Corruption Thriller

ORIGINAL STORY, WRITTEN BY A HUMAN Get ready for the thrilling conclusion to P.G. Robertson's Saltwater Crimes Trilogy and the return of the captivating Detective Ange Watson. After the messy Gold Coast affair, Ange is certain that the syndicate has eyes and ears everywhere, thwarting her every move. Forced south to Sydney, Ange soon picks up the trail of her deadly nemesis. It seems that drug trafficking isn’t the only game in town… With the help of her colleagues and an unlikely ally, Ange dives into the murky world of cryptocurrency and NFTs, exploring the dangerous waters where ...

Sara Catherine Canton fled the confines of her small hometown years ago, carving out her own life and a career investigating fraud for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Despite being a scion of Wallace Island's most affluent family, she's been content to leave the family fortune, her spendthrift mother, her idiosyncratic brother and her family's prominent role in the community far behind. After her mother's death, she reluctantly comes home to pay her respects before heading back to her own life in Atlanta. But an unexpected event at the funeral reveals all is not well in Wallace Island....

As of late, Samantha Moon has been feeling the evil influence of the demoness living inside her more and more. The idea of succumbing to the spirit's depravities isn’t something she’s ready to grapple with—and it isn’t something she can allow either. On a late night flight over Monterey, CA, Sam is attacked by an unidentified ball of light and disappears; indeed, her friends, Allison, Veronica, and Julia Agrippina are unable to locate her. It isn’t until a normally silent person begins talking that all three begin to get very worried. Empress Dowager Tzu-Hsi has encountered the ...

When a world-renowned forensic anthropologist journeys to Winchester, Wyoming, to examine the long-dead remains of a woman who claimed to be Etta Place - the Old West's most mysterious and legendary female outlaw - he's not expecting to find a man's headless corpse in her crypt. The grisly discovery plunges him and Jefferson Morgan - the editor of the weekly Winchester Bullet - into a shadowy and deadly world of satellite-savvy highway pirates, rural meth labs, computer hackers, and old-fashioned corruption.

When secrets become weapons, no one is safe. Dive into a suspense thriller where every page could be your last. In Steve Jaffe's gripping novel, The Invisible Terrorist, the war on terror is drawing to a close with the advent of Operation Genesis, a top-secret bio-chemical weapon. This new weapon, under President Rawlings' directive, efficiently eliminates terrorist leaders globally without risking American lives. But as with all secrets, the illusion of control shatters when Operation Genesis falls into the wrong hands. Alija al-Assad, a rogue CIA operative turned terrorist, seizes this ...

Once a devastated mill town, by 1959 Locke City has established itself as a thriving center of vice tourism. The city is controlled by boss Royal Beaumont, who took it by force many years ago and has held it against all comers since.

Romance and adventure! When you are running from both the police and dangerous killers, you start to run out of options. Abbie has a briefcase full of evidence that a mob boss wants, as it shows corruption in high places orchestrated by him. She is framed for murder and goes on the run. The policeman bringing her back is targeted along with her, and helps her as they try to get the evidence to the right person.

Two friends, Ambrose Merrion, a clerk of the court of Massachusetts, and Danny Hilliard, a rising politician, agree that politics is the way to help society take care of its own. With Merrion shrewdly managing his friend's campaigns, they make an excellent team, managing to revitalize the local economy and to protect the unfortunate snared in the criminal justice system. But trouble starts brewing when Merrion unexpectedly inherits ill-gotten gains from a corrupt predecessor.

Mafia-crats of New York A Detective’s Costly Crusade Against Mob-Inspired Corruption What happens when the real enemy isn’t just on the streets—but in city hall? In the shadows of New York’s political machine, where the lines between government and organized crime have long been blurred, one detective dares to push back. Mafia-crats of New York tells the gripping story of an anti-corruption investigator who risks everything to expose the mob’s enduring grip on local politics—and the quiet complicity of those sworn to uphold the law. Haunted by a turbulent past and targeted by ...

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though no one else seems concerned, including Theo's father. Ten years later, Dani returns to the college as a history professor.

It started almost innocently when a cop committed suicide. It was worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn't so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off¿fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth where he uncovers a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia's underworld sky high.

Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist - and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown insurgents with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists.

Four years ago, an innocent teen girl escaped the sinister man who trafficked her for sex. Today, she found out her little sister would be recruited if she didn't rejoin the "business." Suzanne DeMarco was once a squeaky clean fifteen year old dealing with dysfunctional alcoholic parents who don’t have time for her...the perfect prey for men who can make millions peddling flesh in the seedy underworld. Finally free of that life, she returns to her small Northern California hometown free from her captors. When her younger sister Beth runs away, Suzanne goes looking, fearing the worse. The ...

A gripping story of deception in the world of international fine art. Restorer and spy Gabriel Allon embarks on a dangerous hunt across Europe for the secret behind the forgery of a 17th-century masterpiece that has fooled experts and exchanged hands for millions.

Five Bodies, Five Suspects, One Chance to get it Right! When a series of brutal hate crimes grip the small town of Orvin, Cole Sage is asked to return for one final story. What starts as a shocking, racially charged murder quickly spirals into a nightmare of violence and suspicion. The quiet Oklahoma town is now a battleground, with deep-rooted prejudices toward undocumented aliens surfacing and more bodies turning up. As Cole digs deeper, he discovers that everyone seems to have a motive—and no one can be trusted. Reunited with his old friend, FBI Agent Carter Washington, the two find ...

Death in the Canadian Pines is a mystery thriller book set in the picturesque yet untamed setting of North Ontario, Canada, during the intriguing era of the early 20th century. In the remote wilderness, against the backdrop of burgeoning industry and untouched natural beauty, a tale seeped in suspense, deception, and the relentless pursuit of justice unfolds. The story commences at Gardner’s Crossing, a small community living under the specter of a tragedy. The Mystery The tragic death of Fred Anders, the son of a powerful industrialist, found with a bullet wound, is suspected to be a ...

A mystery thriller book set in New York City during the late 1920s. Step into the gritty landscape of 1920s New York City, where the echoes of jazz and the whispers of deceit intertwine. "New York Darkness" invites you to follow Timothy McCarty, a former police officer, thrust back into the world of investigation after a chance encounter with a dead body in a shadowy neighborhood. As he delves deeper into the mystery surrounding the victim, a valet named Griffith, he uncovers a treacherous narrative that exposes the darker side of the city—a realm where wealth and power mask deadly ...

BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER, MYSTERY B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREE, HISTORICAL FICTION READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL WINNER, MYSTERY Multi-billionaire banker and philanthropist, Ekram M. Almasi, has just been murdered... And there’s only one person who can uncover the mystery behind this international banking scandal: Louise Moscow. Able to handle a high-powered speedboat, an ex-lover, and a ginger-haired villain with equal ease, this international spy embarks on a journey that will take her to Monte Carlo, Paris, and Burgundy. The amazing scenario, however, cannot hide a complicated and ...

“Everyone has secrets, Rory. One of life’s greatest challenges is figuring out who you can trust them with.” Aurora Reynolds has managed to make some powerful enemies in the past two weeks. And it’s clear they want her, and her secrets, dead. After achieving the impossible: freeing Jordan Daniels, a federal prisoner accused of treason, Rory hoped her life might finally go back to normal. But after surviving an assassination attempt, Rory realizes her problems are only just beginning. Don't miss this thrilling sequel to the hit novel, The Story Seer. Praise for The Truth Seer: "This ...

Roger finds a box in the ocean containing more than a quarter of a million dollars in cash while SCUBA diving in Hawaii. He attempts to return the money to the proper authorities. But things go wrong. Before long the money has disappeared along with two missing FBI agents who can’t be found, and Roger is in trouble with the local police and the FBI. Was the missing money intended for an illegal drug deal, as a payoff for crooked cops, or as a ransom for a kidnap victim? Is it real or counterfeit? Roger follows a twisted trail of illicit drugs, police corruption, and murder in this ...