Contemporary Detective Mysteries

A crypto influencer lured to her death. A circle of supposedly close friends eager to move on. A father recently released from prison hell bent on revenge. Jasmine Olivera called herself the Queen of Crypto. Then someone shot her twice through the window of her white Porsche. With no witnesses or physical evidence, Detective Maria Varela digs into the details of Jasmine’s life. She finds a reality much different from the carefully tended social media image and suspects who seem pathetically shallow but are actually disturbingly devious. Finding Jasmine’s killer is hard enough. Closing ...

Chief Inspector, Lord Ralph McGinniss has booked his boat fare to Australia to find his wife, Professor Claire Lane. Then a mysterious cold case file is handed to him from Sgt Pennyworth. British Army Intelligence has requested his help. Can he find Squadron Leader Mike Bristol? Was he last seen leaving The Fur & Feathers Pub in Stow on the Wold on the date stated on the warrant, 30th August 1944? Suspected of murdering two women. A well-known West End Actress Mia Jones and local shopkeeper Mrs Anne Tumbler. The Chief Ralph McGinniss is not convinced. With the war over, the cases of ...

Second chances don't come often...what matters is what we do with them...In the midst of a seemingly standard investigation two police detectives come across information that one of them believes may be connected to a forty-year-old unsolved crime. As they move forward in their pursuit for answers they find that for some of their questions there are none. And that some of the answers they obtain are not at all what they would have expected in the course of a normal investigation. Life is a series of choices. One man spends half a lifetime trying to redeem a choice that wreaked untold ...

An ex-husband. A former best friend. A kidnap. When Charlotte's ex-husband Idris, the newest star of the Vipers' Nest TV Show, is kidnapped, his current wife Michelle reaches out to Charlotte for help. It's a difficult request, considering that Idris cheated on Charlotte with Michelle, who was once Charlotte's closest friend. Despite the painful history between them, Charlotte agrees to help Michelle track him down. Working alongside her partner Angus, they set out to uncover the truth behind Idris's disappearance. With only a handful of clues to go on, they must race against time to find ...

Private Investigator Charlotte Lockwood is used to solving complex cases in the heart of Exeter, Devon. But when her friend Katrina becomes the victim of a malicious catfishing scam, Charlotte is pulled into a web of deception and betrayal. Things take a dark turn when the catfisher is found brutally murdered, and Katrina becomes the prime suspect. With the help of her trusted partner, Angus Darrow, Charlotte sets out to clear Katrina's name and bring the real killer to justice. With danger lurking around every corner, they must use all their skills and intuition to stay one step ahead of ...

Blood Shadows in Madrid A haunting mystery of betrayal, obsession, and the dark secrets that linger in Madrid’s shadowy corners When Diego Doria, a troubled detective from Málaga, receives a desperate call from his estranged girlfriend, Macarena, he can’t ignore it. She’s being hunted by figures from her past—women who claim to be Tlahuelpuchi, vampiresses from Mexican folklore. Driven by a mix of loyalty and unresolved feelings, Diego heads to Madrid, where the city’s glittering streets hide shadows deeper than he imagined. Madrid becomes a character in its own right: from the ...

Professor Claire Lane interrupted by a sudden telephone call to help in a murder investigation leaves the tranquility of Edinburgh for the country lanes of Oxford. Lord of the Realm, Inspector Ralph McGinnis is puzzled. Unlike his colleague Miss Lane is adamant this is a copycat murder. Last seen in the seventeenth century by an overzealous Venetian statesman. A well-known Australian financier is dead. Propped up in the Nativity scene outside the church. The vicar is acting strangely, could he have been persuaded to preach peace and good will during this festive season, or will Claire work ...

The picturesque Vermont town of St Annsbury is the last place anyone would expect to find a grisly murder, but when Dr. Clark Lee is found dead on the floor of Professor Jane Lord's office, only a day after the two had a public shouting match, the newly retired English academic is the prime suspect. But the late and very unlamented Professor Know-It-All has a lot of enemies and even more secrets. It's up to Jane to find out the truth Help comes from the handsome Mal Laurant, police chief who has carried a touch for Jane longer than he likes to admit, Jane's octogenarian mother, and a ...

New love, old heartache, and an unsolved murder become more than Jessie, Theo, and Muttley can handle as they investigate odd occurrences on the local college campus. When Jessie's best friend begins being plagued by missing papers, moved books, and forgetful moments, everyone becomes concerned, but is it just wedding jitters? When Jessie's friend calls frustrated by her new offices seemingly random mishaps, Jessie laughs it off but a heart sore Paul Higgins is willing to check it out. No one is prepared for the danger and intrigue a few missing papers will reveal. Can they stop old lies ...

Eva has never felt like she belonged...not in her own family or with her friends in New York City, and certainly not at a fancy boarding school like Hardwick Preparatory Academy. So, when she is invited to join the Fives, an elite secret society, she jumps at the opportunity to finally be a part of something.

Sometimes exes don’t go quietly into the night. Charlotte never expects her groom to fall to the floor unconscious before the ceremony had a chance to begin. Instead of a wedding and a reception, she spends time in a hospital room waiting for Finn’s test results. Shocked to hear the doctor announce someone drugged him, Charlotte has a strong suspicion who did this. She turns to her friends for advice and help. But they’re not just friends. They are the Initiative, a secret covert operation whose help she desperately needs. *Charlotte is a standalone read.*

Someone is bumping off rock’s wrinkled royalty. After the death of the third aging rock star, lead singer Freddie Finger, astrologer-detective David Lowell takes on the case, scrutinizing suspects’ charts for any clues in the stars that could point to a killer.

My name is Mike Raven. I hunt nightmares. Demons murdered my parents when I was eight. Turns out my folks were paranormal investigators, and hell always settles its scores. Naturally I decided to join the family business. For two decades, I've studied the occult and traveled the world fighting monsters. But my biggest challenge lay ahead. From the moment Celeste stepped into my office, I knew she was in trouble. Her father had promised her soul to a powerful demon on the day she was born. Now, 21 years later, the forces of darkness were gathering to collect their long-awaited prize.

Only a vampire can solve these crimes—an undead private eye named Samantha Moon. Private investigator Sam Moon is working undercover for the Fullerton Police Department’s new top-secret Vampire Crimes Special Unit (VCSU). With the increasing number of supernatural-type crimes in and around Orange County, Detective Sherbet needs Samantha’s special talents to help solve and prosecute the real and growing threats to the citizens of Fullerton. Sam’s first case for the VCSU threatens to expose her life as a vampire. When a 200-year-old mummified corpse turns up on the grounds of an ...

What are the odds of three serial killers working in the same college town? Astronomical. Unless two of them are twin brothers! The third is someone they hire to do maintenance at their nursing homes. A match made in hell! Using a pandemic's death toll as a cover, the brothers, who know a good thing when they see one, use their new hire to help them with their murderous insurance and "legacy" scheme. But they did not count on an idealistic -- and suspicious -- young woman. “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY....

Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again. Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of ...

When a mega popular band from Liverpool sang about Maxwell’s silver hammer, most listeners considered it a catchy, if dark tune. Flash forward half a century later, and something curious is happening around the world. Magic is returning-powerful enough to activate creations once lying dormant. Including some classic songs. When a silver hammer appears in the hands on one of Samantha Moon’s closest friends-along with a bloodthirsty need to use it-the vampire detective is about to discover just how clever (and literal) the universe can be..... Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE today!

Ella Cleary has always had an eye for the truth. She has synesthesia, which means she is able to read people via the waves of colors that surround them. Her unique gift has led her to trust very few people outside her family since her parents died in a fire. So when a handsome young journalist appears with no colors surrounding him at all, her senses go on high alert. But while Alec is a mystery, Ella feels a connection to him she can’t ignore. Then, just as feelings develop between them, Alec drops a bombshell: He believes her parents’ deaths were no accident.

If Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre can survive each other’s company, together they can solve a series of grisly murders sweeping though Puerto Rico. But the clues lead them out of the real world and into the realm of myths and legends. And if they want to catch the killer, they'll have to step into the shadows to see what's lurking there - murderer or monster?

Humanity’s soul is under threat. The Magic Intelligence Agency tightens their hold on the Mixed. Normals are murdered as a deadly struggle ensues between mages racing for control over magic’s highest power. As the United Wizarding Federation increases the MIA’s presence in the Mixed, Bonnie and Cy’s abilities to solve crime are put to the test. Amid a UWF run impact study on how best to harvest Normals’ souls, Bonnie and Cy find a murder victim with unique burn markings and a star pattern in his eyes. All signs point to an illegally attempted soul harvest. As Bonnie’s ...