Death Among the Daffodils
A popular, young poet is found dead among the daffodils with his heart cut out. Who could have committed such a heinous crime?Spring has arrived in the Lake District, and Bridget De Lacey is feeling renewed. After a tumultuous year, filled with loss, murder, and madness, her ancestral home on the shores of Lake Windermere is thriving as an exclusive inn for the wealthy, and her relationship with its new owner, Nate Squires, is blossoming.The future looks bright for Bridget. Until, early one morning, she steps outside to admire the new bed of blooming daffodils in her garden and makes a horrific discovery. The desecrated body of a young poet, beloved by all, is lying among the flowers. Bridget is devastated by the brutal murder of her friend, but things only get worse when the wrong man is blamed, and the people of her town turn against one of their own.Bridget and Nate must work quickly to save an innocent man and catch a savage killer. However, as their investigation unfolds, they uncover a web of lies that raises more questions than answers. In the normally peaceful Lake District, tensions rise, violence ensues, and the situation becomes increasingly dangerous as buried secrets surface.Will Bridget and Nate be able to crack this multilayered case and ensure that justice is served?Tropes You'll Love: Cozy Regency Murder MysteryAmateur Sleuth DuoLake District SettingSmall Town IntrigueLoyal canine companionThe De Lacey and Squires MysteriesBook 1 - Death at Villa De LaceyBook 2 - Death Among the DaffodilsBook 3 - Death of a Nobleman
Mirov 1
Imagine waking up and realizing you are no longer in the world you slept in-what would that feel like?That is exactly what happened to Edgar Valence, who woke up in 2032 on a roadside bench in Manhattan. According to his ID, he was an American resident of New York-yet the world before him felt completely unfamiliar.Worse, he could not remember who he was.Slowly, another identity began to surface-he was from a village in India, from the era of the Mughal Empire, when Jahangir ruled. Nothing around him matched that life, yet everything felt strangely familiar. In his time, there were no modern clothes, no cars, no towering buildings.He had never fought a battle, yet his body moved like a trained martial artist. The woman claiming to be his wife was a stranger. Everything had changed-his land, his people, even his body and gender.As fragments of his present life returned, so did danger. Unknown men began hunting him, claiming he had killed a syndicate leader and stolen ten billion dollars-something he was certain he had never done.At the same time, a deeper mystery emerged from his past-a hidden treasure of priceless artifacts looted from across the world. Once pursued by Dutch, French, and British forces, and even tied to dangerous alliances, it had vanished without a trace. History recorded no recovery-only rumors.Which meant one thing: it should still be where it was left.And somehow, he remembered that place.He also remembered its guardian-a man who called himself the keeper of that enigma and claimed to be two hundred years old.But Edgar's return after four centuries-and the possibility that the legend was real-alerted powerful governments. What followed was a relentless race to claim the treasure.Yet the land where it lay was no longer the same. It was now ruled by forces who thrived on plunder themselves.And with it came unsettling questions-things that should never have existed in that era, yet somehow did.And no one knew why.
Lethal Laybys
NC 500 Memories Last A Lifetime.Unfortunately, Some Campers Don't.Joana and Brian, amateur sleuths with cameras in hand, arrive in Inverness with a straightforward mission: a photo reportage on camping along the North Coast 500. The only catch? They have to live it - inside a campervan with not enough space to escape Brian's banter.But trouble starts near Wick when they pull into a layby and find a police cordon. A fellow traveller has been found dead in his van. The police are quick to point to a faulty heater, but Joana notices what others have overlooked. Where has the victim's black Labrador disappeared to? And what's behind the rumours about the Highland Games athlete and a cheating scandal?As they search for answers, Joana and Brian are swept up in the NC 500's patchwork of local life: a ceilidh in full swing, Highland Games gossip, a cake stall with 'special biscuits', a dog show with the waggiest tail, and a campervan rally across the Highlands that attracts every eccentric within a hundred miles.When a second man is found dead, Joana and Brian must race to uncover the truth before the NC 500 claims another camper.Lethal Laybys is a cosy mystery steeped in Highland scenery, filled with locals who are anything but ordinary, and laced with dry British wit that surfaces even in the darkest moments. Expect a page-turning plot as winding as the NC 500 itself... and midges that should honestly be on the suspect list.Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and M.C. Beaton.
Mirov 3
They had entered another universe- but it was unlike anything they had ever known. Their minds, unable to process such unfamiliar reality, forced everything into familiar patterns. In truth, those things were entirely different- beyond comprehension and this led to constant deception.The unsettling truth: what they saw was as real as it was imagined.There was no conventional space, yet distances existed- vast and infinite. Unlike their universe, these could be crossed instantly.This universe was divided into pockets, each ruled by a species. Three dominant races- the Paskians, Gravores, and Scandis- controlled most of it and were fierce rivals. Yet within a small pocket lived the Adriusin籀s, the most advanced of all.They believed their universe was flawed and created a cosmic engine to redesign it. But testing revealed a catastrophic risk- it could collapse a shadow universe. This experiment had already created the Bo繹tes Void, a massive emptiness.As they tried to fix it, the three races learned of the engine. Opposed to its use, yet eager to control it, they united and attacked the Adriusin籀s.A devastating war followed. Despite their superiority, the Adriusin籀s were defeated. Before their fall, they split the engine into four parts- usable only together- and hid them in the most dangerous regions.Afterward, each race secured a fragment, but none could use it alone. Nor would they unite for the final piece.Eventually, the struggle resumed.Scandis and Gravores sought to reshape the universe. The Paskians wanted no change, fearing it could collapse the human universe. So they turned to humans- unconnected beings capable of retrieving the remaining parts.But when perception itself was unreliable- when the mind blurred reality and illusion- what certainty remained?That, too, was deception.And in the end, it proved true.
Mirov 2
In the form of Kevin, a man comes into focus- someone who had set out on an inquiry nearly a hundred years ago, vanished without a trace, and reappeared almost a century later. Yet, to him, only four days had passed.To understand this anomaly, SETI, under Cynthia's leadership, launches a mission with ancient astronaut theorists. Taking Kevin along, they return to the valleys of Kumaon in search of alien evidence.Meanwhile, under Evelyn's pressure to recover Amsana's lost funds, a powerful American lobby retaliates, triggering a direct conflict that turns New York City into a battleground. The war ends abruptly with the intervention of an entity- one not of this world- warning of future dangers.At the same time, the Benvois Corps creates their own Edgar- another Mirov, Franco- capable of leading them to Shakral. As the conflict escalates, they send a team to India but pay a heavy price. Evelyn evades capture and extracts her team, including Edgar, from the United States.Nearly four centuries later, France uncovers auctions of artifacts once taken to Shakral, hidden from the world ever since. The truth surfaces after a buyer's murder, leading France, England, and the Netherlands to launch a joint mission to reclaim them.Their trail leads to North Kumaon, India. Simultaneously, a Medium article exposes the story of Shakral, Ganga, Rana, and Sarang, drawing global attention. India joins in, despite having no record of such a place or a man who lived for centuries.Soon, five factions converge in North Uttarakhand, searching for the same destination, clashing along the way. But their journey ends where the known world itself seems to stop-and from there begins a new world, beyond imagination.A world no science has ever described.A world that cannot be understood without transformation.
Gone
A teenage girl vanishes without a trace.No ransom demand. No body. No witnesses.Did she run away with a secret boyfriend? Was she kidnapped? Or is something far worse waiting to be uncovered?Her parents are frantic, trapped between hope and dread. The police move methodically, but not urgently enough. With every passing hour, the chances of finding her alive slip away.Enter Ben John-former elite officer, now a private investigator who knows that the first version of a story is rarely the truth. As he digs beneath the surface of the city of Hong Kong, secrets begin to fracture the fa癟ade of a respectable family and a tightly knit community.Lies multiply. Timelines collapse. And someone is watching his every move.In a city where reputation is everything and silence can be bought, Ben must uncover what really happened before "Gone" becomes "Murdered"...Because the truth is out there. And it doesn't want to be found.
Girl Last Seen
An intense psychological thriller for readers of I Am Watching You, The Luckiest Girl Alive, and All the Missing Girls. Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots. I force myself to look at the face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago. If you have any knowledge of Olivia Shaw's whereabouts or any relevant information, please contact... I've spent a long time peering into the faces of girls on missing posters, wondering which one replaced me in that basement. But they were never quite the right age, the right look, the right circumstances. Until Olivia Shaw, missing for one week tomorrow. Whoever stole me was never found. But since I was taken, there hasn't been another girl. And now there is.
Murder in Central Park
Supermodel Deirdre Flanagan investigates a brutal and complicated murder that takes place at Central Park's Bethesda Fountain. Beginning at a celebrity wedding at the Museum of Natural History, Deirdre's dangerous investigation will lead her to Ireland, Mallorca, and back to New York.
Pagan's Legacy
"Be not afraid."They don't fight the blade. They welcome it.Alaska State Trooper Investigator Jake Ward knows exactly what a desperate fight for survival looks like. But the victims turning up in the bitter Alaskan cold aren't fighting at all. Devoid of defensive wounds and left with expressions of eerie, perfect calm, the bodies tell a chilling story.The killer isn't using physical force. He is subduing his targets with a paralyzing peace.Declaring himself a divine "Ministrant," this elusive zealot is leading a deadly crusade to cleanse the earth, recruiting disciples to assist in his twisted harvest. But as Ward follows the evidence, the trail leads to a horrifying revelation. The murderer's ability to erase fear isn't divine-it's a dark weapon engineered in the same nightmare that Ward barely survived.To stop the slaughter, Ward must return to the hell that forged them both.
Out of Nowhere
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, an emotional thriller where the lives of a young mother and a high-rolling consultant collide under devastating circumstances. At a Texas county fair, children's book author Elle Portman is enjoying a rare night out with her favorite cowboy: her two-year-old son, Charlie. But just as they're about to head home, the unthinkable happens: a shooter opens fire into the crowd, causing widespread panic to erupt all around them. Also caught in the melee is corporate consultant Calder Hudson. When he wakes up in the hospital, he's told he's lucky. Others didn't fare we well, which instills in Calder a furious determination to get justice. A chance encounter with Elle at the police station leads to a surprising gravitation to one another. But even as the attraction grows, Elle and Calder can't help but wonder if the unimaginable tragedy that brought them together is too painful to bear--especially while the shooter remains at large. Includes a Reading Group Guide.
The Neighbors Are Watching
From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda--a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes, and perfect neighbors. It's not the kind of place where nannies are killed during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that fa癟ade. A year after the unsolved neighborhood murder, Caren, nearing fifty and staring down an empty nest, has one too many drinks at a graduation party and blacks out on her way home. At least, that's what everyone says happened. Caren suspects she was drugged by someone. But who? When Caren teams up with a new neighbor who is obsessed with figuring out who murdered his best friend, they start to uncover what Eastbrook has tried to forget. But in a place where appearances are everything, their search for the truth means not only shattering carefully curated perfection -- but putting themselves squarely in the crosshairs of a killer.
A Child With No Name
This is another fast-moving storyline by the same author of 'Orphans Are Forever, ' that continues to evoke the emotions of those living in and around the quintessential village of Langdon in the summer of (84) with its gripping twists and turns which, take place behind closed doors. That continued to challenge Inspector Watts wisdom to the limit, especially when a little red door suddenly appeared from out of nowhere and opened a whole new can of worms of deceit and deception for him, and his team to deal with. Particularly when Professor Turner sat scanning the night-sky through the telescope at the Astrological Centre, when a bright light suddenly filled the eye-piece lens as it sped across the universe and nearly fell off his swivel chair as he tried in vain to re-focus the lens as it entered the earth's orbit.But come the following morning; having driven his Combined Harvester into one of his Wheatfield's Billy Grimshaw couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a naked body sprawled out in the middle of a crop-circle holding onto a battered in suitcase.Only added to the enigma of trying to solve who the Candlestick-man was?
The Next Step
What if free will was an illusion-and someone proved it by making you kill?A brilliant profiler is drawn into a psychological game where guilt is manufactured and control is absolute.The Next Step is a dark psychological thriller that pulls readers into a relentless mind game where control, manipulation, and morality collide.Thirty years before the events of Nevaeh: The Story of the Lost, we meet Clayton Trilling-a brilliant savant, elite criminal profiler, and one of the most extraordinary minds ever known. Once a child trapped inside a silent world by autism and his savant syndrome, Clayton rewired his own brain, transforming himself into a weapon against the darkest minds humanity has to offer.Now, as Lead Profiler for the National Bureau of Investigation, Clayton is summoned into a case unlike anything he has ever faced.It begins with a letter.Sealed in blood.Marked with a warning.Signed by The Controller.What follows is not an investigation-it's a psychological gauntlet.Three houses.Three bodies.Seventy-two hours.And one terrifying question: Why did I kill them?As Clayton and an elite team of investigators are dragged into a meticulously designed game, the rules shift constantly. Evidence lies. Reality fractures. Assumptions become traps. Every clue is engineered to exploit how the human brain thinks-and how it fails.The deeper they go, the more horrifying the truth becomes: What if the killers were innocent?What if guilt itself was engineered?What if control could be implanted-wired directly into the brain?And what if Clayton Trilling was never meant to stop the game...but to complete it?A THRILLER THAT GETS INSIDE YOUR HEADThe Next Step blends: Psychological thrillerDark mysteryCrime fictionMind-bending suspenseHigh-stakes intellectual warfareWith themes of: Free will vs. controlMoral responsibilityUnethical experimentationManipulation of perceptionGenius vs. madnessThis is a story where the reader becomes part of the game, forced to question every assumption-right alongside the characters.This isn't just a story.It's a reckoning.
Less Than A Treason
The third book in the Lord Terrence Reid series takes us to the Scottish Highlands for a contemporary Christmas mystery set in a castle. Full of holiday trappings and wonderful food, we escape the everyday and step into another world. Scottish Police Superintendent Terrence Reid tears himself away from a murder investigation in Glasgow to return to his family's ancestral home for a Christmas house party celebrating the christening of his son. Dunbaryn Castle is all decked out for Christmas, but the mounds of beautifully wrapped gifts and delicious smells emanating from the kitchen can't hide the tensions running between Reid and his estranged wife, Anne. He's not expecting a very merry Christmas. Braving snowy roads, guests arrive, bringing along with their presents hidden intrigues whose ominous elements vibrate below the party's surface. When the murder investigation Reid thought he left behind in Glasgow follows him to the Highlands and the murderer strikes again, his holiday gets cut short. Drawn deep into a labyrinth of family scandals and greed, Reid is forced to confront shattering secrets better left buried to stop the murderer.Fans of Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, Tana French, Deborah Crombie, Karin Slaughter, and Julia Spencer Fleming and other literary and psychological mysteries will love this series.
The Dead Dance at Dawn
England, 1814. Lucien, Viscount Ware and Lady Anne are spending their honeymoon at his country estate in Lincolnshire. While attending an outdoor play at the May f礙te, a single cry is heard from the woods, thought to be the sound of a fox. The next morning the body of a young woman is discovered. The village immediately suspects the girl's beau, the arrogant son of the local magistrate. Constable Willis asks for Lucien's assistance, and Lady Anne urges him to agree after she meets the young man's distraught sister who believes in her brother's innocence. Just as Lucien, Lady Anne and Constable Willis learn of a stolen diary and uncover age-old motives of jealousy and unrequited love, the inquiry is interrupted by the sudden appearance of armed strangers in the estate woods. One of them says he's a Bow Street Runner after an escaped mass murderer from London. An intensive hunt for the fugitive, another murder, a terrorized village, danger to Ware Hall itself, and the arrival of Lucien's fellow intelligence agent with shocking news force Lucien and Lady Anne to put the honeymoon on hold while they hunt for not one but two killers.
Driftless Reflection
Secrets buried in the Driftless don't stay hidden for long. Since 1904, Tiffany experts have searched for a set of authentic stained-glass windows lost after a fire destroyed a lumber baron's mansion in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. When La Crosse expert Geoff LaSarde is attacked in a violent home invasion, Lt. Jim Higgins initially suspects a routine robbery--until a missing suitcase points to something far more valuable. Treasure hunter Jamie Alberg sees what others don't and begins to uncover clues tied to the long-lost windows. But when Jamie is abducted by a ruthless underworld kingpin determined to claim the prize, the investigation turns deadly. As time runs out, Higgins and his team must unravel a century-old mystery before it leads to devastating consequences.
Otherkin
The long-dreaded full-rip Cascadia earthquake has shattered the Pacific Northwest, tearing apart cities, forests, and coastlines-and releasing ancient beings once confined to myth. In thewreckage, humanity struggles to rebuild while these Otherkin prowl the new wilderness, hungry and unbound.Ramon Saura's niece, Marie, has been taken by a ruthless paramilitary group determined to weaponize their hunt by using her ability to sense the Otherkin. To save her, Ramon ventures intothe fractured landscape, gathering others in need of protection-including a quiet boy carrying a secret that could change everything.Haunted by loss, former teacher Ethan Reynolds retreats deep into the Wild Sky Wilderness in search of peace. But one creature knows Ethan is the key- and knows exactly what will force him back into a world he no longer trusts. Deputy Casey Richards follows the trail of a brutal murder into the mountains, driven by vengeance. What she finds there will push her to the edge of justice and reveal that monsterscome in countless forms... including human.As grief, retribution, and loyalty draw these lives together, the aftershocks open a vast, shadowed rift. Something ancient is stirring-something even the monsters fear.
The Unlucky Ones
NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A police transcriber-turned-novelist returns to Black Harbor to help solve the case of her ex-husband's murder in the next riveting Black Harbor, featuring the return of characters from Hannah Morrissey's breakout debut, Hello, Transcriber. Black Harbor is a tinderbox. Temperatures and violent crime have both risen to all-time highs, a new drug razes the city, and the scene to which Sergeant Nikolai Kole responds is anything but a rote homicide. In the back of a clubhouse lies a body wrapped in garbage bags and doused in bleach. It isn't just any body. Tommy Greenlee, the ex-husband of Kole's former lover, Hazel, has been shot several times and left for dead. What's more...the killer left what appears to be a calling card. Elsewhere, Hazel is haunted by her memories of Black Harbor. Lured there after eight years, she returns to find out who killed Tommy and why. Now back in Kole's orbit, their love affair can hardly pick up where it left off. They both used each other to their own ends before, which begs the question: would they do it again? With the atmosphere growing more volatile by the second, Hazel and Kole call a truce, and as they work together to solve this murder, they will not only unearth Black Harbor's deepest, darkest secrets--they'll each have to face their own.
It Always Happens At The Mermaid
DC Esther Barnett, newly transferred from Norfolk to CID in St Albans, is no stranger to suspicion - but her reputation precedes her, and the team isn't exactly rolling out the welcome mat. When two murders and a suspected suicide rattle the quiet city in quick succession, the only clue is chillingly simple: each victim's final drink was poured at the Mermaid public house. Tasked with uncovering the connection, Esther turns to an unlikely ally - retired Maths lecturer and former teenage sleuth Nick Allen. Together, they must navigate buried secrets, local tensions, and a killer who may already be planning their next move.Can Esther answer Nick crack the case before the Mermaid claims another soul?
Mister Bigmouth
What should have been a wonderful anniversary weekend for Irene McKenzie took a tragic turn when she was targeted for a purse snatching by a young man. The crime turned violent as she resisted the robber, who battered her to the ground in an attack that left her comatose for decades. It was a major crime at the time, but the investigation stalled because of less-than-ideal police work. Many years later, after Irene's death, the local newspaper strangely refused to report her death in anything but a paid obituary from her grieving family. Their obit took a shot at the Sheriff's Department for being unable or unwilling to solve the crime. The accusation infuriated a politically ambitious sheriff who expects his top investigator, Detective Lieutenant Ida Mae Rollins, to solve a cold case clouded by secrecy, lies and past corruption by the former sheriff. Ida digs for the truth after hearing the appeals of Irene's grown children, including a son troubled by alcoholism and fears he may have inspired the purse snatching. She finally uncovers a possible reason the newspaper refused to do follow-up news coverage of a purse snatching that turned deadly.
Vice and Virtue
Layla Virtue, a blue-haired, 30-something recovering alcoholic and former cop is trying to reinvent herself as a musician--between AA meetings, dodging eccentric neighbors at her trailer park, and reconnecting with her mysterious dad-in this unforgettable new mystery brimming with hilarity and heart for readers of Margot Douaihy, Jane Pek, and Darynda Jones. Layla is taking her new life one day at a time from the Lake Pinecrest Trailer Park she now calls home. Being alone is how she likes it. Simple. Uncomplicated. Though try telling that to the group of local ladies who are in relentless pursuit of Layla as their new BFF, determined to make her join them for coffee and donuts. Meanwhile, since her first career ended in a literal explosion, Layla's trying to eke out a living as a rock musician. It's not easy competing against garage bands who work for tacos and create their music on a computer, while all she has is an electric guitar and leather-ish pants. But Layla isn't in a position to turn down any gig. Which is why she's at an 8-year-old's birthday party, watching as Chuckles the Clown takes a bow under the balloon animals. No one expects it will be his last. Who would want to kill a clown--and why? Layla and her unshakable posse are suddenly embroiled in the seedy underbelly of the upper-class world of second wives and trust fund kids, determined to uncover what magnetic hold a pudgy, balding clown had over women who seem to have everything they could ever want. Then again, Layla knows full well that people are rarely quite what they seem--herself included...
Mister Bigmouth
What should have been a wonderful anniversary weekend for Irene McKenzie took a tragic turn when she was targeted for a purse snatching by a young man. The crime turned violent as she resisted the robber, who battered her to the ground in an attack that left her comatose for decades. It was a major crime at the time, but the investigation stalled because of less-than-ideal police work. Many years later, after Irene's death, the local newspaper strangely refused to report her death in anything but a paid obituary from her grieving family. Their obit took a shot at the Sheriff's Department for being unable or unwilling to solve the crime. The accusation infuriated a politically ambitious sheriff who expects his top investigator, Detective Lieutenant Ida Mae Rollins, to solve a cold case clouded by secrecy, lies and past corruption by the former sheriff. Ida digs for the truth after hearing the appeals of Irene's grown children, including a son troubled by alcoholism and fears he may have inspired the purse snatching. She finally uncovers a possible reason the newspaper refused to do follow-up news coverage of a purse snatching that turned deadly.
Run, Rabbits, Run!
Shocking events so traumatised an eleven-year-old boy that they remained in his memory for the rest of his life.As a child, Michal shared a home with his father and a housekeeper whom he adored.The father, Timon, was a highly successful science fiction author who, during the 1970s, used the genre to express his concerns about the environment at a time when it wasn't fashionable to do so.Timon was an introvert and emotionally detached from Michal and the world around him.He writes three particular books which become hugely successful, but in doing so, he makes enemies.The three books become known as Solomon's Trilogy, Solomon being the pseudonym used by Timon. The last of the three books results in the death of Timon.Michal, who has inherited his father's imagination and has a tendency to analyse people, suddenly finds himself a ward of the state. He is sent to a residential school, where he is called upon to use his imagination to resolve a very worrying problem.
Make Sure You Die Screaming
One of NPR's best books of 2025 Named one of the hottest debut novels of 2025 by Goodreads "It's Fear and Loathing for the generation devastated by the generation that brought us Fear and Loathing." --Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing The newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender binary, has flamed out with a vengeance at their corporate gig, is most likely brain damaged from a major tussle with their now ex-boyfriend, and is on a bender to end all benders. A call from their mother with the news that their MAGA-friendly, conspiracy-theorist father has gone missing launches the narrator from Chicago to deep red Arkansas in a stolen car. Along the way, the narrator and their new bestie--a self-proclaimed "garbage goth" with her own emotional baggage (and someone on her tail)--unpack the narrator's childhood and a recent personal loss that they refuse to face head-on. An unflinching interrogation of class rage, economic (im)mobility, gender expression, and the rot at the heart of capitalism, Make Sure You Die Screaming is the loud, funny, tragic, suspenseful road trip novel of our times.
The Cheat Code
After the terrible encounters with the war heroes, the Intuitionist is on the verge of breaking all promises she gave to her friends and her family. Worse: both the war heroes might become aware of her power-her intuition, for she is their shortcut, their cheat code.As the Monk looks into the Oldest Dance, he nearly discovers the first language of mankind, or perhaps, the first language on earth. It could take him to the Source, he believes. But he can't do that without the Devil's Book--the book that now belongs to the Mesmerizer.Soon enough, they realize that none may find what they seek unless they have the power to guess things right. Soon enough, they know who might be their Cheat Code to achieve it all.And thus, the Intuitionist fights the whispers of the ones with voice. Her purpose calls her, but she has her life to deal with--a life that is too trivial compared to the ones who want her home. And it's not easy when she must handle all promises she has made, not when the oldest dance of the universe whispers in her dreams and when the Devil's Book calls her still.In a world of voice where High Grades are too proud to lie, a promise made verbally is stronger than a red seal. So she must leave her mother's nest while keeping her promises, and in her journey, she must be aware of the whispers of the war heroes.
Investigation Assessment Judgment
A young girl has disappeared in Cape Breton, and the family is desperate. The police don't seem to be doing anything, so they look for help elsewhere. Then small details start to fit together into signs that something dark and evil is going on. Police, a private investigator, psychologists and even a priest trained in exorcisms get involved.
Love You to Death
When two best friends' hobby of crashing weddings takes a deadly turn, they're forced to embark on a road trip of survival in this addictive thriller. "The hairpin turns and killer twists of this propulsive bad-girls-gone-worse thriller will have you hanging on for dear life!"--Layne Fargo, bestselling author of The Favorites and They Never Learn How well do we really know our friends? As the only Black women at an antebellum-themed wedding, Kayla and Zorie should've known this heist was doomed from the start. They should never have come, but when their financial situation became dire, they agreed to hit one last wedding. Jaded and cynical Kayla has spent the last decade trying to fix her life since an angsty teen prank led to her arrest. Now, with her housekeeping job at a subpar hotel and her disappointing, Cinderella-esque relationship with her dad and obnoxious stepsister, she hates the life she's built. Her only bright spots are her best friend, Zorie, and their favorite weekend pastime of crashing weddings to steal the money and pawn the gifts. But what started as a lark has evolved into a greedy obsession, making each wedding haul riskier than the last. While trying to avoid the angry bride and groom, Kayla and Zorie's getaway takes a gruesome turn and suddenly the "Wedding Crasher Killers" are national news. The best friends are forced to hit the road to dodge the authorities, but their escape plan leaves behind a bloody trail of destruction from Georgia all the way to the bayou. As past grudges resurface, Kayla realizes that the best friend she thought she knew is more dangerous than she could ever have realized. Sharp, unpredictable, and madcap from start to finish, Love You to Death is the most fun--and deadly--road trip you'll ever take.
Leave Dead Enough Alone
She was the last person anyone would want to hurt. So why did someone want her dead?When wise-cracking private investigator Sam Lawson starts looking into a woman's disappearance, he finds the county sheriff and many of the locals have already made up their minds. Amy Booker-sweet, quiet, universally adored-simply skipped town to get away from her no-good husband. Case closed. But Sam knows better than to trust easy answers.Those that knew Amy best insist she wouldn't just leave without telling anyone. And the deeper Sam digs, the more he begins to sense something isn't right. A local do-gooder seems too good to be true, a mysterious homeless man knows more than he lets on, and Amy's co-worker starts sweating bullets whenever he talks to Sam. Behind all the friendly waves and church socials of this small rural community, Sam soon uncovers a web of greed, corruption, and bodies buried in plain sight. With the help of Carla, his sharp-as-a-tack medical examiner wife, and Clyde Harlan, an earnest young constable who has a past with the missing woman, Sam starts asking questions no one wants answered. And in this town, asking the wrong questions can get you killed.Leave Dead Enough Alone is the eighth thrilling installment in the award-winning Sam Lawson Mystery series. If you love page-turning twists, quirky characters and sharp dialogue, you won't want to miss this gripping new small-town mystery from David K. Wilson.
Euphoria
Meaghan had three rules, and she broke all of them.Travel alone.Don't stay anywhere long.Trust no one.She fell for Jesse Baker, only to lose him after arriving at the safety of the Safe Zone.After learning about an explosion in the very laboratory that Jesse was in, she no longer has any means of knowing if he is okay. Despite months of no contact from him, she still holds out hope she will find him. Trekking her way through the frozen wasteland of Ontario, Canada during the apocalypse is not exactly what she expected. Especially when she is tracked down by none other than Hayden Stokes. Hayden only has one goal in mind. Keep on track to find the cure that is once again lost amongst the wreckage of the apocalypse. Unfortunately, another part of that goal is keeping the civilian at his side safe and unharmed. And she does not make it easy.Through underground clubs, grotesque undeads, and a heat that won't seem to dwindle, they hike their way towards supposed salvation.Will Meaghan see her love Jesse again? Will Hayden give in to the spark he feels? What will become of Jesse and the cure for humanity?Will Hayden and Meaghan make it through this untouched, or will they become entangled in themselves and the undeads?
Sins We Inherit
What if everything you inherited was built on a lie, and telling the truth could cost you everything?When Regina Hartley's father dies suddenly, he leaves behind a powerful construction empire and a trail of unanswered questions.Martin Hartley was celebrated as a self-made man. A survivor. A visionary who rose from the red dirt of Long Hill to the boardrooms of Sydney. But as Regina steps into his role, cracks begin to surface. Missing files. Quiet threats. Old alliances that feel more like warnings.Beneath Hartley Holdings lies a legacy of violence, corruption, and carefully buried crimes, sins her father took to the grave, and ones Regina is now expected to protect.As enemies close in and secrets refuse to stay buried, Regina must decide: preserve the empire her father built or expose the truth that could destroy it.Set against vivid Australian landscapes, from dusty outback towns to polished city towers. Sins We Inherit is a slow-burning crime thriller and psychological family saga about power, loyalty, and the cost of silence.As corporate rivals circle and long-suppressed secrets claw their way into the light, Regina discovers this inheritance was never just about money. It's about complicity. About what families protect. And how far ambition can stretch morality before something breaks.With razor-sharp tension, moral complexity, and moments of dark wit, Liesel Edis delivers a gripping exploration of legacy - not of wealth, but of guilt.Perfect for readers who love female-led thrillers, family secrets, and stories where wealth hides rot.Think Succession meets Scrublands, with the emotional undercurrent of Big Little Lies.
