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They needed his mind. The mission demanded everything else.Seven years after his best friend Ben died in the North Tower, CIA cryptographer Alex Mercer still carries what was left behind: a friendship cut short, a future that never came, and a cheap paper matchbook that became the one thing he could never let go.Now the Agency needs a codebreaker in the field.A forgotten Soviet-era mainframe lies buried beneath Pakistan's Makran Range, and Alex is the only man who can unlock...

Starting over is hard. Dodging an arsonist is worse.After being cut out of her father’s will, Meg Bramwell takes her brother’s offer to turn a run-down building into a library. With the help of Brian Hooper, a quiet librarian with unexpected warmth, Meg begins to build a new future, and fast-growing feelings.When a string of fires sweeps through town and targets the library, Meg and Brian dig into old records and dangerous secrets someone is desperate to hide.With flames closing...

Only Markus 4573 knows the truth. The one-party political system has destroyed America. It’s the year 2098, and the leaders of the new Fascist state have created a cold and cruel world where profits drive an indentured population. The Ruling Class lives in selfish luxury while the oppressed masses live in bondage. But the arrogance of the leaders has left them vulnerable. They allowed the technology that supports the Unity to be controlled by one slave in Town 20, and...

At the edge of sanity lies an extraordinary truth. Discovering it may be the last thing she ever doesHannah thinks she’s losing her mind. After hitting and killing a man with her car, his body and blood vanish without a trace. Desperate to prove she isn’t insane, she searches exhaustively until she finds him—alive and unharmed.Taken under the wing of the handsome stranger, she’s stunned to learn he’s part of an ancient race of immortals. But so is his deranged...

A bouquet of roses, a bottle of wine, a crystal butterfly…and a dead man in the alley behind Death by Chocolate. Gifts for Lindsay, left in the middle of the night. Is her ex-husband Rick between girlfriends and pursuing her again? Did he leave the roses and wine? He has done the out-of-season Santa Claus thing before. But when the crystal butterfly appears, Rick is in the hospital after a brutal attack leaves him near death. If not Rick, then...

Isolde Quinn wants to fly under the radar of the paranormal police, but that’s going to be hard to do when her least favorite person dies in front of her magical pet store.

Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

A cozy Irish mystery where ancient magic meets modern murder. American journalist Cassie Evans arrives in the Irish village of Kilshannon expecting rain, stone walls, and answers about the father she never knew. What she gets is a lightning strike at an ancient stone circle, a telepathic Irish wolfhound with a two-hundred-year-old curse, and a murder she never saw coming. When Cassie's great-aunt Moira, the one person in Ireland who welcomed her without question, becomes the prime suspect in the...

READERS' FAVORITE - "GOLD MEDAL WINNER Death By A HoneyBee is an enjoyable read which will capture the interest of most die-hard mystery fans!" "Abigail Keam writes with vision and understanding. Keam leaves the reader yearning for more." -Midwest Book Review Josiah Reynolds is a beekeeper trying to stay financially afloat by selling honey at the Farmers' Market. She finds her world turned upside down when a man is found dead in her bee yard, only to discover the victim...

When the only form of justice that counts is your own.A tense tale of murder, conspiracy and revenge.One sunny summer morning in the City of London, an archaeological researcher just back from India is gunned down as he leaves a coffee shop. Who did it, and why? That’s the question facing DCI Nick Severance as he investigates his latest murder case.When the answers lead to a terrorist conspiracy that could endanger the lives of thousands of innocent people, Nick has...