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IN STILL WATERS: Seeing Isn’t Always Believing by Natalie Shpet

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Wrongful Conviction and Miscarriage of Justice by Matthew Harrison

Wrongful Conviction and Miscarriage of Justice by Matthew Harrison

Wrongful Conviction by Matthew Harrison is a powerful exploration of the flaws and injustices within the criminal justice system that lead to innocent individuals being convicted. Harrison delves deep into real-life cases where evidence was ignored or mishandled, exposing the systemic failures that allow wrongful convictions to happen.

This book not only tells the heartbreaking stories of those who have suffered because of these miscarriages of justice but also challenges readers to question the fairness of a system meant to protect the innocent. Through Harrison’s lens, readers gain a profound understanding of how wrongful convictions occur and are encouraged to advocate for change, justice, and accountability. Wrongful Convictions is both a call to action and a beacon of hope for those fighting for a fairer judicial system.

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MISCONCEPTION

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Cassie Nichols wants a baby. Badly.

She’s certain a baby will anchor the crumbling relationship with her husband, Jake, who she suspects is having an affair.

But after a miscarriage and continued trouble getting pregnant leads the couple down the frustrating and expensive road of in vitro fertilization, Cassie finds herself running out of time.

Pumped on hormones, fueled by anxiety, and believing it is the only way to save her marriage, she does the unthinkable to ensure a viable pregnancy.

Now, the happy family she envisioned remains out of reach and is instead wrought with lies, deception, and murder.

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Mister Blue – Puppy Love by Jack Hazen

Mister Blue – Puppy Love by Jack Hazen

Mister Blue is a handsome blue German shepherd. His human is Max, a former Navy Seal. Mister Blue was a WMD, a Working Military Dog, and was awarded the Dickin Medal. Both Mister Blue and Max lost a leg in the same land mine explosion in Afghanistan and wear a prosthesis. Mister Blue loves to help people and other animals any way he can. He also likes to bite some people. Blue and Max are involved in one crazy adventure after another in their efforts to protect the innocent and serve mankind.

Mister Blue goes to Washington to help elect his person to Congress. The dog and the man not only battle the swamp creatures in government, but they also tangle with Mexican drug cartels and Chinese triads. Max tangles with the Apache princess Naomi White Cloud and her goldendoodle Barbie.

We know what beer Mister Blue prefers. He is the most interesting dog in the world.

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Sick Minds

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Serial killers are becoming dissatisfied with the support group ran by Dr. Pleasant dubbed Psychos Anonymous(Book One). He welcomes in a new doctor who promises that medication can cure their murderous addiction. But in a world filled with sick minds, can you really trust anyone?

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The Unlived Lives of Raymond Quinn

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Raymond (Ray) Quinn believes himself to be a middle-aged single man living in downtown Seattle, Washington state, US. Having accepted a buyout offer when the company he worked for was sold, he no longer needs to work. As a result, he has little to do. He is unhappy without knowing why. There is no one in his life, he has no hobbies or activities to occupy his time. His daily routine amounts to little more than going for morning coffee at Starbucks across the street from his condominium and Pike Market.

On the advice of a Starbucks barista, Ray decides to visit Other Worlds Coffee shop near the Seattle docks, where, the barista tells Ray, he will meet interesting people in an environment he will enjoy. Unable to find it on his own, he is approached by an Asian man who offers to take him there. Ray agrees to follow him, beginning a relationship between the two unlike any Ray ever could have expected. Soon after they meet, the Asian man tells Ray he has been dead for 46 years, KIA in the Vietnam war.

“Asian”, as Ray soon thinks of him, explains that he is one of very few individuals caught in a parallel universe between his actual life and death. If he wishes to learn why this has happened to him, if he wants to resolve this dilemma, he must visit alternative lives he might have lived had he made different choices prior to his death. Incredulous at what Asian tells him, Ray, nonetheless, agrees to do as he says.

The lives he visits take place in the US, Antigua, Germany, Switzerland, France, Vietnam, and Rhodesia, at different times, under different circumstances. The one he lived, and some of those he would have lived had he made different choices.

He interacts with people as a young man just graduated from high school. In another, as a college graduate who chose to move to Europe rather than remain in the US, possibly drafted and sent to Vietnam. He meets women he is attracted to, marries one and fathers children. He is forced to recall his violent death in Vietnam as a soldier. After each alternative life, he finds himself back with Asian in Other Worlds, never sure what was real, what was not.

Asian guides him through the process of discovery, always giving him the opportunity to return to what he thought was his real life as an adult in Seattle. Rejecting that, he must choose the one person in the one life he would most like to have lived to be with now.

He chooses Shelly, originally from Rhodesia, who he first meets in Antigua when both are in their late teens. And later, in another life in Vietnam, after the war. Both sense something strange about themselves and each other as a couple. Something that has drawn them together. The final chapters lead them through their discovery of exactly what that is.

Everyone has countless unlived lives. How different would the life you lead be had you made different choices?

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Moonlight Beach by Yurie Kiri

Moonlight Beach by Yurie Kiri

Chick lit Café Awards First Place to Moonlight Beach: Murder and Magic by Yurie Kiri for best Paranormal Thriller, Crime & Mystery

Moonlight Beach by Yurie Kiri examines the bizarre and outlandish murders, and gruesome crimes being committed at the charming beach town of Rancho, California. It is filled with mystery, witchcraft, paranormal activity, mystical mayhem, and dark magic. This is the perfect novel for fans of these genres. One of the very best I have ever read. It is completely original with unique characters and an incredible, engrossing and gripping plot and storyline.

Body parts are washing up on the beach and the detective is trying figure out who is committing these crimes and what exactly is going on. Then there is also a group of friends using certain drugs and conjuring up spirits. When the group performs the rite on a full moon, their combined strength gives them more power than they originally intended and they cause the spirit of a powerful witch from long ago, called Katomi, to get trapped inside one of the friends’ bodies. This is just one of the various evil occurrences going on in the wealthy community. Only the friends shared strength can protect Katomi from “Roy,” who is an ancient shaman who has been attempting to trap Katomi’s spirit inside dying bodies while he rapes and mutilates each one. Katomi’s spirit can only be released from her host’s body if Roy or the host is killed, but her presence allows the four women to have power over other’s minds which they wield to protect themselves and their coven. In an action-packed plot sequence, as the women attempt to dodge Roy at all costs, another nefarious deal is unraveling. Ike Bracken, a multi-millionaire needs a liver for his young son. His son’s condition can only be improved with a transplant, but the wait is too long. Luckily, Roy is good at murder—murder is what feeds his power—and he’s equally equipped to harvest organs. Especially for cash. As events come to a head, readers will be flying through page after page to see if the women can survive an ancient madman.

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AVENGING ANGEL: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn by Charles S. Isaac

About AVENGING ANGEL: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn by Charles S. Isaac:

A riveting tale of revenge, survival and redemption, wrapped around an unlikely love story and set against an urban backdrop corrupted by violence against women and racism.

Following a racially motivated gang-rape by Ku Klux Klansmen, 12-year-old Cassandra Monroe vows revenge. After eight years of training, now a strikingly beautiful assassin, she accomplishes her mission.

Her campaign continues with solitary walks through dark city streets, hoping to be assaulted by men with bad intentions. Those entrapped by her spider’s web pay dearly for their efforts.

Surrounded by three white men one night, she’s rescued by Mike Borelli, an Italian-American passerby. A stormy up-and-down relationship ensues. Ultimately, as her rage matures into purposeful action, and as he begins to see the world through her eyes, they become a team.

Along the way, they encounter serial killers, wife-beaters, actual and would-be rapists, gangsters, crooked cops, a kidnapper and a pedophile priest, as well as numerous women in desperate need of their help. Beneath all the action, though, is the blossoming of a most unusual love story.

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Psychic Voices by J.P. Alters

Psychic Voices by J.P. Alters

Psychic Voices is Book 1 in the Mary Jameson Supernatural Thriller Series, and it will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Mary Jameson is a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who attempts to end her own life and is taken to The Rainbow Unit, a psychiatric hospital. Mary has always heard voices, and had friends no-one else can see, but at The Unit, she discovers that her mental illness may be more than just a diagnosis.

Mary is a medium with the power to talk to the dead, and she quickly learns that at The Unit, everything is not what it seems.

As she uncovers a sinister conspiracy, Mary must navigate a dangerous world where she can’t trust anyone, not even herself. Can she uncover the truth before it’s too late?

Psychic Voices is the first book in the Mary Jameson Supernatural Thriller Series, written by JP Alters. This book is perfect for fans of suspenseful or paranormal stories with complex characters and unexpected twists.

Get ready to be transported to a world where the dead speak, and the living, must listen.

If you’re quick – you can grab yourself an e-copy of Psychic Voices on Amazon for FREE! N.B. Only FREE on the 5th October. If you enjoy Psychic Voices, Book 2: Psychic Echoes, is on special offer at 99C, so why not treat yourself?

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The Ryzhkov Vendetta

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Alexander Leonidovich Ryzhkov, a Russian oligarch and former general in the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), runs a covert operation in the Middle East, supplying Saudi terrorists with four Russian nuclear suitcase bombs to target two American cities. A CIA
operation (Operation Avenging Eagles) thwarts the planned attack and kills many Russian operatives, including his brother Sergei Ryzhkov. The oligarch is out for revenge.

Ryzhkov approached a former CIA station chief and offered him money in exchange for the CIA operatives’ names. Armed with this intelligence, he launched his vendetta, targeting the former
CIA operatives on Operation Avenging Eagles.’

Can Mark Ericksen and his former operatives avoid the assassins’ efforts and turn around the deadly game of hunter and prey?

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The Ambition by Yvonne Blackwood

The Ambition by Yvonne Blackwood

In the hustle and bustle of 1990s Toronto, John Cippione and his older brother Carmine take over their hard-working Italian immigrant father’s small heating and air-conditioning company. John is determined to propel the business into the big leagues and finally have the lavish lifestyle he craves, so the brothers join forces with a powerful development company.

But when an industry player sets out to bankrupt them, they risk tarnishing their father’s name and losing the legacy he entrusted to them. With everything crashing down around them, they must scramble to survive in a dangerous game of adultery, murder, and ruthless ambition.

“The Ambition is a riveting story of high-finance business deals, Italian family ties, an illicit romance, and murder. You won’t soon forget Connie, Lorenzo, and the other vivid characters who populate this unique tale.”-Marcia Trahan, author of Mercy

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Junkie by Robert P. French

Junkie by Robert P. French

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How do you hunt down your best friend’s killer when you’re a drug-addicted ex-cop living on the streets?
Once a rising-star detective, he has one friend left from his old life. When he finds him dead, his former colleagues rule it a suicide. Cal is determined to prove them wrong and sets himself on a chilling path he never could have imagined.
If you like heroes who struggle with their demons, gritty urban police detectives, and clues you won’t see coming, get Junkie and follow Cal’s wild ride from the drug-infested streets through the worlds of drug gangs, big business, and the super-rich to its stunning conclusion.
Junkie will keep you guessing to the very last page!

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Reminisce: A Psychological Thriller about Memory Manipulation by Diane M. Dresback

Reminisce: A Psychological Thriller about Memory Manipulation by Diane M. Dresback

If your memories make you who you are, then what happens when you change them?

Nick frequents a bar to drink away his pain. The separation from his wife and inability to see his 5-year-old daughter is too much to bear. He meets Rachel, an expert billiards player who accepts bets from unsuspecting men who naively believe they can outplay her.

Sensing Nick’s hopelessness, Rachel offers solace to his present struggles. She convinces him to join her, along with other shattered souls, at the elusive Parlor—a dark and foreboding place located in an abandoned warehouse.

Swallowing one pill enables Nick to re-experience a memory complete with sound, touch, smell and emotion. He gets hooked on this enticing, bittersweet escape.

What harm can come from reliving the good times in his mind?

Rachel reveals her attempt to deal with a past trauma by manipulating its memory adding a haunting layer to the seductive escape.

Might that be a solution for Nick’s own woes or will it evolve into a nightmarish end?

Relive. Rewrite. Regret. Some memories are best left untouched.

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The Veil of Oppression

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When sixteen-year-old Emily Anderson was hit by a car, she woke up screaming a stranger’s name.

Ever since, Emily’s dreams have been replaced by the memories of others — and she still doesn’t know who “Barrett” is. Now twenty-eight, she’s never had the courage to move out of her childhood home in Toronto; until a Vancouver university offers her the chance to study a Master of Medical Ethics. Encouraged, Emily latches onto it as a catalyst for change.

There, she meets self-assured Nova Scotian, David Mathis, who seems to have an unjustified hatred for Vancouver’s most esteemed family, the Roths. But when she’s introduced to the spirited CFO of Roth Pharmaceuticals, Emily discovers that he and David are locked in a bitter family feud. And she can’t seem to stay away from either of them…

When David starts suffering from an unexplained illness, Emily realizes that the Roth-Mathis rivalry hides a far more insidious threat. Adamant to prove her independence, Emily goes in search of the truth — desperate to pinpoint the origin of David’s illness before it consumes him.

Dripping with suspense until the last page, The Veil of Oppression explores the complexity of family history, the formative connection between father and son, and how friendships are forged on the grounds of an invisible battlefield.

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THE SPY FROM PALESTINE by Steve Haberman

THE SPY FROM PALESTINE by Steve Haberman

British-controlled Palestine, 1947. Teeming with intrigue and treachery.
Here prize-winning American war journalist, Charly Lawrence, and her lover, Jonas Shaw, ex-Churchill bodyguard and spy, arrive on a dangerous mission: amid this scrap of desert, fought over for centuries, find a Jewish survivor of a notorious WWII Nazi massacre in Europe. Then interview for a scoop for her struggling London-based newspaper. Little do these worldly travelers realize the life-threatening danger and plotting that await them.

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Dead Ground by Justin Warren

Dead Ground by Justin Warren

A quiet farmhouse. Four dead. One survivor. Dylan Harper thought all his problems died that night. He was wrong.

Ten years have passed and Detective Harper has moved far away. But the memories of that night still haunt him. They keep him awake, constantly checking the shadows as if the ghosts are still with him. He had vowed never to go back. Never to set foot on that dead ground ever again. But a case has come up that requires his expertise. A newspaper journalist, vanished without a trace from the same general area, the local authorities fresh out of leads. Detective Harper is told the case is his. Turning it down is not an option.

As Harper returns to the small town where everything went so horribly wrong all those years ago, he instantly knows something is wrong. Someone is watching him. Someone with a long memory and a sick grudge. One thing is crystal clear. Whoever is out there, is out for revenge, and they won’t rest until Harper is dead. The list of suspects is long and Harper has no idea where to start looking. With the help of his new partner he begins to unravel a twisted set of clues that will lead him down dark and dangerous avenues. As the tension escalates and the body count rises, Harper realizes he must finally confront his personal demons if he hopes to make it out alive.

In this pulse-pounding thriller, Justin Warren takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through the deepest recesses of the human psyche, exploring the nature of vengeance, justice, and redemption. With twists and turns in almost every chapter, DEAD GROUND is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page!

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The Ryzhkov Vendetta 2nd Edition

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Alexander Leonidovich Ryzhkov, a Russian oligarch and former general in the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), runs a covert operation in the Middle East, supplying Saudi terrorists with four Russian nuclear suitcase bombs and a list of two US cities to target. A CIA
operation (Operation Avenging Eagles) thwarts the planned attack and kills many Russian operatives, including his brother Sergei Ryzhkov. The oligarch is out for revenge.

Can Ericksen and his former operatives avoid the assassins’ poisoning and killing efforts, thereby turning around the deadly game of hunter and prey?

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Fan Mail by Joseph Lewis

Fan Mail by Joseph Lewis

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Fan Mail by Joseph Lewis

2023 Maxy Award Finalist
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2023 Literary Titan Silver Book Award Winner

“An intense emotional rollercoaster ride, written with immense detail to feelings and dialogue, with a constant thread of mystery that holds you to the end to find out what happens. Excellent writing.” -International Writers Inspiring Change

“Lewis takes after authors such as C.J. Box, James Patterson, and David Baldacci, as he immerses readers in his characters by having them in reoccurring roles and appearing throughout each of his books.” -TheAuthorSpot.com

“The writing is top-notch, with vivid descriptions and snappy dialogue that bring the story to life. It’s clear that the author put a lot of thought and care into crafting this tale, and their efforts have paid off.” -MD White, Bestselling author of The Influence of Military Strategies to Business

“Fan Mail masterfully explores brotherhood and healing while delivering a compelling crime thriller in this latest from Joseph Lewis.” -Sublime Book Review

“An emotionally explosive and life-affirming coming of age story wrapped within a simmering crime thriller.” -BestThrillers.com

“Tough. Gritty. Lewis cuts deep as he tackles teen sexuality questions as well as dangerous stalkers. The story explodes with tension and strength reflective of the personalities involved. Highly recommend it!” -Sharon Middleton, author of the McCarron’s Corner series

“Fan Mail is a thrilling and suspenseful family mystery novel…a page-turning mystery touching different parts of your heart at each turn.” -Literary Titan

“Starts with a bang and does not stop its relentless shrapnel barrage until you are crying with the characters. Fabulous job by the author. You want to read this one.” -Tina O’Hailey, author of Dark Drink

“Fan Mail is like a mirror held up to contemporary society, brilliantly reflecting and portraying our lives, struggles, troubles, delicate relationships, and so much more.” -Readers’ Favorite

“An interesting coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. Looking forward to the next one.” -Joan Livingston, author of the Isabel Long Mystery Series

A barrage of threatening letters from an unknown stalker, a car bomb, and a heart attack rip apart what was once a close-knit family of adopted brothers.

Randy and Bobby, along with fellow band member and best friend, Danny, receive fan mail that turns menacing. They ignore it, but to their detriment. The sender turns up the heat. Violence upends their world. It rocks the relationship between the boys and ripples through their family, nearly killing their dad.

As these boys turn on each other, adopted brother Brian flashes back to that event in Arizona where he nearly lost his life saving his brothers. The scars on his face and arms healed, but not his heart. Would he once again have to put himself in harm’s way to save them? And, if faced with that choice, will he?

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