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The Montauk community theater's version of The Murders in the Rue Morgue turns deadly when the cast discovers their murder victim isn't acting.She's dead.With every cast and crew member a potential suspect, ex-NYPD homicide detective Jericho and his partner, Vangie, sense parallels between their killing and Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale—widely considered the first fictional detective story. Are the similarities a clue or just a twisted joke? Does their killer have a sense of irony?When a second murder brings a...

In Washington, power isn’t won at the ballot box—it’s taken in the shadows.When Washington investigative reporter Beck Rikki gets a secret call from a senior Justice Department official, he’s handed a lead that could decide a presidential election.A powerful U.S. senator is on the verge of winning the White House—and someone inside the government believes he’s corrupt.Following a trail of offshore money, suspicious deaths, and hidden corporate ties, Beck uncovers a sprawling conspiracy stretching from Canada to the Caribbean—and straight...

You buried a dog when you were eleven. You never told anyone. Not your mother. Not your husband. Not a single living person in thirty-five years.A barefoot stranger in a Walmart just said its name out loud.Thea Cole lives alone in rural Kentucky. She moved to Hazel for the silence. She works from home. She talks to no one. She built a life designed to be invisible, and it was working until a woman she'd never met walked into a...

In a world where dreams are coded into reality, Joyce AI is the heart-pounding techno-thriller that challenges everything you thought you knew about artificial intelligence. Childhood friends turned tech visionaries Ethan Sadler and Brad Morrow have created Joyce AI, an operating system so intuitive it predicts your needs before you do. As Joyce's popularity skyrockets, and their startup goes public, success seems inevitable. But beneath the surface, a sinister plot unfolds. When Brad spirals into addiction and debt, he makes...

Kandy "Action" Dreeson of SFPD homicide gets a quirky partner when Qigiq moves south from Alaska to immerse himself in all things digital, keenly aware that even a 30-something detective is soon obsolete in the rampant world of hi-tech crime.When a musician arrives at the police station holding a brown box and screaming about her missing roommate, the detectives are sucked into a torrent of cyber-clues from Amazon shipping policy to Zoom meetings. While dodging threats to their lives with...

"Part Robin Cook, part Michael Crichton, this book is a really fun ride! Great characters woven together in a fun action, suspense yarn." - Old ER Surgeon⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"As a ED RN for many years I found this book to be very action packed! I read the whole book in one day because I couldn’t sit it down! Thank you Dr. Hartman for an amazing book! Looking forward to purchasing another book from you!" - Amazon customer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Such a great book! If...

If you enjoy Richard Osman’s books, you may also enjoy getting acquainted with another group of unlikely sleuths who live in a retirement community.In Book One of this cozy mystery series, a morose parrot with a reputation for biting sums up Brookside Retirement Community for reluctant resident, Josephine Bartlett. But when Brookside turns out to be a setting for art theft, dodgy dealings, and naked poker, it becomes vastly more interesting. Josephine investigates the unusual goings on with friend and...

"From New York Times bestselling author Liliana Hart comes a series that will knock your socks off! A smart blend of J.D. Robb's, Eve Dallas and Bones, J.J. Graves is a character everyone can root for."J.J. Graves has seen a lot of dead bodies in her line of work...As both the mortician and county coroner for King George County, Virginia, J.J. Graves is no stranger to death. But when a horrific murder rocks the quiet town of Bloody Mary, J.J....

A pleasant day at the lake turns ominous when Jack Dunn and his wife Martha Healey find a body on the beach. Circumstances surrounding the current death are similar to one that happened thirty years ago in the same location. Did someone get away with murder? Twice?As they are reluctantly drawn further into the mystery, complicated friendships and secrets from the past place Jack and Marty in danger.Will they be able to untangle the web of lies before the killer...

Winner - Crime Thriller of the Year - Best Thrillers Book AwardsWinner - Feathered Quill Award - Mystery, Thriller, SuspenseWinner - Best Indie Book Award - Crime ThrillerWinner - Gold Medal - Military Writers Society of AmericaWinner - Gold Medal Crime Fiction - Reader's FavoriteA missing masterpiece. A deadly threat. A desperate search. Marty and Bo were just trying to keep their struggling startup alive - but now they’ve got a bigger problem - keeping themselves alive."Exceptionally clever and compelling"...