Western Thriller

Driving home from Utah, Howard Moon Deer is passing through an empty stretch of New Mexico desert when a young Chinese woman staggers onto the highway, seemingly out of nowhere, and collapses before his onrushing car. Howie screeches to a stop but she dies before he is able to get help. Who was this woman and where did she come from? When Jack Wilder and Howie are hired by a non-profit organization, Washington Women Against Trafficking, they are soon embroiled in the most dangerous case of their career.

Writer Catherine Davitt has returned to the Keys to research a book about Hemingway’s wives, but she’s also on the hunt for the truth about her missing friend. Hayley quickly agrees to help investigate and they hit the road to see what clues they might find. Back in the late 1970s, Catherine and her friend Veronica were part of a group of lost souls camping in the mangroves of Big Pine Key, until Veronica vanished, and the sheriff’s office cleared out the camp. Catherine and Hayley begin interviewing Big Pine Key residents who were around at the time of Veronica’s disappearance.

Mystic Caravan has hit Texas, and things are supposed to be quiet in Austin. The only thing of note in a city that praises itself for being weird is the nest of vampires that rules the town.

It’s their daughter’s graduation and Rachel and Ed Hartley are expecting it to be one of their family’s happiest days. But when she stumbles and falls on stage during the ceremony, a beautiful moment turns to chaos: Gemma has been shot, and just like that, she’s fighting for her life. PI Matthew Hill is one of the first on the scene. A cryptic message Gemma received earlier in the day suggests someone close to her was about to be exposed. But who?

When gold is discovered in the foothills just outside of Appaloosa, it sets off a fight between two shrewd local business operations as their hired gun hands square off over the claim. First a young miner disappears, then another. And then one of the businessmen himself is killed, right on his front doorstep. Meanwhile, as Cole and Hitch try to put a stop to the escalating violence, another killer is making his way toward town in pursuit of a long-lost dream and a mission of vengeance.

When Detective Maria Miller walks up creaking stairs into the attic of the old brownstone she senses this isn’t an ordinary crime scene. The brutality of the murder is enough to shock even an experienced detective like Maria. But there’s something else. An unsettling presence seems to lurk in the shadows sending a chill through Maria’s bones, making her desperate to run back down the stairs and never return. The killing is identical to the murder of an actress sixty years before, a crime that tore a family apart and sent shockwaves through New York City.

In the heart of Westbourne, a charming West Sussex village kissed by the golden hues of autumn, recently retired Professor John Castellanos seeks solace in the simplicity of a quaint cottage. What began as a peaceful retirement filled with rustic charm and quiet contemplation quickly spirals into a dark enigma. When the beloved local vicar is discovered murdered, with cryptic warnings of ancient horrors echoing in his final words, John finds himself tangled in a web of secrets that threatens to shatter the tranquillity he once cherished. As he delves deeper into the mystery, the lines ...

I left New York for an adventure and ran smack dab into a wall, a beautifully crafted wall of brawn and muscle. She’s from New York, and he’s from Scotland. Their worlds collide while both are visiting Turkey and, literally, run into one another. The rich, dominant philanthropist, Lord Roswell is more than happy to lend a hand and help a woman in need. That is until he learns she may be a part of those who murdered his father. Now he is keeping her close to see what he can learn regarding his father’s untimely death, but the more he is around the beautiful yogi, the more he is falling...

A gunshot pierces the winter day… A sheriff finds a woman in the woods… …not a normal day in Copper Pass, Montana Investigative reporter, Jordan Evans flees Billings, Montana with an evil stranger hot on her heels. Someone wants her to stop questions. When she meets the town’s handsome sheriff, Wyatt Armstrong, she finds a strong ally, especially when a local girl disappears and he needs Jordan’s investigative skills to find her. Fearing a sex trafficking ring is hiding in Copper Pass, Jordan and Wyatt hatch a brave, dangerous plot to catch the ringleader. Will they stop the evil ...

Indigo Heat The Indigo Brothers Trilogy Book Two What would you do if your family went missing? Three brothers, Jackson, Mitch, and Garret Indigo are summoned back home to tiny Indigo Key by their mother. Their sister has gone missing along with her husband and two kids. But the mystery only deepens when they learn a visitor to the town has also disappeared. Are the two cases related? And, if so, what are the people in their hometown hiding?

In the dense and dangerous Amazon, the crew of the supernatural reality series, Cryptid Quest, makes a stunning discovery. A Bronze Age fortress of Mayan design, hidden by impenetrable jungle and far from where it should be. But that’s not all. They also find tantalizing evidence of Egyptian and Greek influence—An impossible collision of ancient cultures that leaves them baffled. Then, without warning, they disappear without a trace. Determined to find out what happened, John Decker travels to South America.

Barely a month since his promotion to Inspector, DI Ford is called in to investigate the murder of a young nurse and her son in a small flat in Salisbury. There are few clues, and no apparent motive, but Ford can sense that there's a serial killer at work. After all, he knows from brutal personal experience how killers cover their tracks.... It's been six years since Ford lost his wife in a climbing accident - an accident he caused. He is desperate to keep the truth hidden, especially from his son, Sam.

Last Sunrise is the story of Randy “Buck” Blaylock, a cowboy, rodeo champion, movie stuntman … and contract assassin for the CIA. No one, not even his wife of more than 30 years, knows Buck’s dark past in Vietnam. They only know him from the time he entered the movie business as a stuntman, who doubled for major stars in westerns. Today, he and his wife, Linda, live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the small town of Bridgeport. After the death of their teenage son, Buck was nearly destroyed by grief and alcohol. With Linda’s love and support he has recovered and they are ...

Jack Wilder and Howard Moon Deer are back with a baffling new case. A lonely woman, recently arrived in New Mexico, has vanished mysteriously from her house on a snowy winter day, leaving her front door open and her emotional support dog, Gurdjieff, dead on the dining table.

After hunting down the notorious desperado Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch return him to San Cristóbal to stand trial. No sooner do they remand him into custody than a major bank robbery occurs and the lawmen find themselves tasked with another job: investigating the robbery of the Comstock Bank, recovering the loot, and bringing the criminals to justice.

If Lauralee had her way, all the saloons in the great Northwest would be closed down. Her crusade was successful - except for the prosperous saloon that McCallum was determined to save from her indignation. But their conflict could not quell their growing attraction for each other. Slowly the proud, powerful man melted Lauralee's defiant heart...yet as she surrendered to a rich and wild desire, her joy was shadowed by the haunting mystery of McCallum's brother's death...a mystery whose shocking outcome could forever destroy their love!

Kimberley is endowed with supernatural powers that often make her life seem more of a curse than a blessing. Kimberley's strange gift, leads her to be drafted into occasionally helping the police, though all she wants is to not be noticed except when doing her day job. She is an Airline Purser and she is very good at her job. Jake is a pilot for the same airline, he is dashing, quite good looking and he has just noticed Kimberley. Kimberley looks stunning with luscious brown hair and Jake wondered where she had been all his life. Kimberly decides she cannot share her secret with anyone ...

This is about Agent Ginger’s last mission to the Ukraine by the Russian border as Agent Six her successor had been kidnapped in Russia. Ginger had taken time off as the lead agent in Syno security Agency to become mother to two beautiful children, Breeze and C J, between her and Clive. That was until they received the phone call that Agent Six had been kidnapped while under cover in Istanbul and from where she had been detailed to go to the Ukraine. Once there, she was to go to the Russian border and wait for further instructions. Agent Six was Ginger’s replacement when she went on ...

When an executed original of a secret treaty between England and France, known as the French Treaty, is stolen from the country estate of Lord Halifax, Scotland Yard asks Joanna, Dr. John Watson, Jr., and Dr. John Watson, Sr., to use their detective skills to participate in the hunt for the missing treaty. As the government becomes more restless to find the missing document and traditional investigative means fail to turn up the culprit, Joanna is forced to devise a clever plan to trap the thief and recover the missing treaty.

Wolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout. As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one of the men who has fallen under the temptress' spell impaled on the antler tine of a giant bull elk, a kill that' s been claimed by a wolf pack. An accident? If not, is the killer human or animal?