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Lu Fei is a graduate of China’s top police college but he’s been assigned to a sleepy backwater town in northern China, where almost nothing happens and the theft of a few chickens represents a major crime wave. That is until a young woman is found dead, her organs removed, and joss paper stuffed in… Continue reading Thief of Souls (Inspector Lu Fei Mystery #1) by Brian Klingborg
“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.” -Jean CocteauSome call him friend or boss.Some call him husband or dad.Some call him son, even a favorite son.But the only title that matters to him is the one the media has given him: The Poet.A name he earned from the written words he leaves behind… Continue reading The Poet (Samantha Jazz Series #1) by Lisa Renee Jones
She’s dying, and she knows it. If only she can stay alive long enough to leave one last message. As the rain beats against the metal roof, she uses her blood-soaked fingertip to scrawl on the floorboards... The letters GB. Detective Madison Knight has been house hunting, but a call from her real estate agent has… Continue reading What We Bury (Madison Knight #10) by Carolyn Arnold
Christian Romano lives his life as a con-artist, burglar, drug dealer, and a ladies' man, using his good looks to con wealthy women out of jewels and money. When he is arrested and jailed in one of the most violent jails in the U.S. (Cook County in Chicago), a steamy affair begins with a nympho… Continue reading Wired By the F.B.I. by Glenn Painter
A demolition site. A body, wrapped in plastic sheeting, is unearthed in the bucket of a mechanical digger. Could Cross’ sudden, abrupt U-turn in the middle of this investigation be the biggest mistake of his career? Odd tanning lines on his body and scars on his forearms enable DS George Cross to narrow down his… Continue reading The Cyclist (DS George Cross #2) by Tim Sullivan
Her bloody finger left a translucent smear on the phone screen as she glanced through the list of private investigators in Vegas. Her stained nail came to rest on Sin City Investigations. Jim Bean would serve her well. Private investigator Jim Bean is a straightforward, to-the-point man. He likes his cases to follow suit. But… Continue reading 19 Souls (Sin City Investigation #1) by J.D. Allen
Wealthy. Well dressed. Dauntless.The Carrows family comes together once again to right a wrong the way only they can – with style!Charlotte and her fiancé, Alex, are planning their happily-ever after, but the celebrations are overshadowed by tragedy. Alex’s sister and her husband are locked in a corrupt business deal. One loophole after another has… Continue reading Titan Takedown (Carrows Family Chronicles #2) by Annabelle Lewis
The woman who haunts his dreams Secret agent Phil Cullen is upset when he discovers that the young woman he rescued from Mrs Newbody’s establishment has absconded from his housekeeper’s care without a word. Thinking he has been deceived, he resolves to forget about her… something easier said than done. The man she wants to… Continue reading A Bachelor’s Pledge (Gentlemen #3) by Penny Hampson
A chilling message left on an answering machine warns that one of the world’s top male figure skaters will be dead before the end of the Olympics. A disgraced reporter has one chance to save a life and resurrect his career by going undercover as a trainer in order to infiltrate the backstage world of… Continue reading The Chosen Ones by Lisa Luciano
Toby could... and Toby would. ‘Enjoy yourself as you rot, old man. And you’re not my dad – you never were.’ Southern England, September 1957 When thirteen-year-old Toby Mitcher’s mum collapses, never to wake up, Toby’s alcoholic stepfather becomes his legal guardian. He thought life couldn’t get much worse, but was he wrong. Time passes,… Continue reading Hidden Intentions by Dave Flint