Some Killers Want More Than Blood
A mysterious man with a strange background, unique abilities, and a dangerous grudge. Three strangers, each of whom has lost a loved one through a series of brutal murders. One peculiar woman whose knowledge and intuition will connect each of them.

With the help of Detectives Daniels and Remalla, can they put the pieces together and expose the secrets of a killer before he seeks his revenge and destroys them all?

Enjoy the Family or Foe Saga, including First Cut, Second Slice, Third Blow and Fourth Strike.

If you love a charismatic partnership and thrillers with a supernatural element that keep you guessing until the end, then it's time to meet Detectives Daniels and Remalla.

Other Books in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla Series
Haunted River
Of Breath and Blood
Of Body and Bone
Of Mind and Madness
Of Power and Pain
Of Love and Loss

They say everybody has a double. What if yours is hunting you?

A cynical detective. A dangerous beauty. Estranged twins, one a recluse, the other a playboy — at least one of them insane.

McBride is an aging Boston private eye. Sylvia is his threatening and seductive partner. Gray hires them to find his brother before his brother finds him. The only clue is an unsourced photo of the twin in the stands at a Bruins game — or is it Gray himself? Increasingly convinced their client is either insane or playing a double game — or both — McBride and Sylvia chase dead-ends across Boston, New York, and hockey — and when Gray's doppelganger finally turns up (with the equally colorful name of Brown), Gray vanishes. The Brown version is every bit as odd as the Gray: but where Gray is paranoid, rootless, and secretive, Brown lives amidst an endless party in a suburban mansion. McBride arranges a meet — and that's when the cat-and-mouse game really gets weird.

In The Brothers Brown & Gray, Gary Glass twists noir fiction into strange new shapes that make for compulsive reading.

Get it — and clear your schedule. You won't want to put it down.

Most days it's manageable. No more than a quiet wondering around the edges of her mind. What has become of the baby she left behind? Smiling through the pain and suffering in silence, Leslie Laudon marches forward. Embracing the life skillfully designed by her husband Paul. Living right could be penance for an impossible choice made with an uneasy heart. Dutiful and anchoring, Leslie poured herself into her other children. Nurturing them through infancy, protecting them as toddlers, guiding them as teens. As her youngest child heads off to college with her suitcases and coordinating dorm room accessories, so goes Leslie’s identity. The chaotic life of a busy working mother threatens to become dangerously quiet. Quiet enough to hear the voices she’s tried to silence for decades.

Gwen Fox was adopted by two perfect people. Noel and Millie have always treated her the same as their two biological sons. Her parents love is strong and unwavering, yet a soul-deep ache still lingers. Plagued by an unnamed, hard to explain, longing Gwen could never shake. Riddled with doubt and dragged down by the undertow of unanswered questions, Leslie and Gwen both find their lives suddenly upended. One seeks the truth about the day she was born. The other seeks herself, the woman she was before motherhood. Before she made a choice to leave a piece of her heart lying asleep in the hospital nursery.

In this complex journey for answers, blame is abundant. Guilt is thick enough to choke on. Marriages are brought to the brink of disaster. As the ripples of the past vibrate through their lives, Gwen and Leslie realize there is no turning back. What they have put into motion cannot be stopped. The road toward the truth will be littered with casualties.

“You will not be disappointed if you take a journey around The Bend in Redwood Road. You will hang on every word wondering if resolution will be possible” Michele, 5 stars

"Stewart has a knack for creating rich, complicated characters. One standout is Leslie's daughter, Kerry, who is defiantly vocal about the issues within her family and laudably supportive of her mother. The author treads carefully around the subject of adoption, respectfully noting systematic issues while preserving the emotional complexities of Gwen's experience. Another intriguing feature is the romantic subplot" - Kirkus Reviews

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.

It begins in Africa . . .

A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones —and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world.

What has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it?

Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development—or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey.

To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent—a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know.

Mother Nature—red in tooth and claw—is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones.

Rookie detective Dee Callender has a puzzling crime scene: two men murdered, two wounded on a Sacramento golf course with top-of-the-line security. How did the killer–or killers—get in and out without being seen or their images captured on surveillance cameras? And why this strange foursome: a city councilman, an attorney with a questionable reputation, the owner of a suspected prostitution site, and a children’s dentist?

Pre-order the next gripping mystery in the bestselling EVA RAE THOMAS MYSTERY series written by Willow Rose .

It is a dream come true for ten-year-old Becky when her parents take her and her younger sister on a cruise to the Bahamas.

But nothing is how it is supposed to be when her parents can’t stop fighting, and soon the trip turns out to be a true nightmare.

It becomes a puzzling mystery when she and her sister disappear as the ship is about to dock in Coco Cay.

How do you disappear on a cruise ship?

Why can’t they be found?

Could they have fallen overboard?

FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas is flown in to assist on this bizarre but very time-sensitive case.

The parents both claim to know what happened to their children. Each of them blames the other for kidnapping them.

Who is telling the truth?

Meanwhile, the passengers are not allowed to leave the ship as the search continues, causing the tension to rise onboard. It becomes a race against time as a frustrated Eva Rae Thomas tries to find out what happened in the hours up until the disappearance of the two children.

When one of the children is found dead, she realizes this is more than a simple case of a parental dispute.

There’s a killer onboard.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From USA Today Bestselling Author Diana Orgain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A body has been dredged from the San Francisco Bay. Kate Connolly, pregnant and ready to pop, has reason to fear it may be her long lost brother-in-law. When a private investigator begins nosing around, Kate decides on a new career path. Battling sleep deprivation, diaper blowouts and breastfeeding mishaps she muddles through her own investigation, Mommy style:
To do:
1. Find Killer
2. Figure out hideous breast pump.
3. Avoid cranky cop.
4. S̵e̵n̵d̵ ̵o̵u̵t̵ Make birth announcements.
5. Buy pink paper for the birth announcements.
6. FIND KILLER

Family life has never been so exciting, but after Kate launches her own female detective agency, she may just get more than she bargained for. Full of suspense, this cozy is unputdownable!
"Engaging…[A] charming debut thriller.”--Publishers Weekly
"If you were expecting warm and cute you'll be mistaken. Fast-paced and fun, this book gives a true feel of the modern mom, trying to juggle motherhood and career (when that career happens to be solving crimes)."--Rhys Bowen, New York Times Bestselling Author
Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.
Genre: humorous culinary cozy mysteries, cat cozy mystery series / women amateur sleuth / detective mystery
MATERNAL INSTINCTS MYSTERIES

"Sordid secrets and a violent encounter rip open a decades-old murder. Lean prose and tight plotting. An excellent read with a hell of twist." -- Brody Weatherford, author of The Guns of Legende series.

The Marti Stahl saga begins here--and tears through Stage Fright before ending with Dead Beat!

Ex-state cop Dan Spalding has a hell of a time keeping up with his record shop and watching out for hairy dog friends like old Digger Strickland.

When Digger’s sordid secrets call up a decades-old evil involving evangelist and Senate-hopeful Darian Cole, Spalding needs all the help he can get.

But a backwards message on an old record can only bring sorrow and ruin.

But for who?

Join Dan Spalding as he calls in his markers and picks up his guns for a dark and bloody showdown that will change the future of Ozark City and rip apart Dan’s world forever.

Tales of Ghosts, Crimes, and the Paranormal: The Ghostly Visitation

A Sycamore Grove Ghostly Cozy Mystery

“Excuse me. Can we help you?” I wonder if she forgot to tell me someone else was helping us. The man looks up at me, shocked, while Maddie looks at me like I have three heads.

“Who are you talking to?” Her head whips around, clearly not seeing what I’m seeing.

Great. It’s official. I’m losing my mind. “Please tell me you can see him.” I point in the man’s direction at the man who’s still staring at me.

“You see me?” he asks, standing.

“Stay right there. Don’t move a muscle!”

“Eden, you’re kind of freaking me out. I don’t see anyone. We’re the only two back here.”

When Eden Kyle, an artist and tarot reader, moves to Sycamore Grove to help her niece develop a new store as a business, she starts seeing and hearing ghosts in the building where she is visiting. She soon has an encounter with the spirit of a recently murdered man who had been staying at the local B and B.

Eden gets pulled into figuring out who killed him.

Will she be able to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding his death?

Miranda Rose Barker brilliantly combines engaging storytelling and nail-biting intrigue into a fascinating story. Fans of ghost cozy mystery fiction novels and amateur women sleuths will love The Ghostly Visitation, the first book in this exciting cozy mystery series that will captivate readers from the very first page.

And fans of the author's Tansy & Hank Pet Psychic Cozy Mystery Series will be delighted to visit again with some old friends from those books - and make some new friends - in this current series.

Click the "add to cart" button to get your copy now!

Most people could never kill without regret.

I don't have that luxury. I'm an artificial creation who exists solely to follow the orders of a tyrannical maniac. Death is the only constant I know.

I want more, so I'm running.

What lies beyond the realm of my former master, presents a whole new set of problems, including a mistake that lands me at death's door. I accept that. Welcome it, really. For a relic of war, death is my inevitable release.

But fate is a fickle creature.

When a dragon saves me—a creature said to be long extinct—then offers me a chance at revenge, I don't know what to believe. Trust gets people killed, but something is different about this creature.

Will he give me the freedom I desire, or is my fate sealed when I agree to his terms?

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EXPERIMENTAL HEART (Complete Series)
Destiny (#1)
Pieces (#2)
Secrets (#3)
Exposed (#4)
Surrendered (#5)
Reborn (#6)

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Note: Like all of Shannon Pemrick's work, the Experimental Heart series contains strong language, violence, substance use, love scenes, and difficult situations.

It’s been less than a year since Silvia Amichi found out the things that go bump in the night are real. On her way home from the main faction of vampires, she’s abducted by a vampire clan that rarely listens to the main faction. She find out that certain vampires that she put her trust in was misplaced and they rolled her. Does she want to use the “Get out of this whole vampire mess free card” and leave this whole vampire world behind? Otherwise, she’ll be thrown into gladiatorial-like fights and if she wants to try to make it home by this route, it’s going to take more than her fighting prowess to win. Will Silvia find a way to overcome her odds; will she be stuck in the sexist compound for the rest of her human life or will she chose to be free of this immortal plan?

Join Silvia's adventure as she fights her way through this action packed urban fantasy!

NOTE: This book is set up to be stand alone or read in a series. It’s full of action-packed fights, swordplay, amusing banter mild gory scenes and an emotional hit or two.

The United States has stared down many threats with President Jack Ryan at the helm, but what if he’s not there when we need him? That’s the question facing a nation in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series.

A shadowy billionaire uses his fortune to further his corrupt ambitions. Along the way, he’s toppled democratically elected governments and exacerbated divisions within stable nations. The competitors he’s destroyed, the people he’s hurt, they’re all just marks on a ledger. Now, he’s ready to implement his most ambitious plan of all. There’s only one force standing in his way—President Jack Ryan.

How do you compel a man like Jack Ryan to bend? He’s personally faced down everything from the Russian navy to cartel killers. It will take more than political headwinds or media disfavor to cause him to turn from his duty to the American people, but every man has an Achilles heel. Jack Ryan’s is his family.

The answer is as simple as it is shocking. The billionaire has assembled an international team of the most ruthless mercenaries alive. Their mission—kidnap the First Lady.

Icy roads, a dark forest, and an  escaped convict on the loose.

It’s not the vacation Sarah Wagner had envisioned. Then she takes a wrong turn in the blinding snow, and her car slides off an abandoned road. She’s stranded, and the friend she’s on her way to visit at a remote winter cabin isn’t answering her phone. Sarah can’t stay in the car; she’ll freeze to death. Armed with a lug wrench, she sets out on foot, hoping to find the cabin, and praying the convict doesn’t find her first. That journey through the snowbound forest leads her into a deep mystery and more trouble than she could have imagined. . .

Drawing out his gun, he pushed open the door. A dark abyss glared back.

He took out his torch and flashed it around…

Callan’s broad shoulders slumped, and he let out a breath between clenched teeth. Death had dipped its claws into Dachaigh again.

Ten guests, two murders, one inn. Who is responsible?

Aileen Mackinnon ditched spreadsheets and a steady salary for the adventurous shores of Loch Fuar in the Scottish Highlands. Now she's an amateur innkeeper to ten guests. But when one is murdered in his bed and an heirloom goes missing, can Aileen save the inn?

Detective Inspector Callan Cameron won't have her nosing about, but with another body he has little choice in the matter.

Tension sizzles as Aileen and Callan step into a world of murders, deceit and heists. They might not always see eye to eye, but can they agree whodunnit?

If books by Paul Austin Ardoin, Janet Evanovich and Jullian Scott keep you up all night, When Murder Comes Home is the perfect puzzling mystery for you!

What readers are saying about this book:

“Shana Frost spools a great whodunnit with fun characters in When Murder Comes Home!”

-Joshua Grant, Bestselling Author and the Diabolic Shrimp

"This makes for the perfect weekend read!"

-Mia Counts Lynch, Bookbub Reviewer

"I felt like I was part of the story. I could not put the book down."

-Eileen Townsend, Goodreads Reviewer

Best enjoyed in order:

1.When Murder Comes Home
2.When Eyes Don't Lie
3.When Birds Fall Silent
4.When Red Mist Rises
5. When Old Fires Ignite
6. When Distilled From Rage

Josh Logan inherited a small floating ball from his father. He builds this into a small anti-gravity device but needs ten billion dollars to develop a full scale model. He tries to stay alive while governments around the world and all of the energy companies want to see him dead and his machine disappear. Using professional actors with bogus identification to pose as TRANSTEC corporate executives, Josh hatches a scheme to con the government and big oil out of the money he needs. Oil companies, governments and OPEC all send hit teams to dispose of the corporation and make the executives disappear. It becomes a race to see if Josh and his hired actors can stay alive to collect the money before they meet the kill squads.

Kirkus Reviews says, “Characterization is Rice’s strength; she’s packed this volume with memorable characters, including a sexy sculptress, an elusive nature photographer, and a prickly visiting professor. As with her earlier works set in the Pacific Northwest, she effectively shines a spotlight on nature, in this case, slime molds. Helping to bring these little-known organisms to life are the striking illustrations by Sheffels. . . A whimsical whodunit both educational and entertaining.”

A Winner of the 2020 IPPY Gold Medal for best regional fiction, Ellen King Rice is back with a fourth biological adventure set in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, this time exploring the fascinating world of the Myxogastria slime molds.

At nineteen, Dylan’s brilliant mind is an asset as he struggles with severe ADHD and deteriorating living conditions. He’s one semester away from completing his college degree in ecology, but he’s out of cash, out of soap, and about to be evicted.

A post-pandemic opportunity to survey a rural property sounds like a lifeline. The owner of a creepy faux-chateau is ready to pay a handsome wage for a list of species found on the property. Dylan can’t believe his good luck. He’s about to be paid to wander in the woods. How hard can it be to make a plant list?

Dylan’s contract is threatened when a body is found in the woods. Dylan seeks the reason for the death, but his lightning-fast mind is constantly undermined by his poor executive functioning. He can discourse eloquently on the significance of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, but he can’t find his wallet. He longs to adopt an orphaned West Highland terrier, but he’s not sure he’d remember to feed a dog. He certainly can’t afford a bag of dog kibble, much less the repairs needed on his vintage Honda.

How can Dylan’s intuitive grasp of ecology and the complex life cycles of the Myxogastria help to expose a killer? And how does he protect his friends and a small, confused dog from those who eagerly embrace violence?

Ellen King Rice is a wildlife biologist who explores the woods while wearing leg braces. Her slow pace has provided opportunities to learn about the Northwest’s small and cryptic species. Her vivid adventures shine a spotlight on the richness found on the forest floor, augmented by crisp illustrations from Olympia artist, Duncan Sheffels. This award-winning pair have been charming woodland lovers since 2016.

When twelve-year-old Sophie Williams went on a Girl Scout summer camp, she never returned home.

Three months later, her body is found inside her sleeping bag in the most frequented area of Cocoa Beach, and the town is outraged.

The girl isn't just any child. She's the town's most beloved surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater.

As another child, the son of a well-known senator is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas — who has just returned to her hometown, divorced and out of a job — plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.

With her old flame Matt Miller in charge, local law enforcement are the ones who ask for her help in a case so unsettling that only she can solve it. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier it becomes for Matt and Eva Rae.

Soon, everyone she holds dear is in grave danger as this case hits a little too close to home.

DON’T LIE TO ME is the first book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

Praise:

"ABSOLUTE PERFECTION."

"I just could not put it down and read it in one sitting. Excellent!"

"I loved it and can’t wait for the next one in this series. Don’t miss this one!! "

"Eva’s character could quickly become my favorite."

"So many twists and turns that you don't expect."

Beautiful, rich, and skilled…

…as a life coach, Simone also liked to kill.

Would Liz be her next victim?

At 29, she’s been happily married for two years. Her childhood was filled with trauma, and it drove her to become a police officer. Liz had found balance in life, love, and her career. That morning in Marietta, it all changed in an instant.

The shots rang out.

Training and instincts took over.

Liz couldn’t stop him.

She wasn’t a detective, but they needed her help. This mass shooting had the Atlanta metro area worried, and the chief needed answers. Liz was vital to the case.

There’s just one problem…

…they’re chasing a pawn in a bigger game.

You’ll love this heart-pounding crime novel because the twists, turns, and red herrings elevate the suspense to the next level. 

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Author's Notes:

This story is intended for adult audiences. It may contain mature language, depictions of violence, and sexual scenarios.

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This is the first novel in The Liz Lockhart Mystery Series. Due to an overarching storyline, they are best enjoyed chronologically.

Check out Amanda’s other works:

Liz Lockhart Mystery Series
Pruitt County Mystery Series
The Ideal Woman
Do Unto Others
Reynolds Investigations Mystery Series
Days Gone By (short story)
Chosen to Die (short story)
The Collector (short story)
The Secrets We Keep (short story)

Amanda Feyerbend’s novels are perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, Chelsea Cain, Robert Dugoni, Tess Gerritsen, Tami Hoag, J. T. Ellison, Eric Rickstad, Mike Omer, Michael Connelly, Erica Spindler, Kendra Elliot, and Kate Watterson.

Praise for The Killing Game, Liz Lockhart #1:

“This book grabbed my attention on page one, and after that there was no putting it down! I couldn't get to the next page fast enough.” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

“Fast-paced scenes and intense conflict.” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

“There are unexpected twists and surprising events.” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

“Can't wait to read the next book!!” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

“Manipulation at its best!” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

“The characters are real, diverse, intricately developed by a masterful author who leaves you constantly guessing what's next.” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

“One of Amanda Feyerbend’s best!” – ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ reader review

Why is a disheveled young woman wandering aimlessly around the casino this late at night?

Is she lost? No, she's watchful, casting frequent glances over her shoulder. She's scared.

She has good reason to be afraid, but for more reasons than she thinks. Deep into that long and scary night, somebody close to her is murdered, and the closed-minded detective assigned to the case targets her or her cousin as the killer. He hasn't made an arrest because he hasn't yet decided which.

How can Sarah prove him wrong? She's just an ordinary woman with no investigative skills. Yet, despite her mind-numbing grief, she has to find a way to unravel the mystery. She's smart and strong, but this will take a depth of courage she’s not sure she possesses, because every move she makes seems to increase the odds that one of the people she loves is the killer…

Buy your copy today.

“Although I like to watch sci-fi, I'm not much into reading it, with a few exceptions. This book was one of those exceptions. It's as if Star Trek married a cozy...very well done! Read and enjoy!” – Sharyn, Goodreads

Sylvia Stryker wants a job on a cruise ship. A family scandal led to a white lie. Will a dead body in her ward change the trajectory of her life?

Sylvia Stryker used to help run her parents’ dry ice farm, until her dad's arrest nearly left them bankrupt. But after finagling a job on board an outer space cruise ship, she's ready to explore all that outer space has to offer. With a private room in the staff quarters, her robot cat by her side, and the responsibilities of uniform management, Sylvia is thrilled to return to work – until she discovers the second navigation officer dead in the inventory closet.

Neptune, the head of ship security, finds Sylvia's presence to be the most suspicious part of the incident; that's what happens when you hack your way into a last-minute job opportunity! But despite his efforts to pin the murder on Sylvia, she won't accept how the clues are unfolding. And if Sylvia doesn’t expose the murderer on the cruise, then she’ll never learn the truth about her family.

Fly Me to the Moonis the quirky first novel featuring uniform lieutenant Sylvia Stryker. If you like unique characters, delightful plots, and cool futuristic fashion, you'll love Diane Vallere's entertaining interstellar series.

"This is where Diane Vallere shines -- giving you the unexpected and yet exactly what you didn't even know you wanted. A galaxy of stars to the author!” -- Barbara, Goodreads

Read the whole Sylvia Stryker series today!

1, Fly Me to the Moon
2. I’m Your Venus
3. Saturn Night Fever
4. Spiders From Mars

Is it a cozy mystery set in space, or an outer space with a cozy mystery? You decide!

I loved how Vallere combined science fiction, mystery, drama, and humor making this book very enjoyable and hard to put down. – Susan, Goodreads

“Although Sci-fi isn't generally my choice of reads, I gave it a try simply because the author was Diane Vallere….I'm so glad I did….Just as you would expect, this is a totally FUN murder mystery that doesn't disappoint!” – Judy, Goodreads

“I can't recommend this book enough to readers of any age or sex. It is a murder mystery. It is a spy story. It is a futuristic science fiction story. It is pure genius and entertaining from start to finish.” - Barbara, Goodreads