What if the government said that your missing wife never existed?

A business trip to the Middle East for Stan and Valerie Halsey ends in chilling confusion and despair as Valerie seemingly falls off the face of the earth, leaving no trace of her existence behind.

Back in the States, B.J. wakes up night after night in a cold sweat from the same torturous nightmare that takes place in a country he has never been to. Both B.J. and Stan have unknowingly been sucked into a government conspiracy that threatens to consume them and everyone they love. $0.99 on Kindle.

Eliza Darcy travels to England for a reunion to solve a family estrangement. Not long after Eliza’s arrival, a dead body surfaces. When clues to the murder merge with her investigation into her family’s rift, Eliza’s inner sleuth self-activates. As corpses pile up faster than the clues, Eliza fears the estate’s family graveyard will swallow another body: hers. $0.99 on Kindle.

It began with a kidnapping, a murder and a phone call.

Albert Westwood, aka Nero, former British special forces sniper extraordinaire and ex-mercenary, just wants to live a normal life. Be left alone. The problem is he’s a wanted man. $0.99 on Kindle.

Stacie Maroni’s search for a cup of coffee led to a corpse. On top of that, the dead guy has her contact information in his pocket. Now she’s sleuthing for her life, with her Maltese, Jasper, at her side. $0.99 on Kindle.

In a remote section of Argentinian jungle, an archeological team searching for an ancient, mysterious relic vanishes without a trace. With nowhere else to turn, a colleague seeks the help of his dead father’s protégé, Dr. Nick Randall and his daughter Samantha to help find the missing team…and the relic. Randall and Sam travel through miles of jungle searching for the missing scientists but soon find themselves in a nightmare of unimaginable terror. The chilling legends surrounding the mysterious relic may be as deadly as they are true, and Sam may soon be its latest victim. To save his daughter, Randall must decipher a series of clues scattered throughout the catacombs and ancient records of the great cathedrals of Europe, culminating with the Vatican. As he gets closer to the truth, he discovers a secret so powerful, it could alter the course of civilization and cost his daughter her life. Free on Kindle.

“Rick McCormick demonstrates yet again a keen eye for detail. His descriptions of characters and settings are worth reading all for their own sake. More than that, they palpably, perpetually advance the narrative, and the reader’s appreciation of the characters. Sometimes disruptive, occasionally mournful, and from time to time also funny, The Last Sand Granules is always human.” —Richard Walter, former professor and head of the screenwriting program at the UCLA film school

When his dying mother pleads with him to change his life so they can meet in the afterlife in Heaven, a man in prison for murder struggles with his faith because he believes he is already beyond redemption. $0.99 on Kindle.