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Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery

August 18, 2015 By Editor

Nurse Phoebe McFarland has just moved back home to the mist-shrouded ridges and isolated hollows of the Smoky Mountains when she is unexpectedly caught up in a mystery she must solve with the help of her childhood friend, a park ranger.

Will this mean a second chance at romance? Only time will tell. An Appalachian “Murder She Wrote” with a home health care nurse and a national park ranger as the amateur sleuths. 400 five-star reviews on Amazon. By a 4-Time Wall Street Journal best selling author. A #1 Mystery on Amazon. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Equi Knocks of Karma

August 7, 2015 By Editor

In the second installment of the Carr—Maah Consulting Agency mystery/paranormal series, Celeste Carr and Ericka Maah, business partners and friends, face a powerful and ruthless adversary.

Celeste and Ericka are held hostage by Toni Rae Yelton, a self-centered party girl. Toni Rae is desperate. She orders the mysterious Ericka to use her supernatural powers to call off the police and the reporters, who are all convinced Toni Rae is the sinister force behind her little girl’s disappearance.

Adding to Celeste’s angst, Hobart has vanished. The mysterious homeless man was forced off the streets some months ago. Ericka used a combination of her unusual talents and blackmail to coerce Hobart into working for her firm. He reluctantly agreed. More enthusiastically, at least until his disappearance, he was also Celeste’s boyfriend. Now, Celeste believes he’s back on the streets.

Celeste’s investigations lead her to two seemingly mutually exclusive groups: the homeless population and a youth-oriented cult. She’s horrified to discover a large number of homeless people have disappeared. A sham television reality show, showering selected homeless people with money and promises of fame, appears to be behind the disappearances. At the same time, the cult is determined to eliminate the Baby Boomer, white-male-privilege sector.

A handsome stranger materializes out of thin air to rescue Celeste when her investigations get her into trouble. When she feels the unexpected magic of his attraction, she wonders what will happen when she locates Hobart…if she still wants to find him.

As the sinister cords of the mystery tighten around Celeste’s throat, she must find the person behind the mask in time to save not only herself, but others. With the fine Machiavellian hand leaving few clues but many deadly traps, Celeste will have to solve the mystery before it’s too late. Free on Kindle.

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Legend of War Creek

June 27, 2015 By Editor

On August 18, 1882, Joe La Fleur discovered a gold-bearing quartz vein near the headwaters of War Creek, high in the Cascade Range of Washington State. Later the same day . . . he lost it. One hundred and thirty years later, geologist Trace Brandon re-discovers the vein, guarded by a skeleton with a flint arrowhead imbedded in a femur, and a carved wooden owl—admonitions not to desecrate hallowed ground.

Ignoring the warnings, Brandon stakes a number of mining claims and begins drilling—only to see two of his men murdered in a grisly, ritualistic manner. The situation soon goes from bad to worse when Brandon’s old nemesis, Mafia don Peter Pantelli, learns of the discovery and devises a ruthless plan to eliminate Brandon and take control of the mining claims.

Brandon is caught between forces he can’t comprehend and treachery he understands all too well . . . $3.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Out of the Shoebox

June 21, 2015 By Editor

“Out of the Shoebox” is a fascinating journal that reads like a detective story, comes across as an imaginative quest into the past, yet is the true personal story of the writer, Yaron Reshef. An unexpected phone call hurls Reshef into an intensive two-year journey, during which he has to solve a mystery that took shape in the 1930s and gradually unfolded in the present. A mysterious lot, a forgotten bank account, a people long gone – along with their memory which were obliterated during the Holocaust. All of these rise to the surface, bearing with them memories and emotions previously hidden away in the shoebox.
“I had no intention of writing a book. I had no need to write a story in general nor a story about my family and the Holocaust in particular. But life being what it is, sometimes things happen in mysterious, even surprising ways. Stuff that used to take center stage moves to the background, and background stuff moves downstage and center. That’s what happened in my case.” (Yaron Reshef) Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Non Fiction Tagged With: book, ebook, holocaust, kindle, memoir, mystery

Free: Murder On The Mind

May 29, 2015 By Editor

After a mugging in Manhattan leaves him with a broken arm and fractured skull, insurance investigator Jeff Resnick reluctantly agrees to recover at the home of his estranged half brother, Richard. At first, Jeff believes his graphic nightmares are just the workings of his traumatized mind. But when a local banker is found dead, Jeff believes the attack has left him with a sixth sense–an ability to see murder before it happens.

Piecing together clues he saw in his dreams, Jeff attempts to solve the crime. His brother Richard is skeptical, but unsettling developments begin to forge a tentative bond. Soon, things that couldn’t be explained by premonition come to light, and Jeff finds himself probing into dangerous secrets that touch his own traumatic past in wintry Buffalo–where a killer is ready to darken Jeff’s visions permanently. Free on Kindle.

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Beach Town Boogie

May 29, 2015 By Editor

Despite her recent divorce, Cass Destry has been fairly content plying her trade as a private investigator and living alone in her Galveston Island beach home. But things have gotten a bit more complex lately. This week she’s been stalked, attacked, and embroiled in a murder investigation. And it’s only Thursday. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Everything Burns

May 24, 2015 By Editor

When Reece Johnston was a boy, a fire destroyed his home, killing his mother and brothers while leaving him scarred for life. It also kindled something dark inside him: an irresistible attraction to flames in all their terrifying, tantalizing power. But after two failed arson attempts—and two trips to the mental ward—he was finally able to put down the matches and pick up the pieces.

With a career as a bestselling crime writer going strong, Reece is working to fix his broken marriage to Lisa and be there for their preteen daughter, Anna. He’s not just dealing with his own demons; there’s a world of deadly hurt bearing down on him in the form of the jealous rival he’s bested in literature and love, who’s determined to see Reece crash…and burn. But a guy like Reece knows how to take the heat. And thanks to his lifelong friendship with fire, he also knows how to bring it. $1.99 on Kindle through 5/31/2015.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, Hitchcock, kindle, murder, mystery, Psychological Suspense. Bestseller, psychological thriller, romance, romantic suspense, Suspense, thriller, Zandri

Dangerous Habits

May 22, 2015 By Editor

A cryptic note from a dead woman compels investigative reporter Leah Nash to start digging into the accidental death of her younger sister. She soon finds herself at odds with the Catholic nuns who run the school where her sister died, with the priest who mentored the girl, with a local politician’s wife and even with the publisher of her newspaper. Everyone has something to hide. But, equal parts smart and smartass, Leah just can’t quit looking for answers. As she starts closing in on the truth, someone starts closing in on her. Then, just when she’s sure she’s found the killer, a stunning revelation changes everything and sets the stage for an ending you won’t see coming. Leah’s always been willing to kill for a good story, but will she die for one? $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: [sic]

May 18, 2015 By Editor

Six teens are devoted to a game with one rule: If a player gets tagged, they must change their life within the next fifteen minutes. The better the player, the bigger the change. One might give their car away, or punch the school bully. Another might change identities or sacrifice their virginity. Anything to keep evolving, to avoid fitting into a label or caring about the junk they own. But their quest for enlightenment has taken a rotten final turn – one of the players has murdered the game’s creator, the teen prophet (cult leader?) David Bloom.

Our narrator is being framed for the crime; can he clear his name and discover which of his lifelong friends is the murderer before he takes the fall?

[sic] is a gritty teen murder mystery that delves into the psychology of enlightenment among the criminally dysfunctional. Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Teen & Young Adult Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mystery, Suspense, teen

Dance For A Dead Princess

May 14, 2015 By Editor

The love triangle: a handsome duke, a Hollywood actress, a beautiful attorney. Setting: London, Paris, the duke’s stately home in Kent. The complications: a centuries old family mystery, the death of the duke’s mysterious ward, and the duke’s arrest for her murder.

Finalist, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year, 2013
Finalist, Beverly Hills Book Awards, 2014
Honorable Mention, Paris Book Awards, 2014

$1.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Lady Justice on the Dark Side

March 23, 2015 By Editor

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.

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Free: 22 Inches of Rain

March 13, 2015 By Editor

In the suffocating January darkness, Edward Connor III is fighting his demons. Obsessed with all of life’s unanswered questions, his distressed brain is running so fast that his body is unable to shut down and rest. He has reached a terrifying stage of chronic insomnia, and his deep confusion is slaughtering the last hints of a smile from his face. This suspense novel is free on Kindle.

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Family Matters

February 27, 2015 By Editor

Think your family’s dysfunctional? Meet Gracie Andersen’s and the peaceful farming community of Deer Creek. Gracie has her hands full–a new business and trying to get her life on track after the loss of her husband and unborn child. When an odd gift from her troubled uncle thrusts her into an investigation of a cousin’s tragic death 20 years ago, Gracie meets with opposition from family and friends. What really happened that rainy, October night when her cousin was killed by a hit-and-run driver? As pieces of the truth are wrenched from the past, her new business, Milky Way Kennels teeters on the edge of disaster. And then death strikes again. Someone is determined Gracie won’t find the truth. With Haley, her black Labrador by her side, Gracie doggedly pursues the trail of clues to unravel the mystery of her cousin Charlotte’s untimely death. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Into the Devil’s Underground

February 23, 2015 By Editor

For Emilie Davis, it was business as usual in her job as bank manager of WestOne until two men storm in demanding cash. However, it doesn’t take long before Emilie learns one of the men isn’t there for money–he’s convinced they have a connection and has come to claim her. And he won’t give up.

When hostage negotiator Nathan Madigan and Las Vegas SWAT enter the bank on a rescue mission, Emilie’s captor makes a shocking escape into the abyss that lies beneath the city: the Las Vegas storm drains, a refuge for the downtrodden and the desperate.

Through the darkness of the Devil’s Underground and secrets from her past, Emilie finds there is no escape from her stalker. She turns to Nathan, who is determined to save her no matter what it takes. But will it be enough? $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, Into the Devil's Underground by Stacy Green, kindle, mystery, romance, Suspense

A Current Deception

February 15, 2015 By Editor

Darcy Farthing joins family and friends for a cruise around Australia, only to find her investigative skills challenged by mysterious and alarming crimes on the ship. An annoying infestation of yellow crazy ants turns serious when the ants injure crew members and passengers. After a brutal murder on the street in Adelaide, it becomes evident that a stalker is onboard targeting members of a small town Kansas high school reunion group. As bizarre attacks escalate, Darcy’s friend and ex-husband, Brooks, becomes the only viable suspect. Meanwhile, Darcy’s daughter, Rachael, begins an unlikely relationship with a handsome passenger drawing her attention away from her infant daughter. $3.99 on Kindle.

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Divine Trilogy

February 14, 2015 By Editor

In this hot trilogy by best-selling author Cheryl Kaye Tardif, CFBI Agent Jasmine McLellan and her team of psychics take on tough murder cases, putting their lives on the line for justice. The trilogy includes the novels DIVINE INTERVENTION, DIVINE JUSTICE, and DIVINE SANCTUARY. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Fatal Rhythm

January 30, 2015 By Editor

“Best of 2014” – Suspense Magazine
In the pre-dawn hours of the graveyard shift, the ICU at the Houston Heart Institute is quiet, and quietly patients are dying. Surgery resident Joe Morales dreams of becoming a rich heart doctor. First, he must survive his assignment to an ICU rife with land mines–unexplained patient deaths, rival faculty, fellow resident saboteurs, a cost-slashing administrator, a ruthless insurance executive, a seductive head nurse, a jealous wife, a critically ill son, an overprotective mother, and an orderly distraught over his daughter’s death. To salvage the career he thought he wanted, Joe must determine the cause of the suspicious deaths. In the process, he’s forced to re-examine the ethnic and religious heritage that he had rejected. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder

January 19, 2015 By Editor

A midnight food run nearly gets 28-year-old Katherine O’Brian killed. She’s the only person to see the man who brutally murdered a local woman and the killer is hell-bent on making sure she doesn’t talk.

Enrolled at the local community college, she meets Scott Mitchell; literally, tall, dark, and handsome. Scott and Katherine will face jealousy, misunderstandings, lust, and rivals, not to mention attempted murder—and all before their first real date. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: “Lady Justice in the Eye of the Storm”

January 2, 2015 By Editor

With the death of a young black man, Walt and Ox are dragged into the eye of a storm as Kansas City erupts in violence and demonstrations. Fearing for their lives, Captain Short sends them on assignment to Cabo San Lucas where they find themselves in the eye of a very different and even more dangerous storm — Hurricane Odile. Surviving these ordeals pushes both men beyond the limits of anything they have experienced, and leaves Walt facing one of the most important decisions of his life.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, Lady Justice in the Eye of the Storm, mystery, racial tension, social unrest

An Unquiet American

December 20, 2014 By eReader Nation

In the dead of night, Rufus Reed is a former British Special Forces officer turned author, is drugged, kidnapped and “disappeared” to a secret CIA prison outside the United States. Accused of terrorism he is relentlessly questioned and tortured.

But Rufus is no ordinary prisoner, and has some surprises of his own. He engages in psychological “warfare”, surprising his interrogators – Captain Sorenson and Walter Grace – with his ability to resist torture, his quick wit, intelligence and even-tempered logic. As he plants seeds of doubt, a dramatic turn of events sets off alarm bells in their minds – with growing horror they realize they may simply be pawns in a larger more insidious game being played out at the highest levels of the US government. A game where not just Reed, but all of them are expendable. Dare they take a life and death decision to step out of the game? And if so, how? $0.99 on Kindle.

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Image of Deceit

December 18, 2014 By eReader Nation

This cozy murder mystery tells the intriguing story of Bygie Hudson who had wanted a divorce for most of the years she was married. Still she did not know the depths of her husband’s depravity. When he ends up dead, Bygie learns what he’s really been doing, and she finds herself at top of the suspect list. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Dark Tides Rising

December 4, 2014 By Editor

In Philadelphia, Penn historian Erika Carr studies a Revolutionary era map that had been lost for centuries. Scrawled across its surface is a cryptic poem, the contents of which Erika suspects may point to a prize that has fascinated mankind for ages… $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: Andrew Clawson, book, Dark Tides Rising, ebook, kindle, mystery, pirates, treasure

Mystery: “Gull Harbor”

December 4, 2014 By Editor

Claire Linden arrives in Gull Harbor ready to take on an aggressive ghost. Now that she’s embraced her gift as a medium, she’s confident she’ll succeed in ridding her temporary summer home of the restless spirit that drove the owners of the house to hire her. However, she never expects to also encounter Max Baron, the man who promised to love her forever, then disappeared suddenly from her life five years ago without a hint of an explanation. As Claire begins to unravel the truth behind the haunting, Max is forced to share his secret to stay close enough to Claire to try to protect her from a danger that extends beyond the paranormal. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Current Assets

November 28, 2014 By Editor

Author Darcy Farthing is writing at her new home in Marco Island, Florida while her boyfriend Mick Clayton conducts a GAO investigation of government property—asset forfeitures—stolen from under the noses of U.S. Marshals and a sheriff’s office. When close friend, Tom Smythe, is arrested for attempted murder of a deputy sheriff, the couple tries to identify who is behind the property thefts and corruption. When more deputies are attacked, Darcy and Mick are drawn into a bewildering government investigation and an alarming web of murder and conspiracy with a surprising link… $3.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: Arleen Alleman, book, Current Assets, Darcy Farthing mystery series, ebook, kindle, mystery, SW Florida, US Marshals

CHIMERAS: A Medical Mystery

November 18, 2014 By Editor

Haunted by the girl he couldn’t save in his youth, and the murder he committed to avenge her, Track Presius became a detective. Now he uses his unique gift–the vision and sense of smell of a predator–to save the innocent from would-be killers. (Just $0.99 on Kindle.)