by Philip Eliot | Oct 17, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
In this gritty crime novel by the author of Body Language, a London morgue assistant investigates a family secret that started with murder. “What a wonderful creation is Cassie Raven!” —James Oswald, author of Natural Causes Mortuary technician Cassie Raven grew up believing that a drunk driver killed her parents when she was just four years old. The tragedy molded her, giving her an affinity for the dead and pushing her into the field of forensic science. Now twenty-five, she has discovered it was all a lie. Her father went to prison for her mother’s murder—and now he’s free and adamant that he’s innocent. Her head full of questions, Cassie begins searching for answers about her mother’s death. With help from her friend DS Phyllida Flyte, Cassie expects an open-and-shut case. What they find is that the truth is far more complicated. And someone will do anything to keep it secret . . . Praise for Body Language “Spellbinding storytelling.” —Val McDermid, international bestselling author “Cassie Raven is a blast of fresh air, striding on to the crime scene like a punk superstar.” —Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else’s Skin “A first-rate crime novel. . . . I loved it.” —Elly Griffiths, author of the Ruth Galloway series Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, and Kathy Reichs
by Philip Eliot | Oct 17, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
The Resort at Cozy Mountain has always enjoyed great prosperity, primarily through buying or destroying anything that gets in the way.Fleeing her unhappy marriage, wealthy socialite Blythe Buffington has returned to Cozy Mountain to visit her invalid mother. After being harassed by her spoiled daughter, greedy first husband, and multiple buyers vying for her family home, Blythe discovers she may be flat broke. What’s a former debutante to do?Close friends Emma, Abby, and Georgie rally around their old friend Blythe and encourage her to move back home. Blythe promises to consider this proposition but then disappears under suspicious circumstances. It seems as if their good friend may have left Cozy Mountain forever. Or has she?It’s spring in Cozy Mountain, and the stately homes on Grandview Boulevard are hiding some dreadfully dark secrets, both old and new.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 17, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
Claire Caldwell’s life is in ruins. Fired from her corporate job and dumped by her boyfriend, she drives to Arizona to settle her great-aunt’s estate, planning to sell the ranch and slink back to Chicago.But Whispering Saguaro Ranch has other plans.First comes the fox… a peculiar creature with copper fur and knowing eyes that leaves gifts on her doorstep.Then come the ghosts. Translucent cowboys in her barn. A woman making tamales in her kitchen who’s been dead since 1985. They’ve been waiting for her, because Claire has inherited more than land and livestock. She’s inherited the ability to see the dead.When the most hated man in Perdido Springs dies on her property and the sheriff dismisses it as an accident, only Claire can find the truth… Someone in this peaceful desert town is a killer, and in a place where the victim threatened half the population’s livelihoods, everyone’s a suspect.With only a mystical fox, a house full of chatty spirits, and the ruggedly handsome veterinarian who tends her animals on her side, Claire must solve a murder nobody wants solved… before she becomes the next ghost haunting Whispering Saguaro Ranch.Welcome to the desert, where the dead don’t rest and the living keep dangerous secrets.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 17, 2025 | Teen & Young Adult |
Brooke’s life was complicated.Between the struggle to survive the harsh cities of the sea and being the sole caretaker for her unstable mother, she worked hard to keep everything together. Even after her father’s mysterious death, Brooke did her best to follow the rules so she could earn her place on the land again one day.Don’t cause trouble.Don’t ask questions.Protect the remaining land at all costs.But she was barely keeping afloat when a mysterious watchman suddenly starts following her every move.Calder is dangerous. He holds her life in the palm of his hand. One wrong step could cost her everything. Yet she’s drawn to him in a way she can’t explain.The watchman has secrets. Knowledge about this world—about her.And Brooke needs to know the truth before it’s too late.The City on the Sea, book one in the City on the Sea Series, is the thrilling first installment to this complete slow-burn YA dystopian romance series. Rising sea levels altered the face of the earth, destroying life as we know it. Secrets and deception run deep. Enemies to lovers clash with closed-door romantic scenes. In the midst of this futuristic climate fiction adventure, one brave girl learns everything isn’t what it seems and discovers if she has what it takes to be the force that changes the world.Scroll up and click to get swept away by the series reviewers are calling a “Must read.”
by Philip Eliot | Oct 17, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
Ex-lovers. Ex-rivals. New cohosts. Oh, puck.Cut from the U.S. women’s hockey team right before her third chance at gold, Natalie Carpenter is scrambling for a plan that’ll help her avoid moving back home. The answer: a guest hosting gig on Wake Up, USA’s winter games coverage. Her co-host: Darcy LaCroix, Nat’s ex-girlfriend, one-time college teammate turned adversary.Since leaving Team Canada, Darcy has worked hard to make a name in broadcasting. If her big break requires sharing screen time with the former cocky freshman who turned her world upside down, so be it. At this point, there’s nothing between them except history.But audiences disagree. #PuckingHotties is trending hard, and Nat and Darcy agree to lean into it…for ratings, obviously. It’s not like Nat can forget the way Darcy broke her heart or their bitter team rivalry.Between working, traveling together, and that irresistible spark, it’s getting hard to separate what’s real and what’s for the camera. Because somewhere underneath everything that went wrong is the sneaking suspicion that nothing will ever feel quite this right again.
