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Love Kinsey Millhone's grit, Stephanie Plum's humor, or Spenser's wry take on academia? Check out the Doctor Rowena Halley series! "Brilliantly-written and highly entertaining, a must read..." The Prairies Book Review "A charming blend of academic inspection and social commentary that weaves an engrossing personal perspective into a blend of social observation and evolving romance." D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review During one of the worst years on record in the academic job market, newly-minted PhD Rowena Halley has, against all odds, gotten a job. For one semester. At poverty wages. In New Jersey. But with so many of her fellow PhDs bagging groceries--or worse--instead of teaching Russian, this is the best chance she has. New jobs come with a lot of stress, everyone knows that. But Rowena has more problems than just learning her way around a new campus and convincing all these Yankees that yes, she really is from Georgia. Tensions in the department are high, her family wants to know when she's going to get a decent job and a decent man, and her ex-boyfriend is as usual persona non grata with the Russian government. It's when students start coming to her for help that she really gets into trouble, though. Rowena got where she is because she wants to help people and save the world, but if she's not careful, her idealism may get her killed. Witty and suspenseful, Campus Confidential is an insider's look at the gritty underbelly of academia, where the struggles are so vicious because the stakes are so small. Only sometimes, they're a matter of life and death. *Content warning: We've got angsty adjunct professors, mouthy undergrads, a cynical Navy vet, and a career Marine all mixing it up in here. The level of adult language is significant.*

LOVE MISS MARPLE? THEN MEET HONEY DRIVER!Something about this dirty death reeks of foul play.The newspaper headline gives Honey Driver the shock of her life. Her dear friend, Caspar St John Gervais, is dead. In the most mysterious - and mucky - of circumstances.His body's been pulled from the mud, down by the train track that twists through the woods. But Honey knows that can't be right. The Caspar she knew loathed the great outdoors.She races to Caspar's place - only to find him alive but outraged to hear that he's been mistaken for a mud-encrusted corpse.Dirty dealings are afoot. And Honey must dig deep to get to the bottom of what's really going on.Snooping around the tracks, she finds a mysterious bunch of flowers. With a sinister tarot cardtucked inside. Is it a message, a warning - or what?When the dead man's true identity comes out in the wash, Honey realizes she doesn't know Caspar quite as well as she thought.What other skeletons are hiding in the St John Gervais family closet?Fans of Faith Martin, Jane Adams, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will love this addictive cozy mystery!

Now a fully-fledged private investigator, Sloane Donovan is bored by her latest task of keeping a debauched starlet alive and out of the headlines as she films a movie in Vancouver. When she and her partner Wayne Capson are contacted by a grieving mother looking to resurrect the cold case of her missing daughter, Sloane finds herself inexorably drawn into a clandestine world of disappearing girls, illegal narcotics and loose ends dating back forty years.Careening from the hardest edges of the city to creepy rural backroads where cries go unheard, Sloane's relentless quest places the people closest to her at risk, while her own personal demons threaten to devour her. Lightning-paced and unputdownable, Call of the Void cements Sloane Donovan's position amid the new generation of hard-boiled sleuths.

Baz, Peggy, Carole, and Madge get together every morning to knit, drink tea, and exchange juicy titbits of gossip. Occasionally, they indulge in a bit of murder ... but only when strictly necessary.

What is real or only an illusion?Ghostly images that appear and float across the stage, objects that levitate into the air, and a beautiful assistant who disappears inside a glass box, then reappears inside a second glass box. All while the audience at the Crystal Palace, including amateur investigator Mikaela Forsythe, watch the performance.Is it real? Can the audience believe what they see?Then, an evening with her friend, Theodora Templeton while attending the one-night performance by master illusionist, Jean Luc Betard, takes a ghastly turn and plunges Mikaela headlong into murder when the illusionist's young assistant is found dead at the end of his newest stunt.The police, specifically Chief Inspector Abberline, who is also in attendance, declare it a tragic accident in an illusion gone wrong. But after making her own observations Mikaela is not convinced and places a call to Private Investigator Angus Brodie.Their's is a complicated partnership, more so with his latest work with the Special Services organization at the conclusion of their previous case, and that particularly complicated conversation he insisted on having with her. Irritating man!Never the less, Mikaela is certain there is more amiss than merely a tragic accident, and Brodie is forced to admit that she may be right, pulling them together once more, personal feelings aside. Or possibly not...That certainty takes both of them on a dangerous trail of clues that appear and then just as quickly disappear much like the illusionist's tricks.The case is no slight of hand, but a series of dangerous illusions meant to deceive both Mikaela and Brodie, and perhaps make them both disappear for good, while the murderer goes about his deadly scheme.And then, there is that conversation that she walked out on before, but he insists on having, even in the midst of murder.Oh my!

As townspeople celebrate their annual Halloween Shocktoberfest barn dance, a panicked black stallion bursts through the open barn doors. Everyone cheers at seeing the rider dressed like Brom Bones of the Sleepy Hollow legend. However, when Doctor Tullah Holliday rushes to aid the fallen rider, she discovers a truly headless horseman. Who is he, and where is his head? Halloween turns more horrible when the next victim, furred to look like Little Red Riding Hood's wolf, is found with an axe in his skull. When Tullah and her father, Sheriff Henry Holliday, discover a third grisly murder, again with the body arranged to resemble a specific fairytale villain, they must identify the maniacal psycho before he-or she-kills again.

A cruise ship filled with gangsters, a missing woman, and a new head of security who can't do his job. What's a middle-aged sleuth to do?Patricia just wants to spend more time in the company of Alistair Huntley, the offensively handsome captain of the Aurelia who seems only too happy to host her. But as the Aurelia sets sail from Miami, it does so with a dangerous new addition: there is a mob boss among the passengers and he's on the run - from more mobsters!Any romantic notions are soon put aside when the mobster's reluctant-looking bride-to-be goes missing and Patricia is unexpectedly volunteered to solve the mystery of her disappearance.There's a cryptic ransom note where the missing woman should be and one of her bodyguards is soon found - with a hole in his head!Regretting her decision to help out, it's not long before the opposing mobster factions take an interest in Patricia's involvement.Someone has the missing bride, everyone wants her, and they all think Patricia knows where she is.With ever-faithful butler, Jermaine, at her side and perfect blonde, Barbie, to distract the men, Patricia will still have to go all out to unravel the riddle before anyone else turns up dead.Where is the kidnapped bride?Find out for yourself as you take another hilarious, action-filled voyage with Patricia Fisher.The Kidnapped Bride is the second in a 10-book series as Patricia Fisher rediscovers herself, uncovers a skill for unravelling mysteries, and from the ashes of her marriage, becomes the phoenix she was always meant to be.

The bill s chief detractor is the glamorous Amanda Fields, a former newscaster turned delegate whose flair for the dramatic has earned her a formidable reputation and made her more than a few enemies. Amanda s claws-out approach to politics might have some of her colleagues wishing she was dead, but the statehouse is rocked when one of the young pages who assists the delegates dies under mysterious circumstances.

"High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage--and hoping that boredom won't kill her before the cancer does. Then Jack--tiny in stature but fiercely independent--stumbles upon a dead body while kayaking near their bungalow. Jack quickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos"--

PUT THE KETTLE ON AND DISCOVER AN UTTERLY CHARMING COZY MURDER MYSTERY SET IN A SLEEPY ENGLISH SEASIDE TOWN.It's almost summer in Southbourne and the ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are ready for another season of sun, sea and . . . murder.Amongst the rows of charming brightly painted cabins, an elderly man's beach hut is set on fire in the middle of the night - while he slept inside.By day, Fiona, Sue and Daisy volunteer at the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. But, by night, they investigate crimes. And they're determined to get to the bottom of this murder.Malcolm Crainey was a bit of an eccentric, but he was harmless really. Who would want to kill him?The ladies soon uncover a long list of possible suspects. Neighbours who hated Malcolm for refusing to swap huts. Members of the snobby beach hut association who took umbrage with Malcom's quirky beachcombed cabin decorations.Then another hut is burned down in the dead of night. Thankfully there was no one asleep inside this time. But the pressure is on - can Fiona, Sue and Daisy find the culprit before the beach hut murderer strikes again?Fans of The Thursday Murder Club, Janice Hallett, Simon Brett, Ian Moore and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett will adore this exciting new talent in cozy crime.

In der englischen Gemeinde Pendle hat jeder ein Geheimnis zu verbergen …Der spannende Auftakt der Cosy Crime-Reihe in trügerischer KleinstadtidylleNach dem Tod ihres Vaters erbt Alethea Shaw ein Haus und den Job als Totengräberin auf dem St. Benet's Churchyard in der englischen Gemeinde Pendle. In ihrer Freizeit verfasst sie Beiträge für ihren True-Crime-Blog und macht einen großen Bogen um die verschrobenen und abergläubischen Einwohner Pendles. Als ein 15 Jahre altes Skelett vor ihren Füßen landet, wittert Thea ein Verbrechen. Kaum jemand scheint sich für den Tod von Hope Fernsby zu interessieren. Thea beschließt, der Sache selbst nachzugehen. Sehr zum Ärger von Inspector Myrna Evans, die es ebenfalls eher unfreiwillig ins kleine Pendle verschlagen hat. Erst als eine Morddrohung auf Theas Blog eingeht, sieht auch Myrna ein, dass Thea mit ihren Nachforschungen in ein Wespennest gestochen hat, das größer ist, als sie ahnen …Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Spannend bis zur letzten Seite - ein gelungener Auftakt zu einer neuen Cosy Crime-Reihe!"„Ein absolutes Muss für alle Krimifans, die es gerne etwas skurril mögen. Die Kombination aus düsterem Friedhof und humorvollen Dialogen ist einfach genial."„Thea ist eine außergewöhnliche und sympathische Protagonistin, die sich nicht nur in einem Dorf voller Abgründe und Geheimnisse, sondern auch als Amateur-Detektivin beweisen muss."„Ein fesselnder Cosy Crime mit vielen überraschenden Wendungen und einem sehr gelungenen Setting in der englischen Provinz."

Winner of the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for MysteriesPacific Book Award Winner for Best SuspenseLiterary Titan Award Winner"In a fast-paced race to catch a serial killer... I could not put the book down till the final word. I stayed up all night!" - Kim Zoby, Readers' Favorite ¿¿¿¿¿In this thrilling page-turner, Mabel Davison runs a struggling motel and diner while caring for two small boys in a mountain town where many shun her for what she's done.Desperate to rekindle fractured friendships, she is surprised one night by an alcoholic ex-husband showing up on her porch, setting into motion events that could either unite her family or tear it apart.Encouraged to restart a missing girls' cold case weighing heavily on her heart, she gets nowhere fast - until she desperately questions a gang member she helped put in prison. His sordid tale is more lies and threats than truth. But the clues he gives point to her past, and she uncovers to her horror, a serial killer on the hunt.As a cat-and-mouse game unfolds, she unravels a web of secrets in her inner circle that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.-A spine-tingling mystery set in an atmospheric Pacific Northwest town in the 1980s, the third standalone installment of the thrilling Mabel Davison series exposes the deep "layers of good and evil (in) what seems to be a safe haven" - D. Donovan, Midwest Book Reviews-"Phenomenal! The series just keeps getting better" - M. Both, Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿"Wiltzen has hit a home run with his latest effort! The tension begins to creep further and further to an intense crescendo," - Phillip Zozzaro, US Review of Books"A thrilling cat and mouse... foreboding mystery" - Karen Rigby, Foreword Clarion Reviews"Full of twists and turns, the plot draws you in and doesn't stop," - Laura Quinn, Author, Thicker Than Water ¿¿¿¿¿

A faraway land.A brutal dictatorship.And a missing teacup. In America, a Korean immigrant church is teetering on brink of bankruptcy. Its only hope is to recover a valuable onyx teacup that had belonged to its minister's grandfather decades ago. The problem: The treasure has been found in North Korea, one of the worst countries in the world. Its people have only known poverty, propaganda, and starvation. But there's no time to waste. Someone needs to recover it-fast. Enter Ainsley Walker. In her most thrilling adventure yet, Ainsley accepts the assignment and arrives in the Hermit Kingdom under the guise of running a marathon. But things go wrong, and soon she's running for her life. In this nail-biting adventure, Ainsley discovers the hidden truth about the North Korean people, their deep suffering, and their resistance. She must summon every bit of her resourcefulness, endurance, and inner strength to stay ahead of the evil regime. Will Ainsley make it out alive?

Sylvia Wilson, a bar owner in St. Louis, Missouri, arrives at work to discover the body of an ex-police officer in her locked bar. The police focus on her as their primary suspect, so she decides to launch her own investigation into the dead man and his accomplices. But when the killer sends her clear messages that she and her loved ones are on his radar, she knows it's just a matter of time before someone ends up dead.

A Mediterranean cruise. A fascinating new friend. An assassin playing a deadly game of revenge.Vigilante heiress Gia Santella has everything that money can buy.It's what she can't buy-love, companionship, friendship-that eludes her.When Gia is forced to take a luxury cruise, she sets aside her vigilante ways. As she enjoys exotic lands and foods, a new friendship gives her hope that she might be able to lead a normal life like everybody else.But like everything else in her life has done, her new friendship soon takes a deadly turn.It's up to Gia to do what she does best-hunt for a killer to exact justice for those unable to do so themselves. With her new friendship on the line-and maybe her own life-Gia sets out to avenge the innocent once more.But this time, her desire for vendetta may be her undoing.The fourth novel in an intense thriller series authored by USA Today Best Selling Author Kristi Belcamino. Fans of JD Robb, Lisa Gardner, Atomic Blonde, and Killing Eve will love the suspense, romance, and twists of these fast-moving thrillers.

People mistake her for an average teenage girl ...That's often their last mistake.After being the youngest and the most dangerous assassin at the secret Italian facility that teaches young women how to kill, Rose abandoned her training to live as a normal teenager.Years later, her dark past and worst enemies catch up with her and destroy everything she holds dear.Now she only has one thing on her mind-a deadly vendetta.She won't rest until there is blood on her hands one more time. Even if some of the blood ends up being her own.Blood & Roses is the first book in the Vigilante Justice crime fiction series. If you like take-charge heroines, fast-paced page turners, and gritty dramas, then you'll love Kristi Belcamino's tale of revenge.Buy Blood & Roses to create your own brand of justice today!

Get ready for a heart-stopping thrill ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat! In PRIDE, the sixth installment of the Charity Deacon Investigation series. Private investigator Charity Deacon is no stranger to tracking down wandering spouses, but when her latest case leads her to the dangerous world of gangsters and human trafficking, she finds herself fighting for her life. To protect her client and the woman's child, Charity must take on the biggest mob in Vancouver. As she navigates the treacherous terrain of the criminal underworld, Charity faces down danger at every turn. But with the lives of innocent people on the line, she refuses to back down. Her determination to see justice done puts her at odds with the police and the Russian mob and sets her on a collision course with danger. If you love stories of unlikely heroes facing impossible tasks in the name of justice, then PRIDE is the book for you. Join Charity Deacon as she takes on the Russian mob and fights to protect the innocent. With twists and turned you won't see coming, PRIDE is a thrilling addition to the Charity Deacon Investigations series. Don't miss out on this gripping tale of danger and justice. Get your copy of PRIDE today and buckle up for a wild ride.

If the Mallet dies, we all go with it. Life on an ore refining space station is miserable. When sickness spikes and ignites protests, only one cop can find the answers. Sofie Allen is forced to track down the source of the sickness on the Mallet. Her boss is determined to dump the political pressure on her. And worse, she might be a victim as her symptoms escalate. Will Sofie arrest the culprit before the Mallet is destroyed? White Noise is the exhilarating second book in The Mallet science fiction mystery series. If you like driven heroines, complex characters, and powerful conspiracies, then you'll love P A Wilson's Science Fiction mystery. Buy White Noise and follow Sofie to the truth today!

Money and power run these cosmic headquarters. When a high-class leader is found dead, this cop will stop at nothing to upend sinister schemes.Detective Sofie Allen believes anarchy is only a scandal away. With lucrative crime lurking around every gangway of the elite-ruled space station, closing cases requires a delicate balance of politics and justice. But she sees the local power equilibrium shifting dangerously when the head of a ruling family is brutally murdered.Facing pressure to pin the homicide on a lowlife, Detective Allen desperately tries to contain the stress that could reveal her hidden genetic medical disorder. But as she relentlessly pushes the investigation forward and uncovers dirty business, she fears the lethal consequences will rain down on a complete innocent...Can this besieged woman nail the perp before key evidence falls into a black hole?Fade to Black is the exhilarating first book in The Mallet science fiction mystery series. If you like driven heroines, complex characters, and gritty settings, then you'll love P A Wilson's interstellar whodunit.

Doctor Rowena Halley hits rock bottom. Then she ends up on a terrorist hit list. August 2016. Rowena Halley, PhD, is nursing a busted knee and a busted heart. Plus, her career path is on a toilet trajectory and the divisive politics of a particularly fraught election cycle are threatening to bust up her family, too. Then Madison, former student, (former ) drug addict, and troublemaker extraordinaire, comes bursting back into her life. Rowena is afraid Madison will get her hauled in on drug and kidnapping charges. But the reality is even more dangerous. Madison has been digging into her family history. She's unearthed a sordid story of Nazi collaboration in Eastern Europe. It's not just in the past, either. Members of her family are carrying on the tradition, now using sophisticated social media tools to spread their message, and they want to bring Madison into the fold. To make things even more fun, Rowena's ex-fiancé, Russian investigative journalist Dima Kuznetsov, has riled up some very unpleasant mercenaries from the Caucasus. If she's not careful, Rowena could end up in the crosshairs of both groups. All this is forcing Rowena to undertake a serious review of her life choices. But even if she decides to change her life, it may be too late to save it. NB: This book, like all the books in the series, contains some serious adult language. You've been warned!

Cincinnati, October 1967 -- Eugene Geller, the handsome and popular Cantor of Rockdale Temple-located in the racially tense Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati-disappears without a trace during a night of rioting in the "long, hot summer" of 1967. Was Gene a casualty of the riot? Has he run away with one of his paramours? Or has he been the victim of foul play by his long-suffering wife or an angry ex-lover or a jealous husband?Augusta McKee, Chair of the Opera Department at the Conservatory and amateur sleuth, is helping her husband, Chief of Detectives Malcolm Mitchell, unravel this mystery. Augusta is also in the midst of planning the Conservatory's spring opera, Mozart's The Magic Flute, a fairy tale of good and evil. Her wish is the opera's positive message and its multi-ethnic cast will help return hope and calm to her tense city. But her first-time ethnic casting of lead roles causes her to receive anonymous threatening notes-and worse.Malcolm and the police are close to solving the Geller case-but now Augusta's life is in imminent danger. How will they find and stop the person targeting her?

An Avalon Nash MysteryWhen bartender Avalon Nash dares enter the remains of Tranquility's infamous haunted lodge, she unleashes deadly secrets waiting to come back to life. It's Halloween and Avalon is on the outs with her boyfriend, her cop friend and her best friend. When she ventures into the ruins of an old lodge above the town, she uncovers evidence of murders that have haunted the locals for decades. Then a new friend, in town for a high school reunion, vanishes and she must battle the murderous danger that continues to stalk Tranquility to this day. Some things are called spooky for a reason. And sometimes, those who are alive are the scariest of all. 30 Cocktail Recipes Included