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Chloe and her husband Scott are holidaying with their families on the beautiful Greek island of Mykonos. But Chloe has a secret... She has hired a hitman to kill Scott when they return home. This week, her plan is to pretend to be such a happy wife that no suspicion can possibly fall on her after the murder. But she's reckoning without Scott’s meddlesome sister, Tori, plus the rivalries and demands of both families. Can she deal with them all while keeping her murderous intentions hidden?

Life in Paradise evokes images of gentle breezes, palm trees, white sand beaches, exotic flora, and iridescent butterflies. Unfortunately, glitzy ad campaigns omit crucial details. It is only after someone moves to Paradise that they discover the dirty secrets: corrupt bureaucracy, endemic crime, and a cast of oddball characters who could be rejects from a Fellini movie. The CIA recruits Maya Warwick to become the editor of a glossy lifestyle magazine. Her primary function is to infiltrate the expat community to root out certain fugitives. What she discovers is expat life is not only ...

When Tiffany and Ian join a Live Action Role-Playing group, they don’t expect to get involved in another murder. But when one of the gamers ends up with a crossbow through his heart, they're hired to uncover his killer. Who would’ve wanted to kill Mike, the former leader of the group? The other gamers seem like odd suspects, but they’re Tiffany and Ian’s only leads ... Meanwhile, the behaviour of Tiffany’s secret admirer gets more worrisome. Praise for A.R. Winters: "Fans of Stephanie Plum, meet Tiffany Black, A.R. Winters's new heroine." - Rea, Amazon.com "You fall in love with ...

A Cupcakes-And-Crime Caper A rock star turned lounge singer… turned killer? Superstar Roger Briars was living the high life—until his fiancé disappeared and he was accused of her murder. Now, decades later, Roger’s a semi-successful Vegas lounge singer. This time, when history repeats itself and Roger is accused of another murder, he won’t let it tank his career—not even when there’s “proof” that he’s the killer! Unfortunately, Nanna’s unwavering belief in Roger’s innocence isn’t enough to get him off the hook, and Tiffany must scramble to uncover the truth behind ...

The opening of a new hospital wing and the celebration of Bridget’s deeds should have been a happy occasion, and it would have been, if it wasn’t for the small issue of a… murder. Tiffany and Ian find themselves on the case, and with the help of their friend Stone, rush to uncover the truth before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Tiffany’s secret admirer continues his not-so-admirable quest to win her affections... . Praise for A.R. Winters: "Fans of Stephanie Plum, meet Tiffany Black, A.R. Winters's new heroine." - Rea, Amazon.com "You fall in love with Tiffany Black from the start, and...

Catching a killer is a piece of cake... Or is it? When Mindy Macbay moves back to her hometown of Santa Verona, she soon finds herself on the receiving end of anonymous threats, and even worse, unpleasant encounters with her high school nemesis and former paramours. "Winters will have you giggling into your book!" Will Mindy unmask the killer before it’s too late? And will her annoying high-school nemesis manage to make Mindy's life sufficiently miserable? Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - Jaycie D, Amazon.com...

When Sydney private investigator, Gary Maddox, is hired to recover a stolen painting, he plunges deep into the art world and finds himself battling crooks who are smooth, well-dressed and death in a chilled glass.

What secrets lie behind the secure walls of Westleigh Lodge? When Winston encounters a disorientated, naked man on a country lane at midnight, the tale he has to tell stirs the interest of journalist, Phil Tyler. Their enquiries draw him, his friends and his colleagues deeper into a dangerous and disturbing world where nothing is quite what it seems.

Everyone thought Mac was dead. So he felt comfortable creating a new life for himself in Los Angeles, running a home security company. He didn’t count on the voluptuous movie star that convinced him to find her missing husband. Or having the Russian mafia come after him. But it really irritated him that the Bulgarian KGB came out of the woodwork. Not to mention the Mexican drug cartel that thought they had killed him. Oh, and then there were those pesky stuntwomen. Maybe he should have stayed dead after all.

Beach wedding and a murder… Throw in an angry mermaid threatening to destroy the wedding! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! There’s trouble in Paradise, and the Rowling family is on the case. The island wedding of Mandy’s BFF Fiona and famous exorcist Brian Powers becomes the backdrop for a murder investigation when the body of a notorious loan shark is found in the dunes. But how did a man drown so far from the water? An angry mermaid threatens to wreak havoc if the killer isn’t caught, but with no spirits to question, does Mandy stand a ghost of a chance to solve the case? Find out in ...

In Soul to Soul, Jon, Simon and Lyn continue to trip and stumble across the universe in search of the ultimate margarita and a possible date for their friend Gilbert. As usual, they become tangled up with the universal forces of confusion, female androids are added into the mix, abstract consciousness is discovered in soup bowl, late night cable movies are discussed, insane theories win out and, as always, an ample amount of alcohol is consumed along the way. All this for your reading entertainment. This novel supports Amazon’s ‘look inside’ feature so if you like witty dialogue and ...

Dermot McEvoy sweeps his listeners into the midst of one of the most heated political races in New York City history, where an unlikely player decides to make her presence known. First it hits the papers that the Virgin Mary has appeared to Jackie Swift, an affable G.O.P. congressman with a couple of nasty habits. She then appears in a dream to Wolfe Tone O'Rourke, a liberal political consultant who is still haunted by the ghost of Bobby Kennedy, whose death he feels responsible for.

Chaz Perrone might be the only marine scientist in the world who doesn't know which way the Gulf Stream runs. He might also be the only one who went into biology just to make a killing, and now he's found a way, doctoring water samples so that a ruthless agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the endangered Everglades. When Chaz suspects that his wife, Joey, has figured out his scam, he pushes her overboard from a cruise liner into the night-dark Atlantic.

Warlock Holmes may have demons in his head, but now, Dr. John Watson has a mummy in his bloodstream. Specifically that of the sorcerer Xantharaxes, who, when shredded and dissolved in an eight percent solution, results in some extremely odd but useful prophetic dreams. There's also the small matter of Watson falling for yet another damsel du jour and Warlock deciding that his companion needs some domestic bliss....

Walls, who is now a don at Kings, is seeing strange things in both his apartment and his college room. Is something sinister really occurring or has he just been devoting too much time to academic study and gone a little mad? Why has the Walrus, one of the college contemporaries of Barnabus and Walls, reappeared in Oxford? Is this just coincidence? Barnabus, Walls’ best friend and also an indefatigable mystery investigator, springs in to help his friend uncover the truth.

Which of the following short stories would you read first? A.) A stubborn donkey challenges a Tennessee race horse. B.) A chess match ends in bloodshed. C.) Two sisters beg a funeral director to play their daddy's favorite Johnny Cash song. D.) A shooter takes aim from a church baptistry. E.) Two astronauts survive a horrific spinout only to return to earth and find everybody else walking around in super slow motion. Why not read them all? They're all in this far-flung collection of short stories and more. Scroll up and get them now with just one click.

A reporter with a nose for trouble. A suspicious death in suburbia. Can Zoe Wilder solve the mystery before she becomes the next victim? Zoe Wilder, reporter for The Spencer’s Ridge Gazette and aspiring cozy mystery author, is used to seeing crime where others see coincidence. When she discovers her friend Margo Kingsley dead in what police call an accident, Zoe is certain it’s murder—and she’s not the only one. Margo’s housekeeper agrees, but the sheriff’s department dismisses their suspicions. Enter Chief Deputy Caleb McBride, a former homicide detective with his own reasons ...

A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel.

Björn Diemel will reden: sowohl über die Einschulung seiner Tochter als auch über das Tantra-Seminar, das er aus Versehen mit seiner Ex-Frau besucht hat. Leider hat ein Unbekannter Björns Achtsamkeitstrainer, Joschka Breitner, krankenhausreif geprügelt – bei dem Versuch, dessen Tagebuch an sich zu bringen. Björn entwendet kurzerhand selbst die Aufzeichnungen seines Therapeuten und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Täter.

Private investigator Gary Maddox scratches out a living doing personal injuries surveillance. A mother asks him to find out who killed her drug-dealer son. The son deserved to die. But the mother deserves justice and offers Gary a lot of money. Soon he's battling drug dealers, corrupt cops, hit-men and murderers. They try to rub him out. But he's well-armed, and not dead yet.