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Inherent Truth by Alicia Anthony

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Inherent Truth by Alicia Anthony

A woman with buried secrets… 
An agent with an impossible mission… 
An inheritance that will destroy them both… 

When Liv Sullivan’s grandmother beckons for help from beyond the grave, the reluctant psychic returns to her small Ohio hometown. Scrambling to make sense of the clues left by the vision, Liv finds herself face to face with undercover agent, Ridge McCaffrey. 

Assigned to protect a woman whose gifts unnerve him, for a covert psychic intelligence operation he doesn’t understand, Ridge struggles to place duty over desire. But when a gruesome discovery is unearthed at Sullivan Farm, the truth becomes clear…

Some family secrets are best left buried.

Inherent Truth is the first installment of the gripping Blood Secrets psychological suspense series about the cost of truth and the price we pay for love. For pulse-pounding page-turners laced with a touch of romance, and shocking twists that will leave you dying for the sequel, this award-winning series is for you.

Third Blow: A Novel of Suspense (Book Three in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla Series by J. T. Bishop

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Third Blow: A Novel of Suspense (Book Three in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla Series by J. T. Bishop

Jace Marlon’s best friend is dead, killed by a man as mysterious as Jace’s past.

Forced to trust Detectives Daniels and Remalla, who suggest the motive for the murder is more elusive than the killer, Jace must face a truth he can no longer avoid.

Confronting his troubled youth, Jace has no choice but to ask for help, and finds an unexpected ally in a tarot reader whose assistance could lead to more than friendship and whose readings may provide the link to the secrets he must uncover. But her involvement could risk her life, as well as the lives of the detectives.

With a killer at large, Jace must choose between revenge and answers. And the survival of those he befriends will depend on a quirky woman with chunky jewelry, those he must learn to trust, and the belief in the one thing he never knew existed…family.

Third Blow is book three in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla Series. It can be read alone, but is best read after First Cut and Second Slice.

If you love memorable characters, heart-pounding romance, twists and turns, and losing sleep over a good book, then start this series today!

They Died So Young by William Mansfield

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They Died So Young by William Mansfield

For twenty years Alex Wright, the Laguna Beach surfing real estate appraiser, has believed that his parents died in a freak auto accident on their way home from a weekend in Palm Springs. Now he learns that they were killed, mob-style, with single bullets to their heads. Why would they deserve to die this way?

Meanwhile, Alex’s wife, Rachel Fix, is not adjusting well to the settled life of wife and mother. She is drawn back to the excitement of celebrity and fame that she enjoyed during her ten years on the pro surfing tour.

So begins the seventh story in the Alex Wright Mystery saga. Will the marriage survive the tension of competing desires? With the help of his law enforcement buddies and a big assist from appraisal partner, Heather Maybach, Alex follows the thread of his parents’ lives from their marriage to their untimely deaths. For, in fact, THEY DIED SO YOUNG…

Beneath The Surface by David K. Wilson

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Beneath The Surface by David K. Wilson

Everyone’s favorite hard-living detective is back in a gripping, unpredictable mystery you won’t be able to put down.

When Detective Sam Lawson arrives in a sleepy East Texas town to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, he soon discovers everyone has a something to hide. And the more he digs, the more questions he uncovers.

Are the scratch marks on the face of the woman’s arrogant husband really from a construction accident? Why is the rich investor suddenly so interested in the investigation? Who had been hiding in the woods behind the woman’s house? Why one of the woman’s friends allegedly leave town the same day she went missing?

With the help of a tough-as-nails sheriff’s sergeant and the medical examiner (who also happens to be his now-estranged girlfriend), Sam must navigate the tangled relationships of this small community to find the truth before it’s too late.

The Key to the Ranch by William Mansfield

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The Key to the Ranch by William Mansfield

The discovery of a fifty-year-old corpse leads Alex and his law enforcement friends on an amazing adventure. How to investigate a cold case this old? Where do you begin? What do you want to learn? What will represent the end of the search – truth, blame, or just an unanswerable question?
And so begins the sixth story in the Alex Wright mystery series. Alex Wright, Laguna Beach surfing real estate appraiser. He discovers the skeletal remains while measuring a house for an appraisal. Now he feels compelled to dig deep into the past to find out what happened on that certain day in February, 1957.
As a newlywed, Alex has much on his mind. The red hot Orange County real estate market is peaking. His new bride, Rachel Fix, is adjusting to the settled life after a decade on the Pro Surfing Tour. But there is a mystery to be solved. The excitement and compelling action build from there leading to a guaranteed shocking conclusion!

Normalish by Robert Gaspari

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Normalish by Robert Gaspari

Jonah died twice in the same horrible accident that killed his wife. The heroic medical staff revived him both times. Jo discovered afterward he could see and speak with his dead wife. That wasn’t normal, so he coined the term normalish to describe his new reality.

A serial killer stalks a small town for over two years. There only hope lies in the prophecy of a dead gypsy psychic.They await the arrival of the thrice-born man and his familiar to defeat the supernatural murderer that hides in plain sight. Some believe Jo fits that description as the thrice-born man and the spirit of his preternatural wife is his familiar.

Follow the twisted path Jo and Becca take here on the earth and in the astral planes above. Together, they battle with others to do the right thing to end the murderous reign of terror wrought by an ancient evil.

Shared Madness by Rick Moskovitz

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Shared Madness by Rick Moskovitz

Zack Tripler, a psychiatrist, admits to the hospital Youssef al Saud, an agitated young Saudi American, in the midst of what appears to be a psychotic break. Youssef has been hearing voices and was found hiding with his laptop in the woods from unidentified assailants whom he believes are trying to kill him. He’s found coded messages on the laptop that he suspects portend a terrorist plot.

When Youssef is found dead, either by suicide or murder, Zack develops symptoms similar to Youssef’s, hearing voices and catching glimpses of his dead patient, whom he believes is trying to kill him, then witnesses the murder of another of his patients. He becomes entangled with Youssef’s widow Jamilah in her efforts to solve the mystery of her husband’s death and the coded message on his computer, but nothing in Zack’s world is as it appears as he swings between concern for her safety and suspicion that she is responsible for Youssef’s death and part of the terrorist plot that he suspected.

Zack narrates his own story, his descent into madness, and the terror he endures as he struggles to hang onto the last remnants of his sanity.

Amie African Adventure by Lucinda E Clarke

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Amie African Adventure by Lucinda E Clarke

Amie reluctantly agreed to accompany her new husband to go and live in Africa. Life was very different but she soon made friends and began to enjoy life. Then civil war broke out and she was left behind when the last plane evacuating the foreigners took off from the airport. Now, Amie was on her own, alone, and defenseless. To survive she sets out to walk to safety across the African savannah.

The Reluctant Coroner by Paul Austin Ardoin

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The Reluctant Coroner by Paul Austin Ardoin

Blood is thicker than oil—until murder is involved.

Fenway Stevenson doesn’t want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practically king. But the death of her mother draws her back home—and the murder of the county coroner draws her into a deepening conspiracy. As the body count rises and all signs seem to point toward her father’s oil company, will Fenway uncover the truth before family bonds become deadly?

An Unethical Murder by William Mansfield

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An Unethical Murder by William Mansfield

It all starts with a car crash that kills a friend of Laguna Beach real estate appraiser, Alex Wright. He is unwilling to accept that it was an accident. The action develops as Alex, along with his surfing buddy, Newport Beach Police Captain Zack Potrero, search for the compelling motivation and reasonable opportunity among a list of possible suspects…. Meanwhile, Alex’s romance with 4-time World Champion surfer, Rachel Fix heats up; in this, the fifth story in the ALEX WRIGHT MYSTERY/ADVENTURE SERIES… an exciting and fun read!