Western Mystery

Life is good for DI Dan Hellier until the discovery of two headless, handless bodies buried in a bog on Dartmoor. How can he identify the victims when nobody has reported them missing? The tension mounts when the death of a young man plunges Hellier into the murky world of the Garrett family. Could the peaceful, family-run Animal Rescue Centre really be a cover for murder and other criminal activity? Hellier is about to learn just how far people will go to get what they want, as he races to catch a murderer before it’s too late.

A town in turmoil. A young woman caught between loyalty and suspicion. Can love and courage unmask a deadly enemy? Deborah Taber is struggling to find her place in Pearson Grove, but her search for purpose is interrupted when violence strikes close to home. Her brother is shot, her family’s newspaper is firebombed, and suspicion falls on Trey Pearson—the man she’s secretly loved since childhood. With the town on edge and a killer on the loose, Deborah must decide who to trust and how far she’ll go to protect those she loves. Trey Pearson, newly returned after years away, never ...

Imagine a place populated by criminals - people plucked from their lives, with their memories altered, who've been granted new identities and a second chance. Welcome to The Blinds, a dusty town in rural Texas populated by misfits who don't know if they've perpetrated a crime or just witnessed one. What's clear to them is that if they leave, they will end up dead. For eight years, Sheriff Calvin Cooper has kept an uneasy peace - but after a suicide and a murder in quick succession, the town's residents revolt.

When he kicked off, Florida mob boss Frank DiCilia left his gorgeous widow, Karen, everything, but with strings attached. She loses the millions, the cars, the palatial Gold Coast mansion if she ever gets involved with another man. And there's a crazy cowboy-wannabe thug named Roland who's acting as Frank's eyes beyond the grave, making sure Karen doesn't dally. But now Cal Maguire's come into the picture. A sexy, street-smart Detroit ex-con, Cal's got a line and a scam for every occasion.

Private investigator Jim Knighthorse takes on his most dangerous case yet. An animal rights activist has disappeared and his girlfriend fears the worst. The twisty clues eventually lead Knighthorse onto the high seas and deep into Mexico’s shark-infested waters―and straight into the sordid underbelly of the illegal shark-fin market. The ex-football player turned private eye soon becomes the man who knows too much... and what he knows could get him killed. But not before Knighthorse does what he does best―take the bad guys down and burn the whole damn thing to the ground. Hail Mary is ...

Only a vampire can solve these crimes–a vampire private eye named Samantha Moon... Samantha Moon leaves the VCSU and the United States to pursue the evil inside a cursed castle that has marked her daughter for something sinister. Samantha Moon and Brent Cole prepare for their next case where shadows of the past merge with the present, and ancient mysteries threaten her family. It’s not the castle that stirs Sam’s soul. It’s the sinister mark etched upon her daughter’s flesh that sends her on the hunt for the disappearing castle. Brent delves deeper into the depths of his newfound ...

Books 7, 8, and 9 in the John Decker Supernatural Thriller series.

(Edited September 24, 2017) . He’s coming for me. The man who leaves little gifts and creepy pictures. The only person I can turn to may never love me the way I need to be loved. Ella He’s cold. He’s merciless. He's my brothers second. His cold demeanor shouldn’t be a turn on but it is. Let's face it he's hot. He's also the only thing standing between me and my stalker. Oh and I'm pregnant with his child. . Jace She's beautiful. She's pure and innocent. She's my president's twin sister. I shouldn't want her but I can't seem to stay away. I want nothing more than to corrupt her. And ...

In this Richard Jury adventure, Martha Grimes takes listeners to Ashdown Dean, a little English village where animals are dying in a series of seemingly innocuous accidents. While the puzzling deaths of village pets may raise some idle gossip over a pint or two at the Deer Leap, the village pub, this hardly seems a case for Superintendent Jury of Scotland yard. Nor does it seem much of a challenge for the combined deductive powers of Jury and Melrose, the affable former Earl of Caverness.

It is the winter of 1879, and Dodge city has lost its snap. Thirty-one-year-old Wyatt Earp, assistant city marshal, loads his wife and all they own into a wagon, and goes with two of his brothers and their women to Tombstone, Arizona, land of the silver mines. There Earp becomes deputy sheriff, meeting up with the likes of Doc Holliday, Clay Allison and Bat Masterson as well as finding the love of his life, showgirl Josie Marcus.

Octavia I stepped off the plane and was hit by a jolt of electricity. It's as if lightning is striking me, the first time I see him. As I step off the jet and onto the tarmac, there he stands, as if summoned from my fantasies. He is gorgeous, muscled, Scottish, and there for me. The electric pulse that dashes across my skin as his kiss brushes against my hand pushes that pulse lower. This is to be the next leg in my journey to discovering what I want out of life. After years of focusing on nothing but work, it's time to focus on myself and the adventures I’ve dreamed about. Will those ...

The battle with the darkness is not over. It has only just begun...The battle for Amigus is over, and orphan-turned-hero, Yuiv, is settling into his life as junior lord of the house of Trauel. The loving family and peaceful life he’s so long yearned for seems to be within his grasp; that is until Yuiv starts having vivid nightmares. His glowing Kalyra eyes mark these dreams as supernatural, proof that he has the gift of Farsight -a power held only by the Al’Kalyra or Arch Sage. As frightening as the idea of being Valcoria’s prophesied savior is, the terror of what Yuiv witnesses in ...

Shady Rest, Texas, has the dubious reputation for being the deadliest town in America. Getting yourself killed is as easy as blinking and twice as quick. Sure enough, Matt Jensen hasn't swallowed his whisky before the town's marshal is gunned down.

Deadwood meets Cthulhu in this wild and profane Western romp featuring zombies, werewolves, evil spirits, and one pissed-off gunslinging preacher. The Wild West has never seen the likes of the Reverend Jebidiah Mercer, a hard man wielding a burning Bible in the battle between God and the devil, in an endless struggle he's not sure he cares who wins. With its five stories laced with fast-paced action, nonstop humor, and spine-tingling horror, Deadman's Road is your ride to hell....

Florence "Florida" Baum is not the hapless innocent she claims to be when she arrives at the Arizona women's prison—or so her ex-cellmate, Diosmary Sandoval, keeps insinuating. Dios knows the truth about Florida's crimes, understands the truth that Florence hides even from herself: that she wasn't a victim of circumstance, an unlucky bystander misled by a bad man. Dios knows that darkness lives in women too, despite the world's refusal to see it. And she is determined to open Florida's eyes and unleash her true self.

Holly wants a P.I licence so she can actually help the police alongside her fiancé Dan. Just because Holly is planning for a wedding doesn't mean she's completely out of the picture when it comes to intrigue and danger. Eric a new and very young client of Holly’s, who has suddenly become wealthy at a very young age after inventing an eBay-like website, brings new issues and complexity to Holly’s well-ordered life, wanting Holly's services to decide how to invest his wealth and requesting a personal service, somehow rang a warning bell in Holly’s investigative mind. Worry some ...

Romance author Becca Mason is spending the summer at Sagebrush Ranch, looking forward to her friend’s wedding, parties and fun. She also hopes to kick the writer’s block plaguing her. Hoping a change of scenery will reignite her creativity, she jumped right in when her friend offered the invitation. Nobody knows what he writes, though, because what credible romance author would have such rotten luck with her own happily ever after? Ethan Boone is a horse trainer at the ranch who’s considered a bit of a player. The truth about that is a little more complicated. He’s carried a secret ...

Books Four, Five, and Six in the John Decker Supernatural Thriller series.

Something tells her she is not in Hollywood anymore… Actress Bellarose Abbott is out of her element. The moment her jet touched down in rural Washington State, she was in another world. The big hats and boots were one thing, but now she’s expected to ride a horse for this role? Crazy! And if all that wasn’t bad enough, the grumpy cowboy hired to teach her is as sexy as he is exasperating. This is going to be one long shoot… Kingsley Yates has one goal—and working on a TV series is not it. But if he wants to realize his dream of establishing a thoroughbred horse bloodline on his ...

In the wake of Fourth of July fireworks in Montana's Madison Valley, Hyalite County sheriff Martha Ettinger and Deputy Sheriff Harold Little Feather investigate a horrific scene at the Palisades cliffs, where a herd of bison have fallen to their deaths. Victims of blind panic caused by the pyrotechnics, or a ritualistic hunting practice dating back thousands of years? The person who would know is beyond asking, an Indian man found dead among the bison, his leg pierced by an arrow.