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Segment of One by Michael Grigsby

About Featured Book: Segment of One by MICHAEL GRIGSBY

Marketing analyst Nick Vanderoff, newly retired from his successful career in business, lost his wife last year to cancer. Now he just wants to rest, relax, and repair family relationships. To accomplish this, he's been spending time with his math-genius granddaughter, Holly, and his estranged daughter.

But a serial killer is on the loose in Dallas, and traditional forensics have produced nothing. Nick has consulted for the police department before, but not on anything like this. Can he trust the algorithms that worked so well in the corporate world to flush out a madman?

The answer becomes personal when Nick's projections thwart the killer's plans, and he realizes the police are closing in on him. The sniper attacks escalate, and the killer turns toward Nick and his family. Will Nick be able to use his marketing skills to target a lethal segment of one to reveal himself?

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The Resentment

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You’re only as sick as your secrets . . .

Lauren Kaine has everything she ever wanted — a fabulous home, a shiny Lexus, a bright sixteen-year-old son, and a loving husband with a lucrative internet career. Tonight, she walks hand-in-hand with William beneath the lustrous Seattle sky, celebrating twenty-two years of marriage.

But they’re not alone.

A mysterious black Audi comes out of nowhere and chases William onto a bridge. He shouts, “They’re here for the card,” and falls to his death. Enraged, Lauren attacks the car, but the tinted windows hide the driver’s face, and it speeds away.

Still mourning, she sets out to find her husband’s killer when a stranger calls and demands the card. William never mentioned a card, and she doesn’t know where it is. The stranger follows her. He torments her. He threatens to kidnap her son and throw him into the same river that killed William.

And it’s not just the stranger.

Black cars lurk around every corner. William’s co-workers refuse to talk to her. Her brother-in-law resurfaces after years of silence, and he knows something, but she’s running out of time. She searches for the card, and the past pulls her back to the first time someone kidnapped her son. Back to her resentment. Back to the truth.

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Crazy On You by Christen Bensten

Crazy On You by Christen Bensten

From bestselling author of Starving comes a domestic suspense thriller. If you are a fan of Liane Moriarty’s novels, you will love the women of Huntwood Valley!

Olivia is tired of being invisible. But could her resentment lead her to murder?

She lives in the perfect suburban town of Huntwood Valley, where wealthy neighbors build their own dream homes and chauffer their kids to private school and elite activities. However, Olivia’s homelife is much bleaker. She is forced to care for her mentally ill mother and abusive father until he drops dead.

Olivia’s life improves when she becomes a mother and meets three diverse women in the same stage of life. Claire is an intense, full-time lawyer with a nanny. Charlotte is a charmed transplant from Richmond married to a distracted husband. And Beth? Well, she’s perfect. Despite her anxious, erratic personality, Olivia develops meaningful friendships. But Beth is special. She has everything. Olivia sets her sites on her new obsession, determined to make herself invaluable. When her persistence turns to meddling, the friendship sours.

Olivia snaps. She unravels quickly, succumbing to familiar volatile tendencies. When the women become fearful of Olivia and her devious behavior, Olivia doesn’t quit. She persists.

How far will Olivia go to achieve the life she desperately wants?

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Shake Down by Armand Rosamilia

Shake Down by Armand Rosamilia

Ex-cop Clayton Conway has made some mistakes.

He’s trying to work hard with a repo company, hooking cars and boats. Raise his daughter and stay friendly with his ex-wife. Make enough money to pay the rent on his tiny apartment over a bar in Jacksonville Beach.

But when one of the Orenato Cartel’s speedboats gets repossessed, they come looking for it.

Putting Clayton, his family and friends, in danger.

Can he protect them, or will the cartel get what they came for? And will his own weaknesses get the best of him… again?

From the author of the Award Winning crime thriller series, Dirty Deeds, comes a new series set in the same world!

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To Save Just One by William Cain

To Save Just One by William Cain

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If you like strong one of kind female characters determined to find the most heinous psychotic killers, even if it means entering into the dark world of hitmen and outright ugly people, then follow this psychological mystery series and super cop Henson on her thrilling adventures.
Henson fiercely crusades to rescue her niece and stop the killers, reaching The Badlands of South Dakota and the mysteries it holds beneath the desert floor. A sociopathic group of men wages war against Henson and her Task Force to stop her. It’s Game On!

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Silent Child by Sarah A. Denzil

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In the summer of 2006, Emma Price watched helplessly as her six-year-old son’s red coat was fished out of the River Ouse. It was the tragic story of the year – a little boy, Aiden, wandered away from school during a terrible flood, fell into the river, and drowned.

His body was never recovered.

Ten years later, Emma has finally rediscovered the joy in life. She’s married, pregnant, and in control again…

… until Aiden returns.

Too traumatized to speak, he raises endless questions and answers none. Only his body tells the story of his decade-long disappearance. The historic broken bones and injuries cast a mere glimpse into the horrors Aiden has experienced. Aiden never drowned. Aiden was taken.

As Emma attempts to reconnect with her now teenage son, she must unmask the monster who took him away from her. But who, in their tiny village, could be capable of such a crime?

It’s Aiden who has the answers, but he cannot tell her the unspeakable.

This dark and disturbing psychological novel is a page-turner you will not be able to put down.

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Do No Harm by James Cohoon

About Featured Book: Do No Harm by James Cohoon

A 2020 American Fiction Award winner for Best Medical Thriller

Doctors go to medical school to SAVE lives…right?

When Matthew Preston was eight, his father was shot and killed in rarefied Pacific Palisades by Ted Nash, a home burglar who happened to be the Prestons’ neighbor. Though Nash was sentenced to life in San Quentin, Matthew’s lifelong obsession is to somehow get into the prison, gain access to Nash, and exact the ultimate personal revenge. He devises a plan to become a prison doctor to gain access to Nash.

While in medical school, Matthew falls for brilliant classmate Torrey Jamison from poverty-stricken East Palo Alto. Torrey is battling her own demons, having been raped by a school counselor while in high school. Matthew is focused on vigilantism; but he loves Torrey, who is morally opposed to killing for any reason – or so she thinks.

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Silent Child

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His body was never recovered.

Ten years later, Emma has finally rediscovered the joy in life. She’s married, pregnant, and in control again…

… until Aiden returns.

As Emma attempts to reconnect with her now teenage son, she must unmask the monster who took him away from her. But who, in their tiny village, could be capable of such a crime?

It’s Aiden who has the answers, but he cannot tell her the unspeakable.

This dark and disturbing psychological novel is a page-turner you will not be able to put down.

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Blaze In, Blaze Out by Joseph Lewis

Blaze In, Blaze Out by Joseph Lewis

Working with a joint multi-law enforcement task force, Detective Pat O’Connor infiltrated a Ukrainian crime family headed by Dmitry Andruko. O’Connor and his control, Detective Paul Eiselmann, were the linchpins in the guilty verdict. The two detectives thought it was over, but it was only the beginning.

Eiselmann planned for a quiet weekend with his family at home. O’Connor planned on heading to Northern Wisconsin for a fishing trip with another cop, Detective Jamie Graff, and four teenage adopted brothers.

But Andruko is ruthless and vindictive. From his prison cell, he hires two contract killers to kill both O’Connor and Eiselmann and anyone else in the way. The killers can be anyone. The killers could be anywhere, and the killers could strike at any time.

The quiet weekend for Eiselmann, and the short vacation for O’Connor, turn into a deadly nightmare as O’Connor’s and Eiselmann’s lives and the lives of the four boys are in peril.

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Poltergeist the Pale Horse by William Joel

Poltergeist the Pale Horse by William Joel

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Poltergeist returns at the request of the angelic agency, Sentinel, to investigate a possible attempt to destabilize the United States government. Caleb, the angelic being from the Sentinel, tells Poltergeist that something horrendous will happen that will catapult new highly restrictive gun laws into law in the United States. This is a prelude to removing every person’s right to bear arms.

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Blown by Nolon King

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She can pay with her life … or she can pay with her crimes.

Alison Tanner thought she was living her best life. Her husband’s seven-figure consulting business earned them entry into the country club crowd and paid for her gifted daughter’s tuition at the best private school in the area. She lives in a gorgeous house, drives an expensive car, and she could afford designer clothes, if she cared about fashion at all.

But when her husband, Tom, is killed in a gang-related shooting, it all comes crashing down. Tom’s consulting agency was just a front for his real business: keeping their wealthy neighbors supplied with cocaine, oxycontin, and every other illegal drug money can buy. Tom died owing the local drug lord a lot of money — and now Alison’s on the hook.

Worse, unscrupulous DEA Agent Banks wants her to be his informant in a sting operation and doesn’t care if she survives, as long as he gets his man.

Desperate to protect her daughter from both a vengeful mother-in-law who wants custody and a drug lord who wants her daughter to work off Tom’s debts in the streets, Alison agrees to go undercover, wearing a wire as she sells drugs to her snobby neighbors and learns more about the drug lord’s operation.

If she ever gets out of this, she vows she’ll take her daughter and disappear forever — but her chances of surviving are getting worse by the minute. Does she have a shot at ever living a normal life again, or is everything blown?

Blown is an intense new stand-alone crime thriller from Nolon King, author of Pretty Killer, 12, and the No Justice series. Fans of Ozark and Weeds will love Blown. Get your copy today.

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Compulsion by Jennifer Chase

Compulsion by Jennifer Chase

When Serial Killers Terrorize a California Beach Community, One Woman Stands in Their Way

Emily Stone doesn’t have a badge. But that hasn’t stopped her from tracking down some of the West’s most dangerous child-killers. Armed with a digital camera, laptop computer and her trusty Beretta, Stone uses her innate gift for detective work to identify the perps — and then anonymously e-mail the evidence to the cops.

Now, the hunt for two brazen serial killers on the loose right in her own coastal California town threatens to expose Stone’s identity — unraveling her carefully constructed cover and jeopardizing her life’s work. But when she gets too close to the action, this razor-sharp hunter becomes the hunted. Cooperating with the handsome local police detective could be the only hope for stopping the rampage directed at unsuspecting young women — and saving herself. Can they piece together the clues in time? Compulsion mixes CSI-style investigation with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot and a dose of romance for a keeps-you-guessing, fast-paced and savvy thriller, right up until the shocking finale.

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Automatic Stay

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Automatic Stay is the second in Shaiken’s legal thriller series. In it, 3J and Pascale are back and file bankruptcy cases for six Kansas City jazz clubs that have somehow managed to survive the Covid pandemic. Now they must battle an unknown enemy who runs an anonymous disinformation campaign on social media to try to put the clubs out of business. Will they be able to stop the campaign in time to save the clubs and keep jazz alive in the city?

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Pleasure Party: An unputdownable psychological thriller by Hugh O. Smith

Pleasure Party: An unputdownable psychological thriller by Hugh O. Smith

In a New Jersey suburb two best friends host a Pleasure Party.
It’s supposed to be a fun gathering with decadent snacks and homemade sangria.
At least that’s the plan, until a gun-wielding guest out for revenge takes the party hostage.

Laura is angry. You would be too if some young hussy stole your husband and ruined your life. But now Laura finally caught up to her and she’ll show her and this bunch of other losers just what happens to homewreckers.

Bianca has a secret… one that could tear her family apart. She did the worst thing she could have done with the last person in the world she should have done it with. Thank God she’s got a BFF like…

Kristin was shocked when Bianca confided in her. But she’s got a secret too. One that she’ll never tell. She’s breaking the biggest rule in the BFF rulebook.

Veronica didn’t mean to fall for a married man but what’s done is done. A bitter, angry Laura is after her for taking her husband, but what Laura doesn’t know is Veronica is not as helpless as she seems.

Tina is a mom, a wife, and executive. She’s busy. Like all busy people she needs stress relief and hers is her young lover Maya. But Maya caught feelings. She’s not playing her position. And now Tina’s got a decision to make.

Maya knew what she was getting into. Side chick – why not? It’ll be fun. Or so she thought. Now Maya is in love. Deeply! But her lover Tina will never give up her career, 2.5 kids and suburban life. But Maya’s love is strong. She’ll convince Tina. Eventually!

Brooke started at the bottom now she’s here. But “here” doesn’t do it for her. “Here” doesn’t scratch that itch. So she goes back to the “bottom” to get what she needs. And she never leaves unscathed. The “bottom” leaves marks. Bruises. Scars. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Life is great for Gloria! Money, beautiful home, healthy grandkids, a serial cheater for a husband. Ok, well maybe not so great. But you wouldn’t know it looking at her. Gloria is all about image, so she makes sure everything looks… Perfect. But that takes a toll. Holding it all in, makes her angry. And now, she just might have an outlet for all that anger.

Deepa doesn’t ask for much. Just a little #love and appreciation. Sadly, she never gets it. So she’s through asking. She’s going to find it on her own. Any way she can.

Jessica is a hustler. She works hard. Things are good, but her husband doesn’t think so. He thinks something is wrong with their relationship. He claims he loves her. But she can’t trust his love. She wants to… But how?

It’s not long before the terrifying scenario affects all the women present. Bold truths are spoken. Secrets long kept in the dark are dragged kicking and screaming into the light, and unexpected bonds formed. No one will be the same and maybe not everyone will survive to tell about it.

Fans of Paula Hawkins and Kiersten Modglin will enjoy this warped novel of love, lust, revenge and terrible, terrible choices.

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The Bones Will Tell by Vickie McKeehan

The Bones Will Tell by Vickie McKeehan

A serial killer has the city of Seattle gripped in fear. As his bloody total continues to mount, Skye Cree gets dragged into the mix by her longtime friend, homicide detective Harry Drummond.

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The Black Waters

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She arrived at the Andaman Islands intent on helping Rupen escape the deadly prison. But will she become a victim of her own terrifying secrets? If you like rich settings, spicy sex scenes, and explorations of nineteenth-century gender politics, then you’ll love A E Spencer’s suspense-laden tale.

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Dirty Deeds 4 by Armand Rosamilia

Dirty Deeds 4 by Armand Rosamilia

The Big Easy. The Crescent City. Birthplace of Jazz. Mardi Gras City. NOLA. New Orleans.

Even in a fun place like this I find myself being chased, shot at, coerced and abused by the FBI, organized crime and Reggie Keane, who used to spend his days trying to arrest me.

Did I also mention a serial killer is in the mix as well?

One of these days I’m going to spend time in a city and enjoy the tourist sites.

The fourth book in the crime thriller series from author Armand Rosamilia

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Serenity by Craig Hart

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Shelby Alexander just wanted a cup of morning coffee.
Not a badly injured girl curled up by his barn, freezing in the winter chill.

When Shelby moved back to his small hometown of Serenity after retiring from boxing, he was looking for a little peace and quiet. He was getting too old for all the high-octane nonsense of his prior life.

Right?

But when a bullet slams into the wall just past his head, and a drug dealer offers him $10,000 for information regarding his dead sister … well, he can’t very well say “no.”

Or can he?

But if the local sheriff has anything to say about it, Shelby will be spending a lot his retirement in jail.
Ah, well … it’s just another day in the small town of Serenity.

Over 400,000 readers have thrilled to Shelby Alexander’s escapades. Read book one and join them!

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