by Philip Eliot | Mar 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
In this lawyer on the run action suspense, attorney Quinton Bell loses the trial of his career, and possibly his life.Dead By Proxy takes you on a heart-pounding journey through the life of a criminal defense attorney, whose world is wiped out. When Quinton loses a career-defining case, he finds himself being hunted by the very client he tried to save.As Quinton navigates the treacherous path of survival, he is running from a powerful and relentless adversary who will stop at nothing to see him silenced. Finally landing in Houston, he hides in plain sight while re-inventing his new life as a trial lawyer.When he’s forced to take on a high-profile murder case, he exposes himself and those he loves to danger. With each passing moment, the noose tightens, and he must draw on every ounce of wit to outsmart those who still want him dead.Will Quinton Bell find a way out, or will he forever be a target in a deadly game of cat and mouse?Dead By Proxy is the first book in the edgy Proxy Legal Thriller Series. If you like memorable characters, smart gritty action, and jaw-dropping twists, then you’ll love Manning Wolfe’s fast-paced page-turner!Praise for the Proxy Legal Thriller Series:“A riveting read that expertly teams courtroom drama and legal maneuvering with imminent danger, spine-tingling suspense, a touch of romance, and non-stop action. Talk about an adrenaline rush!” – ReedsyCan a woman write a thriller book that leaves you going, Wow, how did I ever miss this author before?’ Yes, she can. Fist bumps and high fives to author, Manning Wolfe on this fantabulous thriller!” – Forgotten Winds”I love the whole book! From beginning to end, it was a roller coaster ride! From New York to Texas, With incredible character development, and plot twists from beginning to end! Looking back, there were subtle clues, but not until the very end was there a resolution. I would highly recommend this book!” – Susan Riley, Amazon Customer“Manning Wolfe just put herself on my list of must-read authors!” – John Ellsworth
by Philip Eliot | Mar 9, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
They’ll stop at nothing to silence their victims. She’ll stop at nothing to make them pay . . .Ex-army medic River Swift is a lone wolf – no family home, no commitments. But when her former partner, Navy SEAL Jason Wayne, is accused of a brutal murder, she leaves everything behind to clear his name. Jason can remember nothing about the incident, only that he woke up, dazed, in an unfamiliar part of Washington DC, covered in blood, and fleeing at the sound of the police arriving.Certain he could never have committed such a gruesome crime, Swift sets off to reconnect with her past and uncover the truth. But every time she thinks she’s making progress Swift opens another door that leads her deeper into a maze of deceit and greed where every step brings new danger.Now, armed again with the combat skills and instinct honed on foreign battlefields River Swift must decide how she’ll hunt down the real killers and serve them implacable justice…High-octane and unforgettable, Kill Switch introduces River Swift—the vigilante justice warrior you never saw coming.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 9, 2026 | Action & Adventure |
When Agent Jace Greyson found himself assigned to the new MBLIS branch in New Orleans, he didn’t foresee getting wrapped up in a case of theft. However, when the wife of a foreign national is found dead and a necklace worth millions missing, MBLIS is called in to find the necklace and the murderer.
But as the chase twists and turns and more thefts pile up, Greyson and the team step up their game before more dead bodies litter the sides of this treasure hunt.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 9, 2026 | Mystery |
The head of Scotland Yard probes the suspicious death of a Shakespearean scholar with a collection of secrets in this classic British mystery.Lewis Packford, an Elizabethan scholar, is found shot in his library. It was rumored Packford recently acquired a book annotated by the Bard, but the book is nowhere to be seen. What is beside him, however, is a note that—as Packford was wont to do—quotes William Shakespeare: “Farewell, a long farewell.”Police believe Packford died from suicide, but Sir John Appleby, head of Scotland Yard and Packford’s friend, disagrees. When Appleby arrives at the scholar’s country house in Dorset, he meets an array of academics and bibliophiles who were all present the night of the murder. Suspects include Packford’s brother, who stands to inherit the house, and Packford’s two secret wives, who recently learned of each other’s existence. As the secrets pile up, the erudite Appleby must get to the bottom of things before the killer forces anyone else to say goodbye for good.”A model of the deft, classic detective story, told in the most wittily diverting prose.” —The New York Times
by Philip Eliot | Mar 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront in a new mystery by the author who “does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy” (Booklist).Nero Award–Winning AuthorArchie Goodwin is not overly fond of Theodore Horstmann, who takes care of the orchids on the rooftop of Nero Wolfe’s West Thirty-Fifth Street brownstone. But as loyal assistant to the legendary private detective, Archie will put his animosity aside when the surly orchid-keeper stumbles through the front door beaten within an inch of his life.While the gardener lies in a coma, Nero sends Archie to poke around his apartment near the river. The place is neatly kept, if not quite as elegant as the brownstone, but across the street on Tenth Avenue Archie quickly discovers the longshoremen’s watering hole in whose back room Horstmann has been playing a lot of bridge lately. The smoky tavern is packed with tough dockworkers and recent European immigrants, and Archie does his best to blend in, filling the victim’s empty seat in his running card game, as he attempts to learn what sort of shady business might have led to attempted murder. But when one of his new bridge partners is killed, Archie finds himself caught up in something much bigger than a bar fight . . .Trouble at the Brownstone serves up postwar New York City atmosphere in a fast-paced mystery featuring Nero Wolfe, “one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction” (Publishers Weekly).”Mr. Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times
