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Right to Kill

About Right to Kill:

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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Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

A lot of things can kill you in the Louisiana swamps, not the least of which are water moccasins, alligators, and maybe even something unworldly called a Rougarou. But as the body count rises in this jambalaya mystery, it becomes apparent that the increasing death toll is mostly due to some very bad villains and some very tough law enforcers.
Kristi is a young college graduate from West Texas recently hired and trained by the Treasury Department. While on the hunt for two of her colleagues, she manages to get herself assaulted and lost in the Atchafalaya Basin. Hawk is an ex-military combat vet now working for the United States Ranger Services. He’s asked by his old friend, the Parish Sheriff, to try to find Kristi. What he finds is not only the woman he’s looking for but also a hell of a lot of trouble. Together, Hawk and Kristi wind up in the middle of ruffians, counterfeiters, financial scalawags, and murderers. As they try to figure out what’s happening and why, while continually staying one step ahead of assassins, they begin to form a bond of respect, friendship, and perhaps even more.
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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Deception – A Hollywood Mystery by Britt Lind

Deception – A Hollywood Mystery by Britt Lind

Josh Sibley, singer/songwriter, is handsome, talented, smart and headed for oblivion. Alcohol provides relief when his demons threaten to overwhelm his every effort to break free of his past. To pay his bills, he works as caretaker at the zoo, which is a perfect job for Josh who loves animals more than any person he has ever met. When his friend Jennie Seger arranges for him to write songs for a multi-million-dollar feature, all his doubts and fears fall away and he embraces the opportunity like a starving man who has found a bounteous feast in the midst of famine.
Lightning strikes his lonely heart in the form of singer/actress Lila Levy who is married to the producer of the movie and flaunts her sexuality at Josh knowing her breathtaking beauty more than makes up for her lack of talent. Knowing his love for Lila is doomed from the start, he overlooks her shortcomings and keeps his feelings under wraps as he teaches her to sing his songs. What’s more important, his career or a night with Lila? At this point in life, it’s a no-brainer.
But this is Hollywood and nothing is as it seems. Lila has secrets that Josh cannot begin to fathom and doesn’t want to know. When her husband Stan is murdered, Lila disappears and Josh is confronted by the woman determined to track her down, Sergeant Rosemaria Baker of the Beverly Hills Police Department. Rosemaria is the polar opposite of Lila; hates show business, and considers Josh a delusional loser. When the cops track down Lila and bring her in, Lila declares herself innocent and the fight for the soul of Josh Sibley begins.
While Rosemaria comes to understand and care for Josh, Lila manipulates and keeps him entangled in her life and evil machinations. Rosemaria breaks though his defenses when she helps save the life of Josh’s best friend Noor, a black panther who lives at the zoo. But her relentless investigation of Lila is an impenetrable barrier between her and Josh.
Hating herself for falling for the kind of man she would never in her life have considered before, Rosemaria becomes inexorably involved in solving the riddle of his tragic past. But Josh, bewitched by Lila, is unreachable.
When the truth about Lila finally comes out in court and Josh can finally see his way out of his lovelorn haze, Rosemaria has gone. Before Josh has any chance to find her and make things right, he has to come to terms with remembrances of the pain he has been avoiding and accept the gifts life is more than ready to offer him.

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Amish Lantern Mystery Series Book Set: Volumes 1-3 by Mary B. Barbee

About Featured Book: Amish Lantern Mystery Series Book Set: Volumes 1-3 by Mary B. Barbee

Three compelling Amish mysteries with surprise endings in each – you won’t want to put down this collection of the first three books in the Amish Lantern Mystery Series. Grab your copy now for only $0.99 and become absorbed in the intriguing mysteries that revolve around the lives of the Amish and Englisch citizens of small town Little Valley, Tennessee.

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The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales: Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic Series Book 3 by Elizabeth Pantley

The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales: Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic Series Book 3 by Elizabeth Pantley

Only 1.49 for the rest of September!

A magic mirror. An enchanted world. A mysterious ghost. A hilarious witch. An unexplained death. A sassy cat. A mysterious old man keeps popping up to tell Hayden a series of tall tales. Who is he? And is he actually glowing? Are his stories fiction, or is he telling her the history of her family, the enchanted islands, and the witch? And why did a dead body show up . . . of someone who is already dead?

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Vedette: A Dr. Sean Nolan Mystery by E.W. Johnson M.D.

Vedette: A Dr. Sean Nolan Mystery by E.W. Johnson M.D.

From the Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language:

Vedette: a sentinel on horseback stationed on an outpost or elevated point to watch
an enemy and give notice of danger; a picket or outpost.

What has Dr. Sean Nolan seen, and who will hear the message? The number of victims keeps growing, but proving the crime is nearly impossible. If he can’t find a way, his name could be next on the list.

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DON’T LIE TO ME by Willow Rose

About Featured Book: DON’T LIE TO ME by Willow Rose

FREE from 09/12/22 – 09/16/22

Every Parent’s Worst Fear!
A 12-year-old girl goes missing at camp, and her body is found months later in a sleeping bag. When a second child is kidnapped, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas is determined to get to the bottom of the tragedy, but the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous it gets for her — and everyone she loves…
This book was an instant #1 bestseller on Amazon.

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The Great Jewel Robbery by Elizabeth McKenna

The Great Jewel Robbery by Elizabeth McKenna

Mystery with a splash of romance…
Chicago Tribune reporters Emma and Grace have been best friends since college despite coming from different worlds. When Grace is assigned to cover an annual charity ball and auction being held at a lakeside mansion and her boyfriend bails on her, she brings Emma as her plus one. The night is going smoothly until Emma finds the host’s brother unconscious in the study. Though at first it is thought he was tipsy and stumbled, it soon becomes clear more is afoot, as the wall safe is empty and a three-million-dollar diamond necklace is missing. With visions of becoming ace investigative journalists, Emma and Grace set out to solve the mystery, much to the chagrin of the handsome local detective.

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DON’T LIE TO ME by Willow Rose

DON’T LIE TO ME by Willow Rose

Every Parent’s Worst Fear!
When twelve-year-old Sophie Williams went on a Girl Scout summer camp, she never returned home.

Three months later, her body is found inside her sleeping bag in the most frequented area of Cocoa Beach, and the town is outraged.
The girl isn’t just any child. She’s the town’s most beloved surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater.

As another child, the son of a well-known senator is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas — who has just returned to her hometown, divorced and out of a job — plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.

Local law enforcement, with her old flame Matt Miller in charge, are the ones who ask for her help in a case so unsettling that only she can solve it. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier it becomes for Matt and Eva Rae. Soon, everyone she holds dear is in grave danger as this case hits a little too close to home.

DON’T LIE TO ME is the first book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

This exciting mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette that 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. Follow the suspense, mystery, and romance of Book 1 of this continuing series, The Osprey Cove Lodge Series.
Authors Note: The Osprey Cove Lodge series is uniquely written, spanning seven geographic locations from the scenic Canadian region of the Rideau lakes to the beautiful shores of the Caribbean. An interesting web of mystery develops as the characters’ lives intertwine. The setting for The Osprey Cove Lodge series was born from my love of the beauty of this region in Canada. The beautiful and inviting description of the lodge will make you want to pack your bags and head there. The series is written in a continuing fashion; please be sure to read the books in the order written.

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Betrayal at Ravenswick, A Fiona Figg Mystery by Kelly Oliver

About Featured Book: Betrayal at Ravenswick, A Fiona Figg Mystery by Kelly Oliver

Only 99 cents for a limited time

Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie in this “highly entertaining” series opener.

What’s the best way to purge an unfaithful husband?
Become a spy for British Intelligence, of course.

Desperate to get out of London, and determined to help the war effort and stop thinking about her philandering husband, Fiona Figg volunteers to go undercover.

At Ravenswick Abbey a charming South African war correspondent has tongues wagging.
His friends say he’s a crack huntsman. The War Office is convinced he’s a traitor. Fiona thinks he’s a pompous prig.

What sort of name is Fredrick Fredricks anyway?

Too bad Fiona doesn’t own a Wolseley pith helmet. At Ravenswick a murderer is on the prowl, and it’s not just the big-game hunter who’s ready to pounce.

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Stilettos and Scoundrels by L.C. Turner

Stilettos and Scoundrels by L.C. Turner

The newly jobless Presley Thurman heads back to her hometown, Hunter’s Hollow, to run her mother’s flower shop, Petal Pushers while her parents are basking in the joy of a month-long cruise. Presley’s planning a boring and easy month working as a florist while she figures out her next career move. But when she delivers flowers to a well-known senator, her humdrum month takes a turn for the worse.

After Presley finds Senator Daniels dead in his hotel room, Presley’s once again embroiled in a mystery where she’s the number one suspect. Determined to get herself off the suspect list, Presley sets out to uncover the truth with the help of her old high school crush, Cooper Sands. Discovering the senator’s wicked and wanton ways sets a motive, but it doesn’t clear her name.

Will Presley find the scoundrel’s killer and keep herself out of jail?

Presley, and her loyal canine sidekick Bella, are on the case!

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Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

A lot of things can kill you in the Louisiana swamps, not the least of which are water moccasins, alligators, and maybe even something unworldly called a Rougarou. But as the body count rises in this jambalaya mystery, it becomes apparent that the increasing death toll is mostly due to some very bad villains and some very tough law enforcers.
Kristi is a young college graduate from West Texas recently hired and trained by the Treasury Department. While on the hunt for two of her colleagues, she manages to get herself assaulted and lost in the Atchafalaya Basin. Hawk is an ex-military combat vet now working for the United States Ranger Services. He’s asked by his old friend, the Parish Sheriff, to try to find Kristi. What he finds is not only the woman he’s looking for but also a hell of a lot of trouble. Together, Hawk and Kristi wind up in the middle of ruffians, counterfeiters, financial scalawags, and murderers. As they try to figure out what’s happening and why, while continually staying one step ahead of assassins, they begin to form a bond of respect, friendship, and perhaps even more.
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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The Bizarre Bodies at the Beach: A Small Town Cozy Animal Mystery by Audrey Clementine

The Bizarre Bodies at the Beach: A Small Town Cozy Animal Mystery by Audrey Clementine

The glossy wedding venue brochure didn’t mention ritual murders on the beach…

Misty Milton has the honor of planning a delicious wedding feast, and the small town of Quinn is buzzing with excitement.

Misty’s gourmet pet food service is booming – or it was until the arrival of an elegant new town veterinarian…

Tall, frosty and blonde, Dr. Dixie Carlisle looks set to get her manicured claws on Misty’s boyfriend Hank.

Surely history can’t be repeating itself?

But this snooty veterinarian isn’t the only fresh face in Quinn.

And out of six new arrivals in town, two of them are already dead.

Is the culprit a newcomer, or a local resident with a murderous grudge?

Infidelity, a shady adoption agency and a peculiar pastor, makes this a mystery that will truly test the bonds of trust and friendship across this sleepy seaside town.

Misty will need to rely on her feline sidekicks, Doofus and Floofus, more than ever to catch the culprit before another bizarre body appears on the beach…

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Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

A lot of things can kill you in the Louisiana swamps, not the least of which are water moccasins, alligators, and maybe even something unworldly called a Rougarou. But as the body count rises in this jambalaya mystery, it becomes apparent that the increasing death toll is mostly due to some very bad villains and some very tough law enforcers.
Kristi is a young college graduate from West Texas recently hired and trained by the Treasury Department. While on the hunt for two of her colleagues, she manages to get herself assaulted and lost in the Atchafalaya Basin. Hawk is an ex-military combat vet now working for the United States Ranger Services. He’s asked by his old friend, the Parish Sheriff, to try to find Kristi. What he finds is not only the woman he’s looking for but also a hell of a lot of trouble. Together, Hawk and Kristi wind up in the middle of ruffians, counterfeiters, financial scalawags, and murderers. As they try to figure out what’s happening and why, while continually staying one step ahead of assassins, they begin to form a bond of respect, friendship, and perhaps even more.
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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