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The Jabberowk by Ninie Hammon

About Featured Book: The Jabberowk by Ninie Hammon

Nower County was never a hard place to leave. Now, leaving is impossible.

When drunk teenagers add letters to the Welcome to Nower County sign, making it Welcome to NowHerE County, nobody repaints it. Why bother? Everyone knows they live in the middle of nowhere.

Children’s book author Charlie McClintock and her three-year-old daughter, Merrie, return home to settle Charlie’s recently deceased mother’s affairs. It’s the first time since high school that she and childhood friends Sam Sheridan and Malachi Tackett have been reunited. A beat of happiness before Charlie experiences an unexplainable disaster.

A bizarre storm blows through the Appalachian Mountains and literally wipes Nowhere County off the map. The outside world forgets the tiny town ever existed, and no one can leave. Anyone who tries wakes up in the Dollar General Store parking lot with blinding headaches, gushing nosebleeds, and no clue what happened to them.

Locals name the shimmering mirage on the county line that imprisons them the Jabberwock.

Abby Clayton thinks it’s Charlie’s pet. Desperate to bring her baby home from the hospital across county lines, Abby is the only person who has dared to “ride the Jabberwock” more than once.

She believes it spoke to her. Brain-damaged, barely able to walk from her injuries, Abby hatches a deranged plot to force Charlie to make the Jabberwock set them free. Will Malachi manage to stop her and save Charlie and Merrie in time?

And can Abby survive one more ride on the Jabberwock?

The Jabberwock is the first book of Ninie Hammon’s new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere.

Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will love settling down to spend some time in Nowhere USA.

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In The Name Of

About In The Name Of:

A fast-paced crime Thriller in the tradition of Lee Child. In The Name Of

A woman returns to London looking for revenge and a way to die. Crawling back into the world of organised crime her murdered husband left behind, she seeks those that killed him and a chance at redemption. She faces childhood demons and past loves on her violent way to finding peace for her own misdeeds.

He wants a way to ease into death. His past is violence, his present is hurt and his future leads only to destruction. He owes a debt to people he loved. A meaning to exist comes from his murderous past.

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A driven woman returns to avenge her husband’s death. An old flame endures brutality and unrequited love. Together they face a terrifying ordeal of life or death.

In The Name Of introduces us to two most unlikely heroes, or should I say anti-heroes. Charlotte, a slender but lethal woman driven by the need for revenge. Raucous, a battered, defeated, violence-for-hire nobody, whose greatest assets are his stubbornness and his ability to take a beating like no one else.

Characters’ inner lives
What I particularly admired about this book was the wistful, regretful, yearning tone of the writing which elevates the story out of the formulaic. We see into the minds of the characters and the alternating voices of Charlotte’s and Raucous’ perspectives gives us a painful insight into their lives and motivations.

In other novels, Raucous would simply be the stupid muscle in the background, taking orders to administer pointless violence. Here, we meet a character who would still repel and appal us, but by glimpsing his inner life we see the man inside wrestling with a decision to attempt the greater good.

Writing a female character administering violence is often a tricky one. So many female characters become one-dimensional, unscrupulous villains. By revealing Charlotte’s thoughts and motives this is avoided, and we feel her doubts and pain, as well as her obsession.

Tense conclusion

Despite the bleak, hopeless prospects facing the unlikely alliance of Charlotte and Raucous, with seemingly no way out of their doomed situation, they never give up. The plot unfolds gradually and builds the tension cleverly. It’s an unusual but satisfying story.

I would recommend In The Name Of to those of you who enjoy fairly raw crime fiction with a human element, provided skillfully through insight into the characters interior lives. It’s not Miss Marple but its much more sophisticated than the ‘shoot-em-up’ genre.

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Bones Along the Hill by Nancy Sartor

Bones Along the Hill by Nancy Sartor

Neva is a funeral facial reconstructionist whose legendary skill at making the dead look alive has earned her the title of best in the nation. But her talent cannot bring back Gray Ledbetter her first love, who inexplicably took his own life ten years ago. Neva’s new love interest, hunky architect Davis Pratt has his own tragic mystery. He searches for his younger brother, Stephen, who disappeared long ago. Chances are Stephen’s dead, but Davis won’t give up. When their separate searches lead them to the Oakley cemetery and a murder tied to a human trafficking ring, impossible crimes threaten both family and friends, crimes that cannot be ignored. Not even the Nashville PD can keep Neva safe. Can Neva and Davis work together to avoid a fate that is absolutely worse than death?

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Leave the Bottom-Cook Islands by Randy Slapnicka

About Featured Book: Leave the Bottom-Cook Islands by Randy Slapnicka

…You know I’ve seen everything, everything but the bottom of the sea.

Dr. Melody Foster holds a Ph.D. in Marine Biology, a Master’s in Genetics, and is the real Octomom.

She was professor of the Octolab, and while she wasn’t fond of the first day of classes, she was a professor. A damn good one who knew how to leave a lasting impression on her students and keep their attention.

After receiving an email that stated all funding for her Octolob would be halted, Melody needed to think fast. She couldn’t afford to keep the whole thing running on her own, and she definitely wouldn’t allow her beloved octopuses to be taken away from her.

Dr. Foster takes a consulting job in the Cook Islands for a deep sea mining operation for the Poly-metallic nodules littered on the ocean floor. When she is suddenly faced with highly intelligent Mimic octopuses that are trying to shut their whole operation down.

As the higher-ups come to a decision to kill the octopuses getting in their way, Dr. Foster interjects as she would never stand by the deliberate killing of her babies.

Jack Pa, multi-billionaire Chinese mogul and Dr. Foster’s boss, instructs her to fix the problem… or else.

With her life on the line, Melody must descend into the depths of the ocean and put a stop to the killing of the octopuses. The only problem was, Chino’s expendable prison graduates were a part of the diving program that was beta testing the extractor harvesting the nodules for the electric vehicle batteries.

Surrounded by inky black water, convicted rapists, murderers and a convicted child molester, Dr. Mel’s battle was only beginning.

Will she be able to survive in the depths of the ocean? Will she secure funding for her prized Octolab? And will she come face-to-face with remnants of her past?

Deep Sea mining is one of the most debated global topics in the world today. Giving you, the reader, insight into some of the most highly controversial ocean questions for the next 100 years.

Leave the Bottom is a high-action, fast-paced, and intensely funny work of fiction that will suck you in. Deep Sea mining is one of the most debated global topics in the world today. Travel 500 feet below the surface and explore the amazing world of octopuses, future battery harvesting, that is currently being done as you read this book. Read in bated breath whether or not Dr. Foster will be able to make it out alive.

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Coyote by Ashley Brandt

Coyote by Ashley Brandt

Sometimes your enemies are closer than your friends…

Eighteen-year-old Raven Thatcher is a coyote shapeshifter and newly promoted pack warrior. On the eve of her first duty assignment, Raven is attacked by her boyfriend Jonathan, who has turned feral. Rescued by a beautiful stranger in the forest, Raven immediately becomes infatuated with the man in tribal art, the one who watches her in the shadows.

When tragedy strikes the pack, Raven hunts for justice, forging her own path between duty and desire, honor and love. Based on the centuries-old Navajo legend of Ma’ii, Coyote spins a web of suspense, mystery, and seduction that will keep readers guessing until the last paragraph.

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The Arx by Jay Allan Storey

The Arx by Jay Allan Storey

Ex-Homicide Detective Frank Langer is a broken man – but he’s all that stands in the way of a deadly conspiracy.

Since a mental breakdown put him on medical leave from the squad he was once hand-picked to lead, Frank spends his days drinking and chain-smoking, and his nights waking up screaming from a horrific recurring nightmare.

Then one day, by chance, he stumbles on a monstrous plot to kidnap children.

When he shows up at the squad with his wild story, the guys pat him on the back and tell him to go home. But after the mother of one of the missing children commits suicide, Frank stamps down his demons, and together with the dead woman’s sister Rebecca, plunges into the case.

He uncovers a shadowy entity lurking behind one of the richest and most powerful Pharma corporations in the world. When he finally unravels the mystery, the truth is more bizarre and deadly than he ever imagined, and telling Rebecca would put her life in danger. Soon even she comes to question his sanity.

Frank has to warn the world of the danger. But can he stay alive long enough to find someone to buy his story?

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Arbitrary and Capricious by Jim Lively

About Featured Book: Arbitrary and Capricious by Jim Lively

Retired attorney, Sanders Pierce would rather spend his time painting in his art gallery, but when a former colleague, now general counsel of a major information technology asks him to investigate an improper disclosure of client information, he cannot resist. He insists he will abide by the standard of law, which could expose the firm to criminal liability.

He gets assigned to a small office located in the bowels of the corporation where he interviews various employees and studies flow charts. No one reveals much concern, until he receives a cryptic email from a mysterious source with a grim warning: Nothing is what it seems. As Sanders digs deeper, he meets others he did not expect such as an exotic dancer, a psychotherapist who could be a dominatrix, and someone who tries to assassinate him. What started as an innocent investigation has suddenly become very dangerous and Sanders must escape without getting himself killed.

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Magnus Maximus

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Get the 31-book historical saga free! Meet the greatest Roman you’ve never heard of. In what historians call the Great Conspiracy of 367, 5 foreign invaders raid Britain to drive out Romans. The emperor sends Magnus Maximus with 4 legions in a war that decides Rome’s fate. A real hero in true events!

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The Perfect Spy: A Clean Romantic Suspense (An Untapped Source Book 1)

About The Perfect Spy: A Clean Romantic Suspense (An Untapped Source Book 1):

She’s got the best undercover crew. But will a sinister secret undo them?

Kate Ross has lost way too much in the last six months. With her mother’s death from breast cancer, an agent she handled killed on the job, and her career in jeopardy, the beleaguered CIA officer’s faith in God seems like another casualty. So she’s relieved to be offered a shot at redemption by managing an innovative team of “mom spies”… until they saddle her with a more experienced man as a babysitter.

Battling self-doubt and a loss of confidence in her espionage skills, Kate directs a smoothly successful first mission for the unit. But just as she opens up to her kind and encouraging supervisor, she suspects he’s withholding key information when the subject of their next assignment is his ex-wife. And the only solution to her predicament may be prayers she has no expectation will be answered.

Can Kate find the guiding light to solve the case before her personal crisis threatens national security?

The Perfect Spy is the thrilling first book in the An Untapped Source romantic suspense series. If you like undeniable chemistry, page-turning tension, and Christian values in action, then you’ll love Amy Martinsen’s fast-paced novel.

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Coyote

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Beware the man of many faces…

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The Doomsday Medallion

About The Doomsday Medallion:

The next standalone installment of the #1 international bestselling “Da Vinci Code meets Tomb Raider” VanOps thriller series is a heart-stopping story of spies, lies, and family ties.

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Sixteenth-century French prophet Nostradamus predicted the Great Fire of London, Napoleon’s conquest, Hitler’s rule, and the atomic bomb. Can the VanOps team keep the old seer’s secrets out of blood-stained hands?

Aikido black belt Maddy Marshall is celebrating the completion of her black ops training when news of a military takeover in the South China Sea shocks the world because it was predicted by a sixteen-year-old French student. When intel chatter spells danger to Avril, the young seer, VanOps Director Bowman assigns Marshall and her twin brother, Will Argones, to protect the girl.

Emotions between the siblings are running hot due to their aunt’s recent stroke, which has reminded them of the childhood accident that scarred both his chin and her heart. Tensions ratchet higher when they arrive at Avril’s home to find the instant social media star has been kidnapped, leaving them with only clenched fists and cryptic clues that lead to a formula encoded on an etched-bronze medallion.

While Taiwan fears an invasion that will set off an apocalyptic chain of events, Marshall and Argones race through medieval French towns, Italian cathedrals, and ancient Greek temples attempting to find Avril before their enemies use the girl to discover the Holy Grail of military intelligence. If the team fails, they won’t need a crystal ball to know millions of innocent souls will be destined to join Nostradamus in the afterlife.

The Doomsday Medallion is an electrifying, globe-trotting thriller that delves into humankind’s timeless fascination with prophecy and illuminates the mesmerizing and dangerous potential of a weaponized oracle.

Fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and James Rollins will get an adrenaline rush turning the pages of this standalone thriller.

“With a jaw-dropping, rewarding twist at the end, every mystery, crime, and thriller fan should read Doomsday Medallion.” —San Francisco Book Review

“Epic.” —BestThrillers.com

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The Link – The James Brickman Series – Book 1

About The Link – The James Brickman Series – Book 1:

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James Brickman is an investigator for the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department. When his personal life collides with his work life, he finds himself racing to save a young girl held captive by human traffickers. With the cooperation of several law enforcement teams and a little help from his new romantic interest, James embarks on a journey to bring justice to the sinister deviants behind the criminal network. Traversing a peninsula in the Pacific Northwest, this unyielding ex-detective puts his life on the line in the name of righteousness.

Find a girl who has been kidnapped by human traffickers! Thwart criminals attempting to assassinate him. Capture a high-level kingpin. Maybe even fall in love. All in a day’s work for James Brickman.

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The Malediction of Llewyn Glass

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“You’re only as noble as your choices, Mister Glass.”

A frightening fable like no other. On Halloween Eve, at America’s oldest pub, walks in a strange and mesmerizing man who tells an unbelievable story. One of a former priest who sold his soul only to find out he was conned into doing so and his terrifying odyssey of facing gods and monsters from across the world in the hopes he will find salvation. A chilling and impossible tale which keeps the bar patrons paralyzed with intrigue and fear. Is the man insane? A trickster seeking a good scare? Or is the man’s story true, is the Devil coming to collect his soul?

For those who love Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Dean Koontz then prepare for a wild ride of mystery, terror, and courage.

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The Smallest War by Mark Sheehan

About Featured Book: The Smallest War by Mark Sheehan

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A resurgent Russia uses a false flag operation to enflame a border dispute with the United States. Manipulated and betrayed, the United States succumbs to a forgotten United Nations’ mandate: Small War. Unprepared, the United States competes in five relentless rounds of pursuit by any means necessary, winner takes all. At stake: oil reserves to rival those of Saudi Araba and the balance of power.

Full of unrelenting cat-and-mouse, rapid-fire action, and characters pushed to their limits, the Smallest War is perfect for fans of I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes, Ice Station by Matthew Reilly, and Inferno by Dan Brown.

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Bent Trees by Hazel Mattice

Bent Trees by Hazel Mattice

Following a near-fatal accident, Alice Olson inherits Olson Grocery, a family neighborhood grocery store in Jamestown, North Dakota.
In 2001, Alice arrives at the property, only to discover a rundown building. Attempting to bury a poor decision on the wake of the grave incident, she decides to restore the family business in spite of its’ dark and bloody reputation dating back to Opening Day during the Roaring Twenties.
Alice is sucked into the past when she steps into the neighborhood grocery store. The property quickly becomes a haunt for curious neighbors, ghost hunters, and even childhood friends.
Driven by duty, Alice searches the Olson family tree, finding not all the ghosts from the past are friendly. Neither is she the first woman to stay at the grocery store because she had to.
Then when renovations begin, so do her nightmares.
Edges between dreams and reality blur until Alice is no longer sure who she can trust. Which includes a handsome next-door neighbor and one of the rugged contractors she hires who resembles nothing of the peculiar teen from her childhood.
Opening Day Halloween, history repeats itself when tragedy strikes. Alice fears the true evil lies inside the walls of the grocery store itself.
But the store has become family and family is for life.

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Revenge Game by Lynn Campbell

Revenge Game by Lynn Campbell

She’s at the top of her game…
…But the rules have just changed.
Can she rise to the challenge?

FBI Special Agent Rachel Keaney is ready to shake up her career with a transfer to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Task Force. Solving an explosion at a San Diego high school should secure her the position.

Only at what cost?

Explosive’s dealer, Alexander Hargrove seems to have received his come-uppance in the wilds of the Mexican desert. But then why are the brutally murdered bodies of his accomplices suddenly turning up?

Did he survive against the odds?

Will Rachel’s detective skills and survival instinct be enough to apprehend Alexander, or will she become the ultimate trophy in his twisted game of revenge?

Fans of Tami Hoag and Iris Johansen will inhale Lynn Campbell’s debut novel.

You won’t be able to put down page-turning thriller Revenge Game because no one can walk away until a winner is declared.

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Russian Wolves by Jim Musgrave

About Russian Wolves by Jim Musgrave:

“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is currently Netflix’s most-watched title, according to its self-reported data released September 27, amassing more than 196 million viewing hours in the past week.

Both of these “monsters” worked and were tracked by authorities during almost the same time period: Dahmer: 1978-1991 (17 all male victims). Chikatilo: 1978-1990 (over 50 victims of both genders). Both were cannibals, but Chikatilo also kept trophies of his victims’ sex organs and put them inside an “artistic mosaic display” in his killing shack. Also, Chikatilo was a proud Communist Party Member who believed he was doing the government a “service” by disposing of the lowlife scum of Soviet-era Russia. Dahmer was basically apolitical and not very intelligent. Andrei was a successful school teacher for many years and was very educated.

The documentary on Netflix is completely “non-fiction,” allegedly. My book is based on factual research that goes back to Chikatilo’s childhood and progresses into his killing phase, but it also has a fictional “twist” in that his pursuer (an Ingush Muslim Detective) decides to use his prey as a hit man for the Russian Mafia, so he can get his family out of the crumbling Soviet Union to the United States of America.

Similar to Joyce Carol Oates’s novel about Dahmer, Zombie, I wanted my tale to take on a more profound symbolic, political, and artistic significance. With the atrocities showing up in Ukraine these days, it looks like my man Chikatilo might have been more symbolic than even he would have believed, proud Communist Party Member that he was! Who knows? Putin may have even drafted him.

Of course, as a teacher for twenty-five years, the real-life figure of Andrei Chikatilo is much more horrific to me than Jeffrey Dahmer ever could be. I find Dahmer more pathetic and sad, than he is symbolic of corruption and war. That’s just me. Tell me what you think if you watch the documentary on Dahmer and read my “true crime” novel, Russian Wolves. Seriously, my novel is much more graphic and “in your head” than the documentary on Dahmer or even on Chikatilo (“Red Ripper”). So, don’t read my thriller if you’re squeamish.

Read the review I posted on the landing page by one of my “fans” (plus a free sample of the novel). She explains the fear factor better than I can. https://tinyurl.com/chikatilo

Happy Halloween!

James Musgrave
San Diego, CA

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Killing the Butterfly by Dale Ward

Killing the Butterfly by Dale Ward

Nineteen-year-old Patty has a lot of baggage. Abusive parents. A horrible boyfriend. The stifling cocoon of her Podunk town. She longs to become a travel writer—visiting exotic lands far, far away….

But escaping town the way she does, forced by her boyfriend Roy to join him on a violent crime spree across middle America was not the travel of Patty’s dreams. It’s a journey that will only land her in jail—or dead. But escaping Roy is out of the question. He’d hunt her down, find her, and surely beat her worse than he’s ever beaten her before.

When they stumble across the gentleman alone at the cabin by the lake, he offers Patty a glimmer of hope and freedom. But this man hides evil secrets of his own….

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CODE NAME: THE FOX – Operation Yucatan Cartel by Dr. Hal Bradley, DD

About Featured Book: CODE NAME: THE FOX – Operation Yucatan Cartel by Dr. Hal Bradley, DD

Hatred is a tough monster to kill, as Harold soon discovers the moment he realizes that his war against the cartels is morphing into a never-ending vigilante mission.

There is a lot to be said about the devastation that the cartels bring into human existence. But Harold Brandon, drug-lord-turned-minister-turned-contractor-turned-vigilante, is not about to sit idly by and let them continue.

They need to be stopped.

This brings him to the Yucatan peninsula in southern Mexico, where he sets his eyes on a blood-thirsty Don and his equally murderous wife.

The ruthless couple has had a tight, lethal hold on the region, inflicting unspeakable horrors to locals and to those who stand in their way.

Now with a team of equally competent men, Harold seeks to bring hellfire on these vicious rulers and finally end their reign of terror.

But, with all the odds stacked against one man and his team, will they even survive long enough to see the light of day?

Find out for yourself in “Operation Yucatan Cartel: Harold Brandon’s War Against the Cartels”, the third installment to the bestselling “Code Name: The Fox” series by prolific author Dr. Hal Bradley, DD!

If you’re looking for a roller coaster of blood, betrayal, and vengeance, then get ready to meet your next favorite book!

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