Financial Mystery

Ten short stories, different tastes, various shades are what make Ghost Runner & Others. Ghosts, lesbians, rapists, optimists, myths, achievers, mothers, lovers all are part of the short stories in Ghost Runner & Others. It travels through serene forests and mountains, obscure towns and burgeoning cities, even through imaginary landscape, imaginary time frames, yet it remains rooted in reality. It speaks of humans thriving through odds of politics, corruption and natural disasters. It connects history and mythology to the present and the future. In nutshell, Ghost Runner & Others narrates ...

Everyone has a secret. But some are deadlier than others… Former Homeland Security Agent Lars Christopherson is not what he seems. Despite his impressive skills and impeccable record, Lars has a dark side few are aware off. And those who discover his secret rarely live to tell the tale… Frederic Ulrich is a man with a mission. A skilled agent of Germany’s BND intelligence service, he is determined to right a wrong from his past, and shut down a deadly Hungarian crime ring once and for all. When these two unlikely allies are forced to work together, they quickly uncover a sinister ...

Finance professor Kate Adams is reeling. After her husband’s unexplained death, she runs away to the remote Alaskan wilderness to catch her breath, get back on her feet, and complete her research sabbatical in peace. But even at the ends of the earth, Kate can’t shake one nagging question: What was her husband working on before he died? As Kate continues her research into unusual financial phenomena across the globe, a picture slowly starts to emerge, and suddenly, her husband’s death doesn’t look so accidental. Together, Kate and Brad, a former flame and CIA officer, dig deeper ...

Alaska finance professor and reluctant spy Kate Adams is back, but this time she’s in charge and determined to hunt down a self-proclaimed whistleblower code-named The Executive. The intelligence community is reeling. It appears the United States government’s most secret documents are being released onto the Dark Web, but many of the most damaging secrets aren’t even true. Unable to separate truth from fiction, public outrage is growing over actions governments around the world are being falsely accused of taking in the global war on terror. Still struggling with trauma from her ...

Jimmy Johnson’s body appeared in his neighbor’s backyard long after he was dead. Can the detectives bring a joyful holiday to a mourning community? Peyton Anderson was a feisty young detective in the Police Department of Moscow, Idaho. When a half decomposed body was discovered by a long absent city home owner in his backyard as he returned home, Peyton became one of the investigators. Peyton felt helpless as it took a long time to establish the identity of the victim. Peyton spent restless nights thinking that the murderer could escape before the identity of the victim was confirmed. ...

Publish AND Perish? A revered environmental author is worth more dead than alive! WHEN HE AGREED TO GIVE AWAY THE BRIDE ON BALD HEAD ISLAND, A PRIVATE EYE DIDN'T COUNT ON BECOMING SHARK BAIT! A "destination" wedding on a charming island off the coast of North Carolina turns deadly! Taking a break from the festivities, Alton Rhode and his lady love, the beautiful Alice Watts, meet the island’s most-famous resident: the reclusive author, Ashleigh Harper, whose classic environmental novel inspired a generation of America’s youth. But all is not what it seems, and Rhode is soon involved in ...

Discover this captivating and deeply moving mystery series that will take you around the world and keep you up all night. Hackers are poised ...to take over the Internet.When young FBI special agent Jake Maguire is called to investigate a brutal murder on a Virginia bike path, he never expects the case to take him on a wild ride across the globe. But as he delves deeper into the crime, he realizes it's not just a simple murder - it's an international case of cyber crime, with a trail leading all the way to China. To help him navigate the complexities of the case, Jake teams up with an ...

A man is found in his car, having met a painful death. Another man is found in the woods, clearly murdered. DI Aidan Burke seeks to establish the connection between these deaths. The first man is a wealthy property developer. Little is known about the second victim. Burke's sergeant, DS Fiona Moore, sets to work gathering evidence. But the investigation turns up some unusual findings that point to serious organized criminal activity.

Angel or assassin? Tall, blond, and effortlessly elegant, Helen has the world at her fingertips. Literally. One wrong move, one mistyped key, and millions of lives could be at stake. Collin Frey tracks her every step, uncertain whether she’s destined to save the world…or shatter it. He reaches out to her, but Helen trusts no one. Deep undercover, she discovered a conspiracy so lethal it threatens to destroy the world as we know it. Danger lurks behind every corner, and anyone could be compromised. Time is running out. Neither Helen nor Collin can avert the disaster alone—but a secret ...

To Live or Die in Santorini It was supposed to be a fun Grecian holiday. Beaches. Babes. And booze. To offset the cost of the trip, Joe has an assignment from a local hotelier to fix a profitability issue. But after a short two weeks, Joe has problems with three women. The first woman loves him. The second woman hates him. And the third woman is dead. Of course, the murder is not really his business. The police are on the case, and Joe has his own project to work on. But every time Joe pulls a string from that tangled mess, he finds an even bigger issue, and eventually, the strings lead him...

Almost a dozen missing girls. Bags full of unidentified body parts. Can Shreeja prove that the police are ineffective? Can Shiuli prove Shreeja wrong? One morning Shreeja’s ride was stopped at a traffic stop. As a street ripe crime journalist she started digging what the police were searching in all those vehicles. Her meeting with police detectives led her to almost a dozen missing girls. Shreejs started asking uncomfortable questions. The police were weaving a net with the news reports, with the news media response to the abduction of girls and other evidence against the suspect. Can ...

This fourth Wall-Street mystery starring John Putnam Thatcher by Emma Lathen focuses on the car industry, the anti-trust department, and IPOs.

Snooty Chefs, an ATV Race, and a Golden Cleaver Murder Weapon EATS-TV has come to the town of Paint Creek for their first annual Catch'em and Cook'em Smoke Off Competition. But when someone ends up with the Grand Prize lodged in their back side, everyone's appetite crumbles...except for Jake Jr.'s. Mercy is on the hunt, but could she end up being the next victim? Find out in this fall off the bone and succulent 4th book in the Old School Diner Series.

Young, bright and sexy, Carla Vitale has been handpicked to run Supertech, Africa’s leading independent engineering firm. Then one Friday afternoon in Cape Town, her dream is shattered. Her boss and mentor, Nial Townley, disappears, his luxury vehicle is found in a crevice at the bottom of Chapman’s Peak and $USD 20m is missing from the Supertech’s overseas accounts. Three months later and the police are no closer to solving the riddle. No job, no car, no phone, Carla turns to the one person she believes can help: software hacker turned day-trader, Daniel Le Fleur.

A rollicking good mystery and witty tale of an international finance, Wall Street, money markets, espionage, kidnapping, bankers on the run, archeology, and far more.

It's one year after the 9/11 attacks, and court reporter Alex Vane is fighting to break into the flashy world of TV news. But when he uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, his tightly controlled world is rocked: His editor buries his story, a source turns up dead, and Alex finds himself at the center of a violent media conspiracy. As he receives tips from a mysterious source, Alex enlists the help of a captivating professor, Camila Gray.

Miguel was doing time for offenses that he did not commit. Will he be the free man of honor again? Detective Alexis Kawarski of Azusa Police Department was all for catching the criminals and helping the victims of crimes. When she found a body inside the closet of Benjamin King, she was not surprised, but sad. Nobody in the neighborhood was willing to come forward to testify against Benjamin. Alexis needed to search for roundabouts as all straight paths seemed closed for her. An assistant in the office of a defense attorney tried to trade favors with her, in exchange for proving her husband...

A detective mystery book set in London during the early 20th century. After beginning work as Michael Marks's secretary, Kimbrel soon finds himself entangled in a puzzling disappearance. Known for his modern innovations and bachelor lifestyle, Marks mysteriously fails to appear in his home, despite evidence suggesting he returned the previous night. Kimbrel, along with Marks's niece Peggie Marvell and the eccentric Mr. Tertius, begins an investigation that rapidly takes a dark turn when Marks's body is discovered at his estate office, leading to an investigation that peels back layers of ...

They’d prepared for this moment all their lives without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She’d always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother...

An engineer is dead. His friend has been charged with his murder. How many lives would the conspiracy take before it is unveiled to its roots? Blake Turley grew up in a series of foster homes and joined the police force in Page, Arizona to give back to the community. The community of native Navajo people around and the city of vendors and employees of power plants was bewildered by the murder of a young engineer. The evidence pointed towards his colleague and his sole friend in the city. Blake was not convinced about all the evidence, though. The accused claimed of a deeper conspiracy that ...