Elizabeth McAndrews is newly landed in college, studying investigative journalism. She’s looking for a story. Until her revisiting the murder of her dear friend and high school mentor, Mrs. Thompson, starts turning up unresolved questions. The police have laid the case to bed. There are no promising leads. Dr. William Thompson, her husband and the well-regarded head of admissions for St. Mary’s University, has moved on. Yet Elizabeth persists. With the help of her high school friend David Donavan, she relentlessly follows a treacherous thread that places them both in increasing danger. A seemingly serene suburban world begins to unravel, revealing a web of duplicity, power, and occult forces battling for dominance. Elizabeth will stop at nothing to discover the truth of what happened. But at what cost? It Happened Last Summer is a riveting and thoroughly enjoyable murder mystery. If you like detective fiction, the occult, and bold heroines, you will love this inaugural title from author Phillip Franco. Free on Kindle.

Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders take on disturbing similarities, local law enforcement officers fear a serial killer is roaming their streets.

Former sheriff’s department sergeant Jade Monroe has just graduated from the FBI’s serial crimes unit in homicide and is called to Houston with her partner, J.T. Harper, to take on her first assignment—apprehending the person responsible for these gruesome crimes.

With victims piling up and the clock ticking, Jade and J.T. need to intensify their search because there’s no sign the killer is slowing down.

After a late-night epiphany while she’s alone, Jade suddenly comes face to face with the killer, and now Jade is missing. The clock continues to tick—but this time it’s for her.
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Two murders, seven years apart. NATIVE BLOOD is the first book of the action-packed ZEB HANKS MYSTERY Series. Follow Sheriff Zeb Hanks, former Sheriff Jake Dablo, Medicine Man Jimmy Song Bird and others as Natives and Anglos work together to solve crimes in rural southeastern Arizona. $1.99 on Kindle.

THREE RIVETING MURDER MYSTERIES that will challenge you sleuthing ability. Different and unique plots in each; THE UNSUB, THE LABYRINTH, & A DEADLY SCAM. Former NYPD Detective, Joey Mancuso, now a private eye and team, encounter their most challenging cases in these page-turning novels you won’t be able to put down.

The Unsub —HE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY GUY— SO WHY WAS HE QUIETLY WHACKED? In his seventh hard-boiled tale, New York-based private eye Joey Mancuso travels to the lush, verdant shores of Miami Beach. But this is no vacation—Joey’s wading knee-deep into a gritty cesspool of corruption, using his street smarts and industry connections to investigate a vast financial conspiracy.

The Labyrinth — SHE WAS THE PERFECT WIFE…SO WHO KILLED HER? The widower says his wife was killed by gangs— but now he’s running for Mayor of New York City. Just to be sure (or else to portray himself as a properly mourning husband), he hires P.I.s Joey Mancuso and Father Dom to solve the murder. Only they can’t help noticing he’s pushing them to come to the gang conclusion as well. Hey, is something fishy here?

A Deadly Scam — What kind of sick game is this? The killer is texting Joey Mancuso after each murder with the location. Is it a challenge? Is he just toying with Mancuso? What kind of psychopath would do this? Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian, and the rest of the team are back for their ninth hard-boiled tale. Consistently working out of their Lower Manhattan Irish Pub and office. This time, there is no client. Instead, Mancuso has been sucked into this series of senseless murders by personal invitation. A text with the location and an invite to come over. Free on Kindle.

Secrets lead to lies and lies to murder in this pulse-pounding thriller with lots of shocking twists. Has former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas finally gotten herself in deeper than she can handle?

When the body of Nancy Henry is pulled out of the water of Sykes Creek by two local fishermen, they soon realize she’s not dead.
Not yet.. Free on Kindle.

Early morning. The concrete forecourt of a Los Angeles motel you wouldn’t check your family into. The owner, a man with a past who was planning a particular future, has been shot in the back.

Career detective Helen Freitag’s investigation of the murder takes her into the underworld of LA’s gangs, as racial tensions and arson attacks rise across the sweltering city.

Looming in the background is an official inquiry into her questionable shooting of a bank robber, as well as increasing trauma from her army service.

The handsome, disgraced journalist Prentice Taylor is drawn into the inquiry by Freitag when the dead man’s daughter runs away from home.

Will Freitag and Taylor overcome their wariness and get it together? Will Freitag be able to solve the murder in time to save her career, and before the city erupts in flames? $3.99 on Kindle.