American Mysteries

Smoke Kings is a powerful and propulsive novel with a diverse and unforgettable cast of characters. Like Steph Cha's Your House Will Pay it explores decades of racial tensions through a fictional landscape where the line between justice and revenge is blurred.

Suspense in Paradise... An atypical tale in Amish country In homage to Agatha Christie, this modern-day mystery weaves together a captivating tapestry of comradeship, enigma, and suspense in the picturesque Amish community of Paradise, PA. Haunted by the tragic events of September 11, Tina Sheng, a recent university graduate from New York, seeks solace in the inheritance left by her late grandaunt. Yet, per the will’s conditions, she must take on the role of a Christian summer camp counselor in Paradise, Pennsylvania. Upon arriving, she rescues an Amish girl and entangles herself in the ...

Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers.

Vegas Duncan's release from prison is right on time for his older brother Junior's engagement to the voluptuous Sonya Brown. Unfortunately Junior's attempt at happiness comes to a screeching halt when Sonya's husband, the mysterious Brother X, and his army of Muslim hit men declare war on the Duncan clan. Duncan family patriarch LC Duncan has gone up against many foes in his time.

Birmingham, 1929: Robert Lee Harrington, a master carpenter, has just moved to Alabama to pursue a job opportunity, bringing along his pregnant wife and young daughter. Birmingham is in its heyday, while Robert and his family find much to enjoy in the city, it’s also a stronghold for the Klan. 2019: Meghan McKenzie, a young reporter, has grown up hearing family lore about her great-grandfather’s murder—but no one knows the full story. Determined to find answers, Meghan travels to Birmingham. But as her investigation begins to uncover dark secrets, her life may be in danger.

Seven years after a financial crisis nearly topples America, traders chafe at government regulations on Wall Street, racial tensions are rising, and corrupt financiers make backdoor deals with politicians.... 1799 was a hell of a year. When young lawyer Justy Flanagan returns to prove his father's innocence, he exposes a massive fraud that has already claimed lives, and one the perpetrators are determined to keep secret at any cost.

Tyler Sands, an astute young Christian CPA, discovers a storage room during an audit of one of Winton Island’s troubled offshore banks. Since only the CEO of the bank and his secretary have access to the room, Tyler becomes suspicious of the contents of the room and begins to investigate. He uncovers that the room contains incriminating evidence of an illicit scheme carried out by the bank. As Tyler questions bank employees about the scheme, his informants are eliminated one by one. Tyler’s unwavering desire to unlock the mystery of the secret storage room, however, does not impress ...

Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but he finds himself knee-deep in a perplexing case involving a priceless artifact - a reminder of a dark time in Navajo history. Joe’s been hired to find a missing biil, a traditional dress that had been donated to the Navajo Nation. His investigation takes a sinister turn when the leading suspect dies under mysterious circumstances and Leaphorn himself receives anonymous warnings to beware - witchcraft is afoot.

Detroit hustlers Free and Six have been together seven years, but their relationship has been nothing but drama. Free hasn't been faithful, and Six has taken out her hurt by physically hurting the other women. Free ends up in jail for three years, and when he's sprung, he's not happy to learn that Six has been living the high life on his dime and has blown through $100,000! Then Six gets entangled in one of Free's schemes and finds herself in a role almost too good to be true.

In the sprawling expanse of the Rocking W Ranch, high on top of Misty Mountain one woman's idyllic new start at life as a nanny takes a treacherous turn. Danica Cooper, recovered gambling addict and moving on with her life after helping bring down a crime boss, is now the nanny for the Dylan Wyatt’s twin boys. Dani hopes to find solace and purpose amidst the growing ranch. Little does she know that her picturesque world is about to be shattered by a sinister force. A mysterious man, lurking in the shadows, has cast a dark cloud over The Rocking W. His demand is simple but ominous – one ...

David Rivers wants vengeance. But there’s only one way to kill his greatest enemy - David must first join the secretive organization that slaughtered the only family he had. To prove his allegiance, he enters a life-or-death battle in the badlands of Somalia. But the closer David gets to his target, the more he realizes that the betrayal of his team was not as random as he thought. Someone inside the organization seems to know his true purpose, and that could mean only one thing.

Picking up where Rose Gold left off in LA in the late 1960s, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins finds his life in transition. He's ready to - finally - propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together. And he's taken the money he got from the Rose Gold case and has, together with two partners, started a new detective agency. But inevitably a case gets in the way: Easy's friend, Mouse, introduces him to Rufus Tyler, a very old man everyone calls Charcoal Joe.

Seven years ago, Austin Dash's dangerously jealous wife, Naomi, nearly stabbed him to death, an act that landed her in prison. Freed from her influence, Austin filed for divorce and took their young son to Atlanta for a fresh start. He established his own business and met the loving, gentle-hearted Brooke. Swept up in a charmed romance, they marry and prepare to welcome a new baby into their lives. But memories of Naomi haunt Austin's nightmares . . . And now, she's back.

Shaara's sequel to Rise to Rebellion is told from the perspective of some of the most memorable characters in American history. "An epic saga...told with emotion, energy, and historical precision," raves Publishers Weekly. "This is vivid and compelling historical fiction, but also a primer on leadership and the arts of war and diplomacy. Shaara reaches new heights here, with a narrative that's impossible to put down."

Winter in Colorado - a storm moving in, a passenger train collides with a car. US Marshal John Whicher is called to assist a marshal riding onboard. On arrival, no trace of the man can be found. But a young woman asks to be arrested... An American Bullet, third in The Whicher Series, is a stand-alone story; as with all the titles, you can enjoy the books in any order.

Dive into the heart of darkness in "If You Do," where the echo of footsteps in a school’s hallway could be the sound of justice drawing near—or the harbinger of danger yet to come. In the locker room of South Central High School, a new chapter of chilling crime unfolds, plunging the quaint town of Kickapoo into a profound state of shock. "If You Do" beckons readers back into the enigmatic world where Detective Katrina Jacobs and her partner, Sergeant Regina Owens, reigns supreme in their relentless pursuit of justice. This time, the heart of the mystery beats within the school's campus,...

A historic western that opens in 1873, a time when recession is forcing thousands westwards to recoup their fortunes. The West is tough, brutal and the Indian is the enemy. But when a white woman is raped, it is a half-breed Cheyenne who comes to the rescue. From the author of Jake and Upland Passage.

Though he may be retired, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn hasn’t lost his curiosity or his edge. He’s eager to help Sergeant Jim Chee and his fiancée Bernie Manuelito with their latest case—clearing an innocent kid accused of robbing a trading post. Billy Tuve claims he received the precious diamond from a strange old man in the canyon. Could it be one of the gems that went missing in an epic plane crash decades earlier? Now that it may have resurfaced, it’s attracted dangerous strangers to the Navajo lands.

Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible, and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the 19th century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history.

In the fifth Leonid McGill novel, Leonid finds himself in an unusual pickle of trying to balance his cases with his chaotic personal life. Leonid is approached by an unemployed office manager named Hiram Stent to track down the whereabouts of his cousin, Celia, who is about to inherit millions of dollars from her father's side of the family. Leonid declines the case, but after his office is broken into and Hiram is found dead, he gets reeled into the underbelly of Celia's wealthy old-money family.