Mystery Reads

Featured Book: Predator or Prey ~ Short Tales With A Twist by J. New

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About Predator or Prey ~ Short Tales With A Twist by J. New

Predator or Prey is a collection of ten short stories that are full of suspense, murder and mystery. All are snippets into the dark, and shadowy recesses of other people’s lives. Who really knows what shocking secrets are hiding behind closed doors?
Each one a mini-thriller in its own right, these tales focus on all-too-common crimes, which are full of disturbing mental imagery, so are not for the faint-hearted. But there is a twist in every tale… did you see it coming?

These tales while brief, are filled with suspense and surprises. ‘App for Life’ is the story of a desperate man whose abusive and controlling wife won’t allow him to escape her and who even thwarts his efforts to kill himself. ‘In A Kind Gesture,’ a beautiful little boy’s appearance lures a predator to his doom. ‘A Good Day’ details the life and fears of a bullied child who finally takes a stand. ‘A Little Peace and Quiet’ is a spooky and chilling look into the domestic life of a second-generation child abuser.

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Featured Bargain Book: DeathByte by DS Kane

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$0.99 from 01/20/2015 through 01/22/2015

When the plans to a new device that could change the course of world politics forever is stolen, every country goes looking. It’s going to be a free-for-all.

When someone breaks into William Wing’s Hong Kong apartment and steals the hard drives from his computer, it sets several intelligence services searching for the plans to a new device that could change the course of world politics forever.

Wing’s worst fears, that he might become hunted for what they think he knows, is the least of the issues at hand for his friend, Jon Sommers. Sommers will have to leave his deep cover assignment to help his friend, and he’ll need a team. The Mossad wants what Wing lost, and so do the Americans, the Chinese and the Brits. It’s going to be a fight to see who finds the plans first…

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Featured Book: Prey of Desire by JC Gatlin

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About Prey of Desire by JC Gatlin

They said the disappearance of two high school students over 25 years ago was mystery that couldn’t be solved.
No one ever said it shouldn’t be.

Following the abrupt end of a relationship, college student Kimberly Bradford finds comfort in the friendship with her over-the-top neighbor, Mallory. And, Mallory encourages her to get back out there. She would of course if it weren’t for the thrilling little love notes and gifts she’s been receiving .

Kim thinks they’re from her ex-fiancee, not realizing he’s been murdered. Worse, whoever is sending her all the extra attention is not only in her inner-circle, but has a connection to that unsolved murder some 25 years ago. That connection puts her life in danger, and exposes secrets better left buried around her closest friends and family.

A Florida Mystery that readers are calling “Absolutely Suspenseful” with “an ending you’ll never see coming!”

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Featured Book: Three, Four … Better lock your door (Rebekka Franck, Book 2) by Willow Rose

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About Three, Four … Better lock your door (Rebekka Franck, Book 2) by Willow Rose

INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLING SCANDINAVIAN MYSTERY

It was supposed to be a night of fun, pleasure, lust and pain for Susanne Larsen when she agreed to meet with a stranger from a S&M chatroom. She met him for dinner that later led to casual, anonymous sex at the hotel-room at the local inn.

But someone else showed up in the room and suddenly it was no longer a game.

Zeeland Times star-reporter Rebekka Franck and her photographer Sune are covering the case for the news-paper and soon they find themselves deeply involved in a story of terrifying horror and ugly secrets.

Three, Four … Better lock your door is a thrilling Scandinavian Mystery-novel from the International Bestselling author Willow Rose. It is the sequel to the International bestseller One, Two … He is coming from you. It is followed by the third book in this series called Five, Six … Grab your crucifix and Seven, Eight … Gonna stay up late. Willow Rose’s Horrorstories from Denmark is a collection of heart-stopping horror short-stories all related to Rebekka Franck and her Danish hometown.

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The Crimson Masquerade by Vickie Britton

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Trouble precedes Ardis Cole to the site of a Han Dynasty tomb in China. Dr. Yong Po, who has asked for her assistance, is being stalked by a person wearing a crimson opera mask. Ardis is concerned when her co-worker, Grant Merlin, fails to arrive at the project, and his ex-wife, Sheri, takes his place. More problems arise when Sheri is attacked on the cliffs by the same masked intruder. Ardis’ search for the tomb of emperor Sun Yan leads to ancient intrigue surrounding a captive princess, referred to in his poetry as the “Lady of White Jade.” As Ardis delves deeper into the tomb’s secret, a centuries old crime of passion is eerily replayed in the present.

Targeted Age Group:: General Readership

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
A fabulous, exotic trip to China and a visit through an old tea plantation was the inspiration for this mystery set China. We were also fascinated by the many tombs which still remain unexcavated throughout China and the fascinating legends that surround them.

Featured Thriller: Bloodridge by DS Kane

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$0.99 Promo from 12/08/2014 through 12/12/2014

To find justice for those he loved, a man finds himself at the center of a dangerous global conspiracy…

When Jon Sommers finds out his fiancé Lisa Gabriel died in a terrorist bomb attack, he is visited by spymaster, Yigdal Ben-Levy, who throws Jon’s life into chaos, when he tells him that Lisa was not a fellow graduate student but a Mossad spy sent to bring him to Israel. Ben-Levy convinces Jon to seek justice for Lisa’s murder by joining Mossad and going after Tariq Houmaz, her killer.

Shortly after training, Jon’s entire new team is executed by the bomb maker, who murdered Lisa, and only Jon escapes the massacre. As he leaves the scene, Jon finds himself captured, threatened and turned into a double agent for MI-6. When his Mossad handler, Ben-Levy learns this, he wants Jon dead as an example to other Israeli coverts.

If being a hunted double agent isn’t enough, Jon comes across information in his spying for MI-6 that suggests Israel is in impending danger from Houmaz. To stop this catastrophe, Jon must put together his own team, one he can trust with his life. Can Jon bring justice to Lisa’s murderer, or will millions of lives be lost?

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Gift Guide: Melody Madson – May It Please the Court? by Jodie Toohey

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Targeted Age Group:: 10-16
Category: Children and Young Adult Books

About Melody Madson – May It Please the Court?:
Weeks pass before Melody finally gets her big break when senior partner at Lazlo, Marshdon and Brown assigns her first real case. Melody’s relationship with her best friend, Jewel, becomes strained as her friendship with another associate, Maggie, advances and she develops romantic feelings for her boss’ son, Eric. Her feelings for Eric deepen, her relationship with Jewel sours, the key medical record in her case is lost, and Melody feels her life is crumbling.

After working the entire weekend before trial, Melody finds the record, but before she can celebrate, the record thief catches her. Jewel attempts to free Melody but she is caught and the friends are tied to an office chair, driven out to the middle of nowhere, and left alone. Will they be able to save the case – or themselves?

Featured Mystery Book: Four Pieces For Power : Book One of the Vendicatori by Marc Estes

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Four Pieces For Power : Book One of the Vendicatori by Marc Estes

When mysterious strangers arrive at the home of Andrew Correo, they provide him with life changing news. He learns of the Vedicatori, a secret organization established by his ancestors, an organization he now has the chance to inherit control over. In order to gain this control, he needs to compete with Robert Stavero in a global scavenger hunt. They must search for four illusive crystals that, when brought together, will tell them their final destination.

Also in Edson, Monica Correo is planning a wedding to her love, John Weaver. With the wedding so close to Halloween, the pair decide to have a masquerade ball for the wedding reception. It will be an event no one in Edson will ever forget.

With just a clue and limited guidance, both Andrew and Robert set out on their secretive journey. For both, the path leads to mystery, suspense, and self-discovery. As Andrew looks forward to his future, while putting parts of his past behind him, Robert grows greedy and develops a love for deception and hate. The hunt brings them through the ruins of Teotihuacan to the Eternal City and its history, but who will have the cunning to come out on top?

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Featured Thriller: Tourist Trapped by KJ Klemme

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About Tourist Trapped by KJ Klemme

Chicago divorce attorney Amanda Sloane denies the existence of her sibling–until her half-sister, Rebecca, actually disappears in Mexico. When she joins in the quest to find Rebecca, Amanda comes up against a well-funded, merciless adversary. Will the Sloane sisters survive?

TOURIST TRAPPED
Book One in the Trapped trilogy

When Rebecca Adams vanishes while vacationing in Cancun, Amanda Sloane suspends her caseload and heads for the Yucatan. She drags along her associate, Chad Cooper, to assist.

Traipsing through tourist traps and scouring land and sea, they piece together Rebecca’s trek and, in the process, realize the disappearance isn’t accidental. Somebody wants Rebecca gone, but who and why?

As they search the Yucatan for leads, Amanda and Chad encounter death threats, dodge bullets and discover they can trust no one.

In the midst of digging up clues, Amanda uncovers old wounds she can no longer ignore. Family feuds, old secrets and new lies await her in paradise.

Is she tough enough? For the first time in her life, Amanda fears her fate.

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Gift Guide: Bribing Saint Anthony by Rita Moreau

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Targeted Age Group:: 30+
Category: Women Sleuths

About Bribing Saint Anthony:
Bribing Saint Anthony is an entertaining and humorous mystery.

A missing husband.
A plot to blow up a national treasure.
Fortune telling aunts.

Mary Catherine, MC for short, didn’t move as the Queen of Boca Vista, Babbs La-Fleur, placed a pile of cash, which appeared out of a purse she knew cost more than her car, smack dab in the middle of her desk.

Word at all the cocktail parties was that MC had a skill that came in handy for an aging socialite going through a divorce. She was good at finding cash in hidden bank accounts. Cash to pay for a nip and tuck and a new identity: Cougar.

Hired that day by Queen Babbs to find her bad boy husband, Charlie, MC was back on familiar ground, tracking down bad guys through clues left in the DNA of their paper life.

Asking her Aunt Sophia to read the family fortune telling cards might have helped. Instead, the paper trail Charlie left takes MC from a murder in the world of rich socialites to working with covert government agents deep in the world of counter terrorism.