by Philip Eliot | Dec 21, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Charlie Henry and his friends are enjoying a cookout on a relaxing Sunday afternoon. But when a gunshot rings out in the neighborhood, Charlie is abruptly brought back to a world he’s all too familiar with. As he and best friend Gordon run to the source of the shot, they happen upon two masked intruders in their next-door neighbor’s house. The men seem to be there to kidnap Sam Randall, the owner of the home, but upon the interruption from Charlie and Gordon, they abandon their mark and get away in a waiting van outside.Detective DuPree has been investigating a string of similar home invasions in the area, but this one seems out of the ordinary. Sam Randall hires Charlie and Gordon to investigate the crime, not trusting the police to keep him and his wife safe. Detective Dupree warns Charlie and Gordon not to overstep their bounds in police business, but he needs all the help he can get. The investigation reveals Ray Geiger, son of retired NYPD cop Frank Geiger, as the prime suspect. As the simple home invasion case continues to turn into something more, it is up to Charlie and Gordon to protect the Randall’s and themselves as they attempt to uncover the truth.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 21, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleI’m Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest in a small-town parish who never expected this . . .When I came to Myerton to take over as pastor of Saint Clare’s Catholic Church, I never expected to run into a woman I loved in college twenty years ago . . .I never expected that woman to be the police detective who solved my first wife’s murder–and saved my life in the process . . .I never expected to fall in love with her all over again . . .Most of all, I never, ever expected to receive permission from the Holy Father to marry her . . .But that’s what happened to me.So after a wonderful wedding and a honeymoon cruise with my new wife, we’re looking forward to another week together, just the two of us.But instead, we have to go back home, to Myerton.You see, my deacon’s been murdered, and I have a hurting flock to tend to.I’m Helen Parr Greer, Chief of Police in a small-town police department who never expected this . . . As a police detective in Myerton, I never expected to run into the man who broke my heart twenty years ago . . .I never expected him to be a Catholic Priest . . .I never expected him to ask me to solve the murder of his first wife . . .I never expected to fall in love with him all over again . . .Most of all, I never, ever expected him to receive permission from the Holy Father to marry me . . .But that’s what happened to me.So after a wonderful wedding and a honeymoon cruise with my new husband, we’re looking forward to another week together, just the two of us.But instead, we have to go back home, to Myerton.You see, a man’s been murdered, and I have a killer to find . . .The Honeymoon Homicide is the first novel in the Mercy and Justice Mystery series, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to the Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone. If you enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man, you’ll enjoy this series.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 21, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
The FBI desperately needs Ilse’s help to catch the “Alphabet Killer”—an unhinged serial killer who seems to be arranging his victims’ bodies in the shapes of letters. Is he spelling a word? Or hinting at who will be next?“The plot has many twists and turns, but it is the ending, which I did not see coming at all, that totally defines this book as one of the most riveting that I have read in years.”—Reader review for Not Like Us?????In this bestselling mystery series, FBI Special Agent Ilse Beck, victim of a traumatic childhood in Germany, moved to the U.S. to become a renowned psychologist specializing in PTSD, and the world’s leading expert in the unique trauma of serial-killer survivors. By studying the psychology of their survivors, Ilse has a unique and unparalleled expertise in the true psychology of serial killers. Ilse never expected, though, to become an FBI agent herself.Ilse, plagued by her own past, realizes the time has come to face her demons and revisit the site of her childhood home in Germany. But will the trip help her expunge her own dark memories—or push her over the edge?But in a frantic race against time, the FBI needs her to decode the Alphabet Killer. Is there a method to his madness, a way to stop the next victim before it’s too late?Or is this killer far more cunning and deranged than anyone could imagine?A dark and suspenseful crime thriller, the bestselling ILSE BECK series is a breathtaking page-turner, an unputdownable mystery and suspense novel. A compelling and perplexing psychological thriller, rife with twists and jaw-dropping secrets, it will make you fall in love with a brilliant new female protagonist, while it keeps you shocked late into the night.NOT LIKE HE SEEMED (An Ilse Beck FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #2 in a new series by mystery and suspense author Ava Strong. Books #3-#7 in the series—NOT LIKE YESTERDAY, NOT LIKE THIS, NOT LIKE SHE THOUGHT, NOT LIKE BEFORE, and NOT LIKE NORMAL—are also available.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 21, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
A local dispute leads to suspicion of murder for a small-town California bookshop owner in this cozy mystery by the New York Times bestselling author.The small town of South Cove, California, has all kinds of attractions, from resorts and beaches to Jill Gardner’s charming bookshop café. But now Jill may have discovered yet another hidden treasure. The old stone wall on her property might be the remnant of a centuries-old mission worthy of being declared a historical landmark. There’s just one problem—and his name is Craig Morgan. The obnoxious owner of South Cove’s most popular tourist spot, The Castle, Craig makes it his business to contest Jill’s claim. When Craig is found murdered at The Castle shortly after a heated argument with Jill, even her detective boyfriend Greg has to ask her for an alibi. Jill decides she must find the real murderer to clear her name. But when the killer comes for her, she’ll need to switch from historic preservation to self-preservation.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 21, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
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Welcome to Christmas River: a small cozy town set in the beautiful mountains of Central Oregon where the spirit of Christmas never dies. And where intrigue, romance, danger, and excitement are around every corner. Where Cinnamon Peters — a smart, tough, recently-divorced owner of a local pie shop — is pulled into a series of compelling mysteries that turns her from pie-baker extraordinaire to mystery-solver extraordinaire. Where Daniel Brightman — a cop and former flame of Cinnamon’s who returns home to Christmas River one cold December — discovers that maybe home really is where the heart is. And where Huckleberry, a lost and lonely dog wandering the snowy woods of Christmas River, finally learns how to trust.
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MURDER IN CHRISTMAS RIVER – Christmas River Cozy Mystery Book 1
Every year at Christmas River’s annual Gingerbread House competition, Cinnamon Peters aims to win, taking down any competitor who gets in her way. But when a Gingerbread Junction judge is found dead behind her shop, the pie baker suddenly has a lot more to worry about than cookies, frosting, and gumdrops.
MAYHEM IN CHRISTMAS RIVER – Christmas River Cozy Mystery Book 2
After a fire destroys her best friend’s ornament shop, Cinnamon Peters soon discovers that the blaze was no accident. Because a maniac is roaming the tourist-packed streets of Christmas River this July.
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MADNESS IN CHRISTMAS RIVER – Christmas River Cozy Mystery Book 3
Cinnamon Peters is getting married. But when her cousin goes missing, and strange acts of violent vandalism start plaguing Christmas River, Cinnamon is quickly pulled into a shady world of danger that threatens to send her careening over the edge of sanity.
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