The deadliest threat in California doesn't come with a warning—it slips into your system, rewires your mind, and turns you into a killer with a smile.
When a banker opens fire at Folsom Flea Market, Detective Kat Hastings catches the case—but takes three bullets before she can stop the carnage. Now she's in the ICU, the victim of a drugged-up killer.
That night, during a gig, Sonny Marshall watches helplessly as his band's guitarist collapses mid-set, brought down by a drug no one can identify, his body locked in euphoric paralysis. The incident rattles Sonny, but the news about Kat hits harder. When he learns she was among the victims, he drops everything to be at her side.
Kat is more than a casualty—she's the woman he loves, and the one person still holding him to the right side of the line.
As he begins to connect the dots, a chilling truth emerges: two designer drugs, no less deadly, created by the same phantom chemist.
Sonny isn't a cop. He's a blues saxophonist with a bad knee, a worse Oxy habit, and a white knight complex he can't shake. With Kat recovering and chaos spreading, he steps outside the law—guided by a code the courts don't recognize and a team that doesn't ask for forgiveness.
As Sonny teeters on the edge, one question haunts him: How do you stop a killer no one can see—without becoming something you don't recognize yourself?

He’s used to improvising on stage. Can this seasoned bluesman use his ear for music to solve a dark crime conspiracy?

Sonny Marshall never forgot how he failed his sister. Haunted by her trauma during a home invasion, the thirty-two-year-old martial artist swears he’ll never let another innocent suffer. So when the valiant saxophonist hears from a friend about a fresh clue in a missing kid’s cold case, he refuses to heed the warnings of his GF and family and pursues justice.

Certain he has vital information, Sonny clashes with the by-the-book detective troubled by her own inability to track down the little girl. But when the self-appointed hero runs afoul of pedophiles and corrupt bluebloods in this noir crime series, his ride-to-the-rescue may end with him playing his final notes.

Will his white-knight complex crack the case or put more lives on the line?

Storm Warning is the gritty first book in the Sonny Marshall mystery thriller series. If you like emotionally wounded characters, page-turning conspiracies, and hints of romance, then you’ll love Terry R. Bacon’s terrific literary fiction work.

Buy this coming of age fictional crime documentary to batten down the hatches today!

THE DEAD DON’T COME BACK… BUT SOME NEVER LEAVE.

What if your entire life… never happened?

Jack Kelly remembers a wife, three children, and a life filled with love and meaning. Then he wakes up—thirteen years old, alone, and told it was all in his head.

Doctors call it trauma after a near-death experience - a false memory. But Jack knows better. Because something came back with him.

He can see them now—the dead, the lost, the shadows that shouldn’t exist. And they see him too.

If his memories are impossible, why do they feel so real? And if the dead are real… what does that make him?

As reality begins to fracture, Jack is pulled into a relentless search for the truth—one that will force him to confront what he remembers… and what’s waiting for him on the other side. Because this isn’t just about what he lost. It’s about what’s coming next.

From award-winning author Kevin Moore
Amazon Editor’s Pick • Global Book Award Winner (Gold – Ghost Fiction)

“An eerie tone permeates the entire story, with even mundane events feeling off-kilter. The whole cast seems to have multiple personas, all tinged with darkness.”
— Foreword Clarion Review

The Book of Souls is the electrifying first installment in the Jack Kelly Series—a mind-bending paranormal thriller where memory, reality, and the afterlife collide.

Continue the journey in The Book of Demons a booklife editors' pick, — and prepare for the next descent in Pandora’s Box and the Lost Boys.

TriCoast Energy executive Lynn Dayton is visiting the company’s San Francisco refinery when it comes under attack. Saddened by the fiery deaths of several workers, she traces the explosion to software malfunctions and contacts cybersecurity chief Kanak Singh to track it back to the source. The second law refers to the second law of thermodynamics: it means that in an isolated system everything tends towards chaos. Lynn is still reeling when a TriCoast lease bidding manager is killed in New Orleans. The seeming motive is the theft of his computer containing billion-dollar secret offshore bid plans. Then her long-time mentor and good friend is gunned down in front of her in a Louisiana swamp. What terrible plan lies behind all these crimes? Lynn races against time to uncover a complex plot that stretches from murder in Vienna to a natural gas terminal attack in the Baltic to a major Caribbean oil installation off U.S. shores. Lynn is baffled as she learns of a high-stakes takeover bid by a mysterious group called the Second Law. Who are these people? Worse, who is the mole inside TriCoast that is feeding them so much deadly information? Unless she can find out, thousands more are scheduled to die.

"A bookshelf essential...a must read" Milly Johnson, Sunday Times Bestseller

One Green Bottle is a captivating page-turner about people watching, overheard conversations and a holiday packed full of sinister intentions.

Paul Martin and his wife Jayne have come on a cruise to escape the world following the tragic death of their only daughter. Jefferson Ochiltree III and his wife have come to escape America before Jefferson’s hidden life is exposed. Estelle DeLuca has brought her sister to enjoy the Norwegian Fjords so she can put her nefarious plan into action. Jonny Mountain has an altogether different reason to bring his wife on the cruise.

"Ten take a trip to a scenic viewpoint.
Nine come back.
Three days earlier, they boarded the same cruise with secrets and silent motives in tow.
Each has a reason to disappear.
Each has a reason to kill.
The question isn’t who did it.
It’s who didn’t."

When a brilliant young pilot uncovers a deadly conspiracy, she becomes the next target in a game she never agreed to play.

Sophie Allard has spent her life earning her wings at one of the military’s most elite academies. But when her estranged father dies in a mysterious explosion at their family estate, Sophie’s world shatters. The official story doesn’t add up—and the deeper she digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

Her investigation exposes a hidden network known only as The Third Estate—a shadow organization manipulating power at the highest levels of government, industry, and defense. Now, Sophie is being hunted by the same assassin who killed an innocent woman years earlier…and by the elusive figure known as the Grey Lady, whose reach extends far beyond the battlefield.

Caught between loyalty and survival, Sophie must navigate a maze of espionage, betrayal, and buried family secrets before time runs out.

The Third Estate is an intelligent, high-stakes thriller packed with espionage, family intrigue, and relentless suspense.

Deadly secrets, loyal dogs, and a vet with nothing left to lose.

Veterinarian Dr. Casey Gibbons came to Gold Valley for a fresh start—not a murder investigation.

When her mentor and best friend, Dr. Shelley Capra, is found dead in her kitchen, everyone assumes it was an accident.
Everyone except Casey. The wound looks wrong. The scene feels staged. And Shelley was chasing down something big—a secret buried deep in the local pet trade.

Now Casey and her sharp-nosed Boxer, Scout, are following the trail Shelley left behind: cryptic notes, a tangled web of puppy mills, and a growing list of suspects with something to hide. As she edges closer to the truth, Casey realizes she’s not just fighting for justice—she’s fighting to stay alive.

With wit as dry as California wine and a heart as big as her bark, Casey is a sleuth you’ll root for to the last page.

Who killed Shelley Capra? And what else is hiding in this quiet mountain town?

Find out in On Monday the Boxer Howled—a thrilling first entry in the Casey & Scout Mystery series that will leave you howling for more.

DID MOONLIGHT MURDER HIS OWN LOVER? OR HAS HE BEEN SET UP TO TAKE A FALL OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS?


"If you knew your life could end at any moment, how far would you go to prove you murdered your lover? "

Albany, New York, is the dark setting of this paranoid thriller about Richard "Dick" Moonlight, former APD detective turned private investigator, who believes he killed Scarlet Montana - his illicit lover and wife of his ex-boss, Chief of Detectives Jake Montana.

Problem is, despite the blood on his hands, Moonlight doesn't remember what happened!

From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Vincent Zandri, comes the first, extended editor's cut version in the Thriller and Shamus Award Winning series.

For fans of bestselling hard-boiled mystery and romantic suspense writers like Robert B. Parker, Michael Connelly, Lawrence Block, Don Winslow, and Charlie Huston.

The Number 1 Bestselling Series in Hard-Boiled Kindle The Number 1 Bestselling Series in Private Investigators

Scroll up and grab your thrilling copy today!!!

"Sensational...Masterful...Brilliant." --New York Post

"The action never wanes." --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting." --Harlan Coben, bestselling author of Six Years "Tough, stylish, heartbreaking." --Don Winslow, bestselling author of Savages

"Non-stop action." --I Love a Mystery

"Vincent Zandri nails reader's attention." --Boston Herald "(Zandri) demonstrates an uncanny knack for exposition, introducing new characters and narrative possibilities with the confidence of an old pro...Zandri does a superb job interlocking puzzle pieces." --The San Diego Union-Tribune

INTRODUCING SIX CHARMING, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD COZY MYSTERIES FEATURING AMATEUR SLEUTH LIZ MCLUCKIE.

Perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands, Stella Cameron and Frances Evesham.

She came to Whitby for peace, scones, and sea air. What she found was murder, mayhem… and her knack for sniffing out the truth.

What readers are saying about the series:
“I loved this cozy mystery! There are funny characters and a classic vibe of the old whodunit books. Grab a cup of tea and enjoy this lovely book.” -Bookish Days

“…a perfect example of what a cozy mystery should have. Jan Durham is a master storyteller. I am in awe of her writing…” -The Book Decoder

“This was a lovely book to read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. I curled up in my chair to read and just couldn't put it down.” -Booksprout Reviewer

IN THIS SIX-BOOK BOX SET:
Death at the Abbey
After her husband’s death, Liz McLuckie retreats to Whitby to renovate two crumbling cottages—but peace is short-lived. When she finds a professor’s body near the Abbey, drowned yet left on a clifftop, Liz is pulled into a mystery full of secrets, red herrings, quirky friends, and Nelson the bull terrier—the ugliest (and bravest!) dog in Yorkshire.

Death at Neptune Yard
As Whitby prepares for its Goth Festival, a friend’s chilling encounter with the Barghest—Yorkshire’s legendary Dog of Death—triggers a string of mysterious deaths. With whispers of the supernatural rising, Liz McLuckie, her eccentric friends, and Nelson the bull terrier set out to uncover the truth.

Death at the Feast
Liz McLuckie’s quiet retirement is shattered when a friend is accused of poisoning the town mayor. Convinced his fatal allergy was no accident and stunned when his body vanishes before the funeral, Liz teams up with her unpredictable friends to uncover the truth.

Death at the Anchorage
Valentine’s Day turns deadly in Whitby when a séance at a retirement home ends with Clara Bendelow’s shocking murder. Drawn into the mystery, Liz McLuckie uncovers ties to a decades-old suicide and a returning fraudster. With her local friends and dog in tow, she digs deep to reveal the truth.

Death on the Stella Mae
Spring storms batter Whitby just as trawlerman Daniel “Doc” Holliday vanishes from his boat, presumed swept overboard. But Liz McLuckie suspects foul play, and someone is desperate to hide the truth. Liz sets out to uncover what really happened that night, taking her dog and madcap friends along to investigate.

Death on the West Cliff
Summer brings crowds to Whitby, and with them—murder. When the night watchman at the West Cliff Art Gallery is found dead and nothing is stolen, Liz McLuckie suspects art fraud. To expose the truth, she mounts a risky heist with a fake oligarch, two chaotic ten-year-olds, and Nelson the bull terrier. What could go wrong?

GRAB THIS 6-BOOK BOX SET OF COZY MYSTERIES NOW—ONCE YOU STEP INTO KIPPER COTTAGE, YOU’LL NEVER WANT TO LEAVE!

A thrilling spin on the classic Sherlock Holmes murder mystery…

Thelonius (Theo) Holmes is a private investigator and a direct descendant of Sherlock Holmes. When eerily similar homicides by euthanasia pop up in both San Diego and Las Vegas, Holmes is called in by the San Diego and Vegas police departments to help.

Working with the cutting-edge and beautiful AI robot named P.A.M. and his recently hired assistant, Delaney Watson, Holmes and his team realizes they are faced with contradictory evidence. While DNA suggests one serial killer murdering the homeless in both cities, eye witnesses suggest two killers.

The contradictory evidence doesn’t end there. Bizarre connections to Elvis Presley and the beautiful song that pays homage to his life—Black Velvet—appear in the investigations, as well.

What connection does this have to the murder sprees afoot? Who is behind the killings in San Diego and Vegas? Can Theo, Delaney, P.A.M. and the police detectives uncover the truth in time to save the homeless in both cities?

Black Velvet is a contemporary murder mystery perfect for fans of police procedurals and forensic thrillers. Filled with unique characters, forensic and AI science, and engaging plot twists, this is a great addition to any bookshelf. Grab a copy today!

England, 1920. Widowed and world-weary, Lady Gayle Summer inherits the brooding Bethencourt Castle after her father’s sudden death. Determined to leave her flapper days behind, she dons the mantle of lady of the manor—only to be greeted by gunfire after the funeral.

When her friend Lady Sylvia vanishes during a quiet afternoon ride, and the horse returns without her, Gayle’s new life turns from dull to deadly. Who killed Sylvia? Was Gayle the true target? And what secrets lie hidden in the castle’s shadowy attics?

With the help of her sharp-eyed maid, Alice, Gayle delves into dusty trunks, unearths half-eaten meals, and uncovers long-buried legal papers that reveal a chilling motive. She’ll need all her courage—and a keen intellect—to unmask a killer before she becomes the next victim.

Don't miss the British mystery series "Karen Pirie" on BritBox! Season 2—based on A Darker Domain—premieres October 2, 2025!

A New York Times Notable Crime Book of the Year • A Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize

“A thrilling story with heartbreaking questions of social justice and history.” —Seattle Times

The New York Times calls Val McDermid, “As smooth a practitioner of crime fiction as anyone out there. . . the best we’ve got.” Time spent with her extraordinary thriller, A Darker Domain, will prove that it’s true. Set in Scotland, McDermid’s brilliant exploration of loyalty and greed intertwines the past and present.

Fife, Scotland, 1984. Mick Prentice abandons his family at the height of a politically charged national miners' strike to join the strikebreakers down south. Despised and disowned by friends and relatives, he is not reported missing until twenty-three years later.

Fife, Scotland, 1985. Kidnapped heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant is killed and her baby son vanishes when the ransom payoff goes horribly wrong. In 2008, a tourist in Tuscany stumbles upon dramatic new evidence that reopens the investigation.

Already immersed in the Prentice affair, Detective Karen Pirie, newly appointed head of the Cold Case Review Team, wants to make her mark with this second unsolved 1980s mystery. But two decades' worth of secrets are leading Pirie into a dark domain of violence and betrayal—a place darker than any she has previously entered.

One fateful summer morning, Old Al, an itinerant gold prospector, is discovered dead at the abandoned Sunshine Mine.As word spreads through the community of Oresville, Colorado, a collective gasp of shock echoes. Beloved by the community, who would want to harm him? Was his demise an accident or is something darker lurking?

Deputy Phoebe Korneal is summoned to lead the investigation, thrusting her into a mystery with more twists than a pretzel factory. As Phoebe works to find the cause of Old Al’s death, she unearths secrets that threaten to shake Oresville’s tranquility—from the whereabouts of Old Al's stash of gold to his hidden relationship with Augusta.

Eager to solve Old Al’s death, Phoebe races to crack the case, wrestling with her vow to steer clear of romantic entanglements. Alongside the mixed web of clues and suspects, she learns about Colorado's rich mining heritage and the resilient spirit of the town's founding women.

Prepare to be swept away to the streets of Oresville, where the residents are eccentric, justice hangs in the balance, and the stakes couldn't be higher. So, grab your magnifying glass and detective hat and get ready for a wild ride!

Award-winning authors, Butler and Gabardi, bring you the first book of the Phoebe Korneal Mystery Series. Read on!

The Last Hurrah is a Colorado Authors League Finalist and has received a third-place award by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Squeeze Me comes a wildly entertaining Florida caper—a razor-sharp send-up of modern American life, packed with misfits and mayhem.

“No satirist arrived at our dystopian moment better prepared than Carl Hiaasen.” —Slate

“[Carl Hiaasen’s] reality with a side of escapism is a blessing for our fragile minds at this time.” —Samantha Irby in The Atlantic

Welcome to Fever Beach, where the sun blazes, the politics are unhinged, and the characters are as volatile as a summer storm.

Dale Figgo is a half-baked crusader with the rare distinction of being kicked out of the Proud Boys—for being too dumb. His latest bad decision? Picking up a hitchhiker on a rainy afternoon while running an errand.

That errand sets off a chain reaction involving Viva Morales, a clever, resilient newcomer trying to rebuild her life post-divorce. She’s renting a room in Figgo’s apartment and working at the Mink Foundation—a philanthropic front with something far darker beneath the surface.

Circling them is Twilly Spree, a hotheaded environmentalist with too much cash and a gift for over-the-top revenge.

When dark money and twisted motives bring their worlds crashing together, Viva and Twilly become unlikely allies. Together, they uncover a tangle of corruption and conspiracy led by a plastic-surgery-loving billionaire couple and a clueless congressman with delusions of grandeur.

In his most outrageous and deliciously funny novel yet, Hiaasen delivers a gleefully chaotic portrait of contemporary madness.

The last person private investigator Mika Chalmers expects to walk in her office is ex-boyfriend and NHL player, Eric Foresburg. He looks just like he did three years ago, tall, blond, and every inch a Viking.

This isn't a social call.

Eric has gotten himself into some hot water. A woman is going to publicly accuse Eric of rape and he needs Mika to prove his innocence. With pressure from her father - who happens to be the head coach of Eric's NHL team - and smarmy defense attorney, Ryan King, Mika has her work cut out for her. When feelings for Eric - feelings she buried a long time ago - start to resurface, her job of finding the truth no matter what gets increasingly difficult to do.

Despite the fact that Mika has connections with the police department - including the arrogant Detective Alex Beech - the answers aren't black and white. Evidence reveals that Eric and the victim were together, but it turns into a heated he-said, she-said. It doesn't help that Eric has been keeping things from Mika, things he should have disclosed before she agreed to take his case.

With the help of Beech, Mika must determine whether or not Eric is innocent before the court of public opinion finds him guilty and his entire life is ruined.

With the heated chemistry of Castle and the unpredictable twists and turns of Bones, hockey fans are devouring this new romantic mystery series.

*Formerly published under Heather C. Myers

Welcome to Seaside! A sleepy, island village filled with sweet summer romance, sandy beaches, colorful characters... AND MURDER!

Paige Comber dreams of running off to Paris to train at the Cordon Bleu, but fresh out of college, she is stuck running her granny's coffee shop in the small town of Seaside. It looks like a lousy summer until a handsome stranger named Nate arrives.

He's here to help his Uncle Byron with his affairs, but when his uncle's body washes up on the beach and he is accused, it is up to Paige to find out who might have been crazy enough to do it.

BOOK ONE in the cozy PAIGE COMBER MYSTERY series

“In Vengeance of the Vanished Ones, don’t miss this trip into Baja where mining interests and the need to preserve sacred rock paintings clash violently. Move over, Indiana Jones!” –Warren C. Easley, author of the Cal Claxton Mysteries

Discovering the meaning of the mysterious, ancient rock art of Baja has obsessed archaeologist Marcos Andersson for decades. While investigating the macabre death of Davis Pearce on site, Marcos suspects it's connected to the rock art, but before he can prove it, he gets dragged into the spirit world where Davis languishes. He happens to meet psychiatrist-psychic Susan Cohen who guides Marcos to some understanding of the art as they explore more sites, pile up deaths, encounter vengeful spirits, and fall in love. It's complicated by local schemes to profit off the mineral deposits accompanying the rock art sites and the secrets both Marcos and Susan keep from each other.

Vengeance of the Vanished Ones, Book One, is a fictional action-adventure based on an existing archaeological mystery and real archaeologists. Lee Orlich Bertram leaves readers begging for Book Two as Marcos struggles at every twist and turn to find the meaning of the rock art and his life.

From the creator of Jurassic Park and ER

Charles Raynaud has found the perfect cover for his smuggling operation running out of Mexico, because how many custom agents are going to want to inspect a carton of venomous snakes? When Raynaud runs into his old Yale buddy Richard Pierce, a chance to play bodyguard feels like even easier money.

Pierce has a large inheritance coming, but a series of thwarted attempts on his buddy’s life makes Charles begin to smell a rat. Who’s really trying to kill whom? And why is Charles starting to believe that he’s the real target?

With a new introduction by Sherri Crichton

"A harrowing rescue thriller with a truly magnetic hero at its core." -BestThrillers.com

A kidnapper hiding in plain sight.

A rural town with tons of suspects.

From award-winning author Cam Torrens comes a gut-wrenching suspense novel based on an actual missing person case.

A 911 call sends Search & Rescue on a search for a missing girl in the Collegiate Peaks. They find a child...but not the one they seek.

Air Force pilot Tyler Zahn's life disintegrated when he lost his son. He discarded his family, his career, and his dignity, finding solace in apathy and beer. Eight years later, armed with new confidence, he invites his estranged daughter, Daria, to visit his Rocky Mountain home. Zahn tries too hard to mend their relationship, and as the tension between father and daughter increases, forgiveness seems out of reach. Especially when his Search & Rescue work pulls him away from Daria and she finds romance at the church camp next door.

But Zahn can't get the missing girl he found-and the one he can't find-out of his mind. Someone in this mountain valley is collecting children, and Zahn is gradually drawn into the case while still trying to break through to his daughter.

Then she disappears too.