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Sutherland’s Crossing – A Beau Crenshaw Detective Novel by Gwen Kelly

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Sutherland’s Crossing – A Beau Crenshaw Detective Novel by Gwen Kelly

The swamp rarely reveals its secrets, but today, June 21,1995, a car was found.

A missing woman is now lost forever.

The cause of death eerily similar to Mary, a nurse who was brutally murdered years earlier.

Her killer never found.

Detective Beau Crenshaw must break the news to the young woman’s parents. His own memories of Mary’s death resurface as old wounds are reopened and the past comes back to haunt him.

As Beau delves deeper into the investigation, he realizes there may be a connection between this case and Mary’s murder.

Is this just a coincidence or is a serial killer striking again?

In Charleston, South Carolina, where families will do anything to protect their dark secrets, Beau must navigate a web of lies and deceit to uncover the truth.

This elevated edge-of-your-seat thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. With a Southern drawl and a twisted plot, you won’t be able to put it down.

Special Bonus: All proceeds from this book will be donated to Georgia SPOT Society for spay and neuter.

If you loved “Gone Girl” or “The Girl on the Train”, then you’ll love this dark crime drama.

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Morgan’s Landing by Linda Griffin

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Morgan’s Landing by Linda Griffin

Where is Julie Morgan?
“Morgan’s Landing is a fast-paced, unpredictable mystery you’ll devour in a single sitting.” ~ Indies Today
In the small town of Morgan’s Landing, fourteen-year-old Julie Morgan disappears on her way to school after a spat with her twin sister. Detective Jim Brady uncovers a few suspects—Is it fired school janitor Bear Wayans, paroled sex offender Raymond Ochner, Julie’s computer teacher David Hartwell…or his own teenage son Colin? Jim can’t believe his son could be involved, but his wife is convinced the boy is hiding something. He needs to find Julie before the worst happens—and keep the peace at home.

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Christmas Beyond the Veil by J. Traveler Pelton

Christmas Beyond the Veil by J. Traveler Pelton

Christmas Beyond the Veil whirls you through unexpected romances, social workers and lawyers, lost children, and behind the scenes look at another dimension, with the most surprising ending you will read this season. This Christmas, the veil between worlds isn’t just thin—it’s about to be shattered. Romance, angels, demons, families in trouble and surprise endings; why wait for Christmas to enjoy a great book?

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Murder at a Musical Retreat by P. C. James

Murder at a Musical Retreat by P. C. James

Murder at a Musical Retreat is book 6 in the One Man and His Dog cozy mystery series. It’s launching at 99 cents for a short time only.

North Riding of Yorkshire, England, 1967
Ex-Inspector Tom Ramsay is called in to help a musician who has been arrested for murder. The police have suggested she ask for his help because they have the evidence they need to put her on trial, only the officer in charge has some doubts. Ramsay, however, isn’t convinced by her plea of innocence — until a second murder occurs.

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DARKNESS IN DAKOTA

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He’s served his time. But when sinister secrets claim the local sheriff’s life, can this ex-felon ride an assassin out of town?

Cal Denton is good at lying. A reformed criminal constantly striving towards redemption, the crook-turned-FBI agent is on the verge of infiltrating the Detroit mob. But when a rural sheriff is brutally murdered in South Dakota, the unorthodox detective reluctantly agrees to trade his current assignment for hunting a killer.

Posing as the new ranch foreman, Denton sets to work manipulating those around him to dig up the truth. But when he starts growing close to the victim’s beautiful widow, the practiced loner fears letting his guard down will leave them both dead.

Can Denton break all the rules and deliver justice before he’s sent six feet under?

Darkness in Dakota is a gripping FBI mystery novel. If you like flawed protagonists, intense action, and powerful twists, then you’ll love Connie Petersen’s dive into danger.

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TIMELESS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: Sacred Teachings to Elevate Mind, Body, and Spirit

About TIMELESS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: Sacred Teachings to Elevate Mind, Body, and Spirit:

Timeless Spiritual Practices is a sacred guidebook for anyone seeking deeper connection, healing, and spiritual awakening. Whether you’re just starting your path or looking to deepen your practice, this beautifully structured journey weaves ancient wisdom with modern techniques to awaken the soul. Explore grounding meditations, energy healing, sacred rituals, sound therapy, breathwork, and more — each chapter offering practical tools and transformative exercises. Aligned with the rhythms of nature and the cosmos, this book helps you embody your spiritual essence and live with clarity, purpose, and peace. Infused with intention and love, this book is a transmission of light — designed to bring healing, insight, and empowerment to all who read it, or simply hold it. Step into your power, remember your truth, and become your own spiritual alchemist.

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Curtains in Cabo by Langley Gray

About Featured Book Curtains in Cabo by Langley Gray

Leigha Plunkett is off to Cabo to celebrate her parents’ fiftieth anniversary—on the very same day she gets dumped and fired. Honestly? The timing couldn’t be better. What’s more healing than sunshine, white sand, and an infinity pool (or three)?

But her plans for a piña colada-fueled reset go sideways when she stumbles across a body on the beach. With hotel staff clamming up and local police brushing it off, Leigha’s left with more questions than answers. Who was the woman? What really happened to her? And most importantly—could Leigha’s family be next?

This bite-sized mystery is perfect for poolside reading—with just enough sun, sand, and suspense to devour in a single afternoon.

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Icy Secrets, Scandalous Lies by Sharon Kay

Icy Secrets, Scandalous Lies by Sharon Kay

When a renowned Olympic figure skating coach is murdered in Petersburg, amateur sleuth Michelle Kilpatrick and her close-knit group of friends from the university’s Commuter Lounge find themselves entangled in a chilling mystery. As Michelle digs deeper, she uncovers more than just secrets and scandals— she stumbles upon a sinister thread connecting the crime to a mastermind still lurking in the shadows.
Could Coach Wyatt’s murder be part of a larger, more dangerous scheme? And if so, who will be the next victim?
The police are convinced they’ve caught the killer, but Michelle fears the real culprit is still at large—watching, waiting, and ready to strike again. As she inches closer to the truth, she realizes that her investigation isn’t just putting herself in danger—it’s threatening the lives of those she loves.
Can she stop the killer before it’s too late, or will her determination cost her everything?

Icy Secrets, Scandalous Lies is the third installment in The Michelle Kilpatrick Mysteries, a nostalgic cozy mystery series brimming with suspense, charm, and the intrigue of 1970s academia.

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Gold, Greed, and a Hidden Hoard by P. C. James

Gold, Greed, and a Hidden Hoard by P. C. James

It’s northern England, late 1966, and ex-Inspector Tom Ramsay has almost decided to give up solving mysteries when a case that looks like a fun Treasure Hunt catches his eye. Some of the proceeds from an old jewel robbery have been found during a house clearance at an abandoned mansion and the owner of the clearing company asks for his help, particularly after she’s brutally attacked. Ramsay soon learns two people lost their lives hunting for this ‘treasure’ years before and now it seems more will follow if it isn’t found and the culprits brought to justice.

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A Missing Manuscript and Murder by P. C. James

A Missing Manuscript and Murder by P. C. James

A simple puzzle turned deadly. With scandal and folks with something to hide, can this retired inspector close the book on homicide?
North Yorkshire, 1966. Tom Ramsay can’t seem to escape mysteries. Reluctantly taking on a straightforward case to appease his assistant, the former investigator suddenly finds himself caught up in two capers when a literary agent begs for his help. But when tampering becomes theft, the frustrated man can’t walk away when a best-selling author turns up dead.
Attempting to stay out of a police matter, the diligent sleuth soon realizes he can’t pretend the two incidents aren’t connected. And as each page he flips reveals more of the area’s dark underbelly, he scrambles to unearth a decades’ old coverup.
Can Ramsay sort through suspects, stories, and lies to ferret out the truth?
A Missing Manuscript and Murder is the enthralling fourth book in the One Man and His Dog Cozy Mysteries series. If you like quietly tenacious protagonists, transporting back to a simpler time, and splashes of humor, then you’ll love P.C. James’s charming conundrum.

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BILINGUAL BOOK IN ENGLISH/SPANISH FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS: A Thrilling Crime Mystery by Ariel Sanders

BILINGUAL BOOK IN ENGLISH/SPANISH FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS: A Thrilling Crime Mystery by Ariel Sanders

A Thrilling Crime Mystery Like No Other—Dark, Twisted, and Impossible to Put Down
Murder, madness, and a secret that should have stayed buried…

London, 1888—A city paralyzed by fear, a killer stalking the fog-covered streets.

Inspector Edmund Harrow has seen death before, but nothing like this. When a terrified informant is murdered seconds before revealing Jack the Ripper’s identity, Harrow is thrust into a nightmare of blood and deception.

His only clue: a single name whispered in terror—Ashdown.

The search leads him to a rotting mansion, a hidden underground lab, and a woman who knows far more than she should. Evelyn Carstairs, daughter of a disgraced surgeon, claims her father is still alive… and that he is far worse than any legend.

As Harrow and Evelyn race against time, they uncover something more terrifying than the Ripper’s crimes. A grotesque experiment. A mind gone mad. A horror that refuses to die.

Some monsters are born. Others are made.

Will Harrow stop the darkness before London drowns in blood?

✨ Why you’ll love this book:
✅ A gripping thriller that keeps you turning pages.
✅ Perfect for English & Spanish learners—read in both languages!
✅ Immerse yourself in a chilling mystery filled with gothic horror.

Get your copy today and step into the fog—if you dare.

HISTORIA BILINGÜE EN INGLÉS Y ESPAÑOL PARA NIVEL INTERMEDIO
Un misterio criminal emocionante como ningún otro: oscuro, retorcido, que te atrapará hasta la última página
Asesinato, locura y un secreto que nunca debió salir a la luz…

Londres, 1888—Una ciudad en pánico, un asesino acechando en la niebla.

El inspector Edmund Harrow ha enfrentado la muerte antes, pero nunca de una forma tan brutal. Cuando un informante desesperado es asesinado justo antes de revelar la identidad de Jack el Destripador, Harrow se ve arrastrado a un juego mortal de sombras y engaño.

Su única pista: un nombre susurrado con terror—Ashdown.

La búsqueda lo lleva a una mansión en decadencia, un laboratorio secreto subterráneo y una mujer que guarda una verdad aterradora. Evelyn Carstairs, hija de un cirujano caído en desgracia, afirma que su padre sigue vivo… y que es mucho peor de lo que cuentan las leyendas.

Mientras Harrow y Evelyn luchan contra el tiempo, descubren algo más aterrador que los crímenes del Destripador. Un experimento grotesco. Una mente consumida por la locura. Un horror que se niega a morir.

Algunos monstruos nacen. Otros son creados.

¿Podrá Harrow detener la pesadilla antes de que Londres se ahogue en sangre?

✨ Razones para leer este libro:
✅ Un thriller impactante que no podrás soltar.
✅ Ideal para aprender inglés y español—¡Lee en ambos idiomas!
✅ Sumérgete en un misterio oscuro lleno de horror gótico.

Consigue tu copia hoy y adéntrate en la niebla—si te atreves.

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AND THEN: There Lies The Inheritance by Peyton Stone

AND THEN: There Lies The Inheritance by Peyton Stone

What if your favorite author’s latest thriller became your deadly reality?

During a book signing, bestselling author Elliot Blackwood collapses. Heart attack? Or something more diabolical?

Are obsessive fans or deadly secrets hidden within the dusty tomes?

As Luci, the newly appointed library owner, investigates what lurks between the shelves, fiction bleeds into the carpet.

With a feathered Simon as her unlikely sidekick, Luci must crack the case before the late fees are the least of her worries.

AND THEN: There Lies The Inheritance—where cozy meets thrilling, and the most dangerous stories are the ones that leap off the page and frame you for murder…before the series even begins.

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The Perfect Spy: A Clean Romantic Suspense (An Untapped Source Book 1) by Amy Martinsen

The Perfect Spy: A Clean Romantic Suspense (An Untapped Source Book 1) by Amy Martinsen

She’s got the best undercover crew. But will a sinister secret undo them?

Kate Ross has lost way too much in the last six months. With her mother’s death from breast cancer, an agent she handled killed on the job, and her career in jeopardy, the beleaguered CIA officer’s faith in God seems like another casualty. So she’s relieved to be offered a shot at redemption by managing an innovative team of “mom spies”… until they saddle her with a more experienced man as a babysitter.

Battling self-doubt and a loss of confidence in her espionage skills, Kate directs a smoothly successful first mission for the unit. But just as she opens up to her kind and encouraging supervisor, she suspects he’s withholding key information when the subject of their next assignment is his ex-wife. And the only solution to her predicament may be prayers she has no expectation will be answered.

Can Kate find the guiding light to solve the case before her personal crisis threatens national security?

The Perfect Spy is the thrilling first book in the An Untapped Source romantic suspense series (five books total). If you like undeniable chemistry, page-turning tension, and Christian values in action, then you’ll love Amy Martinsen’s fast-paced novel.

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Curtain Call at Brooksey’s Playhouse: A Lainey Maynard Mystery by Laura Hern

Curtain Call at Brooksey’s Playhouse: A Lainey Maynard Mystery by Laura Hern

In a small town, everyone has secrets. What will they do to keep them?

The reviewers had these words: “Engaging characters…fun and interesting…enjoyable and light reading…you won’t want to put it down!”

Murder brought Lainey to Mirror Falls. Among the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, where folks greet you with a smile, everything isn’t as quaint as it seems. The local police captain isn’t interested in her theories.

Lainey’s secret weapon is her brain and wit, but it’s a double-edged sword as her sassy mouth can get her in trouble. This time, though, it may be more than she can handle.

The more she digs, the uglier it gets. Could the beloved, charming, and impeccably dressed, retired bank president be involved?

Chinese smuggling, jade mining, laundered money, and a double cross lie at the heart of this delightful cozy mystery. You’ll love every page, because Lainey is clever in all the right ways.

Join Lainey and her quirky friends on their journey to solve the mystery

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The Bone Trap by Tormod Cockburn


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Free on Amazon 19-23 Feb. With 1700 5-star reviews, ‘The Bone Trap’ kicks off a nine-book series. Reviewers say it’s a thrilling novel with a hint of the supernatural.
A struggling scientist holds a potential unicorn skull in his hands. If he proves it’s authentic, his career will soar. If he dies trying, he won’t be the first. Archaeologist, Gill McArdle is sucked into mystery amongst Scotland’s Western Isles.

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Trailridge: A Guy Hogan Mystery by Kevin Wolf

Trailridge: A Guy Hogan Mystery by Kevin Wolf

Guy Hogan and his wife planned to share their dream home in Colorado but cancer his took her from him. The mountains became his refuge and each day he hoped the next cast of his flyrod will chase away his loneliness.

Then he finds a man’s body in his favorite trout stream.

Learning why the man died becomes a quest to fill his emptiness. Hogan befriends a young woman as empty as he. Their path leads to a ring of poachers killing elk for their antlers, a break neck car chase across the twist and turns of the highest paved road in the United States, and the fury of a mountain flash flood.

But the young woman is not what she seems. Will her deadly secrets force Hogan to become the very thing he despises? The challenge is as treacherous as Trail ridge Road.

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Shock Pepper

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A mind-bending edge of the seat thriller set in the Shock Pepper realm. Riveting tale of love, deceit, revolution and horror. Shock Pepper is a book with gray characters, multiple storylines that intertwine and has mind-blowing plot twists. The book is filled with action and adventure from the word go.

Sam is jobless & leads a sad life. His friend Adrian introduces him to a witch, who gives a magic potion that can put him to sleep for ten years. Sam drinks it to escape the tough times. He wakes up in a hospital three months later with a pregnant woman by his side; she claims to be his wife and that he had a head injury that makes him hallucinate about the witch. What happens to Sam next?

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The Missing Schoolgirls by Peter Zander-Howell


About Featured Book: The Missing Schoolgirls by Peter Zander-Howell

In 1938, two fourteen-year-old girls go missing from an exclusive boarding school. Did they abscond, or have they been kidnapped?

The girls’ parents – and indeed the parents of many other pupils – have considerable influence in very high places. Pressure is quickly brought to bear to get Scotland Yard involved. Concern for the girls’ safety is paramount.
Detective Chief Inspector Adair and three of his officers are assigned to help the local police. Initially there is little to go on, but Adair soon determines that the children didn’t leave voluntarily.
The first step – to ascertain how the girls were abducted – takes time.
To find out who was responsible takes longer.

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Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Mystery Series Book 1) by Harley Christensen

Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Mystery Series Book 1) by Harley Christensen

There’s a body in your alley…

Arianna Jackson—AJ to her friends—and her occasionally well-behaved Alaskan Malamute, Nicoh, live a normal, uneventful, admittedly mundane existence, where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens.Until it does.Early one morning, AJ stumbles upon a horrifying scene—a girl’s body lies broken in the dumpster behind her home, her face beaten and mutilated.

A secret reveals you’re living a lie…

As if that weren’t enough to upset the balance of normal, things go from bad to worse when she learns of her connection to the murdered girl. Suddenly, AJ realizes her entire life has been filled with secrets and lies.

A killer hunts for you…

Together with her trusty sidekick, Nicoh, and BFF, Leah, AJ must search for answers. But can she, when finding the truth proves to be more deadly than living the lie?

Would you search for the truth if you knew it could kill you?

Join AJ and her pals as they race to unravel the mystery of her past, where the pieces of the puzzle bring more questions than answers and the only certainty is the killer’s end game—AJ’s life.

Find your truth…

Grab your copy of Gemini Rising TODAY and join others who’ve enjoyed this suspense-filled page-turner that keeps you guessing to the end…and beyond.

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The Fiber Mavens Omnibus by J. Traveler Pelton

The Fiber Mavens Omnibus by J. Traveler Pelton

Brad and Casey just want to get married, but someone keeps upping the ante from simple pranks to murder; each time leaving an expertly made quilt square at the scene. The only thing certain is that the crooks have to be apprehended before Founder’s Day when busloads of tourists show up; preferably before the wedding. If you like cozy mystery, intrigue, sweet romance, and small towns, you are going to love J. Traveler’s Fiber Mavens series. The Fiber Mavens Series, Quilting Can be Criminal, Criminally Quilted and Criminally Pieced Together, are romance, intrigue and mystery times three.

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