Crime Conspiracy

A PRIVATE EYE IS WARNED OFF A CASE HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT! Alton Rhode was sitting in his office minding his business when a gunman walked in and shot up the place. He told the private eye he would come back and kill him, if he pursued the Frank Pace case. Since Rhode didn't know anyone named Frank Pace, and in fact had no clients at the time, he wasn't really worried about what was an obvious case of mistaken Identity. But later, a nun walked in and said she was looking for her brother, Frank Pace. He was about to hire Rhode but had been murdered, and his body misplaced. Then, things really...

"Project Orthia is the very promising project, with so much potential..." project report from Dr. Russo, 20 years ago. “Finn Peterson, the retired police officer, comes home to visit his parents. He found that they are not living in their old house, which belongs to someone else now. In attempt to get more data about his parents, Finn discovered that there are no records at all about such people, as they never existed. He tried to resolve the mystery of the disappearance of his own parents, the people who never bought anything, never worked, newer paid taxes, and newer raised their son…...

You Can Never Leave Your Past Behind John Smith is an ordinary man, with an ordinary job and a family. But it wasn't always like that. Nicknamed "The Undertaker", he was once an assassin with the lethal spy agency, Unit 500, until he fell in love and turned his back on his violent life forever. Or so he thought. Now a sudden devastating hit by the Russian Mafia has brought the Undertaker out of retirement, Seeking vengeance, Smith declares war on the people who have wrought unspeakable havoc on his life. And he finds himself hurtling head-first back into his old life at Unit 500 and his ...

harles II is well established at White Hall Palace, his mistress at hand in rooms over the Holbein bridge, the heads of some of the regicides on public display. London seethes with new energy, freed from the strictures of the protectorate, but many of its inhabitants have lost their livelihoods. One is Thomas Chaloner, a reluctant spy for the feared secretary of state, John Thurloe, and now returned from Holland in desperate need of employment.

We have your son. It’s the call that’s every parent’s nightmare. And for CIA analyst Jill Bailey, it’s the call that changes everything. It’s Jill’s job to vet new CIA sources. Like Falcon, who’s been on the recruitment fast track. But before she can get to work, Jill gets the call. Her son has been taken. And to get him back, Jill does something she thought she’d never do.

Jake and Tom's maternal great-grandfather dies suddenly. Their mom immediately travels out of state to help make arrangements for the funeral. Jake, Tom, and their father are to follow in two days when their dad can take off from work, and stay for a few days. This, of course, creates a problem for Tom ( who, as we know, is a Controller and needs to get to a Kandrona every three days.)

A deadly pact. A haunting betrayal. A truth that refuses to stay buried. Ten years ago, Naomi, Victor, Claire, Marcus, and Ethan were inseparable—a tight-knit group of friends growing up in the sleepy town of Middleton. But one fateful summer night in the woods changed everything. When an argument turned tragic, their friendship was shattered, and the group made a desperate pact to hide the truth about what really happened. They buried their secret, swearing to take it to their graves. Now, a decade later, the past they’ve tried to escape has come back to haunt them. Each receives the ...

'Fast Paced Action Packed & 100% Funny Dark Satirical Parody.' Miss Marple Struts her Stuff: This is a relentless and, dare I say it, humorous thriller where every move is a false start and every clue is a red herring. Private eye, Jack Hamma, faces the Hong Kong Mafia, better known as the Triad, and gets mixed up in a deadly turf war where knives and cleavers are the order of the day. Engaged to protect a beautiful Chinese girl, daughter of the Triad Dragon Master, February Ling, Jack fouls up big time, can he pull everything together and sort out the mystery or will the Triad’s ...

A centuries-old mystery. An “accidental” death. A conspiracy that may end in murder. Former British Special Air Service officer Ben Hope is running for his life. Enlisted by Leigh Llewellyn—the beautiful, world-famous opera star and Ben’s first love—to investigate her brother, Oliver’s, mysterious death, Ben finds himself caught up in a puzzle dating back to the 1700s.

For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths—took places inside orphanages. The survivors have been trying to tell their astonishing stories for a long time, but disbelief, secrecy, and trauma have kept them from breaking through. For ten years, Christine Kenneally has been on a quest to uncover the harrowing truth.

'A tightly plotted and highly enjoyable action thriller series.' - BestThrillers.com Tom Wiseman struggles with a conundrum: How to find meaning after a life shaped as an old-school FBI investigator and military man? Surrounded now, by high-tech gizmos and waffling teenagers. Dark forces, power hungry and driven by revenge, stalk him to home soil, intent on shattering his already imperfect picture of soon-to-be domesticated life. Pitted against enemies foreign and domestic, Tom must utilize every skill and nuance, dusting off old tradecraft. Combined with finding newer, tech savvy methods ...

In Crimson Falls freedom isn’t guaranteed, people aren’t what they seem, and the pizza is killer. When a seemingly ordinary pizza delivery girl with a secret past finds herself trapped under the thumb of a ruthless mob boss, every heartbeat becomes a battle for survival. Troyan Pryce—once driven by ambition in the world of medicine—now navigates a labyrinth of betrayal, violence, and corrupt law enforcement, where even her family’s safety hangs in the balance. With the underworld closing in and dark forces rising from every shadow, Troyan must defy impossible odds to dismantle an ...

A murder. A Kidnapping. And a warrior rising up where you least expect it. Hoping to add some excitement to her small-town life, Gabriela Goza attempts to re-start the family tequila business. But she gets more than she bargained for when she discovers narcos from Mexico’s most notorious drug cartel are using her family’s abandoned factory to move their product. With the cartel’s murder victims piling up and police on the drug dealers’ payroll, Gaby must summon all her street smarts in a desperate bid to rescue her kidnapped brother before time runs out…while the revelation of ...

Gaia and Raoul have recovered from the poisoning, but the assassination attempt has fractured their relationship beyond repair. Dominique has lost his mother, his crew, and his purpose, and is trying not to lose his sister, while playing a dangerous game with the Governor. Salim has confessed his treason and has threatened to eradicate Kayamato with the release of a deadly disease, unless he's given reigning power. Beneath it all, Antione's obsession simmers as he moves his final pieces into place. Will the players be able to fight their individual threats by coming together, or will they ...

An urgent plea from a former flame brings CIA agent Scott Stiletto to San Francisco. Ali Lewis was once a capable spy herself before striking out on her own, creating a fashion empire that stretches around the world. Now her father has been murdered, and Stiletto is the only man Ali can trust to learn the truth behind the killing. Evidence points to a growing international conspiracy orchestrated by Iran involving the smuggling of nuclear bomb parts, kidnapped scientists, and a decades-old mafia/Silicon Valley alliance the government has been powerless to stop.

There is no use Fighting Karma... After years of guilt-ridden despair over his daughter Bree's death, Cole Thomas learns the shocking truth that she is alive. Desperate to find her, Cole strikes a risky deal with his old boss, agreeing to assist the agency in investigating suspicious activities in the Andaman Sea in exchange for their help in locating Bree. Meanwhile, Bree Thomas is on the run, falsely accused of a crime she did not commit. Desperate to clear her name and reclaim her life, she discovers a rare golden pearl that may hold the key to her deliverance. With this valuable prize ...

Claire Harper wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the last year of her life. Haunted by whispers of a tragedy she can’t recall, she struggles to rebuild her identity in a world where nothing feels familiar. Just as she begins piecing together fragments of her past, cryptic notes start arriving—notes written in her own handwriting. The messages are chilling, their implications terrifying: someone wants her to forget. Desperate for answers, Claire embarks on a relentless quest to uncover the truth about the year stolen from her. Her journey takes her deep into the shadowy world of ...

A private detective finds misfortune in his fortune cookie! Alton Rhode sets out to buy some Chinese takeout food, only to become involved in a possible war between rival Tongs. But that is just the beginning in a mystery that soon spirals out of the private eye's control. It includes arson, and an assassination that hits very close to home. A vengeful Rhode's investigation alienates friends and foes alike. And almost gets him killed. “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.” (Florida Weekly); “A MASTER OF ...

A deadly threat. A silent nation. The world holds its breath. Has the world not learned its lesson? Siblings Ethan and Emma couldn’t be more different from each other–she the star child, he the runaway disgrace. Yet both become unwitting victims in an international plot threatening the nation. Thrust together, forced to break the rules, can the outcast discover the truth, and with it redemption–or will those tracking him step in before he gets that far? With time running out, and the body count rising, something has to give… From International Bestseller Tim Heath, author of twenty-...

When a man’s body is discovered in a Swiss glacier thirty years after he went missing, his son, Foster Treherne, hopes he’ll finally have closure on what happened to the father he never met. But then the autopsy reveals signs of a struggle, and what was assumed to be a tragic accident suddenly looks more sinister. Foster tracks down his father’s old friends, but when he starts to ask questions it becomes clear that there’s something they don’t want to tell him.