The Radio Detectives Under The Sea
The radio detectives under the sea is a novel that blends technological curiosity with maritime adventure as it follows the journey of two young explorers drawn into a criminal investigation. Their fascination with radio communication leads them into an underwater world filled with danger, innovation, and the lure of discovery. As the story begins, the boys approach the vivid shores of the Bahamas, filled with anticipation and wonder. The beauty of the tropical landscape contrasts with the shadowy threat they soon uncover an elaborate smuggling scheme utilizing submarines and radio signals. Their alliance with a seasoned diver reveals a deeper layer to the mystery, merging their scientific interest with real-world crime-solving. The underwater setting serves as both a thrilling frontier and a challenge to their ingenuity and bravery. Throughout the unfolding events, the story elevates the spirit of youth, the excitement of scientific progress, and the confrontation with moral decisions. As they navigate through intrigue and peril beneath the sea, the story underscores the tension between human invention and its misuse, crafting a suspenseful tale rich in atmosphere and ambition.
Quintus Oakes A Detective Story
Quintus Oakes: A detective story explores the pursuit of truth through a lens of observation, intuition, and intellect as a detective navigates unsettling mysteries tied to a grand estate. The text examines the psychological intricacies of fear, deception, and secrecy that linger in the shadows of wealth and respectability. Through subtle cues and atmospheric tension, it draws attention to the layers of misdirection surrounding the investigation. The narrative suggests that reason and moral clarity are essential tools in confronting darkness disguised by civility. The detective figure is presented not just as a solver of puzzles, but as someone deeply attuned to human nature, capable of reading motives beneath surface appearances. The work underscores the idea that solving crime requires more than logic it requires an ethical compass and emotional acuity. By intertwining suspense with reflections on justice and perception, the book invites readers to consider how truth is revealed not only in what is seen, but in what is understood.
The Strange Countess
The strange countess explores identity, justice, and the tension between appearances and hidden truths within a suspenseful and layered mystery. The novel reflects on how personal history can shape the present and how the search for truth often leads to unexpected danger. It examines how individuals navigate societal expectations while confronting moral dilemmas, ambition, and the desire for belonging. The narrative highlights how secrets can define relationships, with trust becoming fragile in the face of concealed motives and shifting alliances. The setting evokes uncertainty and unease as characters are drawn into situations where civility masks deeper conflicts. The story encourages reflection on the consequences of social roles and the power of hidden connections to influence fate. As the mystery unfolds, questions of loyalty and integrity challenge assumptions, inviting the reader to consider how unseen forces and buried pasts shape choices. Through its subtle exploration of human complexities, the novel builds an atmosphere of growing tension and intrigue.
Lifetimes
How can a home fall apart so quickly? Any trust Melanie Slate has left for her husband, Trey Valdez, is obliterated on a wave of Trey's fury.With nowhere to run, and no willingness to face her crumbling marriage, Melanie's world boils down to one option. Lucky for her, a hero steps up to shelter her from hopelessness.Two flames ignite, and a soft glow erupts into a blazing wildfire fueled by two-hundred-plus lifetimes of tragic kindling. This might not be so bad, though.Melanie likes it hot...And Demitri Cantrell is certainly blazing hot. The problem is that everyone else thinks so, too, and Demitri loves a good ego stroke.
Thy Brother's Keeper
2024 WhoDunIt Mystery Writing Competition, Award Winner."A hot day in a small town is the setting for an ominous opening chapter. It takes skill to convey suspense to the reader. The skill comes by making the reader fully aware that something is going to happen that most likely will be horrific, but we're left in the dark, so must hang on and continue to follow a skilled writer walking us down a twisting path that grows darker by the minute."-Ambrose Clancy, Editor, Shelter Island ReporterThy Brother's Keeper weaves familial trauma, political power, and a chilling series of murders into a compelling psychological thriller. The novel centers on Declan Ryan, the sheriff of Owen, Oklahoma, who is thrust into a complex murder investigation just as his estranged brother Connor is released from prison. Twenty-five years earlier, Connor brutally murdered their abusive parents, leaving Declan emotionally scarred and forced into the foster system. Now, Connor reappears with a plea: help him find the killer of his missing fianc矇e, Maria Luna-a woman who has just been discovered gruesomely murdered at a local motel.
Demonic
He's all around you, Living, Breathing, Watching your every move. yet you cannot see him, That is until today.This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is purely coincidental.
SLUGGER Vol. 1
SLUGGER is a horror magazine. Vol. 1 includes 10 original short stories that vary in range from folk, sci-fi, pre-apocalyptic noir, weird, supernatural, monsters, cosmic, thriller, and the body. - A Cat Walked Across the Keyboard by Michael Bettendorf - Hot Tub Hormone Xenotransfusion by L. Sanguine - The Other Man by Kareem Miskel - Contractual by P.L. McMillan - Happy Hour at Harry's Hole in the Wall by Joshua Dobson - Snuff by Madeline White - My Correspondence with the Goat Man by Jon Clendaniel - Thin Man by e rathke - The Money Left in the Account by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle - The Butcher of Mazdin by Shantell Powell Each story has an original black & white illustration. Art by.... - Kae Ranck - Kit Carter - Mike David - Emma Fujikawa - Esme - VesqidThis volume includes three non-fiction essays broadly related to music and included in the "Sound Trails" section. - I Dumped My Girlfriend: Black Dresses' LAUGHINGFISH by Dorian Bowser - Season of the Witch Review by Nico Bell - Gen Z Turns to Folk by C. P. Bearden
The Other Mrs Collins
First, she lost her son. Then she lost her trust. Now she's about to lose control.Ten years ago, bestselling author Olivia Collins's life shattered when her teenage son collapsed and died. Her marriage survived the grief. Her career did not.Now, just as she starts to rebuild, Olivia stumbles on something she wasn't meant to find: a hotel key card, a woman's name, and a lie that began the day her son died.What starts as quiet suspicion soon spirals into obsession. As Olivia investigates her husband's past, she uncovers a chain of betrayal, deceit and a devastating secret tied to the worst moment of her life.When tragedy strikes again, Olivia must decide whether to forgive, walk away or get even. Because in a house built on lies, someone always pays the price - and she has nothing left to lose...Twisting, chilling, and compulsively readable, The Other Mrs Collins is a psychological thriller about marriage, motherhood, and the quiet fury that turns grief into revenge.
The Hanging Tree
For a hundred years, the residents of a rural Welsh village have been hiding the truth. Now, a newcomer has started digging around, uncovering more than just buried secrets. Retired detective, Graham Williams, has moved to Bethgelert for a fresh start, determined to put the horrors of last year behind him. He has seen his fair share of disturbing scenes, but nothing prepares him for what he sees hanging in the gnarly old tree outside his front window.Only one man can help him uncover the truth ...Stephen Mallow has come a long way since he helped solve the mystery of Cherry Hollow. When his old nemesis calls and asks for help, he jumps in the car, ignoring the pain in his head and the hole in his heart. He's ready to take on another weird and creepy small-town mystery. These two unlikely allies, whose main form of communication is bickering, start to work together to dig up the disturbing secrets of 'The Hanging Tree', but they soon realise there's more to the story than they first thought. A teenage girl is missing. The town butcher isn't telling them everything. The tree seems to be speaking to Stephen ...And someone is watching their every move ...From Jessica Huntley, award-winning and best-selling author of 'Jinx' and 'Horrible Husbands', comes 'The Hanging Tree', a brand-new twisted thriller, perfect for fans of Claire Mackintosh, Lisa Jewell and Louise Jensen.
American Kunoichi!
Ah, I bet you are all wondering why American Kunoichi. Well, in short, it made more sense to say "American Kunoichi" and keep it simple, because I didn't want to write out the words "American female ninja," and kunoichi just sounds so much better and cooler to me. However, as a martial artist, I have studied many forms of martial arts, and most people fawn over or revere the ninja. But very few people know the story about female ninjas.Now, being a person who's mixed, sadly I think that the story of a male ninja who's mixed wouldn't really catch the reader's attention. However, as I am a straight man, I figured that, just like others, I am very much intrigued with how women live. I have five sisters, but sadly, I am the only one in the family-male or female-who has taken or dabbled in the martial arts. So I took it from the position of "If I were the younger sister and a martial artist" and got thrown this situation. My not being a girl made it difficult, but lucky for me, I have a great and superhyper imagination. Also, my favorite heroes have always been women. Plus, I strongly believe that a story about women goes further because they make one feel more emotionally invested.I used the term emotionally invested for a reason. Most people-and I mostly mean us men-are afraid to show their feelings and emotions, and this story gave me a chance to express my emotions and how I channeled my late father into the father of the young women of the story. Also, I wanted to show us men that we can be girl dads and prove that our daughters can be just as powerful as, if not more powerful than, our sons-not to foreshadow the son in the story.
Our Winter Monster
Chilling holiday horror about an unhappy couple running from their problems and straight into the maw of a terrifying beast, perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Sara Gran For the last year, Holly and Brian have been out of sync. Neither can forget what happened that one winter evening; neither can forgive what's happened since. Tonight, Holly and Brian race toward Pinebuck, New York, trying to outrun a blizzard on their way to the ski village getaway they hope will save their relationship. But soon they lose control of the car--and then of themselves. Now Sheriff Kendra Book is getting calls about a couple in trouble--along with reports of a brutal and mysterious creature rampaging through town, leaving a trail of crushed cars, wrecked buildings, and mangled bodies in the snow. To Kendra, who lost another couple to the snow just seven weeks ago, the danger feels personal. But not as personal as it feels to Holly and Brian, who are starting to see the past, the present, and themselves in a monstrous new light . . . Mahoney's exhilarating story moves like an avalanche, but its desperate characters, claustrophobic setting, and shocking displays of gore will stay with you long after the snow has melted. Our Winter Monster captures the horrifying moments that test if we're strong enough to weather the worst--and asks who we might survive the storm with.
Locked in
INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. Q In this tenth installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling series, the team must solve the cold case that has put their own leader behind bars, a place where his enemies are plentiful and time is quickly running out. When the head of Department Q, Detective Carl M繪rck, finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen's Vestre prison, he realizes that a violent case from his past has finally caught up with him. But he is being framed. Someone has a million-dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn't talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison's incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers. Carl's colleagues at the Copenhagen Police Department instantly turn their backs on him, leaving the ever-loyal Department Q team as his only hope. With only one another to trust and Carl's battle against the unknown mastermind's henchmen worsening by the day, they must work faster than ever before if they are to clear his name--and save his life.
Enlistment
It wasn't supposed to be this way. Twenty-six-year-old Jack Boudreau is a struggling stringer reporter out of Bangor, Maine, who suddenly finds himself standing inside a cattle truck with forty other members of his platoon. Forced to enlist in the Army due to financial pressures, Jack heads to basic training in Missouri, with only two duffle bags to keep him company. After completing training as a journalist at the Defense Information School, Jack receives orders to report to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His new roommate is Specialist Dustin Boros, who has all the qualities of a successful entrepreneur-charisma and ambition, endless patience, a willingness to take risks, an eye for talent, and an uncanny knack for schmoozing. The only problem is that Boros' business is managing an illegal cash crop of marijuana. When Jack discovers Boros and his cohorts are operating a drug ring, he has no idea his roommate is creating an elaborate plan to get him kicked out of the Army. In this gripping military thriller, one man must fight to defend his honor amidst corruption and evil, and he's under the gun to solve the puzzle before it's too late.
Enlistment
It wasn't supposed to be this way. Twenty-six-year-old Jack Boudreau is a struggling stringer reporter out of Bangor, Maine, who suddenly finds himself standing inside a cattle truck with forty other members of his platoon. Forced to enlist in the Army due to financial pressures, Jack heads to basic training in Missouri, with only two duffle bags to keep him company. After completing training as a journalist at the Defense Information School, Jack receives orders to report to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His new roommate is Specialist Dustin Boros, who has all the qualities of a successful entrepreneur-charisma and ambition, endless patience, a willingness to take risks, an eye for talent, and an uncanny knack for schmoozing. The only problem is that Boros' business is managing an illegal cash crop of marijuana. When Jack discovers Boros and his cohorts are operating a drug ring, he has no idea his roommate is creating an elaborate plan to get him kicked out of the Army. In this gripping military thriller, one man must fight to defend his honor amidst corruption and evil, and he's under the gun to solve the puzzle before it's too late.
Harry
1950.An obese man lies dead in the zoology shed of the local university. Rats are running all over and around his body which is naked to the waist and covered in lard. Two mysterious handwritten signs are found nearby and a numbered pendant is tied around the man's neck.Two days later, another man lies dead at the back of a local hotel. He is face down in an old bath filled with water. Two more signs are found near the body but are different from the messages found with the previous victim. And another pendant is found around this man's neck but with a different number from that on the first body.Is there a connection between the victims?What do the messages mean?Do the numbered pendants suggest a sequence of murders?Detective Harry Taylor is stationed in the quiet and conservative city of Armidale in country New South Wales. He must use all his experience and investigative skills on these unusual and challenging cases.University lecturers and students, newspaper reporters, priests, other police officers, forensic specialists and townsfolk all have their opinions but are at a loss as to the identity of the murderer and their motive.Harry's job is complicated by breaking in a new detective, addressing false accusations from his past, a daylight physical assault, the tension of the local population and making time for his romantic life.
The Compass Room
The gripping sequel to the Kirkus-starred Friendship Games - The Compass Room is a Wartmann Thriller that stands powerfully on its own.The war was over before it even started.In the aftermath of disaster, more than 200,000 Americans are stranded in hostile territory, and Washington reels from a conflict it never imagined losing.Across Europe, unrest spreads while America's allies falter, divided and indecisive - much like its own President. In contrast, Turkey moves boldly to expand its reach, while Russia and China seize the moment to press their advantage.Vice President George "Daddy Longlegs" Wartmann now faces his greatest test: holding a fractured nation together as political polarization deepens, impeachment looms, unrest grows at home, markets crash, and enemies maneuver abroad. Every choice carries peril, and survival may depend on finding direction in a world turned upside down.The Compass Room explores the price of power and the limits of loyalty in an age of information warfare, fractured alliances, and shifting truths. The war might have been over before it started-but one man refuses to accept defeat, and he knows the story is only beginning.
Sleep Before The Storm
When spies don't know who they are, always take a second look.Dr Christopher Rossi walked away from the programme he helped create. He believed the project was buried. He was wrong.Across Europe, sleepers are waking and cutting every link to their pasts. In London, Westminster burns and a chain reaction begins.From Vauxhall Cross to Jerusalem, every move costs Rossi a piece of the man he chose to become. His team must find the source and kill it before its secrets are sold and the map is redrawn. There is no outside help, and everyone wants them dead.He built it. Now he has to break it before it breaks the world.If memory is the trigger, your history is collateral.Explosive action collides with intrigue and dry humour in this international thriller.It's always who you least expect.
The Lotus Child
"An epic politcal thriller...riveting"-Richard J. Wall, A ReviewerLili Platacis is cold, hungry, and scared. The child has been in a Chinese prison for months, and is starting to weaken. Fortunately, Martin Henderson has learned she is there, and is prepared to save her. He is, however, imprisoned himself in an abandoned military base in Lithuania. The man responsible, Edward Morningstar, intends on killing him. If Martin has any hope of saving Lili, he must escape, and soon. Meanwhile, America's new President, Jerome Knight, has learned that the man he has trusted his entire adult life, Morningstar, plans on destroying the United States. Knight has left DC and is on the run, hoping to build a coalition that can topple the powerful Morningstar. As Lili fights to keep her spirit alive in the Chinese prison, and Henderson fights to break free of his own prison, Knight leads the effort to stop the maniacal Morningstar from destroying not only America, but the world.
Remember Tomorrow
Remember Tomorrow - A page turning thriller that will leave you wanting more. "Once you're taken, there's no coming back" Elisa Guisti is a hit woman on borrowed time, desperate to finish one last job and escape to a new life. But when her latest assignment in Lake Garda explodes, she becomes a target. In New York, ex-Army Ranger turned psychologist Sam Martin is investigating a wave of psychosis sweeping the city. When fate throws them together and with enemies closing in and betrayal at every turn, Elisa and Sam must infiltrate the heart of a twisted experiment and choose to risk everything to expose the truth or be lost to oblivion.
Sinister Santa
He's making a list... and you're on it.Attorney Caldwell Beck wanted a peaceful Christmas in Santa Fe with his fianc矇e, Holly. But when a shadowy fixer known only as Santa demands he sabotage his own client-or watch Holly die-the holiday turns into a nightmare.Caught between corporate corruption, cold-blooded killers, and a ticking clock, Caldwell must choose: his career and his client, or the woman he loves.With Santa and his ruthless enforcer Lou Dawg always one step ahead, the only way to survive is to fight back. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, even good men can be pushed too far.When Christmas turns deadly, justice comes wrapped in revenge.A fast, fierce legal thriller packed with suspense, betrayal, and holiday danger.A Bullet Books Speed Read - short, sharp, and impossible to put down.
Winter Palace
From international bestselling author Dennis Jones comes a prolific cold war espionage story of a Soviet conspiracy to cripple the western democracies.It is the final decade of the 20th Century, the dawn of a new era of repression and political murder in the U.S.S.R.. But the Soviet leadership has made a startling pronouncement: Russia's Jews-two million men, women, and children-will be permitted to leave the country...immediately! And immigrate to the western democracy countries that shall have them.However the expulsion of the Russian Jews is merely a smokescreen masking a hideous Soviet conspiracy to destabilize the west from within. And CIA agent Sam Cole has in his position the terrible secret of Operation Winter Palace and its true nature-a nightmare of genocidal horror unseen since the dark days of Nazi Germany. And only he can prevent the unthinkable-if he can get out of the Soviet Union alive.But it may already be too late...a secondary plot to engulf the Middle East in a bathe of nuclear fire has been put into motion by a rogue terror cell that could bring the entire world toward Armageddon. From the bestselling author of BARBAROSSA RED comes a frighteningly plausible tale of the day after tomorrow. A monumental masterwork of suspense and intrigue that races from the heart of the Soviet empire to the underworld of Ankara and Damascus with the velocity of a speeding bullet and the devastating power of an atomic bomb.
The Threat
Libby thought her worst nightmare was discovering her husband is a killer. She was wrong.After Joel is arrested for the brutal murder of a local woman, Libby believes she's safe. But two of London's most feared gang bosses demand payback - and they both want her silenced. Hunted by Franz's ruthless hitman and Voyzey's cold-blooded thugs, Libby is a target with nowhere to run. Roy, the one man offering protection, becomes her only ally. But she quickly learns that protection comes at a cost - and trusting the wrong person could prove fatal.With the gangs at war and the body count rising, Libby isn't about to go quietly. Because in this world, survival isn't guaranteed - it's fought for.Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers, The Threat is hard-hitting, gripping and utterly addictive.
Pulse of the Earth
Jason Samir, reporter for Watchdogs of the Weird & Unusual, expected a routine assignment: Interview an anthropologist at the airport, write it up, call it a night. Instead, he witnesses horror - a blood-soaked cargo plane, every soul aboard slaughtered, and a massive black wolf vanishing into the rainy night.This shocking event sets Jason upon a journey that changes his life forever. Adding to the mystery is Regina, a tall, striking red-haired reporter whose secrets run deeper than her smile.Drawn into a world where superstition bleeds into reality, the truth hits him: He is not merely covering the story ... he is the story. And he is forced to ask: Who has been watching him? For how long? Why does every path lead deeper into the impossible?And what is the shadowy force known as the Triumvirate?
The Staircase in the Woods
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. "Chuck Wendig weaves his magic once more, turning a lonely staircase in the woods into a searing, propulsive, dread-filled exploration of the horrors of knowing and being known."--Kiersten White, author of Hide and Lucy Undying ONE OF VULTURE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up--and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy--and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods. . . .
A World of One's Own
Adam was a hero, an Adonis, ageless and virile- at least in his own mind.Although some people saw him in a similar light, the woman whose opinion mattered most to him did not.On paper, he had it all: a good job, a beautiful home, and a wife who adored him.It had been a long time since he had moved from the small town in western France to Paris, and he had almost left those times behind. Just when he had nearly let go of his youthful love, chance reawakened his old obsession.The fact that the woman of his dreams did not return his feelings, either then or later, awakened strange, sick, violent thoughts in his mind. And the more he fantasized, the more his thoughts spurred him into action.
Payment
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them." - Ephesians 5:8. Deep with the forgotten and misty moorlands of Yorkshire, the secluded village of Middleton Kirby unknowingly plays host to a dark secret. Dark, malignant and patient, it waits as if dormant for the next generation of an ancient family to make their Payment. When the Esquire of Middleton Kirby returns home to his manor and life of isolation after a period of time away, he finds he is not as abandoned as he always thought. As much as he may try to resist, he realises he cannot avoid making his Payment forever.
Manifold
A fatal fall during steel erection, in daylight and with witnesses, was incorrectly interpreted in different ways by those involved. The repercussions cost further lives and damaged families. It took another war to mend some of the harm.
Payment
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them." - Ephesians 5:8. Deep with the forgotten and misty moorlands of Yorkshire, the secluded village of Middleton Kirby unknowingly plays host to a dark secret. Dark, malignant and patient, it waits as if dormant for the next generation of an ancient family to make their Payment. When the Esquire of Middleton Kirby returns home to his manor and life of isolation after a period of time away, he finds he is not as abandoned as he always thought. As much as he may try to resist, he realises he cannot avoid making his Payment forever.
Waves of Destiny
It's February 2023, and a number of complete strangers are invited on a cruise of a lifetime to celebrate the silver anniversary of a travel agency. But what is it that has brought them together? Is it just pure coincidence? The cruise sets sail for the Canary Islands as planned from Liverpool, but soon the holiday mood darkens. Who is the mysterious stranger onboard that appears to be eavesdropping on their conversations? Suddenly their worst fears are aroused when one of them mysteriously disappears and another one has been found murdered. There are several twists and turns in this fast-paced crime whodunnit, set aboard a luxury cruise liner. Waves of Destiny is the latest serial crime thriller by British crime writer David McCaddon, the author of the "Following Digital Footprints" trilogy.
The Shadow Of The Albatross
The Shadow of the AlbatrossA world of power. A web of lies. A truth worth killing for.When investigative writer Ryan Jones secures a rare interview with the enigmatic philanthropist Olga Devereux, he believes he's about to uncover the story of a lifetime. Instead, he steps into the shadowy world of the Albatross Foundation-a global empire where wealth, influence and corruption walk hand in hand.Meanwhile, former government officer Greg Travers, still haunted by personal tragedy, stumbles into a deadly conspiracy stretching from the quiet streets of London to the hidden vaults of international finance. What begins as a chance encounter quickly draws him into a ruthless game of espionage, betrayal and murder.As whistleblowers vanish, secrets are buried, and enemies close in, one thing becomes clear: the Albatross will do whatever it takes to protect its power. And those who dare to expose the truth may not live to tell it.Perfect for fans of: John le Carr矇 and his masterful spy intrigueRobert Ludlum's relentless conspiraciesDaniel Silva's gripping international thrillers
The Shadow Of The Albatross
The Shadow of the AlbatrossA world of power. A web of lies. A truth worth killing for.When investigative writer Ryan Jones secures a rare interview with the enigmatic philanthropist Olga Devereux, he believes he's about to uncover the story of a lifetime. Instead, he steps into the shadowy world of the Albatross Foundation-a global empire where wealth, influence and corruption walk hand in hand.Meanwhile, former government officer Greg Travers, still haunted by personal tragedy, stumbles into a deadly conspiracy stretching from the quiet streets of London to the hidden vaults of international finance. What begins as a chance encounter quickly draws him into a ruthless game of espionage, betrayal and murder.As whistleblowers vanish, secrets are buried, and enemies close in, one thing becomes clear: the Albatross will do whatever it takes to protect its power. And those who dare to expose the truth may not live to tell it.Perfect for fans of: John le Carr矇 and his masterful spy intrigueRobert Ludlum's relentless conspiraciesDaniel Silva's gripping international thrillers
Wrong Body
1940 and in the skies over England, the Battle of Britain is raging. A Luftwaffe Dornier 17 bomber is shot down and crashes into the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, a single parachute floating down. The bodies of three other crew are eventually recovered from the sea. To the present, and In Berlin a young brother and sister strike lucky on the lottery and decide to fulfil a long family promise: to bring the body of their great-grandfather back to Germany from his resting place in a quiet war grave in the corner of an ancient Norfolk church. Meanwhile, a gamekeeper is found shot dead at a charity clay pigeon shoot on the Royal Sandringham Estate. Our unlikely protagonist photographer Mark Elwin is on hand to record both events and to unravel the mysteries they both throw up.
An Easy Shot
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes to the links with his latest fast-paced thriller.Seattle detectives Craig and Bonnie Frakes want nothing more than to enjoy each other's company and their golf vacation in Scottsdale. They need the rest.But their vacation plans take a sudden turn when they overhear a conversation between two men plotting a murder-the murder of someone very powerful. Outside their jurisdiction and unsure whom to trust, the Frakes must plan each move of their investigation carefully-or risk multiple lives, including their own."Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers."-Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles, on Dead Money"[An] exhilarating political poker thriller."-Midwest Book Review on Dead Money
Hawk Run
USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith takes us on a thrill-ride adventure in some of the world's most exotic places.In search of his missing father, Danny Hawk must survive against all odds and a long way from home.In 1970, Egypt breeds danger for Hawk and his friends. Hawk's only hope to find his father rests in staying alive and ahead of the dangerous men chasing him.Sometimes only a half-step ahead.
Trail Chase
1866: Jimmy Gray's parents killed by an evil man, Jimmy's brother wounded, the family treasure in the form of a gold mine deed stolen. Jimmy finds himself alone and facing a deadly journey west to track and find the man who killed his parents.Can Jimmy, his first time out of the big eastern cities, learn the ways of the West fast enough to stay alive?Maybe with a little help from some friends.
Pianotown
Disturbing and comical, Pianotown lays fame to a giant cat and kidnapped hitchhikers. When in doubt, the eclectic inhabitants of this surreal and twisted world consult messages on cans of hairspray scattered about town. The stories are often brutal and wrapped in dark humor. Not for the faint of heart or kidney.
Hawk Run
USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith takes us on a thrill-ride adventure in some of the world's most exotic places.In search of his missing father, Danny Hawk must survive against all odds and a long way from home.In 1970, Egypt breeds danger for Hawk and his friends. Hawk's only hope to find his father rests in staying alive and ahead of the dangerous men chasing him.Sometimes only a half-step ahead.
An Easy Shot
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes to the links with his latest fast-paced thriller.Seattle detectives Craig and Bonnie Frakes want nothing more than to enjoy each other's company and their golf vacation in Scottsdale. They need the rest.But their vacation plans take a sudden turn when they overhear a conversation between two men plotting a murder-the murder of someone very powerful. Outside their jurisdiction and unsure whom to trust, the Frakes must plan each move of their investigation carefully-or risk multiple lives, including their own."Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers."-Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles, on Dead Money"[An] exhilarating political poker thriller."-Midwest Book Review on Dead Money
Trail Chase
1866: Jimmy Gray's parents killed by an evil man, Jimmy's brother wounded, the family treasure in the form of a gold mine deed stolen. Jimmy finds himself alone and facing a deadly journey west to track and find the man who killed his parents.Can Jimmy, his first time out of the big eastern cities, learn the ways of the West fast enough to stay alive?Maybe with a little help from some friends.
Portrait in Blood Red
Sean Morgan is not a typical lucky guy. A year ago, a hand grenade exploded and burned his left face. His superiors retired him, but he had to wait for his return. One day, Morgan met a colourful personality, Mr Russo, the painter. That moment changed Morgan's life and suddenly he had to investigate again getting to know few extraordinary people and a cold-blooded killer. This was just the beginning. Morgan managed to collect many interesting readings, a bad romance, a jealous husband, some left hooks and a new position in Norfolk.
The Prague Spring
Chief of the CIA station in Prague for nearly a year, Baier has been following the Dubcek government's efforts to reform the country's rigid communist system and move closer to Western Europe. On a warm August night, the Soviet Army rolls into Czechoslovakia to crush the reform program and ensure the country's subservience to the Warsaw Pact. Baier must move quickly to protect his officers, his family, and his Czechoslovak allies and assets from death and deportation by the Red Army and Soviet intelligence. At the same time, Baier must determine who his true friends are among the local officials and the foreign agents spread throughout the country's capital. Only when he reaches the border with Austria is Baier certain whom he can trust. Even then, new surprises await
I'll Make a Spectacle of You
This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets. Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University. When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora finds a community uneager to talk to an outsider. As she delves into the history of the beast, she uncovers a rumored secret society called the Keepers that has tenuous ties to the beast...and Bricksbury itself. Zora soon finds herself plagued by visions of the past, and her grip on reality starts to slip as she struggles to uncover what is real and what is folklore. But when a student goes missing, Zora starts to wonder if the Keepers ever really disbanded. There's something in the woods and it has its eyes on Zora.
When Justice Is Silenced
Kosovo, spring of 1999. In the small village of Korish禱, bombs destroy homes, take lives, separate families, and sow hatred. Luan and Lis, two young people barely sixteen years old, survived the tragedy that devastated their adolescence. They have only memories of the past and an unspoken promise: the deaths of their loved ones will not go unpunished. While the international community looked the other way, adding victims to statistics, both grew up with an open wound and a single purpose: to hunt down those responsible. As the survivors seek justice on their own, fate seems to have its own plans. Because in the end, no one escapes the justice that cannot be seen... the justice that comes without warning and spares neither the innocent nor the guilty. A story that grabs you from the first page... and explodes into an ending as unexpected as it is inevitable. "When Justice is Silenced" is not just a story of revenge: it is a cry against forgetting. An invitation to remember, to feel, and to understand that behind numbers, there are lives marked forever.
Don't Break My Heart
In the quiet town of Rosebud Grove, everyone adores Nicole Kelly. Brilliant, compassionate, and engaged to the hospital's chief of medicine, she's the kind of nurse patients trust. When a health crisis threatens her life, the entire town rallies as Nicole undergoes a miraculous heart transplant. She survives, but survival comes at a price.Almost immediately, Nicole senses something is different. The sudden flashes of anger, the strange impulses, the haunting nightmares-none of it feels like her. Then come the discoveries: other organ recipients meeting untimely ends and a donor whose past may not have been as clean as the gift he left behind. And when a desperate young woman collapses on Nicole's doorstep with a chilling warning, Nicole is thrust into a deadly game she can't escape.As secrets unravel, Nicole finds herself torn between her reputation as Rosebud Grove's golden girl and the darkness that lures her in. Friends become suspects, allies turn into threats, and the line between sanity and madness blurs. With bodies piling up and danger closing in, Nicole must confront the truth about her legacy-before it's snatched away from her.Don't Break My Heart is a haunting domestic thriller set in the misty redwoods of Northern California, where small-town perfection hides unspeakable secrets and even the most beloved heroes can harbor terrifying darkness.
