Crime Conspiracy

‘Obsidian, someone is looting and hoarding priceless Arcane and religious artifacts. Recover them and arrest the culprit.’ Proud. Brave. Intrepid. Obsidian, senior Arcane Investigator, dives into a shady world filled with thieves, liars and charlatans to uncover the fate of hundreds of stolen religious artifacts. His investigations lead him to the extraordinary museum where provenance is suspect. A sinister power compels and corrupts all caught in its grasp. The fires of gluttony burn bright within the tainted galleries. Can Obsidian solve the case? Throw yourself into this new epic ...

007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts are unknown. Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. Together, they represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Skilled, determined and with a licence to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really?

The Lake Effect A Novella Terry Pellman A man naked and near death on a narrow, rocky outcropping on the shoreline of Norris Lake in Tennessee............ Fingerprints have been sliced off......... And when he regains consciousness after many hours of surgery......he has no memory of his life or identity. Without a past, absent the capacity for emotions, the man must try to begin anew with the help and care of a pair of physical therapists who take him in to live during his recovery. As time passes, fleeting images make him wonder if they m are simply thoughts, or true memories. And then he...

Glasgow: When a body is pulled from the River Clyde, DCI Andy Gilchrist can't understand why he's been dragged from his St Andrews patch to investigate. But the victim didn't jump, he was pushed, and his disposal has the hallmark of a gangland killing. Fearing this may be just the beginning, Gilchrist and DS Jessie Janes race to get the lowdown from old contact Arletta Shepherd, matriarch of an infamous crime family. But she's gone deep underground, hiding from a threat far worse than the police.

A string of staged deaths forces Texas Ranger Emily O'Connell on a covert mission to investigate a governor's connection to the deceased women. She doesn't trust anyone—including crime scene cleaner Stone Spencer. But when Emily's questioning makes her the serial killer's next target, she must turn to ex-ranger Stone for help. With threats at every turn, outrunning a merciless villain could be the last thing they do.

In July 1970, 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling left her house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and never returned. A cold case for 50 years, Paula’s story had been largely forgotten when Katherine Dykstra began looking for answers. A woman was dead. Why had no one been held responsible? How could a community give up and move on? Could there ever be justice for Paula?

A hidden scheme. Suspiciously pat answers. Can one untested leader navigate the thin line between professional and personal justice? Essen, Germany. Chief Inspector “Karre” Karrenberg has no appetite for overseeing a homicide squad. Still grieving over his ex-wife’s fatal car crash that left his daughter in a coma, the veteran detective’s gut tells him to ignore all the evidence that it was an accident. But he’s forced to put his own needs aside when a poor young woman’s lakeside adventure transforms her into an unidentified body. Willing to make risky trades for more ...

Retired… A word—many people spend their entire professional lives hoping to say; an opportunity to leave the rat race behind—while finally having the freedom to engage in their true passions—whatever those may be. In the cases of Floyd Atwater and Joe Reddy, two black ops agents who have spent a lifetime teetering on the edge, retirement has a totally different connotation altogether. Unlike them, the former third member of their triumvirate, Sam Wesley, chose to continue making his bones in the world of espionage. At his advancing age, the skills that once made Wesley untouchable ...

If You Have The Right to Remain Silent is representative of the quality of books coming in our future, 2022 is going to be one heck of a year for readers.” —Reader Views Conservative talk-show host Mia Folger is in therapy with Dr. Harold Rothenberg. Mia and her husband, progressive Congressman Bradley Crawford, are not getting along these days, personally or politically. When Crawford is found brutally dismembered and murdered, the evidence points to Mia as his killer. While the prosecutor pushes for a murder indictment, Dr. Rothenberg, convinced of his patient’s innocence, turns to ...

As the 21st century marches into its third decade, our understanding of the world, and our place within it, seems to be clearer than ever. Each day brings us more and more miraculous scientific discoveries, while technology has interconnected us to an extent that our ancestors and forefathers could not have conceived. And yet, despite the collective of human knowledge lying at our fingertips, there are still a multitude of unsolved mysteries that stubbornly resist any attempts at solving them.

Henry Matheson owns the drug trade in East London. To his competitors, he’s feared. To his customers, he’s God. To the police, he’s untouchable. But when the smoldering remains of Henry’s closest competitor are discovered dangling from a lamppost in the middle of his estate, one man decides to take him on: Jake Tanner. But he can’t do it alone. And with The Cabal’s clandestine network of corrupt officers threatening him and his family at every turn, Jake doesn’t know who to trust.

After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane's has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life. The FBI investigates thousands of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination attempt. One hour later, the informant and all but one of the investigating agents are dead.

It's hard to make Diane Harbaugh flinch. A former prosecutor notorious for her aggressive tactics, she's now a DEA agent who interrogates witnesses so effectively, she has them confessing in tears. But when she hears from Gustavo, a high-ranking cartel member with an invaluable secret about the international black market, she's thrown for a loop. She heads to Mexico to meet him, and her entire understanding of justice and duty is thrown into question.

In 1814, Britain’s foremost scientist George Napier witnesses a drug-fuelled massacre on a US battlefield. The drug, Berserker, has a deadly side effect known as the Sleepwalker Legacy, which destroys the life of his Native American lover. After the war, Napier dedicates himself to the eradication of Berserker.

The pope is dead. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican to select his replacement, but one has fled for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the fourth century and Constantine the Great. Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone is in Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that could rewrite history. But someone else is after the same letters, and when Malone obtains and then loses them, he's plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.

IT WAS A SIMPLE INSURANCE INVESTIGATION -- UNTIL THE LIES AND BODIES STARTED PILING UP! Alton Rhode starts out in a Northern nursing home and winds up in a Southern town, where a military academy may be more soiled than local Civil War statues covered in bird droppings. He uncovers a twisty financial conspiracy involving radioactive isotopes, sex, and murder. "ALTON RHODE MYSTERIES ARE IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES.” (John Crudele, New York Post); “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.” (Florida Weekly); “A ...

COLD JADE is the newest novel in the acclaimed John Rockne series by award-winning and international bestselling author Dan Ames. Once a cop in the well-to-do Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, John Rockne was dismissed from the force after making a tragic mistake that resulted in the brutal murder of a young man. Now working as a private investigator, John is hired by a man whose daughter is missing and he soon discovers the young woman was living a secret life under the name Jade. John quickly realizes the world Jade had entered was a dangerous one filled with thieves, drugs, pimps and ...

It is 1892 and the grisly killings of Whitechapel prostitutes by a man dubbed Jack the Ripper remain a frightening enigma. And in a packed Old Bailey courtroom, distinguished soldier John Adinett is sentenced to hang for the inexplicable murder of his friend Martin Fetters. Though Thomas Pitt should receive praise for providing key testimony in the Fetters investigation, Adinett has powerful friends....

Case brief: The opening of the Kalamazoo City Dome - the world's largest indoor/outdoor amusement complex - has everyone in the city buzzing, especially because it's going to be the shooting site for Chase Mercy's new blockbuster film. But that's when things start to go haywire, and Mayor Saunders suspects foul play. Who would want to sabotage the Dome, and why?

Following a deadly car crash, small-town lawyer Lance Cooper risked everything to battle one of the most powerful auto corporations in the world to get justice for a young woman. A fast-paced, journalistic account of tragedy turned to triumph, despair to hope, Cobalt Cover-Up is an inspirational, thoroughly compelling, and victorious listen.