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Death of a Bad Neighbour - Revenge is Criminal

by Jack Calverley

From the rock star in his fairytale Gothic mansion in Central London whose neighbour plans a double basement excavation, to the retiree in a fisherman's cottage in the northeast of England whose neighbour tells lies to a court to acquire the back garden that is not theirs: we are plagued by bad neighbours. It does not take a crime writer to know that a plague of bottom-feeders calls for an exterminator. But it does take the creatively criminal-minded to come up with the bestest plan ever... ... more

Crime Writer

by Dime Sheppard

Evie Howland has problems.
Guns. Bombs. Murderers.
And that's just on the page...

In real life she's meant to be planning a wedding to adorable billionaire Daniel Bradley, but Evie is seriously snarled in the sixteenth book of her successful crime series. In fact, her protagonists are becoming almost impossible to wrangle: NYPD detective Carolyn Harding is volatile after a messy divorce, and Detective Jay Ryan has that heated look in his blue eyes again. They'... more

House for Sale: Occupied

by Brent Bohn

After walking in on his wife's infidelity, Richard Lee, an architect, hits the road to begin anew in D.C. He can't resist a colonial mansion in a nearby Virginia town despite the manor's reputation for harboring a vicious ghost. Can Richard cleanse his home of phantoms before he's forced into a premature afterlife.

The Encrypted Fortune Cookie

by Bill Sims

The lives of three ordinary people change when they find themselves working for the CIA… Three strangers, a Computer repair specialist, a wealthy World traveler, and a young Tech prodigy with a ponytail, get drawn into a covert CIA scheme to smuggle files from a secret foreign source to a clandestine destination. The path begins with a chance meeting in London of one of the three strangers, with a private club patron, who turns out to be an Agent for MI6. Through their ingenuity and tech skil... more

Dangerous Straits (Matt Lanier, #3)

by Chris Norbury

Once a world-class musician, Matt Lanier now survives by playing guitar for spare change in the streets and skyways of Minneapolis. He's also homeless, broke, and a fugitive accused of murdering a cop. His downward spiral started after he uncovered a multi-billion-dollar conspiracy orchestrated by Leland Smythe, a corrupt, ruthless real-estate magnate. To clear his name and reclaim his normal lifestyle, Matt must convince the authorities that the conspiracy is real. Because Matt threatens Smy... more

The Petrus Prophecy

by Gary McAvoy

Father Jonah Barlow is dead. The respected Jesuit scholar of apocalyptic studies might have died from a fall in his apartment . . . or was he pushed? All that is known for sure is that the provocative manuscript he was working on—a book that promised to reveal the upcoming fulfillment of ancient and recent prophecies, including the ghastly and shocking Third Secret of Fatima—is missing.

Two female detectives—one from Chicago, the other from Rome—take on the inves... more

Foreign & Domestic

by Brandon Phillips

Foreign & Domestic is a suspense-filled, and at times humorous, high-tech thriller centered around a rag-tag group of veterans. They are called upon to uncover a looming terror attack that would be catastrophic to the US. Their mission is much bigger than they realize, and the deeper they dive into the treachery, the bigger the target they find painted on themselves - from all sides.

Big Shot

by Kirsten Weiss

Small Town. Big Murder. The number one secret to my success as a bodyguard? Staying under the radar. But when a wildly public disaster blew up my career and reputation, it turned my perfect, solo life upside down. I thought my tiny hometown of Nowhere would be the ideal out-of-the-way refuge to wait out the media storm. It wasn’t. My little brother had moved into a treehouse. The obscure mountain town had decided to attract tourists with the world’s largest collection of big thing... more

Of Good & Evil

by Daniel G. Miller

The second book in the bestselling Tree of Knowledge Series Albert has seen the future...does he have the power to change it? An unstoppable force is sweeping the United States. Powered by a secret ability to predict and manipulate events, Cristina Culebra and her RED Army relentlessly accumulate followers with one goal in mind: Absolute Power. While Cristina and her movement captivate the country, the one man who knows their next move-- who knows their every move--Mathematics Professor Alber... more

Backdrop Dead, A Magnolia Showboat Mystery

by Cynthia Thomason

Come aboard a sparkling floating palace of 1898 as librarian-turned-sleuth, Gwen Barlow, deals with headstrong actors, a heap of debt and a corpse on stage. Will she solve the murder so her showboat can move down river and begin making a profit? Will the handsome captain she hires distract her or be just the help she needs? Problems deeper than Mississippi mud in this tale of humor and suspense.

blackshirt masquerade

by Jason Monaghan

London, 1935 and the Blackshirts of the British Union of Fascists are on the march. Hugh Clifton is recruited by MI5 to infiltrate the movement, but a twist of fate turns him into a hero of the Blackshirts. His simple mission is about to become much more dangerous.

Hidden Behind the Robe

by Matt Graham

Two powerful judges battle over conflicting allegations of sexual misconduct and racism. Full of surprise twists, Hidden Behind the Robe provides an inside look at a gritty and salacious dysfunctional courthouse. One thing is clear from the beginning--not all the bad guys are in the courthouse lockup.

Segment of One

by Michael Grigsby

DR. NICK VANDEROFF, 64, retired marketing analytic expert, hopes to reestablish a relationship with his single-parent daughter MARY, 35, and her daughter, math-prodigy HOLLY, 12. When a ruthless serial killer, the Gun Crier, suddenly escalates his shootings, a desperate Dallas police department enlists Nick’s unorthodox consumer behavior techniques to help find and stop him. Nick’s analysis gives much greater intelligence and the police nearly catch the Gun Crier ... more

House of Durga

by Jelena Hrvoj

House of Durga is not just an escape from the cruel reality. Nor is it a place where it all starts and ends. The sisterhood of the House of Durga is far more than that. Their beginning, short existence, and end. That summer, the life of young Pixela Omnia changed forever. From her parents' divorce, moving to the suburbs, and meeting two girls who will become her only support, but also her ruin. Hidden from the world and problems, in the heart of an abandoned amusement park, three young gir... more

Concession Stand Crimes

by Nicole Asselin

MADELINE BOUCHER is still reeling from her first few weeks of working for her family’s Independent League Baseball Team, the Abington Armadillos. She found a dead body and survived a kidnapping before finally clearing her brother of a murder. She didn’t think anything could be as dramatic as that, but she was wrong. Her parents have given her more responsibility in running ballpark events in the hopes that they could retire and leave the team in her hands. Her brother is moving on... more

"HOUSE BOY"

by Lorenzo DeStefano

"HOUSE BOY” is a contemporary thriller set in Southern India and in the polite suburb of Hendon, North London. At 321 Finchley Lane, ancient traditions take root and prosper in our so-called civilized society. The lives of a boy from rural India, Vijay Pallan, and an Indo-British woman and her son, Binda and Ravi Tagorstani, collide as if decreed by history. Through Vijay, we experience the shocking realities of modern slavery, the human spirit’s boundless capacity for pain, and the ultimate bl... more

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