Mystery Reads

Featured Book: Streaming Sarah by Joyce Kostakis

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Ghost Whisperer meets Dead Files meets Fringe, Streaming Sarah is a rare fusion of detective mystery and the spirit world.

Dying was the break she needed…

Or so she thought. Homicide Detective Katie Hanson always prided herself on being an advocate for the dead. When she returns home from the hospital after a near-death experience, the door to the spirit world remains open … wide open. Now the murder victims of her police department’s cold cases are haunting her, beginning with Sarah Alexander and her two children. It turns out that Katie’s near-death experience has added a new skill to her crime-solving abilities… she can stream the dead. It is more than just channeling murder victim Sarah Alexander’s account of her horrific murder and the murder of her two children, much more. Katie learns to stream Sarah’s consciousness, her memories, her very soul.

Katie realizes that a dead person’s memory of the events can be as flawed as the living’s: Sarah’s testimony does not back up the evidence. Katie’s gut instinct is to believe Sarah, but the evidence doesn’t support the assertion. It made matters worse. Now she has two suspects. Will Sarah help Katie bring the killer to justice, or will they drag in an innocent man?

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Featured Book: Murder in the South of France by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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Maggie Newberry is an advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize that she’s over 30 and still hasn’t found true love. When her long missing sister ends up dead, Maggie flies to the south of France to find the little niece that no one in the family even knew existed. Along the way, she finds handsome, sexy Frenchman Laurent Dernier to help search for the girl. Meanwhile, her sister’s murderer sets his sights on the little girl—and Maggie.

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Featured Book: Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

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What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in “happily ever after” — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home. Follow the twists and turns of Book 1 of the Osprey Cove Lodge Series. Follow Doug and Catherine’s story to see if there is a “happily ever after” and with whom.

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Featured Book: Bittersweet Alliance by Kathleen Rowland

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Will a snap decision change their lives forever?

Bizarre kidnappings stun the Big Island of Hawaii, pulling Danker Donahue back into the game and forcing him to partner with Jolene Kualoha, the woman who left him seven years ago when his DNA showed up in paternity lawsuit. The prejudice-motivated hate crimes are the wildest anyone has ever seen. Victims are being poisoned then released once the ransoms are paid, many losing their lives.

In the shadow of Jolene’s success as a helicopter pilot, a troubled woman develops a fixation on Jolene and imitates her appearance. Matters turn dark when the copycat is shot dead. Was Jolene the target? Threats mount when she barely survives an accident after her brake cables are severed.

When these crimes threaten her sanity, Jolene is forced to trust the one person she thought she’d lost forever, Danker. Instantly, sparks fly between them, and as much as she wants to rekindle their relationship, she must protect her heart.

An old enemy, Seamus McGinn, breaks out of a maximum-security prison and invites Danker to a meet-up. Surprisingly, the kidnapper joins forces with McGinn along with his sick fans. McGinn trumpets his ‘murders by ice pick’, and it’s up to Danker to stop him. The whole island is on edge with a live feed from the maniac’s website.

In a stolen moment, Jolene shows him hope, and he makes a snap decision that will change their lives forever. Will he make it back to show her?

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My Sister’s Detective by T.J. Jones

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Eric Slater returns from the Navy to learn that an old friend may have been murdered. Angela Jeffries, the woman he’s always wanted, asks him to investigate, and her younger sister, Maggie, wants to help. Romance ensues. The pair follow a trail of clues to Miami, clues that may incriminate their dead friend in a heinous crime. As their feelings grow and the mystery deepens, they return home to some unexpected revelations and a mind-blowing conclusion.

Targeted Age Group:: 15 and up

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I wanted to write an entertaining story about two engaging people. Also, I wanted it to say something. Many of the characters in the book are flawed, but there is usually an underlying reason, which is eventually revealed. Do they deserve empathy? That's the question I leave up to the reader.

Featured Book: Overdoses in Olympia by Troy Lambert and Stuart Gustafson

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Two overdoses. One week. One nurse is a suspect. Freelance photographer Nick O’Flannigan notices something off though, something in the newspaper photos that just does not make sense.

Will he help the police crack the case? Or will his amateur observations do more harm than good?

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Love or Deception by Morgan K Wyatt

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Love or Deception by Morgan K Wyatt

2015 RONE Romantic Suspense Finalist
2015 5-Star Readers’ Favorite
She had everything she ever wanted until everything including her memory vanished. Amy’s life changed in an instant the moment she opened her eyes to the unthinkable. Armed with little more than her wits and determination, she’s on a mission to put the fragmented clues of her husband’s disappearance, her inexplicable memory loss, and unearth a diabolical conspiracy that could have long-lasting implications for her and everyone in her midst.

He thought he could help her until he realized they were up against a far-reaching opponent. Ryan wanted to be the hero, but he never expected that a mission to help Amy regain her memory would force them to run for their lives, and worse, have no way out of a no-win situation with an enemy determined take over the world by any means necessary.
Will Amy be able to reclaim her memories and bring an end to the chaos or will her memories prove to be fatal for her and Ryan?

Find out in this high-octane romantic suspense novel that will leave you breathless!

Petectives: Under FIre by Robert J. Smith

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It’s the 4th of July and the Petectives are feeling the heat! In the midst of a sweltering heat wave, feline detectives Yoshi and Gatsby get word that an old enemy is back and running a protection racket in their neighborhood. When an attack lands Gatsby’s girlfriend in the veterinary hospital, he gets hot under the collar but it may take Yoshi’s cool logic to shut down a gang of animal criminals and clear a dog from a horrible accusation. The Petectives are back and there’s going to be fireworks!

Targeted Age Group:: All Ages

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I got tired of all of the books featuring cats helping human detectives. Its high time that cats get their paws dirty and do their own detective work!

Gone But Not Missed by A R Kennedy

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Lillian Brannon wakes up on Valentine’s Day in an exact replica of her bedroom but the only item that she believes is authentic is her dog, Laude. She is held captive in her kidnapper’s basement apartment, summoned upstairs once a week for a chaste dinner. But will his kindness last, and more importantly, why isn’t anyone looking for her? Lillian’s story is interwoven with that of Nathan, a NYPD officer, who is intrigued by Lillian’s disappearance- how can a young woman be gone for two weeks before a Missing Person Report is filed? Local police believe Lillian has voluntarily abandoned a life she didn’t like. Lillian’s best friend convinces Nathan the authorities are wrong. With no jurisdiction, no resources, and no witnesses, he is compelled by the pictures of Lillian with her sweet smile and sparkling green eyes to obsessively take up the case. Armed with Lillian’s keys and personal information, he spends hours, then days in her home trying to find clues that will lead him to her.

Targeted Age Group:: 16+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I was working a job I didn't like. During my commute, I wondered–What would happen if I didn't show up? What would happen if I didn't have family nearby? Would they do anything? Then it morphed into Lily and how long could she be gone for before someone took action? Who took her? And why?

Featured Book: Hot SEAL by Lynn Raye Harris

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About Hot SEAL by Lynn Raye Harris

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Fake a relationship with his ex-wife? Not on your life!

When a terrorist steals a drug submarine, Navy SEAL Dane “Viking” Erikson finds himself thrust into his first HOT mission with an unexpected partner: his ex-wife, DEA agent Ivy McGill. Dane doesn’t want to work with the one woman who still twists him up inside, but he can’t refuse a direct order from his commanding officer.

Ivy’s on a mission of her own–to put the ruthless drug dealer she blames for her mother’s death out of business for good. If she has to work with Dane to get it done, she will. And she absolutely will not fall for his hard muscles and killer smile ever again. Once burned, twice shy.

But Dane and Ivy have never been able to keep their hands off each other. While they may believe that sex and love don’t intertwine, they’ll find out what’s real and what isn’t when a dangerous player takes matters into his own hands. They’ll need to be more than a team to survive what’s coming their way–and it’s not going to be easy!

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