keep you racing through the pages all night long. Fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine and Melinda Leigh will read in one sitting!

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Bookmarked for Murder by VM Burns

Bookmarked for Murder by VM Burns

While on a bus trip to Chicago with her grandmother, and friends from Shady Acres retirement village, Samantha Washington must figure out who murdered one of the group’s members. It’s up to Sam to figure out whodunit.

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Turning Pages

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She was a bookworm – the ideal temperament for a desk job like hers. Any moment she wasn’t busy, she had books on her desktop, so it would always look as though she was engrossed in some office task but her head was deeply buried in literature. Those were the adventures she knew and loved, the ones she found between the covers of her books.
Neil showed her how to have her own adventures, to have her own stories to tell instead of just always reading about other people’s escapades. He was also very adventurous and daring. He went bike cycling halfway across the country, just to get away from it all and clear his head. He had quit his job the week before, said things just didn’t feel right anymore and that he needed to find himself. He was at the tail end of his one-man journey when they first met.
She found him and his tales so fascinating. His care-free, carpe diem outlook on life was so foreign yet so refreshing to her. It was like eating your favorite food for the first time: you couldn’t fathom how something so good had never been part of your life before.
Unfortunately for them, the five-year itch hit rather intensely as familiarity bred contempt between them. Neil was a smooth talker; he had the gift of the gab. He loved the attention it got him, especially from other ladies. It bugged Elizabeth but she found her concerns hard to voice. He constantly crossed the fine line that existed between friendliness and flirting, sometimes unintentionally, but other times deliberately. Until, she couldn’t believe him anymore…..and left.
In less than six months’ time, Elizabeth was packing up her things as her employer was forced to downsize. With only her personal effects and her dignity left, she gave the old place a final goodbye. After much deliberation, which were in the form of two weeks straight of tv dinners, boxed wine and an absurd amount of daytime television. Elizabeth had no choice but to move in with her small sister. She had no way to make the next month’s rent. It was a crushing defeat and resignation she had to arrive at. She was supposed to be doing better. She was supposed to be the one her sister could lean on, not vice versa. But here she was, damned if she did, damned if she didn’t.
And then, she was literally on the journey of her life. Her clothing and few personal belongings were in a bag under her chair and a smaller one in the overhead compartment. The book she was reading was open before her and her hands rested on it, but she had hardly gotten through a single page. Her attention was divided and she could barely keep her focus. She also felt a wave of queasiness wash over her and tightening knots in her belly.
A week prior, she received the letter that led to the journey she was on at that moment. It was not just the news of her great aunt Norah’s untimely demise, but of the unexpected inheritance she had left her. It was her dying wish that Elizabeth took over her book store and run it.
And so, Elizabeth was now truly on her own adventure.

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The Mystery of Healing

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Solon of Pergamon turns detective when his cherished medical teacher is murdered. Suspicion falls on a mysterious student who holds a secret that threatens the feared ruling class. Tossed between the search for love and the precarious tides of the Roman Empire, Solon navigates with the same bloody-minded humanity it takes to be chief physician to the gladiators of a glittering age. Classic storytelling in an unforgettable setting.

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Marked

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F.B.I. New York Special Agent in Charge willing to bend the law to find his missing niece.

New Jersey Mafia Capo calls in his markers to help locate his goddaughter.

A Native American whose expertise is finding missing persons comes to New York to assist.

Take a journey with the unlikeliest of characters as they come together to search for a missing girl. Learn how a Native American, a New Jersey mafia Capo and a FBI agent realize the importance of working with one another to find that girl, who happens to have ties to both the mafia capo and FBI agent. The ensuing search will take you to the most questionable of places in New York City and the New Jersey suburbs. Scenes will play out in tattoo shops, underage parties and homes on the Upper East Side.

The men will encounter both amicable and ruthless characters including a Puerto Rican tattoo artist, men of power and influence, teenage girls, criminals of all varieties and grieving mothers that will lead this story to a dramatic and brutal ending that will have you the reader wondering how and why it had to come to this conclusion.

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The Girl with Three Eyes

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Amy is an unusual girl, she was born with three eyes. But her parents, just like her entourage, can’t accept her hideous feature. One day, however, she realizes that this is rather a blessing than a curse. Her third eye helps her see more than others, she discovers she has supernatural abilities. Will she be able to handle her gift? Would people accept and love her?

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