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In a throwback to the literary era of Mike Hammer and Shell Scott, Denver private investigator Bryson Wilde lives in an edgy 1952 world where the women are dangerous, cigarettes dangle from ruby-red lips, and the nights are hotter than Havana asphalt. In this riveting pulp noir thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last minute, Wilde finds himself spiraling into a string of murders, with the next one likely to come by Friday.

In this riveting Nick Teffinger thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end, a young lawyer is hired to find out if her client has been marked for murder. Formerly a longstanding trial attorney before taking the big leap and devoting his full time attention to writing, RJ Jagger is the author of over 20 hard-edged mystery and suspense thrillers. In addition to his own books, Jagger also ghostwrites for a well-known, best-selling author. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers as well as Mystery Writers of America.

The follow-up to The Poet and the Calling Card. In this book, we find John Gammon unsure who he can trust and why all this is happening.

Left without parents in a post-apocalyptic world, 15-year-old Parker tries to provide for himself and his little sister - but he faces obstacles even more challenging than merely finding food. In this lawless new non-society, Parker tries to navigate around criminals, despots, and desperados, while trying to make or find a place suitable enough to call home. When he discovers a gift that he never knew he had, it only complicates their lives, making it both harder and sweeter for the both of them.

Back by popular demand as the next installment of The Diaries of a Doorman series of books, Bouncers & Bravado is a further collection of true short stories based on the years that Armstrong has worked the doors in the UK and abroad. This book is another real insight into the funny, tragic, and completely bizarre people and experiences encountered by a doorman. Yes, maybe there is a bit of artistic license in there, but only a bit. Names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty!

When you become a Christian believer, you are entitled to the riches that come from heaven, and you begin to attract angels of money to work in your life. There’s also nothing wrong with wanting more abundance while also counting your current blessings. God already knows what you need before you even ask him, and he is ready to provide all you need beyond your wildest imagination. Angels go on assignment from God to bring you money when you put God and his eternal kingdom priority in your life.

Set in the German Hill Country of Texas during World War II, Land That I Love is a sweeping literary novel of love and loss; friendship and animosity; fathers and sons; and coping during times of war and peace. Yet, it is more than a love story. It is about the racism and bigotry that still exist in our world. As author Gail Kittleson's characters struggle with the problems of everyday life. They teach us that we survive hard times by being good neighbors despite our differences and that hatred can be conquered by love, understanding, and forgiveness.

Giacomo Rinaldi is a controlling, conniving Aussie who links the two Melbournes in opposite corners of the world with three homicides. Years later, with a new identity as Jack Reynolds, he's on wife number two. In her newlywed rapture, she has no idea about just who her doting husband is, and what sordid background he has. Sid Daniels is a retired detective from Mississippi who just can't manage to keep his fingers out of the pie. Cold cases just seem to fall into his lap. Follow Jack and Sid in a game of cat-and-mouse across two continents and two hemispheres.

One day, computer scientist Max Chu is greeted by a mysterious intelligence that calls to him through Max's own systems. It proposes an alliance. The plan: to combat Lilith, a menace that has haunted humanity since the beginning of time. Max is faced with two questions: Who is his new friend, exactly? And what does it really want?

A rape victim raising a biracial baby. A drug addict haunted by a dead girlfriend. A homosexual mourning a dead lover. A teacher having an affair with his student. And a businesswoman sexually harassed by her boss. What do they all have in common? They all sit at Lorraine White's holiday dinner table; they are also her children. But Lorraine's children are not the only ones in the family dealing with ghosts of the past. This is the first Christmas the Whites have spent together since the death of their father.

Jackson Traynor worked deep undercover as a senior trusted member of the Australian arm of an illegal drug syndicate, overseeing the distribution of tons of illegal drugs imported into the country from Mexico. Now, Traynor has enough evidence to send a lot of people to prison for a very long time. But betraying Australia’s most infamous crime family while hiding your true identity was always going to have consequences.

The Australian Outback is a hot, remote, desolate place to die. Skeletal remains of several young women have been discovered in the bottom of a long-abandoned well, and major crime investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to the case. Foley and Rose soon learn a number of young backpackers, traveling around Australia on the adventure of a lifetime, have been reported missing in the area. Are these the remains of those unfortunate young women?

On August 25, 1895, Ernest Alfred Hall was born into a pioneering Australian family that lived on a 313-acre property called "Cloverdale" near the hamlet of Beech Forest, south of the Otway Ranges, some 200 kilometres south west of Melbourne, Victoria. As a child, it seemed he would be destined for the life of a farmer in a country that was just realising its independence through Federation, yet his path was to be diverted by the cataclysmic events that befell Europe and the British Empire.

Tristram Jones is given an opal by his dying grandfather. Little does he know its connection to an old aboriginal witch doctor with bright orange eyes. He is Dinewan - meaning Emu - taken from the Great Spirit of the Dreamtime. But is he just a wicked and bitter misfit, or something far more marvelous, and dangerous? The stories that swirl around Tristram and the opal stretch across generations and are connected by both Dinewan and the fabled monster of the billabong: the Bunyip.

Young, beautiful, and deadly, best friends Amber, Ebony, and Anna are on a mission to leave a past littered with tragedy behind them. With a determination spurred by the promise of a future free of financial hardship, they travel to Alice Springs, in the heart of the Australian continent, to rob banks and kill their way to a better life. Their plan is bold, daring, and meticulously executed; what could go wrong?

An abandoned military training base hidden in the middle of the Australian outback. A school teacher and her class kidnapped in broad daylight. A ransom demand of two million dollars, three former Australian Army commandos, and a desperate, corrupt politician, all looking for a better life. Major crime detectives Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to find the hostages, bring them home safe and sound, and capture the kidnappers in the process.

Timothy Koops is an ordinary man with a dead-end job whose home life is a struggle. He takes part in an experimental procedure to enhance his memories, making them more positive and making him more successful in life. As Timothy discovers, the procedure also alters the past, subtly at first, then with greater impact. The changes begin to affect not only Timothy but also the world around him. Enjoying unimagined wealth and power, Timothy embraces his glamourous new life. But the project’s lead scientist, Dr. Zakery Fasten, is concerned about unexpected consequences.

Detective Sargent and clinical psychologist, Patricia Holmes, has been invited to a murder mystery dinner party at a small luxury hotel located in Western Australia. The dinner is a reunion party for the psychologists and psychiatrists who work at Perth’s largest mental hospital, which treats the criminally insane. But there is an uninvited guest - a former patient who is hungry for revenge. In fact, he is ravenous. He will stop at nothing until he murders the doctor who gave him painful electroconvulsive therapy.

Each Seeking, the magic that protects the town of Carra must be renewed, which means the children of the Exalted Family must go into hiding. Whether it be through disguise or bribe, through trusted friends or perfect hiding places, every child of the Priest family must avoid capture for the full day. When things go wrong with the renewal, it’s up to 17-year-old Dahlia, the middle child of the Priest family, and her girlfriend, Bisa, to escape Carra and find the magical beings responsible for the protection.

Seven women have disappeared from bars only to be found murdered after asking for an angel shot. Detective Rick McCoy is handed the case after returning from leave following his wife's horrific ordeal at the hands of the serial killer PPP. Criminal psychologist Patricia Holmes lost her husband to the same killer and when her current partner makes her life miserable she jumps at the chance to work with Rick again. When they determine a man currently jailed for the crimes could not have committed them the mystery deepens.