Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Series

Featured Book: Spouse Trap by Cynthia Hamilton

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Blackmail, sabotage, and blood-chilling suspense converge in this psychological thriller meets detective mystery.

Madeline Ridley had it all: a handsome, successful husband, a place at the top of Santa Barbara society and every luxury money could buy. In all respects, her world was perfect…until she awoke in the early morning hours in an unfamiliar hotel room, alone, unclothed, with a splitting headache and no memory of how she got there.

When Steven Ridley comes home in the middle of a weekday and throws a sheaf of damning photos at her, Madeline’s enviable world collapses in a swirl of blackmail, sabotage and deceit. Hoping to convince Steven of her innocence, Madeline drives to his office and witnesses a scene that makes her realize who the enemy really is.

From that point on, Madeline deconstructs herself, reverting back to Madeline Dawkins while she tries to salvage what’s left of her life. In the process, she discovers where her true strengths lay. Utilizing those, she steels herself for battle, while her life hangs in the balance.

An action-packed ride full of unexpected twists. A must-read for fans of Ruth Ware, Karin Slaughter, and Mary Stone.

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Featured Book: Fault Line by H.N. Hirsch

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Newly minted 25-year-old lawyer Bob Abramson joins the DA’s office in San Diego and soon finds himself leading an investigation into the politically charged murder of the mayor’s husband–a powerful, wealthy developer with too many secrets for his wife’s political ambitions. Meanwhile Marcus, Bob’s partner, has accepted a new position at UC San Diego. As they settle in to their new home, they’re thrust into the murder investigation and its political ramifications. A sequel to last year’s popular mystery “Shade.”

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Written in the classic style of James Ellroy, Fault Line is a murder mystery you won’t soon forget. With a full cast of characters, a scenic setting, plus a laundry list of suspects, I couldn’t stop reading until the dramatic conclusion. Fans of L.A. Confidential will enjoy this political murder mystery. 5+ stars!
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Featured Book: Fatal Memory Book 1 by Ava S. King

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Enjoy fast-paced action adventure, a political thriller, with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense.

Early in her military career, Teagan Stone was recruited from the Navy to work with an elite group, where she became a notorious spy. After many years of service, all she wants to do is focus on her husband and three kids.

Instead of enjoying retirement, she wakes up one day and finds herself
chained to a bed in a 4×4 cell with no memory of how she got there or why. The life she tried to leave behind has dragged her back.

Once again Teagan must rely on her time as a undercover government operative, to work a mission she didn’t ask for, while doing things she hasn’t done in years, in order to save her country.

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Featured Book: Seeking Angels by G J Griffiths

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When Detective Inspector Walter Button, of the 19th century Manchester police force, is ordered to take charge of the investigations into the massive spread of crime in Angel Meadow he has little idea of the size and spread of the task ahead of him. A simple burglary at a church where two teenaged boys are the suspects will lead Button into a world of gangland murders and political rebellion. The dedicated and practical detective also finds an even bigger challenge ahead when his rare romantic side begins to surface, confronting and confounding his professional aims and objectives.

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Featured Book: Raging Water by Marilyn Meredith

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A burglary draws resident deputy sheriff Tempe Crabtree out in the middle of the night; a crime that segues right into the murder of two elderly ladies, both killed while seated in chairs watching television. As if this isn’t enough on her plate, a gigantic rainstorm causes a mudslide, shutting the small mountain community of Bear Creek off from town. And then it rains and rains some more. Tempe, along with a recently recruited California Highway Patrolman, has the task of not only keeping residents safe from the rising waters of Bear Creek, but of investigating the murders and burglaries. The deputy has a reputation of solving murders no one else can and now she has a target on her back.

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Featured Book: The Gouge by MH David

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Carson ran away from Cypress Creek to escape his dark past—his father was the serial killer dubbed, “The Man in the Woods”. Twenty-two years have passed, and a simple text message threatens to bring all of his secrets out into the open.

The freshly slain bodies of two teenage girls have been discovered in the woods of Cypress Creek, and the methods by which the girls were killed are identical to those found nearly twenty-two years earlier on his father’s victims. The now retired detective who worked the first case has long suspected Carson Bates knew more than what he revealed during interrogations; now is his chance to prove it.

Carson returns to Cypress Creek to finally face his past, but it is soon clear that Carson isn’t the only person in that small-town harboring dark secrets about that fateful night in the woods.

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Featured Book: Serenity by Craig A. Hart

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Shelby Alexander knew one thing …

Trusting anyone would be a huge mistake.

But can he survive alone?

When Shelby moved back to his small hometown of Serenity after retiring from boxing, he was looking for a little peace and quiet. He was getting too old for all the high-octane nonsense of his prior life.

But when he finds a badly injured girl curled up by his barn, freezing in the winter chill, he knows the jig is up. And if the local sheriff has anything to say about it, Shelby will be spending a lot his retirement in jail.

Ah, well … it’s just another day in the small town of Serenity.

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Featured Book: Devil’s Ledger: A Female Sleuth Financial Thriller with International Espionage (A Louise Moscow Novel Book 3) by Lorraine Evanoff

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Recruited by the CIA to work in their financial crimes division, Louise Moscow sets out to expose the corruption that took down the world’s oldest bank. A riveting international thriller!

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The Factory: A Thriller by Ryan Alexander

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After sneaking out to a college Labor Day party, sixteen-year-old Kelly Gates’s fate becomes a girl’s worst nightmare. With no leads as to her whereabouts after weeks, her father and uncle take the case into their own hands. As Kelly fights for her life and sanity in a dangerous new world, Karter and Kash remain relentless in their pursuit of her. The question becomes: how far will a farmer and a diesel mechanic go to find a member of their family?

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Milwaukee’s Revenge by Ryan Alexander

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Milwaukee’s Revenge follows Detective Jack Owens as he investigates an attack on an innocent young couple from rural Wisconsin. As he searches for the group of thugs responsible, Detective Owens must also grapple with rising political pressure to draw certain predetermined conclusions about the case. The race between a police officer putting his job on the line to do the right thing and a victim out for revenge ensues. The question becomes: Are they on the same course?

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