Criminal Mystery

One desperate student. One remote cabin. One decision that changes everything. Jenna never wanted to be a cheater, but college life led her down a dark path. Now someone knows her secret, and they want $2,000 to keep quiet. The meeting place: an abandoned ranger station deep in the forest where no one will witness the exchange. But when FBI Agent Sarah Brightwater gets the call about a murder at that same location, she knows her seven-year hunt is about to take a deadly turn. In the shadow of the mountains, predator and prey will meet. Not everyone will leave the forest the same way they ...

Short Story for Adults; Romance, Espionage, Sexpionage, International Crime Mystery. Jennifer, for the first time in her career working on sexpionage cases, is allowed to work on U.S. soil and with good reason. Political sanctions create a vacuum for money laundering. An International Money Broker becomes a person of interest when he brokers deals for foreign countries, raising money for guns and weapons. However, as it turns out, the foreign government is not the problem. It becomes clear the danger stems from someone in the U.S. government. Copying the target's cellphone data which is ...

Peace, Love and a Dirty Bomb Cole Sage has settled into his new job in San Francisco, when cryptic call from an unhinged eco-terrorist from the sixties, Jason Reed—a man on a mission to bring about mass destruction in the name of Mother Earth. As the clock ticks down to Reed’s catastrophic plan, Cole finds himself racing across the city to do Reed’s last interview. Can Cole prevent a disaster that could claim thousands of lives? A warning phone call from notorious cult leader Charles Manson from San Quinten warns Cole just who he is up against. But San Francisco isn’t the only ...

Would you kill someone to be with your family? When the unexpected deaths of a local minister and his wife send shockwaves through Orvin, Kelly Sage finds herself entangled in the middle of a troubled family's secrets. Meanwhile, Cole Sage is kept on the sidelines, unaware that an even darker web is being spun around him. Where is his traditional role as the crime solver? Meanwhile, government regulations and prejudice have left Native American veteran Michael Blackbear alone and desperate. His Iraqi wife and son have been torn from him by distance, bureaucracy, and the war he fought to win...

How can one man be so incredibly frustrating but so sexy at the same time? Ryder knows two things. Tragedy can strike at any moment so you have to hold tightly to the gifts life gives you. And Shay is one of those gifts. To Ryder their 15-year age difference is nothing, Shay is the man he wants. Now he just needs an opportunity to plead his case with the sexy lawyer. He gets his chance when Shay asks him to assist on a case involving a missing person, but the investigation quickly turns perilous.

Forbidden, by F. Stone, received the Readers' Favorite International Gold award in the Suspense category. In 2047, the Middle East is watched by skeptical government leaders. Most of the former Islamic ruled countries have joined to form the Republic of Islamic Provinces and Territories. War and civil instability has finally ended. President Najeeb's government promises cooperation, transparency. Secretly, a powerful British Arab has a far different vision for RIPT's future. Habitat For Humanity becomes the first to respond to RIPT's request for assistance. Eliza, fluent in Arabic and ...

Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon, a British agent named Carmichael. Unfortunately the criminal organisation responsible for the weapon's development will stop at nothing to prevent him entering Baghdad and presenting his proof to the assembled delegates.

Zara Cole was a thief back on Earth, but she’s been recently upgraded to intergalactic fugitive. On the run after a bloody battle in a covert war that she never expected to be fighting, Zara, her co-pilot, Beatriz, and their Leviathan ship, Nadim, barely escaped the carnage with their lives. Now, Zara and her crew of Honors need a safe haven, far from the creatures who want to annihilate them. But they’ll have to settle for the Sliver: a wild, dangerous warren of alien criminals.

When Lieutenant Mark Wheeler of the South Carolina Police Department arrives at a possible murder-suicide, he realizes almost immediately things are amiss. The crime scene is brutal, but upon further investigation, he unveils a sadistic killer at play who will stop at nothing to get away. As the case unfolds, nothing can prepare Wheeler for the gauntlet of turmoil and trouble. Relentlessly pursuing a psychopath who has flown under the radar for years, Mark fights to keep control—driven to bring this monster to justice. Will the sadistic killer finally be caught or will his instincts which...

When a charred body is recovered inside a burned-out car, before Malcolm and Seong-Jae can solve the case they must first trace the victim's identity. False plates. ID missing. Teeth pulled from the skull. The victim's killers knew exactly how to hide their tracks, but careful forensics work and two stubborn detectives mean the name of the dead won't remain buried for long.

The world thought he was dead...Living in the underbelly of New York City, James Stone has mastered the art of anonymity. A forgotten fugitive, Stone lives a quiet life as bodyguard to Luca O'Driscoll, the son of a powerful crime syndicate boss. But when disaster strikes, and Luca is taken hostage by an unknown foe with a score to settle against Stone's employer, James finds himself thrust into a deadly game of survival. As old wounds reopen, and secrets threaten to unravel, Stone has one final chance to find Luca before the world learns the truth, and his status atop the Most Wanted list ...

“AMNESIA” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A gripping tale of love and deception that kept me on the edge of my seat! Madison and Harper’s journey is both heart-wrenching and beautifully transformative.” — Emma. It is a story of romantic deceit, acceptance, and then love. In a world where shadows dance with secrets, Madison finds herself entangled in a dangerous game. Tasked with infiltrating the criminal empire of the notorious Ed Zwick, she must navigate a labyrinth of lies to bring him down. With her exceptional physical prowess and razor-sharp wit, she slips seamlessly into Zwick's inner ...

Il male non si concede pause neanche a maggio. Sul lungomare di Posillipo viene trovato un anziano prete, barbaramente ucciso. È inspiegabile, perché padre Angelo, era amato da tutti. Un santo, dicono. Un fine teologo, un uomo che nella vita ha donato conforto a tante persone. E Ricciardi è più inquieto che mai. Lui ed Enrica hanno cominciato a incontrarsi, ma il commissario non può continuare a nasconderle la propria natura, il segreto che a lungo lo ha tenuto lontano da lei.

Two days ago, Eric Winston was about to be a made man. As the head of Mjollnir Industries, he had operated at the forefront of the criminal underworld for over three decades and was finally getting his chance to join the big leagues. An international conglomerate of businessmen and government officials comes together to form one of the largest drug rings in existence. Winston's final task before being officially brought on board? Host a one-night, winner-take-all event featuring the best underground fighters in the world. Everything was in order, until a competitor had to back out

Five German schoolgirls are missing. Four have been found dead. But unlike the undesirables who make up the majority of dead and missing people in Hitler's Berlin, these girls were blonde and blue-eyed - the Aryan flower of German maidenhood - and their gruesome deaths recall ritual killings.

Murderous Minds France takes you deep into the twisted psyches of France’s most notorious serial killers. From the grisly scenes of their crimes to the psychological profiles that unravel their motives, this book offers a chilling exploration of evil incarnate. Each chapter unveils a new horror story, detailing the lives, deeds, and capture of these monstrous individuals who left a trail of fear across the French landscape. Through meticulous research and compelling narratives, Monstrous Minds France sheds light on the darkness within, leaving readers haunted by the complex web of human ...

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ G. Taylor The steamy and salacious sexual adventures continue in the paranormal suspense series Hot Wife Wrecked Entry. Now Donna McBride and her horny, hungry rescue team might be in over their head, as they begin to realize this isn't just a mission to save Donna's 2-timing no-good dirty cop husband, Tyson, from dangerous and demanding Mexican Drug Cartels. They are also on a mission deep into the supernatural as they explore the spunky...

A prowler is on the loose and he has a gun. June Kato has little patience for administrators, especially when they start meddling in people's lives. When the top man at her hospital starts making a mess of her life, she pays attention. But when people start dying, she takes action. Then she discovers police work is harder than it looks, and not nearly as safe as being a surgeon. Bullets fly, brakes screech, and someone dies. June begs the police to listen before someone else dies, but they ignore her. Then things get worse.

Romanian Jewel Thief Viviana Petki knows she has kleptomania, but is she a sociopath, too? Returning from Saint-Tropez, where she stole the priceless Portensia diamond, she escapes the suspicions of US Customs by slipping the diamond into someone else’s suitcase. Only a sociopath would frame a random stranger without a second’s hesitation, yes? The hunt is on to find the suitcase’s owner and retrieve the diamond. But the search leads to much more than she’d bargained for. What she finds imperils not only her life, but that of her fourteen-year-old cousin—the one who has an ...

MURDER ON THE TRINITY: BOOK TWO: SKYWOLF Deputy Sheriff Joseph Skywolf looks every bit the picture of his great-grandfather Chief Tokala, long black braids cascading down his back,black piercing eyes. The early settlers called his people savages, right now the blood pumping through his veins was hot and, savage. The woman he loved had been attacked, almost killed. and the .savage in him would settle for nothing less than revenge. White man's justice or the Redman's? That question would only be answered when Joseph caught up with those guilty.