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The season is in full swing in Cascade Cove, Florida, and a third body has been found, this time behind the Ferris wheel at the town's amusement park.A collage of suspects quickly pops up after an artist is found dead, but what motive could one have for murdering the local talent? With the authorities unable to paint a clear picture as to who was behind the esteemed artist's death, it's up to Sarah to track down the culprit and keep the Cove from...

Who would want to kill Tomaso Rainaldi, an elderly, unassuming violin-maker in the quiet Italian city of Cremona? For his friend and fellow violin-maker Gianni Castiglione, the murder is as mysterious as it is shocking. Rainaldi had few possessions, no enemies and little money. No one – least of all the police – can fathom a motive for murdering him. All he really had was an obsessive love of violins and an encyclopedic knowledge of them. But...

Winner, Glyph Award for Best Book Series Nominee, Bruce Alexander History Mystery Award In 542, Peter, John the Lord Chamberlain's elderly servant, claims a heavenly visitor revealed a murder to him. It transpires that Peter's old army friend has indeed been stabbed, but then John discovers that Gregory was not what he appeared to be. John's quest for the truth leads him to churchmen and whores, lawyers and bear trainers. Suspects include a dealer...

Family dysfunction turns deadly in this riveting international thriller...At first glance, the Chedwell Estate – Blessinghurst Manor – with its sprawling grounds and sumptuous Tudor architecture, appears to be a tranquil palace tucked away in the English countryside, but appearances deceive. After their father's death and their mother's debilitating stroke, siblings Roberto and Stella Chedwell are squabbling over the family treasures. In a last-ditch...

The series continues!When Ledgerman's smartwatch buzzes with a notification, it contains three pieces of information.But it only ever means one thing.A name. A time. A picture.The person named and pictured in the notification will meet a certain fate at the appointed time.The fate? Ledgerman will either save them. Or kill them.A difficult task under any circumstances. But made almost impossible when traveling 35,000 feet above ground on a cross-country...

After solving the mystery behind the death of his former friend in July, ex-Army Sam Auden has been aimlessly wandering the country. Everything had gone sideways in New York City, so when his phone rings three months later, the caller is the last person Sam expected to be asking for help. Confidential informant Rufus O'Callaghan has been struggling. His NYPD contact was murdered over the summer, and the man Rufus is head over heels for was driven...

A curious eleven-year boy becomes involved in WWII espionage. What he discovers terrifies him, but like a moth to the candle, his fascination with the "Swiss" leads to violence and death -- twice nearly his own. He is the most unlikely person in the most unlikely place to discover a major espionage attempt to obtain America's atomic bomb secrets. It's so implausible no one believes him. Told through the eyes of a small boy, this story unfolds in...

The Reluctant Rector is a boxset of the first three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. Meet Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr, former lovers reunited after twenty years, as they solve crimes old and new--and explore the profound mysteries of the human heart. The Penitent Priest (Book 1)--My wife died in my arms, the victim of a nameless killer's bullet. I should have died with her. But God had other plans for me. Fifteen years later, I'm...

When it comes to saving yourself, who will you betray? Louise has a shadowy past that she wants to break free from and when she develops an unlikely friendship with Isabelle, her neighbour, she finally finds the family she's always yearned for. But Louise knows more about Isabelle than her new friend realises, more specifically about her imprisoned husband – and the circumstances behind his arrest. Louise is faced with a choice: to continue lying...

A street thriller of kidnapping, murder, trickery, and love that will have you at the edge of your seat. After 7 years of prison, multi-millionaire drug mogul Kane Garrett is back on the streets. But instead of diving back into the drug game, he's teaching a college class, infusing business principles with his signature ruthless edge he developed in the streets. When a student-and heavy heroin dealer-named Basil catches Kane's eye, Kane takes him...