Krimi & Thriller

A standalone novel: Van Life mysteries do not need to be read in order!Synopsis:When Amanda ditched her lucrative job and high-rise apartment for a life of adventure on the open road, she got way more than she bargained for...After months of documenting her adventures on social media, Amanda's channel is a huge success. Better yet, she's visiting one of her dream destinations: Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is everything she'd hoped it would be: It's wild, beautiful, and teeming with life. Erik, the tall, good-looking campground employee is a pleasant surprise as well. Then Amanda gets another, less pleasant surprise: The Body.Amanda's discovery of a murder victim near the campground revives haunting memories from her childhood. The police may never solve the crime, but Amanda isn't willing to let it go. She enlists Erik's aid, and with the help of a retired writer named Margaret Applewood, they set out to solve the murder. When a second body appears, Amanda begins to realize just how complex the web of intrigue and deception is. If she's not careful, the killer may set his sights on her next.

A Secret Gate. A New Planet. An Ancient Conspiracy.Belem, Ariam, Gael'jic, and Cecil are tasked with the impossible: travel to another planet... without the aid of a starship. But how? They must cross the distance by a strange technology - an ancient gateway hidden on Dar'ryn.But before they reach the gate, they must contract with the mysterious Boatman to take them across a dangerous sea. But the Boatman wants something in exchange, and getting it may be too perilous for the four exiles.Meanwhile, Lycas Ryth continues to unfold his scheme for control and bring down his divine opponent once and for all. In doing so he reaches for a deadly game piece, one so terrible and unruly, it may spoil the fun...even for him.

What's a little blood among brothers?The Duchess is forced to find out in Burdened Bloodline.Still coming to terms with the deadly events of her romantic getaway at Ogdam Oasis, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier is eager to leave the deserts of Kwatalar behind. She rides to her allies in the Duchy of Pettraud, determined to put the War Council in motion. As she prepares for inevitable bloodshed and fighting to assault the Realm of Virtues, she can't help but get caught up in the Pettraud family drama as she meets many of Perry's brothers for the first time. With the Duke's ailing health, the lust for their father's crown has never been more heated, and Jax fears something terribly dark is lurking among the shadows of the castle keep, dangerously fueling these tensions. With the Duchess stranded in a foreign duchy, it's not a royal visit until someone ends up dead...Discover who is family and who is foe in Burdened Bloodline, a Court of Mystery novel.

The War Council convenes...Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier makes her way north to the wilds of Cetachi to attend the long-awaited War Council. After spending the last several months evading her enemies, Jax is ready to face her adversaries head-on to fight for equality and freedom throughout the Realm of Virtues.With the sovereigns of the realm gathered together for the first time in recent memory, Jax is prepared for anything to happen......except stumbling across a grisly murder.The crown has never been so heavy in Crown of Chaos. Discover more of Duchess Jacqueline's adventures in the Court of Mystery, an enchanting series full of fantastical intrigue.

In Ravenswood, a small town gripped by shock, Detective Laura Thompson faces the daunting task of unraveling a gruesome murder. Teamed with her partner, Detective Mike Rodriguez, they plunge into the intricate labyrinth of motives surrounding the victim. As they probe deeper, the investigation veers into unexpected territory, hinting at layers of complexity beneath the surface.Their journey through the tight-knit community unveils hidden secrets, conflicting agendas, and a cast of characters with potential motives. With each twist and turn, Laura and Mike confront the daunting challenge of uncovering the truth behind the murder. Suspense builds as they navigate through the murky depths of Ravenswood's darker underbelly, where nothing is as it seems.

On the surface, things seem quiet and serene in the picturesque coastal village of Kilmarnock, Virginia. But something unseen roams its lush forests as the past and present collide and the unthinkable begins to wreak its vengeance. Young Lucy Bonner is executed for witchcraft in the town's distant and brutal past. Her death triggers an unholy chain of events which grasp at the restless heart of novelist Peter McQuade, spurring him towards a quest to uncover the dark and terrifying truth.

Most people dream of getting rich quick and fantasise about how they'd enjoy spending their windfall. In general they hope for lady luck to bless them; they entertain ideas of winning the lottery or inheriting millions from some distant, unknown relative for instance.A young couple from London, Bernie and Rachel, are no exception to this rule, but they don't intend to wait for good fortune to come their way. They have a plan, what they believe is an almost foolproof way to make their money and retire. They're going to burgle the homes of affluent people whilst they know they're away on holiday.Rachel provides the information from Heathrow airport where she works and selects potential targets, getting their addresses from luggage labels and making sure they board the plane and leave.Her partner Bernie is a locksmith who can open almost anything and is also well-versed in alarm systems and safe cracking.Suspense, action, drama and romance unfold as they embark on a series of robberies, a calculated gamble which they hope will finish with them retiring soon to live a life of opulence and luxury.

Emily Davis experienced a run of wake-in-fright nightmares that affected her health.After she sought help, she learned of the possible reasons for all the nocturnal visions, but these reasons challenged some of her strong beliefs.Determined to put an end to her nightmares, she followed advice and pursued a course of action that would ultimately change her life forever, if it didn't kill her first.This emotionally charged story about the moral desire to do what's right, is tightly wrapped in a mystery, filled with suspense and regret that thrusts this gentle,unsuspecting character into a world where she eventually learned the why, but it was not the answer she expected.

The tables have turned for the Duchess.With the grim aftermath of the War Council behind her at last, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier is ready to head home to Saphire. Now seated on the thrones of Hestes, Kwatalar, and Crepsta, Jacqueline longs to return to her beloved duchy to regroup with her allies and extinguish the threat growing within Pettraud. Yet, on the eve before her departure, Jax receives an invitation from Duchess Persephone, the new sovereign of Tandora.Persephone is desperate for Jax's help. She wishes to reshape her duchy, enacting the same social and political changes Jax has implemented across her own holdings. However, the nation's charter requires the approval of a Grand Chancellery for such matters, and Persephone does not believe the council's High Chancellors are on her side. Seizing the opportunity to bring equality to more corners of the realm, Jax delays her return home and, instead, sets off on a diplomatic mission to aid her new ally with her husband and friends by her side.Yet, shortly after the Saphire delegation's arrival, Jax happens upon a dead body. She suddenly finds herself in the crosshairs of the Tandorian Ducal Guard's investigation......accused of the gruesome murder.The stakes only get higher in Innocence Imprisoned, a Court of Mystery novel.

A long-forgotten secret surfaces...Qylvard Savant's treacherous attack has left the Realm of Virtues fractured, many nations now leaderless.Barely recovered from injuries sustained during battle, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier heads south to the Duchy of Hestes to claim its vacant throne. As she prepares for her upcoming coronation, she receives troubling news from a professor at the realm's famed Academy. Newly discovered documents have been unearthed, suggesting the throne of Hestes may indeed belong to another. Worried her plans for unifying the realm are on the brink of being thwarted, Jax decides to seek answers about the origin of these suspicious documents herself.What awaits her at the Academy, however, may be more trouble than she bargained for...Return to the Realm of Virtues in Harrowed Heir, a Court of Mystery novel.

In the year of 1755 the Great Palace was built by Alexander James. This Palace was known greatly for it's white quartz flooring while the pillars and tables shined gold and diamond. Mr. James did not care enough about the house to take care of it. 5 years after the house had been built, Mr. James sold the house to Henry Green. Henry Green Adored the house. He loved the house so much that he never left it. Mr. Green wasn't fond of cleaning the place. Instead, Mr. Green piled the house high with clutter. His house was so cluttered that he had one small space where he could sit without being crushed by the piled up books and boxes. One Fateful day, Mr. Green had a little bit more trouble breathing than normally. Mr. Green did not care though. Instead, Mr. Green just went on with his day. Mr. Green began to feel tightness in his chest. Mr. Green attempted to go to the kitchen for a glass of water but was crushed by one of the towers of clutter. March 4th 1781 marks the day that Henry Green passed away and the Palace was officially abandoned. Or was it? Now, 242 years later, a raffle has opened up for 4 young teenagers to go and explore the Great Palace of old. These 4 children will discover the mystery of why Alexander James did not live in this house and why Henry Green hoarded the house With all his clutter. All of these questions will be answered by these 4 Teenagers.

The law of the jungle reigns supreme.A cryptic letter arrives at the Kwatalarian capital after Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier has claimed her throne. Weeks after her mysterious disappearance, Jax's aunt has finally been spotted. The good news ends there. Saphire's spies report that Lady Amia is being held captive somewhere deep in the jungles of Zaltor. With tensions between Duke Percival Pettraud nearing their boiling point and Captain George Solomon off scouring the Beautraudian wilds, Jax decides to throw caution to the wind and sets out to rescue her aunt on her own.Of course, her faithful friends Uma, Sabine, and Ziri insist on being at her side as Jax travels to the Duchy of Zaltor. A bloody civil war rages to the south as the Duchess makes her way to the Ancient Faith temple where her aunt was last seen. Her arrival sets off a series of calamitous events that threaten to upend the very stability of the realm.Murder is always a royal affair wherever the Duchess ventures. Journey to Zaltor in Ravaged Reign, a Court of Mystery novel.

Two superheroes become suspicious of their city's most powerful hero, the seemingly-invulnerable Magma Man, when something he says during a poker game doesn't add up. Why would he lie? Was he trying to protect someone? Was he drunk? Okay, he was probably drunk. But, is he in league with the villain? is he the villain? And if he is, how can he be stopped?Follow Speed Chicken and Cambio as they pursue the answers to these questions, putting them in cahoots with a powerless wannabe superhero named Wombat, and realize that the fate of an entire planet weighs in the balance. A comedic sci-fi adventure and the author's personal love letter to the superhero genre as a whole.

Secrets Will Come Out.Belem, Ariam, Gael'jic, and Cecil have all been trapped inside a temple in the ruins of a strange city that should not exist. To find their way out, they will first have to travel deep into the heart of the place and uncover an impossible mystery.Lycas Ryth continues to seize power as he maneuvers people like pieces in a game that only he understands. But not everyone plays by his rules. A few minor leaders take notice and rush to conspire against him.Meanwhile, hard truths about the four reluctant heroes will be revealed and they will receive an urgent task. They must unite the divided peoples of Dar'ryn against an ancient godlike evil. There's just one problem: They hate each other.

A hunted witch hiding in an Agatha Christie-esque novel, a series of eccentric characters, a host of clues and red-herrings, and... MURDER!A talented spell-weaving witch on the run is forced to find magical refuge in a mystery novel, playing the role of Emily Crookshanks, amateur sleuth and professional flirt.Waking up with no idea who or where she is, Emily finds herself in the quaint 1920s English countryside village of Little Pucklewick, uncomfortably sharing tea and cakes with the not so Reverend Wilson-Smallsey, the village's rather pompous womanising vicar.After a series of shocking murders, Emily hooks up with the village doctor, a rather dashing ex-RAF fighter pilot known to his chums as 'Ceddars'. Working together, they uncover clues and interrogate suspects.Add an inept inspector, various pompous ladies from the regular vicarage get-togethers, a dashing explorer recently returned from the Orient, his very attractive career-minded secretary, and a whole host of motives and clues, including a series of nasty accusatory posters, and Emily finds herself in the middle of a most confusing and frustrating mystery. But more than the murders, Emily suffers from terrifying visions of attack and desperate escape. And just what are wands and spell-weavery, and the smartphones and hi-def televisions she occasionally glimpses in her mind?Despite everything, Emily knows that to survive, she must solve the mystery and, to do that, she must keep going to The End.

A woman found dead on a witch's pillory. A sister distraught and claiming multiple murders. Can Siobhan expose the secrets of a female society to the light in order to bring a killer to justice?When a woman is found dead on an ancient witch's pillory in Carrickfergus, her sister petitions Siobhan to help bring the guilty to light. But when the dead woman is found to belong to an order long forgotten, she is forced to enlist to learn the secrets of the cult. Can Siobhan keep mind and soul together to bring home the first case of her fledgling detective enterprise?Hubble, bubble, toil and so much trouble!

The town of Bellbrook is digging a new landfill, and they've conceived a brilliant plan for containing the toxins within: lining the hole with old LPs no one listens to anymore. What they don't know, what they couldn't have known, is that their excavation has awakened an ancient evil. An ancient evil with a song now stuck in its head. This is the story of the day the music un-died.

I dedicate this to all the women, now and throughout history, in every nation of the world, who have been treated as second-class citizens or nothing more than a servant, in all ways possible. The crime which this novel addresses is one of the most heinous that can be perpetrated against, primarily, women. While the "actions" that are taken by the victims in this fictional story are certainly illegal and should only be used as a last resort, when men or the courts refuse to act swiftly and with appropriate punishment, they are not an unreasonable reaction of a victim. While I don't endorse violence of any kind, I certainly understand and sympathize with any victim of any crime who can't get satisfactory support from those who are empowered to protect and defend us: the courts and law enforcement officials.

The author, Michael Brooke Fisher, wrote this book decades ago after reading a novel by the popular legal thriller writer John Grisham. With no disrespect to Grisham, he felt he could write something equally as good and took on the self-imposed challenge.Using his experience as both a criminal defense attorney and later as the Prosecutor of one of New Jersey's twenty-one counties he wrote To Kill or Not to Kill. A Los Angeles agency showed interest in acquiring screenplay rights to the unpublished novel but ultimately, that did not come to pass. At the same time the author was appointed to a State Superior Court Judgeship, making the publication of the novel with its subject matter less than appropriate. So he put it in a desk drawer and put it out of his mind.Since then he has left the bench, the novel has been published and he now welcomes people to read To Kill or Not to Kill.

Horror/comedy. The novelization of the play by the same name and Book 3 in the "Trilogy of Horrifically Half-Baked Ham". Grad student Fanny Punn is studying an antiquated town called Terror Creek. She hopes to unearth the reasons why all surrounding villages have failed over the centuries, while Terror Creek thrives. At the Athame Inn in the centre of town, Fanny meets a peculiar cast of characters. The innkeeper, Ligeia, is also a Satanic High Priestess. Dr. Audley Salmon is the resident mad scientist toiling in his mysterious lab in the basement. The inn's maid is mute and its bellboy speaks like a poor man's Poe. It is here, among this motley coven of curious eccentrics, that Fanny stumbles onto a series of startling secrets, sealing not only her fate but the fate of her friends...forevermore.

A Small Life is a captivating journey through the beautiful and varied Chilean landscape, following women who seem to be living "a small life" and yet, armed only with grit and values, they overcome great losses and forge ahead to strive for a better life. Agata, a Catholic nun, finds the infant, Lilia, abandoned at a foundling wheel. She and a resolute social worker, Señora Alvarez, do everything they can to help Lilia survive and thrive. They travel different paths, but their lives, unbeknownst to them, are inextricably interwoven, demonstrating that every life, no matter how small, is significant. The musically gifted Lilia finds love with an Italian self-made man, but things are not always as they appear.___________"Magical. With intelligent and graceful prose reminiscent of Alice Hoffman, Roxanne Z. Kind emerges as a female voice worthy of our attention. Her characters come to life so vividly and fiercely. Yet, Ms. Kind takes you by the hand and lovingly walks you through this tale of three disparate women, who, once upon time, touched and changed one another's small lives forever."-Sara Wood, Actor/Director/Producer/Founder of Actors Space West"Roxanne Z. Kind's A Small Life had me enthralled from the very first paragraph. It is a magically beautiful recounting of her family lore, drawn with nuances that, imagined or otherwise, seem both real and mystical. It is a novel, a history, and a poem all combined."-Gila Zalon, Screenwriter/Film Producer

Mostly, this novel was intended to be interesting enough for students to read. It is written with high schoolers in mind. Therefore, there is no vulgar language or "sex" in this novel, nor will there be in the sequels. This book can be read by anyone of any age without fear of being offended for those two reasons. However, many of the questions posed by the characters are questions that each of us asks at some point during our lives. Questioning the existence of a higher power is human, regardless of your religious upbringing. I believe that the more questions that you ask, the better answers you get. Above all, I hope that you enjoy my story. It should make you laugh, cry, be angry, be sad, and be happy. Those are what separate us from the other animals.

Over the years, Matt Shaw (Sick B*stards, the Octopus Trilogy and the twisted mind behind the controversial Hub Trilogy, which is only available directly through him) has written many supernatural horrors. Here, for the first time ever, he has collected them together for your enjoyment. This 700 page book contains over 200,000 words of supernatural horror, including:The Lost SonEvil Little ThingsThe CabinA Suburban HauntingHeaven's CallingImmortal Shadows

This is the first part of the trilogy "HERBIA - NOW AND THEN" and continues the adventures of four people.The World of Herbia that began with "Stone Skippers" and continued with "Ranger Ruse", "Weaver Woe" and "Piper Ploy" returns now with the conclusion to the stories that began decades ago. The epic tale of "HERBIA - NOW AND THEN" reveals the artifacts of a past world uncovered by the clever people of the Guilds, and hints at the legacy hidden in the wastes of the North. This first part "HERBIA MAPS AND RUMORS" narrates how four friends uncover a mystery and then a hidden arsenal of the North Kingdom of Aquilo. It is the story of the Duchy of Now and Counties of Th'enn as they prepare for a war with Ivy they've expected for six years ('turns' in the narrative). More puzzles are discovered when a wider plan of the vanished North Kingdom is found in the arsenal. Where are the North Kings? Will the Empire of Ivy invade? Certainty turns to doubt as peril seeps into the land. Open the world of mystery and walk with the people of the Duchy and Counties as they discover the vanished past. Enter the World of Herbia.

Bill is shocked to learn of his own death and arrival at a type of purgatory or atonement zone. He is sent back to earth in many forms, each time not ending well for him. Finally, he receives his most important assignment, one which will determine whether he moves up or hopefully not down one level. He is told to protect a beautiful, redhaired young nurse from harm. But in what guise will he appear and how to go about the mission? And if successful, how will it change her life ?

When a powerful earthquake strikes the borderlands of Southern California, it changes the shape of mountains and the lives of thousands. It is a harrowing reminder of the powerful forces that lurk under the peaceful facade of San Diego County.The fates of six people from different walks of life and both sides of the border wall become intertwined by this natural and political disaster. Most had dreams for a future they may not live to see. As they struggle to survive the day and the damage, each confronts an issue from their past and reexamines the trajectory of their own journey.Even amid devastation, we can find inspiration and hope.

Set in the modern world where the realm of the spiritual and the material are more intertwined than one might think, Dex's best friend Neil will introduce him to The Order: a secret super powered orginization dating back to the first apostles of Christ to safeguard the world against evil. The two are tasked with dealing with a potential traitior. Along the way, Dex will learn of his powers and the weight of being the one who has the ability to save the world battling demons, vampires, and other dark foes while trying to deal with his grief over the loss of his parents loss. Just like the world he lives in, there are secrets hidden in plain sight. Deus ex Machina seeks to answer the question, "What does it mean to save the world when you yourself need saving?"