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WAS IT A NIGHTMARE OR WAS IT REAL? A seven-year-old boy experienced a horrible nightmare while on a camping trip. But was it a nightmare? Sgt. Jeremy Porter, the squad supervisor for the New Orleans Police Department's Child Endangerment Division, does not think so, especially since he suffers from his own realistic nightmares. Therapists, doctors, and even the police chief are all convinced it was a nightmare and the boy won't cooperate. Amidst the maddening and violent Mardi Gras season, Jeremy develops a wild hunch and sets his sights on a most unlikely suspect for child abuse. While ...

Charles Bowden writes, “this book is not about how the world ends but how a new world is being born.” Murder City explores this new world, focusing on the idea that Mexico is collapsing into a permanent culture of violence. Bowden focuses on Ciudad Juarez, which lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, last year alone 1,607 people were murdered, a number that is set to accelerate in 2009.

Women of Valor The second three of the Alexandra Destephano Psychological Medical thrillers in a digital collection from the Queen of New Orleans Medical thrillersVengeance is the name of the game... Toxic New YearWhat began as rural Virginia’s premier New Year celebration turns into a day of horror when the enemies of Alex Destephano's grandfather, Congressman Adam Patrick Lee, bring the war to his Virginia estate killing, maiming and destroying everything in their path. Evil: Finding St. GermaineMichaela McPherson travels from Richmond with police dog Angel to consult with Commander ...

Why did Chelsea have to die on the most important night of Dani Sites' culinary career? Working for Raglan’s most affluent family, Dani was about to make a name for herself as the prestigious chef of the North Shore's highly anticipated Spring Equinox Soirée. But fate had it that the moment billionaire Bennett Bowing emerged from seclusion on the night of the dinner party, breaking his silence since his late wife’s passing, Chelsea, his potential next wife, is murdered. Dani not only needs to save her reputation and clear her name, but she also needs to stop ogling the billionaire’s ...

"Little Italy Murder" is a gritty crime novel set in the heart of New York City during the dark days of the early 20th century. Witness the birth of organized crime and the infamous "Black-Hand" society as they sew terror into NYC's Italian-American community.The plot unravels amidst urban grime, when on April 14, 1903, a mutilated body tucked into a barrel is discovered on East Eleventh Street, sparking the beginning of citywide panic. What follows is an in-depth exploration into the depths of the Black-Hand gang's heinous activities, led by brutal mafia leaders, Giuseppe Severin and ...

After the perils of a case that landed much too close to home, Hana Westerman turned in her badge and abandoned her career as a detective in the Auckland CIB. Hoping that civilian life will offer her the opportunity to rest and recalibrate, she returns to her hometown of Tata Bay, where she moves back in with her beloved father, Eru. Yet the memories of the past are everywhere, and as she goes for her daily run on the beach, Hana passes a local monument to Paige, a high school classmate who was murdered more than twenty years ago and hidden in the dunes overlooking the sea.

Winner in 2023 Global Book Awards competition Dark Matter: A fast-paced psychological thriller and emotional roller-coaster Personal tragedy gives D.S. Ross the daunting prospect of caring for his twelve-year-old autistic nephew, something he is ill-equipped to handle. As he learns and adapts, the killing doesn’t stop. Racked by grief and loneliness, enraged by those he believes responsible for the death of his wife, one man thirsts for revenge. The Press labels him the BBQ Killer. After being rejected and humiliated, another Killer hides in plain sight, cloaked in kindness and compassion...

When wildlife photographer Ray Ingalls is murdered in the new owl-protection zone in rural White Rock, New Hampshire, Chief Sam Mason's number-one suspect is his archenemy Lucas Thorne. .... Until a mysterious stranger reveals that the victim was up to a lot more than just taking photographs of endangered owls. Suddenly it appears that a lot more people had motive to want Ray dead. Sam, Sergeant Jody Harris, and their K-9 Lucy now have a fresh batch of suspects, all of whom have secrets they don't want exposed. But when Sam's hopes of putting Thorne away for good dwindle, help comes in the form of an unlikely ally.

Jennifer’s Murder is a neo-noir, paranormal murder mystery thriller that explores and reveals our darkest hidden desires and most excessive acts of lust, jealousy, murder… and revenge from beyond the grave. As the reader, you will become the unintended voyeur as you delve deeper and darker into the secret, salacious lives of those who live in the upscale, southern New Jersey beach town of Margate, just south of Atlantic City. Based on true events, but presented as a voluptuous paranormal fantasy, Jennifer’s Murder will take you to private, hidden worlds very few have ever witnessed. ...

Penrose and Pyke go together like fire and kerosene in this first-in-series Victorian era mystery. Trouble’s brewing in the Devil’s Half Acre. A death in an alleyway, a tragic accident in a factory, rumours of a murderer loose on the streets. It’s enough to give a genteel lady a fit of the vapours. Fortunately, Grace Penrose isn’t one to swoon at the sight of blood. All she wants is the chance to become the first female doctor in the colony. Instead, she must confront the harsh realities of the city’s most notorious sweatshop. When the police prove reluctant to investigate the ...

Homicide detective Hoke Moseley is called to a posh Miami neighborhood to investigate a lethal overdose. There he meets the alluring stepmother of the decedent and begins to wonder about dating a witness. Meanwhile, he has been threatened with suspension by his ambitious new chief unless he leaves his beloved, if squalid, suite at the Eldorado Hotel and moves downtown. With free housing hard to come by, Hoke is desperate to find a new place to live.

Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel - the only woman he's ever loved - has ended it with him, permanently. He's been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police, but it's in the cold case office. What he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison. When Harry wakes up the morning after a drunken night with blood that's clearly not his own on his hands, it's only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare.

Myer lives on a NZ mountain farm with her border collie, chickens, sheep and her faithful horse, Mustard. She hunts and forages, and barely leaves the mountain, only venturing into town to stock up on provisions once or twice a month.

Will the contents of dozens of old trunks filled with century’s old and fragile dresses, antique books and journals, and an even older jeweled sword, provide the answers to any of Mae’s well-guarded secrets?Sisters of the Heart is the fifth book in the ongoing story of the Engstrom family in the Mae’s Second Chance series. In the small ghost town of Mae’s Second Chance, where centuries old secrets remain hidden and the surrounding hills continue to guard another woman’s treasures, Julie Engstrom brings her family in search of a place that can replace what they had to leave behind....

A missing husband is presumed dead. Was it because of a dive boat explosion or while he was scuba diving the Great Blue Hole? Evidence is pointing to a hitman, but who hired him? Her husband may still be alive, and Ella won’t rest until she learns the truth, no matter how painful it might be. When Ella, her sister-in-law, and a police detective travel to Belize to find what happened to her husband the day he didn’t return from diving the Great Blue Hole, they never expected that their lives would be in danger. Belize seems like paradise, but like any mirage, scratch the underbelly, and ...

For 20 years Daniel Paquette's murder in New Hampshire went unsolved. It remained a secret between two high school friends until Eric Windhurst's arrest in 2005. What was revealed was a crime born of adolescent passion between Eric and Daniel's stepdaughter, Melanie - redefining the meaning of loyalty, justice, and revenge.

Do you like true crime stories? What about real crime committed by women? You may not have heard much about some of these bad women from the 1930s and 40s, but they were real and ruthless All had their "15 minutes of fame" leaving trails of death and mayhem behind them Their escapades were daring and reckless and many paid the ultimate price in the end • Mable Rein – Queen of the Hobos Rescued from a plane crash by tramps at the age of 6, she rose to lead an army of vagrants, thugs and looters and ransacked whole towns. Only the FBI could put a stop to her brutal rampage and greedy ...

Eleven women went missing over the spring and summer of 1988 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an old fishing port known as the Whaling City, where Moby Dick, Frederick Douglass, textile mills, and heroin-dealing represent just a few of the many threads in the community's diverse fabric. In Shallow Graves, investigative reporter Maureen Boyle tells the story of a case that has haunted New England for 30 years.

A young radio reporter solves a murder in his New England hometown while the world is focused on Sputnik and the 1957 World Series

Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops.