Thriller

Everyone has a secret…When forensic photographer Ainsley Duncan’s brother is arrested for murder, she works hard to exonerate him through her contacts, but nothing clears his name until she happens upon a long-buried secret involving Grady Houston—the Veritas Center’s ballistics, firearms, and explosives expert. Grady’s worked hard to keep this secret buried for years and doesn’t want it coming out, so he balks at her request to help find the real killer and free her brother.But not all secrets lead to murder.But when someone takes a dead center shot at Ainsley, Grady has no choice but to expose his past and let the consequences fall where they may. Even if he loses the job he loves and even if the woman who is capturing his heart wants nothing to do with him after she learns his secret. He won’t back down from helping Ainsley free her brother, and they find themselves in a race for their lives to solve the murder before the deadly killer strikes again.

Tracing cyber criminals is what he lives for…When hackers breach hospital security to steal patient records and begin blackmailing them, Veritas Center’s cybercrime expert, Nick Thorn is hired to locate security holes and patch the system. But he doesn’t stop there. He wants to bring down the hacker and make her pay. Problem is, he inadvertently inserts himself in FBI Agent Piper Nash’s sting to catch the same hacker, and Piper has no choice but to arrest him and force him to stand down.But the job is suddenly hitting too close to home.Nick finds himself attracted to Piper and wants to comply, but when his grandmother falls prey to a cyber-attack by the same hacker, he takes the assault very personally and will stop at nothing to find the hacker. Not even stop for Piper’s warnings to take care. They’re in a dead heat to the finish line, but what Nick doesn’t realize is the hacker has no intention of going to jail, and she’s reserved a bullet with Piper’s name on it. With time ticking down can Nick partner with Piper to find the killer before a point-blank shot takes her out?

A pharmaceutical company promises you hope and happiness in a pill. Would you take it if it cost your relationship with God?Dr. Nicklaus Hart returns from responding to a massive earthquake that rocked the Middle East, allowing an ISIS terror cell to enter the ancient area of Mesopotamia. Captured, tortured and blinded by the hands of the radical terrorists, Nick arrives home a broken man. He has lost everything he holds dear-his sight, independence, profession and most of all, hope. But at the bottom of the pit, God sends him a lifeline and restores his physical and spiritual vision.Faced with reinventing himself, a pharmaceutical company in Singapore offers Nick a position on the dark side of medicine. The drug company's slogan, Better Living Through Science, is actuated as it develops medications that manipulate the brain chemicals, but at a significant cost to the patient. Nick exposes the dangers of the drug in the jungles of Borneo amongst orangutans and the original headhunters-the ancient Iban tribe. Nick continues to dream, hope against hope-even when the outlook doesn't warrant it-not looking for it in the lesser comforts of life or a medicine bottle, but by abiding in the truth, where he finds the greatest hope of all…love.The Rusted Scalpel is the third book in a series of skillfully crafted medical thrillers. If you like fast-paced adventure, international settings, sizzling medical suspense, then you'll love this heart-pounding thriller by Timothy Browne.

A mysterious contagion will shatter countless lives unless a service dog and his trainer find a missing cat . . . in 24 hours.A STALKER hides in plain sight.A VICTIM faces her worst fear.AND A DOG seeks the missing--and finds hope.Eight years ago, animal behaviorist September Day escaped a sadistic captor who left her ashamed, terrified, and struggling with PTSD. She trusts no one--except her Maine Coon cat Macy and service dog Shadow.Shadow also struggles with trust. A German Shepherd autism service dog who rescued his child partner only to lose his-boy forever, Shadow's crippling fearof abandonment shakes his faith in humans.HIDE AND SEEK continues the story begun in LOST AND FOUND. September must solve an epidemic of Alzheimer's-like symptoms, evade a relentless sadist from her past, and protect her chosen family from the killer. September has only 24 hours to uncover the truth about Macy's mysterious illness or pay the deadly consequences.When September learns to trust again, and a good-dog takes a chance on love, together they find hope in the midst of despair--and discover what family really means.

The 1st installment of Shojai's dark, female-driven domestic thriller series featuring pet-centric plots:A young woman races a Texas blizzard to save her autistic nephew from a deadly secret others will kill to protect--and the service dog she's trained finds his true purpose, when he disobeys.AN AUNT searches for her lost nephew--and dooms her sister.A MOM gambles a miracle will cure--and not kill--her child.A DOG finds his true purpose--when he disobeys.Animal behaviorist September Day has lost everything--husband murdered, career in ruins, confidence shot--and returns home with her trained Maine Coon cat Macy to Texas to recover. She's forced out of hibernation when her nephew Steven and his autism service dog Shadow disappear in a freak blizzard.When her sister trusts a maverick researcher's promise to help Steven, September has 24 hours to rescue them from a devastating medical experiment impacting millions of children, a deadly secret others will kill to protect. As September races the clock, the body count swells. Shadow does his good-dog duty but can't protect his boy. Finally September and Shadow forge a stormy partnership to rescue the missing and stop the nightmare cure. But can they also find the lost parts of themselves?

Will Bone Guard Grant Casey recover the most famous skeleton ever lost—or will he join the bones in their eternal rest?When there's a break-in at the tribal center on the reservation where he grew up, Grant flies home to Arizona only to find himself confronting white supremacists, Nazi eugenics and the tribal elder who refuses to speak his name:  his own grandfather. His family's sacred cache is broken into and an immigrant beaten nearly to death:  an ancient bone in his stomach.  The search leads Grant to a rogue border militia hunting for the stolen remains of Peking Man.  With Grant's life and family on the line, he fights to stay ahead of the shooters as they investigate a Nazi POW camp and uncover a trail that's been cold since the prisoner escape in 1944.  Contentious cousins, local heat, and a sunken submarine build up the pressure until the desert night erupts in violence.Grant must follow the clues from a map of the stars to a graveyard for B-29's.  Grant's family secrets won't stay buried in his quest to find the truth and stop the murderous rampage of a neo-Nazi betrayed by the person he trusted the most.The Bone Guard. . .where adventure and history ignite.

"You get us what we want. Or your wife dies. And we will make it hurt." Jerome Prentice is a good guy. Loyal to a fault, he always stays on the right side of the law.But everything changes the night he is awoken by the sound of masked kidnappers entering his home. Holding him at gunpoint, they drag his beloved wife Alicia out of the house with a promise to kill her if he goes to the police. Their demand: betray the company he's worked for his entire adult life.They think he'll do anything to save his wife. But they don't know that they're messing with the wrong man. Because Jerome might be a good guy. But betrayal doesn't come easily to him. And he's not a man who will go down without a fight.What's more, he will hunt the people who've taken Alicia to the ends of the earth. And if they've hurt even one hair on her head, he's going to make them pay...This utterly page-turning, jaw-dropping thriller is perfect for fans of Lee Child, David Baldacci and Mark Dawson.Readers love John Ryder:"Wow, wow, wow. This is by far the best book this author has written, I was on the edge of my seat wondering what the hell was going to happen next. Fast paced, gritty, twists and turns, it's got the lot. I thought I had ants in my pants when I was reading this because I couldn't sit still. Amazing." Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿"Outstanding... Grips you from the start to the end... A fantastic book... Move over Jack Reacher." Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿ "Oh my gosh one hell of a ride. It's breathtaking and fast moving... Truly grips you right from the first page... One of the best thrillers I've read... if you like 24 and Taken, then you're going to love this one... Rollercoaster edge of your seat action." NetGalley reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿"Electrifying... Time to strap in again as this action packed, adrenaline fuelled thrill ride will keep you totally engrossed and well and truly hooked till the very last page... An absolute belter of a read... LOVED IT!!!" NetGalley reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿"I was giddy with excitement... WooOoo HooOoo! I wanted to jump up, stop everyone around me and tell them what a great book I'd just read... Tense and compelling... It put me on the edge of my seat and had me reading well past bedtime.... Readers will love the adrenaline rush." Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿"Fasten your seat belts and hold on tight... Grabs you and pulls you full throttle into this pulse-pounding, gripping and exciting thriller." NetGalley reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿

Ann Jackson recently graduated from law school. Immediately after passing the exam, she found a job practicing law with an older, highly experienced attorney. Which, for her, was a dream come true. Now, if she could just silence the dreams-the nightmares she had experienced weekly since she was five years old-the night she watched through a thin space between the closet door frame and the door, as an unknown assailant murdered her mother. She had done all she could during the past twenty years to determine who had committed the crime that left her without a mother. But now, just as she believes she has found him, suddenly the tables are turned-he becomes the hunter, and she, the hunted. 

She's investigating a murder. He's trying not to become the next victim.Mica McMillan, savvy PI and scrappy street fighter, is trying to track down a murderer and doesn't have time for delays or relationships. As she tries to unravel the mystery of who murdered her last bounty, she finds herself in the deadly web of crooked private security contractor-Lucius Titan.Dr. David Rider snaps out of his dreary ER work when confronted with Mica's fascinating life and magnetism to danger. But when a drug dealer working for Lucius puts a hit out on David, the mismatched couple find themselves on dangerous ground. Mica will have to rely on help from The Rider SI team, and David reunites with the owner-his mother.Can Mica and Rider SI bring the criminals to justice or will she and David become Lucius Titan's next victims?

San Francisco, 1989: Forty years after Mao and hisPeople's Liberation Army set out to change China forever, Dr. Lili Quan prepares for a journey that will change her life forever. To honor her mother's dying wish that she “return” home, American-born, Lili, reluctantly sets out for China. For Lili, a passionate idealist, this will be an extraordinary trip filled with remarkable discoveries - from meeting and falling in love with Chi-Wen Zhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution and zealous Taoist, to finding Dr. Ni-Fu Cheng, the grandfather Lili believed had died years ago. But Ni-Fu has made the most remarkable discovery of all: he's discovered the secret to long life. As greedy and unscrupulous men vie for control of the most earth-shattering discovery of the century, Lili, Ni-Fu’s only living relative, could become a pawn in a deadly and dangerous international game. Before she can hold the key to the future, Lili must unlock the deadly secrets of the past. 

Decker Davis struggles as the “odd kid out”, but he is far from odd. Through his inability to see skin color, he shows the racially charged Southern society of 1968 what normal really is. With the true charm of a very gifted 11-year-old boy and the help of his family, he overcomes learning disabilities and racism. Unfortunately for everyone in this charming small southern town, evil exist and it will cross everyone’s path, including Decker’s. 

When a young, female auditor discovers evidence that the man she loves is an embezzler, she must choose between ruining herself or ruining him.Amy Torelli, Chief Auditor for New York City-based Enson Pharmaceuticals, is assigned to audit the books of Enson''s Italian branch in the enchanting city of Milan, Italy. Having made an inner vow never to trust a man again because of her father''s betrayal, Amy finds herself falling in love with Enson Italia''s American-born Vice-President, Ted Masters. Will Ted be the one to cause her to break her inner vow?Ted Masters is on the run. A run from rejection. From himself. From God. Having been wounded by a father who made him feel worthless, and having been dumped by the woman he wanted to marry, Ted is determined to keep all women at bay. But will Amy be the reason he changes his mind?

Freaky ghost stories. So clearly portrayed. So chilling.STRANGE MURMURINGS (Volume One)- Brent McGregor''s debut short story collection - is a trilogy of horror tales that delve into the supernatural and the weird. In these 3 tales, we see a small town that is plagued by a strange persistent hum ("The Hum"); a first-year law associate who meets a beautiful yet mysterious stranger on New Years Eve ("Until Midnight"); a team of paranormal researchers investigate the infamous Poynter House ("The Eye of Anunreshka"). A fascinating exploration into the world of the terrifying and the macabre. Read if you dare!

You can never truly know what goes on behind closed doors... My darling son, Sam, is marrying his childhood sweetheart and I couldn't be prouder of the man he's grown into. Walking out on his abusive father all those years ago was the best thing I ever did. And today he stands, tall and handsome, saying 'I do' to my dream daughter-in-law. If I hadn't pushed them together all those years ago, he might never have found a girl as perfect as Lauren. It's true what they say, mother always knows best. But weeks later, Lauren is dead and police cars fill the driveway of their idyllic countryside home. As they question Sam, I sense he's hiding something. Why won't he look me in the eye? And who does he rush off to meet as soon as the police are gone? Desperate, I do what every good mother would do: I let myself into Sam and Lauren's bedroom. What I see, I will never be able to forget. My son's beautiful new wife was hiding a dangerous secret. Can I clear my son's name? And could my life be in danger now too? A completely gripping, utterly twisted thriller that will leave your jaw on the floor. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl, The Wife Between Us and The Woman in the Window. What readers are saying about The New Wife:'I LOVED it!... Had my mind going in a million directions trying to figure out what was going on. The twists and turns almost gave me whiplash!!!' Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Woooweeeee... My head was spinning... And that ending!!!!... Fantastic.' Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Wow! What a rollercoaster ride this book was... Totally gripped from the beginning.' NetGalley reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Another WINNER!!' NetGalley reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'An awesomely brilliant story... Had me on the edge until the very last page... Begs to be read in one sitting... Literally left me open mouthed!!!' @RK_reads,¿¿¿¿¿ 'Unputdownable.' Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Awesome. I did not want to this down!!' NetGalley reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿

THE DEVIL'S HEAT, a ThrillerRenowned racecar driver Josh Taggart needs a win at this charity race near his Illinois hometown, hoping to turn around the bad luck he had at Daytona. That he destroyed a raw cocaine shipment hidden in his car's radiator brings ruin to his life when he ignores threats that he compensate drug and pornography lords their half-million-dollar investment.Peoria City Police Officer Skip Montez and temporary partner County Sheriff's Detective Nick Rasso are undercover at the track where their missing teen investigation crosses paths with a drug deal gone bad and a kid with his gut slashed open. Taggart connects the dots to why the kid was cut, but he has a race to run and no time to confer with Office Montez at the ambulance where the kid is bleeding out. He knows revenge found him as his steering wheel comes apart running too high and fast into a muddy corner. In the hospital, Taggart receives a note threatening his mother's kidnapping if he doesn't pay for the lost cocaine. Monies to cover the shipment were "borrowed" from St. Mary's Cathedral coffers by the drug lords' childhood priest and must be put back before the head priest returns from Rome. Taggart ensures his mother's safety, then relaxes his guard under the spell of Ashley James, a family friend, as they both know it's wrong but are uncontrollably attracted to one another. Ashley is mistakenly kidnapped under his nose, igniting a race through hell for them both.The drug lord's daughter, Crystal Galena, is a mature woman addicted to steamy lust and mind-bending drugs. She has no qualms dispensing revenge and even murder, especially to that James woman who was screwing husband Dr. Tom Galena...until his clinic was threatened. Crystal's reluctant co-conspirator is the pretentious, child-molesting old priest, Bellardinini, from Italy. Father Dini, as he is called, still hears and obeys, via his drug-addled imagination, the orders of his lover, Mussolini.Taggart rescues Ashley from a tortuous capture only to lose her once again. As he races from a vicious murder scene in Peoria to Italy where the killers have Ashley, he confides to his friend and ally, Father Pauletti, that he will kill to win this heat-race with the devil.

A demon of rejection uses the power of negative words to invade a baby girl while she is still in the womb. Only the power of God's love can change her identity and set her free. But will it happen?

A spirit of fear invades a little girl and continues the generational curse that is on this family line of females.

After eking out a living as an adjunct professor in Washington DC, fisheries ecologist Alex Allaway lands a job running a small marine station back in her hometown. Arriving in River Glen to surprise her grandfather with her the good news, Alex is horrified to discover him dead, a bloody dagger in his heart. His clenched fist grasps a piece of pirate gold and a cryptic map with her name on it.While the police investigate the murder, Alex begins her own search for answers. Aboard the tugboat Vital Spark she sails the Chesapeake in pursuit of treasure that belonged to a distant relative, the pirate Giles Blood-hand. But descendants of a rival pirate family are also looking for the bounty that's been hidden for over three centuries, and they'll think nothing of dispatching Alex once they discover she's in the way.The first book in the Chesapeake Tugboat Murders series, Vital Spark draws us into a world where ancient feuds lurk beneath hidden waterways.