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.
Beach Town Boogie
May 29, 2015 By
Everything Burns
May 24, 2015 By
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.
Dangerous Habits
May 22, 2015 By
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.
Free: [sic]
May 18, 2015 By
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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.
Dance For A Dead Princess
May 14, 2015 By
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.
Free: Lady Justice on the Dark Side
March 23, 2015 By
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.
Free: 22 Inches of Rain
March 13, 2015 By
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.
Family Matters
February 27, 2015 By
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.
Into the Devil’s Underground
February 23, 2015 By
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.
A Current Deception
February 15, 2015 By
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.
Divine Trilogy
February 14, 2015 By
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.
Fatal Rhythm
January 30, 2015 By
“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.
Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder
January 19, 2015 By
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.
Free: “Lady Justice in the Eye of the Storm”
January 2, 2015 By
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.
An Unquiet American
December 20, 2014 By
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.
Image of Deceit
December 18, 2014 By
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.
Dark Tides Rising
December 4, 2014 By
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.
Mystery: “Gull Harbor”
December 4, 2014 By
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.
Current Assets
November 28, 2014 By
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.
CHIMERAS: A Medical Mystery
November 18, 2014 By
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.)
Mystery: “The Gift”
November 15, 2014 By
Christmas is the time of giving and receiving gifts, and Julie Hamilton is expecting one very special gift this year – her first baby on Christmas Eve. She is over the moon and can’t wait, but unfortunately, something sinister happens and Julie’s and her husband Shaun’s dreams quickly turn into nightmares. Will their prayers be heard and a Christmas miracle happen? $0.99 on Kindle.
Free Mystery Novel
November 11, 2014 By
Bree Butler shelved her dream of becoming an investigative journalist long ago. But when she finds a young biotech executive dead on his office floor, she begins to think she might have another shot at it – even though she’s a suspect in the homicide investigation. Bree and her old college friend, Detective Gen Delacourt (who we first met in Mark of the Loon), begin a danger-filled quest to unravel the puzzle. The deeper they dig, the more truth about their own personal lives is revealed along with the dead man’s. They’ll both begin again after this is solved … if Bree makes it out alive. Free on Kindle.
The Moonglow Cafe
November 7, 2014 By
New York reporter Paige MacKenzie has a hidden motive when she heads to the small town of Timberton, Montana. Assigned to research the area’s unique Yogo sapphires for the Manhattan Post, she hopes to reconnect romantically with handsome cowboy Jake Norris. The local gem gallery offers the material needed for the article, but the discovery of an old diary, hidden inside the wall of a historic hotel, soon sends her on a detour into the underworld of art and deception. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: “Sweet Ginger Poison”
November 5, 2014 By
Cozy mystery about Ginger Lightley, a 61 year-old bakery owner turned sleuth. After a young man drops dead while eating one of her cakes, the new police chief charges one of Ginger’s employees with murder. Ginger is determined to save the young woman from prison by finding the real killer. But her initial investigation reveals the shocking truth that the police chief just might be correct. Free on Kindle.
Searching For Hope
October 25, 2014 By
When maverick PI Sam Carlisle stumbles across a homeless man dying from a knife wound, the victim’s final, desperate words compel him to investigate the tragic incident. However, as Sam retraces the stranger’s last movements, he finds himself targeted by people who will go to any lengths to prevent him revealing the truth. Learn more.
