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Some stories don't end with a kiss.Some women don't wait to be awakened.Los Angeles is sweltering through Holy Week when a teenage hustler named Kiddy is murdered on Hollywood Boulevard in broad daylight. The investigation pulls Detective Joanna Steele into a conspiracy that reaches from Hollywood's shadows to the highest levels of power.Mia More is on the verge of superstardom when Kiddy crosses her path. What begins as concern becomes something far more dangerous: love, responsibility, and a fierce protective...

From Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal-winning author David Antocci comes a fast, funny Florida mystery packed with shady deals, beach-town chaos, and aggressively territorial wildlife.Ellis Kane came to Turtle Key to clean out his late uncle’s house, figure out what to do with the rest of his life, and maybe spend a few quiet days near the water.Then a woman showed up looking for her missing mother.Now Kane’s chasing leads through beach bars, shady marinas, and a floating plastic surgery clinic...

Following his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes lives in secrecy under the identity of Harald Sigurdson. His latest investigation takes him to Paris, where a network of master forgers is flooding the art world with flawless imitations of priceless masterpieces.What begins as an inquiry into forged paintings soon reveals a far-reaching conspiracy stretching across Europe. Hidden workshops, secret auctions, coded messages, and mysterious allies lead Holmes ever closer to an unseen organization whose influence reaches far beyond...

The deadliest threat in California doesn't come with a warning—it slips into your system, rewires your mind, and turns you into a killer with a smile.When a banker opens fire at Folsom Flea Market, Detective Kat Hastings catches the case—but takes three bullets before she can stop the carnage. Now she's in the ICU, the victim of a drugged-up killer.That night, during a gig, Sonny Marshall watches helplessly as his band's guitarist collapses mid-set, brought down by a drug no...

A small-town scandal. A buried secret. And one woman determined to uncover both. Miss Tony Cooper has spent years keeping the school district running smoothly-until everything begins to unravel.When missing funds trigger a quiet fraud investigation, Tony expects long hours and paperwork-not whispers, suspicion, and a growing sense that something isn't quite right. But when a principal is found dead and the superintendent is taken into custody, the situation turns far more serious than anyone in Apple Creek wants to...

In the blink of an eye, his whole life changed. Now he's back in search of answers. But will the truth destroy him?When seventeen-year-old Christian Bekker killed a poacher, he claimed it was self-defense. But the judge disagreed. He gave Christian a choice-go to prison or leave his home in South Africa and never return.Years later, following his father's suicide, conservation director Dr. Christian Bekker uncovers a plea from the grave to find out what really happened on that fateful...

Caryn’s Deaver’s abusive ex-husband bound her and their children hand and foot, locked them in the bathroom, and set the house on fire. They managed to escape with their lives, and Dan Hamilton was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for the crime. He’s out now and the rules in his sadistic game allow Caryn only twelve “moves” before she will die.Zach Riker, Cheyenne’s Fire Chief, was the first paramedic on the scene eighteen years ago. He saved Caryn’s life....

The Ravens of Whitechapel and Other Curious CasesSherlock Holmes – The Animal Cases, Volume 1A missing canary. Vanishing pigeons. Ravens blamed for theft and murder. Horses terrified by a danger no human seems able to see.In this unique collection of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, the world's greatest consulting detective encounters cases in which animals play a crucial role in uncovering the truth. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Victorian London, these stories explore the fascinating connection between human nature, instinct, and...

At 11:58 on a Tuesday night, the phone at the front desk rings from a room the system says is empty. Forty-one seconds. Nobody speaks.Faye Lang has run the night audit at a sixty-eight-room hotel off the interstate east of Columbus for four years without a number out of place. Just after midnight her count is wrong by one: the record shows forty guests, and the building slept forty-one. The forty-first was keyed one wall from her desk, cancelled five...

Into the fogA Victorian psychological suspense short story—perfect for a one-sitting read. Whitechapel, 1888.A vivid dream leads seventeen-year-old Annie into the fog-shrouded streets of Whitechapel in search of a mysterious signet ring. But as the night unfolds, she discovers that some mysteries are better left untouched.Into the Fog features a haunting mystery and an ending that lingers long after the final page.