Hated by his coworkers and killed in a chimpanzee’s cage. Can one sergeant serve justice for a brutally murdered grad student?

North Carolina, 1993. Steve Thibault’s heart has been dragged through the mud. But though he was thrown adrift by the abrupt end of his years-long relationship, the small-town southern detective has no choice but to rearrange his thoughts when duty calls. And his next case offers the perfect opportunity when an unpopular young man at a primate center is found viciously beaten to death.

With the gorgeous information officer his only ally in uncovering the culprit, Thibault’s investigations are repeatedly frustrated by the uncooperative and tightlipped researchers. And as he surfaces each hidden truth and buried accusation, he discovers everybody seems to have a motive…

Can Thibault peel back the lies before he finds another body?

Deadly Woods is the gripping first book in the Deadly mystery series. If you like emotionally intriguing characters, blossoming romance, and sharp police procedurals, then you’ll love Andrea Ibáñez’s suspenseful tale.

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John-Michael has an odd compulsion, an urge that leads him to follow and mirror the men around town. Until one day a mysterious man in a blue suit appears, who’s arrival coincides with his boss’s strange behavior. Can John-Michael abandon his odd ways to get to the bottom of the mystery threatening everything he knows before the man in blue turns his sights on him? $0.99 on Kindle.

1955- Gangster Joe Spagnoli, and his young friend Tony Spilotro, meet Mario DeStefano when they beat up and stab his bodyguard at a local bar. Why? Because he stepped on Tony’s new shoes. That’s when Spagnoli and Spilotro began their apprenticeship with Chicago’s own homegrown sociopath, Mario’s brother, “Mad Sam” DeStefano. After Spagnoli added ‘collector’ to his resume, he became a strong arm robber, illegal casino operator and counterfeiter.

1984- Spilotro and Spagnoli have relocated to Las Vegas, Tony to be the Chicago muscle for Lefty Rosenthal, casino manager of the Stardust, Spagnoli to loan shark and gamble. Joe gets involved with a bookmaking operation that comes with an invaluable asset. 18 year old Cyn. She falls in love with Junior, Joe’s son, and her life becomes more and more enmeshed in the illegal activities that supplied the Chicago Outfit bosses with their thick envelopes. After Tony Spilotro is killed, it gets serious when the New York Syndicate tries to muscle in on Cyn’s Outcall service, a major earner for Chicago. New York wants her dead. Oh yeah, she has a problem. Free on Kindle.

Ex-con Julian Serrano is determined to get his life back by reconnecting with his son, maintaining a legit job, and steering clear of the life of crime that led him to prison in the first place. All while under the watchful eye of his parole officer, Diana Rivera. But while Julian fights to stay out of the life that cost him everything he loved, Diana struggles with her own heartache and loss. When things don’t go as planned, Julian and Diana must come together to save each other from an untangling web of betrayal, lies, and old debts come due. $4.99 on Kindle.

Twenty years after Bill and Valerie Clark sell their newspaper, the new owner dies in prison and leaves the paper to his daughter. It doesn’t go well for her until a high school English teacher takes over. Before that happens the teacher gets fired, accused of murder, and hooks up with a beautiful FBI agent. The newspaper job provides him with some stability and possible reconciliation with his first true love, but only if escapes the threats from his former principal, U.S. Marshals, the local police, and a rich organized crime boss. It doesn’t help that his ex-wife shows up..All this happens, because he changed his routine in order to get time alone with the school’s copy machine. $3.99 on Kindle.

A storm blows through the Appalachian Mountains and wipes Nowhere County off the map. The world forgets it existed and no one can leave. Anyone who tries wakes up in the Dollar General Store parking lot, bloody and hurting. Locals name the shimmering mirage that imprisons them the Jabberwock. Free on Kindle.

Jessup is a broken man, scarred physically and emotionally, by what he witnessed during World War 2, and now cleans the toilets of prisoners to make money to buy alcohol. When not arguing with his best friend, Marlow, he broods in his room and contemplates suicide as the only way to escape his pain.

But when he is offered the chance of a better job, he must choose between a new start and turning his back on the one person who treats him with respect: a man whose life is in danger.

A dark, sweeping tale from the battlefields of France and Northern Africa to the East End of London… It is 1950 and Jessup has one last chance to turn his life around.

A harrowing, gripping novel, Jessup will linger long in the reader’s memory. $2.99 on Kindle.

Tragedy enters the quaint coastal town of New Haven, Oregon when the recently released convict, Ross Conrad, vows to make good on a ten-year-old threat. Private Investigators, Troy and Eva Winters take on the case when they realize their good friend, Jasmine, is the object of his delusional obsession.

When the threat becomes deadly and Jasmine turns up missing, Troy and Eva go on the hunt for Ross and his captive. The chase leads them from the Oregon coast to the dense forest of Puget Sound, Washington. Following clues and evidence of bodies left behind, Troy and Eva must find Jasmine before her time runs out. Free on Kindle.

Haley has survived a horrific accident, but she was not the only one involved. After fleeing the scene, she seeks shelter in an unfamiliar town. Suffering from amnesia, details of her life are foggy and she carefully conceals details of the accident while she struggles to remember who she is, where she’s from, and why she feels like she’s in danger.

The first novel of a family life fiction series, this book is a great selection for teens or readers of any age. It blends suspense with small town charm, friendship, and a hint of clean romance. If you enjoy a quick suspense novel infused with interesting plot twists and heartwarming characters, this book is for you. Free on Kindle.