Old Suspense

Go to The Dancing Men and ask for a saucer of milk for your snake. Then all will be revealed. That’s all the note says - before the ink disappears! Xena and Xander Holmes think living in London will be boring. But when they discover they’re related to Sherlock Holmes and inherit his unsolved casebook, life becomes much more exciting. The siblings set out to solve the cases their famous ancestor couldn’t, starting with the mystery of a prized painting that vanished 1000 years ago. Can two smart 21st-century kids succeed where the celebrated Sherlock Holmes could not?

An elderly man has been run down by a logging truck on the street in Vientiane just opposite the post office. His body is delivered to the morgue of Dr. Siri Paiboun, the official and only coroner of Laos. At the age of 73, Siri is too old to be in awe of the new communist bureaucrats for whom he now works. Before he can identify the corpse, he must decipher a letter in the man’s pocket—it is written in invisible ink and in code.

I’ve been kidnapped, bound, and forced into marriage with a Mafia silver-fox who wants more than just my body—he wants my soul… Dominic Castellano is power incarnate—cold, ruthless, and magnetic. The moment our eyes meet at my father’s gala, something stirs inside me. Beneath his icy exterior is a hunger that sets my body on fire. Just as I start to succumb to him, Dominic storms into my Miami art studio, takes me captive, and drags me into his world. His touch is rough, his kiss demanding. No matter how much I fight, I crave him more. On our wedding day, everything unravels. ...

After her twin sister’s brutal murder, former US Army Sergeant Allison “Lex” Luther vowed to protect her niece, Charlie. So when two vampires try to kidnap the baby, it quickly turns into a fight to the death - Lex’s death, that is.

The aging millionairess has a problem: where is her young playboy husband getting all his money? To help find the answer, Archie infiltrates a party at her palatial estate. But her late-night murder ruins the festive mood...and a letter bomb from a powerful crime boss makes Nero Wolfe do the unthinkable - run for his life. Suddenly Archie finds himself on his own, trying to find a killer without the help of his old mentor. For to all appearances, Wolfe has vanished. The career of the world’s most famous detective has ended in cowardice and disgrace...or has it?

When Georgia rents her country home for the month of August, it’s off to the relaxing Connecticut shore for her; her husband, Tom; and their young daughter. It’s just what they need to ease family tensions and reconnect. All that’s left to do is leave behind their house keys—to a stranger. For Anna, Georgia and Tom’s house in the cool woodlands is a dream break from the oppressive heat of a New York City summer—and from an increasingly ill-fated relationship with her lover. A month apart and Anna can clear her head and reassess her future. She’s found the perfect place to do it.

Pie Contest Turns Deadly Fall is in the air and the Eastern Shore Pie Contest has come to Pelican Cove. So has a woman who became a pariah when she was banished from town forty years ago. Now she is back with a vengeance amidst loud protests. The town is split over whether a decades old edict is still valid, especially since the woman holds a lot of power as a judge of the contest. The competition heats up as local women break their backs trying out different recipes, determined to win. Then an unexpected murder shocks the town. Roped into investigating the crime, café owner and amateur ...

An undercover billionaire and a curvy girl on the run… Tyler From the moment Zoe walks in on me in the shower I know she’ll be mine. I can’t tell her who I am; the secret billionaire who’s gone undercover to sort out one of his troubled fitness clubs. She thinks I’m a personal trainer. But as our private sessions get hotter, I realise I’m not the only one keeping secrets. Zoe There’s a reason I work out every day, a reason I’ve learned to defend myself and run fast. And there’s a reason why I never stay in one place for long. Then I meet the hot new personal trainer at the...

When old bones are discovered buried beside an A road, it becomes clear that Leon Martin—dubbed "The Ken Doll Killer" by the tabloid press—may not have taken his life 21 years ago. As Boyd investigates the old case file, it becomes clear that there may be new bodies buried at lay-bys around the country—more than that, something incredible was overlooked by the original investigating team.

With the scars of her last case still fresh on her skin, DI Jamie Johansson is piecing together a puzzle that’s been buried for 20 years. It killed her father, and now she’s determined to finish what he started and expose the corruption threaded through every street of Stockholm. When a series of violent incidents rock Jamie’s fragile existence in Sweden, she’s faced with a choice - drop the case, or have her loan to Stockholm Police terminated.

I don’t want a wife. But in the mafia, marriage isn’t about love—it’s about power. When the Family demands I marry Giovanni Lucatello’s sheltered daughter, I drown my frustration in whiskey and meet a woman who’s everything I shouldn’t want: bold, sharp-tongued, and tempting as sin. One night with her is unforgettable. But by the next morning, she’s gone. Or so I thought. When I walk into my engagement meeting, I see her sitting there, looking like innocence itself. Gianna Lucatello. The woman I’m bound to marry. I’ll make her regret what her father did to me. I’ll ...

"The Secret of the Old Clock" is the first issue of the Nancy Drew mystery series, in which Nancy wants to help the Turner family, who are relatives of the recently deceased Josie Crawley, and where he had relatives who did not take care of him and did not treat him kindly.

Paul Samson is living in London and picking up some extra work for a private security company when he is almost killed by a thuggish assassin while tailing a mysterious and gifted young employee of a powerful environmental NGO. The murder of legendary spy Robert Harland, the poisoning of billionaire philanthropist Denis Hisami with a neurotoxin in the United States House of Representatives, and a second attempt on Samson's own life send him on the run to Estonia to figure out who is trying to kill him, and why.

It’s the oldest trick in the book: a random guy in the mall offers a naive eighteen-year-old girl a job as a model. I should have known better, but I fell for it, and now my life is one of captivity. I’m a slave to my master’s every whim. I hate him for the way he possesses me—especially when he’s determined to make me like it. He might own my body, but he’ll never have my heart. I have to escape him, but when he threatens the only thing I’ve ever cared about, how can I? This is a dark romance. The H is an antihero at best. If possessive, over-the-top villains who will do ...

I was never supposed to be his wife. When my perfect older sister flees her arranged marriage, my father shoves me in her place—offering me up like a pawn to Dario Costa, the most feared Mafia Don in Philadelphia. Cold, ruthless, and eleven years my senior, he takes one look at me and sees nothing but a broken substitute. A wife unworthy of him. He refuses to annul the marriage but makes his stance clear—this will never be real. No love. No future. Just a one-year arrangement to save his reputation. But the more I push, the more possessive he becomes. The more I fight, the harder he ...

Thrift shop til someone drops... The Vintage Vendetta When she receives a strange invitation to her aunt’s midnight funeral in the cozy Minnesota town of Pine Grove, Jessica Braun’s life is going nowhere. Her marriage is over, and her dead-end job has run out of road. Now she’s inheriting an old log house full of collected treasures and memories, and learns Aunt Daphne’s death was no accident. To make matters worse, Jess is the hopeless deputy’s prime suspect. After a second old-timer is silenced and a third may be in danger, she dives into her own investigation and the town’s ...

He took his brother’s place at the altar. Now he owns my vows, my body… and soon, my heart. I was supposed to marry a man I didn’t love. I didn’t expect him to vanish— Or his older brother to take his place. Matteo Romano is everything my groom wasn’t. Colder. Crueler. Thirteen years older. A Mafia alpha with a voice like velvet and eyes that promise ruin. He says our marriage is just business—one year, no feelings. But when he punishes, I burn. When he commands, I break. And when he whispers mine, I believe him. One night, hate turns into something reckless. Now there’s a ...

Here it is... a giant book of 20 Lesbian Lust Tales! Multiple stories of hot, forbidden, girl-on-girl action! Threesomes, step-sibling, sex toy's, DP's, backdoor worship, BDSM, bondage, spanking! It is all here!

It’s been years since Ivy Morgan, Harper Harlow, Maddie Graves, and Rowan Gray married the loves of their lives and decided to settle down. Since that time, they’ve joined together to form a fearsome magical quartet. The plan was to stand with one another. Now that plan is being put to the test. While out morel hunting with her brother, daughter, and nephews, Ivy stumbles across a body, a ritual dagger causing her to fear they’re dealing with something more dangerous than a normal human. Right away, she calls for reinforcements from her magical friends…and they come running.

Martha Andersson and her friends are at it again. Having left behind their restrictive senior home in Stockholm, the gang is off to make it big in the bright lights and big money of The Strip. Armed with electric wheelchairs and some well-placed helium balloons, Martha, The Genius, The Rake, Christina, and Anna-Gretta are ready to take a Vegas casino for all it's worth, cashing in on their new favorite pastime: white-collar crime.