by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | Mystery |
The editors of Murder in Baker Street return with a second anthology of all-new Sherlock Holmes stories and essays.First appearing more than a century ago in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes remains the world’s most famous literary detective. Now the immortal sleuth and his loyal companion Dr. John Watson investigate a series of previously unrecorded cases in this collection of totally original and confounding tales. As in the popular debut anthology, Murder in Baker Street, Anne Perry and ten more popular mystery writers celebrate the mind and methods of Sherlock Holmes in Murder, My Dear Watson. The volume also includes insightful essays, such as:Christopher Redmond on illuminating the vast possibilities that new technology offers in “Sherlock Holmes on the Internet”Editors Lellenberg and Stashower’s “A Sherlockian Library” details fifty essential books for the Arthur Conan Doyle fanPhilip A. Shreffler’s essay explores one of English literature’s most famous friendships in “Holmes and Watson, the Head and the Heart”
by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Terrorists unleash the ultimate weapon—a devastating virus—in this pulse-pounding technothriller from the New York Times–bestselling author.In Stephen Coonts’s Deep Black: Biowar, cowritten with Jim DeFelice, Dr. James Kegan, a world-renowned scientist specializing in germ warfare, has vanished from his upstate New York home. But this is no ordinary missing-persons case. Kegan has left behind an unidentified dead man with a .22 caliber hole in his skull—and a contact trail that leads to an alleged terrorist cell.Unraveling the mystery is a job for Kegan’s best friend, NSA operative Charlie Dean. His mission is to infiltrate the scientist’s circle of associates and decipher Kegan’s confidential research. Dispatched to cover Charlie is Delta Force trooper Lia Francesca. The trail leads them to the core of a widespread killer fever that’s been dormant for centuries—and its link to a virus that’s quickly spreading victim by victim. With time running out Charlie and Lia must find Kegan, uncover his secrets, cut a terrorist threat to the quick, and stop the unimaginable outbreak of a new biological nightmare.Praise for Stephen Coonts“Coonts knows how to write and build suspense . . . this is the mark of a natural storyteller.” —The New York Times Book Review“The master of the techno-thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Would you become a criminal to do the right thing?Disgraced teacher, James Fisher, moved to a backwoods town, content to live his life in solitude. He was awakened from his apathy by a small girl with a big problem. James suspected Brittany was being abused and exploited by his neighbor. He called the police but soon realized his mistake, as the neighbor was related to the chief of police.Most would’ve looked the other way. Getting involved placed James squarely in the crosshairs of the local police. James lacked the brawn or the connections to save himself, much less Brittany. The police held all the power, and they knew it. But that was also their weakness. They underestimated what the mild-mannered teacher and the young runaway would do for justice.Buy Cesspool today if you enjoy vigilante justice page-turners with a side of underdog.Adult language and content.What readers are saying”Wow. Just wow. This book was amazing. Every chapter, every page had me thinking about ideas, philosophies, current events, history in a different way.” – Elaine ?????”The writing is excellent, the pace quick, the characters and dialog believable. An excellent read.” – Dusty Sharp, Author of the Austin Conrad Series ?????“I have enjoyed this author before but this is his best yet. If you want a story that will keep you reading this is it. The story, the characters and the cunning displayed by the hero is some of the best fiction I’ve had the pleasure to read. Do yourself a favor and pick up this book. You won’t lay it down until the end.” – Patrick R. ?????“Wow! This was one of the best books I’ve read in a while. Twists, turns and unexpected events in every chapter. What a movie this would make.” – Kindle Customer ?????”This book was incredible! I read it in three days- the entire story is a whirlwind of fantastic characters, a perfect constancy of ups and downs throughout.” – Rae L. ?????
by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
The classic mystery that inspired the Academy Award-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock. “Le Chat” is a legend. He is a mystery. He is a jewel thief, famous and elusive for being able to swipe anything and get away clean. He is John Robie, retired and living a quiet life, tending his rose garden in the South of France. But his retirement plans are thrown for a loop when a series of robberies too closely resemble the work of “Le Chat,” and the police start digging into Robie’s past. To keep himself free, and with the help of an equally mysterious young woman, John Robie will have to catch the true thief, before the police catch him.
by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | Historical Romance |
Portland, Oregon. In May 2022, the Carpenters are a sad lot. Bill, 81, has just buried his beloved wife. Paul, 75, has terminal lung cancer. Annie, 72, is a paraplegic with broken dreams. Childless and directionless, the siblings face an uncertain future in their childhood home.Then Bill, a retired folklore professor, learns from a dying man that the legendary Fountain of Youth, his obsession for decades, may be more than a myth. He races to Mexico to find the truth.Within weeks, the Carpenters, with nothing to lose, enter a mysterious cave and exit in July 1905 as healthy young adults. They begin new lives in Oakland, California, only vaguely aware of a devastating earthquake that will rock the San Francisco Bay Area on April 18, 1906.In THE FOUNTAIN, the first book in the Second Chance trilogy, three siblings find opportunity, romance, and heartbreak as they make the most of a new lease on life.Readers’ Advisory: The Fountain is the first novel in a family saga that spans several years. While some storylines are resolved, others are not. They are addressed in subsequent books.
