Romance Thriller Amateur Sleuth Suspense

Gage Hawkins was tracking his uncle’s last movements before his disappearance hunting a special set of tarot cards which led to Skylar’s shop, Talking Bones. After a bad head injury that brought weird sights into his view, Gage could see this Talking Bones place and Skylar were special. He could only hope she had answers because he had a lot of questions. Skylar preferred the dead to the living most times, but Gage had her reconsidering. Until she realizes something is wrong in his world, and it’s quickly overtaking hers.

Her daughter, Dakota, is safe, but her cancer is threatening a comeback, and Lori needs JT - Dakota's daddy and the man who taught Lori everything - alive and kicking. Problem is, he's behind bars and heading for death row. Desperate to save him, Lori does a deal, taking on an off-the-books job from shady FBI agent Alex Monroe. Bring back on-the-run felon Gibson 'The Fish' Fletcher and JT walks free.

It's hard to say no to Tripp Blackston. That's how Abby found herself on yet another committee, organizing a bachelors' auction to raise money for Tripp's veterans' group. The former Special Forces soldier is mortified when Abby enlists him to be one of the prizes, but she has a covert plan to bid on him herself. Before she can, she's foiled by a sniper bid from Tripp's ex-wife Valerie. Still reeling and wondering what his ex is suddenly doing in town, Abby goes looking to pay the auction's emcee, radio personality Bryce Cadigan. She finds him in the parking lot, dead in his car.

When photographer Autumn Season lands the job of official photographer at the prestigious Aloha Lagoon Resort, she's ecstatic. But a lively luau suddenly turns deadly, and Autumn realizes she may have accidentally snapped a picture of a murder in progress! Now the killer will go to any lengths to protect his (or her) identity, and Autumn is clearly in their sights.

A Nor'easter is predicted in Coldwater Cove and storm chaser Emma Ross is desperate to improve warning times with her research so no one has to live through what she did. Armed with her equipment, she sets out to capture the storm, but captures a group of men and girls crossing the frozen ice instead. When she tries to help, they shoot at her. Navy SEAL Gunner Nash is on leave, choosing the cove for its lack of tourists in the harsh winter months as his destination. After three tours of duty, he prefers to be alone. While ice fishing, he hears the shot and discovers a wounded Emma.

Rachel y Joe, que se han retirado a un condominio para mayores de 50 años, deben ejercer un amor duro con su única hija, Angie, después de que ésta abandone un ashram, buscando su propósito...de nuevo. Ante la insistencia de Joe, Angie encuentra un trabajo en una hamburguesería a orillas de Daytona Beach.

Mob princess Lucie Rizzo can’t catch a break. Or take one. Building a business empire is hard work, even without her family’s notoriety. Staying out of trouble isn’t exactly her forte. Still, Lucie could use a vacation from Chicago winters and the town where everybody knows her father’s name. So when a certain Irish cop promises warmer days - and hotter nights - Lucie sees an offer she can’t refuse. Detective O’Hottie sweeps her away to the land of sun, sand, and...retirees? Before the real romantic getaway begins, Tim wants to visit his Uncle Henry.

From home invasions to cheating spouses, Rest Easy Property Management owner Leticia Tish Ballard thought she'd seen it all. Almost four years sober after flambéing her real estate career in an alcohol-fueled blowout, she's finally in a good place in her life when the discovery of skeletal human remains rocks her world and plunges her headlong into solving a decades-old crime. Now she must delve into the darkness of her own past, including the one-night stand gone horribly wrong with Spence Breedlove, who happens to be the lead detective on the case.

Avery Shaw has the world at her fingertips...and a pile of dead Santas near the railroad tracks. Interestingly, she’s more focused on the Santas than her personal life, but only because she’s been warned that a proposal is imminent from her live-in love Eliot Kane and she needs to look somewhere else - anywhere else will do - rather than accept what he’s trying to offer. Avery never pictured herself married but it appears it might be happening...no matter how she tries to dodge and weave. The Santas make an enticing distraction, so Avery throws herself in with gusto.

Es sollte ein erholsamer Urlaub im süßen, sonnigen Cape Cod werden – nur Taylor Bassey und ihr geliebter Bruder –, aber eine Leiche in ihrem gemieteten Haus bringt ihre Pläne durcheinander. Myles Sumner ist nur da, um einen Job zu erledigen, nicht um eine Amateurdetektivin zu babysitten. Sie ist stur, lenkt ihn ab und kann sich nicht aus der Schusslinie halten. Bevor Myles noch tiefer in diese gefährliche Anziehungskraft gezogen werden kann, muss er den Mord aufklären und sich wieder auf den Weg machen.

"Dark" Arrowsmith and Spiral Wood are grifters—in love and living on the edge—until Spiral vanishes near the village of Aftonhouse in the Scottish Highlands. Posing as a reporter, Dark discovers a remote community with a criminal underbelly and finds herself falling for an enigmatic, reformed smuggler named Lachlan Robertson. But Aftonhouse is a place of tragic secrets, all revolving around Lachlan and Spiral. Ironically, Dark must use her skills as a con artist to find Spiral and uncover the truth. Then she must choose between the men she loves…

In book 13 in the series - When the assistant to the wedding planner Mother Zimmerman hired ends up dead in the pool, things become outright hilarious. In book 15 - In true Zoe Donovan fashion, Zoe ends up in jail on the second night of her honeymoon after she finds herself the only suspect in the first murder Heavenly Island has seen in a decade. In book 16 - When Zoe finds the body of the lunch lady on the hopscotch course the week before the new school year, she is pulled into a mystery that will find her volunteering as soccer mom, classroom mom, and PTA board member.

Tate Marsdon, MD, a successful Scottsdale plastic surgeon, shows up for dinner at the home of close friends Henry and Imogen Vine to find his host stabbed to death and his hostess in a state of psychosis. Arrested and jailed, Imogen undergoes treatment for traumatic memory loss, but her attorney, Erin Fitzgerald, Tate’s current romantic interest, starts to question her client’s guilt. Erin and Imogen’s closest friends work to uncover the truth behind the cold-blooded killing. But hiding deep within the shadows is someone determined to stop them—even if it means another death—this one closer to home than anyone imagines. When Tate finds himself targeted as a prime suspect, he, too, is drawn into the investigation.

A village in Cornwall is thrown into turmoil after a young girl falls from a train to her death. Was this an accident? Or murder? The mystery deepens when clues link the girl to a double homicide committed ten years earlier. Braddon's sensational novel takes us to the estates of aristocrats, the haunts of tabloid writers, the homes of Bohemian artists, and the dark alleyways of Paris. Braddon, one of Victorian England's best-selling novelists, is at the height of her powers in Wyllard's Weird.

ll lavoro di Lila Emerson consiste nel badare alle case altrui in assenza dei proprietari. Un'occupazione all'apparenza semplice e senza particolari implicazioni. Questo almeno è quello che ha sempre pensato fino al giorno in cui, guardando fuori dalla finestra, assiste a un omicidio: una giovane donna precipita nel vuoto, da un appartamento in cui verrà poi trovato il cadavere di un uomo, Oliver Archer.

After a past family tragedy for which she holds herself to blame, Dr. Genevieve Summerford wants nothing more than to succeed in her new career as a psychiatrist, and win back the respect of her family and peers. That goal is thrown into jeopardy, however, when one of her patients is arrested for murder - a murder Genevieve fears she may have unwittingly provoked. Desperate to prove to herself and the authorities that her patient is innocent, she is forced to enlist the aid of an influential Tammany captain.

Charlotte, a.k.a. Ruby the town psychic, has a good thing going in Castle Cove. Her baby sister Paige is blossoming under their newfound stability. Charlotte is becoming a pillar in the quirky beachside community. And Deputy “Cute Butt” Jared has finally wedged himself into her life with a heart big enough to make them a real family. But Charlotte should have known better than to let a con run too long. Her parents have found them, and the inveterate con artists won’t let Paige out of their clutches unless Charlotte helps them rob the innocent people of Castle Cove blind—including Jared.

The only ambition Miss Emily Mifford holds for her first season in London is to endure it without completely humiliating herself; a difficult task when one has an unfortunate habit of saying precisely the wrong thing at the wrong time... After clashing publicly with the odious Lady Hardthistle, Emily soon learns that there are worse things than being embarrassed—like being accused of murder! When the belligerent baroness is found strangled to death at a ball, the finger of blame points at Emily.

Tess and Brady are planning a haunted house fundraiser so they can expand the shelter to include a top-of-the-art training facility as well as a permanent residence for hard-to-place animals. During the decorating party, they find a skeleton—a real skeleton—hidden behind a false wall in the attic. They turn the skeleton over to Mike, but once they do, everything starts going wrong, and Tess wonders if they haven't somehow managed to awaken an angry spirit.

Liz Galin, an out-of-work fashion stylist, lives in a walk up studio apartment in Alphabet City in Manhattan. She has put her life on hold during COVID-19 to care for her mother going through chemo, and cannot see her boyfriend Cary as he is an emergency room doctor during the height of the pandemic. One Monday morning, she receives a cryptic letter from a Miami lawyer indicating that she should call his office. When she does, she and her mother Linda find out she has been bequeathed an asset in a will.