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SAY IT ISN’T SO by Willow Rose

SAY IT ISN’T SO by Willow Rose

It is a dream come true for ten-year-old Becky when her parents take her and her younger sister on a cruise to the Bahamas.
But nothing is how it is supposed to be when her parents can’t stop fighting, and soon the trip turns out to be a true nightmare.
When she and her sister disappear as the ship is about to dock in Coco Cay, it also becomes a puzzling mystery.

How do you disappear on a cruise ship?
Why can’t they be found?
Could they have fallen overboard?

FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas is flown in to assist on this bizarre but very time-sensitive case.
The parents both claim to know what happened to their children. Each of them blames the other for kidnapping them.
Who is telling the truth?

Meanwhile, the passengers are not allowed to leave the ship as the search continues, causing the tension to rise onboard. It becomes a race against time as a frustrated Eva Rae Thomas tries to find out what happened in the hours up until the disappearance of the two children.
When one of the children is found dead, she realizes this is more than a simple case of a parental dispute.

There’s a killer onboard.

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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette, changing his and Catherine’s life forever. Doug’s mysterious behavior afterward forces Catherine to escape to The Osprey Cove Lodge, where she finds something even more valuable. The series spans seven geographic locations, from the scenic Canadian region of the Rideau Lakes to the shores of the Caribbean. An exciting web of mystery develops as the characters’ lives intertwine. The description of the lodge is so inviting that you will want to pack your bags and head there.

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Christmas Presents: A Southern Christmas Cozy

About Christmas Presents: A Southern Christmas Cozy:

About Christmas Presents: A Southern Christmas Cozy:

When several children lose their parents due to an alleged freak accident, Mary Louise, Pearl, and Opal offer to stay with the family until after Christmas. The sleuthing women soon discover a written threat that the couple had hidden in their belongings. As they hunt for motive, clues, and suspects, they uncover a century-old vendetta. Soon, their goals shift from crime-solving to crime-stopping as they vow to protect those who were left behind.

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Canyon of Shame by Faye Duncan

About Featured Book: Canyon of Shame by Faye Duncan

In Canyon of Shame, the second part of The Bungalow Heaven Mystery Series, detective Peter McGinnis from the Pasadena homicide unit has to solve the murder of a forty-year-old woman whose body was discovered in Eaton Canyon. What at first appears like a routine investigation, turns into a career and reputation salvaging operation for the detective, who is not only the main witness in a prominent Black Lives Matter case, but who becomes more and more entwined with the case the more facts he uncovers.
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Mystic Falls by Vickie M McKeehan

Mystic Falls by Vickie M McKeehan

Cozy mystery with a side of chocolate.

Emotionally reeling after the death of her grandmother, Gemma Channing is settling into Coyote Wells, the hometown where she grew up, after a ten-year absence. While coming to terms with the loss of her Gram, disturbing things begin to happen. Women are disappearing. Just when she begins to realize Coyote Wells has changed—and not for the better—she’s forced to bump heads with Lando Bonner, her ex, a man who still carries around a grudge. But since she’s digging for answers trying to explain exactly how her grandmother died, she needs his help. It won’t be easy. Lando has never forgiven her for leaving him. Tensions flair between the two as a killer grips the town in fear. Is it kill or be killed? Who will the killer target next? And when will it all end?

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Bayou Haunted House (Miss Fortune World: Bayou Cozy Romantic Thrills Book 11)

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Gomer and Gloria Hollowman host a long awaited steakhouse grand opening with a seasonal haunted house. With Gomer’s shocking announcement and unexpected guests, the festive week holds more than a few astonishing surprises. Unfortunately, someone is awaiting the perfect time to show his face, and Wasteland will never be the same as Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie uncover a murder mystery that isn’t what it seems.

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Special District: Harbin by Tim Stickel

About Special District: Harbin by Tim Stickel:

Borya Melnikov is a mixed-race patrolman in Harbin’s Special District police force, a young honest man who takes his job seriously. When he’s promoted from chasing pickpockets to investigating a high-profile murder and dismemberment, nothing can prepare him for the dark secrets he will uncover along the way.

Paired with the legendary senior Inspector Chinn, they begin their investigation, tracing the victim’s and murderer’s footsteps through the city’s most upscale boulevards to its seediest boroughs and even to the frontiers of Manchuria. As they unravel the deadly mystery, danger abounds in the form of ethnic prejudices, local power struggles, and a growing Red terror campaign. And with a brewing border war with the Soviet Union fueling the instability of the region, the clock is running out to solve this dark and prominent murder.

Borya’s unique background might be the key to cracking the case where others have failed, but can he and Inspector Chinn survive long enough to do so?

Find out in this first place winner of the 2021 North Street Book Award for Genre Fiction.

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Buried in the Bayou (Miss Fortune World: Bayou Cozy Book 2)

About Buried in the Bayou (Miss Fortune World: Bayou Cozy Book 2):

Ida Belle, Gertie, and Fortune discover Peanut Richards is in trouble once again. This time, the young woman has more to lose than an inheritance. If circumstances are just as they seem, Peanut could forfeit her freedom, and maybe even lose her life. With Big and Little Hebert thrown into the mix, there’s even more trouble brewing. By the time Deputy Carter LeBlanc has a shot at solving the crime, he isn’t sure who’s guilty by association and who committed the murders.

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Bayou Autumn (Miss Fortune World: Bayou Cozy Romantic Thrills Book 10)

About Bayou Autumn (Miss Fortune World: Bayou Cozy Romantic Thrills Book 10):

An unexpected proposal sets the stage for disappointment as Jax Daigle prepares to explain away his truest motives for being in Wasteland, Louisiana. Meanwhile, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie grow closer to Elle Daigle, but are they days away from solving the mystery surrounding Jax Daigle or have they become part of a more sinister plan?

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Freeze Frame

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Freeze Frame explores the mind of a troubled teen filmmaker who is plagued with the horrors of his tragic past. Jump into the mind of a shy Will Horner as he meets a new group of friends who bring him into the fold. Together, the group will butt heads against the Content Crew, a group of social influencers in the school led by the notorious Rodrigo Silva, creator of a widely popular YouTube channel. The two groups will battle to win Pinehurst’s Arts Night and the attention of creators nationally.

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Death By Chance: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery by Abigail Keam

Death By Chance: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery by Abigail Keam

FIVE STARS! “Abigail Keam has written a fresh and entertaining story. Her well-developed mystery has many avenues to explore, but it all comes together well with surprise connections, a shocking turn of events, added peril, and a WOW ending!” -Kathleen Costa, Kings River Life Magazine

Halloween is right around the corner when Lady Elsmere throws an elaborate Civil War costume ball. Wearing a nineteenth-century ball gown, Josiah ventures into the party’s corn maze to find her dog, Baby, and take him home, only to find Baby standing over a fallen scarecrow. But is it really a scarecrow?

Josiah doesn’t have time to find out because someone dressed as the Grim Reaper bolts out of the shadows, swinging a scythe and heading straight for her. Our heroine picks up her skirts and flees, yelling, “Death! Death in the corn maze!”

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Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

Author Riley does a first-rate job of steeping the reader in the milieu of South Louisiana and Cajun mores. From murders at mudbug fests to menacing mosquito swarms to monumentally malevolent snake pits, he puts the heat and humidly on every page. He’s also adept at weaving a spider-webbed plot that is both intricate and credible. There’s action, suspense, humor, and even a dash of romance in this gumbo of a novel that promises to start a series of adventures for Kristi and Hawk.

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Right to Kill

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Published in the UK by HarperCollins, this is the debut thriller in a gripping new British detective crime fiction series. Now published as a US edition. For fans of Harlen Coben and Ian Rankin.

“A striking debut.” Peter Robinson
“An outstandingly good first instalment.” The Quietus
“Breakneck pace, terrific protagonist and a kick-ass sidekick.” Neil Lancaster

They’re guilty, but do they deserve to die?
On a Thursday night in February, Detective Sergeant Joe Romano is following up on the disappearance of drug dealer Craig Shaw. It’s the start of a case that could make or break his career. Because Shaw is about to go from missing to murdered.
While some don’t think Shaw’s killer should be brought to justice, Romano believes every life counts. But he’s running out of time. The killer is ready to strike again. And Romano will be forced to question whether anyone has the right to kill.

Reviews
‘A striking debut. John Barlow’s Right to Kill offers an intriguing plot and a gritty sense of place. I hope we’ll be seeing a lot more of DS Joe Romano in the future’ Peter Robinson, Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series

‘An outstandingly good first instalment: the next one can’t come soon enough.’ The Quietus

‘A commercial thriller that highlights hot-button regional and national issues . . . sure to generate conversation’ Yorkshire Post

‘A gritty, uncompromising thriller’ Paul Finch, author of One Eye Open

‘Noir at its most authentic. A gritty, uncompromising thriller, but written from the heart.’ Paul Finch, Sunday Times bestselling author of author of the DS Mark Heckenburg series

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The Ghostly Visitation: A Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery by Miranda Rose Barker

The Ghostly Visitation: A Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery by Miranda Rose Barker

Tales of Ghosts, Crimes, and the Paranormal: The Ghostly Visitation
A Sycamore Grove Ghostly Cozy Mystery

“Excuse me. Can we help you?” I wonder if she forgot to tell me someone else was helping us. The man looks up at me, shocked, while Maddie looks at me like I have three heads.

“Who are you talking to?” Her head whips around, clearly not seeing what I’m seeing.

Great. It’s official. I’m losing my mind. “Please tell me you can see him.” I point in the man’s direction at the man who’s still staring at me.

“You see me?” he asks, standing.

“Stay right there. Don’t move a muscle!”

“Eden, you’re kind of freaking me out. I don’t see anyone. We’re the only two back here.”

When Eden Kyle, an artist and tarot reader, moves to Sycamore Grove to help her niece develop a new store as a business, she starts seeing and hearing ghosts in the building where she is visiting, she soon has an encounter with the spirit of a recently murdered man who had been staying at the local B and B.

Eden gets pulled into figuring out who killed him.

Will she be able to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding his death?

Miranda Rose Barker brilliantly combines engaging storytelling and nail-biting intrigue into a fascinating story. Fans of ghost cozy mystery fiction novels and amateur women sleuths will love The Ghostly Visitation, the first book in this exciting cozy mystery series that will captivate readers from the very first page.

And fans of the author’s Tansy & Hank Pet Psychic Cozy Mystery Series will be delighted to visit again with some old friends from those books – and make some new friends – in this current series.

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Murder Under A British Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery by Abigail Keam

Murder Under A British Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery by Abigail Keam

Mona Moon travels to Merry Old England to visit Brynelleth, Robert Farley’s ancestral home, for the first time. Hoping to make a good impression, Mona finds she is rebuffed at every turn by Robert’s friends and even his servants. Events turn more sour as the staff quits after seeing ghosts, and a phantom keeps sabotaging repairs made to the manor. Despondent, Mona wants to return to the United States, but her trip is delayed when an American agent is discovered murdered at Brynelleth. She can’t leave Robert in such a lurch and begs her good friend, Lady Alice Nithercott, to help her find the culprit, who seems to be out for blood—Mona’s blood!

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A Crime Story: A Mother-Daughter Cozy Mystery by Author Richard E. LaMotte

About A Crime Story: A Mother-Daughter Cozy Mystery by Author Richard E. LaMotte:

Stuff happens; Clair is divorced, broke, and trying to get to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. Her near-teenage daughter Mindy hates the idea, but when they are almost killed in an accident and the car suffers a breakdown, they find themselves stranded in a small town.

Clair and Mindy decide to use their downtime to write a make-believe crime story and inadvertently start digging into a twenty-year-old unsolved murder that still haunts the town. The townspeople take sides as old wounds reopen. The killer re-emerges in a town full of potential suspects, and a ghostly encounter adds a chilling touch.

Was it fate or coincidence that drew the mother and daughter into danger? Can Clair and Mindy survive their ordeal? Or will they become new victims of a murderer who is deadly serious when it comes to keeping their secret safe?

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Alexander’s Song

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For a time in the 1940s, Alexander Bassett was one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament, an acclaimed novelist, poet, and playwright, a voice for social justice. But the years took their toll, Bassett’s work fell out of favor, and eventually, the man himself dropped out of sight. By the time the world learned of his death in 1969, few noticed or cared.

Years later, a school teacher named Andy Gillespie sets out to write about Bassett’s life and visits the author’s hometown, eager to learn about his early years. He arrives in Rock Creek, Michigan, expecting to find a small town proud of its famous son, but what greets him is something much different. Only a handful of old-timers even remember Bassett’s name, and most have no interest in Andy’s quest. Doors are slammed in his face. People turn away. Even the few who seem willing to talk – an enthusiastic high school student, an eccentric shopkeeper, a colorful hotel owner, an elderly hermit – raise more questions than they answer.

Despite the odds against him, Andy continues to dig. From dusty library shelves to the neglected stones in a lonely graveyard, from the pages of forgotten journals to the shores of a remote island, he gradually uncovers fragments of the truth, revealing glimpses into Alexander Bassett’s past that are unexpected, mysterious, and frightening.

Then the notes start to arrive.

Alexander’s Song is the story of an author nearly forgotten by time, a man whose life was nothing like it seemed, and a chain of darkness that began decades ago and is not finished yet.

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Danger in the Rain: A Ted Danger Mystery by Douglas Boatman

Danger in the Rain: A Ted Danger Mystery by Douglas Boatman

Buckle up for madness and bad manners with this mind-bending dark-humor mystery that subverts expectations and goes too far.

And it’s on sale for just 99 cents from 6 a.m. Wednesday 9/28/22 through Tuesday 10/4.

A drowsy PI on a simple case in Miami is gobsmacked by genetic weirdness, time twists, bliss rays, and over-hypnotism. How can he save his client’s so-young-but-so-savage daughter from brazen predators when he can’t trust his own senses? Sometimes life’s funny that way.

“Wry, slick, and darkly enjoyable. Surreal and magical. A must-read!” –K.C. Finn, Readers’ Favorite

“Full of mischief. Head-spinning. Gives you that warm fuzzy feeling!” –Viga Boland, Readers’ Favorite

Nicki Vavul brought the rain, but Ted Danger didn’t care. She was the perfect client. Chic as hell, loaded with cash, and desperate for a private eye. Not to mention a little bit crazy. Find the perv in the snapshot, she says. This goon, right here, preening on the beach with her pre-teen daughter. Both of them grinning like lunatics. And naked as slugs.

The red-eye to Pompano thrusts Ted into a weird sub-tropical odyssey of conspiracy and lost innocence, testing his will and warping his mind, as he battles foes both sinister and ridiculous. Before his journey ends, he will uncover mysteries of time and nature, secrets from decades past, and a shocking truth about himself that will change his life forever.

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