African American Fiction Mystery

Born to the game, the younger Santanas found themselves forced to fill their mothers’ shoes after the two sisters were indicted by the feds. Instead of sticking to the blueprints they inherited, they deviated far from the script. The money, power, and respect shot straight to their heads, and they used their status as a weapon. Now, their deadly display of violence and bloodshed has drawn heavy attention and heat to the family name.

The Lebensborn Alliance begins 11 years after The Lebensborn Experiment ends. It is now 1956, and the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement. Former Sergeant Kapp Johnson gets enlisted as Dr. Martin Luther King's bodyguard and moves to Montgomery, Alabama. Hans has inherited millions from his uncle and buys the Vancouver Daily Times. As Managing Editor, Hans sends Adok to Montgomery to report on the bus boycott. When Adok gets involved with the local KKK and goes missing, Hans' prophecy he would one day meet Sergeant Johnson again comes true.

Former gang member Y. Blak Moore grew up in Chicago’s housing projects before becoming a poet and noted novelist. His gritty fiction captures the mean streets with an authenticity few writers can match.... The Apostles run Chicago’s streets. Now “Solemn Shawn,” their legendary leader, wants out. But the head of The Governors has a score to settle. So before Shawn can make a better life for his pregnant girlfriend, he must fight one last war.

Dereka Jones, a former child sex trafficking victim, struggles to cope with the mental and emotional scars of her ordeal. When she stops attending therapy and taking her medication, she descends into the grips of paranoid schizophrenia. Her family tries desperately to convince Dereka to get help, but she refuses. And when she commits an act that puts herself and others at risk, they’re forced to take drastic steps regarding her psychiatric care. Meanwhile, an old family nemesis and prisoner called Memphis, is still out for revenge. Within the prison walls he uses the vast array of ...

Alibi Island is a legendary paradise hidden away deep in international waters. The only law is money. You’ve got to pay to play, but it’s all fair game if you’re rich enough. It's a lucrative business. What happens on the island stays on the island. That’s the promise. But it is a lie. Everything that happens is recorded. All of that footage becomes blackmail material down the line, as the island's secret power brokers look to cement their stranglehold on power. And when a senator’s daughter’s disappearance is linked to the island, all of its darkest secrets are at risk.

Angel Lamb has overcome many obstacles in her three decades of life. Rescued from an abusive environment at a young age, Angel has a realistic and cynical outlook on life, yet a strong sense of right and wrong. After she loses her wife in a tragic automobile accident, Angel seeks out the assistance of a local grief support group to help her deal with the crushing loss. When violence begins to find members of the group, Angel is forced to face her painful past as well as an uncertain future. In order to survive, she will have to challenge her own black and white view of good and evil.

Tragedy and Victor Powell have moved to the desirable but dark Grayson Glens enclave of dream homes just outside of Chicago. Stressed urbanites, they’ve got to live large in real life to stay large online. With only a few blacks in their elite gated community, they settle in but never quite feel at home. Then, a missing young black woman floats up in the Grayson River. Is the spirit of the mysterious scarlet-lettered woman, Raven McCoy, haunting Grayson during the pandemic?

For Piper Jackson, she once had it all. A charming husband, two beautiful children, and a happy life. But the life she deemed as perfect was all yanked from her the day her husband died. Forced to move back to her small hometown, Piper must somehow start over and find solace in the wreckage of her life. Charles Brewer appears to be a friendly neighborhood handyman, deacon, and faithful pillar of the community. But underneath his kind smile, there is a dark energy lurking.

Jon Dough - street detective, hustler turned hero. A bad man who hunts down bad men. Join Jon on two of his adventures, as he uses his unique skill set to kicks ass, save the innocent, and take down some really bad characters. His world has its own brand of justice: an eye for an eye.

Vera Kincaid had everything to live for. The wife of a wealthy preacher man, she was smart, beautiful, and popular. But lovely wives often have dark secrets. Vera was no exception. When Vera is found dead, society reporter Lanie Price launches an investigation into the death of a woman she held dear and finds out that, for Vera, forbidden love had deadly consequences. Lanie's investigation takes her deep into the heart of a world where elegance masks deception and trust is a dangerous game. As Lanie peels back the layers of Vera's life, she discovers a tale of forbidden love and deadly ...

Verónica takes a bite of forbidden fruit when she becomes romantically involved with her boss. The one-night fling leaves her pregnant with another man’s child and headed straight to divorce court. Victória can identify with her sister as she, too, harbors a secret love that goes against their strict upbringing. After the sudden death of their mother, Victória enlists the help of her lover to unravel a decade’s worth of deceit. Armed with letters written by their father, the sisters soon find out that deception runs deep, and their time here in America has been based on a lie.

Raymond Clarke has always been a fighter, but his toughest battle is yet to come. Born into a family ravaged by his alcoholic father, Raymond has struggled to keep his head above water. But when he meets the one woman who can heal his wounded heart, he must decide if he's strong enough to let her in. Set against the backdrop of the cutthroat world of Olympic athletics, Raymond's story is one of triumph and perseverance. With his athletic talent, charm, and physical prowess, he's a force to be reckoned with. But beneath his tough exterior lies a deeply troubled soul, haunted by his father's ...

It's been months since Angel and Pastor Justus Too-Hot-To-Be-Holy Morgan announced their engagement. Yet Angel's barely begun wedding planning. It's not that she's having doubts. She just wants to make sure the past doesn't interfere with their future. For Angel, that means clearing up a kiss-tastrophe with U.S. Marshal Maxim West and facing off with her ex-fiancé's assassin. Angel wants to share her plans with Justus, but before she can do it, a new complication arrives....

Between running an illegal gambling house and preparing for her husband to be released from prison, Lauryn learns a vicious lesson in family values and how dealing with family can be like dealing with a total stranger. It will only take a single bullet to divide her family, but even more bullets to bring it back together.

It is Christmas 1923. Esther Todd is a lovely young pianist, a rising star. Her future is bright, her escape from poverty a real possibility. That is until she vanishes one night along the snowy streets of New York City. Days later, thieves hit the home of her society patron, pulling off a million-dollar heist in an inside job. Are the disappearance and the robbery a coincidence or conspiracy? Three years later, the mystery remains. Reporter Lanie Price covered the initial case. Esther's mother now has one wish for the Christmas holiday: to know what happened to her daughter. The family ...

“Brotherhood or Burial?” At Hargrove University, Kaleb “CJ” Jackson is desperate to belong. The elite Sigma Psi Phi fraternity offers power, status, and lifelong bonds—but at what cost? When CJ is invited to pledge the underground brotherhood, he envisions a future filled with greatness. But as the hazing intensifies, the process turns into something far darker than he ever imagined. What begins as tradition spirals into torment, secrecy, and violence.

No matter the effort that Bromise Balducci put forth early on to undermine his passion to kill, he d fall weak to the seducer of power over again. Initially, it was only his mentor and grandpa, Brisco, that basked in the joy of Bromises frequent killing sprees. Then something changed. He began to feel the urge to kill.... to feel his adrenaline rush through his bloodstream as his pulse beat in sync with the rapid blasts of his banger. With each job, he became more addicted to the power of controlling life or death.

Some threads can’t be cut, no matter how far you run. Nerisse thought she had escaped the Loom and the haunting threads that wove her into a nightmare she couldn’t control. After facing trauma and supernatural horrors that nearly destroyed her, she believed her life could finally return to normal. She wanted to move forward, to rebuild, to heal. But the past has a way of finding you. When a series of unsettling events begin to disturb the fragile normalcy she’s built, Nerisse realizes the Loom’s reach is far from gone.

Ezekiel Thunder, a disgraced preacher, moves his family into town in an attempt to resurrect his career. But after his infant son drowns, forensic psychologist Amanda Bell Brown suspects it wasn't an accident. Now Amanda is on the case and she's determined to find the truth.

Since her encounter with Ori years ago, Jessica has continued her mission to print the truth that the world needs to hear. This pursuit has led her to meet with a source, Zach Carver, a leading mind at Singularity Group. The meeting goes awry, and Jessica awakens to find that she has a gap in time and memory and that Zach is now missing. To her surprise, Ori reappears to help her. His solution involves a promising young recruit, Malik, whose research could be the key to recovering Zach. Yet the forces they are up against have proven they will go to great lengths to remove any obstacle.