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Four women, one book club, and a murder…When café owner Hazel Thompson and her friends—reserved librarian Libby Moore, former socialite Daphne Sinclair, and sarcastic bookshop clerk Charlie Banks—select a classic whodunit for their first book club meeting, they never imagine fiction becoming reality. But the morning after christening themselves "The Deadly Delights," Hazel discovers the cantankerous owner of Page Turners bookstore, Gordon Hargrove, dead among the shelves—with a bloodied copy of their book club selection by his side.Though the police...

"A well-crafted tale of murder begotten by the collision of two incompatible worlds." -Kirkus ReviewsSOME AMISH COMMUNITIES AREN'T SO COZY8,800+ rave ratings for Lamb to the Slaughter, the first book in unputdownable Serenity's Plain Secrets, is the riveting story about the intertwining lives of three unlikely people in an Indiana Amish Community and the devastating results when a rebellious teenage girl is found shot to death in a cornfield during the harvest.Serenity Adams is the newly elected young sheriff in...

Everything in Detective Morgan Foster’s life is a secret…Living in West End, West Virginia wasn’t part of the plan, but the murders of her husband, Peter, and her partner, AJ Roth, have sent her into hiding.For a while, everything seemed to be fine, but two dead bodies at her waitressing job tell another story...Unable to ignore the threat that’s crashed down on her carefully constructed secret life, Morgan gets caught in a web of motorcycle gangs, murder and a bounty...

Is there anything more unsettling than the inability to trust your own senses? Dwayne Morrow is about to find out…Recent events in West Virginia have left Dwayne in a fragile state of mind. His recollections of those final hours are blurry at best, and while he knows what he wants to believe, he’s bound by a promise not to investigate any further. Despite the patience and support from friends and family, he finds himself hobbled by despair, unable to fully...

The murder of a police officer in broad daylight. The police investigation deceived. A grieving parent desperate to find the truth. When a popular local police officer is murdered in front of witnesses outside the school he was visiting, the homicide detectives investigating his killing are sent on a wild goose chase by some clever misdirection. Kendra and the team believe there is more to the murder than the detectives think and start their own investigation. What follows is an...

Perfect for fans of Alice Feeney and Shari Lapena!"A perfect domestic thriller with a shocking ending that readers will not see coming!" - ARC reviewerEarly one summer morning, the body of young 21-year-old Blair Taylor is found floating in the neighborhood pool. Was it an accident or was Blair murdered the night of the annual summer picnic? Suddenly, the upper-class gated community where Blair's family and friends live doesn't feel safe. Blair's case is assigned to Detective Sadie Lawson. As...

Val was just like any suburban housewife in 1947—counting the minutes until her loving and devoted husband finished his shift. She fills her time by cleaning, playing records, listening to radio dramas—exhausted but satisfied, and most definitely in love. Making fresh coffee to fortify herself through this long evening, however, she is unaware that not all dangers announce themselves or just walk through the front door. The House Guest is a classic-styled psychological thriller that revives the elegant menace of...

Two mismatched lawyers uncover a long-forgotten military conspiracy…Career U.S. Navy JAGC officer Lt. Duncan Carmichael and an ACLU volunteer lawyer, Sydney Warren, form an unlikely team defending a young uncooperative sailor accused of a vicious murder on a U.S. Navy base but are thwarted at every turn by the military command.Fast-forward 40 years: Warren and Carmichael are investigating an insurance claim on a yacht wrecked on northern Vancouver Island when they uncover startling links between their 1978 murder case, a...

Evil in Paradise.Matt and Sara head to a private island for two weeks of much needed R&R. An engine light in their jet comes on and they are forced to land on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean.Unknowingly, they touched down in a hot-bed of human trafficking. When Sara rescues a child, the hounds of Hades are unleashed.Stranded amid tropical storms, without weapons, backup or outside contacts, they must face the forces of evil head on.No body does it...

"A powerful and introspective work that explores the ripple effects of human actions..." Cameron Bookshelf "A fascinating read that follows one man's revenge-filled journey..." Sandra Cruz- Reader Views "Journey into human nature and relationships where light and darkness collide...Depravity echoes shades of Hannibal Lecter, intensifying the novel’s unsettling tension..." David Lisenby- Authors Reading So, day one after release from a wrongful murder conviction. Now what? Pin joins forces with a criminal mastermind to execute his revenge needs. While police officers...