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Blood Letters

by Joshua Martin

The novella takes place in the city of Greenville where a heinous murder occurs. The killer leaves messages for the police written in her victim's blood, maybe to annoy the police or maybe to leave a clue about the next murder. The point of views interchange betwixt the protagonist, Detective Lynn Pocker, and the serial killer. Here is a brief excerpt from the book: "Well, Eric, do you recognize me now? No? Well, let me refresh your memory. My name isn't Barbra. My name is Selena, Selena Miller... more

The Nine Lives of Felix the Tomcat

by M.P. Frank

The Nine Lives of Felix the Tomcat Felix takes you on a rollicking ride through his journey from the cruel alleys of Pittsburg to his cushified life in the rich guppified suburps. This Indiana-Jones clone, stand-alone Tomcat is blessed with high intelligence and a hyperthymesified (photographic) memory… there is nothing he won’t tackle… including stand-up comedy, battling coyotes and being shot out of a volcano. Ultimately, Felix and his rag-tag band of brother cats and humans arrive at H... more

Rendevous at the Wild Onion: A Sis Steele Mystery

by A. Wayne Ross

Alan Armstrong is the newest best-selling author. Sis Steele is the new chief of detectives for the city of Pittsburgh. The two cross paths when the murder Sis Steele is investigating is identical to the one in Armstrong's best-selling book. As the pieces come together author Armstrong becomes a prime suspect. Then a second murder from the book happens things really heat up. When the hunter becomes the hunted and you are up against the devil it's good to have a a guardian angel on your side.

Even Climate Change Can't Stop Love And Murder

by AES O'Neill

Crossing the United States to relocate to their new witness protection home in Arizona, Ginger and Alby’s search for love is marred by violent interludes with insurrectionists, white supremacists, and jihadists. Yet the worse threat of all is the fury of climate chaos-- storms beyond measure, a bitter fact of life in 2026. And as our characters soon discover, these storms’ death and destruction becomes very personal. Even Climate Change Can't Stop Love and Murder: Paying the Price is the sec... more

Boxes - The Trappings of Society and Relationships

by Thomas DeSanto

Feeling trapped by corporate corruption at work, marital strife at home, and America's festering social problems, Tim Adams launches his secret escape plan. He disappears into the night with his three-year-old daughter. As Tim brilliantly evades a private detective and the FBI, all hell breaks loose. A tangle of lies, betrayal, revenge, and murder jolt people from hopeless boxed-in lives to new beginnings. This twisting and turning mystery meets social injustice head on.

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by P. D. Fertitta

Trinacria: The Blood Washes Blood Chronicles: Novella II is the exciting continuation of the Trinacria: The Blood Washes Blood Chronicles series. Follow the epic saga of the Messina-Balisteri Crime Family from their roots through their rise to wealth, power, and infamy. Two best friends get mixed up in the mob as they scheme to free their enclave of Little Italy from the brutal iron grip of the Bruno Crime Family. Along the way, Nino Messina and Carmine Balisteri, friends who were as close as fa... more

Trinacria: The Blood Washes Blood Chronicles: Novella I

by P. D. Fertitta

Trinacria: The Blood Washes Blood Chronicles follows the epic saga of the Messina-Balisteri Crime Family from their roots through their rise to wealth, power, and infamy. Two best friends get mixed up in the mob as they scheme to free their enclave of Little Italy from the brutal iron grip of the Bruno Crime Family. Along the way, Nino Messina and Carmine Balisteri, friends who were as close as family, become sworn enemies. Can love cover a multitude of sins? Is there hope for redemption and for... more

Murder at an Exhibition

by Lisa M. Lane

In 1863 London, a photographer is murdered, his body found at the Royal Academy Exhibition shortly after his assistant, Bridget, is locked in the dark-room at the studio. Then art expert Giovanni Morelli is attacked. With the police unable to see the connection, illustrator Jo Harris must help Bridget uncover the clues among wealthy art collectors and purveyors of photographic pornography, with help from the likes of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Sir Charles Eastlake

The Things We Keep

by Janet Dawson

TWO HUMAN SKULLS ON A PILE OF BONES. EMPTY EYE SOCKETS STARE UP AT JERI HOWARD. The Oakland PI is helping friends inventory the contents of an old house. Jeri finds a battered Navy footlocker hidden in the back of a dusty storeroom. When she pries open the lid, she’s shocked at what she finds. Human bones. Whose bones? How did they get there—and why? The elderly homeowner, now in a senior apartment, doesn’t want to talk. Does she have something to hide? Jeri investigates, determined... more

Never Met A Wolf

by L. Silkebaekken

Frankie Jameson has it all. The best friend. A crew. A flashy existence... And a staggering kill-count. Haunted by her childhood trauma, Frankie is set on avenging the death of her parents while fighting to maintain influence in the family business. But with a life that relies on societal blindness, is she about to discover that she herself has been blind?

Saltire Captured

by Albert Marsolais

The year is 1706, and the vote for union between Scotland and England is approaching. There are those supporting union and those opposed, and a secretive group set on stopping or destroying union at any cost. All are maneuvering for advantage, all are fighting for power, with considerable wealth at stake. Malcolm Forrester, physician, and adventurer has been called back to Edinburgh to help his wounded brother who supports union. Beset with inner demons, can he successfully overcome their foes ... more

The Plans They Made

by Graciela Kenig

Page Turner Awards 2022 Genre Winner. THE PLANS THEY MADE by Graciela Kenig —

Her best friend is dead. A terrorist cell threatens to bomb London. Can an American journalist save hundreds of lives? Kate Brennan is devastated. After months of planning a reunion in London, the Chicago-based, award-winning investigative reporter turned novelist is shattered to learn that her dearest friend is dead. But when she realizes that the circumstances are suspicious-and t... more

UNDERCOVER AGAIN - Fighting Human Trafficking

by Bob Ojala

Young children are being lured into sex-for-hire “stables,” under the guise of offering money in exchange for modeling jobs. One victim has already committed suicide, and a thirteen-year-old girl’s life has been forever changed. Liz Trent, the young, Assistant District Attorney, is obsessed with finding the traffickers and making them pay for destroying the lives of these young girls and boys. She goes undercover against a ring of human traffickers. What she uncovers is a shocking glimpse in... more

Unbecoming a Lady

by D. Z. Church

A torn sleeve, a bruised arm, and a lie. A friend knocks on Cora Countryman’s front door seeking help with the torn sleeve of her work dress, claiming she ripped it on a bush. As the town’s seamstress, Cora has mended many a dress. So, when she sees a ragged tear in her friend’s forearm and a bruise left by a thumb, Cora questions her friend’s story. When Cora asks about the wounds, her friend is evasive. Worried by the lack of answers, Cora starts her own investigation. When murder is do... more

Lethal Connections: The Poison ID Unit

by Karen Fuller

In a sleepy little parish just outside of New Orleans, murder is no rare occurrence. Sergeant Lance Knight has a pile of unsolved homicide cases on his desk. On the surface, none seem to be connected. The victims are all men with money or power. An investment banker, a lawyer, and a local politician. They don’t socially run in the same circles. Lance can’t find a connection. Working closely with coroner Gina Goodwin, Lance and Gina discover a pattern. Three unrelated things the bodies all hav... more

Spiral

by Khaled Talib

Laurence Turner, a pharmacist from Sydney, is wracked with guilt after his fiancé dies on a sailing trip. The tragedy is followed by yet another fatal incident when he dispenses the wrong medication to a customer. Laurence moves to the Clare Valley in South Australia for a fresh start, but when he stumbles across the dead body of a visiting American reporter, things take a turn for the worst. The case explodes into far more than Laurence could ever expect with the arrival of a beautiful Am... more

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