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The Darkest Hour | Book 1

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The Darkest Hour | Book 1

Charlie Greyson’s new role as Detective Chief Inspector jumpstarts his career. But when he teams up with sharp, fearless true-crime podcaster Nadine Sullivan, he might be getting a little more than...

Killer Under the Christmas Lights

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Killer Under the Christmas Lights

He was sent to her town as punishment. Now he is the only one who believes she is not a killer. When a body turns up tangled in Piper Quinn’s Christmas lights, Hollyridge is quick to call it a tra...

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When the hunter falls

In a city where justice is blind and corruption wears a badge, bodies are turning up in eerily reverent poses — hands folded like prayer, a coin pressed between lifeless lips, a single word carved ...

COMMUTER'S DIGEST

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COMMUTER'S DIGEST

Three short stories for you while you ride the bus, train or streetcar to and from work. Relax and enjoy stories of adventure, mystery, and horror. This is the first in a series of short stories. T...

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MORTICIA

Morticia Addams Windsor, brilliant detective renowned for solving even the most complex crimes, harbors a secret identity. When the law fails to deliver justice to victims of abuse, death, and unf...

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Prey on the Prowl - A Crime Novel

Even as Detective Dhruva was enamored of Kavya, whom he rescues from her kidnapper, Radha, an alleged murderess on the run, gatecrashes into his life. But when Kavya too joins him after her man was...

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WHEN THE STAR DIES

Famous movie star Sagar Raj Khanna dies under mysterious circumstances. The prime suspect is the deceased actor's young wife Radhika, who is a top runway model and the main beneficiary of her husba...

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Justice Hurts

A classic American detective

The Secret Garden

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The Secret Garden

The Beam Behind The Black Mystery

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The Beam Behind The Black Mystery

Being a detective was Lauren’s biggest dream since her early childhood. She dreamt of dozens of things about her career. But all her dreams were smashed when her parents rejected her idea and force...

Waltz around the Thames

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Waltz around the Thames

Two inspectors perform their investigative waltz to find out what had happened at the Wilson's house. You would think you know what’s went on, but, I guarantee, you don’t. No one is safe living ins...

Let's End Your Fear

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Let's End Your Fear

Inside an old hotel, on the steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of a famous singer- Vivaan Singh. Carefully positioned, legs stretched out, arms crossed over the chest, the most horrifyi...

Hercule Holmes : Short Stories

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Hercule Holmes : Short Stories

A not so subtle parody of the two infamous detectives, Hercule Holmes however has his own methods. Tobacco pipes, magnifying glasses, boutonnières, he has got all the things a detective needs (ex...

In an Island

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In an Island

She was the prime suspect of murdering a whole of a plane of 300 passengers from a bomb. But when a prime suspect is dead it means case closed. Liziuzayani had found herself choking both water and...

Rogue Hearts

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Rogue Hearts

The Eagle Detective Agency is a place in the city Bangalore where people come when they need help solving mysteries. Led by Kenji T. Raizada and Amaya Singh Ghosh, the agency's team works together ...

The taste of the last sin

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The taste of the last sin

“The Taste of the Last Sin” is a dark, atmospheric thriller about a stranger in a pale suit who appears in a quiet American town just as waves of unexplained violence begin to erupt. People are kil...

The Gilden Shroud

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The Gilden Shroud

In the early 1800s, in a world where alchemy is a revered science, the city of Veridia is haunted by a new kind of terror. Citizens are vanishing, leaving behind no bodies, only a whisper of gold a...

Falling Grace

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Falling Grace

She sat out by the window, and looked out at the sea. She watched as the strong waves crashed against the cliffs, slowly but surely making patterns into them. As she watched the waves do their mesm...

Price & Morgan: The Lost Soul

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Price & Morgan: The Lost Soul

Detective Kate Price and Detective Annabell Morgan always have solved cases and had problems. Kate suffering from a haunted past and PTSD while Annabell hides in the closet awaiting in the dark whi...

Killing Mike

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Killing Mike

I’m watching from the darkened corner of the room. He can’t see me but he does see the note. The scribbled instructions tell him I’m over in the barn but Mike is never going to make there alive ......

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