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Little Girls Sleeping by Jennifer Chase

Little Girls Sleeping by Jennifer Chase

She looked at the smiling, eager face of the little girl in the photograph, with dark hair, bright-green eyes, a missing front tooth, and her entire life ahead of her. Chelsea was last seen walking back from a friend’s house one summer afternoon. She never made it home…

An eight-year-old girl, Chelsea Compton, is missing in Pine Valley, California and for Detective Katie Scott it’s a cruel reminder of the friend who disappeared from summer camp twenty years ago. Unable to shake the memories, Katie vows she won’t rest until she discovers what happened to Chelsea.

But as Katie starts to investigate – her PTSD flashbacks kept at bay with the help of her loyal ex-military dog, Cisco – the case reveals itself to be much bigger and more shocking than she feared. Deep in the forest, she unearths a makeshift cemetery: a row of graves, each with a brightly coloured teddy bear.

Tracing the silk lining the coffins, Katie links the graves to a stack of missing-persons cases involving young girls – finding a pattern no one else has managed to see. Someone in Pine Valley has been taking the town’s daughters for years, and Katie is the only one who can stop them.

And then another little girl goes missing, snatched from the park near her home…

Compulsive and gripping crime fiction for fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine and Melinda Leigh. Katie Scott’s first case will have you on the edge of your seat and gasping with shock.

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Compelled by Inge-Lise Goss

Compelled by Inge-Lise Goss

A woman is brutally murdered. That same night Detective Sidney Langston is rushed to the hospital with chest pains. Nothing is wrong, yet the pain persists until the slain victim reaches out from beyond the grave for Sidney’s help to vindicate her wrongfully imprisoned husband. Sidney must solve the crime and correct an injustice – or forever be tormented by the woman’s ghost.
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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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Everything Led Me to You

About Everything Led Me to You:

After waking up in the hospital, I just wanted to get back to my normal life but when I found out that the person who did this to me hadn’t been caught, I just couldn’t let it go.

Now I’m left paying for what happened in more ways than one and my stubborn ass refuses to let this person get away.

I usually follow my instincts but there’s no way that I could have predicted anything that night.
I know that I couldn’t have done anything to react any sooner.

If I did, then maybe things would have gone differently.
Maybe I would have never lost a week of my life…
I probably would have never fallen in love…
And I would’ve never ended up in the situation that I am in right now.

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Murder on Spirit Island by Jim Riley

Murder on Spirit Island by Jim Riley

Young private investigator Niki Dupre faces her first big case, as she’s called to investigate an alleged conspiracy of construction tycoons.

Strong-willed and resourceful, Niki faces more heat than any crawfish, gumbo or Boudin link she has ever tasted. Digging deeper into the mystery, she discovers layer after layer of deception and betrayal.

Soon, Niki discovers that the most dangerous predators on Spirit Island are not alligators, water moccasins or coyotes, but something else entirely. But can she find out who is behind the conspiracy and bring them to justice?

A fast-paced tale set in Cajun Country, Murder On Spirit Island is the first book in Jim Riley’s Niki Dupre Mysteries series.

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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 both his and Catherine’s life. 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 Osprey Cove Lodge series setting 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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Murder on Spirit Island by Jim Riley

Murder on Spirit Island by Jim Riley

Young private investigator Niki Dupre faces her first big case, as she’s called to investigate an alleged conspiracy of construction tycoons.

Strong-willed and resourceful, Niki faces more heat than any crawfish, gumbo or Boudin link she has ever tasted. Digging deeper into the mystery, she discovers layer after layer of deception and betrayal.

Soon, Niki discovers that the most dangerous predators on Spirit Island are not alligators, water moccasins or coyotes, but something else entirely. But can she find out who is behind the conspiracy and bring them to justice?

A fast-paced tale set in Cajun Country, Murder On Spirit Island is the first book in Jim Riley’s Niki Dupre Mysteries series.

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BROKEN ANGEL by Diane M Dickson

About BROKEN ANGEL by Diane M Dickson:

A corpse dressed in a bridal gown, a killer playing a macabre game, and a woman detective who stands by her instincts.

When a woman disappears from a motorway service station, DI Charlie Lambert struggles to make any headway finding her. Missing person specialist DI Tanya Miller is called in to take over the investigation, but when it becomes a murder inquiry, she too is threatened with replacement.

With a suspected serial killer on the loose, DI Miller must quickly muster her ad hoc team into action. But suspicions about the outsider are rife, and any delay might end in disaster. Is the young detective, woman in a man’s world, up to the task?

After the missing woman’s body is found, mutilated and dressed in a wedding gown, the investigation closes in on the missing woman’s partner. He was certainly present at the time of her disappearance and had a possible motive. But following her instincts, Miller is not so sure. And when another woman goes missing, she takes the matter personally.

Will Miller find the perpetrator before he strikes again?

Based in Oxfordshire and the Midlands this detective murder mystery is set in the heart of England. If you enjoy crime fiction with plenty of twists and full of suspense, BROKEN ANGEL is for you.

Like all of our books, BROKEN ANGEL is FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.

Readers who enjoy this book will be pleased to hear that there are four further books featuring DI Tanya Miller, also available from Amazon. The full list is as follows:

1. BROKEN ANGEL
2. BURNING GREED
3. BRUTAL PURSUIT
4. BRAZEN ESCAPE
5. BLURRED LINES

Diane Dickson is the author of several other crime fiction titles including BONE BABY, DEPTHS OF DECEPTION, and LEAVING GEORGE.

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Dead Cat, Run by Annabelle Lewis

About Featured Book: Dead Cat, Run by Annabelle Lewis

Destiny roams the streets. She just doesn’t know it.

Gifted or cursed, a convergence of psychics searches for answers and are pulled together as evil gains a foothold and the Destiny of Goodness lags behind. Max, a history professor at Wellesley, Sidrah, an investor—of sorts, Jenny, a high school senior, and the incredible dog, Bones, have a job to do.

A contemporary mystery with a supernatural hierarchy, if you enjoy the thrill of Dean Koontz with a slice of romance on the side, you’ll delight to the ride of Dead Cat, Run.

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Death on the Line by Carol Amorosi

About Death on the Line by Carol Amorosi:

Angus MacKay is a young Scotsman seeking a new life in the American colonies. Eager to please, though lacking self-confidence, he is hired to assist Mason & Dixon on their ground-breaking survey of the American territories of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Tempers still run high after eighty years of skirmishes along that border, including one man’s ongoing battle with the law.

Angus befriends Liam, an Irishman trying to support his small family in the new world. Intrigued by the natives who inhabit this strange wilderness Angus learns more about their culture. But who is that mysterious one-armed man he sees wherever he goes?

Angus’s dreams are shattered when he trips over a dead body, and the local sheriff would like nothing more than to arrest him for the murder! Will his logical mind learn the truth? Will he find acceptance for himself?

A murder mystery set in 18th-century America. Interesting characters abound, each with an agenda, including a rifle-toting minister convinced the natives are responsible.

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Songbird by Gail Meath

Songbird by Gail Meath

It’s all fun and games, until someone gets killed.

Meet Jax Diamond, a sharp, sophisticated, skilled, no-nonsense private detective. Or is he? Glued to his side is his canine partner, Ace, a fierce and unrelenting German Shepherd whose mere presence terrorizes criminals into submission. Well, maybe not.

But the two of them are a whole lot smarter than they look. And they have their hands full when a playwright’s death is declared natural causes, and his new manuscript worth a million bucks is missing.

Laura Graystone, a beautiful rising Broadway star, is dragged into the heart of their investigation, and she’s none too happy about it. Especially when danger first strikes, and she needs to rely on her own ingenuity to save their hides.

Join Jax, Laura and Ace on a fun yet deadly ride during the Roaring Twenties that takes twists and turns, and a race against time to find the real murderer before he/she/they stop them permanently.

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Lust Dies

About Lust Dies:

On the tail of finding out Alaric, Levi, and Nate’s secret, the women of Virtuous Sin are spiraling. Finding that everything they thought reality was a facade in a bigger game of cat and mouse than anyone ever knew could be the end of the road for these three, at the very least, the men they had trusted are on the outs with them for certain. As they find a way back in – a new evil lurks, being called from the darkness, he seeks to claim a secret that will change all dynamics of this war for good. Both sides will make a chess move, but will the government that tried to cover this conspiracy win, or will the women be a step ahead of those that thought they could hold them in check?

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The Sentinels: Requital by Cassandra Davis

About Featured Book: The Sentinels: Requital by Cassandra Davis

Vivian Richards was a typical college student until her parents’ murders left her orphaned and destitute. Even as she struggles to get her life back on track, she repays the kindness that aided her survival.

When a job working for a Seattle billionaire arises, Vivian begins to dream of a normal life. It isn’t long before she realizes there’s more to her new employer than his public image, and she finds herself once again in danger.

But this time she isn’t alone.

They are the sentinels of the city. Whether they fight for retaliation, a return to life as it once was, or as repayment for the grace they were shown, they have one goal: Requital.

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Falling into Magic by Elizabeth Pantley

Falling into Magic by Elizabeth Pantley

An accidental journey through a magic mirror. A portal to an enchanted land. A mysterious family she never knew she had. Hayden’s life is upended with the wonder of Destiny Falls. But it is tainted by the danger that brought her here and that threatens her newfound family. Can Hayden and her sassy sidekick remove the threat, so that she can begin her magical new life in this captivating world?

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SO WE LIE (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Prequel) by Willow Rose

About Featured Book: SO WE LIE (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Prequel) by Willow Rose

Available for $0.99 for a limited time only (11.03.2021-11.09.2021).

Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI-profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery.

When mother of two, Arlene Wood crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.
But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident.
Shortly after, her husband is taken in and later convicted of having murdered his own wife. But a lot of questions still remain unanswered.

Why was Arlene driving in the middle of the night? Why did she leave the house, her husband, and her sleeping children, get into her car, and drive away? Was she meeting someone?
A friend?
A lover?
A killer?
Six years later, fresh out of training, FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is new on the job when she stumbles upon something that suddenly blows this case wide open.

But can she persuade anyone to reopen the case when even the husband is convinced that he is guilty?

And will she be able to do it in time before this killer strikes again?

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Chasing Time by Thomas Reilly

About Featured Book: Chasing Time by Thomas Reilly

"Such a great read, I read at a frenetic pace." N.N. Light
Retired history professor Tony will stop at nothing to heal his wife's terminal illness, even if it means he has to chase time. Tony's wife is dying a slow death and with each day, she crawls closer. It's torture to watch her slip away so when Tony discovers a magical object from his youth might unlock the key to her cure, Tony vows to use it. On his travels, he unearths clues, puzzles, and a possible miracle cure. He meets intriguing people who help him in his quest. Will he find the cure to his wife's disease in time? It's a frantic race against time and death to save his beloved.

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Storm Wavily and the Pirates Ahoy Cozy Mysteries: The Complete Series

About Storm Wavily and the Pirates Ahoy Cozy Mysteries: The Complete Series:

Welcome to Storm Wavily and the Pirates Ahoy Cozy Mystery Series. Get ready to set sail around the African continent and into murder, mayhem, and other misadventures with Storm Wavily and the crew of The Pink Pearl.

Be witched on a pirate ship.

This collection pulls together all 5 books in the Pirates Ahoy series:

• Storm Wavily and the Pirate King

• Storm Wavily and the Sea Lord

• Storm Wavily and the Lost Treasure

• Storm Wavily and the Ghost Town

• Storm Wavily and the Secret Society

If you enjoy exotic locations, eccentric characters, and bewitching stories, then come aboard and join the crew for a spellbinding voyage.

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Murder in the Cards by Jim Riley

Murder in the Cards by Jim Riley

After the cards were dealt, one player didn’t make the cut.

At a local poker tournament, a player is murdered after the first game day. A suspect is booked for the murder, but something doesn’t add up.

To root out the real killer, Niki joins the tournament. But is the deck stacked against her?

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SO WE LIE (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Prequel) by Willow Rose

SO WE LIE (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Prequel) by Willow Rose

Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI-profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery.

When mother of two, Arlene Wood crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.
But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident.
Shortly after, her husband is taken in and later convicted of having murdered his own wife. But a lot of questions still remain unanswered.

Why was Arlene driving in the middle of the night? Why did she leave the house, her husband, and her sleeping children, get into her car, and drive away? Was she meeting someone?
A friend?
A lover?
A killer?
Six years later, fresh out of training, FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is new on the job when she stumbles upon something that suddenly blows this case wide open.

But can she persuade anyone to reopen the case when even the husband is convinced that he is guilty?

And will she be able to do it in time before this killer strikes again?

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Killing The Girl by Elizabeth Hill

Killing The Girl by Elizabeth Hill

99p/99c between November 3 – 9! Loving Frankie was easy. But Carol wasn’t the only woman Frankie charmed. When Carol’s passion finally dies, she kills and buries him.
Now Frankie’s grave is found. As Carol writes her confession, she discovers other friends lied. The truth should free her, but their betrayal demands revenge. Who else should die?

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