detective

RUN GIRL RUN by Willow Rose

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

RUN GIRL RUN by Willow Rose

Willow Rose’s beloved detective, Harry Hunter is back in this thrilling second installment of the bestselling series.
When a mother and her child are pulled out of the harbor in their car, the case seems pretty straightforward for Miami PD and Detective Harry Hunter.

Everything points to a murder-suicide.

They were homeless, living in their car, and the mother decided to end it all for them both by driving into the water.

But the case is not what it looks like, Detective Harry Hunter soon realizes.

Harry’s daughter is carrying devastating knowledge about their deaths, and soon she becomes the killer’s next target.

As Harry races to protect her, he is betrayed by someone he thought he knew, leaving him terrified of trusting anyone in a town filled with liars.

Can’t Stop The Funk by H Max Hiller

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

Louisiana State Patrol Detective “Cadillac” Holland finds more than he was looking for when he sought a simple answer to who wanted to buy homes in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. It’s a tale of disaster capitalism involving multiple efforts to rebuild the city’s poorest neighborhood as election day approaches. Nobody is who they appear to be and everyone’s motives become increasingly suspect. It’s up to Detective Holland to navigate the political and territorial swamp he finds himself in while just trying to help a friend.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I am among the many who left New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, finding the recovery to be more dangerous and painful than the storm itself. Property values have skyrocketed in my absence and make it financially challenging to return, despite the city having ample housing and a reduced population. Researching the causes of this situation led me to stories of other cities worldwide that have endured skewed housing markets as well, and decided to find a way to make an interesting story out of a very complicated set of facts and statistics. As one character says "What ought to be illegal ain’t always a crime."

Six John Jordan Mysteries by Michael Lister

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

A missing mom and a suspicious death force a reluctant detective out of self-imposed exile in these fast-paced mystery thrillers.

Six novels in the critically-acclaimed John Jordan series from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Michael Lister.

Includes a Special Introduction by Michael Connelly

Targeted Age Group:: adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Real-life and true crime cases and actual events I experienced while working in the Florida Department of Corrections.

Featured Book: Sins of the Father (The Chronicles of Detective Marcus Rose) Volume 3 by A.D. White

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

Detective Marcus Rose enters the emergency room on a stretcher in critical condition after someone has shot him three times. The story then jumps back four weeks to the murder case that ultimately leads to his shooting. Cops have found
25-year-old Sarah Murphy in her home with a fatal stab wound in her back and
through her heart. The number “347” is written in blood on a bathroom mirror. Two other recent killings, one in Virginia and the other in Maryland, have the same M.O., from the manner of death to the bloody number on a mirror. Marcus and his partner, Detective Logan Steele, lock onto a suspect quickly, even if they initially only connect him to two of the victims. As the local newspaper picks up the story and dubs the serial killer “the Boogey Man,” Marcus, believing there’s a chance they don’t have the right culprit yet, continues to investigate. Deciphering the cryptic numbers at the scenes may be the answer to solving the murders. In this story, the homicide unit’s new sergeant, Reginald Powell, offers comic relief, as his
intermittent mumbling renders orders incomprehensible. The lead detective (Marcus Rose) is, as always, profound. He’s a germophobe who often uses hand sanitizer, but it’s apparent that Marcus is also trying to wash away “the stink of crime,”
especially at home with his wife, Gina. You will be anticipating the confrontation that lands Marcus in the hospital. The twists and turns will leave you holding on as you arrive at the stunning conclusion.

Buy Sins of the Father (The Chronicles of Detective Marcus Rose) Volume 3 Here

A.D. White’s Amazon Profile

The Milkman: Book I by Greg Buck

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

The Milkman: Book I by Greg Buck

If you were offered $10,000 dollars to make someone ‘disappear’, what would you do?

Jesse Hardner is nineteen years old and working as a milk man to support himself through college. Since an accident which killed his father and injured his mother, Jesse has also taken on the role of carer. He has far less time than he’d like to shoot hoops with his friends, develop his relationship with the girl he’s fallen for, and get his old Firebird back on the road. As if life wasn’t hard enough without his mentor and role model.

Gradually, with his mother on the long road to recovery, life seems to be improving. That is until the day he witnesses a domestic incident at the home of one of his customers and finds himself dragged unwillingly into their problems. Things reach an alarming peak when he discovers a note addressed to him in the family’s milk box.

Selected without his consent, Jesse faces the daunting task of ridding the community of a violent drug dealer, along with all of his baggage. If he is not careful, Jesse could lose everything he loves and has rebuilt.

Featured Book: Parlez-Vous Murder? by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

While American Jules Hooker is on vacation, a bomb explodes over the Riviera, destroying technology and leaving Jules stranded in Provence where she must make a living by solving murders the old-fashioned way—without help from DNA, databases, CSI crime labs or the police.

Buy Parlez-Vous Murder? Here

Susan Kiernan-Lewis’s Website
Follow Susan Kiernan-Lewis on Facebook
Susan Kiernan-Lewis’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: The Redhead is Dead by Chris Ingram

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

Donna Rand has had it up to here with the late-night banging from the apartment upstairs. She needs her rest; in her job as assignment editor at Boston’s top TV news department, Donna is orchestrating coverage of the most lurid crime spree to hit New England since the Boston Strangler: the Packing Crate Killer case. Thanks to her noisy neighbor she finds herself enmeshed in a story that could cost her far more than a few sleepless nights. If she’s not careful, she’ll become part of the story; dismembered and neatly packaged in a wooden crate like all the other victims.

Buy The Redhead is Dead Here

Chris Ingram’s Website
Follow Chris Ingram on Facebook
Chris Ingram’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: Vanished: A Luca Mystery – Book 2 by Dan Petrosini

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

Obsession can be deadly.
That’s what Dom Stewart discovers when his buddy, Phil, goes missing. Dom has long coveted Robin, Phil’s beautiful wife, … is it time for him to step in?
Detective Luca is also dazzled by Robin; even while acknowledging she may be involved in Phil’s disappearance. Luca struggles with his heart as the investigation reveals the case is about much more than a missing man. Something dark and disturbing is behind the scenes. Is there a murder here?
As fraud and romantic interests verging on pathological fixation emerge, the question remains: what happened to Phil?

Buy Vanished: A Luca Mystery – Book 2 Here

Dan Petrosini’s Website
Follow Dan Petrosini on Twitter

Vardin Homecoming by Maggie Spence

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

Vardin Homecoming by Maggie Spence

Six former friends from Vardin Village reluctantly reunite eight years after the devastating homecoming weekend that tore apart their lifelong friendship.
When they were seniors at Vardin Village High, they weren’t supposed to be in the abandoned Butler Building after the homecoming dance but the adventure seemed harmless enough… until they find their friend’s dead body.
After fleeing the building just one step ahead of the police chief, the six teenagers make a decision to keep quiet about their presence at the crime scene and never tell a soul.
Fast forward eight years; the murder has never been solved. The teenagers are now young adults with successful careers and unlimited potential. Andrea is the only one of the six still living in Vardin Village and when new evidence comes to light, she knows the truth must be told. She contacts her former friends who have more reasons now to keep their secret than they did eight years ago. This homecoming weekend means they’re all coming home to face the consequences and hopefully, solve the murder.

A Step Ahead of Death by Scott McPherson

By Mystery Reads Curator Leave a Comment

A Step Ahead of Death by Scott McPherson

Jack Sharp is just an ordinary family physician living in Nebraska. As a former missionary and military physician, his background is anything but ordinary, but he finds quiet satisfaction in the normal routine of a simple life. However, his uncomplicated life is thrown into chaos when he discovers the body of a murdered young woman dumped beside a bike path.
Jack finds himself juggling the drama of the murder investigation with the concerns of his patients and his medical practice. His medical expertise seems to be an asset in the case, but a dear friend, Kathy, needs his help when she receives dramatic news of her own.
Alicia Winters is running for her life and is doing her best to stay hidden. The compassion and generosity of an old farmer and his daughter initially arouse her suspicions, but soon lead her to examine her own motives. As her pursuers close in, she finds herself running out of options and must choose between saving her life and risking it for these people who have come to mean everything to her.
Meanwhile, detectives Rebecca Sweate and Justin Samuelson are piecing together the details of the murder, but what they’re discovering is leading them to the last person anyone would suspect. When another girl goes missing, the detectives uncover startling facts from Jack’s past that link him not only to the murdered girl but to a broader international conspiracy whose head doesn’t mind running over anyone who gets in the way.