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Taking on Water by David Rawding

About Taking on Water by David Rawding:

When James Morrow, a social worker, first meets Kevin Flynn, he suspects the teen is being abused. To learn more about Kevin’s home life, he gets to know the boy’s father, Tucker, who’s a lobsterman. James is able to put his suspicions to rest, and the two families begin to form a friendship.

When a kid at the local recreation center dies of an overdose, Detective Maya Morrow adds the case to the long list related to the drug problem plaguing the small New Hampshire coastal town of Newborough. But her investigation gets her much too close to the dangerous players.

Both the Morrows and the Flynns are holding dark secrets, and when their lives collide, tragedy is inevitable.

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A Tale of Two Times

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According to the front-page photo in the (New York) Daily News, my father was “Murdered Gangland Style.” I was three years old.

The assassination was most likely ordered by a mob insurance broker in order to collect on a large life insurance policy that my father provided as collateral for a business loan. After my father’s death, my distraught mother began a downward spiral into substance abuse from which she never recovered. The insurance broker, later convicted of another killing while under witness protection, was never charged with my father’s murder.

Based on those events, I’ve written a time-travel novel, “A Tale of Two Times,” about how a middle-aged son battles to save his younger parents’ previously doomed lives.

In present-day Florida, Billy Volante leans against a large oak tree in his backyard, only to keep falling—through the tree into 1961, exactly fifty-six years into the past, into the same Gulf Coast resort town where he now resides and where his parents took winter vacations.

Billy and his free-spirited girlfriend, Carrie Anne, decide to pose as a married couple to warn his young father, Johnny Volante, of the looming 1964 murder. Seeking to build a friendship before revealing his identity, the older Billy takes his father on a fishing trip, only to stumble upon a vacationing mob attorney, Herman Goldman, who will order the future murder.

When Goldman meets Billy, all prior history is rebooted and Billy is forced to ask his father for help as the mob has more pressing ideas about who they want to eliminate first.

Will Johnny Volante believe Billy, a man more than twice his age, is his son and help him fight the mob?

In this rebooted history, if Billy saves his father’s life and prevents another murder, what becomes of his future and the future of the girl he loves? Will they even exist in 2017 if they change the past?

Will Goldman complicate things, even more, by eliminating the new target and Billy’s father to thwart all of Billy’s attempts to change the past for a better future?

Or will will someone or something show up to …

Obviously, there’s only one way to find out …

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The Origin of Murder by Jerold Last

About The Origin of Murder by Jerold Last:

Roger and Suzanne take a vacation cruise through the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles west of Ecuador. Suzanne discovers a body with a couple of bullet holes in its back floating in the Pacific Ocean and readers are off to solve another deadly mystery. Among the suspects is a treacherous travel agent with an eye-opening secret, a cheerful couple of bird watchers from Germany, a happy honeymooning couple, two sensual sisters from San Francisco, two recent retirees from Australia working through their bucket list, and two middle-aged Montevideo residents seeing the wonders of the world. Lurking behind the scenes is a mysterious Ecuadorian general. One reviewer says, “A fast-paced, exciting mystery I didn’t want to set aside till finished… A great continuation of the series!” Free to download from Kindle Unlimited.

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Pea Pod Murder

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Suzie is super smart, very successful and flawed, she believes herself to be unlovable.
She is seeking redress for her father’s murder but the case is cold. Her route around insufficient data, is to design a cutting edge case management solution and sell it to the Metropolitan Police, so she can plunder their data.
Owen was a personable, successful police officer, a Chief Superintendent. That was until his wife and daughter were destroyed by a bomb meant for Owen. He is seeking a path to oblivion, eschewing friendship and support in his dark quest.
Suzie’s plan progresses, she is seconded as a Detective Sergeant, to trial her software. On being tasked to solve a violent murder, Suzie’s singular focus is subverted by her desire to find justice for Sarra, the violated victim of the crime.
As the truth relating to the murders is slowly revealed, Owen who doesn’t want love comes closer to Suzie who can’t be loved. Will their budding friendship be allowed to blossom, or will death or the dark sides of their natures intervene?
Interview with the Author
Q – So, what makes the Suzie Hyde series special?
A – It’s a mix of things, really. Suzie is smart and flawed, tough and vulnerable, and has a kick-butt attitude. She also attracts trouble like a magnet.
This makes Suzie’s stories fast paced and designed to keep you turning the pages, with never a dull moment.

Q – What order should I read the books in?
A – I’ve written the series so you can read the books in any order, and all the story threads will tie up nicely by the time you’re finished. If you do want to read them in order, I’d suggest the following sequence:

– Oxford Murder (prequel) Grab a copy https://kerrysharp.com/oxford-murder-giveaway/

– Pea Pod Murder
– Angel Murders
– Wood Smoke Murders

Q – So, why should readers give these books a try?

A – Because the Suzie Hyde series is a fast, fun, thrill-ride that takes no prisoners.

Ultimately, readers who enjoy lightning-fast pacing with a plot that twists and turns all the way to the end will get a kick out of this series.

Q – Can readers get the whole series in one go?

A – Sure. Look for the Boxed Set and grab all the books in one go. You’ll save some money too!

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eMOTION: Forced Pair

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Marion Dent is a high-functioning sociopath, unafflicted by emotions, trained from a young age to become the perfect soldier to combat illegal emotional-tampering technology known as eTech. Relieved of his military duty, he has become a contractor for the highest bidder—his mental handicap making him the perfect weapon in a world where illegally controlling emotions means controlling economic power. Dent’s skills are put to the test when he’s contracted to steal a package—a young girl dubbed Fifth, who has a very unique talent which has the potential to render current eTech obsolete and usher in a new form of undetectable emotion-tampering.

Seemingly betrayed by the person who hired him, Dent flees with Fifth, where they find themselves in a tentative partnership, struggling not only to survive hitmen and assassins but also to understand each other. Dent races to figure out why he was betrayed as he comes to suspect the people behind Fifth’s secretive past may have ties to his own. For the first time in his life, Dent’s actions are clouded by emotions, and if he can figure out how and why Fifth makes him act irrationally, he may have a chance to save her from the same fate he suffered at a young age—being studied and manipulated into becoming an unwitting pawn as countries and corporations fight for economic dominion, with no remorse for those they harm or kill in order to obtain power.

A sociopath may just be the only hope for ensuring the emotional freedom of the world.

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eMOTION: Forced Pair

About eMOTION: Forced Pair:

Marion Dent is a high-functioning sociopath, unafflicted by emotions, trained from a young age to become the perfect soldier to combat illegal emotional-tampering technology known as eTech. Relieved of his military duty, he has become a contractor for the highest bidder—his mental handicap making him the perfect weapon in a world where illegally controlling emotions means controlling economic power. Dent’s skills are put to the test when he’s contracted to steal a package—a young girl dubbed Fifth, who has a very unique talent which has the potential to render current eTech obsolete and usher in a new form of undetectable emotion-tampering.

Seemingly betrayed by the person who hired him, Dent flees with Fifth, where they find themselves in a tentative partnership, struggling not only to survive hitmen and assassins but also to understand each other. Dent races to figure out why he was betrayed as he comes to suspect the people behind Fifth’s secretive past may have ties to his own. For the first time in his life, Dent’s actions are clouded by emotions, and if he can figure out how and why Fifth makes him act irrationally, he may have a chance to save her from the same fate he suffered at a young age—being studied and manipulated into becoming an unwitting pawn as countries and corporations fight for economic dominion, with no remorse for those they harm or kill in order to obtain power.

A sociopath may just be the only hope for ensuring the emotional freedom of the world.

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In Our Blood: A Jake Hawksworth Thriller

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Evil isn’t always learned… sometimes it’s IN OUR BLOOD.

Nearly thirty years ago, Detective Jake Hawksworth and best-selling author Drew McCauley were brought together by a horrific crime. Jake, still reeling from the unsolved hit-and-run death of his wife, and Drew will be reunited once again when a crime from Drew’s novel-in-the-making becomes a devastating reality.

Is the kidnapping of Drew’s son somehow linked to the murder Jake is investigating? Was Jake’s wife’s death really an accident? And could the person who has haunted both men for decades be responsible for these seemingly unrelated events?

As Jake races to protect Drew’s family, they find themselves on a collision course with fate – derailed by a series of breakneck twists and turns that culminates at an isolated, snow-ravaged house. It is here that long-buried secrets are unearthed and Jake realizes, to his horror, that his hunches are not always right.

That the keys to solving his wife’s death and a heinous, decades-old crime have been under his nose all along.

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Snakebite, Alpha Squad Book 1

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The Alpha Squad—an elite United Nations military unit tasked with stopping the world’s most dangerous arms dealers. Their existence is shrouded in secrecy, hidden away in the New Mexico desert.
Phoenix is their newest recruit. Where she came from, nobody knows. Not even Phoenix herself. Amnesia has left her with no past, no identity. The squad is all she has. She wants to prove she belongs there – to the other soldiers, to herself, and to her commanding officer, the formidable General Cobra. Cobra is cold, hard, ruthless. And Phoenix knows he doesn’t trust her.
When they are sent to Colombia together on an assignment, something begins to change between them. They begin to form a friendship, an understanding, and maybe something more.
But Phoenix is about to learn that the past can’t stay buried forever…

Romantic Thriller
Mature content: contains violence, offensive language and sexual situations.
Recommended for 18+

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Seven Days From Sunday by M.H. Sargent

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A Thriller Set In The Midst Of Jihad
In this fast paced page turner, Iraq’s top terrorist makes two promises ”” a kidnapped American contractor will be executed on a given date, his body dumped in Baghdad’s Green Zone and a major attack will occur in seven days.

˃˃˃ The Elite Mp-5 Team Is Called Into Action
Working desperately to find the American and thwart the impending attack is a four-person CIA team which includes an attractive female doctor. But they can only watch helplessly as the terrorist and his masked henchmen behead the American during a live video feed carried on the Internet.

What they don’t know is that one of the masked men is not a terrorist, but completely innocent. He is an Iraqi pharmacist who has infiltrated the group. His only objective ”” to find his missing fiancée, whom the terrorist has also kidnapped.

˃˃˃ Action and Intrigue In Wartime Iraq
After the beheading, he is free to go. But little does he know that his fiancée will bring the deceased American’s head to the Green Zone, and inside the dead man’s mouth is evidence linking him to the terrorist.

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The Complete Collected Works of Steven Havelock

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Over 130 stories of thrilling terror from the deepest depths of the psyche. So draw the bed-covers close, light the bedside lamp and prepare for a rare treat of a book that will have you reading into the early hours of the morning.

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Beasts Shall Reign Over the Earth! by Michael and Danny D’Agostino

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The year is 2018. It’s August. New York City is sweltering, baking under unrelenting heat and humidity. Added to this misery is a wave of grotesque maulings of dogs in Lower Manhattan. Rookie Detective Teresa Rodriguez of the 5th Precinct and her partner and soon-to-retire mentor, Detective Morgan Jackson, set out to solve the mystery. To their shock, they uncover a genetic mutation so grisly, so savage that it threatens all New York City, plunging the city into a reign of terror.

NOTES: 1. This detective thriller contains graphic scenes of horror that some readers may find disturbing.
2. This is an ENHANCED ebook with audio and photographic content. To listen to audio clips, you must be connected to the internet.

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26 Absurdities of Tragic Proportions by Matthew C. Woodruff

About 26 Absurdities of Tragic Proportions by Matthew C. Woodruff

Find out why ’26 Absurdities’ RANKED #3 in HOT NEW RELEASES (Dark Humor) on AMAZON in its Second Week!
Described as ‘Genius’, ‘Spectacular’ and ‘A True Work of Artistry’ by OnlineBookClub.org
This is an entertaining and humorously macabre collection of short tales inspired by the famous illustrations in Edward Gorey’s ‘Gashlycrumb Tinies’.
From Mystery to SciFi, from Drama to Fairy Tale and from Adventure to Gothic, this book has something for everyone. These 26 short tales tell of the misadventures of the children in Gorey’s famous illustrations. You will laugh, hope, weep and fall in love with these children. Imminently enjoyable! The imagery presented will stay with the reader long past the time the book is finally set down.
Now only $2.99 for Kindle.

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Witch Dance

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Just south of Tupelo, Mississippi on the Natchez Trace lies a place of mystery called Witch Dance.

When Thomas and Margaret Speedwell took their twins to Witch Dance for a weekend camping trip, they never imagined they would be pulled into a vortex of witchcraft, tragedy, and karma. One of the girls goes missing; the other won’t say what happened on the other side of the hill.

The tragedy pulls together a cast of characters from Margaret’s childhood and beyond – Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, Toltec ancestors, the extinct Hopewell tribe.

With the help of a childhood friend, a concerned newspaper reporter, and visions by a strange old woman, a two-thousand-year-old mystery begins to unfold, uncovering missing children throughout generations. Who is taking them? Could it be the infamous witches of Witch Dance?

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Let Dead Dogs Lie

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Lottie Stark, Chief of Police of small town Regal Reef, California, has a problem. A serial killer she caught when an FBI agent, is murdering young women again—but in her town. Donald Brown Stoker’s victims were blonde and blue, young and attractive. Just like her current victims. And the MO is eerily similar to Stoker’s—the strangled girls are left naked on the highway, wearing only a dog collar.

But Stoker has been dead for three years, so it can’t be him. Can it?

Unhappy with Lottie’s progress, the town mayor and city council go over her head and bring in the big guns. Profiler, Jack Brady—Lottie’s former partner and lover. Brady’s presence complicates her life and the murder investigation but also dredges up past failures and secrets that Lottie wants to keep buried.

Meanwhile, this calculated killer is leaving clues that feel personal. So when a close friend of Lottie’s is threatened, she fears the killer is going after people she loves to punish her. Who will be next?

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Return of the Founding Fathers’ Guardians

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America’s middle class is about to disappear!! Who can save it?

A rare group of patriots decides it is time to restore America to its original greatness. Their mission is to bring hope back to a hopeless nation by reestablishing the principles of the Founding Fathers. George Carnegie and his running mate, Adam Youngeagle, join together to expose the true intentions of the current government – the elimination of the middle class! The present administration desires to destroy the American Dream. George and Adam are not alone in their quest; they are visited and inspired by spiritual guardians. Angelic messengers and a mysterious covert operative assist them in their fight against tyrannical forces. It is time to make a stand and to reveal the truth. This is not just a presidential race; it is a reckoning!

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In Our Blood: A Jake Hawksworth Thriller

About In Our Blood: A Jake Hawksworth Thriller:

A PLOT AS TWISTED AS THEY COME.
The most horrific case of Jake Hawksworth’s career has haunted him for decades. Now it’s back…with a vengeance.

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Rum, Cigars, and Corpses by Jerold Last

About Rum, Cigars, and Corpses by Jerold Last:

Roger and Suzanne have to solve a cold case in a hot climate. Weeks after a suspicious accident in Havana claims the life of a touring cancer researcher from California, the detective couple retraces the victim’s steps as they try to figure out whodunit and why. Nobody on the tour is above suspicion, spies may be lurking everywhere, and there aren’t any Internet connections available for tourists. Intrigue and conspiracies abound in this international thriller set in Cuba, a tropical island that U. S. citizens have been forbidden to visit for more than half a century. The author has been there, in fact on the same tour Roger and Suzanne take, so the scenery and settings are authentic. Free from Kindle Unlimited.

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Small Town Nightmare

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Lucy Hush’s brother, Tim is a drifter so when he disappears, the police are reluctant to act. Lucy is left with no choice but to put her journalistic skills to work and find her brother alone. Her investigation leads to Night Town, a small community where the locals are anything but friendly. But when Lucy meets Damon, a man also searching for a missing friend, they team up and discover there is more to the prosperous town than meets the eye. Lucy and Damon uncover a string of disappearances, police corruption and a thriving drug trade. But as they delve deeper, they discover the corruption and drugs are just a smoke-screen covering the real horror of what is happening in Night Town.

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Crystal White by David DeLee

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WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LIVE FOR, WILL EVEN DEATH SATISFY HIS NEED FOR REVENGE? AND IF SO, WHOSE?

In California, DEA agent Nick Lafferty led the investigation to eradicate a new and deadly form of synthetic crack cocaine called Crystal White. An investigation that took from him everything he cherished,and left Lafferty a broken man. A man with nothing to live for.

Now, the street poison Crystal White again floods the streets, this time in the northern suburbs of New York City.

Aided by his ex-partner, Delmar Harley, an alcoholic cop on the edge and dogged by a beautiful assistant district attorney who believes the DEA agent’s gone rogue, Nick Lafferty relentlessly embarks on a dark and vengeful journey of revenge, mounting a full-on assault against the Crystal White drug cartel. Nick Lafferty will stop at nothing to make them pay…with their lives–or his.

Book One in the exciting Nick Lafferty Thriller Series by Award-winning Author David DeLee

“Crystal White is a dark portrayal of the evil that men–and women–can do.” – SUSPENSE MAGAZINE

“It’s a perfect fit in the crime detective novel world.” – READERS VIEWS

The Nick Lafferty Series (in chronological order): * Crystal White * Out Of The Game *Too Far (Crossover with Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter)

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Magic Show by Lawrence Michaelis

About Magic Show by Lawrence Michaelis

MAGIC OR MIRACLES?

Gilbert Gilbertson, an inept magic clown whose biggest gigs are kids’ birthday parties, suddenly develops skills in sleight-of-hand and stage illusions that confound expert magicians. He also begins affecting people in strange ways, as well as winning staggering amounts of money in Las Vegas, which he donates to the Catholic Church.

Jack Madison, an agnostic neurologist, debunker of miracles, and best-selling author, is asked to investigate the matter of Gilbert the Magic Clown. In pursuing the mystery, Jack becomes the unlikely partner of Joan Firestone, a beautiful Las Vegas detective and expert in casino fraud.

“Michaelis’ tale is not only complex on many levels, but deftly written, topical, and exhilarating. Michaelis nicely paces both the unraveling mystery and developing love affair, delivering readers an engrossing tale. This intricate and entertaining tale should appeal to fans of The Da Vinci Code.” —Kirkus Reviews

Enter a far-right fringe group within the Catholic Church, convinced that Gilbert is working legitimate miracles—miracles they believe will convince Catholics to return to more conservative ways. Jack and Joan land at the top of the group’s hit list as they try to figure out how Gil Gilbertson does what he does.

Things culminate in the closing act of a Las Vegas magician’s convention when Gilbert performs what all agree is the greatest magic act of all time—a magic act that has unexpected and dire repercussions.

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