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A Caterer’s Guide to Love and Murder by Jessica Thompson

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A wedding caterer, a florist…and a dash of poison.
“Wow, this dough is sexy!”
As their wedded bliss starts to show signs of serious strain, Violet and her new husband, Jake, put their feelings aside to focus on catering a wedding that could make or break her career.
When murder ruins the rehearsal dinner, and her sister, Greta, the florist, becomes the prime suspect, Violet risks everything to clear her – and still deliver the beautiful wedding her new friend deserves.
But will she be in time before the killer dishes out seconds?
A Caterer’s Guide to Love and Murder takes you on a culinary journey you won’t forget!

Targeted Age Group:: 20 – 65+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
When I discovered mystery novels with recipes, I knew I had found my niche!
I got to include my favorite recipes AND weave a complex mystery!

When Murder Comes Home by Shana Frost

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An adventure she’d asked for, being a murder suspect? Not really.

Introverted yet brilliant (former) accountant Aileen Mackinnon ditched her risk-less life in the city for the village of Loch Fuar, nestled in the picturesque Scottish Highlands. Now she’s the co-owner of her Gran’s inn, Dachaigh, and an amateur innkeeper to ten new guests. But when one of her guests doesn’t turn up for breakfast and the other dangles over the window sill, Aileen finds herself in deep waters, especially with the handsome local detective.

One man show, Detective Inspector Callan Cameron couldn’t be happier— finally a murder, if not two! The only issue- he’s forced to join forces with the new innkeeper in town. What could be more horrible than having a partner? A partner Callan loves to argue with? A partner that gels with his detection style seamlessly?

Between bloody murders and stolen rings, the tension is high, so is the heat. They might not always see eye to eye, but can they agree: whodunnit?

When Murder Comes Home is the first novel in the Aileen & Callan Murder Mysteries based in the fictional town of Loch Fuar in the Scottish Highlands. This nail biting novel will keep you up all night, sleuthing and laughing alongside lovable characters. Ready to enjoy some gore and lots of suspenseful fun? Download this book now!

Targeted Age Group:: 16-100!

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
The Scottish Highlands. I fell in love with the scenery when I visited this region a couple of years ago. So when I thought about a murder mystery, I asked myself: what if a friendly Highland community was struck with murder? How would they react?

Tell A Lie by Andrew Garbett

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A body in a bath in a city on the edge. The discovery of the dead woman leads the investigation to unexpected places and the heart of the British government. As the world descends on London for the WTO meeting, the pouring rain threatens to flush out all their secrets and some of them are proving deadly.

Targeted Age Group:: 18-100

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
My love of kayaking, politics, London and thrillers all inspired me to write Tell A Lie.

The Trivial Trials of Matt Mollster by M.D. Metro

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All Three Matt Mollster Mystery Novellas Now Collected In One Place! Plus, Exclusive To This Collection, A Never Before Seen Matt Mollster Mini Mystery!

Meet Matt Mollster: Comic book jockey, perpetual bachelor and aspiring writer in search of a big break. After an abrupt encounter with a forlorn young lady, Matt jumps at the chance to try and come to her aid. Once the young lady goes missing, however, Matt eagerly begins to unravel the mystery, but as he gets closer to the truth, Matt soon finds himself in over his head. Equipped only with his determination and his self-depreciation, Matt seeks out justice the only way he knows how… by channeling pop culture.

But what Matt first sees as a one-time, life altering experience, he quickly realizes is just the beginning, and that his life will never be the same. His quiet, solitary existence as a minimum wage clerk is replaced with random road trips and book signings, tense interviews and crime scenes, maniacal muderers and crafty kidnappers. Only Matt, with his considerable geek cred and stubbornness, can sift through the vague clues and uncover the conspiracies, unmask the truth and unveil the criminals. Doing so will challenge him in ways he never anticipated, forcing Matt to step out from a shadow of self-loathing and connect again, to family, to friends, to romance, to shape a future he dismissed as out of reach. With this new life, however, not only comes a sense of purpose but also fatal consequences if he falters.

Witness the birth of a sleuth with The Nostalgia Crypt, Four Days of PHAME, and Impostors’ Syndrome – as well as the Mini Mystery The Steward Of Solidarity – for these tales truly are The Trivial Trials Of Matt Mollster.

Targeted Age Group:: 18-45

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I’ve been a constant consumer of pop culture for as long as I can remember, and while years ago it was niche, now it’s wide spread, so I felt there was an opportunity to break some new ground and provide geek culture a real world hero they could relate to.

Mystery and Misadventure by M.D. Hall

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The first in a series of three collections of short stories (the third is ready and will be published on Amazon early in 2021). They are supernatural mysteries and all involve an old man, Samuel Prite. As the books progress, we revisit some characters and discover a story arc which is fully developed in a novel appearing on Amazon in Spring 2021. The arc is also brought to the fore in the fourth collection to be published at the end of 2021.

Targeted Age Group:: 11 and above

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Partway through a historical novel (now finished and to be published on Amazon in 2021), I was given a parking ticket. While waiting at the dentist, the idea came to me: the response of an overzealous traffic warden to receiving lots of unfairly issued parking tickets? You will spot the link in the first story.
I needed a mysterious supernatural character who is both charming and unthreatening: Samuel Prite. When I gave him free rein, he took on a life of his own.

Dwell by Miik YS

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A strong urge compels Cyn to dance a waltz in the precinct parking garage. The same compulsion at the same time forces Ali to waltz in her apartment. The impulses tailor themselves to the women. Cyn faces the overwhelming desire to torture a homicide suspect and shoot a homeless man, while Ali grapples with a yearning to shoplift and steal from a cash register. The women morph into passengers in their own bodies, aware of everything around them but incapable of manipulating events, like passengers on a bus watching the world pass by beyond the windows, while the influence nobbles them toward maiming, mayhem, and murder.

The duo subsist like most people, never questioning why they act as they do, never scrutinizing who or what sways them until an unknown influence threatens to swallow their lives. What about you? Who or what shapes your dealings? Do you even know? Does your will control you, or have you acquiesced to some other force without even realizing it?

Targeted Age Group:: Teen and Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Seeing how people are influenced by things that they may not even realize are impacting their behavior, I crafted a story to take that situation to extremes. From the point of view of the two women subjected to mind control, I show how it disrupts their lives and the lives of others in their orbit. They aren't content to become compliant victims, so they fight back.

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Featured Book: Rough Way to the High Way by Kelly Mack McCoy

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About Featured Book: Rough Way to the High Way by Kelly Mack McCoy

'An Extraordinary Novel' – Midwest Book Review –

Pastor turned long-haul trucker, Mack, struggles with grief and perceived failures as a minister while he is confronted with a mysterious hitchhiker, smugglers, and a determined killer.

A journey that began as a search for solitude and windshield therapy after his wife Georgia's murder becomes a high stakes adventure as a Texas Ranger and high ranking FBI agent seek to track down her killer.

A pair of hapless criminals botch an attempted break in of Mack's trailer which leads to the discovery of a sinister plot involving Georgia's killer. Mack's journey from his hometown of Pampa, Texas to Chicago introduces a cast of characters who seek to use him to deliver a load far more destructive than anyone could have imagined.

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Featured Book: Rise Sons of Light and Darkness Volume I by Alexander Tyson

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About Featured Book: Rise Sons of Light and Darkness Volume I by Alexander Tyson

The first book of the six part serialized saga. Two thousand years of struggle between the forces of light and darkness culminates in the final battle for the fate of the world. An orphaned loner finds himself thrust into a deadly world of Angels and Demons, killers and conspirators. With uncertainty around every corner can he bring himself to trust another and in so doing change the fate of the world.
Across the four corners of the globe war is coming, an unseen and unknown army of Candidates born of human mothers forced from the shadows to do battle against one another and the forces of Heaven and Hell.

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Featured Book: Murder in Marseille by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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When the dead body of one of Marseille’s most corrupt politicians is found in Maggie’s car trunk, it creates a bubbling stew of deception, betrayal and revenge. This heart-stopping thrill ride takes you through the menacing back streets of Marseille in Maggie’s determined trajectory toward the truth–and the real evil–behind it.
Even worse, a devastating family secret that Laurent and Maggie have spent the last twelve years hiding is shockingly revealed, putting everything they have–as well as everyone they love–in immediate jeopardy.

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Featured Book: Dear Neighbour by Anna Willett

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Setting up house in a new town is an exciting time for Amy Holt and her boyfriend Zane, until she meets the neighbours. A likable elderly couple who quickly invite Amy into their home and their lives. Lives that are veiled in mystery and deception matched only by the dark secret Amy keeps.
When the two households collide, it’s murder.

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