Fast Paced Mystery

When a killer strikes, single mom and PI, Tracy Belden puts game nights on hold to solve a puzzling case of murder. I’m Tracy Belden and I’m getting out of town. A quick meeting with a client in Las Vegas will pay for a weekend getaway for me and my guy. But our perfect plan derails when my client is found dead. Now the police and the perps both accuse me of having a priceless artifact. The only way to prove my innocence–and finish my crossword puzzle– is to find the missing object and track down the killer. If you like fast-paced, humorous cozies, dive into the Crossword Puzzle ...

An exhilarating adventure set in the Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, and Turkey about stolen art, the mafia, and a father’s vengeance. When researcher Zelda Richardson begins working at a local museum, she doesn’t expect to get entangled with an art theft, knocked unconscious by a forger, threatened by the mob, or stalked by drug dealers. To make matters worse, a Croatian gangster is convinced Zelda knows where a cache of recently pilfered paintings is. She must track down an international gang of art thieves and recover the stolen artwork in order to save those she loves most....

A cold spring day brings murder to the Oregon coast. No one is safe—and someone dear to Logan may be the next to fall. What starts as a peaceful run on the Oregon coast with her rescue dog Dixon, turns into a nightmare when Logan McKenna stumbles upon a shocking murder at a local dog training camp. The victim is a stranger, but Logan’s new friend, Oletta Hartley—the camp's owner and skilled dog and horse trainer—becomes the prime suspect. Determined to clear Oletta's name, Logan delves into a tangled web of lies where everyone has something to hide—and a reason for murder. As ...

Following the success of In Plain Sight, Valerie Davisson delivers another fast-paced, thrilling mystery set on the Oregon coast. This time, the stakes for Logan McKenna have never been higher. Commercial crabbing is a dangerous business. Add murder to the mix and you wind up with at least one dead body and impossibly tangled threads of fact and fiction for Logan to unravel to find the truth. The more she learns, the less she knows. No one is as they seem. Sam asks her to help defend a friend, but is he innocent? With more than one life at risk, she can’t give up. Pulling out all the ...

She’s an executive with a highly classified secret. He’s the CEO’s mysterious son. He’s coming to save her, but she’s not going to wait around to be rescued. Revital Shilon never thought her classified executive job at GENESIS BIOTECH would get her drugged, kidnapped, and held at gunpoint. The men who took her want to bring her before “The Viper” – the fearsome international terrorist. He wants something, something to do with her company’s top-secret project. Something that only she knows. It all started when she met Jonathan Moore: the charismatic and enigmatic son of the...

A high-rise building collapses with 102 occupants crushed beyond recognition. Should the guilty be punished? A Chilling Tale of Serial Murder and Vengeance. A 12-story steel and concrete building in the town of Oceanside, Florida, collapses for no reason, with its unsuspecting occupants crushed beyond recognition. The death toll is staggering, with 102 men, women, and children instantly killed. Buildings Don’t Fall Down in America! Survivors of the victims want revenge. Who is responsible for this tragic loss of innocent human life? The architect…the steel supplier…. the building ...

Shot point-blank in the chest. Paul Kaye collapses onto the gleaming tile of his luxury home. His killer vanishes into the predawn darkness. Fast-paced. Riveting. Unforgettable. Paul and Lisa Kaye’s marriage is unraveling, their dream home in Encino unable to hold together what success and status can’t mend. Paul finds solace—and purpose—with his much younger girlfriend, while wondering if there’s any way back to the life he built with his wife. Until he’s murdered. Detective Tom Stone dives into a labyrinth of secrets—fractured friendships, shady business dealings, jilted ...

After the tragic death of her husband, Evelyn Marks returns to her childhood home of Harbor Point with her young son, desperate for a fresh start. But the peaceful coastal town she remembers is cloaked in secrets as thick as the fog that rolls in each night. When an anonymous letter suggests her husband’s death was no accident, Evelyn’s fragile world is shattered. Seeking answers, she turns to Thatcher Caldwell, the kind-hearted local pastor whose unwavering faith becomes her anchor. As they unravel the mystery, they uncover shocking truths about her late husband's involvement in a ...

Audrey Singer revels in her position as the admissions director of an exclusive Manhattan private school. Parents cater to her whims and desires, desperate to give their children an edge. Audrey’s power is undeniable; privilege comes with the territory. Her perfect marriage completes the glossy picture of her life. Until the arrival of the neurotic, vulnerable Sarah Price. Determined to get her son into the city’s most coveted kindergarten class, Sarah inserts herself into Audrey’s world, testing boundaries at every turn.

The confetti's barely settled from his son's wedding when private eye Jamaica Biltmore finds himself embroiled in his most explosive case yet. Just as Jamaica and his wife, FBI Agent Julie Waters, enjoy a rare moment of calm, the celebration takes a shocking turn. The FBI agents at the wedding are called into action, revealing a heart-stopping truth: the governor of New York has been kidnapped. Adding a layer of unwelcome drama, the governor's wife, Jamaica's ex-wife who vanished when their son was an infant, insists he be brought in on the investigation. Against his better judgment, ...

An hilarious, feel good comedy starts when Sadie Braithwaite, single handedly bringing up her gruesome twosome teenagers, Josh and Lucinda, finds that the empty house next door has finally sold. Who is her mysterious new neighbour? Sadie is desperate to find out. How will she react when she finds out the shocking truth of who has moved next door? That's not the only change in Sadie's life. An amazing job offer promises an escape from her low paid job as a carer for the elderly. Should she take it? Or is she signing up to something she would later regret? New Neighbours on Lavender Lane is ...

While his parents are away, vampire hybrid Patrick Woodford finds himself thrust into command of Scanguards. His temporary leadership is immediately tested by a brutal murder in the Presidio, an investigation that initially indicates a vampire attack but quickly hints at a far more sinister, preternatural threat. When Dr. Fallon Doyle asks Scanguards for protection from her obsessive ex-boyfriend, Patrick is hesitant to take her case, but after a terrifying attack on Fallon, he realizes her stalker is far more menacing than he appears. As Patrick races against the clock to solve the ...

When Rán Hollander’s sister calls with the news that their father had a tragic accident on Lake Michigan, Rán drops everything and returns to a small town that turned its back on her years earlier. Was the death an accident, a suicide, or something much worse? Rán goes undercover to discover what really happened. Along the way, Rán discovers an intruder in her grandmother’s Victorian mansion who refuses to leave. It doesn’t help that his dog hates Rán's huge calico cat, Murgatroyd. And don’t forget the so-not-engaged ring that almost ruins Rán's life. Join the Hollander clan, ...

Berlin 1934. The Nazis have been in power for just 18 months but already Germany has seen some frightening changes. As the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics, Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organisations - a blatant example of discrimination. Forced to resign as a homicide detective with Berlin's Criminal Police, Bernie is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. Two bodies are found - one a businessman and the other a Jewish boxer.

Life is strange. But it’s never as strange as what Augie Doyle believes. When teens start vanishing from Hollowbrook High, Augie Doyle—resident horror nerd and amateur investigator—knows something isn’t right. Hollowbrook residence believes human trafficking has come to their small town, but Augie suspects something far more sinister. A new copper mine has brought an influx of jobs, families, and students. Augie isn’t sure if the newcomers can be trusted. His top suspects? His new neighbors, who burn things in their backyard long after everyone else has gone to bed. A creative way...

The Cascades Raptor Center is filled with natural killers. One of them is human. . . Logan McKenna is enjoying her new life, including marrying her long-time love, Ben, playing her cherished violin, Bella, and taking long, morning runs on the magnificent Oregon coast. Fascinated by the abundance of owls, eagles, and hawks she encounters, Logan volunteers at a wildlife rescue center, where she becomes immersed in the world of raptors and those who fight for these fierce, wild creatures. But when Logan finds a coworker dead on the floor in one of the hospital wards, the peaceful forest ...

High in the Italian alps, cut off from the outside world, sits a chapel battered by winds and icy blizzards. The priests who guard this sacred place have sworn to protect the dangerous treasure that lies within their walls. But when Joe Mason and his team are called to the remote church, they find its ancient stones reduced to rubble, the priests murdered in cold blood and their precious cargo stolen.

When patrolman Brandon Hall comes upon a broken-down car on a Colorado highway, he finds a young girl in a bloodied nightgown at the wheel. In the back seat, the brutalized body of a teenage boy. The girl will say only one word: Hurt. When the girl is admitted to the hospital, the doctor on call is Brandon’s ex-wife, Olivia Blake. For Olivia and Brandon, the traumatized Jane Doe opens a floodgate of memories. It’s been four years since they shared their own tragedy—the unsolved disappearance of their eight-year-old daughter, Carly, and the end of their marriage.

She must protect the apocalypse scroll, or else the world will come to a fiery end. No pressure or anything.Crystal sorceress Dru Jasper has become the unwilling guardian of an ancient instrument of destruction. Its world-ending power is held in check by only a single wax seal. Which seems like maybe a huge design flaw, but whatever. Now insidious spirits who can kill by touch are trying to get their clutches on the apocalypse scroll and break the final seal. To stop them, Dru needs a rare crystal older than the Earth itself. But it’s hidden in a meteorite crater deep in the desert, and ...

“Betray me, and I’ll destroy everyone you care about before I come for you.” New York private investigator Lacey Green brushes off the cryptic TikTok message—until her father dies suddenly. Then, one by one, her closest friends and family begin to fall prey to chilling “accidents.” Could it be tied to her viral TikTok exposing a twisted fetish brothel in Flushing, the conspiracy behind the chilling wave of self-harm, or the brain-chip tech giant with ties to Communist China? Backing down isn’t in Lacey’s DNA. She’s determined to uncover the truth and get revenge for her ...