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[close] THE ILLUMINATED VINEYARD, a mystery (original release: 2011; Kindle expected release: June 2013)
The giveaway is for new, author-signed hardcover copies.
In Oregon's wine country, Rachel Jarvis, a recent widow, notices a young man walking hurriedly from a neighbor's vineyard. On an impulse that will change her life forever, Rachel hires the young man. Soon a man is brutally murdered in the vineyard. Rachel soon finds herself in a battle with her past that leads to unexpected and devastating results. [close]

[close] An endearing tale of the hapless and the clueless. Orton Spotswood’s splendid suburban isolation is rudely disturbed by news of a homicide. Although by nature a man of “decorous and genteel prevarication when it comes to matters of heroism,” Spotswood is goaded into action by his long-serving (and long-suffering) girlfriend. A cascading series of events unfolds, some of which even threaten to spoil his appetite. A tech-sector billionaire, a corrupt politician, precocious college students, the California Highway Patrol, and the DA’s hatchet man nip at his heels. Tormented by freeway hallucinations, but grounded in televised sports and truck stop epiphanies, he soldiers on with unbroken spirit. [close]

[close] Crime stories have always intrigued viewers and storytellers. Today, crime shows rule the airwaves and there is truly a procedural drama out there for every personality — and every writer. Born out of the author’s real-life experiences growing up around death investigation, Forensic Speak unlocks the secrets of forensic science for writers and fans alike. With a filmography of 100 film and TV examples and 80 additional resources, the book provides writers direct access to hundred of ways to make their crime writing more authentic. [close]

[close] Ernie Politics, a schizophrenic albino with a penchant for political rants and crackpot conspiracy theories, has been murdered. The LAPD has no interest in wasting time and manpower on the random death of one homeless man, so Ray Cobb, Ernie's best friend, decides to investigate the murder for himself.

Finding a cryptic note Ernie scrawled days before his death, Ray realizes that Ernie's crazy ravings and irrational writings may contain hidden clues about the identity of his killer. Ray's investigation pulls him deep into the dangerous underworld of the Los Angeles streets, leading him to discover a vagrant underground railroad, a poker game where the stakes are one’s life, and a political conspiracy that entangles him with a LAPD cold case detective. Ray uncovers more about Ernie than he expects to and learns that when you live on the streets, the only person you can trust is yourself. [close]

[close] Jess Kimball's Impossible Mission: Victim Protection

Relentless victims' rights advocate Jess Kimball and Jack Reacher both deliver justice when the legal system fails. Reacher waits until trouble finds him and then he does whatever it takes. But Jess pursues legal justice and draws lines she will not cross. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules?

Three years ago, beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivan’s world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Eric’s crash was no accident and lured the killer to her son’s funeral to be caught. When the shooting ceased in the small country church, Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, she’d unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin.

Now, investigative journalist Jess Kimball is driven to find the horrifying truth. Is the Central Florida Child Killer guilty? Or is the real killer still out there?

Helen and Jess together face the determined killer in a pitched battle of wit and nerve. Who will survive?
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[close] "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her."
Lee Child, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers

"Diane writes like the maestro of the jigsaw puzzle. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, pour a glass of crisp white wine, and enter her devilishly clever world of high skullduggery."
David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kirk McGarvey Thrillers"Expertise shines on every page!"
Margaret Maron, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Judge Deborah Knott Mysteries

Jack Reacher: Friend or Enemy?

It's been a while since we first met Lee Child's Jack Reacher in Killing Floor. Fifteen years and sixteen novels later, Reacher still lives off the grid, until trouble finds him, and then he does whatever it takes, much to the delight of readers and the dismay of villains. Now someone big is looking for him. Who? And why? Hunting Jack Reacher is a dangerous business, as FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are about to find out. Otto and Gaspar are by-the-book hunters who know when it's necessary to break the rules, but they Don't Know Jack. Reacher is a stone cold killer. Is he their friend or their enemy? Only the secrets hidden in Margrave, Georgia will tell them. Is Reacher a wanted man? [close]

[close] War hero General Randall Andrews has been nominated to the U.S. Supreme Count and George Carson leads the fight to defeat him. Before the final Senate vote on his nomination, Andrews is found shot to death in his Tampa home and George is arrested for murder. Judge Willa Carson believes with all her heart that her husband is the victim of twisted justice, but why won't he defend himself? George Carson could kill a man. But he didn't kill Andrews. Or did he?*

Realistic twists and turns keep readers engaged and guessing until the finale of this tense political thriller!
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[close] In July of 1927, Prohibition is the law of the land, Al Capone controls the city of Chicago, and Cabel Evans wants to die. To fulfill a debt of honor to a fellow veteran of the Great War, Cabel must return to the world he turned his back on five years ago and hunt a ruthless killer, only to discover a small measure of redemption in the process. Yet just as he realizes he wants to live, someone else wants him dead. [close]

[close] GALLEY GIVEAWAY

“Blue Monday leaves readers with the promise of intriguing tales to come” —People (four-star review)

Internationally bestselling authors Nicci Gerard and Sean French, writing as Nicci French, have sold more than eight million copies of their books worldwide. But nothing they’ve written written before has grabbed the attention of reviewers and readers like Blue
Monday and its iconic heroine, Frieda Klein. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it a “superb psychological thriller . . . with brooding atmosphere, sustained suspense, a last-minute plot twist, and memorable cast of characters.”

In Tuesday’s Gone, a London social worker makes a routine home visit only to discover her client, Michelle Doyce, serving afternoon tea to a naked, decomposing corpse. With no clues as to the dead man’s identity, Chief Inspector Karlsson again calls upon Frieda for help. She discovers that the body belongs to Robert Poole, con man extraordinaire. But Frieda can’t shake the feeling that the past isn’t done with her yet. Did someone kill Poole to embroil her in the investigation? And if so, is Frieda herself the next victim?

A masterpiece of paranoia, Tuesday’s Gone draws readers inexorably into a fractured and faithless world as it brilliantly confirms Frieda Klein as a quintessential heroine for our times.

For more info: http://niccifrenchbooks.com/ [close]

[close] I used to work for the Telepath’s Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn’t entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars.

My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it—real scary.

Now the cops don’t trust the telepaths, the Guild doesn’t trust me, a serial killer is stalking the city—and I’m aching for a fix. But I need to solve this case. Fast. I’ve just had a vision of the future: I’m the next to die. [close]

[close] CROSS-GENRE: Action, adventure, romantic thriller novel.

This is your chance to win a SIGNED COPY OF JACK BE NIMBLE: GARGOYLE. No, it's not all about mythical creatures!


The boy came to her out of water, unexpected. He was smart and strong and goofy, as boys are meant to be, but peculiar - he remembered everything. In the span of a single summer, she made him fearless. Now, even as Mercedes Adams is at the height of her career, forbidding changes loom over the world. That night, in the hushed calm of a spring evening, two plain-faced killers watch her home, waiting to make their approach. A few hundred miles away, a brilliant technologist returns to his childhood town in order to begin a descent into darkness . . . in London, a military game theorist finds himself pursuing kidnappers . . . outside Prague, a hacker and a thief stumble upon plans for a weapon unique to the world . . . an FBI agent faces an unpredictable fugitive in Chicago, while in Germany, a sniper-turned-schoolteacher finds reasons to take up his ancient calling . . . and a sitting United States Senator finds his life and his work invaded to terrifying conclusion. In Paris, a widowed man begins to recognize the hints and patterns of a greater puzzle that will bring them together . . . or kill them all. Mercedes Adams is about to find herself at the center of a vast, tightening knot of mystery, intrigue, and globe-spanning terror borne of her family's legacy. Rising to her aid is a small group of specially-trained men and women. And at their center? A man who remembers everything.

AUTHOR'S THOUGHTS:

The action is fun, the settings in Paris, Idaho, and London are rich, but personally I love the relationships Jack has with the people he loves. He's a guy who, unconsciously, defines himself by the quality of his friendships and the amount of humor in his life. What kind of people would I grow into, if I truly believed I can accomplish anything? What would you do with your life after you lost your ideal lover? Would you remain broken, or would you go for broke-throwing yourself madly into life?

p.s.

Folks, from time to time, we give free e-books thru Amazon. Stay tuned.

Best,
Ben
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[close] Uncontrollable - Book 2 is available
Unstoppable - Book 3 coming Summer 2013

Awards:

2012 IndieReader Discovery Winner for Young Adult
2012 U.S. Book News - Book Award Fiction - YA Finalist
2012 Georgia Author of the Year - YA Nominee
2012 - The Kindle Book Review Award for Best Book (YA) - YA FInalist


"This thrilling story is a dramatic entanglement of mystery, deception and teen romance. The action flows like a brisk mountain stream interspersed with rapids, holding suspense to last page."
- Kirkus Review

"Grace is a spunky, independent, nature girl who doesn't need a boy to save her. With wilderness survival, a juicy love triangle, and more twists and turns than a roller coaster, this fast-paced novel had me holding my breath until the very last page--and still begging for more!" - Kimberly Derting (author of the popular Body Finder series)

Johannes has done a marvelous job of creating a suspense-filled mystery with surprises that keep you guessing all the way to the end. Untraceable is a thoroughly engrossing and riveting page-turner."- IndieReader

"This story is action-packed and very funny in some parts. There is even a bit of young romance...There is a strong message of wildlife conservation, so it is somewhat educational in that aspect." - Reviewed by Molly Burkemper for "Readers Favorite"

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Everyone leaves a mark.

What would you do if yours was erased?
Grace has lived in the Smokies all her life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught her about wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival. When her dad goes missing on a routine patrol, Grace refuses to believe he's dead and fights the town authorities, tribal officials, and nature to find him.

One day, while out tracking clues, Grace is rescued from danger by Mo, a hot guy with an intoxicating accent and a secret. As her feelings between him and her ex-boyfriend get muddled, Grace travels deep into the wilderness to escape and find her father.

Along the way, Grace learns terrible secrets that sever relationships and lives. Soon she's enmeshed in a web of conspiracy, deception, and murder. And it's going to take a lot more than a compass and a motorcycle (named Lucifer) for this kick-butting heroine to save everything she loves. [close]

[close] Unstoppable - Book 3 - coming Summer 2013

Praise for series:
"This thrilling story is a dramatic entanglement of mystery, deception and teen romance. The action flows like a brisk mountain stream interspersed with rapids, holding suspense to last page."
- Kirkus Review


"Grace is a spunky, independent, nature girl who doesn't need a boy to save her. With wilderness survival, a juicy love triangle, and more twists and turns than a roller coaster, this fast-paced novel had me holding my breath until the very last page--and still begging for more!" - Kimberly Derting
(author of the popular Body Finder series)

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2012 IndieReader Discovery Winner for Young Adult
2012 U.S. Book News - Book Award Fiction - YA Finalist
2012 Georgia Author of the Year - YA Nominee
2012 - The Kindle Book Review Award for Best Book (YA) - YA FInalist


As Grace recovers from tragedy, her science class is chosen by Agent Sweeney at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to help with research on the new "Red Wolf Reintroduction Program". While she's excited about helping with the conservation of the endangered wolves, Grace knows this means being outdoors in the worst winter on record, in a place she no longer feels comfortable. It also means working closely with Wyn (her ex) and his annoying girlfriend (Skyler), a girl whose idea of getting close to nature is killing two silk plants and watering a cactus. After a couple of wolves show up dead, Grace almost quits. However, when a fellow project team member goes missing, Grace continues the assignment under a renewed suspicion that someone might be sabotaging the conservation program. She quietly begins to hunt for clues. Little does she know, she is being hunted too. [close]

[close] Clovis Point
In this dark rural noir, 19 year old Ryan Sheppard's life is about to take a turn. Haunted by reoccurring nightmares, mental blackouts and memories of a famous rodeo father, Shep comes in contact with a rare, enchanted artifact that sets him a course of violence [close]

[close] "The Haunted Grove by Tim Jeffreys - a collection of nine tales of terror - has something for everyone. There are short shorts and long shorts, with storylines from the straightforward to the surreal. Themes range from the near-SF tone of “Three Winters”, through the mental powers of “The Thought She Blurted Out” to the magic of the title story. As a showcase of the author’s versatility, this collection serves its purpose well." Review from The Horrorzine [close]

[close] Sometimes saving the person you love can cost you everything.

There is one person that ties Oliver Richter to this world: his wife Kai. For Kai, Oliver is the keeper of her secrets. When her telepathy spirals out of control and inundates her mind with the thoughts and emotions of everyone within a half-mile radius, the life they built together in Manhattan is threatened. To save her, Oliver brings her to the hometown he abandoned—Butternut, Wisconsin—where the secrets of his past remain buried. But the past has a way of refusing to stay dead. Can Kai save Oliver before his secrets claim their future?

An emotionally powerful debut, The Six Train to Wisconsin pushes the bounds of love as it explores devotion, forgiveness and acceptance.

Brief Summary: When Kai’s telepathy spirals out of control, her husband Oliver brings her to the quiet Wisconsin hometown he abandoned a decade ago, where he must confront the secrets of his past to save their future. [close]

[close] SIGNED ADVANCE REVIEW COPIES OF THE FIRST NOVEL IN A NEW CRIME SERIES!

“Harsher than a slug of 190-proof moonshine.” —Rebecca Cantrell, New York Times bestselling author of A City of Broken Glass

“Sugar Pop Moon will pop your imagination and leave you wanting more of the sweet noir sugar that pours from Florio's keys.” —Kelli Stanley, award-winning author of City of Dragons and City of Secrets

“A delicious journey through the underworld of Prohibition and Depression America… A terrific read!” —Kevin Baker, bestselling author of Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Strivers Row


Jersey Leo is the quintessential outsider—an albino of mixed race. Known as "Snowball" on the street, he makes a living as the bartender at a mob-run speakeasy in Prohibition-era Hell's Kitchen. Being neither black nor white, he has no group to call his own. His own mother abandoned him as a baby. And his father, a former boxing champ with his own secrets, disapproves of Jersey's work at a dive owned by one of New York's most notorious gangsters.

So when Jersey inadvertently purchases counterfeit moonshine ("sugar pop moon") with his boss's money—a potentially fatal mistake—he must go undercover to track down the bootlegger who took him in. The clues lead to Philadelphia, where he runs into a cleaver-swinging madman out for his femurs and a cold-blooded gangster holed up on a Christmas-tree farm. Now with a price on his head in two cities, Jersey seeks help from the only man he can trust, his father. As the two delve into the origins of the mysterious sugar pop moon, stunning secrets about Jersey's past come to light. To ensure his future, Jersey must face his past, even if it means that life will never return to normal.

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[close] NOTE: This is a revised edition. This work was previously published under the title Dead Barchetta.

The sequel to this book is ROCK TIL YOU DROP.

Award-winning author Kathryn Lively offers you a rocking mystery! Music tutor by day and tribute band guitarist by night, Matt “Lerxst” Johnston has woman problems. Well, maybe for a musician that's normal.

1) There's the willowy redhead who tries to kill him in his sleep.

2) There's the hot for music teacher cougar who wants help adjusting her "G-string."

3) There's the knife-wielding rock chick with a soft spot for strays.

And...there's grandma, and her "herb garden," legal only if you have a card, and definitely not in Virginia!

Normal? Heh.

Before Lerxst can find normal, he must learn the truth about his would-be killer, his family, and himself. And what a long, strange trip it is…

If you like this novel, you definitely want to check out Kathryn's other mystery,

Pithed: an Andy Farmer Mystery (Mundania Press)

and her eBook suspense novel, Little Flowers.

Please visit Kathryn Lively online at

http://www.KathrynLively.com
http://kathrynlively.blogspot.com
http://www.Facebook.com/LivelyWriter

and follow her on Twitter @MsKathrynLively [close]

[close] Money and murder go hand in glove in the rarified art world of Reba White Williams’exciting first novel, Restrike.

Cousins Coleman and Dinah Greene moved from North Carolina to New York after college to make their mark on the art world: Coleman is the editor of an influential arts magazine and Dinah is the owner of a print gallery in Greenwich Village. But their challenges are mounting as one of Coleman's writers is discovered selling story ideas to a competitor and The Greene Gallery is in the red because sales are down.

When billionaire Heyward Bain arrives with a glamorous assistant, announcing plans to fund a fine print museum, Coleman is intrigued and plans to get to know Bain and publish an article about him. Dinah hopes to sell him enough prints to save her gallery. At the same time, swindlers, attracted by Bain’s lavish spending, invade the print world to grab some of his money.

When a print dealer dies in peculiar circumstances, Coleman is suspicious, but she can’t persuade the NYPD crime investigator of a connection between the dealer’s death and Bain’s buying spree. After one of Coleman’s editors is killed and Coleman is attacked, the police must acknowledge the connection, and Coleman becomes even more determined to discover the truth about Bain. In an unforgettable final scene, Coleman risks her life to expose the last deception threatening her, her friends, and the formerly tranquil print world. [close]

[close] A *specially signed* copy of Laura Antoniou's deliciously tongue-in-cheek murder mystery set at a leather convention, allowing readers into this private world of personalities and peccadiloes. The kinkiest game of clue ever with a sex toy as the murder weapon and every leather man and woman lacks an alibi. Cleverly crafted and highly humorous, Antoniou is at her wicked best in this pageturning fetish fest. [close]

[close] One winter night in 1879, at a lonely Kansas campsite near Crooked Creek, a man was shot to death. The dead man’s traveling companion identified him as John Hillmon, a cowboy from Lawrence who had been attempting to carve out a life on the blustery prairie. The case might have been soon forgotten and the apparent widow, Sallie Hillmon, left to mourn—except for the $25,000 life insurance policies Hillmon had taken out shortly before his departure. The insurance companies refused to pay on the policies, claiming that the dead man was not John Hillmon, and Sallie was forced to take them to court in a case that would reach the Supreme Court twice. The companies’ case rested on a crucial piece of evidence: a faded love letter written by a disappeared cigarmaker, declaring his intent to travel westward with a “man named Hillmon.”

In A Death at Crooked Creek, Marianne Wesson re-examines the long-neglected evidence in the case of the Kansas cowboy and his wife, recreating the court scenes that led to a significant Supreme Court ruling on the admissibility of hearsay evidence. Wesson employs modern forensic methods to examine the body of the dead man, attempting to determine his true identity and finally put this fascinating mystery to rest.

This engaging and vividly imagined work combines the drama, intrigue, and emotion of excellent storytelling with cutting-edge forensic investigation techniques and legal theory. Wesson’s superbly imagined A Death at Crooked Creek will have general readers, history buffs, and legal scholars alike wondering whether history, and the Justices, may have misunderstood altogether the events at that bleak winter campsite. [close]

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Tragedy can change people. In the two years after losing his wife and child in a drunk driving accident, Christchurch private detective Theodore Tate has stood at the crossroad between the light and the abyss many times. One could say that alcohol made him a different man. One could say lust for revenge made him yet another. But there is only one Theodore Tate.

CEMETERY LAKE begins in a cold and rainy graveyard, where Tate is overseeing an exhumation—a routine job for the weathered former cop. But when doubts are raised about the identity of the body found in the coffin, the case takes a sinister turn. Tate knows he should walk away and let his former colleagues on the police force deal with it, but his strong sense of justice intervenes.

Complicating matters are a few loose ends from Tate’s past. Even good guys have secrets, and Tate thought his were dead and buried for good. With time running out and a violent killer lurking, will he manage to stay one step ahead of the police, or will his own dark truth be unearthed?

Originally published in Paul Cleave’s native New Zealand in 2008, CEMETERY LAKE is the first novel to feature Theodore Tate, the “quintessential flawed hero” (Kirkus Reviews) from COLLECTING COOPER and THE LAUGHTERHOUSE. It is at once a thoroughly entertaining crime novel and an unforgettable drama about the universal battle against the darkness within us all. [close]

[close] On the brutal streets of Hellip, a village in the vast empire of King Ibis, lives twelve-year-old Tucker Scrap. Abandoned as an infant, Tucker is now the leader of the town orphans. Along with her friends Ash and Kally, she attempts to keep one step ahead of the king's Blackcoats, stealing what she needs to survive and pondering her own unknown origins. But when Ash and Kally vanish from the orphanage, perhaps headed for the faraway city where King Ibis rules, Tucker has never felt more alone. Then mysterious Vivian arrives in Hellip with a strange invitation that might help Tucker find her missing friends. Overnight, Tucker leaves the savage streets behind and enters a foreign world of private tutors, etiquette lessons, and silk dresses. And when she unleashes supernatural powers she never knew she had, she begins rewriting the future of the entire kingdom. A bold, memorable heroine at the center of a centuries-old mystery, Tucker steps into her destiny. [close]

[close] The first novel in Faye Kellerman's bestselling Decker/Lazarus series!Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed.

The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness. She is also the only one in the sheltered community willing to speak of this unspeakable violation. As Rina tries to steer Decker through the maze of religious laws, the two grow closer. But before they get to the bottom of this horrendous crime, revelations come to light that are so shocking, they threaten to come between the hard-nosed cop and the deeply religious woman with whom he has become irrevocably linked.
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[close] During a rocket attack on his military base in Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, a young American diplomat isn't running for the bunker. He's in bed with a missionary aid worker.

Sonny Sonnenfeld is a foreign service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He's been posted to a strategic but forgotten corner of war-torn Afghanistan where he's the sole civilian representative of the U.S. government and its money. Clara Santos is the sole aid worker still brave enough--or crazy enough--to stick it out in this violent backwater province. She's a beautiful, conflicted woman and Sonny has fallen for her hard.

Then Clara goes missing in Zargari, a godforsaken desert town crawling with insurgents and drug-runners. What she was doing down there, no one knows. Armed only with his wits and an iPod loaded with jazz, Sonny plunges into a desperate search for Clara. From dusty forward operating bases to a garish narco-palace to a lonely Silk Road ruin, Sonny uncovers the plots and counter-plots swirling around Clara's disappearance. His survival depends on knowing who to trust. But he quickly learns that in a murky war zone like this one, cold-blooded killers and con-men can be heroes and anyone can be the enemy--Marines, insurgents, his own Afghan colleagues, a druglord wearing makeup and bling, and most especially a cross-dressing, rifle-toting American businesswoman who's playing a very deep game. Even as he's drawn to her, Sonny trusts her least of all. He's forced to wrestle with his own best and worst instincts in this page-turning thriller that wrestles with the dark complexities of America at war. The labyrinth of conspiracies and betrayals is made vividly real by journalist Kristin Henderson's experience reporting with Marines and diplomats in Afghanistan.

In the end, on a velvety green wheat field surrounded by endless acres of opium poppy, Sonny's dogged pursuit of the truth erupts in both betrayal and redemption. [close]

[close] It’s the summer of 1898. The nation, just coming out of an economic slump, has been at war with Spain since April. And Sylvester Tilghman, sheriff of Arahpot, Jordan County, Pennsylvania, has a murder victim with too many enemies. There’s Claude, who is found standing with a knife in his hand over the body. There’s Rachel, a surly teen who admits she intended to cause harm. Then there’s the band of gypsies who claim the victim is the goryo who stole one of their young women. If this isn’t enough to complicate Tilghman’s life, add in threats to his job, a run-in with a female horse thief; scary predictions by a gypsy fortuneteller, and the theft of Doc Mariner’s new motorcar, plus, plenty of good eating, church-going and socializing. And, before all is over, Sylvester solves the crime and even comes a little closer to his goal of finally marrying longtime girlfriend Lydia Longlow. [close]

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Danger once again laps at the shores of Barkley Sound, the Graveyard of the Pacific…

It may be summer, but schoolteacher Anna Silver’s trip to the coastal town of Bamfield is anything but a vacation. She’s on the run, desperate to stay one step ahead of her father’s murderer and determined to track down the one man she’s been told to trust: her father’s old cell mate, Brent Carver. But when she finds him, she discovers not a kind, elderly artist
but a dangerously hot alpha male with blood on his hands.

Loyal to the core, Brent would never turn away his friend’s daughter when she comes seeking help. He can’t deny Anna his protection…just as he can’t deny the instantaneous attraction he struggles to keep in check. But as their passion blazes out of control, a sadistic killer is on the hunt to stop Anna from uncovering his dark secrets.
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[close] The book starts off conventionally enough, with the heroine, Megan Brooks, evidently targeted for murder by the husband who unexpectedly abandoned her years earlier. Megan's work as a forensic expert makes her an especially interesting protagonist; the reader is led to assume that Megan's profession eventually will enable her to outwit and outmaneuver her stalker. But halfway through the narrative, author O'Neal introduces a brilliant, juicy, and completely credible plot twist that ratchets up the suspense to a feverish level. Now the book takes off like a runaway roller-coaster. But wait! Several chapters later, another stunning plot development occurs and the book ricochets to a well-executed conclusion, leaving the reader happily exhilarated and wanting more. [close]

[close] Rue may be young, but she can see that her people have laid poor plans. The aemet race isn't known for rash choices — and yet Rue now lives in a new mountain village that can hardly feed itself. Rue's father left to seek otherkind aid and, years later, has not returned. Then the wolf attacks begin. Menaced by the forest they revere, fearful to set foot outside their homes, the people of Aloftway village look to Rue and her rumoured luck.

But Rue is sick of relying on such inane things as luck. With her chemistry skill, her analytical mind and a guard dog by her side, she begins searching for trade resources and possible solutions. She talks local recluse Felixi down from the sky: he is a korvi, a hunter of wild game who can keep Aloftway's guard dogs fed. And as the wolves grow bolder, Rue suspects that Felixi knows more about the attacks than he is willing to share.


Render is part of the Stories of Aligare, a fantasy series set in a magical, human-free world. Each book is a stand-alone work. [close]

[close] Father D’Angelo and Bakeman, two devoted priests were brutally murdered while going on one of their nightly walks. Detective Frank Rinelli is called to the case- not only due to his close friendship with the priests, but with his expertise of tracking psychotic killers. Rinelli suddenly discovers these murders were based on a scandal that occurred several years ago at the same Church where the two murdered priests preached. And it doesn’t stop there. The list of people being murdered in connection with the scandal continues to grow until the killer has his ultimate vengeance- and the truth released. Join Detective Rinelli on the fearful streets of Philadelphia as he chases a madman who has nothing to lose and everything to gain- destroying the face of the Catholic Church. Rinelli discovers a hidden secret while confronting the killer that is way beyond betrayal and begins to question his faith. Could this betrayal be the killer’s momentum of not only killing Rinelli, but to complete his master plan which will affect the lives of every citizen? [close]