by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
The truth will emerge. One piece at a time.What caught DCI Jack Mason’s attention were the blow flies. Thousands of them. Along with an overpowering stench of rotten flesh. One person lay dead. A second victim was missing.Initial inquiries point to Durham Prison, a notorious gangster seeking revenge.Several days later, a young man’s body turns up hidden inside a city storage locker. It’s a start, and a simple decision leads Jack Mason into unfamiliar territory.Failure isn’t an option; one wrong move could be Jack’s last.The Suitcase Man is the third book in the critically acclaimed Jack Mason Crime Thriller series. If you enjoy dark, action-packed crime novels with complex characters and unexpected psychological turns, then Michael’s latest instalment will captivate you.The Jack Mason Series in order:The Wharf ButcherSatan’s BeckoningThe Suitcase ManChameleonHackney CentralThe Poacher’s PocketDeath Plunge
by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
Allie McMurphy lives the sweet life running her world-famous fudge shop on Mackinac Island—but when a killer strikes, she has to turn from creating confections to extracting confessions . . .TAKING A BITE OUT OF CRIME As a gesture of goodwill, Allie is bringing a tray of assorted fudge to her new husband’s ex-wife, Melonie. But she finds Melonie’s body on the floor of her photography studio—where a remote-controlled camera keeps snapping picture after picture. In one, she’s alive, and in the next, she’s dead. While Rowan Giles, another visitor to the shop, chatters nervously—and incessantly—Allie dials the police, though she encourages her husband to leave the case to another officer. Several unidentified people were leaving when she arrived on the scene. Nevertheless, Rowan is the top suspect, thanks to one thing she didn’t talk about: her bitter relationship with Melonie. Was Rowan just stirring the pot with all her gossipy gabbing? Allie’s not so sure. She’s learning about some dark secrets in Melonie’s past. And identifying an obvious suspect is one thing, but finding the truth is a whole other kettle of fudge . . .
by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Parenting & Family |
They were still charting in pen when Vanessa left her nursing career to stay home with her profoundly autistic son. Fifteen years later she’s thrust back into the workforce due to a family crisis, and everything has changed. As the older new-hire, she must get up-to-speed on technology, all while navigating hot flashes and a much younger colleague that is making her life miserable. Will she win her coworker over and succeed? Or will Vanessa lose her job, and along with it her family’s home and health insurance? Those who love novels about Gen X, friendship fiction and/or workplace fiction are in for a treat with this funny, poignant, midlife enemies-to-friends story, which features a happy marriage, and an autistic speller. Vanessa Goes Back to Work is a novel about the sacrifices women make as long-time caregivers to special needs children, and about finding oneself in unexpected territory in midlife. It is a coming of “middle-age” story.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Wesley Aames shows up to New Covenant as a man who has already lost everything—wife, daughter, and the will to keep going. Hired to revive a sleepy Appalachian church, he finds a congregation on life support: dwindling funds, fractious trustees, and a choir director who distrusts the new pastor from day one.
When a teenager dies by suicide and her mother’s humiliation explodes online, Rosa Lee becomes a magnet for cameras and contempt. Wesley, barely a pastor and twice a stranger to mercy, steps into the storm—counseling teens, calming old ladies, cutting the grass, answering crisis hotline calls—trying to make faith look like rescue instead of rhetoric.
As the church’s finances and patience run out, a vote looms: keep the earnest, flawed pastor or replace him with steadier hands. But when the outside world shows up with microphones and accusations. Wesley’s choices become literal life or death. Can a man who still blames himself for his family’s deaths save strangers—and in doing so, finally forgive himself? This is a story about grief, messy grace, and the small acts that sometimes hold a town together.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Womens Fiction |
Wesley Aames shows up to New Covenant as a man who has already lost everything—wife, daughter, and the will to keep going. Hired to revive a sleepy Appalachian church, he finds a congregation on life support: dwindling funds, fractious trustees, and a choir director who distrusts the new pastor from day one.
When a teenager dies by suicide and her mother’s humiliation explodes online, Rosa Lee becomes a magnet for cameras and contempt. Wesley, barely a pastor and twice a stranger to mercy, steps into the storm—counseling teens, calming old ladies, cutting the grass, answering crisis hotline calls—trying to make faith look like rescue instead of rhetoric.
As the church’s finances and patience run out, a vote looms: keep the earnest, flawed pastor or replace him with steadier hands. But when the outside world shows up with microphones and accusations. Wesley’s choices become literal life or death. Can a man who still blames himself for his family’s deaths save strangers—and in doing so, finally forgive himself? This is a story about grief, messy grace, and the small acts that sometimes hold a town together.
