Meet Arthur Norman: Widower, Son, Brother, Friend, Serial killer.
A murderously dark comedic thriller.
Bitter Betrayal
“This is a great book with lots of motives and suspense. It also will leave you wanting more at the end.”
Escape. Murder. Secrets.
Scientist Luke Wilkins has always been one step ahead of Lee, his longtime rival. Luke and his best friend Josh start off on an expedition to Nunavut’s territory for an environmental study. All seems well until their plane crashes in the middle of nowhere. As Luke regains consciousness, he discovers that he’s being held prisoner by Lee and his men. Luke has something that Lee wants. A ring that has been shrouded in mystery for centuries and Lee will do whatever it takes to get it. Luke fears that he will never see his family or friends again unless he hands it over. Lee will stop at nothing until the ring is his, but would he go as far as murder?
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MI6: Rise of the Jade Dragon
About MI6: Rise of the Jade Dragon:
As the war between Ukraine and Russia rages on, NATO fighter jets and missiles start to fall from the skies for no apparent reason. MI6 is tasked to quickly resolve the issue before Russia and China take advantage of the situation. Janice Wellington, a former soldier plagued with anxiety attacks, while on her first assignment as an MI6 rookie agent, comes face-to-face with the enemy combatant who shot her in the back.
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American Blasphemer
Would you dance with the Devil in New York City?
Even if she wanted to kill you?
A wild, intimate, literary novel written in the tradition of Denis Johnson, Charles Bukowski, and Hunter S. Thompson, each chapter of American Blasphemer delivers new characters and unforgettable experiences – a knife fight with a sex addict, a psychedelic family Christmas, a Cathedral burning in Manhattan, a midnight visit to Elvis’s grave, and more.
This debaucherous but heartfelt tale culminates in a showdown with a tattooed witch who tries to get the writer to join her coven after meeting him at a rock concert in Times Square.
★★★★★ “Love this new book. Refreshing to read, long on the memory. Images that stick with you. Emotion that cuts through. Fabulous.” -CharlieGo, reviewer.
★★★★★ “The writing is excellent. Vivid. Wild. Honest. Gillen could write the user manual for a printer and make it hard to put down.” -Twitchard, reviewer.
★★★★★ “Incredible plot. Well written. Original, yet relatable. This is my new favorite book.” -Cody DeWees, reviewer.
★★★★★ “If I were still teaching lit, I would add this book to the optional reading list.” -Kindle Reviewer
★★★★★ “This unabashedly honest romp with heartbreak will satisfy readers who are looking for a story of self-discovery under psychedelic circumstances…This delightfully lecherous debut is a masterful exercise in debauchery, understanding religious interpretations, and coping with heartbreak.” – BookLife Review
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After It’s Over
Like many of us, Reece Daniels’ life was changed forever during the pandemic. He lost his mom to the virus and then his work was shut down, eventually for good. He found himself drifting aimlessly, alone.
Reece was horrified to watch as one disastrous decision after another led to supply chain disruptions, worldwide food shortages and the end of life as he knew it before. When an old friend calls for help, he has a choice to make. Will he continue to stand on the sidelines and watch the world burn or will he stand up and do what heroes always do…stand in the gap to hold the chaos at bay. In the face of all this loss, can the life of one man really make a difference? Reece is about to find out.
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Haggard Hawk by Douglas Watkinson
About Haggard Hawk by Douglas Watkinson:
If you long for an old-school English detective then you’ve found him! The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries are the work of renowned tv scriptwriter Douglas Watkinson who wrote Midsomer Murders, Poirot, Lovejoy and many more.
Haggard Hawk is the first in a series of sharply witty crime novels, set in the UK countryside just outside London. When Nathan Hawk is fired from the police service he wonders what he’ll do with the rest of his life. The future is certainly brighter, given his new romance with a local doctor, Laura Peterson, but there’s still something missing…
And then a neighbour does him the courtesy of getting himself murdered. The local police tell Hawk not to get involved but that’s red rag to a bull. Pretty soon he’s back where he should be – catching a killer.
Why not join this hard shelled, soft-centred British private investigator in the first of The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries? It’s a crime series guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your reading chair!
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Date to the Rescue
Lucy Remington takes cooking lessons to attract a stable, uncomplicated guy and ends up falling for hot and spicy firefighter Jake Bryant after she accidentally sets her kitchen on fire.
Super organized Lucy Remington is done getting burned by unreliable men, so she’s giving up hot and spicy and holding out for reliable and responsible. When her friend sets her up on a blind date, she agrees to make dinner for a man who sounds like the very definition of stable: an accountant.
The only problem? Lucy is the queen of toasters and takeout. But she’s determined to make a home cooked dinner for her upcoming date. Instead of whipping up a delicious meal on her trial run, though, she ends up setting her kitchen on fire! Even worse, she finds herself in the arms of a handsome man who makes her heart race.
Firefighter Jake Bryant may be a genuine hero, but he’s like the curry Lucy wishes she could make–hot, delicious, and unforgettable. Therefore he’s a dating mistake waiting to happen. Despite the fact that Jake makes her laugh and she craves his company, Lucy’s mind is made up: she’s sticking to the date with the uncomplicated accountant.
To Lucy’s surprise, Jake offers to teach her how to cook so she can impress her blind date. Confident in her willpower, she agrees. Soon, however, Lucy’s hungering for sweet icing more than plain old flour. Can Jake rescue Lucy’s sautéing technique? And with a little cayenne here and a dash of chili pepper there, can he rescue her heart, as well?
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Baghdad Heist
Baghdad Heist
Amidst the chaos of war-torn Baghdad, a relentless FBI agent must unravel the web of deception that threatens to consume her team and her very existence…
Female FBI agent Charlie Glass is assigned to recover treasures stolen from the Baghdad Museum during the Iraq War. The suspense explodes when she uncovers an international crime syndicate within her own team. Mysterious murders and bitter betrayals plunge Charlie into a deadly fight for survival.
Alone, gripped by fear and pushed beyond her limits, only extreme measures can recover the treasures and save her soul.
Will Charlie triumph over the treacherous criminal network within her own group and recover the stolen treasures, or will she be consumed by the darkness that threatens to destroy her and everything she holds dear?
Fans of murder mysteries, crime fiction, and suspense thrillers will love Baghdad Heist.
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Betrayed by Joseph Lewis
Betrayed by Joseph Lewis
$0.99 07/02 through 07/05
Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention – Mystery
#1 Best Seller (Amazon) in Traditional Detective Mysteries
Barnes and Noble Bestseller
2021 Maxy Award Runner-Up – Mystery/Suspense
2021 PenCraft Book Awards 1st Place – Thriller
Top 50 Indie Books – Readers’ Choice
As Seen in Strand Magazine
“To call Betrayed a thriller alone would be to do a disservice.” –Midwest Book Review
“A stirring and unusual tale of teenage love, adventure and murder.” –Best Thrillers
“Action and adventure are the words of the day in this thrilling, well-written, page-turner from Joseph Lewis.” –Sublime Book Review
Integrity is protecting someone who betrayed you. Courage is keeping a promise even though it might mean death.
A late-night phone call turns what was to be a fun hunting trip into a deadly showdown. Fifteen-year-old brothers George Tokay, Brian Evans and Brett McGovern face death on top of a mesa on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona. They have no idea why men are intent on killing them.
Betrayed is a contemporary psychological thriller and an exploration of the heart and of a blended family of adopted kids, their relationships to each other and their parents woven into a tight mystery-thriller.
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A Wicked Line
The year is 1994, and Jackson Foster’s life is about to change forever.
After an encounter with a drunk driver leaves him scarred and depressed, Jackson is desperate to find a way out of his personal hell. When he discovers the thrill of punishing criminals the law can’t or won’t deal with, he thinks he’s found it. But what if he gets a little too much enjoyment from meting out justice? And what if his “justice” is anything but?
There is a wicked line that vigilantes must never cross. Jackson is heading straight for it.
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Terror’s Sword, A Kyle McEwan Novel
About Terror’s Sword, A Kyle McEwan Novel:
From a veteran of the political wars waged inside the U.S. government comes the story of a revenge-fueled terrorist determined to destroy America and the only man who can stop him.
An anonymous attacker known as Terror’s Sword is heading for the U.S. to commit mass murder with an undetermined bioweapon. When intelligence agencies fail to identify the terrorist or his bioagent, the president taps elite counterterrorism operative Kyle McEwan to hunt down the terrorist and eliminate the threat. McEwan is the classified, off-the-books weapon America unleashes when all other methods fail.
McEwan quickly confirms the threat is legitimate and imminent. Tracking the terrorist across multiple continents, McEwan and U.S. special operations forces conduct raids that produce evidence and start unraveling the conspiracy. He unmasks Terror’s Sword’s true identity and discovers his bioweapon. Despite these discoveries, the bioagent has been genetically altered by groundbreaking science, foiling America’s greatest scientists in their search for a medical solution. Without a cure, the world faces an untreatable pandemic threatening millions if the attack on America succeeds.
Global survival rests on McEwan’s shoulders as he battles terror cells embedded on U.S. soil and powerful elements inside his government who complicate his search, increasing the likelihood of an attack on America. With the terror mastermind on the loose and the apocalyptic bioweapon attack looming, who will prevail?
Terror’s Sword probes presidential decisions and political machinations impacting military, intelligence, and law enforcement operations, immersing readers in the real-world inner workings that thwart terrorist threats and the obstacles that sometimes impede those efforts.
The wait is over for a new hero in the vein of Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Child’s Jack Reacher, Ludlum’s Jason Bourne, and Flynn’s Mitch Rapp. Kyle McEwan confronts the evil threatening his nation and the world in Terror’s Sword.
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On the Run by Maranda Collins
About On the Run by Maranda Collins:
SHE KNOWS THEIR SECRETS. THEY’LL STOP AT NOTHING TO SILENCE HER.
“Drama, romance, and a deadly pursuit keep the pages flying in this sizzling speed ride of a thriller.” — DIRK CUSSLER, New York Times Best-Selling Co-Author of the Dirk Pitt Series
Officer Sadie Lynch’s world was a simple one. She served her community in a Kansas City suburb, keeping people safe and catching the bad guys. It was a lonely life with only her elderly grandfather for companionship, but at least everything made sense. That world came crashing to an end the day a mysterious assassin tried to murder Grandpa in his nursing home.
Before Sadie could blink, she and Grandpa were on the run for their lives, and nothing was simple anymore. Friendly suburban housewives were shooting at them, good guys were stealing cars to stay alive, and Grandpa’s former career working for the government was turning out to be something far more sinister. Their only hope for saving themselves lay in a forbidding ex-Navy SEAL. But could anyone be trusted when their shadowy adversary had eyes and ears everywhere they ran?
April 18, 2023 – April 22, 2023 – Get your free copy of the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Finalist, On the Run to find out if tough and determined Sadie has what it takes to survive.
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Evasive Gold by Mauri Fredricks
About Evasive Gold by Mauri Fredricks:
Evasive Gold is both a historical WWII novel and a present-day mystery seeking to reveal the past through a hunt for elusive clues from 75-80 years ago.
Two agents are each given a mission. One in 1940, and one in present-day New York. Evasive Gold follows both men – each in his own timeframe – until the final dramatic moment when their two paths converge.
In present-day New York, a false gold bar is discovered in the Federal Reserve Bank’s vault. Could the remaining fifty tons of the original party – supposedly smuggled out of Norway in 1940 – also be counterfeit? That gold cannot be tested in secret, so US Treasury Agent Jay Ricci is sent on a mission to Scandinavia: Find the gold.
But the secret has leaked, and someone else wants it badly. And Ricci is a fly in their ointment.
Eighty years earlier, Agent Peter Hagenmüller of Germany’s Abwehr Foreign Intelligence Service is stationed in Norway. He is given a mission: Follow the gold if the Norwegian resistance tries to smuggle it away.
In present-day Stockholm, Jay Ricci is flying blind and on his own except for two contacts: The smart and attractive Deborah Goodman at the US Embassy and Alec Henning, an American expat with an obscure past and a questionable reputation – and a hidden aura of power.
And Ricci needs all the help he can get.
The hunt moves from the streets of Stockholm, to Oslo, and on to the mountains of Norway. But gradually the key to it all emerges. Ricci must learn to understand the man from the past: Peter Hagenmüller.
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Justice Rules – 2010 Finalist Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest
About Justice Rules – 2010 Finalist Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest:
How far can you go before justice becomes revenge?
”Justice Rules by Thomas White is an intriguing novel filled with gripping suspense and a look at humanity from all angles.” Writer’s Digest Jan. 2012.
“Filled with sharp dialogue and harrowing action, the story is a page-turner that grabs the reader and doesn’t let go until the last satisfying page.” –Ann Anderson, author, Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show
“It was gripping, suspenseful, intelligent and surprising. I was able to figure out just enough to make me feel smart, when a twist would pop up which kept me humble. A nice page-turner. I can’t wait for the next one!”
Bethyl Bird, President TexPrompt
FBI Special Agent Brian Wylie investigates the murder of an ex-con in Eastern Washington. This single murder leads to a vigilante coalition that wreaks its own brand of justice. Wylie’s investigation unravels an intricate and complex plot that involves a victims help group, his best friends treachery, and his teenage daughter’s well-being.
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Risen
The boy was unremarkable. Nothing about him would have made you think he was anything other than a somewhat unkempt young man pushing twenty, walking aimlessly up Lombard Street. No reason anyone would have thought twice about this ordinary young man. Not unless they took a closer look. Then one might see that something was different. Something was wrong. Detective Kurt Dale is in trouble. He is embroiled in a torrid affair with a dangerous woman and he desperately wants out. His mistress has the power to destroy the very fabric of his world. There’s a killer on the loose in his normally tranquil town and he has just become the prime suspect. A hunt for the monster committing these crimes leads to a shattering revelation: A two-hundred year old vampire has risen and a centuries old unconscionable evil is about to be revenged.
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The Arx
Ex-Homicide Detective Frank Langer is a broken man – but he’s all that stands in the way of a deadly conspiracy.
Since a mental breakdown put him on medical leave from the squad he was once hand-picked to lead, Frank spends his days drinking and chain-smoking, and his nights waking up screaming from a horrific recurring nightmare.
Then one day, by chance, he stumbles on a monstrous plot to kidnap children.
When he shows up at the squad with his wild story, the guys pat him on the back and tell him to go home. But after the mother of one of the missing children commits suicide, Frank stamps down his demons, and together with the dead woman’s sister Rebecca, plunges into the case.
He uncovers a shadowy entity lurking behind one of the richest and most powerful Pharma corporations in the world. When he finally unravels the mystery, the truth is more bizarre and deadly than he ever imagined, and telling Rebecca would put her life in danger. Soon even she comes to question his sanity.
Frank has to warn the world of the danger. But can he stay alive long enough to find someone to buy his story?
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Family of Killers-Memoirs of an Assassin
About Family of Killers-Memoirs of an Assassin:
David Grant is seven when he is pulled from his bed by his parents. The target he was assigned to kill has identified his dad; the family needs to leave Northern Ireland immediately.
David is raised to continue the work his father and grandfather started, killing for governments, organizations and agencies.
When his grandfather is killed by the same man that identified his father, David searches around the world for him as he continues his job of assassinating those that can’t keep secrets.
Finally, with the opportunity to meet the man that killed his grandfather, David takes the opportunity to end that life.
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Glass Half Broken
When the people Annie love mysteriously vanish one by one, how will she uncover the secret that lies trapped inside her own deceptive mind?
Annie knows there’s something wrong with her. A child genius with crippling social anxiety and a compulsion for tearing at her wrist, Annie struggles to please her reputation-obsessed mother. Annie’s dad is the only one who understands her. But when he runs off on a spiritual quest during a manic episode, Annie blames herself.
As she matures, Annie’s grief is reignited each time someone she cares about mysteriously disappears without a trace. Suspecting she’s gone insane, Annie learns she can’t trust anyone, least of all herself. When she finally discovers the shocking truth, Annie’s next move could mean the difference between life and death.
Glass Half Broken is a fast-paced domestic thriller packed with mystery and a shocking twist!
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Where Is God When Satan Is Knocking On My Door? By Patricia Richardson
About Where Is God When Satan Is Knocking On My Door? By Patricia Richardson:
Aretha’s faith in God has always been present in her life and together with the love of her two daughters it has nurtured her soul and seen her through many hard times.
But this is something different.
As her skin itches, burns and tightens all over her body and the sensation of wriggling worms on her scalp becomes a never-ending feeling, she knows that something isn’t right. She knows, deep down, that something is dreadfully wrong and can almost taste the evil that is invading her body.
But where has it come from? And why has someone cursed her in such a way?
Now, fighting to save her very essence, Aretha feels her sanity slowly slipping away as demonic forces continue their unrelenting assault on her senses.
Determined to find a way to beat the odds, she must somehow find a way to overcome the living hell that has been inflicted upon her before it destroys her completely. But when the truth about her affliction is revealed it will be more shocking than anything she could have believed.
How do you fight something you cannot see, that has been sent from an evil that knows no bounds?
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Deep Exposure
JACK O’BRIEN, a burned-out journalist, is working for a B-level publication. He receives a tip from an anonymous source. It dares him to investigate a long-lost patent, challenging him to be that tenacious bulldog investigator he once was. After getting over his indignation, he takes up the challenge.
Chasing a dangerous lead across the Mexican border lands him in the Sonoran Desert, where he clashes with a hired assassin sent to kill the man Jack is following. There is a desperate struggle, leaving two men dead. The police accuse the reporter of murder. An acquittal at trial gives him a second chance.
With the help of the anonymous informant (PHILLIP BRANSON), O’Brien learns who was behind what happened. It’s GERALD PASTERNING, an evil power broker who runs a shadowy organization buying patents and selling them to powerful monopolies that pay dearly to make sure they become lost forever. What he is actually doing is giving them worthless dross disguised as valuable potential technologies. But he keeps to himself any real scientific breakthroughs that he can develop.
Concurrently, a large eastern European Oil and Gas consortium (CITRUK) has been making transactions with Pasterning to protect their empire. But they’ve become disillusioned with the arrangement and wish to terminate the relationship. NICOLAS KYZEMSKI, the group’s representative, is taken to a mountain base. Here he is given an incredible demonstration of an advanced solar technology. It will replace the fossil fuel industry. Pasterning threatens to end their dynasty unless they keep doing business with him, now at double the price.
Meanwhile, Jack travels to the Rocky Mountains. Chasing another lead, he teams up with a local named MOUSE as his guide. In searching Fisher Canyon, they’re hunted by a team of soldiers. They capture Mouse, but Jack escapes. He manages to take a soldier by the name of JOHN HENDERSON as hostage.
By chance, O’Brien meets up with Kyzemski as he flees the mountains. It is then the reporter learns Pasterning has created a secret compound that includes a pseudo government para-military base to protect the scientific breakthroughs he uses to extort others.
Phillip Branson contacts the journalist to tell his latest discovery before being captured. That they’ve cloned an army of bio-engineered soldiers.
Jack decides on a bold plan to free his comrades and enters the compound to compel Pasterning to release his friends. O’Brien confronts him and threatens full exposure to the world unless he releases his companions. At the height of the standoff, CITRUK hires a mercenary fighting force and attacks the base. Henderson unexpectedly shows up to now help Jack, and they take over the control tower and broadcast the truth to the troops—you’ve been duped and are not an actual US government army installation.
Pasterning, escaping in a helicopter, calls the reporter and tells him he will destroy the entire compound in a violent blast. But disaster is averted when Private Henderson shoots down Pasterning’s chopper, seconds before he detonates the explosion.
In the aftermath, they exonerate the soldiers as good men who were unwittingly tricked. Their secret of being genetically cloned (which they themselves don’t know) is safeguarded to avoid stigmatizing them. But a horrible truth emerges. Some of them who were considered substandard in the past were euthanized.
Phillip Branson recovers after almost dying. The government takes control of the advanced solar energy technology for safekeeping. And Jack writes his exposé that garners national attention.