by Philip Eliot | Mar 24, 2026 | Mystery |
New York Times Bestseller”As authentically, irresistibly gripping as anything Conan Doyle ever wrote…Don’t miss it.” —CosmopolitanMarch 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy. Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police surgeon disappears, taking two corpses with him.Some of the theater district’s most fashionable and creative luminaries have been involved: a penniless stage critic and writer named Bernard Shaw; Ellen Terry, the gifted and beautiful actress; a suspicious box office clerk named Bram Stoker; an aging matinee idol, Henry Irving; an unscrupulous publisher calling himself Frank Harris; and a controversial wit by the name of Oscar Wilde.Scotland Yard is mystified by what appear to be unrelated cases, but to Sherlock Holmes the matter is elementary: a maniac is on the loose. His name is Jack.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 24, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
Dundee, Scotland, 1862. After the mill of businessman Matthew Beaumont burns to the ground, Detective Sergeant George Watters is sent to investigate.Soon, George discovers that this is not the first property that has been targeted. When a man is found dead in the hold of a trade ship, George discovers a shocking connection between Beaumont and foreign powers threatening the very country.George tries to get to the bottom of the mystery, but clues are few and far between. What connects the enigmatic Beaumont to the murder and strange events taking place in the Dundee shipyard?
by Philip Eliot | Mar 24, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
Village idyll…Budding romance…And an old murder!American Eve Holdsworth is living her quintessential English dream in a picturesque countryside village. New friends, including a dog, bird-watching and a cosy pub – her new life has everything she could have wanted.Meeting an attractive stranger adds to the appeal. But Ben Dryden is a pariah: his wife was murdered five years ago, and he was the only suspect. Eve is absolutely sure someone as charming as Ben could never be a killer.Determined to solve the case and clear Ben’s name, Eve soon finds herself in deep waters. With her life at stake, she can only pray pray that her romantic notions won’t be the end of her…A charming English village mystery with a touch of romance, LET SLEEPING MURDER LIE is the first book in the Eve Holdsworth Cozy Mysteries series by Carmen Radtke.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 24, 2026 | Horror & Paranormal |
A wolf shifter. A magical family. And a murder that won’t stay buried…Her ex-fiancé’s death was tragic, but she thought that was the end of it.She was wrong.The deeper she digs, the more secrets she uncovers, and all of them seem to lead back to his boss, Jax Hunter. A dangerously charming billionaire with a sharp mind and a gaze that sees far too much.But there’s something about Jax she can’t ignore. Whenever he’s near, her magic crackles like lightning, sparking in ways she’s never felt before.Turns out? Jax is a wolf shifter. A secret he’s desperate to keep… and one she was never supposed to discover.Her family would hate this. Grandma would hex him on sight. Aunt Flora would mutter about “ancient prophecies,” and her mother’s protective charms are practically designed to repel guys like him.But the mystery won’t let her walk away — and neither will he. The man she once loved had secrets. Jax has his own. And someone much closer to home may be hiding the darkest truth of all.Potion, Paws, and Peril is a fast-paced paranormal cozy mystery full of magic, family chaos, and a forbidden spark that refuses to die.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 24, 2026 | General Nonfiction |
A true crime account of Susan Grund, a woman who married for money and then murdered her wealthy husband in cold blood.Young, glamorous and sexy, she was every man’s fantasy . . . and one man’s deadly nightmare.Prominent Indiana attorney Jimmy Grund thought he’d found the woman of his dreams when he wed his second wife Susan. But beneath the silky blond society lady lurked a calculating, evil-tempered seductress whose murderous future was about to rival her sordid past.While she hid her previous marriages and an appalling crime from Jimmy, she was soon plotting to get her hands on his fortune. When Jimmy Grund finally found out the truth about his wife, he told her he was divorcing her. But no one left Susan Grund.She killed her husband with a gun stolen from his own son . . . All of Peru, Indiana was stunned when it was revealed the fatal bullet came from a gun stolen from young David Grund. Yet even that paled next to Susan’s incredible testimony that she had carried on a two-year affair with the innocent teenager, who denied the affair and was not implicated in the crime.Wensley Clarkson’s Deadly Seduction is the story of a real femme fatale, who spun a web of deceit and murder that shocked an entire town.Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.
