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Cookies and Murder, A Parker Bell Humorous Mystery, Book 7

A cookie factory being burned down in a small Florida town, Miss Suzie's Delicious CC (chocolate chip) Cookies that may or may not be part of a drug cartel aka the Bunny Hop Gang and then there's the unfortunate murder - let's face it, what murder is ever fortunate - of the new owner of the cookie factory. It's time for Parker Bell and the always sugar-and-caffeine infused Lady Gatorettes to solve ...

A Case of Strangulation by a Stranger

When an asthma patient under Laurel Benson’s care dies, the ER nurse quickly realizes it wasn’t of natural causes. Faint bruising around the neck indicates the woman was strangled, right there in the recovery room! Always a champion for her patients, the headstrong nurse is determined to find out who’s to blame and how they got past her watchful eye. The hospital is keeping the cause of death un ...

Tori Hartley Mystery

From Book 1: Is it a murderer or a ghost?
Tori Hartley rents out one of the magnifice ...

Crime of Intent

- A nervous gunman. - A terrified hostage. A Texas Rangers lawman is quickly dispatched to the scene. But can he succeed in hostage negotiations before death becomes the tragic outcome? This Prequel to the Austin and Archer Mystery Series provides a compelling insight into Dan Archer, the hard-hitting, no-nonsense Texas Rangers lawman, prior to becoming a partner in the Austin and Archer Detective ...

12 Days of Murder

The holidays are hard enough for widowed NYC detective Frank Schultt without the gifts of a Christmas serial killer and a handsome FBI criminalist. On the first day of Christmas, a serial killer gave to me, twelve holiday murders… A killer is on the loose in New York City during the Christmas holidays and it’s up to NYC Detective Frank Schultt and his partner to figure out who the killer is and pu ...

The Case of the Missing Peke

Sadie's Vow

New York, 1872. Sadie McGillicuddy’s word is her bond. Swearing to her dying mother to always protect her willful sister, she’s soon tested when her beautiful younger sibling runs off into the night. Jumping on a San Francisco train in hot pursuit, the resourceful young woman evades a gangland enforcer’s unwanted attention with the help of a handsome stranger. Count Dolphie Westerhoven’s future ...

The Advocate Series (13 Book Series)

From Book 1: For Sabre Orin Brown, life is good; she has it all...or would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. The search for her brother and her career as a Juvenile Court Attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any length to obtain custody. 
Sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered ques ...

Zero Trust

He made a tragic mistake. Will more missteps lead to his own demise? Andy Flint can’t escape his devastating guilt. Determined to bring the man responsible for his boy’s murder to justice, the disgraced former CIA officer heads to Brussels to meet an old friend and colleague. But their rendezvous turns bloody when a machine gun-toting assassin sends her to the hospital, several people to the morgu ...

The Enforcers

Chloe and Caleb are two people who have been thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Chloe is a former assassin for hire who is trying to reinvent herself as an investigator in the bustling metropolis of Junction City. Her first case proves to be far more complicated than expected, she finds a deceased Samuel Adams with a wicked knife sticking out of his groin - and all fingers point to her. C ...

Hatchet

One determined detective. One thorough medical examiner. And the serial killer that brings them together. Connecticut State Police Detective Wesley Dawson will stop at nothing until this maniac serial killer is locked up and put away for good. With bodies piling up and his older sister living on the streets, Wes refuses to let anything get in his way. The crimes are gruesome, and nobody is safe wi ...

Devil's Claw: A Logan McKenna Mystery Book 3

Someone is slaughtering the innocent. That someone has Logan’s daughter. Facing her worst fears, Logan must find and stop a killer before all is lost.

It's summer, and with a new job, a new life, and plenty of time for her music, life couldn't be better for Logan. She and her daughter, Amy, home from Africa, even rescue an orphaned sea otter pup. They help nurse it back to health ...

Dead Winner

NEW RELEASE -- Pre-Order now for $2.99 -- 40% off -- Delivery to your Kindle November 22nd. Be careful what you wish for . . . Rory McEntyre is a lonely trusts & estates attorney who plays the hero inside video games. Then, his old flame, Monica, walks into his office with a $60 million winning lottery ticket and a world of trouble. Monica’s husband, Tom, is dead, apparently from a self-inflic ...

The ForEver Child

She was two, and yet she was twenty. How could she be both in the space of twenty-four hours? ‘I call it a Revolution,’ she explained. As Crane Industries unveils its latest medical advance to ward of illness and aging, journalist Luke Maynard gets the opportunity to lift the lid on what it really does, and why Jason Crane, it’s founder and brilliant scientist CEO has shrouded himself in secrecy f ...

Narco Noir

A bitter past drives Acapulco’s first female police detective into a Hollywood film starring lies and murder when she goes undercover to catch a killer. As the camera rolls, Detective Emilia Cruz will face her toughest case yet. After witnessing the execution-style murder of a taxi driver, Emilia replaces him behind the wheel. Undercover with a false identity, her target is a shadowy gang extor ...

Murder, Cottonwood Style, An Adventure Calls Mystery

Threats can't stop this sassy sleuth from finding a killer! Arizona’s Red Rock country beckons, and tour guide Madrone Hunter’s ready for a relaxing week after a tough tour guiding and cooking for finicky clients. Her plans—explore scenic small town Cottonwood, AZ—fall flat as a bad soufflé when a crusty elderly client with a vindictive streak turns up dead…murdered. Since Madrone discovers the bo ...

Prizm

He’s trying to reckon with his failures. Has his determination to deliver justice painted a target on his back? Former CIA agent Andy Flint is doing his best to rebuild his life. Taking a European trip to visit a close colleague recovering from gunshot wounds, he’s surprised by an urgent request from an old connection to meet. But his catch-up over coffee in Brussels turns deadly when the man is s ...

Finding Pegasus

In the remote and gloomy mountains of Hungary, a renegade Silicon Valley billionaire is the money man behind a modern-day troop of brownshirts training in an ancient castle that once sheltered Vlad the Impaler. Military inventor Mark McGinley and ex-Navy engineer Kate Hall race from Miami to Paris to Hungary and back to recover Pegasus, the miniature space-age submarine they’ve built for the CI ...

Nomad (4 Book Series)

From Book 1: Read the novel voted Science Fiction Book of the Year*, now in development as a major motion picture. Nomad is the first book in a new four-part epic from million-copy bestseller Matthew Mather.

Humanity only has days to prepare. Can one family survive?

SOMETHING MASSIVE IS COMING, and it's heading for Earth. That's what astronomer Ben ...

Weight of the Badge

Madison deCordova is tackling one of her strangest ‘cases’ yet. A woman contacts In a Pinch, begging for Madison to keep her from killing someone. She hangs up before giving her name, or that of her possible victim. It could be a prank. Someone looking for attention. A lost soul reaching out for help. Yet the woman’s voice holds true worry, flavored with fear. The call sends chills down Maddy’s s ...

Dead Secret

All the intel points to his kid as the perp. But the truth could get them both killed… Andy Flint is on the mend and off the booze. Hoping to reconnect with his estranged adult son, he arranges to meet him in New Zealand and walk the stunning Milford Track. But before they can reunite, a massacre at Wellington’s UN intelligence station leaves his boy as the only survivor… and the prime suspect in ...

Ella Perri Mystery Series

Please note: the first link is to the first 2 books in my series and the second link is to the 3rd book!

 

Families have secrets.

Some secrets are locked, sealed, and taken to the grave. Others beg to be told. They ooze through cracks a little at a time. You tease them out until an ugly truth is fully exposed. Ella Perri knows there ...

Oceanberry Blues

Gemini Reed is desperately searching for a cure for her dying husband, Leo. After finding a drug trial at Charming General Hospital in the seaside town of Charming, Oregon, she and Leo arrive to find the director of the program, Doctor Wilson, inexplicably missing. With the clock ticking, Gemini is determined to find Doctor Wilson before it's too late for Leo. But Feather Jones, the town's salon o ...

Bad Behavior

Be careful what you wish for. It drives Nicholas Harlow nuts that his employer, Edward Harlow, refuses to promote his Aunt Civility etiquette books to the public, instead opting to give lectures to like-minded societies. When Nicholas tricks his brother into a speaking event at a popular bookstore, the attendees include Edward’s former college English professor – a smarmy Lothario with his own ...

The Retreat

You can stay, but you may never leave... For guests who spend a week at Arcania, a wellness retreat in the Outer Banks for those wanting to digitally detox, the gothic mansion is a welcome haven. Others aren't so lucky. When Lucy's mother dies unexpectedly and a mysterious Viking tattoo reveals a link to Arcania, Lucy books a week at the retreat. Cora Medville, the owner, seems welcoming eno ...

A Honky Tonk Night and Murder

Cyber consultant and best-selling author Parker Bell is lured back to Po’thole (Po Ho to the locals and Pothole by anyone north of the Florida Georgia line) by the untimely death of her childhood friend, a city commissioner who voted against a riverfront casino and boardwalk. Is the Mafia trying to take over a small, sleepy Southern town or a bunch of misfit, crazy local politicians who are plotti ...

All the Devils Are Here

Zeus Cubberly, successful conspiracy author and master of all things high tech, receives a bewildering message from his high school bully, a felon recently murdered in their sleepy New Jersey hometown. A photograph of Adolf Hitler’s legal heir, a corporate magnetic room key, and a library card are among the arcane clues sent him, accompanied by a challenge Zeus cannot resist. Unlocking the d ...

Three Confess: A Silas McKay Suspense

When Silas investigates a case of intellectual property theft, he has too much of everything. Too many suspects. Too many distractions. Too many feelings. Circuitry Innovations of Dallas has developed a new type of semiconductor. Sales are pouring in, but when the CEO learns a Chinese tech company in Shanghai has an identical product, he hires Silas, head of operations for Discreet Corporate ...

Spirits on the Salish Sea: a Spirited Paranormal Cozy

Rhee Abbott is a reluctant witch with powers that never seem to do what she wants. But her new job as manager of the Drake's Rest Inn is her chance to start over with the normal life she has always yearned for--until she finds a dead body in a guest room just days before the Inn's grand opening. Even worse, she discovers that the dead have begun to talk to her when the victim's ghost begins to fol ...

B is for Bonnie

Bonnie’s about to take you on the ride of your life…that is, if you can convince her to let you join the club. This feisty, sultry anti-heroine, and her rebel renegades will have you falling hard, secretly rooting for the bad guys, and craving more. Join Bonnie, aka Bee, and the Boys for the biggest heist yet. Betrayal, jealousy, and emotions run rampant in this Why Choose/Reverse Harem Bonnie and ...

The Betrayal of Lies

Feisty private eye, Emily Parker, is finally moving forward in her relationship with the hunky Paradise Valley police detective--that is, until a new friend suddenly goes missing and wedding plans are put on hold. Suspicions are flying that one of Emily's closest girlfriends may be involved, exposing Maggie's darkest secrets. Emily and Detective Andrews are locked in a desperate race to solve the ...

Payback Brother

US Marshal Jack Dillon gets an early morning call. An American has been murdered in the Finglas section of Dublin. Dillon hurry’s to the scene. A brutal shooting in the back garden of the home and there are no answers. No witnesses. Very little information on the victim. Is there a gangland connection? In short order, bodies begin to pile up and no one seems to have an answer. Are they even relate ...

Blood Sapphire's Revenge

Character driven. Action-packed. Boiling over with tension and angst. Blood Sapphire's Revenge is military thriller inspired by the genre that brought us Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher. In a globe-spanning tale of adventure, this gripping story full of twists and turns, and secrets from the grave that may just trigger the end of the world, will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout. Dr. Bruc ...

The Mystery at Rosestem Holiday Village

Abandoned by her spirit guide and reeling from a bad break-up, Lexi turns her back on her calling as a medium. Hunting for direction in her life, she borrows her best friend’s giant dog and heads to Rosestem Holiday Village for a quiet getaway. But the dead aren’t quite done with her yet. Even the irritation of a new spirit guide isn’t enough to persuade Lexi to return to her old calling, but a ch ...

Crooked Man

Maverick New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet's new client is Darryl Alvarez, the manager of a local nightclub who's been caught unloading marijuana from a shrimp boat. At their first meeting, Darryl entrusts Tubby with an ordinary-looking blue gym bag--filled with cash. After Darryl's unfortunate demise, Tubby can’t just give up the cash. If he gets caught, he’ll be in jail; if the wrong people catc ...

Fruit Baskets and Holiday Caskets

Christmas comes with chaos—and a murder—in the fifth book in the Down South Café cozy mystery series! Amy Flowers thinks her biggest problem is going to be creating an enormous cake dummy to mount atop her car for Winter Garden’s upcoming Christmas parade. But when one of Roger's employees is murdered, making the float is the least of Amy’s worries. Her childhood friend is a prime suspect, Aunt Be ...

NEVER FORGET THE TRUTH

When the forces of darkness masquerade in the light, is your sword sharpened in TRUTH and wielded to fight? After another clash with evil, Ellie is back as a special agent with the FBI, and she and Steve are expecting their first child. Ellie should be enjoying the happiest time of her life, but instead, she is living in terror. Violence is sweeping the nation, and crime has reached an all-time ...

Other People’s Lives

THE SILENT PATIENT MEETS GONE GIRL “Let me ask you. Are you worried that someone is watching you, or are you worried that you think someone is watching you?” Sophie Portman has lost her husband, and she thinks she may be losing her mind. She seeks the help of psychiatrist Andrew Thacker, but as she starts to open up, the truth begins to unravel and nothing is quite as it seems. Other People's Live ...

House of Miracles

When escape is your only option, you need a little lipstick and danger. Meredith Marshall, on the run from her past, abandons a promising career that meant everything to her. She escapes to Belize and carries with her, a life changing secret. In search of a new existence, she finds a trusting soul to give her a second chance. Problems begin to mount when a former Army vet, Axel Cahill, discover ...

Secrets of Redemption

All Becca wanted was a fresh start. She didn't get it. Get started with this award-winning series today. It Began with a Lie, This Happned to Jessica and The Evil That Was Done are all on sale for 99 cents each!

Happy Birthday Murder

Make a wish for ... murder? When reporter Roland Bean turns the big three-oh, his wife throws him, and his fraternal twin sister Robyn, a huge birthday bash. The festive occasion is lively and fun until a fight between his sister and her boyfriend ends the night on a sour note. Beanie decides to console Robyn but almost hits a man staggering in the road as he drives to her townhouse. A man who tur ...

Reality Bites Back Again

“You’ve been cancelled!” Daniel North, now the most famous man in Britain, is navigating the fickle world of celebrity. It’s a daily battle as he opens his DMs – is it another unsolicited nude, or a request for him to kill himself? There’s no grey area with the Reality TV fandom, and he’s reluctantly heading back into the Thunderdome, this time as a judge. Social Media Superstar sees a group of in ...

Family Place - The Delahass Legacy

David Delahass enjoyed solving puzzles whether they originated thousands of years ago or found during one of his ambling walks among the majestic oaks and towering pines that were still plentiful on Delahass land. And it was during one of those walks he came across one such puzzle and wondered what secrets it held...if any at all.

Private Island

Only the invited get to stay. Only the lucky ones get to leave. When Katrina Darlington lost everything, she turned to a stranger for help. Desperate and grieving, she trusted the hand of friendship and travelled halfway across the world to a very private island. Blue skies, blistering sunshine, and luxury on a scale way beyond the average person’s means. The perfect place to start again, surround ...

The Music Hall Murder

London, 1909 Ruby Redlick is a young woman with a passion for reading, who yearns to break free of her constrained life in Upper Norwood and go on the stage. She dreams of playing dramatic characters like her idol Sarah Bernhardt. But the West End is full of lords, predators and courtesans. Ruby almost comes a cropper until a new friend comes to the rescue and introduces her to the ...

Down Wind and Out of Sight

Down Wind and Out of Sight is a genre-bender. On one hand it’s an utterly original suspense thriller, populated with unforgettable characters and loaded with bizarre twists and quirky science, that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride from the Australian outback to a top-secret US government research facility and into the astonishing electronics lab of an adolescent autistic savant. On the ot ...

With a Spirit of Vengeance

Psychic Cass Donovan must uncover the truth about long-buried secrets and recent murders to bring peace to a troubled spirit and bring justice to a flesh-and-blood killer . . . When the spirit of Ophelia Wilson turned to clairvoyant Cass Donovan for help, Cass was able to prove Ophelia’s innocence in the century-old murders of her family members—and solve a contemporary murder in the process. But ...

Breaking News: Local Heiress Dead

A woman betrayed. A marriage trashed. A body in the lake. Less than two weeks before police slap handcuffs on Olivia Mercier’s wrists. When divers discover Shauna Wylie’s body, encased in a barrel of concrete in Donner Lake, Olivia is of two minds. The death of her former best friend traumatizes her. At the same time however, Shauna is the reason Olivia’s husband lives in a bachelor pad. Now ...

The Golden Manuscripts: A Novel

A young woman of mixed Asian American parentage has lived in seven different countries and is anxious to find a place she could call home. An unusual sale of rare medieval manuscripts sends her and Nathan—an art journalist who moonlights as a doctor—on a quest into the dark world of stolen art. For Clarissa, these ancient manuscripts elicit cherished memories of children’s picture books her mother ...

Dog Gone

Dog Gone is the Tale of Two Tail-Chasers Private investigator Dev Haskell’s new lady friend Maddie comes with strings attached: the loosely-knotted tie of her short black silk kimono, and the leash to Morton, her handsome Golden Retriever. It’s always a sexy mystery when Dev’s on duty, but this caper takes a turn toward buddy adventure when Dev agrees to pet-sit. On their first evening stroll, Dev ...

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