by Philip Eliot | Jun 3, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
ADRENALINE: Murder is the ultimate rush. When patients start dying unexpectedly in the O.R. at Mercy Hospital, anesthesiologist Doug Landry finds himself the focus of the blame. Is he really incompetent or is there something more sinister going on? As Doug struggles to clear his name and unravel the secret of the mysterious deaths, it becomes clear that someone will stop at nothing to keep him from exposing the devastating truth. Doug becomes trapped in a grisly race against time to prevent more deaths–including his own. From the boardroom to the recovery room to the thrilling climax in the operating room, Adrenaline is a heart-pounding, adrenaline rush of suspense, action and intrigue in an extremely realistic setting. If you like the novels of Robin Cook and Tess Gerritsen, Adrenaline will leave you breathless.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 3, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
When NTSB agent John Tubman is called to investigate the downing of a commercial airliner, he knows it won’t be a routine case. He rushes to the crash site only to find the area crawling with FBI agents. He soon finds that what transpired was no accident, and the story is far from over.Agent Tubman solves one layer of the mystery of Flight 227 only to be confounded by more questions. He is told to close the case but knows in his gut that there is more under the surface. He keeps digging and picks up the trail of an unlikely band of criminals who planned and executed the most ambitious theft in the history of mankind.Can Tubman bring the murderous thieves to justice? Will he recover the stolen merchandise? He knows he can’t save the people of flight 227 but he can still bring closure to a nation in mourning. The conclusion of Sky Heist isn’t the explosive ending one might expect. The explosion is only the beginning.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 3, 2025 | Mystery |
A crossword puzzle leads a 1950s antiquarian book dealer to a puzzling family in this mystery by Agatha Christie’s favorite author. Amateur detective Henry Gamadge is summoned to a secluded estate by way of a crossword puzzle, the only means of communication for a widow being held captive by her relatives. They claim she’s lost her mind; she thinks they have shut her away to keep her from spilling on her late husband’s suspicious suicide. Gamadge knows that a woman who can convey her situation in the space of a crossword is most definitely in possession of her mental faculties. But can he sort out the secrets of a clan so hell-bent on avoiding a scandal?“Henry Gamadge is one of the more captivating sleuths in detective fiction.” —New York Herald Tribune
by Philip Eliot | Jun 3, 2025 | Action & Adventure |
A naval officer wakes up with amnesia on a submarine in the middle of a mutiny in this action-packed thriller by the author of the Danny Jabo novels.“A riveting tale of warfare in the not too distant future, on a par with Clive Cussler’s best. Tucker takes his technological know-how as a former nuclear submariner and masterfully weaves it into a sensational thriller.” —R. Cameron Cooke, author of Pride Runs DeepOne day in the not-too-distant future, Pete Hamlin regains consciousness deep inside the nuclear submarine Polaris. He’s got a gun in his hand, a fire raging outside his door, and a dead man at his feet. Soon Pete discovers that the ship is in the middle of a mutiny—and he has no idea what side he’s on.He finds the ship is now commanded by the beautiful but volatile Hana Moody. She’s locked the former captain, Finn McCallister, inside a steel trunk, accusing him of treason. Frank Holmes is Moody’s loyalist, an imposing physical presence who shares Moody’s unquestioning devotion to the cause of the Alliance. The ship’s feckless doctor hovers in the background, unable to help Pete find out the truth about the Polaris. And outside the ship’s steel hull lurks another submarine, yet another presence that might be either friend or deadly foe.To save himself and discover the truth, Pete must journey with Polaris back to a forlorn piece of rock in the middle of a dangerous ocean: Eris Island. To get there he must fight murderous shipmates, a swarm of bomb-dropping drones, and a plague that is attacking everyone on both sides of a battle that Pete barely understands. Only on Eris Island does Hamlin finally learn the truth.“One part Clancy, one part H.G. Wells, three parts pure Todd Tucker at his very best. . . . Fast-paced submarine action and adventure, Polaris keeps you riveted to your chair and challenges you to ever think of drone warfare the same way again!” —Jan Coffey, author of Silent Waters“Equal parts tense psychodrama, breathless geopolitical action tale, and awesome look at the nature of near-future global war, Polaris will keep you up way past your bedtime!”—Joe Buff, author of Crush Depth and Seas of Crisis
by Philip Eliot | Jun 3, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Charlie Henry, former Special Forces operative and newly minted pawnbroker, thinks that he’s finally turned a corner and the calm, quiet life he’s always wanted is just ahead. But life never really works out that way. A young Navajo man comes into Charlie’s shop, FOB Pawn, claiming that his girlfriend mistakenly pawned a beautiful family heirloom, a turquoise necklace that she desperately needs back. When he’s unable to produce any proof of this tale, Charlie is immediately suspicious and sticks by the golden pawnbroker rule: No claim ticket, no exchange. Then the young man returns with reinforcements—and guns—making it abundantly clear that there’s more to this story than a family treasure. This necklace quickly becomes the focus of a case where everyone lies, and every question seems to answer with gunfire. With the help of his semi-estranged brother, Alfred, a tribal cop working undercover, Charlie quickly finds out that the pendant was the work of a Navajo silversmith who was recently murdered. And, in an act so taboo in Navajo culture as to be unthinkable, his grave dug up and this piece of jewelry removed. With multiple parties vying to get their hands on the necklace—for what ill-gotten gains, no one knows—it’s up to Charlie and his comrades-in-arms to help find out who’s really telling the truth, and uncover the mysteries that this heirloom holds.
