by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | Mystery |
When a loudmouthed, arrogant author is silenced, the reclusive master detective Nero Wolfe looks for the killer: “A very clever mystery . . . A masterly job” (Booklist). The gun was fired close to Charles Childress’s head, and his were the only fingerprints on it, forcing the police to conclude that the author committed suicide. But his friends know this is impossible, because Childress loved himself far too much. He had just begun attracting fame, writing new mysteries starring the iconic Sergeant Barnstable, and he had bright hopes for the future. His publisher hires corpulent genius Nero Wolfe to determine who cut Childress’s career short, and the detective finds no dearth of suspects. Among the many who may have wanted the wordsmith whacked are his agent, his editor, a corrupt book reviewer, and an enraged legion of Barnstable devotees. With the help of his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin, Wolfe takes a look at those closest to the arrogant, argumentative author, hoping to decide which of Childress’s associates merely hated him, and which would have been willing to kill.
by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | Historical Romance |
From the award-winning author D. L. ORTON comes book two in the Between Two Evils Series… If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back? When a faulty time machine deposits Diego at the top of a towering evergreen, he knows he’s in the wrong place—but has no idea he’s also in the wrong time. Naked and shivering in the primeval forest, he attempts to climb down—but slips, whacks his head on a branch, and tumbles into oblivion.
He awakens inside a darkened room, crippled and disheartened, and must come to grips with the realization that he is marooned in a bleak alternate future. In this universe, what remains of the human race is trapped inside a handful of aging biodomes. With his mission failed, his world destroyed, and the one woman he loves dead, he can find no reason to go on living.
Except Lani, the emotionally scarred doctor who must put Diego’s broken body back together, refuses to let him die, and as Diego heals, their relationship becomes… complicated. He struggles to let go of the past but is unable to get Isabel out of his head—or his heart. Just when it seems he may be able to find some measure of happiness in a world teetering on the edge of extinction…
Another note arrives from his past: Isabel is alive—but not for long. Find the time machine, and go home before it’s too late… ~ Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize shortlist
~ Colorado Book Award finalist
by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
The first three books in Stuart Field’s ‘John Steel’ series of crime thrillers, now available in one volume!Steel And Shadows: When former British Special Forces agent John Steel arrives in New York to find the person in a photograph after his family’s brutal murder, he joins forces with NYPD detective Samantha McCall investigating a triple homicide. What seems like the work of a serial killer becomes a web of deceit with mercenaries, shadowy informants and ghosts from the past. Soon, Steel and McCall uncover unexpected alliances and a complex network of treachery. But can they crack the case?Hidden Steel: Detective John Steel goes undercover on a cruise ship in the UK to investigate the organization that killed his family. In New York, his NYPD partner, Detective Samantha McCall, investigates a series of deaths linked to the same cruise ship. With the clock ticking and unexpected obstacles at every turn, the two detectives must work together to solve the case and stop a dangerous plot from unfolding.Broken Steel: After a decade behind bars for his wife’s murder, Brian Armstrong escapes during a prison transport mishap, hellbent on revenge. But when a former teacher is found dead, Detective John Steel and partner Samantha McCall must investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder and Armstrong’s escape. As the case deepens, they discover unexpected connections that challenge their investigation and put them in a race against time to catch the killer.
by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
Dahlia Poplar is a genuine witch, an unofficial gofer, and Luna Lane’s only cursed resident.With a werewolf best friend, a vampire ex-boyfriend, and a ghost for a hanger-on, Dahlia is far from the most unusual dweller of her sleepy small town, but she’s the only one unable to leave. She has to perform at least one good deed per day—or she’s one step closer to turning to stone.Dahlia reestablishes Games Club, only to find evidence of a number of horrible demises connected to the original group. While trying to uncover the truth about the deaths, Dahlia has to fight off her curse, protect her elderly neighbor from becoming the next victim, and most vexing of all, keep Cable from figuring out Luna Lane’s supernatural secrets. Only with eerie board games like these, there may not be a loser—or even a winner—who survives.Join Dahlia and the rest of the Spooky Games Club for three puzzling mysteries that put their love for board games, escape rooms, and playing cards to the test because death is around every corner. Includes the first three books in A Spooky Games Club Mystery Series: Broomsticks and Board Games, Enchantments and Escape Rooms, and Potions and Playing Cards.
by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
‘Ms Conroy’s writing is fresh and entertaining, it’s like an episode of Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries sprinkled with what I can only describe as a good old-fashioned Miss Marple.’ Reader review ?????Step back in time with the perfect cosy crime bundle, featuring all four Lady Alkmene mysteries!A Proposal to Die ForA murderous beginningWith her father away in India, Lady Alkmene Callender finds being left to her own devices in London intolerably dull, until the glamorous Broadway star Evelyn Steinbeck arrives in town! Gossip abounds about the New York socialite, but when Ms Steinbeck’s wealthy uncle, Silas Norwhich, is found dead Lady Alkmene finds her interest is piqued. Because this death sounds a lot to her like murder…Diamonds of DeathA family of secrets…After hearing about the vicious murder of her relation, Lord Winters, Lady Alkmene is intrigued to find out that the cat burglar found standing over his body, the safebox emptied of jewels, might not be the murderer after all…Deadly TreasuresMurder on the coastLady Alkmene Callender has little interest in marriage, especially when her father is up to his matchmaking tricks, but when the opportunity arises to visit an archaeological dig she cannot resist.However, when she arrives to find her potential groom under arrest for murder Lady Alkmene begins to wonder if she isn’t in the right place at the right time.Fatal MasqueradeMasked danger…Lady Alkmene Callender has always loved grand parties, but when she receives an invitation to a masked ball thrown by Franklin Hargrove – oil magnate, aviation enthusiast and father of her best friend, Denise – she’s never seen such luxury. But below the glamour, evil is lurking. When a dead body is discovered, it forces Lady Alkmene to throw off her mask and attempt to find the true killer…Readers love Vivian Conroy’s Mysteries!‘ A good old-fashioned whodunit’?????‘Vivian most definitely did not disappoint’?????‘Engaging, well written, and entertaining’?????‘Fantastic stories’?????‘If you like a really good mystery on a par with Christie then this is for you’?????
