New Detective

When a serial killer sweeps through the streets of Cambria, California, Georgiana Germaine gets swept up into a tangled web of deception and lies ... After bidding farewell to the last guest of the night, Pippa Holliday checks on her four-year-old son, pours herself a glass of wine, and heads onto the deck for her nightly swim. As she begins to relax, her attention shifts to a shadow lurking next to the sliding glass door. A moment earlier, she could have sworn the shadow had moved. Are her eyes playing tricks on her? Or is someone there with her, watching and waiting for the perfect ...

Deadly ingredients, earth-shattering recipes, and poisoned relationships abound in this tantalizing third installment of the Hex Kitchen series. The culinary magic world is at war with itself. A murderer with a vendetta has taken control of the all-powerful Gourmands. The first step in his recipe for domination: kill all his rivals...beginning with Braxton and Kenzie. New enemies are emerging from all sides, and the future of magic is at stake. Everything hinges on Braxton’s sister and her lover-turned-enemy. The problem is that Sofia is in jail, and Graham is being hunted by the police. ...

Secrets make up the foundation of Veritas University. They infiltrate every inch of campus, and its Kings, Alex Mitchell and Teddy Parker, are not immune. When Teddy’s twin brother, Tommy, is murdered, the foundation starts to crack and secrets threaten to tumble out. Everyone has something to hide, but someone within the golden gates surrounding Veritas will do anything to keep their secrets from being revealed. As more students turn up dead and the local police scramble to apprehend the killer, one officer struggles to keep her past from interfering with the case. And while Teddy tries ...

A stolen imperial seal. A murdered British consul. A city where every truth has a price. Shanghai, 1921. When Sherlock Holmes receives a summons from the enigmatic Lady Hayworth, he and Dr. Watson journey to the East to investigate a murder steeped in political secrecy. A stolen dynastic artifact has vanished, and whispers of espionage, betrayal, and revolution stir in the streets. From smoky theatres and coded ciphers to deadly trapdoors in colonial backrooms, Holmes must untangle a conspiracy that spans empires—and decide who to trust in a city that trusts no one. The game is afoot… ...

I'm Natasha. Friends call me Tash. The world calls me loser. No one knows I possess a deadly magic. It was supposed to be a simple surveillance job, just like the zillion others I had run for my tough-guy benefactor, Tobias. An hour into it, I'm sitting with a dead body after barely surviving a warlock's rampage. I thought things couldn't get any worse, but what did I know? Running point for Tobias or being witness to a murder was the least of my worries. Now I've been blackmailed into working with sexy paranormal cop Ian, and I must help him find what the warlock is up to before he ...

On June 9, 2007, the murder of Koruna Prasad Mukherjee, a renowned editor known for his provocative column “Knock, Mock, and Shock,” sends shockwaves through Kolkata’s high society. Prasad is found dead in a grotesque scene where women’s underwear is used as part of the murder. His body is found with an expression of terror, and his pants are unzipped with his genitalia exposed, suggesting a final mocking defiance. But the case is immediately marked as classified by the chief minister, aiming to suppress the scandalous details. Motilal Mistry, the chief inspector of the detective ...

Jessica Jones manages the historic Regent Theatre capably and lovingly. On top of her usual chores of running this charming, decaying 130-year-old relic with its leaking roof, and placating those who are preparing the next production, Jessica finds herself thrust into the role of amateur sleuth. She must solve the mystery of the body in the second row and find out who is writing those demented threatening letters. She has plenty of suspects: likable and not so likable actors, those who toil behind the scenes (and do it all for love), and greedy developers who want the theatre to fail. ...

An invitation to take lunch at the Great Western Hotel at Paddington station leads Sherlock Holmes into a baffling mystery. Who is it that is watching every move made by popular journalist Farringdon Blake, and why? When the trail goes cold in London, Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson, must travel down to Foxwood Grange, Blake's home in rural Oxfordshire, to seek a solution to the mystery there.

In the city of New Orleans, Detective Mickey Nixon is still reeling from the shock of his recent breakup with Nancy Jones. Unbeknownst to him, Nancy has secretly become the notorious leader of a powerful gang, terrorizing the city's streets. When his old friend and fellow detective, Michael O'Neal, reaches out to him about the escalating gang violence, Mickey reluctantly joins forces with Michael to uncover the truth. As they dig deeper, they begin to suspect Nancy might be involved, but she's careful to cover her tracks. With their friendship and principles tested, Mickey and Michael must ...

A chill wind from the Solent carries whispers of terror. In the grim Kingfisher Dry Dock, the salvaged hulk of the RMS Sovereign – a grand ocean liner lost decades ago – is plagued by inexplicable and terrifying occurrences. Ghostly figures haunt the decaying decks, disembodied voices echo through the rusting corridors, and the workforce is paralyzed by fear. Summoned by syndicate chairman Sir Alistair Finch, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrive to find a priceless treasure has been recovered from the wreck: the legendary Admiral's Star necklace. Its presence seems to heighten the ...

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 ...

Three Sherlock Holmes stories in the style of Doyle's originals: "Sherlock Holmes & the Monumental Horror", "Sherlock Holmes & the Adventure of Ichabod Reed", and "Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Last Line".

Sister Justus was from a small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She never thought she would live in a big city. But God's plan for her was very different from what she imagined. Now here she was, many year later, comforting patients at an inner city hospital. It was quite a routine life until the night a young college student was rushed into the emergency unit. That night, Sister Justus's life changed forever. Death threats, police detectives and mystery surrounded her. for once in her life, Sister Justus worried she would need more than prayer to save herself and those around her.

Every vampire in the world wants to kill me. My only hope lies in robbing the Devil's vault. I am Lucas Johnson, a fallen angel working as a corporate hitman, and I've got a vampire problem. Ever since I've killed one of the four high vampires, all the other vampires want me dead. And they are rather active about it, sending an endless flood of vampire thralls. I've slaughtered thousands of them, but their hunt can only end with my death. It's only a matter of time before a lucky bullet ends me. I'm out of tricks to try and I have nowhere to run, so I wait for a miracle or death. But then ...

Jessica Sunshine—bright, warm and downright deadly if one got too close. That’s the lesson homicide detective Matt Denby learned the hard way when he teamed up with the youngest Sunshine sister. Sure, he wanted to help solve her father’s murder. But being on the case—day and night—with the sultry TV reporter was driving him up the wall…in more ways than one. Jessica steamed through life and into danger without regard. And Matt was hell-bent on protecting the vixen. But who was going to back him up once the blond bombshell turned her charms on him?

A doomsday cult has infiltrated Mesa City. Only a motley crew of rookie superheroes stand in their way. Red Mantis stalks a kidnapping ring, determined to shatter its grip of terror and every bone in its collective body. He may not have powers, but he knows how to fight. And when teenagers disappear from your neighborhood, that’s what you do: You stand up and fight! Besides, he may be the last hero left in this bleak city. Mister Wonderful hasn’t been seen in weeks. The Coyote is dead, murdered by cultists of the Never-Ending Serpent. Leaving her partner, Medicine Man, on a mindless ...

Somebody cursed Lucinda’s Abuelita. But who? And why? And why are the authorities and her family too frightened to investigate? When Lucinda recognizes she is Abuelita’s only hope for survival, she and her best friend enlist the help of the most unlikely ally, the son of the local gang boss… …the gang boss her family killed. Using bruja witchcraft, Lucinda and her friends open a gateway to relive Abuelita’s memories, only to discover terrible secrets and powerful enemies who pose an even greater danger than a single curse.

When world-class hacker Genny Clarke discovers a plot to destroy her hometown of New Orleans, she puts her life in danger trying one long-shot chance to save her beloved city. Two weeks before Mardi Gras, a party boat full of revelers blows up in the middle of Lake Pontchartrain. It’s the worst disaster to hit New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Was this a horrific but isolated accident, or was it the opening salvo of a series of planned terrorist attacks that are designed to flood and cripple the city? Genny is brought in by Pelican Oil and Gas-- the company that had hired the party ...

A professor's murder at a small New England college and a forgotten manuscript lead recently retired school teacher, Richard MacKenzie, and his wife, Morgana, through a labyrinth of secrets, deceptions, and murder. Will revelations about Morgana's past hinder the ongoing investigation about the professor's death, and damage her marriage? Will Richard be able to save his brother's job? Will the killer be found before he strikes again? Everything depends on Richard. Who said retirement is like a walk in the park?

When the Gable family relocates to the remote village of Dunlowe, they hope to find peace in the ancient halls of their ancestral home. But the past is not at rest, and Dunlowe is not all it seems. The villagers are cold and secretive. The local librarian tells strange tales of a ghostly girl, long since dead. Disturbing visions plague their son. What was meant to be a quiet escape, soon descends into a centuries-old nightmare. As long-buried secrets rise to the surface, the Gable’s uncover an ancient betrayal and a hunger that refuses to die. With the help of a weary detective, the ...