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On Deadly Grounds by Kaye D. Schmitz

On Deadly Grounds by Kaye D. Schmitz

On the eve of an international G7 Summit, event coordinator Mattie Maguire discovers that the venue, a century-old estate close to Asheville, NC, is more than simply a picturesque setting. It is also the center of political conspiracies involving a ruthless Russian spy ring that will stop at nothing to steal the massive fortune they believe to be hidden there. The search intensifies and a rogue Russian agent attacks Mattie’s grandmother, still living on the estate. She hovers in a coma, barely clinging to life.

As Mattie struggles to protect her family and ensure a safe event for the most important leaders in the world, her discovery of a fraudulent heir to the estate puts her own life in danger as well. But when her eighty-five-year-old grandfather is kidnapped and held at gunpoint, her path becomes clear. Despite her fear, she must locate the only person who has the information the Russians seek—the estate’s rightful heir, hidden away for decades after the murder of his father. But will the true owner’s return to his childhood home put his life in danger, too?

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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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Buried Secrets: Some things should stay hidden

About Buried Secrets: Some things should stay hidden:

Families have secrets. Some secrets are locked, sealed and taken to the grave. Others beg to be told. They ooze through cracks a little at a time. You tease them out until an ugly truth is fully exposed. Ella Perri knows there’s something hidden in the family cottage.

In his last breath, Ella’s grandfather reveals to her a startling secret that hints at something sinister. On behalf of her beloved grandfather, she embarks on a dangerous quest for truth. A World War II diary and the 21st century collide as Ella desperately chases every clue in a faraway and unfamiliar setting where the real story begins. Who can be trusted and who has something to hide?

One secret leads to another. Ella must decide: share the secrets and alter the fates of her loved ones forever or become part of the lie that’s been buried deep for decades.

Buried Secrets is a suspenseful mystery with twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the shocking ending.

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Servant of the Skull by Edita A. Petrick

About Servant of the Skull by Edita A. Petrick:

Gia, a revered forensic reconstructive specialist, has grown accustom to unraveling complicated clues to help families find closure, but when she receives a field assignment in Greece, it will take more than her unique gift to expose the truth.
The more she digs for answers, the more disturbing the mystery grows. Just as she thinks she’s found the answer a new thread reveals itself and that’s not all. Even more troublesome facts come to light that’ll turn the entire case upside down.
As pressure to bring this restoration to a close builds, Gia finds herself in a most precarious position. Does she continue to push for answers and risk her own safety or does she turn a blind eye to the truth?

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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in happily ever after — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home.

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 description of the lodge is so beautiful and inviting that you will 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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Simple Evidence

About Simple Evidence:

A cabin in the woods.
A hostage situation.
A sabotaged mission.

When Seabring Roberts was held captive in a cabin with her younger brother, Andrew, while her father was forced to sabotage a crucial military jet engine project. A price he paid dearly for – and Seabring had to flee for her life.
The trauma left behind was like a blindfold; keeping it all behind her eyes in vivid detail. It’s been two decades since she lost it all, but she has managed to build a shell of a life working as a journalist. The perpetrators were never found, but her father’s memory and treachery are well-documented.
The Air Force Special Investigations team who’d investigated over ten-years ago found no evidence to clear her father’s name and the case had gone cold in its file. Only one officer, Captain Nick Anderson believed that there was more to this mothball case. After this lengthy absence, he is back in Seabring’s shadow, watching over her movements. As she follows increasingly more dangerous leads in a bid to bring justice, if she gets close enough to the truth it might close ranks on her.
In a clash as past meets the present – it’s fight or flight.

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The Beale Treasure: A Frank Vito Bounty Hunter Series (Historical Western Mystery) Book 1

About The Beale Treasure: A Frank Vito Bounty Hunter Series (Historical Western Mystery) Book 1:

Trouble follows bounty hunter Frank Vito wherever he goes. But when he arrives in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the spring of 1885, what he discovers there is far worse than he expected. His partner, who sent for him, has been murdered while in pursuit of a dangerous bounty.

And the killer isn’t done yet.

Vito is fighting against time, the townspeople of Lynchburg, and a sheriff seemingly determined to cover up every detail about the crime. However, he must follow the trail his dead partner left behind, and uncover the truth lurking in the shadows of this small town.

Then he meets Ellie, a fiery woman in search of the storied Beale Treasure, and everything changes.

Inspired by true events, The Beale Treasure: A Frank Vito Bounty Hunter Series, is a gun-blasting Western, full of grit and spirit, that will keep your heart racing right up until the stunning conclusion.

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Good Cop Bad Cop by Sallie Moppert

Good Cop Bad Cop by Sallie Moppert

When his mother is beaten to death by his alcoholic stepfather, fourteen-year-old Samuel Marlowe is rescued from seeking revenge against him by a chance meeting with Officer Edwin Hill. The veteran policeman takes Sam under his wing and even becomes the boy’s foster father.

Sam becomes a cop and works alongside his beloved mentor until Edwin is killed in a shooting. Hailed as a hero for his actions in the case, Sam feels like anything but. He begins a dark descent away from the stand-up policeman he once was, turning to drugs and alcohol to numb his pain and his PTSD.

The police captain assigns Sam a partner hoping to salvage what is left of him by forcing him to become a good role model for the young recruit. Needless to say, Sam is not pleased with the arrangement, protesting it up until the moment Junior Detective Dahlia Bennett enters his life.

Will he try to shake her loose? Does her by-the-book ideals and strong moral code rub off on him? Will his relaxed attitude and views on true justice start to influence her? What will ultimately lead to the two becoming a solid team? When Dahlia declares she wants to reopen some cases believing that the wrong person was sent to prison, Sam tells her straight out that in doing so, she would be putting her life at risk. As Dahlia persists, Sam is faced with the ultimate decision: let Dahlia reopen the cases and discover his crimes, or kill her to keep her from learning the truth.

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The Friday Edition by Betta Ferrendelli

The Friday Edition by Betta Ferrendelli

Snow isn’t all that’s falling in Denver, Colorado on Christmas Eve.
A beautiful, young district attorney tumbles from her balcony to her death.
Police suspect suicide, but the DA’s sister, newspaper reporter Samantha Church, isn’t buying it.
Samantha discovers evidence linking her sister to a drug smuggling case and quickly learns she has stumbled onto a major news story. She must summon the courage to not only face a cartel of criminals, but her own fears and shortcomings when she is confronted by the inescapable specter of a far greater enemy—her addiction to alcohol. Samantha’s dependency has not only cost her job at a major metropolitan daily, but, worse, custody of her daughter, April.
Samantha pursues her sister’s killers, maneuvering through a minefield of intrigue deliberately set out to divert her from the truth. Despite being betrayed, physically beaten and facing the possibility of sharing her sister’s fate, Samantha refuses to stop her investigation. However, when the killers threaten to harm April, Samantha realizes that, for her daughter’s sake, she can no longer continue the investigation on her own. She knows she must swallow her pride and turn to her ex-husband and police detective, Jonathan Church, for help.
Can Samantha ultimately prevail—find her sister’s killer, write the story of her career, confront her drinking problem, and finally begin to change her life, or will she and April become the killer’s next victims?
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LET ME GO by Willow Rose

LET ME GO by Willow Rose

NEW RELEASE from multi-million-copy best-selling Author Willow Rose.

What if a stranger tells you that she believes your child is about to be killed? What if that woman is an ex-FBI profiler with a disputable reputation?
Would you believe her?

Eva Rae Thomas is chasing down a vicious killer, but no one will believe he even exists. If there are no unexplained dead bodies or missing persons, then how can there be a killer on the loose?

What they don’t understand is that the perfect murder is the one that doesn’t look like murder.

Can Eva Rae convince local law enforcement to help her with this case before the killer strikes once more? Or will she have to take matters into her own hands – again?

LET ME GO is the fifth book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

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The Case of the Bourbon Street Hustler

About The Case of the Bourbon Street Hustler:

Murder in the Bayou!

In New Orleans 1930s, the Crescent City; There is an armed standoff between Louisiana State Troopers and New Orleans Police; An art swindle that may end in murder; A dead man who may not be; Smugglers working the Bayou; And someone wants Jonas dead.

Jonas Watcher arrives to determine if Martin Stanton is really dead. Someone is tailing him to make sure he doesn’t find out. The investigation takes him from the French Quarter to its surrounding Bayou where he discovers that all the criminals aren’t in the city and not all the reptiles in the Bayou are on four legs. If he’s going to stay alive, Jason will have to rely on “Invisibles” that aren’t his own and a Colt 44 that is.

“The Case of the Bourbon Street Hustler” is the second novel in the Jonas Watcher Detective Adventure series. Martin Stanton is dead. As dead as a coffin nail, isn’t he? It is detective noir at it’s best as Gene Poschman, takes Jonas out of his element and drops him into the Crescent City during political turmoil between New Orleans police and Baton Rouge troopers. He mixes in an old love interest, the New Orleans underworld, and friends from San Francisco for a heady brew of murder, mystery, and mayhem.

Take a journey back to the 1930s New Orleans. There’s Jazz and Blues in the French Quarter. New Orleans Police hold off Baton Rouge troopers in the Bayou. And on the docks by the River, an art swindle gone wrong, leads to a deadly fight on the docks.

This is a follow up to “The Case of the Running Bag” which is also free.

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LET ME GO by Willow Rose

About Featured Book: LET ME GO by Willow Rose

NEW RELEASE from multi-million-copy best-selling Author Willow Rose.

What if a stranger tells you that she believes your child is about to be killed? What if that woman is an ex-FBI profiler with a disputable reputation?
Would you believe her?

Eva Rae Thomas is chasing down a vicious killer, but no one will believe he even exists. If there are no unexplained dead bodies or missing persons, then how can there be a killer on the loose?

What they don’t understand is that the perfect murder is the one that doesn’t look like murder.

Can Eva Rae convince local law enforcement to help her with this case before the killer strikes once more? Or will she have to take matters into her own hands – again?

LET ME GO is the fifth book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

Free from 04/30/2020-05/03/2020

This Mystery book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print, Audiobook

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Little Girl Unknown by Emma Jackson

Little Girl Unknown by Emma Jackson

Southern born and bred, Paige Reese plans to escape the stagnant Eastern Shore of Virginia for a big-city career. When Paige’s daddy dies unexpectedly, she agrees to return home to take care of his funeral business. As the acting coroner and mortician for small-town Eastville, Paige has plenty of time to resent her new life while trying to force a pleasant outlook for the locals.

Iraqi-war veteran Nott Smith has deeper scars than his fractured legs admit. Battling severe PTSD keeps Nott busy as he drifts around Cape Charles, collecting and restoring remnants of trash. Always a loner, Nott prefers to let his demons rage silently than to make friends in the quaint bay-side town. Good thing for Nott, Paige isn’t asking to be his friend.

When the unidentified body of a migrant girl is discovered in Cherrystone Creek near Nott’s ramshackle house and the Chief Deputy arrests Nott for the murder, Paige acts on instinct. Her new friend couldn’t be guilty of the crime. Could he?

With more questions than answers, Paige works to uncover the victim’s identity and cause of death, who is responsible, and why the authorities aren’t pursuing the murderer. Then the truth confronts Paige with the ugly possibility that her closest friends are more involved than she realized. Can she avoid becoming the next victim?

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Notoroius Minds Anthology

About Notoroius Minds Anthology:

What does it take to commit the perfect crime?

Delve into these dark and twisted tales by twenty USA Today and International Bestselling Authors.

No matter what kind of crime story typically catches your imagination, there’s sure to be something for everyone.

Conspiracies, political plots, and yes, even murder, are just a few of the crimes waiting inside this box set.

Discover a narcissistic grandmother running an underground syndicate, or a support group bent on murder…and even a serial killer who turns his victims into fairytale creatures.

Uncover the passion, jealousy, and fear lingering in every tale.

This box set is packed with thousands of pages that will hold you on the edge of your seat, crying for answers.

Definitely a must for fans of Patterson, Lee, and Grisham.

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The Marlowe Murders

About The Marlowe Murders:

A thrilling, gripping murder-mystery filled with psychological twists and dark humor, The Marlowe Murders is a must-read for lovers of Agatha Christie and Dame Daphne du Maurier. Laura Giebfried and Stanley R. Wells do not disappoint in this dark and quick-witted page turner.
There were twelve people at the Marlowe Estate, and when an unexpected thirteenth arrives, Alexandra Durant knows that there will be trouble.
After being abruptly dismissed from her doctorate program, she begrudgingly becomes a maid for the wealthy and mysterious Marlowe family. No sooner than she arrives at the island estate, though, she discovers that the job is not what she was told it would be.
When one of the Marlowes turns up dead, she finds herself in the middle of a twisted scheme that only grows more and more dangerous. Alexandra soon realizes that she must get to the bottom of what happened, or else she won’t leave the island alive.

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The Essence Of Life Is … LOVE!

About The Essence Of Life Is … LOVE!:

The Essence Of Life Is … LOVE! is a suspense fiction book that the has the reader feeling the emotion highs and lows that the main character, Olivia Mercedes Brown, encounters.

Olivia’s life starts from humble beginnings. She is from a working class family with strong country roots. She has a tumultuous year when she meets Apollo, a mysterious good looking man.
After a whirlwind romance, Olivia marries Apollo and in a cruel twist of fate eventually realises that his car accident was not an accident at all. Her moral compass is tested when she helps her friend Emma flee from domestic violence. She feels helpless when the system lets Emma down and her husband unbelievably gets his wish – if he cant have Emma then no one can.
Social Injustices rear their head and Olivia displays her will to better her society and take action – she essentially becomes a social warrior for those in the community suffering from homelessness and domestic violence – the sector of community needing someone to believe in them.

Positivity overcomes the sadness when Olivia creates a social project in her friend’s honour. Olivia takes on life’s challenges with courage and conviction and at the end of the story – she finds love in the most unlikely of places – she grows as a person and takes on new responsibilities.

She understands the impact of family and she comes to an important realisation .. that The Essence Of Life is … LOVE!

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CLUSTER FAUX by Dan Long

CLUSTER FAUX by Dan Long

In 1976 New Jersey, Karl Devers is a down-on-his-luck motor vehicles supervisor who makes his choices based on tainted memory clusters from childhood. BCI Inspector Jimmy Rossiter doesn’t always play by the rules, but he closes every case he’s ever been assigned. State Trooper Conrad Hunt is counting the weeks until retirement and has nothing to prove to anyone. When a local women disappears, their three lives collide, catapulting the men into an intricate game of cat and mouse. In a struggle between reputation and redemption, how far will each man go to save himself?

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A Dickens of a Crime, Book One in the Meg Miller Cozy Series, by Phyllis H. Moore

About A Dickens of a Crime, Book One in the Meg Miller Cozy Series, by Phyllis H. Moore:

Meet Meg Miller, a retired librarian, who enjoys volunteering for the local historical foundation. This year, she’s chairing the annual homes tour. However, just hours before the tour begins, she discovers a naked female’s body in an upstairs bedroom. The woman is face down, but Meg is sure she knows who it is. When the police arrive, Meg is considered a suspect. During her time alone in the house, before anyone gets there, she experiences familiar odors, and discovers a locket she’d lost during the spring homes tour. Is someone from her past sending her signals? Will she be the defendant or a witness at the trail of the century in her little town? No matter what happens, it will just be the beginning of her disrupted retirement. It’s a cozy mystery, more like Louise Penny than silly, but there is a cat, LaRue, and she plays a key role. Read Book One, and you’ll want more of Meg Miller as she embraces her new found gifts.

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A Hustler Among Us

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He started in Washington, D.C. selling marijuana to hippies and federal government employees and years later, a heart and a set of lungs to a United States Senator who needed the organs for survival. Hal Hammond nurtured the enterprises into a cauldron of talented, youthful men, his boys, sharing the wealth and living a glamorous life.
In Brighton Beach, New York, they established the Russian community in legal and illegal entities. Vlädie Nescheff was the most powerful Russian leading underworld figure in New York and Boris Antonoff, one of the wealthiest industrial tycoons in the world. Has Hal Hammond met his match with these two men? Hal Hammond and his boys travel between Florida and Brazil with the Russians not far behind them in this action-filled story!

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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in happily ever after — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home.

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 description of the lodge is so beautiful and inviting that you will 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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