“Robert Garcia is a vigilante known as Paladine, and in this well-written and fast-paced thriller, the author demonstrates skill not only with plot, but with character — and character is what makes this book stand out. An ill-fated love story and an irresistible dog only deepen what could be just another hit-man-killing-jihadists story.” –Publisher’s Weekly, Booklife Prize in Fiction $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The King Was In His Counting House
The King Was In His Counting House is the story of how a South London location agent, Spencer Weintraub, hired to find a missing banker, stumbles upon the greatest royal mystery of the 20th century. In March 1917 revolution had broken out in war-torn Russia and the Tsar, Nicholas II, was forced to abdicate. Fearing for their safety, King George V of Britain, who was first cousin to both Nicholas and his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, urged the British government to invite the Tsar and his family to Britain. The invitation was duly issued and arrangements were made to transport the Imperial family to England. At the very last minute, George changed his mind and pleaded with a reluctant and embarrassed British government to withdraw the invitation. Nicholas and his family had to remain in Russia and were murdered a year later by the Bolsheviks. George’s biographer described his actions as “the most perplexing act of his reign: The abandonment of a loyal ally and much-loved cousin to degradation and death.”
George’s change of mind did not become public for several decades. Ostensibly, he claimed to have received representations from all classes of people against the Tsar and was worried for the future of the monarchy. That fails to stand up to serious scrutiny. All royal records referring to these events remain secret, but, according to The King Was in His Counting House, the figures and forces behind his decision are much murkier and more complex than George claimed. They include:
• The Tsar’s last finance minister, who gave Nicholas a huge sum in cash from a secret fund, just two days before he was forced from the throne, and then escaped to England and was given a knighthood personally by King George and funding from the Bank of England.
• The century long geopolitical tussle between Britain and Russia over the future of Constantinople.
• The desperate efforts of the British prime minister, Lloyd George, to keep Russia in the war, and then later to give Constantinople to Greece.
• The British Ambassador to Russia who was told that if he wrote about the events he would lose all his pension rights and be ruined
• The Balfour Declaration of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, aimed at persuading Jews in Europe to support the Allied cause and ultimately to persuade the United States to enter the war.
• The curious case of the spy, Anthony Blunt, whose confession was kept secret for fifteen years and who was allowed to remain in his prestigious position of Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, in charge of the royal art collection.
All this a puzzled Spencer Weintraub discovers, as he tries to find out what has happened to a director of a small, very exclusive, London private bank. Free on Kindle.
Onslaught
The Gypsy: An Adam Cain Thriller
“The Gypsy stood suddenly, fired a shot, spun quickly, then fired again. Standing, and straddling my broken body, she looked like an ethereal giant; a beautiful Amazon, impossibly tall and equally invincible. Improbably she smiled down at me. “Two down, and one to go.”
A mass shooting, an FBI coverup, and a madman with his own militia and a political hitlist. The only person Cain can trust is the enigmatic woman called the Gypsy, but she has a hit list of her own. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Missions
Its plot is smart and realistic, drawing on the fact that Paris has endured several religiously motivated terrorist attacks in the last decade, the book also grapples with popular distrust of America’s intelligence agencies. Against this backdrop, Doyle is a complicated hero who spends much time exposing duplicity within the CIA. Free on Kindle.
In Deep
When a series of accidents befalls the staff at a Cayman Islands-based oceanographic institute, the blame falls on underwater photographer Fin Fleming, who has recently joined the institute founded by her world famous oceanographer mother.
The arrival of her stepfather’s previously unknown children threatens to sink her mother’s marriage, and Fin’s ex-husband steals the wind from her career sails when he publicly claims her best work as his own. Fin’s life gets even more unsettled when her estranged father shows up out of the blue, after casting her adrift more than twenty years earlier. She seems to be getting her life back on course when she meets Liam, an intriguing Australian who loves diving as much as she does.
But the tide turns when Fin realizes the lethal accidents are not coincidences—the killer is targeting her family. She can trust no one and must set a course to surface the predator’s identity before her family is swept away on a wave of malevolence. $8.49 on Kindle.
Bad Medicine
Book One, Do No Harm, introduced Torrey Jamison and Matthew Preston. Torrey, with her genius IQ, gained acceptance to Stanford Medical School to pursue her dream of becoming a pediatric neurosurgeon in honor of her little sister, Leia, who died of brain cancer. At Stanford, she met her future husband, Matthew, who pursued medical school for the sole purpose of becoming a prison doctor in order to gain access to—and kill—his father’s murderer who was incarcerated in San Quentin. As their relationship deepened, Torrey was forced to confront the potential value and moral ambiguity of vigilantism.
In this page-turning, stand-alone suspense sequel, Bad Medicine, newlyweds Torrey and Matthew have graduated from medical school and are now new doctors at Kaiser hospital in San Diego. While there, they learn of a friend’s young niece who has fallen victim to a doctor who is running a phony cancer treatment center. Putting their careers and marriage in jeopardy, Dr. Jamison and Dr. Preston agree to help their friend’s family seek the ultimate revenge. $0.99 on Kindle.
Fresh Start
A secret family legacy becomes a ticking time bomb…Skyscraper developer, Quincy Witherman, has continued his family’s two-hundred-year practice of hiding assets in Switzerland. Now, needing protection from his creditors, he hires bankruptcy lawyer Josephina Jillian Jones – 3J – but fails to disclose the Swiss assets to 3J, his bankers, the IRS, and the bankruptcy court…all felonies. 3J knows in her gut that something is wrong. So does Witherman’s banker, Stacy Milnes. Will anyone catch Witherman? $2.99 on Kindle.
When Blood Whispers
Wendy meets her online date and gets the creepies, and leaves. Steven, a tech security guy, tells her it’s not over. Soon Wendy’s family receives ghost emails that disappear after being read. She sends her brother-in-law over to Steven’s house to warn him off. The police don’t believe her about the emails. Her brother-in-law is charged with murder based on blood evidence and no body. The only ones that can save the day are Wendy, her sister, and her mother. This is a cute-cozy-fast-paced-tongue-in-cheek suspense story that is usually read in one sitting. It’s hard to put down. $0.99 on Kindle.
Waiting for the Night Song
When a long-buried body is unearthed in her hometown, a forestry researcher returns home to face her past and decide what she is willing to risk to protect the people and the forest she loves. A story about friendships forged in childhood magic and ruptured by the high price of secrets that leave you forever changed. Waiting for the Night Song is a love song to the natural beauty around us, a call to fight for what we believe in, and a reminder that the truth will always rise. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Virtual Trail
When a young MIT graduate student working for the president of the United States’ re-election campaign is killed in a hit-and-run accident, retired FBI profiler Sean Kruger is brought in to investigate. What he discovers is an international conspiracy designed to shake the very foundation of American society. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Phoenix Series: Books 4- 6 (The Phoenix Series Box Set)
The Phoenix believes criminals should pay for their crimes. The system often fails to deliver the correct punishment. He can redress the balance. If you’re a fan of savage, underworld criminals, fast-paced action, and intense characters then you’ll enjoy following the Olympus Project and its fight against evil. Free on Kindle.
House Party Murder Rap: 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery Book 1)
Free: The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
I Remember You
I have spent my life running away. Too late I realise the thing I am trying so desperately to escape is myself. And I can never run fast or far enough to do that. I have been caught, so I suppose this story is my confession.
When Victoria escapes the prison of her childhood home, life threatens to overwhelm her.
When her affair with an older, married man is exposed, Victoria runs, joining a touring theatre company.
This leads her to Cornwall where a violent confrontation lands her in prison. Keen to escape her past, Victoria reinvents herself as Alex. She meets Mike. Handsome, loving, trusting.
But Alex’s perfect new life is threatened when somebody recognizes her, culminating in a horrifying and bloody denouement where Alex could lose everything, including her life. $2.99 on Kindle.
Deadly Woods: A Steve Thibault Mystery of Suspense
Steve Thibault’s heart has been dragged through the mud. Now he faces a career challenge investigating the death of a student at a primate center.
The gorgeous information officer is his only ally, but he is frustrated by the uncooperative, tightlipped researchers.
Sifting through each hidden truth and buried accusation, he discovers everybody seems to have a motive and another death is certain.
Can this cop track down the killer still lurking in the lab? $0.99 on Kindle.
Double Crosser
An action packed thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Maverick entrepreneur Krish Thomas built a billion-dollar business in alliance with Walter, a corrupt political fixer. Now he plans to steal a fortune – from his own company!
But when a double crosser raises the stakes, puts his plan at risk & threatens his very survival, Krish is forced to choose between 2 stark alternatives – his fondest dream, or the girl he secretly loves. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Imposter’s Trail
FBI Agent Sean Kruger made a mistake six years ago. A mistake allowing a ruthless serial killer to escape. Randolph Bishop has returned for vengeance on those who forced him to flee the country. Kruger comes out of retirement to find Bishop’s trail. A trail leading Kruger to question his own humanity. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Assassin’s Trail
An assassin has struck in Washington, DC. FBI Profiler Sean Kruger is called in to investigate. Recently married and in the twilight of his career, he declines the assignment. But when the assassin strikes close to home, it becomes personal. Kruger will need all his skills to stay alive and stop a deadly attack in the center of the United States. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Fugitive’s Trail
When a computer hacker uncovers a deadly secret about a Wall Street powerbroker, he erases all traces of himself in the digital world and disappears. FBI Profiler Sean Kruger is brought in to find the man. He soon discovers it is harder to discover the truth and stay alive than it is to find the fugitive. Free on Kindle.
The Box
A cold case, a serial killer, and a dead girl that won’t go away.
Profiler FBI Agent Derek Reed is dealing with a costly mistake. A mistake leaving him with horrible physical injuries, plagued by nightmares, and the harsh reality a girl is dead because of him.
Forced into a sixty-day medical leave, he heads from Arizona to Tennessee to see his family. Using his love of photography, he decides taking photos of old abandoned buildings will help distract him from the mess he’s made.
When he finds an old tin box at a farmhouse, he’s sure his luck is about to change. But instead of a treasure, he finds the trophies of a serial killer. Four photos of four girls. Murdered over the course of one year, beginning in 1985.
Current cases are hard enough, but tracking a killer from over thirty years ago is almost impossible. Knowing he can’t ask for help from his unit, he questions if he should bury the box and walk away. Not being able to leave a puzzle unsolved, Derek decides to hunt for a killer.
Driven by guilt, he hopes solving this case will help him atone for his past sins—a deadly mistake from his childhood. But chasing a ghost from the past stirs up old memories. Memories Derek buried for a reason. $0.99 on Kindle.
Dirty Devil
The Comet
After graduating from university, Ahmed, a young man with a deep passion for astronomy, was able to find a non-paying part-time internship at the only space observatory in Morocco. While assisting a researcher there, the accidental discovery of a comet on a collision course with Earth changed his life completely. He was suddenly thrown in prison and tried for crimes he didn’t commit. Luckily, he had friends outside he didn’t know about yet…$4.99 on Kindle.
Free: One Night in November – A Thriller Novella
A beautiful house, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by landscaped gardens, a private forest, and … a fence of barbed wire.
Catherine, a gorgeous young woman trapped in a golden cage, surrounded by luxury and … guards.
It’s a cold, wet night in November. A night that should also be cause for celebration.
But Catherine doesn’t feel like celebrating; she feels like something else.
And this night offers her the perfect opportunity to make a long-overdue change in her life.
Is it just a lucky opportunity or a long-planned plot? Free on Kindle.