Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster A prominent judge is dead. Hannah Sheraton, a troubled sixteen year-old-girl, is accused. When the legal community turns its back, and the judiciary decides to make an example of her and try her as an adult, only Josie Bates will defend her. Flawed and brilliant, Josie is committed to saving the girl, but the deeper she digs the more she realizes that politics and family history are a combustible and dangerous combination. When the truth is uncovered, it … [Read more...] about Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster
Taken, A Detective Al Warner Novel by George A Bernstein
Taken, A Detective Al Warner Novel by George A Bernstein The corpse of a Miami hooker is discovered in the Everglades. As Detective Al Warner investigates, he learns other streetwalkers also have disappeared, and this homicide is now a case of human trafficking. Nicki, a female undercover cop, goes as a streetwalker, hoping to be taken so she can use a tracking device, but it’s stripped from her before she can activate it. Meanwhile, Maggie is offered a lucrative deal as a birth surrogate … [Read more...] about Taken, A Detective Al Warner Novel by George A Bernstein
Kill Zone by Damir Salkovic
Frank Clayton’s life has fallen apart in the wake of his son’s death. His wife has left him, he has been blacklisted from employment and his citizen-consumer status had been taken away, leaving him no choice but to enlist in a murderous reality show. When an opportunity comes up to escape, he finds out that he still has something to live for: revenge. Targeted Age Group:: Adult What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I was inspired by the looming threat of catastrophic climate change, which … [Read more...] about Kill Zone by Damir Salkovic
Six Feet Deep by James P. Balsom
"From the bridge, the riverbanks stretch into the distance, narrowing, until they pinch and close, succumbing to forest. The sun is low and cold; mist lifts from the water. It is somewhere there, along that stretch, that the body is buried. I don’t know where. To be frank, I don’t care." From dark Buffalo streets to the dockyards of Eastern Canada, these gripping noir tales embed the reader in the gritty world that exists beneath the pristine beauty of a winter's night. In Six Feet Deep, the … [Read more...] about Six Feet Deep by James P. Balsom
Tell no Lies by Kelsey Reed
Trapped in a life she was born into, Claire is on the run and meets Sven along the way. The familiar stranger. Will Claire escape her past in order to free her future? Is her own heart to be trusted and why has a crime boss a bounty hunter on her tail? Dangerous and daring, Tell no lies, the first book in the Preying Mantis series will dare your heart to trust, glued to the edge of your seat and brave you to keep on turning the pages. Targeted Age Group:: 16 - 40 What Inspired You to … [Read more...] about Tell no Lies by Kelsey Reed
Summoner of Sleep by A.I. Winters
In the isolated mountain town of Marble Woods, the townspeople harbor a dangerous secret. It’s here, away from the civilized world, that they can experiment with human genetics that have the power to alter your mind and body. When Ryder Ashling, a down-on-his-luck longtime sufferer of nightmares, discovers the town, he thinks he’s found a cure, but bears witness to their research and its terrifying, inevitable unraveling. In exploring the disturbing crossroads of genetic manipulation and lust … [Read more...] about Summoner of Sleep by A.I. Winters
Letal Dose by Robert McCracken
Out of her depth, a young detective must evade a fatal jab A journalist is found brutally murdered and buried upside down on Crosby beach. Terry Lawler had exposed the secrets of powerful people and apparently got his comeuppance. But when DI Tara Grogan digs further, she makes a startling discovery. Within the victim’s home are details about dozens of missing women. Details that might only be known to the last person who saw them. Just what was his connection to these disappearances in … [Read more...] about Letal Dose by Robert McCracken
ShadowCast by V.P. Morris
Investigative journalist, Dakta Kilroy is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend from high school, Maddy Montgomery. When circumstances force her to move back to her home town of Santa Monica, she decides to take the case into her own hands by launching a true crime podcast about her search for Maddy. Little does she know, someone sinister is listening in and messing with her investigation. Targeted Age Group:: Adult (18+) What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I used to listen … [Read more...] about ShadowCast by V.P. Morris
The Arms of Death: Loch Lonach Mysteries with a Scottish Slainte, Book One by Maggie Foster
Book One in the Loch Lonach Mystery Series, Mysteries with a Scottish Slainte Ginny Forbes is a nurse with an insatiable curiosity, a special talent for critical thinking, and a gift for getting into trouble. When one of her ICU patients dies unexpectedly, she finds herself on the trail of a centuries-old secret. Ginny is no stranger to investigation. Her hobby requires ferreting out and fitting together the traces of her ancestors, to create a mosaic of their lives. She knows how to dig and … [Read more...] about The Arms of Death: Loch Lonach Mysteries with a Scottish Slainte, Book One by Maggie Foster
The Story of the Cloth by Ken Paterson
After a mysterious meeting at dusk in London’s Regent’s Park, Alex finds himself in Oman and is drawn, by a chance encounter with the kindly scholar Burhan, into the final, perilous quest for an ancient cloth, allegedly bearing the image of God. An “engrossing tale” told with “exceptional prose” (Kirkus Reviews) Targeted Age Group:: Adults What Inspired You to Write Your Book? One evening, as I was walking home through Regent’s Park at dusk, I remembered a moment spent in a small square … [Read more...] about The Story of the Cloth by Ken Paterson
Don’t Close Your Eyes (DCYE #1) by Lynessa Layne
An Enemies to Lovers Series Begins Bartender, beach bunny and college track star known as Micro Machine, Kinsley Hayes' most pressing priorities are having the lowest times on the stopwatch and choosing between internships before graduation. An intense encounter with a dicey stranger jolts Kinsley into the real world while she's left mystified by her magnetism to the edgy rogue. Who is he? Would she ever see him again? Klive King reappears in Kinsley's life as a secret admirer, tempting and … [Read more...] about Don’t Close Your Eyes (DCYE #1) by Lynessa Layne
A New Dream Arises by Gregory Kopp
In his most dangerous mission yet, Richard Cordwell, the handsome Scotland Yard detective, discovers another royal conspiracy! While the manhunt for the assassin of Abraham Lincoln absorbs a nation, a new president begins to wield the power of Reconstruction, as a dream of freedom arises above the devastation of a defeated Confederacy. Based on a true story, this exciting adventure is set among the capitals of Europe and Washington City, Scotland’s famous castles and the American South in the … [Read more...] about A New Dream Arises by Gregory Kopp