Corruption Thriller

When Detective Maya Thorne is summoned back to Warragulla—the rural Australian hometown she swore never to revisit—she expects a routine investigation. Skeletal remains have been discovered in a drought-exposed creek bed at Billabong Station, likely from the bushfires that ravaged the region three years ago. But as the parched earth gives up its secrets, Maya finds herself excavating more than just bones. The remains belong to Cameron Lockhart, a local landowner who disappeared during the fires, and someone put a bullet in his head before burying him where the flames would erase the ...

As the crisp fall air and vibrant leaves set the scene in Honey Springs, Roxy Bloom is busy prepping The Bean Hive for the annual Friendsgiving Harvest Fest. The excitement turns to dread when the Pet Palace adoption pup, Deputy, discovers a body disguised as a scarecrow. The plot thickens with the discovery of a pen and a cryptic note linked to a major festival sponsor.

Crime world fixer Levi gets mixed up with a widow who believes her husband was murdered - and the police are covering it up. A riveting thriller about power, corruption, and deadly politics. Levi is a fixer for one of the New York Mafia families. However, things take an unexpected turn for this mafioso when Rivka Cohen walks into his life. The police are calling her husband's death a suicide even though she has evidence that he's been murdered.

While inquiring into some threatening notes sent to a Church of England priest, Benjamin Weaver is arrested for the murder of a dockworker. After his conviction, engineered by a crooked judge who has blatantly instructed the jury to disregard the truth, Weaver escapes from prison, intent upon proving his innocence.

Exciting romp features a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wisecracking computer genius, and lots of love in the fast lane.

Judicial Watch, America's largest nonpartisan government watchdog, has investigated the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations. Judicial Watch is the group that helped impeach Bill Clinton and took the Bush White House secrecy all the way up to the Supreme Court. Since the beginning of the Obama administration, this grassroots group has filed over 700 open records demands and dozens of lawsuits, including a successful fight over the secret Obama White House visitor logs.

When long-time White Rock resident Mike Donnelly is found dead at his hunting camp, it appears as if the tragic death was by his own hand. But a gut feeling tells Chief of Police Sam Mason otherwise. Is it any coincidence that Mike's family farm sits smack in the middle of a parcel of land that greedy Lucas Thorne desperately needs to complete the development of his resort? Sam and Sergeant Jody Harris's line of questioning stirs up a hornet's nest.

In six minutes, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming. So says Wes Holloway, a once-cocky and ambitious presidential aide, about the day that changed his life forever. On that Fourth of July, Wes put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanently disfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin.

'An all action thriller' Daily Mail Only months before, Anthony Carter's hopes of a promising military career had been shattered overnight. Now he is an out-of-work swimming instructor with nothing before him but the prospect of a chilly Portuguese winter. So Mr Serrafino's offer of employment comes as a lifeline. Carter is to supervise the team of tough German divers who will be raising gold bullion from a sunken treasure ship. But Mr Serrafino may not be quite the respectable businessman he appears to be... And the ship of gold may prove to be a cargo of lethally dangerous fool's gold...

PRE-ORDER now the new Detective Jason Farrell Australian Crime Thriller by DAVID MENON called DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE - out on January 31. 2025. THE FINAL HOURS ONE MAN HAS PROTESTED HIS INNOCENCE FOR OVER FORTY YEARS. ONE BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. ONE TOWN HAS BEEN HIDING DEADLY SECRETS FOR DECADES. Wayne Portman is released after spending forty years in prison for a double murder in the town of Kingsbrook, New South Wales, back in 1977 and for which he has always maintained his innocence. One of the bodies, that of his girlfriend at the time, Fiona, has never been found. Wayne had been a ...

Juliana Brody, a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumored to be in consideration for the federal circuit, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel, she meets a gentle, vulnerable man and has an unforgettable night with him - something she’d never done before. They part with an explicit understanding that this must never happen again. But back home in Boston, Juliana realizes this was no random encounter. The man from Chicago proves to have an integral role in a case she's presiding over....

Detective Alex Reilly thought his transfer to the remote desert town of Coober Pedy would be a quiet assignment—a chance to rebuild his damaged career far from the spotlight. But when Harold Finch, part-owner of the town's vital water supply, is found dead in his underground home, what appears to be a tragic accident quickly reveals itself as something far more sinister. As Reilly investigates, he discovers that Harold's death is connected to a sophisticated conspiracy targeting the community's most precious resource: water. Environmental engineer Daphne Traynor seems helpful at first, ...

In Betrayed by the Badge, evidence clerk Rachel Turner uncovers a deadly trail of corruption inside her own police department—and becomes the target of a powerful conspiracy. Reluctantly partnered with Internal Affairs investigator Marcus Wade, Rachel must fight for justice while navigating betrayal, danger, and undeniable attraction. As threats close in and secrets unravel, trust is their only weapon—and love may be the cost of seeking the truth in a world built on lies.

When survival demands darkness, heroes and monsters become one. Uncover the birth of a legend in the fifth electrifying installment of the Black Ghost Thriller series. Many decades before the Black Ghost became the elusive predator feared by all, he was simply Bic Green—a boy trapped in the unforgiving heart of Chicago's Robert Taylor Housing Project, where violence, addiction, and poverty loom large over every breath. In Assassin's Origins, readers are plunged into the raw story of a fragile young giant teetering on the edge of survival. With a father’s murderous legacy haunting his ...

In this first book in a new series by Carol Roberts she explores the adventures of a young investigative reporter who began an independent series of articles after the magazine of which she was editor closed unexpectedly. With a one year severance package and full medical care for the year she felt herself free of the bounds of corporate journalism to investigate and report in the vein of the Watergate journalists. Little did she know the hornets nest she would be turning over!

Maine cast a good luck spell to save the love of her life from prison, but at what cost? Magic is controlled by chaos, and with every instance of magically enhanced good luck comes some corresponding bad luck. Sage is free, but so is the Demon who created the Mantle. The Demon has escaped from his celestial prison. He is gathering his minions and is gunning for the Mantle. But the Mantle isn't the only weapon the Demon wants. There are other, more powerful items around . . . and none more so than Father Time's Clock.

Praise for L G Wilder's writing: "Strikingly original" - says award-winning author Jake Needham (Inspector Tay series) "A great read" - says best-selling author Oliver Harris (Detective Belsey series) ________________________________________________________________ Five Star Reader Reviews: "Fast paced, great characters, very well written story weaving into modern Russia and its complex politics" "Packed with twists, turns, and intense fight scenes." "It moves along at a cracking pace to a climatic conclusion." "A great read, well paced, plenty of action and intrigue and lots of jeopardy!" ...

“A stellar novel of action, adventure, and intrigue.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author The presumed president-elect has been assassinated. The fate of the United States is at stake. And Detective Jim Murphy of the Chicago PD is to blame. Serving as extra security in a parade for the apparent presidential winner, he succumbs to a moment of distraction. That indelible lapse allows an assassin to take down the president-elect. His shame is made even more profound now that Bryan, his rivalrous brother from the Justice Department, has come to Chicago to investigate the ...

Investigating stolen art is not a pretty picture… Nikki’s dream job becomes a reality when a New York antique art dealer hires her for a covert mission aboard a cruise ship. Her task is to gather evidence on two passengers suspected of stealing art from the New York dealer. The presumed thieves, posing as art experts, quickly befriend Nikki, plunging her into a moral quandary. Can she remain impartial? As her investigation intensifies, she identifies a third suspect and breaks into his cabin. The situation escalates when he arrives unexpectedly and finds her rummaging through his ...

Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns - it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer, a power in his own small corner of hell. Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire. Klein's been hung out as bait, "a bad cop to draw the heat", and the heat's coming from all sides.