First Private

He’s got a chip on his shoulder, steel bolts in his leg, and a mummy case that just turned into murder. When wise-cracking PI Jim Knighthorse is hired by an eccentric souvenir-shop owner to investigate the death of a young historian, it seems open and shut. The kid was found in the desert, out of gas, ruled an accident. Case closed. Except Knighthorse doesn’t do 'closed.' Because the dead historian was investigating “Sylvester,” a hundred-year-old mummified cowboy on display in the back of the shop—and the more Jim digs, the more he suspects both murders are connected, separated ...

From Amazon Romantic Suspense, Mystery Romance and Fantasy Bestselling Author Nicola Claire comes a seductive and fast paced world of beautiful relationships, explosive environments, and a group of friends who look out for each other. “Life is not meant to be easy. It’s a challenge you have to rise to every single day. We’ve all got demons inside us. We’ve all got secrets that could drag us down into an abyss.” Infiltrating the enemy has never been a problem for Charlie Downes. She’s spent the past ten years pretending to be someone she’s not, all in the name of crown and ...

Motels, mescaline, and murder. Meet Frank Trinity. This is the mid-1980s. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Imagine a duet between Ross Macdonald and Elmore Leonard. The world is changing but Tucson hasn’t changed since Trinity left. Trinity’s searching for a missing girl. He’s uncovering family secrets. Even in Tucson’s heat, Trinity stays cool. Sipping coffee in the Presidio. Hustling tennis in the foothills. Blasting Cannonball Adderley from the speakers of his white Bronco. The car didn’t turn heads, but it accelerated like a refugee from hell. Trinity is looking for a ...

From Amazon Romantic Suspense, Mystery Romance and Fantasy Bestselling Author Nicola Claire comes a seductive and fast paced world of beautiful relationships, explosive environments, and a group of friends who look out for each other. "Don't for a minute believe I want you any other way, Jason Cain. The second you stop being you is the moment you should fear most." For several months now Katie Anscombe has tried to hide her attraction to Jason Cain. That's what everyone expects of Katie. And of course, it helps that he basically ignores her too. But something about the ex-special forces ...

In a future where space exploration is tightly controlled by governmental treaties and bureaucratic inertia, visionary entrepreneur Sam Bass dares to defy the status quo. Founding Horizon Station, the first fully independent space hub beyond Earth's jurisdiction, Bass ignites a revolution that challenges terrestrial powers. As StarQuest expands to establish the inaugural private lunar base and launches humanity's first mission to Mars, the balance of power shifts dramatically. Nations scramble to adapt, leaders grapple with the loss of control, and a new reality emerges: the age of ...

When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became First Lady of the United States over sixty years ago, she stepped into the public spotlight. Although Jackie is perhaps best known for her two highly-publicized marriages, her legacy has endured beyond twentieth-century pop culture and she remains an object of public fascination today. Drawing on a range of sources—from articles penned for the women's pages of local newspapers, to esteemed national periodicals, to fan magazines, and film—Our Jackie evaluates how media coverage of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis changed over the course of her public life. J

I was almost 19 and I was seeing this guy Jason who was my age, but I thought that 48-year-old Curt was really hot and sexy, and he had a really cool job — he was a private investigator that caught people cheating on their husband or wife. I had been fantasizing about what it would be like to get dirty with Curt, since he was an older and much more experienced man than any I had ever been with. One evening, while I was over their house and Jason was playing video games and basically ignoring me, Curt said that he had a new assignment. That night, he was going to follow a guy whose wife ...

From Amazon Romantic Suspense, Mystery Romance and Fantasy Bestselling Author Nicola Claire comes a seductive and fast paced world of beautiful relationships, explosive environments, and a group of friends who look out for each other. "I crave to be near you, Kelly. And I have since I first laid eyes on you in Sweet Seduction's store. I can't explain it any other way. I was drawn to you, like the gravity of the sun. I didn't want to fight it; I wanted to, even if only briefly, say it was mine." Kelly Quayle has always been a good time girl, finding her thrills wherever and whenever she ...

From Amazon Romantic Suspense, Mystery Romance and Fantasy Bestselling Author Nicola Claire comes a seductive and fast paced world of beautiful relationships, explosive environments, and a group of friends who look out for each other. "There are those who become obsessed with what they cannot obtain. Then there are those who already own it, given freely and completely. Guess which one you are." Bad guys come in all sorts of guises; sometimes they can be loving and devoted, and take on the appearance of a businessman. Just ask Amber Lane, she should know. She's been sleeping with the enemy ...

This one is straight from the heart and because you asked so nicely. A final look at the guys and gals from Sweet Seduction. A dangerous and delicious short novel all about love at first sight and how it can lead to such beautiful, wonderful, unexpected things. This is Finn’s story, but it’s not just Finn’s story to tell. Because every guy has a great bunch of mates behind him, and if they’re anything like the guys at ASI and ADK, then they’re going to get involved, place their lives on the line, and do whatever it takes to help you out. “I should stay away. She’s warned me. ...

He was her first love, her first broken heart... and her brother’s best friend. Her murdered brother’s best friend. As the new boss of McDermont Investigations—her family’s business for the past few decades—Cindy McDermont will stop at nothing to find her brother’s killer. Even putting her trust in the one man she never wanted to see again: her ex-boyfriend, Dashielle Maddox. Turns out that Dash Maddox, a former FBI agent and her brother’s one-time best friend, knows more than he’s letting on; after all, he was there the night her brother was killed. Will their previous love...

When Charity Deacon witnesses a car crash, she can’t believe the police push her aside. Sure, she made some enemies on the force, but what happened to forgive and forget? Deep inside, something keeps pushing her to help, and it speaks louder than everyone she loves. For her first case as a PI, Charity searches for justice in the dark streets of Vancouver where missing prostitutes stay gone unless someone cares enough to risk their life to find them. From Vancouver to the south of France, Charity digs into secrets everyone wants to keep hidden.

First in a new series featuring paranormal investigators Ellen and Monty Drew. Ellen claims to possess a sixth sense, but Monty, a former PI, only believes what he can see. The Drews are summoned to a Southern California bible college after workers report hearing mysterious voices at night. When they encounter the unhappy ghost of a young girl, Monty's skepticism is shaken, but he resolves to help his wife free the trapped spirit.

In 1861 Hiram Terman joins the 82nd Ohio Infantry not sensing in the slightest what is coming. At twenty, he has just immersed himself in the boiling cauldron of the American Civil War. As the 82nd moves from battle to battle, he is tormented by the carnage around him and leans on his two friends, the religious Isaiah and the secular Seth for comfort. When the unthinkable happens and they are captured at Gettysburg and eventually sent to the whirlpool of death at Andersonville, their faith and beliefs are tested to the extreme in this true story hammered from the fiery battlefields and ...

With this ring, I thee wed… To dishonor and disobey. I can run, but I can’t hide. No camouflage will fool my fiancé. He’ll make me pay for trying to escape. Because Dare still needs me for his scheme to inherit billions. Private planes, palatial estates, and vacations to exotic locations. None of them are enough to make my pulse race. But whenever Dare kisses me, all my morals crumble around me. He sets my soul on fire. He makes me want to forget that we are liars. We were only meant to fool his wealthy family, but it’s starting to feel real. With billions at stake, Dare will do ...

When Charity witnesses a gruesome car accident, she becomes determined to uncover the truth behind the driver’s suspicious death. But as she delves into the case, she uncovers a dark and dangerous underworld of gangs and human trafficking.

전직 교사 엘렌 홈즈는 학생 한 명의 죽음에 '책임이 있는' 사람이다. 엘렌은 그 사건으로 인해 감옥에 들어갔다가 이제야 막 다시 사회로 나온 참이다. 전국적 뉴스가 됐던 그 사건 때문에 어떤 사람들은 엘렌이 남은 평생을 계속 감옥에서 보내기를 바랐지만... 지금 엘렌이 가지고 있는 계획? 최대한 웅크리고 지내기, 남의 눈에 띄지 않기. 한편으로는 새 일자리인 공원 녹지과 일을 제대로 배우면서, 재사회화위원회의 권고에 따라 탐정 코스도 이수하고, 아무튼 과거에 머물지만은 않기로 결심을 했다.

With this ring, I thee wed. To have and to hold, As long as we both shall live. The problem is that I don’t know how long that will be. Trouble rises from every direction. Dare and I will stand together and face it all. But if our bluff doesn’t pay off… there’s more than a billion dollar fortune at stake. We’re gambling with our very lives in this dangerous game of wealth and fate.

From the heart of Africa, a spellbinding true story of entrepreneurship, media, culture, and tradition all tastefully rolled into one! Absolute Radio is an authentic story of girls and boys who became women and men—and heroes—on the wings of a radio station. Running the course of 25 years, the story comes from the culturally stylish twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana with global footprints. It is the most tantalizing and groundbreaking body of work about Ghana’s private broadcasting industry.

The Passion of Private White describes the meeting of two worlds: that of the intensely driven anthropologist Neville White, and the world of hunter-gatherer clans in remote northern Australia with whom he has lived and worked for half a century, mapping their culture and history in breathtaking detail. As White began to understand this ancient culture struggling between the demands of Western modernity and the equally pressing need to preserve their lands, customs, laws and language, he was also trying to transcend the mental scars inflicted on the battlefields of Vietnam.