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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: THE PERFUME KILLER by Linda Hagan

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Featured Book: The Bullhead Murders by Michael Allan Scott

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Four unsolved murders in six months, a record for the riverside community of Bullhead City. Police call in a shy p.i. Jena both charms and baffles the lieutenant. Her methods of discovery, unique. But it’s far from over and she’s hard to forget. In the end, there’s a dark surprise.
The Bullhead Murders is the first Jena Halpern novel in an intriguing new Thriller series, a fresh read for fans of L.T. Ryan’s Cassie Quinn Mysteries, along with L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain, Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, Gregg Olsen, and Angela Marsons.
Eyes in the sky, she sees. Head in the clouds, she searches. Feet on the ground, she answers the call—Jena Halpern, the reluctant police consultant.

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Tokyo Zangyo by Michael Pronko

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After a manager in Japan’s premier media company ends up dead in front of company headquarters, Detective Hiroshi enters the high-pressure, hard-driving world of Tokyo’s monolithic corporations to find the killer. Hiroshi scours the off-record spending, lavish entertaining and unspoken agreements that keep Japan, Inc. running with brutal efficiency through “zangyo” or unpaid overtime. Working overtime himself, Hiroshi probes the dark heart of Japanese business, a place he’s tried to avoid all his life.

Targeted Age Group:: 18 and over

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
As an American living in Tokyo, I’m stunned by how much work takes over people’s lives. “Zangyo” means overtime in Japanese, and it’s a commonly used word. As a teacher, I keep in touch with my students after they graduate and start working. They tell me how they are compelled to work long hours, up to the point they quit. That’s the background, but the specific inspiration was a tragic story of a young girl who killed herself after working over 100 hours of overtime, being criticized by her boss, and losing hope. Mysteries and detective stories are often editorials, skewed and darkly ironic ones, but with an opinion in there.

Featured Book: Killing Rebecca by K. J. North

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An Ordinary Life…
Marni Rome lives a happy life with her husband and two beautiful children. Her heart is filled with love for them. It’s a life that excites her every morning when she gets out of bed. She is lucky to be living in a beautiful home overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and she loves her career as a crime fiction novelist.

Until Her Life is Shattered…
A late-night knock at the door destroys her world when news of her family’s fate is too devastating to bear. Her life turns into one of the stories she only writes about.

When She Finds Out Who is to Blame…
Marni must act on the shocking truth. Like in her books, the perpetrator needs to be caught and held prisoner until she decides their fate. Nothing too quick—they need to suffer slowly before they’re sentenced to death.

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Featured Book: Victim of a Delusional Mind by K. J. North

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Tragedy enters the quaint coastal town of New Haven, Oregon when the recently released convict, Ross Conrad, vows to make good on a ten-year-old threat. Private Investigators, Troy and Eva Winters take on the case when they realize their good friend, Jasmine, is the object of his delusional obsession.

When the threat becomes deadly and Jasmine turns up missing, Troy and Eva go on the hunt for Ross and his captive. The chase leads them from the Oregon coast to the dense forest of Puget Sound, Washington. Following clues and evidence of bodies left behind, Troy and Eva must find Jasmine before her time runs out.

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Featured Book: CODDLING MOLLY by Nicola Clifford

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The best in crime and suspense you’ll read all year…

“Teenager” and “Brecon” might evoke fond memories of summer backpacking in the Welsh hills. Probably not the image of an adolescent girl’s body under a bridge in the middle of a winter night.

Found by the River Usk the next morning, nobody local knows who the victim is. DI Ben James and DS Erica Bevan find nothing nationwide either. So young, how could anyone not have reported her missing?

As soon as drugs enter the picture, it would be easy for the police to conclude she was just another tearaway who has taken the wrong path into drugs and crime.

But when ex-detective Heidi Holtz sees first hand and close to home how determined and ruthless dealers will use youngsters for their county lines operations, the case gets personal.

CODDLING MOLLY is the fifth suspenseful crime novel by Nicola Clifford. The full list of her books is as follows:

1. NO REFUGE
2. THE CONSORTIUM
3. NOT FORGOTTEN
4. RIGHT OF SANCTUARY
5. CODDLING MOLLY

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Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

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Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

A prominent judge is dead. Hannah Sheraton, a troubled sixteen year-old-girl, is accused. When the legal community turns its back, and the judiciary decides to make an example of her and try her as an adult, only Josie Bates will defend her. Flawed and brilliant, Josie is committed to saving the girl, but the deeper she digs the more she realizes that politics and family history are a combustible and dangerous combination. When the truth is uncovered, it will either save Hannah or destroy them both.

Featured Book: When Murder Comes Home by Shana Frost

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Drawing out his gun, he pushed open the door. A dark abyss glared back.
He took out his torch and flashed it around…
Callan’s broad shoulders slumped, and he let out a breath between clenched teeth. Death had dipped its claws into Dachaigh again.

Ten guests, two murders, one inn. Who is responsible?
 
Aileen Mackinnon ditched spreadsheets and a steady salary for the adventurous shores of Loch Fuar in the Scottish Highlands.
 
Now she’s an amateur innkeeper to ten guests. But when one is murdered in his bed and an heirloom goes missing, can Aileen save the inn?
 
DI Callan Cameron won’t have her nosing about, but with another body he has little choice in the matter.
 
Tension sizzles as Aileen and Callan step into a world of murders, deceit and heists. They might not always see eye to eye, but can they agree whodunnit?

If books by Jullian Scott, Paul Austin Ardoin, DK Hood and Fiona Grace keep you up all night, When Murder Comes Home is the perfect puzzling mystery for you!

What readers are saying about this book:

“Shana Frost spools a great whodunnit with fun characters in When Murder Comes Home!”
-Joshua Grant, Bestselling Author and the Diabolic Shrimp 

“This makes for the perfect weekend read!”
-Mia Counts Lynch, Bookbub Reviewer

“I felt like I was part of the story. I could not put the book down.”
-Eileen Townsend, Goodreads Reviewer

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Featured Book: The Rislington Murders by Mike Willcox

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This is the first in a series of short fictional detective stories set in the 1930s, so if you are a lover of mystery books, then this story is for you. The Rislington Murders (Simply Not Just Cricket) is set in the fictional village of Rislington in the United Kingdom with a unique twist in the plot, combining the philandering of a local woman, an extramarital affair and childhood rejection. Although the setting for this murder mystery begins at the local cricket club, the plot thickens when it becomes evident that the bases for all the murders are far from the cricket club.

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