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Crucifixion Creek by Barry Maitland

Crucifixion Creek: New Excerpt

By Barry Maitland

November 2, 2015

Crucifixion Creek by Barry Maitland is the first thriller in a new trilogy set in Australia (available November 10, 2015). A meth-addicted biker shoots a woman during a police siege. An elderly couple commit suicide on the terrace of their favorite café. An unidentified white male is stabbed to death in the street. For Sydney…

Killer Nashville Noir: Cold-Blooded Sneak Peek: “Rich Talk”

By C. Hope Clark

October 27, 2015

We're excited to offer a sneak peek of “Rich Talk” by C. Hope Clark, a short story that will appear in full in Killer Nashville Noir: Cold-Blooded. Defense attorney Harlowe Franklin and his wife Lavella O’Hara Franklin have the perfect life until boredom rocks their worlds. Now both deal with the situation in their own…

Tenacity: A Thriller by J. S. Law

Tenacity: Exclusive Excerpt

By JS Law

October 27, 2015

Tenacity by J.S. Law is a military thriller where a suicide aboard a nuclear submarine turns out to be anything but (available November 3, 2015). An officer hangs himself in the engine room of naval submarine HMS Tenacity. A woman's murder bears disturbing similarities to an old case. Lieutenant Danielle “Dan” Lewis grasps for the…

What You See: New Excerpt

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

October 23, 2015

What You See by Hank Phillippi Ryan is the 4th thriller in the Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan series (available October 27, 2015). Why would a father abduct his own child? A wedding is planned in Jane Ryland's family, but there's a disaster instead. Nine-year-old Gracie-supposed to be the flower girl-has been taken by her…

Dark Reservations by John Fortunato

Dark Reservations: New Excerpt

By John Fortunato

October 16, 2015

Dark Reservations by John Fortunato is the debut mystery in the Joe Evers series about the Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent (available October 13, 2015). Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent Joe Evers still mourns the death of his wife and, after a bungled investigation, faces a forced early retirement. What he needs is…

The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander

The Adventuress: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

October 15, 2015

The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander is the 10th Victorian mystery in the Lady Emily series (available October 13, 2015). Emily and husband Colin have come to the French Riviera for what should be a joyous occasion – the engagement party of her lifelong friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, and Amity Wells, an American heiress. But…

Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver

Death Wears a Mask: New Excerpt

By Ashley Weaver

October 14, 2015

Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver is the 2nd historical cozy in the Amory Ames mystery series set in 1932 London (available October 13, 2015). Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory…

Strong Light of Day by Jon Land

Strong Light of Day: New Excerpt

By Jon Land

October 13, 2015

Texas ranger Caitlin Strong is involved in an international plot rooted in secrets from the Cold War in Strong Light of Day, the seventh installment of Jon Land's New York Times bestselling Caitlin Strong series. Caitlin Strong is a fifth generation Texas Ranger as quick with her wits as she is with her gun. Over…

What Happens in Reno: New Excerpt

By Mike Monson

October 6, 2015

What Happens in Reno by Mike Monson is a noir novella about an unhappily married, drunken gambler (available September 22, 2015). Matt Hodges is not a good husband. He’s unemployed, a drunk, and a compulsive gambler. His wife Lydia has basically written him off. However, with a small inheritance coming, Matt promised Lydia he’d not…

Blood Red: New Excerpt

By Wendy Corsi Staub

October 4, 2015

Blood Red by Wendy Corsi Staub is the first thriller in a new series set in Mundy's Landing, a picturesque town in New York's Hudson Valley with an unsolved murderous past (available September 29, 2015). The razor's gleaming blade slices effortlessly through skin and tendon, and he relishes the final anguished moments of his prey.…

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