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MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
Night Touch
John C. Hamilton (Author)
Christopher Price roams the dark streets of Manhattan, terrified of his past, searching for a future. Dr. Willard Pull: dentist and concerned citizen. Blood lust sends them on a collision course. One of them is a serial killer. The other is a vampire. Price’s dream is to shed his ancient curse and become human again. To keep up appearances, he has his canines filed down regularly by Dr. Willard Pull. Unfortunately for his patients, Dr. Pull is also a mass murderer. When one of his grisly crimes is uncovered, he decides in desperation to pin the blame on Price. Meanwhile, Price has fallen in love with Rachel, a beautiful and dangerous coworker at his security firm. But her father is an excommunicated priest who recognizes Price as an undead abomination. Alone and frightened with the whole world seemingly out to kill him, Price must piece together this twisted puzzle and clear his name. His adventure takes him from the bleak streets of New York to the labyrinthine horrors of Citadel Poienari in Romania, home of Vlad the Impaler, the real Count Dracula. Here Price must confront his dark heritage and embrace its evil ways in order to save his soul and the woman he loves.
Alzheimer’s: Dutiful Daughter
Don Canaan (Author), Shawn Graves (Author)
Everything changed when Laura turned thirteen and her father developed Alzheimer’s disease. She became the perfect caregiver daughter. She literally and figuratively became her dad’s caregiver. Just ask anyone who has ever known her, especially her schizophrenic mother. Laura devoted her life to taking care of her parents, even when it meant the loss of her own hopes and dreams. But as she matured, Laura decided it was time for her to reclaim her life. And she did so by setting off on a journey to gather the shattered pieces of her past so that she could forge a new future. Detective Liz Roberts, whose problems also include being abandoned by her birth mother, is assigned to a case when a confused man is found alone, wandering around the Big Fresno Fair, unable to tell anyone who he is or where he came from. The only clue to his identity is a piece of paper in his pocket that says, “My name is Larry.” As Liz uncovers his identity, she also begins to uncover long-kept secrets. Meanwhile, an upcoming family event may force the detective to face her own painful past.
Antiques Maul: (Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mysteries)
Barbara Allan (Author)
After her impossible-but-adorable mother quits the local theater group, Brandy Borne has a brilliant idea for keeping Mother out of trouble: open their own booth at the new antiques mall in town. But things turn grim when a body is found between the cigar-store Indian and the chamber pot. . . The local law believes that normally good-natured Brad Pit Bull, the victim’s dog, mauled its owner to death. But Brandy and Mother suspect the hound has been framed. And as Halloween approaches, true terror unmasks itself when Brandy’s young son, Jacob, goes missing. Now Brandy and her diva mom are on the hunt to find Jake before a devious killer can maul again. . .
Return to Innocence
G. M. Frazier (Author)
Glen Erskine is a gifted psychologist who serves as the director and chief of staff of New Horizons, a group home and counseling center for abused boys. Tommy Jackson is a thirteen-year-old victim of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse who has been taken into custody by the Department of Social Services after his mother was arrested for prostitution. At New Horizons, Tommy’s young life finally seems to be coming together. But when he falls into an illicit relationship with one of the staff members, things begin to spiral out of control and Tommy strikes back in a tangled web of deceit that turns Glen’s life upside down. Set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in and around Charleston, this is a disturbing yet poignant tale of love and sacrifice, commitment and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption—and a riveting inside look at the processes and agendas involved in the prosecution of child sex abuse case.
The Twisted Sister
Toni Zobin (Author)
Two sisters, Lauren and Cheryl have secrets they have kept from one another for decades. Lauren’s secret involved an error in judgment she made as a young wife, a mistake that caused her husband to up and leave her, taking their young daughter with him. She was never able to find them. Cheryl had secrets as well, but unlike those of her older sibling, these did not involve mistakes or errors in judgment. Instead, they involved deliberate acts, motivated by a pathological need for revenge against her unsuspecting sister. Secrets never last and when circumstances expose the truth their lives are changed forever, only one for the better.
Double Impact (Watch Me Die & McGrave)
Lee Goldberg (Author)
arvey Mapes is a 26-year-old security guard who spends his nights in a guard shack outside a gated community in Southern California, reading detective novels, watching reruns, and waiting for his life to finally start… which happens when Cyril Parkus, one of the wealthy residents, asks Harvey to follow his beautiful wife Lauren. The lowly security guard jumps at the opportunity to fulfill his private eye fantasies and use everything he’s learned from Spenser, Magnum, and Mannix. But things don’t exactly go according to the books…or the reruns. As Harvey fumbles and stumbles through his first investigation, he discovers that the differences between fiction and reality can be deadly.
Blabbermouth (A Brit Moran Mystery)
Joel Travis (Author)
After his compact car is hit by a large truck, Brit Moran believes that his final moments are imminent, and makes a lengthy deathbed confession to operating an illegal sports gambling racket in Dallas for five years. Fortunately, Moran’s injuries are not fatal; unfortunately, his compromising admissions have been heard by a motley assortment of bedside visitors, including a local police detective and the younger brother of Cesar Hernandez, Moran’s backer in his bookmaking business. The book follows, courtesy of Moran’s often hilarious first-person narration, the consequences of his ill-timed frankness, which include assault, vandalism, theft and murder. When the police identify Moran as the prime suspect in the killing, he embarks on an amateurish and offbeat quest for the truth. Readers who like to smile while reading a whodunit should hope that the author manages to enmesh his creation in further investigations.
Lost Girls (Black Ops)
Bob Mayer (Author)
Deep in the forests of Kentucky, a girl is held captive. In Oklahoma, a young preschool teacher is murdered in front of her students. In the Panhandle of Florida, a college undergrad is kidnapped from a nightclub.These seemingly unrelated crimes catch the eye of the Cellar, the ultrasecret cell of operatives set up to police all other government agencies. Cellar operatives Gant and Neeley, along with profiler Susan Golden, must track down those responsible. But these are not ordinary criminals. They are a highly trained Special Forces sniper team. Crisscrossing the United States as new Cellar head Hannah Masterson calls the shots from up high, the Cellar operatives soon find themselves being targeted. Whoever is behind this knows the ultra top-secret Cellar’s tactics all to well. Underneath this web of death, deceit, and revenge lies an even more shocking crime . . . a conspiracy that powerful men will sacrifice their lives — and the lives of their families — to protect.
Black Ops The Omega Sanction
Bob Mayer (Author)
The most frightening weapon ever invented can be unleashed by a single person. And now, they have chosen her. On the border between Croatia and Bosnia, a killer practices his art on UN Peacekeeping troops, leaving handless bodies on display on crosses. In a trailer near Fort Bragg, a hitman targets a computer genius who has uncovered information more explosive than he could ever guess. And in an ancient, abandoned castle in Germany, a teenage girl is plunged into living hell—one that will take her into the heart of a murderous Middle Eastern plot. The only mistake the bad guy’s make, is not taking into account her father is Special Forces. Now only one Special Forces operative can stop two madmen from turning the girl into a devastating biological weapon. In a series of brutal covert operations, Thorpe must battle not only the enemy, but betrayal from his own side to not only stop the weapon, but save the daughter of his best friend.
She’s Not There
Marla Madison (Author)
Women are missing . . . Is the rising number of abused women who’ve gone missing a statistical anomaly? Or is a serial killer targeting this vulnerable group of women? When the Milwaukee Police Department refuses to investigate because no bodies have been discovered, Lisa Rayburn, the clinical psychologist who discovers the anomaly, is drawn into an investigation to discover the cause after one of her own clients goes missing. She finds herself forming an unlikely alliance with a former policewoman turned security consultant, TJ Peacock, and the husbands of two of the missing women who may themselves be murderers.
When TJ is attacked, and a woman looking remarkable like Lisa is found murdered, they know . . . someone is willing to kill to protect his secret. Can they reveal the killer before he gets to them?
The Three: A Death Dealer Novel
Will Van Stone Jr (Author)
Dylan Jacob Bradshaw is a special boy. He is a telekinetic and telepath, able to manipulate the world around him with a thought as well as delve into the deepest parts of a person’s mind. He is also one of the deadliest assassins of the Order of Three, an ancient fraternity of the world’s elite killers. At fifteen, he is also the youngest. Along with his hacker partner, Cody Markus, he is sent out to kill the drug pushers, the child molesters, the sweet old grandfathers. He embraces his dark side, and that dark side could be the end of not only his career, but his life. When he is sent to infiltrate, and kill, a group of especially twisted pedophiles, he cracks, and goes on a killing rampage. When the Order of Three discovers how much blood he had on his hands, they bar him from their walls; the only home he knows… They send The Three, the deadliest assassins of the Order, to properly dispose of him. He seeks sanctuary with a power telekinetic and telepath and her son, who teach him how to effectively use his special abilities in ways the Order never did, who themselves are hunted by a mad sociopath bent on destroying them. To survive, he must learn just how powerful he is and use everything he has at his disposal to make his way back to the Order and uncover truths he never knew were out there.
His KingdomS Come: The Parousia Project
Robert Kiger (Author)
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Dr. Miles St. Clair spends his days cooped up in a laboratory studying broken ancient DNA sequences to repair them. Miles was widowed during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and since then he’s devoted his life to Ancient DNA Recovery Technologies, Inc., the genetics company he founded. To the outside world, Miles’ work may appear obscure, but it catches the attention of New Orbital Investigative Systems (NOIS ), a group of wealthy scientists, businessmen,and entrepreneurs. They fund a generous grant to support his work on the Holy Shroud of Turin, rumored to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, from which Miles uses extracted DNA to compare for a possible match to other alleged religious relics. When NOIS invites Miles to France to consult on the DNA sampling of the remains of a Visigoth king, he realizes there is more to his benefactors than meets the eye. In Paris, they assign him to a security detail…moments before informing him that the Twin Towers in New York were targeted because they housed his laboratories. By destroying him and his research in one fell swoop, the attackers hoped to prevent the very thing for which he had been brought to Europe, the cloning of a French king believed to be a direct descendant of Jesus, the Christ. Reeling from these stunning revelations and a subsequent attempts on his life, Miles is torn between ethical and religious limitations and his hunger for scientific advancement. Fans of The Da Vinci Code will be intrigued by this scientific look at the legend of the Knights Templar, and all readers will be fascinated with Miles’ dual identities of a man of faith and a man of science.
Carnival of Hope
George Hamilton (Author)
Tomas, a poor, idealistic educator forced to teach in secret, and Thereza, a determined young woman aching to escape the heart wrenching everyday tragedies of the Northeast Brazilian shanty, where they struggle to survive, become ensnared in a carnival competition offering hope of a better future in the South. But soon, the competition spirals into a life threatening deception by corrupt traffickers, plunging the young loves into a fight for their relationship and lives.
A Soul To Steal
Rob Blackwell (Author)
Something is stalking the citizens of Loudoun County, Va. Is it the return of the notorious serial killer known as Lord Halloween? Or is it something worse–a figure that can cloak itself as your worst nightmare? Kate and Quinn, two community journalists, rush to uncover the truth before a promised bloodbath on Halloween night. The debut novel from award-winning journalist Rob Blackwell, A Soul to Steal balances mystery, suspense, romance, action and the paranormal, building to a gripping and unforgettable conclusion. Fans of Stephen King, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stephenie Meyer and Jim Butcher will find A Soul to Steal an addictive page-turner. A Soul to Steal is the first book in a gripping new trilogy, The Sanheim Chronicles.
TOUGH CHOICES
Cliff Bonner (Author)
Dylan was a young man, flunked out of college just a couple of years now, and he already faced a boring and purposeless future in a small Montana town. But after his mother’s death, two U.S. Marshal’s Deputies inform him of an important secret she had kept from him his entire life, and his future becomes anything but dull. He embarks on an adventure unimagined, leading a search for a killer, taking him from the wilds of Montana to the concrete jungle of Las Vegas. In his new role he finds love, purpose, and strong friendships. His beautiful, too good for him, girlfriend Joan joins him in his search, setting off his emotions and expanding his horizons even farther. There are no leads, or evidence of any kind when his team begins its search, but they have a secret weapon. And when they unleash it, clues begin to emerge. Soon there are real suspects and even more secrets emerging, leading them into an undercover world of national intelligence and mob style drug rings. They encounter crooked cops and FBI agents, evil assasins and common snitches. So how does a group of rural small town folk deal with such a big city crime scene? Surprisingly well.
RELATIVE DANGER
June Shaw (Author)
Spunky widowed Cealie Gunther is a woman of a certain age whose zeal for adventure keeps her in the thick of things…like trouble. She pops up in town early to watch her motherless granddaughter Kat graduate, only to discover that because of a custodian’s death–accidental–or murder–graduation might not take place. Determined to find the truth, Cealie snags a job as a substitute teacher, exposing violence, lurking menace and more disturbing questions than answers. The only thing certain is that a killer has decided Cealie and her grandchild need to be expelled… permanently.
The End Of Superhero Man
Chris Welsh (Author)
Superhero Man was never adored, but he continued his work anyway. He was the only superhero in The City, had unlimited powers at his disposal and a clear goal to aim for…but then his powers were stolen. The End Of Superhero Man tells the story of how he attempted to get them back. It follows the hero as he digs deeper into the mystery, meets people he’s known for years for the first time and finds out just who it is who is playing with him. From his humble apartment to every corner of The City and beyond, follow this mixed-up superhero on his darkly-comic quest to fix his broken life and finally, maybe, get The Girl.
The Execution
Sharon Cramer (Author, Illustrator), Bonnie Lea Elliott (Editor)
A young, tormented priest must see those to be executed. It is a thankless job, one D’ata dreads. Nevertheless, he does it kindly and with compassion. He gives them a chance at eternal life, listening to their confessions and offering absolution before they go to the gallows. Tonight, however, nothing can prepare him for what he finds when he goes to the dungeons to see the last one, the mercenary—the murderer. On this night, he is forced to recount the design of his own torment and fate. His own redemption is at stake and the sins he’d tried so desperately to forget are laid naked before his grief-stricken eyes. When morning breaks, he has a decision to make… Set in fourteenth century France, it is an epic, two-sided tale, woven amidst the cataclysms of that magnificent and wretched time. Cramer is superb at taking your heart into her hands. Gripping and poignant, this story will surprise you, making you remember what perfect love and absolute hate truly feel like, for what is the cost of true freedom? WARNING: Do not read in public, or they may think you’ve gone mad with demons of your own!
A QUESTION OF LOYALTY
Judy Hawkins (Author), Kiran Spees (Illustrator)
What are all those former KGB field agents doing now? Marta Alexander is about to find out in the worst possible way. Just when she finally feels safe, the sudden growled whisper of her KGB activation code sends the sleeper spy running straight into the arms of FBI agent Matt Barton. Matt and Marta enter the wild world of international intrigue where there are no longer any rules and no one knows who’s in charge. Through a dangerous sting operation the two reveal a shadowy network of former KGB agents running interference for international drug cartels and terrorists. Marta, drawn to Matt and to his faith, finds for herself the glory of rebirth in Christ. Matt finds in Marta the soul mate he has bee praying for all his life.
The Shekinah Legacy
Gary Lindberg (Author)
International cable TV journalist Charlotte Ansari and her Asperger’s son are caught literally in the crossfire of history when terrorists, the CIA, Mossad (Israeli intelligence) and the Vatican all converge in a pulse-pounding search for two relics that could eviscerate Christianity and forever change the balance of power in the world. Three decades ago, Charlotte’s mother suddenly vanished with no trace. The mystery was never solved. Then suddenly, on the same day that Charlotte’s home is attacked by terrorists, her son receives an email from the grandmother that he has never known. The coded message catapults Charlotte and her son on a dangerous mission to India and Kashmir to find the only objects that can save the old woman’s life. Unfortunately, Charlotte and her autistic son don’t know what they are looking for. The Shekinah Legacy is a thriller in the tradition of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and James Rollins. In this provocative novel, author Gary Lindberg uses the form of the thriller to explore the limits and perils of belief.
Scot-Rich: The Scorchers
T. Anwar Clark (Author)
When an arsonist at-large threatens the safety of Warwick City’s citizens by choosing victims at random, Alexander suspects it is the beginning stage of a much more sinister plot. Armed with only street smarts, good humor, and an itch for the thrills of action, he becomes an amature sleuth along with Jeremy and discover that The Scorchers aren’t choosing their victims at random; they’re all being hand picked; and from there is when they decide to make an energetic attempt to stop what might be the largest mass homicide in the history of Warwick City… Hopefully, without becoming The Scorchers next victims.
Death in Spigg’s Wood
Linda Gruchy (Author)
The police are called to a sadistic attack in Spigg’s Wood in the quiet Essex countryside. Meg Rusher, mother of three, and erstwhile kickboxing champion, has shot and wounded one man and seriously injured another. In self-defence, she claims. The men and the evidence at the scene contradict this. DI Hal Hedley and his team investigate, but their discoveries lead to injustice and death.
CHAMELEON
Ken McClure (Author)
Women are dying in Kerr Memorial Hospital. They are dying at an alarming rate from post-operative wound infections which are resistant to antibiotics and the authorities cannot find the source of the problem. As the situation threatens to get out of control, the hospital staff are under mounting pressure and nerves are stretched to breaking point. The Home Office send an outsider, surgeon Scott Jamieson, to investigate and Jamieson soon finds himself in a maelstrom of accusation and counter-accusation. Is this outbreak the result of deliberate contamination or just a freak strain of bacteria? As he tiptoes through a minefielf of explosive personalities, Jamieson begins to suspect that the truth might be far more horrific than anyone could have imagined in their worst nightmares.
BERGSCHRUND (CHASM)
Okamoto (Author)
The Nazis killed the love of his life. Now, Austrian amateur mountain-climber and modern art dealer Stefan Zeit will join up in a daring plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. BERGSCHRUND (CHASM) is an espionage thriller set in late 1930′s Europe. In it, a former amateur mountain climber and modern art dealer named Stefan Zeit, living in Paris as an expatriate from his native Austria, is drawn to Berlin by the disappearance of the woman he loves. He soon finds that she was involved in a clandestine Anti-Nazi group and was picked up for interrogation by the S.D., the military intelligence service within the Gestapo. After more searching, he finds gruesome proof that she was executed shortly after interrogation. With some difficulty he manages to contact the leader of the Anti-Nazi cell, who turns out to be a former German cabaret singer and film star named Lily Anders. Stefan announces to Lily Anders that he personally intends to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and he asks for her help. My novel describes their daring plot against Hitler’s life, which involves Stefan going back to climbing mountains as a “cover,” as well as the accelerating series of setbacks and mischances that threaten to expose it and send them both to the execution cellars.
The Doll Collection
Joanna Stephen-Ward (Author)
Murders that look like accidents. Accidents that looks like murders. A psychological thriller. A couple and their young son burn to death in a house fire. A girl dies from a nut allergy. A woman falls under a train during the rush hour. An accountant falls down the steps to his basement. Their deaths appear to be accidents. Only Gloria knows they were murders, because she murdered them. Each time she kills someone she buys a doll. A shy young man who has had a nervous breakdown, advertises for a lodger to solve his financial problems. Gloria moves in. He has no idea she has already murdered six people. His life becomes a nightmare. As her character becomes more twisted, it is no longer enough to kill her victims. First she must wreck their lives and witness their suffering.
TRADE
Oliver M Bishop (Author), Street Light Graphics (Photographer)
North meets South in this Thriller from Oliver Bishop. Southern boy Jimmy Joe Walters feels like he won a prize when he snatches sixteen year-old Kerry from the small town of Conway, Indiana. When she escapes, he becomes obsessed with getting her back. Unable to get near Kerry, he kidnaps the older sister to trade for the one he wants. Twenty-year-old Emma Stewart is equally determined he will never get her sister back and is willing to do anything to prevent that from happening, even murder.
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Stand-Up and Die
Pat Dennis (Author)
Stand-Up and Die is a mystery novel set in the funny, dark and necrotic world of stand-up comedy. Meet plus sized Mannie Grand – comedienne and amateur sleuth. When a fellow comic dies on-stage, Mannie sets out to kind the killer. Awarded the Merit Award for Fiction from the Independent Publishers Association. “Her characters are as wacky as one would except from a professional comedienne. This book won’t scare you to death, but it may make you die from laughing….” Heartland Reviews.
Russo’s Gold
Scott Pratt (Author)
Charlie Story is just getting started in life. She’s graduated from law school and is trying to make her own way. But when she takes up the case of an elderly neighbor, she unwittingly inherits something that will change her life forever.
Reasonable Fear (Joe Dillard)
Scott Pratt (Author)
“Reasonable Fear” is the fourth of the acclaimed Joe Dillard series offered by Scott Pratt. The series has encompassed legal thriller, legal mystery, and legal suspense, and has been favorably compared to the master, John Grisham. In this novel, Joe Dillard has become the district attorney in Northeast Tennessee and is confronted with the most difficult case of his life. Three young women have been murdered, and Dillard becomes deeply involved in the case with Sheriff Leon Bates. Dillard soon realizes that he is up against an enemy that he has never before encountered; someone so rich and so powerful that the course of justice could easily be altered by money and politics. When the villains start threatening Dillard’s family, he asks himself the most difficult question he has ever faced: “When is it reasonable under the law to kill? What circumstances make it reasonable to use violence to defend one’s own family?” Dillard’s life, and the lives of his wife and children, will depend on the answer, and on the strength of his character.
Nation At Risk
John Brinling (Author)
An action-filled rollercoaster ride with more subplots than seeds in a watermelon, and you will never view space travel the same way again. Political intrigue, Jihadists with A-bombs, Islamic Fundamentalism, Christian Fundamentalism, the Israeli Defense Force, and ordinary street crime are just some of the elements stuffed between the two covers of this epic adventure.
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Thanks for the great list.
So many great free books ..I just keep adding to my Kindle.Thanks so much