He’s quiet, ordinary looking. But if you cross him – welcome to your worst nightmare.

Tom Rollins has gone AWOL from his CIA black-ops unit and is living off-grid when he hears that the woman he loves, Alejandra, has been murdered by a person or persons unknown.

Rollins is determined to punish her killers and sets out on his own personal search and destroy mission. Applying pressure as only he knows how, he quickly discovers who was behind the killing – a vicious gang of hardened criminals.

Using his dizzying array of lethal skills, Rollins begins to take out the leaders of the gang, one by one. But then he discovers that Alejandra’s murder was part of a larger conspiracy, one that threatens death and destruction on a horrifying scale.

The conspirators are clever and ruthless. They’ve thought of everything, covered every angle. Except one - Tom Rollins.

Blood Line – Book 1 of the superb Tom Rollins action thriller series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Jason Kasper & David Archer.

What readers are saying about Blood Line:

“Wow! what a start to a new series. This is a fast-paced, well-written and action-packed thriller.” -Netgalley Reviewer

“A riveting and enthralling, action-packed thriller from start to finish with an intense and emotionally-charged plot and endlessly twisty narrative that totally satisfied me. There's drama, credible characters and liberal dashes of violence throughout, and it left me wanting more of Tom, a principled and likeable protagonist. Highly recommended.” -Goodreads Reviewer

"...absolutely does not disappoint. It was just a fantastic read. ... Absolutely breathtaking action. Stylish. Fast paced." -Chopper Crime Books

“This is a book with a fast pace and lots of action, very little waste, and still the descriptions and characters are very good. Excellent entertainment.” -Netgalley Reviewer

"Tom Rollins is a fantastic character... Paul Heatley's writing style is perfect for this book,and contributes to making this a speed-of-light read." -Dawn’s Book Reviews

"...packed to the brim with mystery, intrigue and the action too. The twists are really well placed and do a great job to ramp up the tension..." -Sharon Beyond the Books

"...an extraordinary nail-biting brilliant thriller that packs a punch. ... full of suspense and action that is going to take your breath away." -Surjit’s Book Blog

"I loved it. Action packed doesn’t begin to describe it. The story is fast paced, believable, exciting and very violent." -Charlie Bee’s Books

She used to be famous. Now she just wants to survive.

Ex-pop star Victoria London is shocked when she gets an email about her old friend Nikki Stone. Nikki’s been dead for almost twenty years. And Victoria was the one who killed her.

Although Nikki’s death was a tragic accident, it has haunted Victoria ever since and was one of the reasons she turned her back on stardom. The other was an obsessed fan who stalked her and made her life a misery.

When Victoria decided to leave fame behind, she set up a wolf rescue charity. After the snake pit of life as a celebrity, she found the company of wolves safer, and much more rewarding.

But her hard-won peace is shattered by the email from an unknown sender.

It brings up painful memories and emotions she thought she had left behind. It stirs up something deadlier too - a ruthless killer who seems determined to make Victoria pay for her past mistakes.

Can Victoria hold on to her fulfilling life caring for the animals she loves? Or will she finally have to pay a horrifying price for the darkness that came with stardom?

Crazy for You – the chilling psychological thriller perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst and Ruth Ware.

Supernaturally on the case! Celestine LeBlanc and Luna Finley are the Sleuths of Shadow Salon.

Celestine, witch and wolf shifter has a talent for prophetic drawings. She’s shocked when she draws her landlord Ray with his eyes gouged out and a strange winged-mermaid leaning over him. Later she finds an eyeless Ray dead on the sidewalk. All she wanted to do was open a gallery, but first she must apprehend his killer. In a posthumous note, Ray wrote he wasn’t just a leather-smith but a supernatural pirate mage. Years back, his Jekyll crew trapped the evil Demon Three Eyes clan. Ray feared they’d escaped, were stalking him, and would soon wreak havoc on Savannah.

Oryn, a fellow student in Celestine’s continuing ed art class, is a fae and a thorn in her side, when he asks nosy questions about the case. Yet, she’s drawn to him when he’s her masseur at the spa she frequents, and he’s clever at brainstorming leads regarding Ray’s case. He insists his air magic could come in handy.

When pirates in Ray’s old crew are murdered, their body parts stolen, Celestine puts more horrifying clues together. She’ll need everyone on board, includingLuna, a mermaid asking to show her sea-glass sculptures at Celestine’s new gallery—and the very same mermaid in Celestine’s tragic drawing of Ray. Otherwise, the lethal monstrosity Demon Three Eyes is unleashing on Savannah will destroy the city and everyone in it. Fans of Kim Harrison and Charlaine Harris may like this new supernatural detective series.

Lucas Davenport investigates a vitriolic blog that seems to be targeting the children of U.S. politicians in the latest thriller by #1 New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford.

The daughter of a U.S. Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures . . . of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants from a motley variety of radical groups.

It's obviously alarming--is there an unstable extremist tracking the loved ones of powerful politicians with deadly intent? But when the FBI is called in, there isn't much the feds can do. The anonymous photographer can't be pinned down to one location or IP address, and more importantly, at least to the paper-processing bureaucrats, no crime has actually been committed. With nowhere else to turn, influential Senators decide to call in someone who can operate outside the FBI's constraints: Lucas Davenport.

Preacher by day. Sociopath by night.

Discharged by the Army for being mentally unfit, Cecil Omar Biggs parlays his modest disability benefits into a portfolio worth half a mil. To avoid paying taxes, he purchases a house in a rundown San Fernando Valley neighborhood, turns it into a church, and declares himself Bishop.

He recruits psychologically troubled transients and former mental patients to create his "staff and board members" who are kept––for the most part––sequestered in a basement holding cell.

As a way of luring victims, male & female, to what is essentially a cellar-turned abattoir, he promotes a rep for being generous with his cash and drugs. He enhances the scheme by investing in a classic Rolls-Royce and a brand spanking new Cadillac. He tops off this vehicle collection by buying a van he "christens" the Meat Wagon.

Should you hop in for a ride, be prepared to fight for you life. If the Bishop hauls you back to his House of Horror, you'll be begging him to kill you.

"Kirk Alex writes with a rare flair for the genre. Think Stephen King's evil cousin on a sleep deprived crack binge." ––Goodreads

“Great book. Dark––yes. Grotesque––certainly. And the writing is excellent. Character & dialogue, is as real as it gets. A terrifying, non-putdownable horror.”
––Jeff Bennington, Kindle Book Review

Ruth has never been lucky in love. But now she’s met the perfect man…

It’s been three years since Ruth’s marriage abruptly ended. Now, along with her young daughter Beth, she’s ready to move on with her life.

And there’s something else that Ruth wants to forget – her previous connection to a sinister religious cult, The Messengers.

Despite her troubled past, Ruth is ready to embrace the future. So when a new man enters her life, she’s excited to go on a date with him.

But a series of unsettling incidents suggest that nothing is quite as it seems. Is this the Mr. Right she’s been hoping for? Or does her new man have his own secret agenda? And are The Messengers really ready to let her go?

Soon Ruth is forced to confront the ghosts of her past as they become the terrors of her present. Will she ever be free of what happened back then? Or is someone determined to drag her back down into the darkness?

He Loves Me Not is a gripping psychological thriller that’ll keep you turning the pages. Perfect for fans of K L Slater, Daniel Hurst, and Kiersten Modglin.

The perfect house. The perfect husband. The perfect lie.

Ashlyn thinks all her dreams have come true when she moves into her beautiful new home, designed by her talented architect husband, Mason.

But her perfect world is about to come crashing down…

Several women go missing - all of whom bear a striking resemblance to Ashlyn and her sister, Karina. Ashlyn’s concern turns to outright alarm when she becomes convinced that a van is following her every time she goes to the city.

Mason dismisses her fears – you’re imagining things, it’s just a coincidence. But then Karina disappears.

As the search for her sister intensifies, Ashlyn’s relationship with Mason becomes more and more strained. He spends almost all his time either at work or locked away in his basement. What is he doing down there? Is it possible he is connected to these abductions?

When Ashlyn goes looking for answers, she discovers the truth is more shocking, more horrifying than anything she could ever have imagined…

The Dream Home – the chilling psychological thriller by the best-selling author of The Stepfather and The Scorned Wife

DI Liam McLaughlin and DS Nancy D'Arcy are seasoned pros, but even their skills are stretched when a battered body turns up in an alley across from the hair salon. Declan Hoagett was a seemingly harmless wino who spent his days hanging out on the street corner where the bank used to be. He rarely asked for handouts, though occasionally burst into song. Nobody would kill him for that, would they?

More baffling, why does Hoagett seem to have been killed three different ways? Are they looking for three perps? One? Two? It's up to McLaughlin, D'Arcy and those from the Major Investigation Team to solve their most heartless homicide yet.

The third in the NUMBER ONE bestselling Derry Murder Mysteries, Three Times A Killer is another gripping, gritty mystery thriller with jaw-dropping twists and a touch of Gerald Hansen’s signature dark humor.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film.

“Gloriously twisting . . . a heady campfire tale of a novel.”—The New York Times Book Review

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • BookRiot

Reality is broken.
 
At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen. It’s just the first shock wave, unleashed by a stunning discovery—and what’s in jeopardy is not our minds but the very fabric of time itself.
 
In New York City, Detective Barry Sutton is closing in on the truth—and in a remote laboratory, neuroscientist Helena Smith is unaware that she alone holds the key to this mystery . . . and the tools for fighting back.
 
Together, Barry and Helena will have to confront their enemy—before they, and the world, are trapped in a loop of ever-growing chaos.

Praise for Recursion

“An action-packed, brilliantly unique ride that had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page . . . a fantastic read.”—Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian

“Another profound science-fiction thriller. Crouch masterfully blends science and intrigue into the experience of what it means to be deeply human.”—Newsweek

“Definitely not one to forget when you’re packing for vacation . . . [Crouch] breathes fresh life into matters with a mix of heart, intelligence, and philosophical musings.”—Entertainment Weekly

“A trippy journey down memory lane . . . [Crouch’s] intelligence is an able match for the challenge he’s set of overcoming the structure of time itself.”—Time

“Wildly entertaining . . . another winning novel from an author at the top of his game.”—AV Club

In this chilling thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz, the carnival is coming to town—and it's like nothing you've ever seen.

Slim MacKenzie is no ordinary man. With eyes the color of twilight, he’s been blessed with a psychic gift: premonitions. He’s also been cursed, for Slim can see the monsters hiding among us, feeding on our suffering...
 
And when Slim joins a traveling carnival seeking sanctuary, what he’ll find is a hunting ground—with humanity as the prey.

Iris is watching Bronze.
Bronze is following Carolyn.
Carolyn is sleeping with Billy.
Now Billy is dead and a killer is coming for them all.

Washington, DC, 1997:
A city stumbling toward recovery after a decade of violence, drugs, AIDS, and exodus. Bronze Goldberg—a soft-boiled private detective in a hard-boiled world—scrapes out a living stalking the steps of cheating spouses while bearing the trauma of the past like an open wound. But his latest assignment, surveilling the indiscretions of a stunning femme fatale, has entangled him in the murder of an up-and-coming congressman and made him the target of an unstoppable assassin. Meanwhile, the spiraling chaos of Bronze’s dangerous adventures has attracted the obsessive attention of his landlord, Iris Margaryan, a brilliant romance novelist who may hold the missing piece in the puzzle of Bronze’s fatal past. Can Bronze survive long enough to reach the ultimate truth?

A gripping noir mystery—both intensely provocative and darkly thrilling—Blood and Mascara descends into the depths of the human soul before exploding in an ending too shocking to ever forget.

She thinks she’s safe. She couldn’t be more wrong.

Elle, desperate to escape her abusive home, runs away to a seemingly cute small town where she gets a job as a waitress. And meets Vera, who offers her an attic room in her large house.

For the first time in years, Elle feels something like contentment as she bonds with Vera who becomes almost like a mother to her. Blossoming, Elle slowly begins to piece her life back together, make new friends and stand on her own two feet.

But all is not as it seems.

Because this old house contains a dark secret. And much as she cares for Elle, Vera will do anything to protect it. That’s why she’s warned her young tenant that she must never, ever go down to the basement.

But Elle doesn’t obey this simple rule and when she sees what’s down there, she finally understands that her lovely new life is actually the gateway to a special kind of hell…

Don’t Tell a Soul – the shocking psychological thriller perfect for fans of John Marrs, Shari Lapena, Kiersten Modglin.

Jack Reacher races to solve the perfect crime in the fourth novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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Across the country, women are being murdered, victims of a disciplined and clever killer who leaves no trace evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, there’s only one thing that links the victims. Each one of the women knew Jack Reacher—and it’s got him running blind.

Both of them said ‘Till death do us part’. One of them meant it.

Emily is on the home stretch of an acrimonious divorce from husband Teddy when she realizes someone is following her.

The stalking quickly escalates into something more sinister.

Emily starts getting hang-up phone calls and suspects someone is coming into her home when she isn’t there. Her email is hacked and she almost loses her job. She finds cameras and microphones hidden all over her house.

Someone is watching her every move, trying to destroy her. But who?

The obvious suspect is Teddy, but new boyfriend William is also acting strangely. Is he hiding something?

When someone close to her is viciously attacked it becomes clear there is much more at stake than Emily’s peace of mind.

Emily thought divorce was the worst thing that could ever happen - until she finds herself caught up in a fight for her very survival. Can she find out who is behind the campaign of terror before it’s too late?

If Only You Knew – the shocking psychological thriller by the best-selling author of The Stepfather and Not My Mother.

The pandemic has receded and life in the United States has returned to normal—or that’s what the government insists. So what is causing residents in a remote religious compound in Idaho to drop dead in a grisly fashion? And why are prominent virologists meeting with untimely ends?

Something—or someone—is killing the religious followers and scientists,and Newshound reporter Nik Byron is determined to find out what’s behind the deaths. Could Xion Labs’ top-secret vaccine program be connected? Nik suspects so, but he’s being stonewalled at every turn. As he inches closer to the truth, Nik’s professional enemies move to quash his investigation, threaten his career, and destroy his personal life. With his world crumbling, Nik finds one last lead: Puck Hall, a resolute, free-spirited young woman and Xion Labs researcher, who is soloing the Appalachian Trail. It’s only when Puck, barely clinging to life after eluding trained killers, crawls out of the wilderness that Nik and a rookie reporter cobble together the nightmarish facts that bring the story into focus.

Populated with old-school journalists, double-crossing politicians, black-ops assassins, and government secrets, Black Bird follows Nik Byron on a thrilling investigative journey along the Appalachian Trail, deep into the northern Rocky Mountains, over the Pacific Ocean, and eventually right to the doorstep of the White House.

A corrupt and dirty town. One man is about to wash it clean.

When his young friend Marcus is arrested for the murder of a crusading doctor, Bob Singleton rushes to Bakersfield to see if he can help.

Convinced Marcus has been framed, Bob will do whatever it takes to clear his name and free him from the violent jail where his life is in constant danger.

It doesn’t take Bob long to discover that the murdered doctor was campaigning against a development which would have caused a dangerous level of pollution, harming the local community.

He was hurting someone’s bottom line, so he had to go – and Marcus was the perfect fall guy.

Bob follows the money which leads him from executive boardrooms back to the mean streets where he battles corrupt police in league with a ruthless gang of meth dealers led by a sociopath who delights in inflicting pain.

Bob is just one man fighting a formidable and well-armed organization. They’ll never know what hit them.

Hard Country - the fifth book in the thrilling Rogue Warrior action thriller series. Perfect for fans of Jason Kasper, Jack Carr, and Lee Child.

Truth is the rarest masterpiece.
When a killer murders a prominent art dealer following the unveiling of a famous, but cursed, painting, Detectives Daniels and Remalla are assigned to investigate.

Thrown into the unfamiliar, high-stakes and often ruthless business of the art world, they’ll call in another detective to assist. Working together, they’ll reveal an array of unusual suspects, including a vengeful ex-lover and her mobster husband, a betrayed girlfriend from the past, a determined female rival, and an ambitious former art manager. But the biggest threat could be the painting itself, whose supposed curse has taken the lives of all its previous owners.

As the detectives dig deeper, the stakes are raised when their own lives are threatened, another life is lost, and shocking secrets are revealed. And when the clues point to the answers they seek, they’ll find that a curse may prove to be more deadly than a killer, and they may be the next targets.

Murder Unveiled is a standalone and prequel to Haunted River, book one in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla series. If you love complex murder plots, a variety of troubled and odd characters, staying up late to solve the mystery, and two detectives whose friendship and banter are at the heart of the story, then enjoy Murder Unveiled.

The clock is ticking, and for Margot, time has just run out.

Margot Remington exits the wood-lined boardwalk at Moonstone Beach and pedals her bike onto the highway. It's dusk, and the sky has started to grumble, the clouds shifting and bending as they turn a melancholy shade of gray. Rain is coming. Margot can smell it in the air. But after the argument she’s just had with her sister, she isn't ready to return home just yet.

Glancing at her watch, Margot realizes she’ll have little time to freshen up before her date if she doesn't return home soon. She pedals faster, slowing when a pickup driving in the opposite direction swerves, its headlights blinding her as it zooms her way. Margot skids to a stop, realizing her mistake when the pickup shows no signs of braking.

In a split-second, the pickup collides with Margot, and she finds herself hurdling through the air, the bike going one way as she goes the other. Mind whirring, her life's memories flash before her, along with a single wish--that today isn't the day she's going to die.


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Little Buried Secrets is the eighth book in the USA Today bestselling Georgiana Germaine mystery series. Reserve your copy now and get ready for a fast-paced mystery that will have you up reading all night.

Coming out of retirement can be deadly…

After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees.

Yet after their first assignment – the recovery of a rare medieval prayer book from an eccentric collector living in rural France – goes horribly wrong, Carmen ends up in the crosshairs of both the local police and a murderer!

With her target dead and the stolen book missing, she and her partner will have to pull out all of the stops to sleuth out the true killer’s identity – before their stay in France becomes permanent.

Introducing Carmen De Luca, an art sleuth with a nose for mystery and the job of locating valuable artwork stolen from museums around the world. If you love strong and resourceful heroines, puzzling mysteries, and a dash of art history, pick up Collecting Can Be Murder now!

Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mysteries:
Collecting Can Be Murder
A Statue To Die For
Forgeries and Fatalities
A Killer Inheritance

These mysteries contain no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.

*** Chosen by ManyBooks's readers as Best Mystery & Thriller of September 2023 ***
*** Finalist in the 2023 Cozy Mystery Tribe Awards ***

INTRODUCING PENN CAGE...

From the author of Cemetery Road comes the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series. 

Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage. 

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten—the town’s darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well.