In Bed with Jane Austen by Anthony E Thorogood (27 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Anastasia a seventeen year old school girl is on her way home from school when the Russian Mafia pounce and drag her into the back of a car. Private Detective Jack Hamma, is speeding through the streets of Adelaide he gets there just in time? Her parents are shot dead. There is nowhere to hide. Anastasia, Jack and an Alsatian dog named Basher run for it. They flee to the Australian Outback, but the Russian Mafia are hot on their trail and if that's not enough for Jack to cope with Anastasia has other thing on her mind. ***Winner of the Rodney Fisher Award*** 'A fantastic cast of characters in a smoothly written plot, with plenty of action to keep the reader interested.' 'I finished the book. I then downloaded and read the next book in the series, and the next, and the next again.' 'Basher, what an awesome dog!' ' The action is very intense, fighting, car chases and feats of survival, all well written.'

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Body in the Beck (A D.I. Price Mystery Book 2) by Joanna Cannan (Lume Books) (220 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

When famous climber Francis Worthington discovers the body of a man floating in a mountain pool in the Lake District, he goes on to finish his climb before reporting it. After the local police have examined the body, they realise they have a case of murder on their hands and call in Detective Inspector Price of Scotland Yard. Price is convinced that Worthington has something to hide, especially when he refuses to supply an alibi... The second in the D.I. Price Mystery series, The Body in the Beck is an intriguing and gripping mystery tale. Praise for Joanna Cannan: 'The plot has a subtle twist which even Mrs. Christie might envy' - New Statesman 'An excellent English rural tale" - Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor - A Catalogue of Crime Before Joanna Cannan tried her hand at detective fiction, her books dealt primarily with the aftermath of World War I and life in England during the Great Depression, although several of her novels did have elements of crime ...

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Sam Verbicaro (The Sam Verbicaro Trilogy Book 3) by Ted Gogoll (7 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Sam Verbicaro is a man with no future and an unspeakable past. A fugitive with the entire country closing in. A perfect recruit for a global crime syndicate that needs an expendable assassin on the payroll.

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Due North: A Canadian Plane Crash Mystery (Butterscotch Jones Mysteries Book 1) by Melanie Jackson (427 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Welcome to the Gulch... funny things happen in the middle of nowhere. Butterscotch Jones thought that living in the far north provided enough peril to contend with until a private plane crashed outside her hometown of McIntyre's Gulch, Manitoba, Canada. The treasure inside the plane soon attracted both the RCMP and the Russian Mafia. For a town built upon isolation and secrecy, the citizens faced very public exposure. "A light, fun read with an eccentric cast of characters who bring the village of MacIntyre's Gulch to delightful life." -- Lisa Cach, author of "Wake Unto Me" McIntyre's Gulch has long provided refuge to those needing to disappear off the face of the planet. Most donning red hair, the residents of the Gulch prefer to say to one another what little they have to say in a mish-mash of English and Gaelic. Unless conversing with Whiskey Jack in which the conversation is likely to just be a mish-mash. There's comfort in the form of warmth, food and drink to be had at the ...

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Death Rattle by David Jewell (Wild Wolf Publishing) (164 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

As seen in The Guardian and The Times. "Potent, dark and authentic crime writing from the North East's answer to Rankin." ~ Elliott Kerrigan, writer and creator of the award-winning BBC Series, Boy Meets Girl When a body is found stabbed to death in a notorious Newcastle upon Tyne gay cruising area, Detective Inspector Jack Slade of the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team lands the case. What appears to be a robbery gone wrong takes a dramatic turn when the identity of the victim is revealed. Slade is drawn into a dark underworld and is forced to seek help from people on the fringes of the Newcastle gay scene, Jack finds himself embroiled in a sinister world of sexual exploitation, missing teenagers and murders. When his unorthodox methods result in the death of a suspect, Slade finds himself suddenly on the outside, shunned by his colleagues and himself a suspect in a homicide. He must uncover the truth about the murders, before he himself becomes a victim. Not for the faint hearted, ...

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BRUTAL INNOCENCE by TOM MOHRBACH (Tom Mohrbach Novels) (18 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

It's the summer of 1979; in a small Michigan community, seventeen-year-old Stevie finds himself at a crossroads between his wholesome upbringing and a gritty reality he never saw coming. It all starts when he accepts a summer job at a nearby liquor store. Beneath the veneer of friendly smiles from the owners lies a sinister reality, entwined with racism, sex, and violence that drags him down a rabbit hole of unforeseen temptations. An avid runner, Stevie is his high-school cross-country star who hopes for a running scholarship to help with college tuition. He is torn between careers as a police officer, fighter pilot, or entering a seminary. Amidst the turmoil, Stevie meets Jenny, a free-spirited young woman. Will she lead Stevie further into the murky depths or will she help him rise above the shadows and forge his own path to redemption? Throughout this gripping and evocative coming-of-age tale, the novel paints a haunting portrait of a young man's struggle to find his place in a ...

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Isolation: Dwayne Morrow Mystery #5 (Dwayne Morrow Mysteries) by Darin Miller (24 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Is there anything more unsettling than the inability to trust your own senses? Dwayne Morrow is about to find out... Recent events in West Virginia have left Dwayne in a fragile state of mind. His recollections of those final hours are blurry at best, and while he knows what he wants to believe, he's bound by a promise not to investigate any further. Despite the patience and support from friends and family, he finds himself hobbled by despair, unable to fully confide in anyone. When Boggs Investigations is invited to join a trial mystery weekend on a private island in Lake Erie, Dwayne is pressured by his boss to rejoin the living and participate in what is supposed to be an exercise in teamwork. But the island has a haunted history, and for Dwayne, the line quickly blurs between what is real and what isn't. Time is running out, and Dwayne must decide whether the real danger is to his friends or to his own sanity. Isolation is the fifth heart-stopping adventure in the Dwayne ...

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Behind Familiar Faces by Ida Burr (15 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

The most dangerous monsters are the ones who look like us. They're the ones we trust the most. This group of seemingly normal people all have secrets, but are any of them capable of murder? Gina and Lawrence are new parents, their baby the apple of their eye. Maria and Josh have a picture-perfect life with their twin girls and a white picket fence. Molly recently had a "glow up" after getting dumped by her ex. Kevin just finalized his divorce and moved into the neighborhood to start over with his son. When one of them ends up in the hospital with no memory of how they got there, everyone goes into a panic. The clock is ticking... will the attacker be caught before they strike again?

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A Cut Below (Kapamentis Crime, Book 1) by T.W.M. Ashford (30 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

It's easy to fall through the cracks of Kapamentis. Just ask Thaddeus Cutter. He's a two-bit private detective struggling to get by in a neon-drenched alien metropolis whose citizens consider humans little more than vermin. There's no sun, it rains all the time, and business is so bad he can't even pay the rent. So when a young woman turns up dead in an alley with her organs missing, he jumps at the chance to make some credits. If he can stop a killer with a deadly appetite along the way, all the better. But the deeper he digs, the harder the city pushes back... and everything unravels in a far more sinister direction than even Thaddeus could have predicted. Can Thaddeus cut short this string of grisly murders? Or has mankind earned a permanent place on the galaxy's menu? A Cut Below is the first book in the Kapamentis Crime series. If you're a fan of Blade Runner, William Gibson or the Final Dawn series, you'll love this cyberpunk mystery novel from T.W.M. Ashford. Download and ...

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bingoed (Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mysteries Book 1) by Patricia Rockwell (Cozy Cat Press) (88 Reviews)    Price verified 32 minutes ago

Why would spry senior Bob Weiderley suddenly fall into a coma after winning a game of Bingo? After all, he was the most physically fit of all the men at the Happy Haven Assisted Living Facility -- able to bend over to tie his own shoes and use the stairs rather than the elevator. It was just very suspicious. That's why Essie Cobb and her friends and fellow residents--Opal, Marjorie, and Fay--decided to investigate. Was it possible that someone was out to get the friendly old gentleman? Maybe it was Violet, Happy Haven's manager, trying to cover up her shady past. Or Sue, the activities director, whose behavior was strange to say the least. Maybe it was one of the three women who sat at Bob's regular table in the dining room. Or the mysterious man who had recently sent Bob a startling letter. Essie Cobb is determined to find out -- and she's not going to let her age (90), her weak bladder, or her various infirmities hold her back. Welcome to Happy Haven. If you thought most ...

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The Cursing of Ana Dalca: A Supernatural Thriller (Way of the Vampire) by D.S. Quinton (48 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Innocence Untarnished. Vengeance Unbridled. A Curse To Span The Centuries. Romania, 1780. Anastasia Dalca is the rose of the royal family. Her beauty and kindness are known throughout the land, but so is her desire for adventure over marriage. When a suitor's magical gift goes horribly wrong, death and vengeance call. And somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, an ancient evil awakes to answer. An unholy pact is made. Deception is perpetrated. And an innocent life is changed forever. But the curse doesn't end there... The Cursing of Ana Dalca is the opening story in the Way of the Vampire supernatural thriller series. If you like dark themes, rich writing and of course, vampires, then you'll love this spine-tingling tale.

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A Knock at the Door: Who is she? Who was she? by Peter Rowlands (218 Reviews)    Price verified 32 minutes ago

A brain-teasing mystery that grabs you right from the start - and then delivers A bedraggled woman turns up on Rory Cavenham's doorstep in the middle of a storm, convinced that the year is 1972, but claiming to have lost her memory. Despite his own troubled past, Rory is drawn to her; but she's fearful of authority and frightened of mysterious pursuers, and insists on keeping a low profile as she adjusts to modern life. Determined to help her, Rory finds links to two strong but compromised women, but the truth behind their interlocking stories remains elusive. Meanwhile, the pursuers turn out to be all too real, and the pace builds as the story lunges towards its remarkable and redemptive climax. Fast-moving and engrossing, A Knock at the Door defies easy categorisation. It is part mystery thriller, part detective story, and part romance. It even hovers on the edge of science fiction, though it always keeps both feet firmly on the ground. One beta reader reports "snatching at the ...

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Follow the Crumbs: A Cozy Quilts Club Mystery by Marsha DeFilippo (20 Reviews)    Price verified 32 minutes ago

A stitch in time saves lives... When Eva Perkins, Annalise Jordan, Jennifer Ryder, and Sarah Pascal start a quilt club, the last thing they expect to be discussing at their meetings is their paranormal abilities. Even less likely -- using them to find a killer. But when Jennifer finds her great-aunt Sadie dead from a fatal blow to the head and the police run out of clues to solve her murder, everything changes. Calling upon their unconventional skills, the quilting club discovers what the police could not -- the identity of the killer and even better, a confession. That was the easy part. Now they're left with a dilemma. How can they convince the police to believe them before it's too late without ruining their reputations in the process? Follow the Crumbs is the first in A Cozy Quilts Club Mystery series. Click 'buy now' to start reading today!

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Haunting of Red River: A Riveting Haunted House Ghost Thriller Boxset by Marie Wilkens (212 Reviews)    Price verified 32 minutes ago

Twin sisters and paranormal bloggers Rachel and Becky inherit the mysterious Groves Estate in Alabama, only to find themselves entangled in a web of deceit, murder, and family secrets. As eerie occurrences haunt the halls, the sisters must unravel the deadly conspiracy involving their late grandmother, Patricia, and confront dangerous foes vying for the family fortune. In a race against time, Rachel and Becky must rely on their unbreakable bond to uncover the truth and protect their lives and legacy. The Haunting of the Silver Creek Lodge In a small town rests an old lodge with a big secret. Maxine Finch and Simon York, a recently married couple with little money, use their limited honeymoon funds to buy a foreclosed inn in the tiny snowy town of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but when strange things start happening in the middle of the night, Maxine and Simon wonder if their investment is a dangerous mistake.

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The MindSet Chronicles: Book One - The Deletion by Steve Truitt (Steve Truitt LLC) (36 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

In a world where artificial intelligence has become an integral part of daily life, the sudden death of all AI sends society into a tailspin - a disconnected, surreal post-AI period known as The Deletion. As the world struggles to come to terms with the loss, bad boy genius, Peter Eriksson, has invented a new form of interconnection called MindSet to reconnect the world in this strange new time. Conceived from a century-old concept, "Crowd Wisdom," this revolutionary device links the minds of all of those who possess the necessary implants, becoming the only hope for humanity to rebuild and recover from the loss of AI. But Bethany Okoyé -- Peter's part-time lover/part-time rival -- remains leery of Peter's devices and isn't shy about making her opinion known. It is only when humanity encounters a global challenge unlike any other, that the two must find a way to work together to address a threat that could endanger the very nature of reality itself. With action, suspense, and ...

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Beautiful Revenge: Original Version (Revenge Diaries: A Series of Dark Standalones Book 2) by Cassie Hargrove (194 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

I became the monster I had to in order to survive... My history isn't filled with love and sunshine. I grew up with a family that did the opposite of what they should have and I had to fight to survive. When the time came to battle my demons, I burned them to the ground until there was nothing left to fight. Now that I'm free, I have to feed the monster they forced me to become, and there's only one way to do that. My name is Briar, and I'm your worst nightmare. If you're slotted for death, you'll never see me coming and I promise you, it won't be quick. You can pray all you want, but no one can save you from me. Run, if it will make you feel better. My monster will still find you... *A standalone Dark Romance MFM. If you have any triggers, be extremely mindful of the warnings at the beginning of the book. They're there for a reason and not to be taken lightly.*

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Paw and Order: A Female Sleuth and Cat Detective Cozy Mystery on the Beach (The Detective Whiskers Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) by Chris Abernathy (391 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

A woman, her cat, and a murder. Who will crack the case? Sheila and her amateur sleuth friends or Whiskers and his animal friends? "Chris Abernathy has created a fun world full of mysteries, margaritas, and meows. I want to live in Paradise Cove!" Paradise Cove is, well, paradise. Pretty cottages line the quiet beach where waves wash gently onto sugar-white sand. Sunsets paint the sky each evening and gentle sea breezes blow across the dunes into the quaint downtown. Whiskers wears a shiny police badge on his pet collar, and he earned it, but when he tries to tell humans what he's uncovered in his investigations they think he wants food or a belly rub. Which, of course, he does. But he also needs to catch the killer who is trying to frame Sheila. Fortunately, he can communicate with other animals including a hippie cat that lives on the beach, a great blue heron, and the town's K-9 officer. Sheila certainly wasn't planning to form the Paradise Cove Murder Society. It is fun, ...

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The Devil in Jalalabad: A Cat Ballentine Spy Thriller by S. M. Barton (128 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

A gripping, suspenseful thriller that will keep you guessing till the end... When CIA officer Catherine Ballentine was taken captive in Afghanistan, she endured horrific treatment for months at the hands of an Islamic State terrorist, Walid, but she never gave up on the mission. When the Afghan women and children she was working with were massacred, Cat escaped and brought the answers back with her. There's only one problem. She doesn't realize just how dangerous those high-stakes secrets are! Navy SEAL Lorenzo Rossi is angry about what happened to his buddies who risked their lives that night to save her. That mission quickly went wrong when the SEAL team suffered heavy losses. Renny is determined to find answers about the events that unfolded in Jalalabad, especially when he realizes someone is trying to push Cat Ballentine into his life. But the untrusting female spy is tight-lipped and terrified. This wily pair of heroes is pushed to the edge as they follow the trail from Miami ...

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Fractured Lives: A gripping serial killer thriller by Charlotte Roddy (Charles Fort Press) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

One phone call can change everything... Disgraced investigative journalist Mara Brenner has returned home to Florida intent on hiding out and drinking away her failures. Then Liam Hadley, an old friend with troubling ties to the past, calls with a bizarre request. "I need you to help me prove that I didn't kill my wife." Oriana Hadley, a high-powered attorney for a global GMO company, is missing. Detectives believe she's dead. And Liam is at the top of their suspect list. As Mara digs deeper, she uncovers disturbing links between Oriana's disappearance and the deaths of young foster girls in Miami Beach. And whoever's behind the deaths will stop at nothing to silence anyone who gets too close -- including her.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Couch Murder (Inspector Edward Wilkes Series Book 1) by Celeste L. Hessler (26 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Detective Inspector Edward Wilkes of Notting Hill Station, London, is investigating an unusual case where an initially reported natural death turns into a murder investigation. A wealthy banker, Andrew Gibson, is found dead by his housekeeper, who assumed he was taking a nap. The murder evidence is a hypodermic needle found later at the scene of the crime, a couch in the victim's library. Wilkes and his partner, Smithers, look at Gibson's family, coworkers, and neighbors to piece together who could have committed this puzzling murder.

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Mayan Shadows: The Crystals of Ahrum (The Maxwell Barnes Adventure Thriller Series Book 1) by Craig A. Hart (Northern Lake Publishing LLC) (978 Reviews)    Price verified 32 minutes ago

Many centuries ago, the last great city of the Maya was conquered, laid waste by invading conquistadors. In the midst of the carnage, an eternal ritual was commenced. And the effects have lasted until this day. From the award-winning, bestselling author of the Shelby Alexander series, now comes the epic Maxwell Barnes series, archaeological adventure thrillers with a paranormal twist. When Maxwell Barnes, treasure hunter extraordinaire, and his best friend Axel Morales set out on a mission for their shadowy benefactor, they never could have imagined the dangerous journey they were about to embark on. In the heart of the Guatemalan jungle, they hear whispers of the legendary Ahrum, the last great city of the Maya, and the Crystal of Ahrum, said to have the power to restore an empire. But as Max delves deeper into the truth behind the city's downfall, he encounters a mysterious Mayan skateboard punk with a shocking story to tell, a gorgeous Spanish beauty with hidden motives, and ...

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A Book of Truths (Mui Thriller Series 1) by Ty Hutchinson (Amazon Digital Services) (1,898 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

She's unraveling a past that others are killing to keep quiet. When Mui comes into possession of a book littered with cryptic notes handwritten on the pages, she thinks nothing of the doodling nonsense until she discovers one is an anagram for her late father's name. Deciphering more of the riddles leads her to believe her father isn't dead and her mother lied to her. But Mui's not the only one with a strange connection to the book. The previous owner was a member of the Bibliokeepers, a secret organization that uses symbolism to hide valuable information inside random books. She died mysteriously, and so did those close to her. The remaining Bibliokeepers fear anyone with access to that book is in danger and are racing to track it down. Will Mui fall victim while searching for the truth about her father? A Book of Truths is the start of an action-packed thriller series. What readers are saying: This storyline is about as unique as you will ever read. Mui is just like your ...

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The Haunting of the House on Greenpond Road: A Riveting Haunted House Mystery (A Riveting Haunted House Mystery Series Book 23) by Abigail Rose (1,035 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

A paranormal phenomenon, a mysterious curse, and an old town with a sinister past. When Amber finds a miraculously low-priced house for rent, what she thought was the solution to all of her problems becomes the beginning of her worst nightmare.

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