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Nefarious Intent by Kit Karson

Nefarious Intent by Kit Karson

The only thing colder than a Montana winter is murder.

Holiday festivities in tiny Anderson, Montana take an unexpected turn when a welfare check becomes a murder investigation. Stone County deputy Tom Edwards discovers the frozen corpses of a local couple bound to chairs at their home in the Moonlight Mountains. The couple’s son and daughter-in-law soon go missing, the only clue a puddle of blood. A tragic bus accident and embezzled church funds add suspects and complicate motives.
Stone County Sheriff Peter Elliott and his crew are once again faced with more suspects than clues and an increasingly hostile press in their struggle to solve these murders.

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Savage Malice by Kit Karson

Savage Malice by Kit Karson

“Cults, government conspiracies, and UFOs,” said Peter. “We’ve had some interesting cases, but this is one for the books.”
Warm spring days take a chilling turn when local rancher, Seth Geary, discovers the mutilated body of his ranch hand alongside the carcasses of several slaughtered cows. Notably missing from the scene is his younger brother, Andrew.
As theories swirl and a group of UFO chasers descend upon the town, the investigation takes a dark turn. Sheriff Peter Elliott uncovers sinister cult symbols painted in blood at an abandoned cabin near the crime scene.
Peter Elliott, the small town sheriff known for his unbreakable resolve, is faced with his toughest case yet. Considered the unsolvable crime, cattle mutilation is tied to murder. With emotions running high in Anderson, Montana, Sheriff Elliott is determined to uncover the truth and bring justice to the victims.

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Justice Rendered by Kit Karson

Justice Rendered by Kit Karson

One murdered, one missing, and an entire town full of suspects.
Scrappers find the body of a much-despised junk man, covered in grass clippings and a rogue kiddie pool, at the local dump. In the process of the murder investigation, Sheriff Peter Elliott discovers the residents of Stone County, Montana are hiding a shameful secret.
An antique serving fork points the way to a world of greed and betrayal. Nothing is off the table, including the murder of Peter and his deputies and the team risks losing one of their own as they get closer to the truth.

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Innocence Slain by Kit Karson

Innocence Slain by Kit Karson

The tranquility of tiny Anderson Montana is once again shattered when pampered Stacey Nichols disappears after a quarrel with her boyfriend.
Clues are few and flimsy, but newly hired deputy, Birdie Bradshaw, has more than a professional interest in the case. Digging through old records, she uncovers evidence of similar disappearances going back decades.
While a battered Stacey plots ways to escape her abusive abductor, Anderson deputies struggle to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Sheriff Peter Elliott faces a ticking clock, self-doubt, and bad press in his race to find Stacey before it’s too late.

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Land Grab by Kit Karson

Land Grab by Kit Karson

A grisly murder shatters the tranquility of a small Montana town.
Arriving early one morning to open for business, the baker’s wife walks into a bloody scene, a body, and a missing husband. Later that afternoon, a beloved town patriarch and sapphire dealer is found hanging from the balcony in his historic mansion. On first observation, it looks like suicide. An autopsy points to murder. Further investigation reveals the victim’s inventory of valuable sapphires is missing. Are the two deaths related?
An invasion of Russian Mafia thugs and a string of threatening notes complicate matters. Sheriff Peter Elliott and his crew, more familiar with wayward cows and drunken brawls, dust off their investigative skills and hurry to solve the case before more town folk fall victim.

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Criminally Spun Out by J. Traveler Pelton

Criminally Spun Out by J. Traveler Pelton

Welcome to Lyonsville, a serene village where English and Amish shops draw tourists by the busload. The Fiber Mavens Shop has added a new craft and spinning brings out the wicked in someone. Casey’s twins are kidnapped; drop spindles are being left all over town; If you like cozy mystery, small towns, and unexpected endings, you are going to love this book. Warning! It’s a five-tissue story…J. Traveler’s fifth mystery in the Fiber Mavens Mysteries.

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Ghost Mortem: A Cozy Mystery with a Ghostly Twist (Haunted Everly After Mysteries Book 1)

Ghost Mortem: A Cozy Mystery with a Ghostly Twist (Haunted Everly After Mysteries Book 1)

About Ghost Mortem: A Cozy Mystery with a Ghostly Twist (Haunted Everly After Mysteries Book 1)

 

Book 1 of the Haunted Everly After Mysteries series.
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Dead exes don’t text… but they can haunt.

Everly Dupree is finally ready for a fresh start. She’s newly divorced, temporarily homeless, and absolutely not in the mood for more drama. But when she checks into the Bide-A-Way Motel, she stumbles over the murdered body of her high school ex-boyfriend… and then his ghost shows up too.

And he refuses to leave until she figures out who killed him.

Everly is no detective.
She just wants a quiet room, a decent cup of coffee, and maybe five minutes where someone isn’t asking her for something—alive or otherwise. But between Hudson’s sarcastic commentary from beyond the grave, her parents renting out her childhood bedroom, and a town full of people who suddenly think she’s suspicious, Everly is in way over her head.

Worse, the killer might not be done.

Now she’s juggling ghostly demands, nosy neighbors, unexpected danger, and a whole lot of unresolved history… all while trying to keep her life from falling apart again.

If Everly can’t solve Hudson’s murder, she may never get rid of him—literally.

A snarky, small-town paranormal mystery filled with humor, heart, hauntings, and a heroine who’s just trying her best.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Funny, fast-paced, and impossible to put down.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The perfect blend of cozy mystery and ghostly chaos.”

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ZENA

ZENA

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Zena is a woman of contradictions—a lover of freedom, a former prisoner of tradition, a seeker of truth in a world filled with lies. Born in a society where silence is often golden and rebellion a crime, she has spent years navigating the complexities of identity, love, and desire. Through her writing, Zena seeks to break boundaries and share the truths that many are too afraid to speak. With a passion for storytelling that blends sensuality with spirituality, she captures the raw emotions of her journey toward self-discovery. When she is not writing, Zena is a lover of nature, a curious traveler, and a quiet rebel at heart. She now lives in America, far from the confines of her past, where she continues to embrace the freedom of being unapologetically herself.

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Heavy Metal Murder by Kristen Andrews

Heavy Metal Murder by Kristen Andrews

A rookie PI, a ghost hunting BFF — and a murder that’s dying to be solved.
Jessica Byrne’s a rookie PI with an attitude, an overactive sweet tooth, and big problems. She’s only got two clients—and one of them is dead. Wealthy jeweler Daniel Lakeland is chilling at the morgue, and her other client, sketchy mechanic Vlad, is cooling in the clink, charged with Daniel’s murder. Despite his questionable reputation, Jessica is convinced Vlad’s innocent. Now she has to find the real killer before Vlad goes up the river for good, the real killer goes free…and her fledgling business flatlines.
Luckily, Jessica’s got backup—her best friend and business partner Sam, a paranormal investigator who swears her Ouija board knows more than the cops do. Unluckily, Jessica’s case collides with her heartthrob ex and main rival, PI Max O’Conner, and they’re forced to team up and beat the weird streets of Pottstown, Pennsylvania—a town overflowing with eccentrics, secrets, and trouble.
On the hunt for a murderer, they’ll bend the law, dodge wannabe gangsters with a fast food habit, go undercover at an ’80s party, and try (and fail spectacularly) to keep their chemistry under control.
Snark, sparks, and small-town scandal—this mystery proves that sometimes the dead aren’t the only ones haunting you.

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The Houseboat Detective

The Houseboat Detective

About The Houseboat Detective

 

A good detective has an analytic mind, loves to solve puzzles, is driven to know the answers – oh, and he might play piano.

Twenty-something Jake Sommers lives in a houseboat moored at Fisherman’s Wharf, a picturesque set of docks bordering the Inner Harbour of Victoria, BC. Jake inherited his craft, the Honeysuckle Rose, from his late Great-aunt Dierdre, once a successful artist and sixties flower child. Jake’s a bit of a lost soul, who plays piano in a bar, loves the jazz music of the 1920s and ’30s, and has a tendency to drink too much.

When a beautiful woman shows up at his floating home mistakenly believing Jake is a qualified and experienced private investigator, and begging to hire him for a case, the little voice in Jake’s head tells him he should turn down the offer.

Too bad he never listens to his little voice.

He expects his ‘investigation’ to be a straightforward search for a young woman on the Internet. But both his client and her case turn out to be far more than he bargained for, and he’s unwittingly plunged into a convoluted world of DNA ancestry, danger, intrigue, and murder.

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