Assistant D.A. Carolyn Hastings has an uncanny knack for putting away criminals. With one of the best prosecution records in recent history, her future as Manhattan’s next District Attorney looks certain. But her sixth sense for winning cases threatens to work against her when she starts seeing a string of murders through the eyes [...]
Tags: mystery, serial killer, Steve Williams, suspense, thriller
Posted in Mystery, Thriller |
When Uncle Huey is found murdered in his diner in tiny Saltlick, TX, a half-frozen package of mesquite-smoked sausage stuffed down his throat, Imogene Duckworthy, a single mother who longs to be a PI, gets her chance to solve a real crime. About the Author One of Kaye George’s quirky claims to fame is [...]
Tags: amateur sleuth, humor, mystery, Texas
Posted in Mystery |
Emily and Stan Remington’s maiden voyage in their newly inherited RV takes a lethal turn when the retired couple find themselves at the center of a murder investigation involving a politician, a corporate executive, and a hippie priest. The rookie RVers inevitably butt heads with the local sheriff as their investigation takes them from [...]
Tags: Door County, mystery, RV enthusiasts, Wisconsin
Posted in Mystery |
Noel Anderson, builder and businessman, has his life ripped apart when his family is brutally murdered. The three killers are eventually sentenced for their crime prompting Noel to set out on a religious crusade of forgiveness. Noel fast becomes a media darling and discovers love again in a damaged young woman who, like himself, [...]
Tags: Literary Fiction, mystery, romance, romantic suspense, thriller
Posted in Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Thriller |
Less than twenty-four hours after fleeing to Paris, Maya Sinclair is the prime suspect in a brutal murder—and targeted by the real killer. When she’s viciously attacked in the gardens of Versailles, Maya barely escapes with her life thanks to sexy French journalist Simon Girard. Simon has been investigating the mysterious death of his [...]
Tags: France, mystery, Paris, romance, suspense, thriller
Posted in Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Thriller |
Standing inside the underground cavern, John Newman marvels at the awesome sight–the largest and most-sophisticated emergency operation facility in the country. The United States’ Continuity of Government programs and federal staffs would soon occupy the facility. His role as architect was almost finished. He’s not aware that Clouds of Deception, swirling and gathering strength, [...]
Tags: Emergency Response, Law Enforcement, military, mystery, political thriller, suspense, thriller
Posted in Espionage Thriller, Mystery, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller |
Washington D.C.’s professional troubleshooter, Hannibal Jones, is enraged when he is forced to take a case at gunpoint. His client is a Russian assassin who will kill Hannibal’s beloved, Cindy Santiago, if Hannibal refuses to help him. With no choice, Hannibal agrees to investigate the smooth, wealthy Algerian who has stolen the heart of [...]
Tags: African-American, Austin, books, Camacho, DC, mystery, novels, Roulette, Russian, Virginia, Washington
Posted in Mystery, Suspense |
Anita Cooper was three times a victim. Her father’s death crushed her dreams of college and a better life. Then her purity was drowned in powerless anxiety and her gentle fantasies displaced by unspeakable humiliation, all because of a hard man who knew the way of the world. Rod Mantooth stole both her innocence [...]
Tags: African-American, Austin, books, Camacho, Damaged, DC, Goods, mystery, novels, Virginia, Washington
Posted in Mystery, Suspense |
Bea Collins was troubled when she went to Hannibal Jones’ office. Her fianceé Dean had disappeared. Hannibal Jones, the troubleshooter, agreed to help her, even though he feared that his quarry had simply run off with another woman after taking most of Bea’s money. Little did Hannibal suspect that he would find Dean just [...]
Tags: African-American, Austin, books, Camacho, Collateral, Damage, DC, mystery, novels, Virginia, Washington
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MEET HANNIBAL JONES – TROUBLESHOOTER A high powered Washington attorney learns there are some problems he can’t solve in court. Dan Balor buys an apartment building in the heart of the city, hoping to create low income housing for good families. Instead he finds the building occupied by squatters: drug dealers, winos, hookers and [...]
Tags: African-American, Austin, Black, books, Camacho, crime, D.C., detective, Hannibal, Jones, justice, mystery, novels, Shooter, Trouble, Virginia, Washington
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A collection of darkly humorous short stories, each with a cunning twist in the tail. When extraordinary events befall some of London’s most ordinary of inhabitants, unexpected turns lead to some witty, strange, yet ultimately satisfying results. An Honest Mistake: Madge has long since surrendered herself to the verbal abuse doled out to her [...]
Tags: cozy mysteries, dark humor, humor, mystery, short stories, Short Story Collections
Posted in Cozy, Mystery, Short Stories (Anthology) |
A wacky, sexy, gritty crime adventure about an ancient perfume and the lure of being irresistible. When height-challenged, warmhearted oddball, Brooklyn sex therapist Saylor Oz pursues her misgivings about a suicide and discovers that her friend, a brilliant archaeobotanist, was murdered for an ancient secret perfume, she and her BFF, Benita Morales, launch an [...]
Tags: Brooklyn, buddies, humor, mystery, perfume, romantic comedy, sexy, wacky, woman sleuth
Posted in Mystery, Noir, Romantic Comedy |
Burnt-out lawyer Ed Burke flees New York, a failed marriage, and a high pressure career as a criminal attorney and returns home to Dublin, Europe’s most happening city. Hand-in-hand with the new prosperity, a culture of ruthless corruption has taken root and threatens to pervade the highest levels of government in Celtic Tiger Ireland [...]
Tags: crime, suspense, thriller
Posted in Crime Fiction, Suspense, Thriller |
Cealie Gunther avoids things that bind—like control-top pantyhose and Gil Thurman. The spunky widow thinks she wants to avoid her hunky ex-lover so she can rediscover herself, but he opens Cajun restaurants in all the places she travels. And she is so bad at avoiding tempting dishes and men. She arrives in town early for [...]
Tags: boomer mystery, cozy mystery, high school mystery, humorous mystery, mystery, romantic mystery
Posted in Cozy, Mystery |
Jack Reacher… Leonid McGill… John Rain… Now a new breed of tough guy… There is serious trouble brewing on the cracked streets of Newark, New Jersey, and Shell, a former killer-for-hire, finds himself at the deep center of it all. Nevada, a past love interest, has gone missing from a seedy motel, leaving behind [...]
Tags: Barry Eisler, crime fiction, hitmen, Jack Reacher, John Rain, Lee Child, Leonid McGill, thrillers, Walter Mosley
Posted in Crime Fiction, Mystery, Noir |
Polarized politics, high-strung Southern families and the worst disaster management goat screw in US history backdrop a deadly game of cat and mouse that unfolds during the record-smashing hurricane season of 2005. When Shay Hoovestahl, a puff piece reporter for the local news, stumbles on the story of a con artist using chaos as [...]
Tags: crime fiction, family, fetish, george bush, gulf coast, houston, hurricane, identity theft, katrina, love, meteorology, murder, mystery, New Orleans, politics, relationships, romance, romantic, science, sex, sisters, suspense, Texas, thriller, weather
Posted in Crime Fiction, Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Science Thriller, Thriller, Women's Fiction |
To read Libby Fischer Hellmann is to love Libby Fischer Hellmann. Her writing is tight, fast, and highly entertaining. But I had no idea Libby was so versatile. My first inkling of this came a few years ago, when I asked her to contribute a story to an anthology I was editing. Frankly, I [...]
Tags: anthology, Blues, Chicago, hard-boiled, historical, mystery, noir, short story, thriller
Posted in Crime Fiction, Mystery, Noir, Short Stories (Anthology), Thriller, Women's Fiction |
Murder follows the Shady Ladies mystery authors everywhere they go… Six mystery writers who exchange emails, instant messages and texts discussing plotlines, sex and murder for their books, get a dose of non-fiction when one of their own is suspected of doing in a wife-beating killer. The heat cranks up when another member’s crooked [...]
Tags: Chicago, contemporary, cozy mystery, digital, emails, fun, funny, humor, humorous mystery, murder mystery, new york, publishing, writers
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