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Buried Secrets

February 15, 2016 By Editor

Should some secrets remain buried?

Dusty has always been a hothead, far more impulsive than her twin, Nick, the calm, cool and collected one of the pair. But Nick is dead, found murdered in their local cemetery, and Dusty simply can’t rest until she finds out who–or what–has killed her brother.

Sure the local authorities aren’t being straight with her–or anyone else–about what’s been going on in their little upper Michigan town, Dusty delays going off to college for a semester, defying her father and stepmother and taking a job in the local bar to start doing some digging.

Her focus soon fixes on Shane, her brother’s best friend and the town bad boy. The tension and rivalry between Dusty and Shane has always been palpable and sparks fly as the two collide. Dusty finds herself sinking in deeper with Shane and the mystery of what happened to her brother–and a lengthening list of victims–grows even stranger.

When everything comes to a head, Dusty focuses on one thing: What happened the night her brother was killed in the cemetery? She’s sure Shane is keeping a secret and she’s determined to find out what it is, one way or another. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Romance Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mystery, romance, Suspense

A Charming Spell

February 11, 2016 By Editor

Bubble… Bubble…

There is a new store Whispering Falls, Kentucky. Ophelia Biblio, the owner of Ever After Book Shop, has a power that no one else in Whispering Falls has. She’s a witch and her shop is magical.

Cures and trouble…

June Heal is on a mission to come up with a special cure for Sheriff Oscar Park to help him regain his memory, while working hard at being the best newly elected Village President of the magical village.

Magic stirs…

Alexelrod Primrose shows up on June’s doorstep begging her to block the opening of Ever After Books, making her wonder if opening the village doors to witches is a good idea.

And troubles double…

When one of the Spiritualist turns up dead and Oscar Park is falling in love with someone else, June has her hands full trying to solve a murder and fix her love life.

A Charming Spell is book fourth of the bestselling Magical Cures Mystery series. Come walk around Whispering Falls for a fun, fantasy mystery with magic and romance. You won’t want to leave. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Well Before the Beginning / The First Expedition

December 21, 2015 By Editor

Some call them extraterrestrials, others call them Gods. This is their story.

After his fall into a volcanic crater, Sir Henry Johnston is rescued and kept alive by two warriors from another world. These two warriors, a female named Suchja and a male named Dran, are Tesgans who claim to be here protecting the Earth and all its inhabitants, including plants and animals, on behalf of Annur’s Empire. Sir Henry questions their claims but he can’t do much more. He is nearly comatose. As he fell, he ordered his dog, Star, to fetch some help but it will take the rescuers more than four days to reach him. In the meantime, after answering several of his questions, Suchja tells Sir Henry to consider reading or listening to the Expedition Reports because, there, he’s bound to find most of the answers he seeks. Thus begins a most amazing saga: how these beings got here, how they made us, how they transformed us, how they continue to influence us, and how they are protecting us from their enemies who wish to do us harm. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, In the Spotlight, Science Fiction & Fantasy Tagged With: #spacetravel, adventures, book, ebook, kindle, mystery

Random Lucidity

December 16, 2015 By Editor

Silver Medal Winner – 2015 eLit Book Awards

“A remarkable narrative with no wasted chapters.” – Portland Book Review

“Adair’s characters are engaging – with the malicious and gorgeously depicted Rita being particularly memorable.” – Literary Fiction Book Review

“It’s impossible to read Adair’s work and not scrutinize our own dreams and aspirations to answer the singular question: What would we attempt to do if we knew we couldn’t fail?” – Barbara Devlin, bestselling Author of the Brethren of the Coast series

“If you only read one book this year, this is the one you should choose.” – Elizabeth Horton Newton, Author of View from the Sixth Floor

“Random Lucidity” is unlike any other book I’ve ever read, and that’s a wonderful thing.” – Mark Fine, Author of The Zebra Affaire

“It is difficult to put into words just how much I enjoyed Random Lucidity and, days after finishing it, I found myself missing the main characters and their stories.” – Kathyrn Hodgson, Author of No Damage

“I will say this, as much as I loved this story, I really want to read “Johnson Rambling: A Novel”. Those sections of the novel were intense, shocking, and had me in a vice grip.” – Jennifer Powell, Author of Stolen

“Adair has skilfully crafted a story that expertly weaves around an ‘inner’ story. It’s not confusing but endearing, both plots equally intriguing and quickly get under your skin.” – Jackie Parry, Author, Of Foreign Build

RANDOM LUCIDITY
A struggling literary agent believes he hits it big when he discovers a mentally challenged man scribbling a world-class murder mystery into ragged notebooks in the park. Ignoring all of the red flags about this man and his all-too-real story, Reggie risks all he has to bring that story to the masses, not the least of which is his relationship with the stunning Meghan James.

Random Lucidity, a suspenseful literary thriller set in modern day America… $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: award-winning, book, ebook, kindle, literary, mystery

Shatter Point

December 5, 2015 By Editor

When her 19-year-old son Jack miraculously recovers from a serious head trauma, Maggie is sure her luck has changed. But when she’s abducted by a shadow from her past – a phantom with dangerous sapphire eyes – it’s up to Jack and his younger brother Tom to unravel the mystery and save their mom from a deadly psychological battle.

The brothers seek help from their colorful great aunt, who exposes them to a world of nefarious family secrets, explosive government conspiracies, and a series of horrific murders. Together they must navigate a dark underworld full of political subterfuge and class warfare.

Yet as they search for their mother, Jack changes—raked by skull splitting headaches and weird visions. How exactly did he recover from his coma, and how does this tie into the psychopath who’s abducted their mother?

Will Jack and Tom save Maggie before her abductor reaches his shatter point? Does Jack have enough time left? $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mystery, Suspense, thriller

The Origin of Dracula

November 30, 2015 By Editor

The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past. —William Faulkner

Between mourning the recent loss of his wife and trying to raise his young son alone, librarian John Grant is barely surviving. And then he receives an anonymous letter promising a terrible revenge—retribution for a childhood sin John had thought long forgotten. The threat couldn’t be more cruel:

I will kill your precious son on his seventh birthday. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, dracula, ebook, kindle, mystery, Suspense

RACING FROM DEATH

November 20, 2015 By Editor

Racing at Virginia’s beautiful Colonial Downs twists into a nightmare for jockey Nikki Latrelle. A sociopath sells diet cocktails – killing jockeys who struggle to make racing weight. A hidden meth lab, an old family secret, a body buried years ago in the woods, pull Nikki into a race against death. $1.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mystery, thriller

Free: The Former World

October 5, 2015 By Editor

Twenty-one year old Beth Powers is fed up with living in the tiny, gossip-fuelled village of Little Forest and resolves to escape to London with best friend, Veronica Summers. That is, until the body of Beth’s colleague Emma Harris is found in the nearby woods, setting off the small community’s well-oiled rumour mill.

Beth soon finds herself in the middle of a bizarre village conspiracy: was Emma’s death really accidental? Why are Beth’s nearest and dearest cutting her out of their lives? And what does it all have to do with the conveniently-timed arrival of handsome new resident, Connor Maguire?

With the help of new ally Will Wolseley, Beth delves into the village’s sinister secrets and uncovers a terrifying truth about herself that could change her life forever.

Will Beth decide to leave her childhood home for good? And, more importantly, will Little Forest let her go? Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, In the Spotlight, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mystery, paranormal, Young Adult

Breaking Measures

September 24, 2015 By Editor

On the fast track to international success, acclaimed concert pianist Leila Cates is close to achieving her dreams. But her path to certain stardom comes to a crashing halt when the body of her boyfriend, a world-renowned conductor, is discovered on the eve of her New York debut. When rumors about their relationship surface, Leila quickly becomes the primary suspect.

Desperate to clear her name, Leila sets out to uncover the truth. Enlisting the reluctant help of Orion Frazier, the lead detective on the case, their investigation soon entangles her in a world of secrets and lies.

With everything on the line, can Leila find the strength to face what she finds? $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, crime, ebook, kindle, mystery, Suspense

The 56th Man

September 15, 2015 By Editor

A former member of Saddam Hussein’s Special Security Force arrives in Richmond, Virginia. Under the name of Ari Ciminon, he sets up house on the James River. The house was purchased for him by the U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for watching over him while he supplies intelligence to CENTCOM. Because he is fluent in Italian (as well as a host of other languages) he is presented to his new neighbors as an Italian of Arab descent. Ari learns on his first day that the previous occupants, Jerry and Moria Riggins and their two sons, were murdered in their home nine months ago. The murders are unsolved. Ari has plenty of free time on his hands and sets out to solve the crime–in his own peculiar way. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, military, mystery, Suspense

Veronica Mars – the TV series: The Junk Shot

September 14, 2015 By Editor

Sunny Johnston plans to skip bail ahead of a Grand Theft Auto charge. Her father does not want to lose the fifty thousand he put up as bail, so he contacts Neptune’s most famous teen detective and asks her to find his missing daughter.

As Veronica Mars searches for the missing girl, she finds a slow-moving parade of jerks, weasels and blockheads. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, crime, ebook, kindle, mystery, teen

Free: Lady Justice and the Conspiracy

September 14, 2015 By Editor

Are we being poisoned? Those fluffy white trails crisscrossing the sky — some say they are simply water vapor frozen into crystals. Others say they are deadly chemicals, some of which are for military defense, and others to control the weather and the world’s food supply.

Are the chemtrails really part of a clandestine government conspiracy? Four people believe so, and claim they have proof, but each of their lives comes to a tragic and mysterious end before they can offer their proof to the world.

Join Private Investigator, Walt Williams, as he searches for the truth and looks for clues to explain the untimely deaths. Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, government conspiracy, humor, kindle, mystery

Affected

September 13, 2015 By Editor

Eight years ago, there was no World Government. There were no agents, no carts. The fear of a nosebleed did not exist. Then came The Affection—an incurable disease that ran rampant across the planet, killing off roughly 60% of the human population. Two years later—with order in shambles and governments all over the world in ruins—the World Government formed. That’s when the real trouble began. The WG made it its mission to segregate the sick (known as “Affected”) from the rest of the population in an attempt to keep the disease from spreading. Agents were put into place to corral the ill and the God-forsaken carts were introduced.

For the past six years, Ethan has lived a quiet life. He has done his best to remain out of the public eye and, more importantly, off of the agents’ radars. However, when his ex-girlfriend, daughter of the famous scientist who first discovered the disease, is captured by agents and taken to World Government headquarters to be experimented upon, Ethan can no longer pretend the world around him doesn’t exist. On his way to save her, Ethan is thrust into a place of turmoil, espionage and conspiracies. Will he be able to handle the pressures of reality? Will he be able to save her in time? $2.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, Dystopian, ebook, kindle, mystery, thriller

Random Lucidity

September 1, 2015 By Editor

Silver Medal Winner – 2015 eLit Book Awards

“A remarkable narrative with no wasted chapters.” – Portland Book Review

A struggling literary agent believes he hits it big when he discovers a mentally challenged man scribbling a world-class murder mystery into ragged notebooks in the park. Ignoring all of the red flags about this man and his all-too-real story, Reggie risks all he has to bring that story to the masses, not the least of which is his relationship with the stunning Meghan James.

Random Lucidity, a suspenseful literary thriller set in modern day Chicago, puts Reggie’s life and the murderous rants of a troubled man on paths that are destined to intersect. Along the way, Reggie is faced with impossible choices about love and ambition, and the challenges that confront us all eventually. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: award-winner, book, ebook, kindle, mystery, thriller

Seen And Not Seen

August 30, 2015 By Editor

The mysterious organisation known as The Veil play all sides, sometimes in our best interests, sometimes not. Now they have secretly deposited something at the United Nations—the victim of a horrifying crime against humanity. But is she a pawn or a terrifying nanogenetic weapon?

A clandestine government agency seeks to find out and fast, unaware that the answer lies at the center of one man’s dramatic spiral into an abyss of mania and despair that is already playing out on the world stage.

Seen And Not Seen is a technological thriller set in the near future telling of a world that needs to face up to its stretched resources, a bold endeavor to preserve our way of life and the dark road that some elements of the Human Race would have us take. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Science Fiction & Fantasy Tagged With: book, conspiracy, ebook, kindle, mystery, techno thriller

Men Under Fire

August 25, 2015 By Editor

Hollie Thomas, the feisty, tattooed office assistant to Grayce Walters, has come a long way from living on the streets. Along with finding a job she loves, she’s found friends and safety. When her new life unravels, she faces dangers that dwarf her troubled past. Fighting to survive, she discovers that sometimes what you need the most might be found in the one person you failed to see coming.

Returning home from the war and struggling to find his way, Sergeant Nick Welby, and his bomb-sniffing golden lab, use their skill set in the last place he’d ever imagined—Seattle’s Waterfront. To protect the one woman who matters, Nick and his trusty canine partner will risk everything to rescue her and Seattle from disaster.

Embroiled in Grayce Walters’ most perilous case—a terrorist plot with the threat of deadly explosives—can Nick and Hollie work together to save themselves and each other before it’s too late?

Filed Under: Featured, Romance Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mystery, Suspense, thriller

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.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, cozy, ebook, kindle, mystery, Suspense

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.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, female detective, kindle, mystery, paranormal

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.

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, mining, murder, mystery

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.