Raw Deal
Good guys don't make deals with demons. Do they?The world is approaching the Tipping Point--when the rising demons will outnumber humankind. Assassin for hire, Soren Huxford, needs to pick a side. It should be easy; he's human after all and so is Tazia, the girl he loves and his first priority. But when the only demon he respects calls in a favor, Hux faces an impossible choice: hold true to humanity or prove his loyalty by throwing-down alongside the demons.Set against a backdrop of imminent disaster, where fighting the demons from his past are as real as those leaping from each dark corner, Soren needs to get a grip or he may become a monster too. And what about the girl? If he picks the wrong side, will he lose her forever?Still with its gritty humor intact, Raw Deal is the darkest of the Dark Urban Rising trilogy. Though Hux leads the charge, this third and final book brings him back together with Tazia and Billy to face the day of reckoning. Raw Deal is a supernatural thriller set on the streets of modern-day Las Vegas, Detroit, and Turin. Blood is guaranteed.
Exit 8
From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name.A young man is commuting on a packed Tokyo subway, when he receives a phone call from his ex, with life-changing news. As he hurries off the train and through the station to join her, the call drops, no signal. Suddenly, reality shifts. He can't find the exit. Each time he passes through sterile corridors, silent except for his own footsteps, he discovers himself back at the beginning, going past the same advertisements, locked closets, coin-operated photo booth, and, disturbingly, the same man, who never responds to him. His desperation increases, but a sign on the wall reveals the rules he must follow in order to escape: Do not overlook any anomalies.If you find an anomaly, turn back immediately.If you do not find any anomalies, do not turn back.Go out through Exit 8. As he stumbles through this endless loop, its only variations the bizarre terrors he is forced to endure, he finds himself confronting the traumas and disappointments of his past, and staring down the crossroads of his future. But as he falls deeper and deeper into this seemingly inescapable new reality, Exit 8 has never felt further away--unless, perhaps, anomalies are not things to be feared but to be embraced. Will he ever escape, and what lies on the other side?
Saltwater
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters comes a slow-burn psychological drama about an opulent family that unravels when a decades-old crime resurfaces."Full of chills and darkness."--Oprah Daily"Fans of family dramas and thrillers will devour this tense, suspenseful novel."--Woman's WorldIn 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, Italy, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah's death is ruled an accident. And every year, the family returns to prove it's true. But on the thirtieth anniversary of her death, the Lingates arrive at the villa to find a surprise waiting for them--the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died. Haunted by the specter of that night, the paranoid, insular Lingate family begins to crack, and Helen seizes the opportunity with the help of Lorna Moreno, the family assistant. But then Lorna disappears, and the investigation into Sarah's death is reopened. Everyone who was on Capri thirty years ago remains a suspect--Helen's controlling father, Richard; her rarely lucid aunt, Naomi; her distant uncle, Marcus; and their circle of friends, visitors, and staff. Even Lorna, her closest ally, may not be who she seems. As long-hidden secrets about that night boil to surface, one thing becomes clear: Not everyone will leave the island alive. Combining a glittering, dark atmosphere, morally-gray characters, and mind-bending twists, Saltwater is an exploration of the corrupting effects of generational privilege and the lengths people go to protect a legacy--and how no one can hold a grudge like family.
Gloves Off
When justice fails, the fight begins.Exiled boxer Marco Carreira thought he'd left Montreal behind for good. Rebuilding his life in Havana, far from the city that let his son's killer walk free, he wants distance. Then a Mexican cartel pulls him back with a job that's supposed to be simple. Clean. Fast. But it never is.Meanwhile, undercover cop Val矇rie Rochefort is fighting to dismantle Montreal's criminal networks from the inside, just as her teenage daughter vanishes into the night. When she finds out a cartel has crossed the border, a name from her past resurfaces: Marco Carreira.As Marco races to finish the job and Val矇rie searches for her daughter, their paths collide in the city's darkest corners. What they uncover leads them into the heart of a system where judges, prosecutors, and criminals sit at the same table. To survive, they'll have to choose: the law, or what's right.Gloves Off is a gritty, emotional noir thriller about two broken souls and the cost of fighting back for those you love when the system itself is the enemy. Set against the electric backdrop of Montreal and Havana, in the tradition of Stieg Larsson, Michael Connelly, and Dennis Lehane.It was written by someone who knows exactly what it costs to fight a broken system.In 2017, Johan survived a violent murder attempt that left him in a wheelchair. His attacker received an absolute discharge-no conviction, no criminal record-after telling police, "My father has money." Johan rebuilt his career, returned to running 365 days a year, earned a Cannes Lion and a Grand Clio Award, and fought for justice for over six years, including three in the Quebec Superior Court.Gloves Off isn't inspired by the justice system. It was written inside it.
Echoes Of Murder
One of Australia's Globally Acknowledged Authors & Storytellers presents - One city. Another body. One detective standing between order and oblivion. The Armstrong family - badge by badge, generation by generation. Untouchable. Unbreakable. Until someone puts a bullet through their legacy and leaves the corpses for Detective Paul Anderson to find. Now the city is bleeding. A family is grieving.A hostage standoff is tearing through one side of Braxton as a woman is running for her life on the other.She is hunted by something cold, calculated, and merciless.And Anderson is the only man trying to save the city as the streets descend into chaos and the body count climbs toward something unthinkable.The deeper he digs, the worse it gets. Because this isn't just a murder case.It's a reckoning - and somebody powerful wants it buried.Paul Anderson has one choice: find the truth before it finds him.In Braxton, justice has a price. And tonight, someone's collecting.
Which
Something wicked is waiting.Allie is really good at making bad choices. Leaving the city to move to Emburn with her boyfriend, Paul - while his already messy divorce drags on - might be one of her worst. Still, she tells herself this time will be different.But Emburn has its secrets.The beautifully refurbished church she moves into feels like it's watching her. Paul isn't telling her everything. Something in the town has been waiting. Just for her.In a place like Emburn, when bad things happen, the truth doesn't always matter.Only that someone burns.WHICH is a supernatural thriller about an age-old wickedness disguising itself as something new - and the woman trapped inside it.
Turbulences
The Berlin Wall fell. Yugoslavia didn't.It's the summer of 2022. While war rages at Europe's eastern borders, Yugoslavia - against all odds a thriving EU member - appears to be at peace.Appears to be.When airline pilot Esad Kajan agrees to look through his dead friend's papers, he expects grief. What he finds instead are traces of something far darker - and the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that his friend's death may not have been an accident.Now Esad is asking questions that powerful people don't want answered. His family is in danger. His career is at risk. And every door he opens leads to a shadow he can't name.In a country that shouldn't exist, a conspiracy is taking flight."In the tradition of Len Deighton and Robert Ludlum - fast-paced, historically rich, and impossible to put down."
The Creepy Story Time Project
These seven short stories mark the beginning of The Creepy Story Time Project. The stories span the experimental to the existential - from criminals to crones, ghosts to devils, magic to murder. This is what comes of lies, loneliness, and darkness.Welcome to the void. Here, hold my hand. Let's stare into it together.
The Mind of God
"Frank does an amazing job." - San Diego Book ReviewA brilliant scientist makes a discovery that could change the course of human history.Hours later, he disappears.When Liz Greene's father vanishes under mysterious circumstances, she is thrust into a desperate search for answers.Turning to her friend Tim Fletcher, an investigative journalist, Liz begins to uncover a trail of secrets that leads far beyond a simple disappearance - into a conspiracy powerful enough to reshape the world.As Cape Town prepares for a high-profile visit from the President of the United States, Liz and Tim find themselves racing against time. The closer they get to the truth, the clearer it becomes that powerful forces are determined to keep a revolutionary discovery buried forever.From the streets of Cape Town to the corridors of global power, Liz is drawn into a dangerous web of deception, scientific intrigue, and hidden knowledge.But some discoveries are never meant to be revealed.And once the truth is uncovered, humanity's understanding of itself may never be the same again.The Mind of God is a fast-paced global conspiracy thriller blending science, mystery, and high-stakes suspense - perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent thrillers in the tradition of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Michael Crichton.A gripping full-length conspiracy thriller.
In the Roof
What happens when you grow up within a sinister cult, clinging tightly to your twin who is your only hope? What happens when you escape all that, and immediately fall prey to a man who promises the world and takes you to hell instead? What happens when you escape a monster, but find him lurking in the shadowy recesses of your attic space? and he's been watching you for weeks. Will you call the cops?Or something more deliciously gory? This is a horror story that will take you from the depths of international human trafficking, to sinister heights of a woman reclaiming her power. For adult readers only.
Demon 11
After defeating the 12th demon, Steel and Josh Knight find themselves living in Robert Ketrick's house filled with evil artifacts. The 11th demon seeks "The Ark of the Demon Rose" hidden in Ketrick's basement. In "Demon 11: The Ark of the Chimera", Steel is joined by his mentor, Dr. Cephas Lawrence as they are pulled into a conspiracy of an ancient secret society more dangerous than the "Council of Darkness". The "Vitreomaners", masters of ancient secret societies, surfaces as a rival to the Council of Darkness. Steel finds himself caught in the middle of a supernatural war when he uncovers an assassination plot and must stop the "Vitreomancers" before they can carry through on their arcane plans. This is the "author's" original manuscript from "The Ark of the Demon Rose."
The Ones Who Got Away
Harlan Pierce is dead, but for investigator Mallard W. Benson, the nightmare is only just beginning. When an anonymous tape arrives from a woman claiming she "got out when the others didn't," Mallard is pulled into a chilling conspiracy of powerful men, buried files, and so-called "runaway" girls who never actually left.With Donna Fletcher at his side-sharp, relentless, and now undeniably more than just a colleague-Mallard uncovers a pattern too calculated to ignore. Missing reports rewritten. Evidence quietly buried. They closed cases before they had ever truly opened them. As each lead tightens the net, the truth emerges: this is not a series of isolated crimes, but a system designed to protect itself at any cost.Then the investigation turns personal.A decades-old video surfaces, linking the corruption directly to Donna's past-to her sister Melanie, a girl the system erased, and the world forgot. What was once a pursuit of justice becomes something far more dangerous: a reckoning.As pressure mounts and unseen forces close in, Mallard and Donna must decide how far they're willing to go. Some truths were never meant to survive because the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes.The Ones Who Got Away is a dark, gripping, and emotionally charged crime novel about the survivors who refuse to be silenced, the families rebuilt in the aftermath, and the devastating cost of exposing entrenched evil.And as a hidden voice on the inside whispers, "Ask your partner what else she remembers," Mallard realises the final battle won't just be about cold cases or corrupt cops-it will be about the secrets that still live within.
The Second Burning
On the eve of Notre Dame's biggest football weekend of the year, the past refuses to stay buried.As Irish fans flood campus for the showdown against Georgia, psychologist and Notre Dame alum Trace Curran is pulled into a nightmare when bodies begin appearing-each murder staged with chilling precision, as if someone is turning the university into a ritual.Trace uncovers a forgotten link between Notre Dame and General William Tecumseh Sherman-the man who burned Atlanta, whose children attended ND, and who gave the university's commencement speech just weeks after the South surrendered. Now, with Georgia fans in town and old resentments boiling, the killings feel less like madness...and more like a message.Trace has one weekend to stop a serial killer before history ignites again-and The Second Burning begins.
Death Sketch
Starving artist Paul Desmontes receives a life-changing offer. But at what cost?When Paul Desmontes receives an invitation to join the Elite Illustration Society, his financial woes finally seem at an end. He can look past the firm's pastiche, commercial style, If it means food in his belly and heat in the harsh Northeast winter.But when his assignment appears to change on the page, he may soon regret his decision. Because either he's losing his mind ... or he's about to discover something far worse than poverty.
The Altar
A psychological thriller about a young girl named Viola who escapes from the cult she was raised in on the night of the sacrificial ceremony after being chosen as the next sacrifice for their "Savior," and is forced to leave her only real friend behind. Finding an old barn to rest for the night, the owner Carl discovers her one morning and invites her into his and his wife Jodi's home temporarily for a few days. She never leaves, not until five years later, when Viola is rediscovered by her past and has to leave more loved ones behind for her safety...Viola is always on the move as the years fly by, experiencing unexpected feelings and struggles as she tries to take control of her life, forcing herself to face the consequences of her actions from thirteen years ago. Will she break free from the curse of her past, or will she be consumed by the flames of her history?
Echoes Of Murder
From One of Australia's Globally Acknowledged Authors & StorytellersOne city. Another body. One detective standing between order and oblivion.The Armstrong family - badge by badge, generation by generation. Untouchable. Unbreakable. Until someone puts a bullet through their legacy and leaves the corpses for Detective Paul Anderson to find. Now the city is bleeding. A family is grieving. A hostage standoff is tearing through one side of Braxton as a woman is running for her life on the other. She is hunted by something cold, calculated, and merciless. And Anderson is the only man trying to save the city as the streets descend into chaos and the body count climbs toward something unthinkable. The deeper he digs, the worse it gets. Because this isn't just a murder case. It's a reckoning - and somebody powerful wants it buried.Paul Anderson has one choice: find the truth before it finds him.In Braxton, justice has a price. And tonight, someone's collecting.
My Deranged Boss
A gripping workplace thriller about corporate fraud, a toxic boss, and three ordinary people who decide enough is enough.Emily Harris is used to starting over. After months of unemployment following a brutal layoff, a new job as office manager at RT Construction feels like exactly the break she needed. On paper, the company looks legitimate. In reality, it takes about three hours for the cracks to show.The bank account holds twelve dollars. Vendor invoices have been corrected with white-out. Subcontractors are threatening to walk off job sites over unpaid bills. And then the boss arrives. Ragina Thomas pulls into the parking lot in a brand-new leased Bentley, wearing a designer suit that costs more than Emily's rent, gold jewelry flashing in the morning sun. She holds a staff meeting to announce her latest Vegas networking trip. She screams at her employees. She orders Emily to tell a creditor the check is in the mail.The check is not in the mail. There is no money. And the deeper Emily looks, the worse it gets.Forged bank statements stuffed in a folder marked Marketing. Shell company loans taken out in employee names without their knowledge. A company credit card running up thousands in designer bags while the office printer runs out of ink. Behind the chaos stands Ragina, paranoid, volatile, and utterly convinced she is untouchable.But Emily is not alone. Alongside her sharp, quietly fearless colleague Felicity and quick-witted Jasper, she begins building something Ragina never anticipated. A paper trail. A record. A case.In a workplace where loyalty is weaponised and silence is survival, speaking up could cost everything. Staying quiet already is.My Deranged Boss is a fast-paced crime fiction debut for readers who love workplace thrillers, white collar crime stories, and whistleblower fiction with real stakes and characters worth rooting for.
A Slow Way to Dissolve
There are forces you can measure. And forces you can't.Dr. Ida Thorne studies phase transitions-how stability collapses under pressure. She never imagined she would become her own experiment. When a provocative new scientist joins her lab, professional tension turns personal. Boundaries blur. Data shifts. Trust erodes.As Ida spirals toward a breakthrough that could secure her legacy, her marriage to James hangs in the balance-and someone is watching from the margins, manipulating the reaction.In a world where intellect is power and desire is destabilizing, Ida must choose: Catalyst or foundation.Combustion or permanence.A Slow Way to Dissolve is a taut, seductive novel about ambition, identity, and the dangerous illusion that you can control the chemistry of your own heart.
What the Mountain Buried
When justice never arrives, revenge comes on time..."In Qinglong the mountain keeps its secrets, and it feeds on the living."Qinglong Village lies deep in the mountains, far from police and farther still from mercy. Lin Qianqian and three other women were sold here and kept like property. Escape has been a word they whisper and swallow.Then a man dies. A note appears where no note should be.What begins as a plan to run becomes a hunt. The forest closes in. The river takes what it wants. And the world starts to feel slightly wrong, as if the village has been copied and hollowed out.When children vanish, Qinglong erupts. A scapegoat is chosen. Torture begins.Escape is no longer the question.The question is what you do when survival demands violence, and justice never comes.
Tornado at the Tower
The first skyscraper ever struck by a tornado.On March 28, 2000, an unprecedented F-3 tornado rampages across Fort Worth, slamming into the Bank One skyscraper and turning a landmark of "Cowtown" into a gutted shell that locals soon nickname the birdhouse. As glass rains hundreds of feet onto the streets and neighborhoods are reduced to splinters, half-a-million Texans experience a titular moment they will never forget.At the center of the storm's aftermath is Jim Eagle, a commercial real estate pro, whose life is turned upside down. After surviving the storm and losing his home within moments of each other, he's tasked with shepherding the tenants of the skyscraper, navigating furious lawyers, skeptical insurers, and building ownership.As months stretch into a grueling year of negotiations, lawsuits, and stalled construction, Fort Worth's downtown centerpiece becomes a battleground where small-town trust and handshake deals collide with corporate risk and dirty politics. Jim must decide how much of himself he's willing to sacrifice to keep the tower-and his reputation-standing, even as his marriage, his health, and his bond with his son strain under the weight of a disaster that refuses to end.Anchored in meticulous research, oral histories, and interviews with survivors, Tornado at the Tower is a cinematic, character-driven "based on a true story" novel that turns a regional weather event into an epic tale of determination, resilience, and integrity.
The Strange Lives of Eleanor Teague
SAFE. Eleanor Teague has a new life: a grand house in the country, a husband who adores her, and a place to recover from everything that came before. London is far away now. So are the whispers about the terrible thing she did.PROTECTED. The rules are simple. Stay inside. Stay calm. Stay quiet. Her husband says it's for her own safety. The staff watch her closely. Because if she doesn't follow the rules... people start to talk.TRAPPED. But something isn't right at Haddon Hall. Eleanor starts seeing and hearing things she can't explain. She starts to question what's real. And the more she tries to understand her life, the less it makes sense...Is Eleanor losing her mind? Or is everyone around her lying?A mind-bending psychological thriller where comfort becomes control, and certainty slips away, The Strange Lives of Eleanor Teague is perfect for readers of John Marrs and Gillian McAllister - and fans of Black Mirror.Reviews for M.K. Hill: 'Sharp, funny, moving and tremendously exciting' The Times'Grips from the start and never lets up' Marcel Berlins'Thoroughly enjoyable' Daily Mail'Creepy, convincing and kept me gripped' Peter James'Absorbing and twisty' Mark Edwards'Dark, gripping and fast-paced' Katerina Diamond'Superb, smart, seat-edge stuff' William Shaw'Bloody brilliant' Asia Mackay
You Know What You Did
In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present. . . . Annie "Anh Le" Shaw grew up poor, but seems to have it all now: a dream career, a stunning home, and a devoted husband and daughter. When Annie's mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly one night, Annie's carefully curated life begins to unravel. Her obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she thought she'd vanquished years ago, comes roaring back--but this time, the disturbing fixations swirling around in Annie's brain might actually be coming true. A prominent art patron disappears, and the investigation zeroes in on Annie. Spiraling with self-doubt, she distances herself from her family and friends, only to wake up in a hotel room--naked, next to a lifeless body. The police have more questions, but with her mind increasingly fractured, Annie doesn't have answers. All she knows is this: She will do anything to protect her daughter--even if it means losing herself. With dizzying twists, You Know What You Did is both a harrowing thriller and a heartfelt exploration of the refugee experience, the legacies we leave for our children, and the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.
The Sacred Stranger Part 2
Naomi believed she was building the perfect life-successful, composed, and finally in control.An unexpected delay at the airport brings everything to a standstill.What unfolds is a prolonged conversation with a stranger whose quiet questions and unsettling clarity begin to dismantle the image Naomi has worked so hard to maintain. The delay becomes a confrontation between appearance, reality and surrender.The Sacred Stranger: Part Two is a story of divine delays and uncomfortable truth, reminding us that God often speaks through interruption-and sometimes uses a single conversation to change everything.Inspired by Hebrews 13:2: "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it."
My Deranged Boss
A gripping workplace thriller about corporate fraud, a toxic boss, and three ordinary people who decide enough is enough.Emily Harris is used to starting over. After months of unemployment following a brutal layoff, a new job as office manager at RT Construction feels like exactly the break she needed. On paper, the company looks legitimate. In reality, it takes about three hours for the cracks to show.The bank account holds twelve dollars. Vendor invoices have been corrected with white-out. Subcontractors are threatening to walk off job sites over unpaid bills. And then the boss arrives. Ragina Thomas pulls into the parking lot in a brand-new leased Bentley, wearing a designer suit that costs more than Emily's rent, gold jewelry flashing in the morning sun. She holds a staff meeting to announce her latest Vegas networking trip. She screams at her employees. She orders Emily to tell a creditor the check is in the mail.The check is not in the mail. There is no money. And the deeper Emily looks, the worse it gets.Forged bank statements stuffed in a folder marked Marketing. Shell company loans taken out in employee names without their knowledge. A company credit card running up thousands in designer bags while the office printer runs out of ink. Behind the chaos stands Ragina, paranoid, volatile, and utterly convinced she is untouchable.But Emily is not alone. Alongside her sharp, quietly fearless colleague Felicity and quick-witted Jasper, she begins building something Ragina never anticipated. A paper trail. A record. A case.In a workplace where loyalty is weaponised and silence is survival, speaking up could cost everything. Staying quiet already is.My Deranged Boss is a fast-paced crime fiction debut for readers who love workplace thrillers, white collar crime stories, and whistleblower fiction with real stakes and characters worth rooting for.
B is for Bella
New York Times bestselling author of the Old Fools series. When two babies are born within weeks of each other in the village of Sixpenny Cross, one would expect the pair to become friends as they grow up. But nothing could be further from the truth. While Bella Tait is destined to become an animal hoarder, Christine Dayton will follow a life of crime. Although their worlds may appear poles apart, their fates are dangerously entwined.Sometimes heart-warming, often chilling, this tale from Sixpenny Cross is perfect for fans of charming English village series, clever twists, and murder served with a slice of homemade cake.The Sixpenny Cross series: A is for AbigailB is for BellaC is for the Captain
Long Arm of the Past
New book in the Scott Morgan mystery series.Kirkus Reviews called the first novel, No Write Way to Die, "A tidy whodunit with a New York state of mind." Either book serves as a captivating entry point to murder and mayhem in and around the Big Apple.Scott Morgan grows suspicious when the long-standing chairman of the global consulting firm where he built his career abruptly retires and dies a short time later. Scott gains the firm's permission to launch a quiet investigation into the cause of the chairman's demise and shocks himself by hiring Delmore Kerbich, a former homicide detective with the New York Police Department, to lead the charge. Delmore Kerbich. The man who, when the writer Ed Blaus was murdered in Scott's daughter's Chelsea apartment years earlier, put Scott and his loved ones under the hot light of high suspicion, upending their lives. But Scott knows Delmore possesses the skills necessary for this latest mission. When Delmore, now a private investigator, gets involved, he becomes aware of years of underhanded schemes the consulting firm carried out with the aid of a nefarious investigatory group. Scott has his own history with that crew. Suddenly, the past is everywhere, and it poses profound threats. Scott must balance his desire to discover the truth about the chairman's death with his desperate need to keep his own morally dubious past actions from surfacing. Meanwhile, Delmore harbors his own compelling personal reason for engaging with Scott. He's also determined to identify and unseat the head of the clandestine group that's done dirty work for the consultants. In the midst of all this, Scott enters into a romance that carries its own need for strict secrecy. Multiple mysteries hurtle toward startling resolutions as Scott and Delmore are forced to work together and make sense of their new relationship. While the novel stands on its own, it's also the second installment in the Scott Morgan mystery series, written by longtime journalist Neal Lipschutz, former deputy editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal.
Four
Japan. Four islands. Four seasons. Four trips. Four current social issues. One book.That was the plan.April 2013. Photo-journalist Iwakura and his reporter friend Eri, as she was known to the whole of Japan, would be working together again. Since their collaboration in 2011 had exposed more about the truth surrounding the hijacking of a shinkansen ('bullet train'), they had worked on many articles together, but this would be their first book. The book would be covering some important current social issues such as depopulation, city regeneration, tourism, and work-related suicides.But fate had another path for them. One where death always seemed to be close at hand.FOUR is the first book (but second that was published) in the 'Iwakura Series' and it continues the adventures of photojournalist 'Rock' Iwakura and journalist Eri Amadera. The book starts in 2013, less than two years after Hijacking Japan was set. Although it contains some spoilers related to that book, it can be read without overly ruining the story and tension if you want to read that one later. Although FOUR is the second in the Iwakura series, it is set before Tokyo 20/20 Vision and helps to explain some of the history and character development that you will have come across if you read that one first.
Besieged
A school under siege. A shooter in the classroom. An all-too-common American nightmare unleashed again. But this time, former Delta Captain Jake Mahegan happens to be on the school grounds checking in on the daughter of a colleague. Instead, he's staring down a suicidal gunman rigged to blow. During the standoff, another attack begins outside the school. The gunman goes down, Mahegan is knocked unconscious, and a 12-year-old autistic girl is kidnapped. Mahegan knows his mission before the smoke clears, but where it takes him is unimaginable--deep into a widespread conspiracy that threatens the nation's very core. Treason in the highest halls of government. And only one man is prepared to stop it--or die trying . . .
Rectified
A priest is found mutilated inside a Detroit church. No blood at the points of dismemberment. No motive. No weapon known to forensic science.Detectives Leland Jamo and Randy Brecken catch the case expecting the worst the city can throw at them. What they find is something else entirely - a young woman named Christy Harris, daughter of a sitting U.S. Senator, who claims a figure with burning golden eyes has been following and protecting her since childhood. A figure that kills anyone who threatens her.As the investigation pulls Jamo deeper into a world of secret rituals, ancient bloodlines, and institutional power operating centuries beyond the reach of any badge, he begins to understand that the murders are not random acts of violence. They are consequences - the end stage of a hundred-year supernatural binding that has chained a good man's soul to a demonic weapon, controlled by a cult that has been hunting one family's bloodline for fifteen centuries.The clock is running. The binding expires at midnight on July 15, 2019. What happens when it breaks will determine whether the weapon dies free - or whether the cult completes a new ceremony that will bind it for another hundred years, with Christy as the sacrifice.Rectified: The Recollection is gothic horror set in modern Detroit - a story of psychological manipulation, institutional corruption, and the terrible arithmetic of who gets saved and who gets used. Adapted from the original award-considered screenplay, it is the central novel in the Rectified saga.
Price of Allegiance
Deceived. Pursued. Trapped behind enemy lines.Ian Hale is back in the private military game--but this time, he's calling the shots.Fresh from a brutal mission in South Sudan, Hale and partner Laney Shaw have established themselves as elite operators. But reputation alone doesn't keep the lights on. Pressed for cash, Hale takes a high-stakes contract with Diedem, a tech giant crippled by cyberattacks. The mission: escort two executives into Belarus, pay off the hackers, and secure critical data. Simple enough.Until everything falls apart.When a gunshot cracks and one executive topples, Hale realizes he's been set up. Betrayed and hunted through hostile territory, Hale discovers that Diedem has a dark secret--a conspiracy linking the corporation to Moscow's brutal regime. Now, with ruthless Russian assassins and relentless Belarusian forces closing in, Hale must fight not just to survive, but to expose the truth.He didn't start this fight, but he's determined to finish it.From Logan Ryles, author of the acclaimed Prosecution Force series, comes Price of Allegiance. Perfect for fans of Jack Carr, Brad Thor, and Vince Flynn.
Stealth Tactics
THEY CLAIM TO UPHOLD JUSTICE.HE KNOWS BETTER.Vigilante assassin Silence Jones is used to operating in the shadows--but this mission burns hot. Sent to infiltrate The Balance--a militant justice collective operating outside the law--he finds a group of enforcers executing brutal punishment on anyone they deem untouchable by the courts.Backed by private money, military-grade firepower, and a twisted sense of righteousness, The Balance claims to go where the law can't. Led by a former prosecutor turned zealot, they strike hard, fast, and without remorse.But when one of their operations spirals into cruelty, Silence pushes back--and begins to uncover a darker truth. Behind their polished mission statement lies something far more dangerous. And the only way to stop them... is to take the war to their doorstep.The next standalone action thriller in the pulse-pounding series. Enter the world of Silence Jones. Hold on tight...If you like action heroes with the steely resolve of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, the calculating will of Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X, and the raw power of Mark Greaney's Gray Man, then you'll love Silence Jones.Unlock STEALTH TACTICS and start your Silence Jones mission today!
Hunting Ground
The next instalment in the explosive, edge-of-your-seat Thomas Caine thriller series from BESTSELLER Andrew Warren. "Don't mess with Thomas Caine. Ever." - New York Times bestselling author Brett Battles They want a war. Caine will give them one... Recovering from a grueling mission overseas, CIA Paramilitary Officer Thomas Caine returns home, eager to resume his relationship with Rebecca Freeling. Even if it means leaving his career behind. But fate has other plans... A bomb reduces a US federal building to smoking rubble. Someone close to Caine is counted among the dead. And the CIA's most lethal killer is determined to bring those responsible to justice, no matter the cost. From New Jersey's urban sprawl to a remote town in the San Bernardino Mountains, Caine's hunt for vengeance sets him on a collision course with a sinister new domestic terror group-and thrusts him into a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of government. These violent extremists are determined to plunge America into a new Civil War... Can Caine stop their next attack, before it's too late? Praise for Andrew Warren: 'Fans of the action hero/assassin genre, in the vein of the Grey Man, John Milton, Dewey Andreas and Victor the Assassin, will love this.' Reader Review 'A gripping read' Reader Review 'The writing is incredible. The atmosphere created by the author is mesmerizing!' Reader Review 'Brilliant, Original and fun.' Reader Review 'An action blockbuster in book form!' Reader Review 'Up there with Lee Child and Vince Flynn!' Reader Review 'Action packed from the start to the end.' Reader Review 'Japan's underworld as we never see it.' Reader Review 'Awesome story! Full of action, suspense, and intrigue...' Reader Review 'A heart stopping roller-coaster ride!' Reader Review 'Move over Jason Bourne... Here comes Thomas Caine!' Reader Review
Getting A Head
A harmless old woman. A trail of missing girls. A secret hidden in plain sight. Angela Bruni looks like a harmless old woman wandering the historic streets of Padova with her small dog and shopping trolley. To anyone who passes her, she is forgettable, just another lonely figure moving quietly through the city. But Angela has a secret.For years, young women have answered her advertisement offering a cheap apartment. Many arrive hopeful, looking for a fresh start in a new country, trusting the opportunity placed in front of them. They come with plans, with dreams, with the belief that they are beginning something better.Some never leave.Behind the walls of her family home, Angela keeps trophies from those who trusted her. Hidden from view, her private world tells a very different story, one built on control, routine, and a silence that no one questions closely enough.When Sofia Rodriguez, a quiet student from Ecuador, disappears after visiting Angela's house, the police assume she has simply run away, another missing person in a world that rarely looks too closely. Cases like hers fade quickly, lost among countless others.But Julie Cosolito does not believe it.As Julie begins investigating Sofia's disappearance, disturbing clues start to surface, pointing toward the one person no one suspects: the frail old woman everyone overlooks. What begins as doubt slowly turns into something far more dangerous as Julie moves closer to the truth.Angela Bruni has spent a lifetime staying one step ahead of suspicion. She understands how to remain invisible, how to be dismissed, how to exist without ever being truly seen.And anyone who gets too close to the truth may lose their head.GETTING A-HEAD is a psychological thriller about control, deception, and the danger of underestimating the wrong person.
The Talon Gambit
The most dangerous heists aren't for money. They're for survival.After a flawless heist turns into a brutal ambush, Blair Morgan and her crew discover they've made a fatal enemy: the Sinaloa Cartel. Their crime? Robbing a nightclub casino in New Orleans without realizing it was protected by the most ruthless criminal organization on the continent. Now there's a $3.6 million bounty on their heads--and it didn't come from Mexico. It came from a powerful American cartel figure the DEA knows only as Talon.To save themselves, the Sky Thieves must do the impossible: infiltrate the organization's U.S. operations, uncover Talon's identity, and find a way to blackmail a ghost. Their search pulls them deep into the underworld's hidden infrastructure--from classified DEA intel to cartel-financed luxury brokers to the underground meeting rooms where real power hides. When they finally pinpoint Talon's next move at a secretive gala in one of the South's most exclusive towns, the crew must break into a fortress of wealth and silence.But inside the estate, nothing is as it seems, and the truth behind Talon will shatter everything they thought they knew. Can a crew of professional thieves outmaneuver a cartel shadow boss who's never been caught?From USA Today bestselling author Jason Kasper comes the most gripping entry in the Spider Heist series yet--a thriller perfect for fans of Money Heist, The Italian Job, and Heat.
