Category: Crime

Guest Post & Excerpt – Count Their Graves by Jennifer Chase

    Synopsis A wind chime sways a sweet melody above several pairs of shoes neatly laid out on the welcome the mat: two large pairs, and three small. On the door frame, a perfect crimson handprint, the color of blood… Out on her morning run, Detective Katie Scott is stopped in her tracks when […]

Review – The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

  Synopsis Meet a debt collector who’s tough as nails. Well, manicured nails. Abigail Barnes is young, pretty, and petite. But don’t let her small stature or good looks fool you. She’s a collector for bookies, loan sharks, and other people who want to get paid what they’re owed. Running from trouble in Baltimore, Abby […]

New Release – Pierce by Patrick B. Simpson

    Synopsis   When janitor Truman Pierce isn’t listening to his classical jazz records, he stays under the radar and keeps to himself. Nothing much happens in his world until popular college instructor Danielle Hutchins asks him out. The day after their first date, Pierce finds Danielle murdered in her classroom. With only a […]

New Release – Ghost Island by Max Seeck

    Synopsis   On a secluded island, homicide detective Jessica Niemi must investigate a drowning that is tied to a frightening ghostly legend in this riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of THE WITCH HUNTER. Jessica Niemi is put on leave after a violent altercation between her and a belligerent man makes […]

Excerpt – Deadly Odds 6.0 by Allen Wyler #suspense #action #crime #newrelease

    Synopsis   In Allen Wyler’s 6.0 installment of the Deadly Odds techno-thriller series, Arnold Gold—reformed hacker turned security consultant—lands a vital contract for his fledgling company—a penetration test of both the computer and physical security of a high-profile law firm. Up against the clock and a formidable and vindictive enemy, Head of Security Itzhak Mizrahi, Arnold […]

#NewRelease – The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell by Gail Aldwin @gailaldwin #fiction #truecrime

    Synopsis   A true-crime podcaster investigates a decades-old suspected abduction, in this powerful psychological suspense novel. 1979 Sixteen-year-old Carolyn Russell grows increasingly infatuated with her school mathematics teacher who is also giving her private lessons. Then she disappears. 2014 Struggling journalist Stephanie Brett creates a true-crime podcast focused on the disappearance of Carolyn […]

#NewRelease – The Last Grudge by Max Seeck @maxseeck #mystery #crime #policeprocedural

    Synopsis While her colleagues investigate the brutal murder of a prominent businessman, Jessica Niemi must battle demons from her past in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Hunter. Powerful executive Eliel Zetterborg has been found murdered in his upscale Helsinki home. What at first seems like a straightforward […]