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Redbud: A Dog Lady Mystery by Ellen Carlsen

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About Redbud: A Dog Lady Mystery by Ellen Carlsen

In this 1st book in the Dog Lady Mystery series, Judy Barnes leaves the tragedies of her past behind and finds a new home with a dog rescue group in the small town of Redbud, Nebraska. There she finds friends, hope, and purpose, but also danger. Murder. Buried Treasure, Quirky characters. All are in the book.

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Scene of the Crime by Jennifer Chase

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About Scene of the Crime by Jennifer Chase

A calculating cold-blooded predator closes in…

When a community has barely recovered from a ruthless serial killer six months earlier; now two more horrifying murders hit the radar again. It leaves police burdened with two of the most shockingly contaminated crime scenes ever documented in California’s law enforcement history. The Slayer works behind the scenes as a sinister puppet master, precisely pulling the strings, taunting the police without leaving any viable evidence, and orchestrating his killer hit squads.

The sheriff and district attorney bring in the best investigators. Reunited again, Dr. Chip Palmer, a reclusive forensic expert, joins DA Inspector Kate Rawlins to sort through the crime scene aftermath in search of the truth—all without a probable suspect or a solid motive. Complicating the investigation—sparks reignite between the two.

Ratcheting up the suspense, Chip suffers a nasty fall hitting his head, impairing his perception and giving him a mind-blowing ability for specific detailed recall. Palmer and Rawlins assemble an unusual team including a rookie detective, a forensic supervisor, and an ex-military operative turned bodyguard. After one of their own is kidnapped and the investigation is taken over by the FBI, the now rogue team must pull together their own resources—alone—with a killer waiting to take each one of them out. Scene of the Crime takes no prisoners and leaves everyone fighting to stay alive.

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Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 7-9 by Diane Greenwood Muir

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About Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 7-9 by Diane Greenwood Muir

The third boxed set in the Bellingwood series contains Books 7-9 and Polly & Henry’s honeymoon short story. Look for the first two boxed sets and meet the remarkable characters of Bellingwood – a delightful Iowa small town. Polly Giller and friends draw you in as they encounter mysteries and discover the importance of family and friends.

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Pink Diamonds and Murder by Harper Harris

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About Pink Diamonds and Murder by Harper Harris

A murder threat. A scared DJ. And the dreaded chicken dance.
Weddings are usually a billion-dollar business in Buckingham Downs, a charming coastal village in California. But not everyone who lives there is rich. Valerie Masters is planning a small wedding this time.
The bride and groom are on a budget and Morris, otherwise known as DJ Meow Meow, is the best man. Both of the bridesmaids are causing problems. One, along with her MMA fighter boyfriend, is bringing up the past for Morris. The other is a “friend” of the handsome Detective Mathews— with whom Val thought she had started a romance.
When someone stabs a knife through a rubber chicken and DJ Meow Meow’s door, Morris runs straight to Val for help. She, Buttons the Yorkie, and her wedding planning team take the case, even though it’s one that Detective Mathews wants her to forget. But, Val’s eyes are clouded by jealousy and she won’t listen to the detective. She’s solved two murders already, so an attempted murder should be cake. Right?
Can Val figure out who is threatening Morris’ life before he has to walk down the aisle? Can she keep a murderer at bay and get the wedding to go off without a hitch? If there’s any hope, Morris will have to confront his past and finally explain why he will never play the chicken dance. And Val just might have to take a look at why she’s so darn envious of Detective Mathew’s personal life.
Pink Diamonds and Murder is a full-length cozy mystery novel. It is Book 3 in the Val Masters Wedding Planner series, which can be read in any order and are best enjoyed all together.

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Once Accused, Forever Tarnished by G. F. Hunn

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About Once Accused, Forever Tarnished by G. F. Hunn:

Small town murder. Local cop in love with prime suspect. What could go wrong?

Ali Thorein is successful in the corporate world but has no personal life. Step one in her quest for balance is to return to Rausburg, Wisconsin and make amends with her past. But the man responsible for her bad memories has just been murdered.

Tommy Peterson, Rausburg’s village cop and Ali’s former classmate, finds a note at the crime scene in Ali’s handwriting. A day later, with little progress in solving the murder, Agent Malloy from the Dept. of Criminal Investigation takes jurisdiction. Convinced she’s the killer, his investigation unites Tommy and Ali as they struggle to prove her innocence.

Will they convince the veteran detective of Ali’s innocence, or will he send Ali to prison?

The first in a series, Once Accused, Forever Tarnished is a clean suspense story that will leave you guessing right up to the end. If you love to read about everyday people dealing with ill fortune, you will enjoy G.F. Hunn’s breakout novel.

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Lady Justice and the Mysterious Box by Robert Thornhill

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About Lady Justice and the Mysterious Box by Robert Thornhill

A mysterious box left by a dying man falls into Walt’s hands.
He learns, much to his dismay, that the box is being sought by agents from four countries.
Walt has no idea what the box contains but is told that in the right hands it could be a blessing to mankind, but in the wrong hands, a curse.
Walt is charged with the safekeeping of the box, but at what expense? Others who have come in contact with the box are dead.
At some point, Walt must decide whether the contents of the box are worth risking the lives of those closest to him.

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Gold Envelopes & Murder: Val Masters Wedding Planner Cozy Mystery Series Book 2 by Harper Harris

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About Gold Envelopes & Murder: Val Masters Wedding Planner Cozy Mystery Series Book 2 by Harper Harris

A dead Best Man. A high profile crime. And a murder charge against the wedding planner.

Things never seem to go right in Buckingham Downs, a quaint coastal resort town in California, where when the rich get married, it’s a billion-dollar business. Things certainly aren’t going right for Valerie Masters, her clingy Yorkie, Buttons, and her wedding planning business. It’s a new wedding and a new batch of clients: a meek bride, a reluctant groom, a controlling mother of the bride, a young step-father, and a whole bunch of secrets.

But before anyone can walk down the aisle, Val is accused of murder. Murder of a man she only met once and barely talked to. The police are throwing crazy theories at Val, trying to get her to confess. Her only hope is her best friend Sebastian’s rich uncle, Wellington Brown, a famous hot shot L.A. lawyer. With so many accusations against her, Val has to find the real murderer before she ends up in jail. But her options are limited, and the detective whom she hoped would always be at her side seems ready to betray her as well.

With possible corruption in the air and the media convinced she’s guilty, Val feels like the verdict is decided before she can even get into the court room. With the bride and groom on her side, can Val investigate a murder and pull off a high-profile wedding at the same time?

Will the bride make it down the aisle before Val lands in jail for good? Or will Val’s wedding planning days be as brief as her chance at freedom?

Gold Envelopes & Murder is a full length cozy mystery novel. It is Book 2 in the Val Masters Wedding Planner series, which can be read in any order and are best enjoyed together.

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(She’s Got The) Devil In Her Heart

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About (She’s Got The) Devil In Her Heart:

Monk’s in California, in dire straits (no; not the band.) Sal Leon, the gangster, has him captive with an aim to maim. Bonnie may—or maybe not—be an accomplice to that goal, which isn’t a good thing, considering Monk was considering proposing.
Lou and Cassidy are still in Chicago, spying on crooked Aldermen, threatened by flooded basements and aggressive jocks. Their vacation suddenly cut short by having no money, they travel cross-country in a very hot car to find out why.
Can they rescue Monk? Does he need to be rescued? Is Bonnie involved in this somehow? And most important (especially to the always-avaricious Cassidy) Where’s the money?
There’s action, romance and the usual humor in the exciting third chapter of the Lou Fleener series.

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C’Mon Inn Mystery Trilogy: Books 1-3: Hawaii, Paradise at a Price…desire, drama, death

By Christine Liston

About C’Mon Inn Mystery Trilogy: Books 1-3: Hawaii, Paradise at a Price…desire, drama, death:

Paradise Down:
Aloha Nicholás! But will this be a hello or a goodbye?

When Lucia Santerez returns home to Hawaii to help her brother Nicholás with his new dive shop, she learns Nicholás has disappeared–and someone doesn’t want him found.

Enlisting the aid of hunky vacationing firefighter, Brandon Matthews, gets them the wrong kind of attention. They discover what lies under the water off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kaua`i could make you rich or get you killed.

Paradise Dead:
Hawaii – paradise or a death trap?

Ten friends gather in Kauai to fulfill the final wish of an old friend – the scattering of his ashes. One by one, they are beset by accidents.

Are they really accidents?

Or could something more sinister be at play?

Paradise Drift:
A fiery explosion sets a new course for the passengers on a charter boat.

What is intended as a relaxing vacation for three childhood friends and their partners becomes a fiery inferno and not everyone will escape.

When the survivors gather a year later, they find themselves involved in a surprising investigation into the events of the prior year.

Will anyone’s life ever be the same?

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Escape to Osprey Cove

By Christine Liston

About Escape to Osprey Cove:

The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette. It will forever change his and Catherine’s life. Doug’s mysterious behavior after the find forces Catherine to seek escape at The Osprey Cove Lodge. What she finds at the lodge turns out to be far more valuable than Doug’s find. Follow the suspense, mystery, and romance of Book 1 of The Osprey Cove Lodge Series.

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The Artefact Mysteries by Jennifer LaMonica

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About The Artefact Mysteries by Jennifer LaMonica:

The Artefact Mysteries request your attention and summons you to take part into a journey into the peculiar and unfamiliar.
Artefact, an unusual shop found in the hazy and moody Seattle Washington.
Magical layers of antiquity live within its walls.
A dedicated staff offers elite clients the paramount of fashion and found items from all over the globe.
One commonplace day, the “long in the tooth” clock that has dwelled upstairs in the attic for many years, revels itself to inventive London, Artefact’s main employee.
The object offers her many excursions and explorations through a daydream state that makes her question her reality and ponder her experiences.
In the present, can the bygone emotions live on in objects with just a sincerity to admit they can be actual in the today

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Murder by Munchausen Future Crime Mysteries by M.T. Bass

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About Murder by Munchausen Future Crime Mysteries by M.T. Bass

After Jake shoots and kills a murder suspect who turns out to be the son of a powerful city councilman, he finds himself demoted to the Artificial Crimes Unit, tracking down androids hacked and programmed to be hit men.

When his case of an “extra-judicial” divorce settlement takes a nasty turn with DNA from a hundred-year-old murder in Boston and a signature that harkens back to the very first serial killer ever in London, Jake finds himself tangled up in the brutal slayings of prostitutes being investigated by his former Robbery/Homicide partner, Maddie–w”ho is now his lover.

“It might not make sense, but the beloved Media tags it “Murder by Munchausen.” For a price, there are hackers out there who will reprogram a synthoid to do your dirty work. The bad news: no fingerprints or DNA left at the crime scene. The good news—at least for us—is that they’re like missiles: once they hit their target, they’re usually as harmless as empty brass. The trick is to get them before they melt down their core OS data, so you can get the unit into forensics for analysis and, hopefully, an arrest.” [excerpt from Murder by Munchausen]

Artificial Intelligence? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Artificial Evil has a name…Munchausen.

Around the time I started writing Murder by Munchausen, there was an awful lot of dire hand wringing in the news by famous tech guys like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawkings about how artificial intelligence is going to be the end of mankind as we know it…yada, yada, yada. It was also around this time that I must have read the third or fourth submission of a zombie apocalypse story in the writers groups I’m in and I distinctly remember thinking that, you know, this zombie thing has been played out and there’s got to be a new villainous apocalyptic threat to mankind somewhere out there. Not too long after that, Jake and EC are chasing synthoid hitmen and serial killers.

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The Invisible Mind: Murder by Munchausen Book #3 by M.T. Bass

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About The Invisible Mind: Murder by Munchausen Book #3 by M.T. Bass

A police procedural sci fi thriller ripped from future headlines!

Now unleashed, the “Baron” is resurrecting history’s notorious serial killers, giving them a second life in the bodies of hacked and reprogrammed Personal Assistant Androids, then turning them loose to terrorize the city. While detectives Jake and Maddie of the police department’s Artificial Crimes Unit scramble to stop the carnage with the Baron’s arrest, the cyberpunk head of the Counter IT Section, Q, struggles to de-encrypt his mad scheme to infect world data centers with a virus that represents a collective cyber unconsciousness of evil.

“It might not make sense, but the beloved Media tags it ‘Murder by Munchausen.’ For a price, there are hackers out there who will reprogram a synthoid to do your dirty work. The bad news: no fingerprints or DNA left at the crime scene. The good news—at least for us—is that they’re like missiles: once they hit their target, they’re usually as harmless as empty brass. The trick is to get them before they melt down their core OS data, so you can get the unit into forensics for analysis and, hopefully, an arrest.” [excerpt from Murder by Munchausen]

Artificial Intelligence? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Artificial Evil has a name…Munchausen.

Release Date is August 25, 2018

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Operation Underpants

By Christine Liston

About Operation Underpants:

87-year-old ex-spies Max and Olivia live in a nursing home forgotten and waiting to die. After finding a secret message they are called back into action. They must escape and return to the UK – the fate of London and much of the world hangs in the balance.
Also, in this series: Claudia – Operation Chaos and Operation OBE – Over Bloody Eighty.

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Blood Stone by Michael Lister

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About Blood Stone by Michael Lister

The Stone Cold Killer still haunts John Jordan’s nightmares. John’s first official case as a law enforcement officer is the one he never talks about. Now find out why.

On the one-hundredth anniversary of the Jack the Ripper case John Jordan gets his first job in law enforcement—and a case that will change his life forever.

When young women start disappearing, John begins putting clues together that point to a chilling reality: a sadistic, ritualistic serial killer is on a mission.

The small town of Stone Mountain and its police department are no match for the cunning and twisted Stone Cold Killer – is John Jordan?

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Eve Lloyd’s A Deadline Cozy Mystery – Books 1 to 5

By Christine Liston

About Eve Lloyd’s A Deadline Cozy Mystery – Books 1 to 5:

The first 5 books in A Deadline Cozy Mystery series with Eve Lloyd, magnet for murder and mayhem. Book 1. Eve arrives on Rock-Maine Island. The idyllic island has been crime free… Until now. When her aunt goes missing and a body turns up in the kitchen, Eve becomes a murder suspect. Not the best start to her new life… Book 2. Eve tries to be nice to an artist… that doesn’t go too well, especially when the finger of suspicion is again pointed at her. Book 3. An old school nemesis tries to get married on the island – In the end she doesn’t (oops). Surely Eve doesn’t have anything to do with it… Book 4. Eve looks after a friend’s house. Right after she comes up with the bright idea of turning the house into an inn, she discovers a body in one of the rooms… Book 5. Eve’s on her way to set up an inn. She has her heart set on a fancy new stove – Instead, she gets another murder mystery…

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Brewing Death

By Christine Liston

About Brewing Death:

Erin is finally safe and sound in Bald Eagle Falls, with her sister in town and the chance to finally get to know her. She’s done with secrets and murder. But fate and a killer have other things in mind, and before she knows it, she is faced with an unexplained death, with Erin and her friends in the middle of it.

Tea and trouble are brewing in Bald Eagle Falls, and Erin doesn’t want to find herself in hot water.

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Saving Grace by Hannah Howe

By Christine Liston

About Saving Grace by Hannah Howe:

Saving Grace, based on a true story, an Amazon Hot 100 New Release, an official Amazon #1 bestseller in Australia.

The courtroom drama of the Victorian Age, everyone had an opinion on who poisoned wealthy banker Charles Petrie with his new bride, Grace, as the prime suspect. Did Grace poison Charles? Saving Grace reveals the shocking truth.

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Escape to Osprey Cove

By Christine Liston

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The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette. It will change his and Catherine’s life forever, forcing her to find escape at The Osprey Cove Lodge.

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Death in Dulwich

By Christine Liston

About Death in Dulwich:

Thirty-something single mum Beth Haldane is forced to become Dulwich’s answer to Miss Marple when she stumbles over a murder victim on her first day at work.

To clear her name, Beth is plunged into a cozy mystery that’s a contemporary twist on Golden Age crime classics. But can she pull it off? She already has a bouncy young son, haughty cat, a fringe with a mind of its own and lots of bills to pay, as she struggles to keep up with the yummy mummies of SE21.

Join Beth in #1 of the London Murder Mystery series, as she discovers the nastiest secrets can lurk in the nicest places.

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