The Kindness of Strangers is the sixth book in the Edgar Award-winning Skip Langdon mystery series.
“A breathless thriller … Smith pushes her protagonist to the breaking point and the series to a new high water mark of suspense.” -Los Angeles Times
The Kindness of Strangers is the sixth book in the Edgar Award-winning Skip Langdon mystery series.
“A breathless thriller … Smith pushes her protagonist to the breaking point and the series to a new high water mark of suspense.” -Los Angeles Times
After five years on the police force, a bullet in the kiester from a vengeful gangbanger convinces Walt that it’s time to turn in his badge. Walt realizes once again that retirement just isn’t his cup of tea, and with a little urging from his brother-in-law, decides to become a private investigator. For five years he had served the Lady Justice wearing a white robe and a blindfold and followed the rules, but he soon discovered that the P.I. business was leading him across the line into the dark side and a completely different set of rules. When Walt comes face to face with the Lady Justice on the dark side, dressed in a tight skirt, fishnet stockings and high heels, he is faced with decisions that will change the course of his life. Free on Kindle.
In 2063, a biotechnological revolution sweeps the nation. Behind this movement is Chicago-based medical giant LyfeGen. The company leads the biotech industry with their Sustain, an implantable artificial organ designed to grant its recipients near-immortality. But many of the recipients are suddenly dying. And now extreme religious groups, radical movements, and competing corporations all want LyfeGen to collapse rather than allow “the god organ” to fundamentally alter the human body. Just $0.99 on Kindle.
Late one night an emotionally disturbed woman, Abigail Macy, witnesses a murder. She reports what she saw to the police, but out of fear that the killer will return to eliminate her as a witness, she keeps quiet about his identity. When the police investigate her claim, they find no evidence of a crime, and influenced by her psychiatrist’s diagnosis that she was delusional, the case is closed.
When Abigail is found dead two days later, the coroner concludes that she had committed suicide, however the Lincolns (the detectives) aren’t convinced of the verdict. Now, with the only witness dead, the challenge to unravel the truth and find a murderer becomes more baffling.
The Lincolns find themselves in danger of being the killer’s next victims as they are drawn into a perilous web of lies, deceit and cover-ups. Free on Kindle.
In the remote, rugged corner of Montana’s Glacier National Park a little girl disappears with her dog while on a camping trip with her family…or so her mother and father tell authorities.
A multi-agency task force begins a massive search and rescue operation as Paige fights to survive in the wilderness. And soon the nation is gripped by the life-and-death drama as it unfolds in the news.
But secretly the FBI grows suspicious about Paige’s parents. Their recent history and new evidence links them to a crime of the past. Free on Kindle.
Private Investigator Hera Hunter finds it odd when no one steps forward to identify the woman found dead behind City Hall. Then another friendless woman is gunned down on the street. “My stepbrother murdered them,” Zoey Barnes cries. But everyone knows she’s a little crazy. Besides, she’s hated her stepbrother ever since he ran over her fiancé twenty four years ago. Her cries go unheeded until their mother, Caroline Dunham, hires Hera to prove her stepson’s innocence. $0.99 on Kindle.
Michael Crichton’s Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heart–pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology.
Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent organism that is anything but benign. More powerful by the hour, it has targeted the eight scientists as prey. They must stop the swarm before it is too late… $0.99 on Kindle.
Agent Sellar is a spy. He has been working on a case in South America. He gets a call and a new sidekick called Casey. It’s the beginning of a long journey and a couple of weird hunts. The world is on the precipice of disaster.Will Agent Sellar find what he wants and can he change the future, or past, bringing peace to a world that is erupting. what does any of this have to do with mangos. Free on Kindle.
When Molly Elliott accidentally lands in the middle of a bank robbery, her quiet life is destroyed. For a chance at a new beginning, she moves to California to run Cranberry Cottage Bed and Breakfast, inherited from her Aunt Maggie. Will Molly’s past come back to haunt her when five guests show up with hidden agendas? Find out in this cozy mystery, with cranberry recipes included! $0.99 on Kindle.
“Metamorphosis: The Trey Parker Story” is paranormal thriller. Trey Parker doubts what his parents and the church have always taught him. Years later Trey falls in with a bad lot and gets shot. This near-death experience alters the course of his life … $0.99 on Kindle.
In Lady Blues: forget-me-not (Gus LeGarde Mystery), music professor Gus unravels twin mysteries of an abused Korean seamstress and a 1940s jazz ingénue whose pianist lover disappeared overseas on the same night Glen Miller’s plane was lost in English Channel. Gus befriends an Alzheimer’s patient, while dodging a drug company who will silence any witness to keep their breakthrough Alzheimer’s treatment under wraps. $0.99 on Kindle.
What happens when you meet your first love again…and now he could be the man who wants you dead? Leah returns home after her father’s death and finds the boy she once loved has become a handsome, dangerous stranger. The past holds many secrets and her father’s death may not have been an accident after all. Someone is out to silence her and that someone might be the man she is rapidly falling in love with again. Free on Kindle.

A newly ordained Priest struggles to restart a vandalized, 19th century Catholic church in a neighborhood overrun with Satanism. $0.99 on Kindle.
Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective’s badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. But, then the police in his remote town in Vermont call him back for help on a troubling case. Readers of Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbø, and Greg Iles might like this morally complex, gritty and unforgettable story. $0.99 on Kindle.
Set in London’s Notting Hill, the cozy mystery blends suspense, plot twists and romance into one seriously entertaining read. Free on Kindle.
Christian detectives investigate the poisoning of a woman found dead in her upstairs bedroom. Witnesses say no one entered or left the house. Free on Kindle.
Sidney Archer thought she had the perfect life: a loving husband, an adorable baby daughter, and a great career as a senior partner in a major Washington law firm. But when her husband is killed in a plane crash, her whole world begins to disintegrate. The FBI believes her husband is responsible for the bombing — and that he may still be alive! $2.99 on Kindle for a limited time.
A murder has disrupted the small town of Cozy Creek. Can Daisy McDare solve the case with the help of her dog? This easy reading, charming cozy mystery is FREE today on Kindle.
Is it possible that there’s an ancient mystery that tells America’s future? Could this mystery explain everything from 9/11 to the economic collapse? Could this be a harbinger of judgment are about to fall on America? Pick up this riveting novel and enter the mystery.
“A nuanced techno-thriller with both brains and brawn.” —Kirkus Reviews
“As a thriller, mystery, and military-industrial adventure story, RATS succeeds thoroughly.” – San Francisco Book Review (4 out of 5 stars)
“Fans of international thrillers and espionage books will enjoy this novel…” – Foreword Clarion Reviews (4 out of 5 stars)
When a woman with a visionary gift sees her husband’s demise, she becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Forbidden romance blooms when a jaded tabloid reporter gets assigned to follow the story. As detectives close in on the killer, is Laurel’s sudden disappearance the betrayal it appears to be? $0.99 on Kindle.
The always likable, wisecracking Seattle PI Leo Waterman takes on a new case in “Cast in Stone.” Written in the style of 1930’s hard-boiled detective novel, this novel starts strong and keeps up with fast pace. $2.00 on Kindle.
After her best friend is murdered, Julie O’Hara, a body language expert, goes to Boston for the funeral. Who killed artist Marc Solomon, and what does Castle Cay, the Caribbean island, have to do with it? Before long, Julie’s sixth-sense finds a hidden string and begins to unravels a deadly conspiracy…and her own troubled past. Free on Kindle.
Harry’s War describes how fighter pilot warriors think, and the challenges they face when they return to earth. It follows Harry through a dogfight with four Iranian Su-27 Flanker fighter planes over Iraqi skies. Harry is flying an F-15, the inferior craft, but he’s the superior pilot. Later a second war unfolds, one equally as hard as the one Harry fought in the skies. Raw emotion is now on the table as Harry has to deal with demons from his past and fight for his survival in a new future.

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