In this thrilling crime novel by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, a student's last words are all that Detective C. D. Sloan has to go on in his latest caseThere are rumblings throughout the campus of the University of Calleshire, talk of a sit-in, of revolt, of H? Chí Minh, of discontent. Malcolm Humbert has been expelled, and the students are livid. Meanwhile, the faculty is equally out of sorts—Hilda Linaker just wants to finish her treatise on Jane Austen, Bernard Watkinson is tired of dealing with the female students' vehement—and possibly dangerous—opinions, and Simon Mautby can't find a lab tech to help with his ecology experiments. When someone breaks into a dorm room, leaving behind little evidence but a single kernel of corn, it's time to call in the police. But no one—not the professors, the students, or even the great detective C. D. Sloan—could have predicted murder. A young woman finds a second-year student slumped against a cloister's column, covered in blood. Before he dies, he manages to breathe the words "twenty-six minutes." The brilliant and acerbic inspector C. D. Sloan, recently reunited with his assistant, Detective Constable Crosby, must connect a seemingly unrelated burglary to a senseless murder—with nothing more to go on than those eerie last words.

Sometimes the truth can bite back..In the quiet town of Lost Trail, Montana, the apparent abduction of long-time librarian Sybil Tombe shakes community to its core. An elderly neighbor reports seeing a gray-haired, bearded man driving up to Sybil’s house the night she disappeared. New Sheriff, Zak Waller, plunges into the investigation but keeps uncovering more questions than answers.As Zak peels back the layers of Sybil's life, he discovers she was a master at keeping secrets. When reports surface of an old man lurking near a young girl at the local school, Zak wonders if its somehow connected to Sybil’s disappearance. But what possible link exists between a young girl and 60-year-old woman?With time ticking away, Zak races against the clock to unravel the truth behind Sybil’s disappearance, all while trying to keep his relationship with Deputy Nadine Black alive. As the investigation intensifies, Zak confronts the possibility that the truth he seeks may hold devastating consequences for a beloved member of his community. Will he uncover the answers in time, or will the darkness lurking beneath Lost Trail's tranquil surface consume them all?

How did former Chicago cop Jim McGill become the first P.I. to live in the White House? He married Patricia Darden Grant the first woman to become a U.S. President … not long after he solved the murder of her first husband.
Winning an election was one thing. Finding work after moving to Washington was another. McGill decided to be his own boss and took out a private investigator’s license. That wasn’t a politically correct occupation, but then McGill refused to allow himself to be addressed as the First Gentleman.
He nicknamed himself The President’s Henchman.
McGill’s first case is to find out who is stalking a woman in the White House press corps. Then his wife asks him to be a shadow advisor to a young Air Force investigator looking into a he-said-she-said charge of adultery leveled against a female colonel working at the Pentagon. Both cases have the potential to become politically explosive.
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A twisty small-town psychological thriller with romantic suspense, buried family secrets, and shocking twists.She writes thrillers for a living. Now she’s trapped inside one.Michelle Holdcraft lives a quiet life in small-town Indiana. But under the pen name D. Valentine, she’s a bestselling thriller author known for writing dark secrets, murder, and shocking twists.Then one trip changes everything.When Michelle travels to Iron Falls, Massachusetts to visit her estranged father, she wakes to a gunshot, a house engulfed in flames, and her father dead on the floor.Barefoot and alone, she escapes into the snowy woods—becoming the only witness to a murder someone will kill to keep hidden.Especially the sheriff.Desperate and out of options, Michelle accepts help from a mysterious stranger named Fletch, a dangerously attractive man who knows far too much about her life, her family, and the secrets surrounding her mother’s death.Then she sees the tattoo on his back.The same tattoo her father had.Now Michelle is trapped in a deadly web of lies, corruption, and buried secrets where no one can be trusted—and falling for the wrong man could cost her everything.Because in Iron Falls, some secrets were never meant to survive.Have you been Aleatha'd?Perfect for fans of No Exit, Home Before Dark, and Whiteout, this gripping romantic suspense thriller delivers nonstop tension, survival suspense, forced proximity, deadly conspiracies, and a pulse-pounding slow-burn romance set against a frozen wilderness backdrop.

Viciously attacked, Logan's neighbor clings to life in ICU, her three-year-old the only witness. Logan holds the only clue. Will it get her killed? Logan soon discovers her new friend isn’t who she said she was. Without any ID, the police investigation stalls. Logan holds the only clue, but has no idea what it means or how dangerous it is.That’s never stopped her before, but this time her drive to uncover the truth draws the killer ever closer. Before she realizes the danger, Logan is in so deep she may never be able to claw her way out.If you enjoy books by Elly Griffiths, Vivian Barz, Nevada Barr, J. A. Jance, J. D. Robb, Michael Connelly, James Patterson, Sue Grafton, William Kent Kreuger, Kendra Elliot, or Alexander McCall Smith, you will love fiercely independent and loyal Logan McKenna. Each book in this series can be read as a standalone.Buy Vanishing Day today to start reading now!

????? "Best crime thriller I've ever read." ????? "Kept me on the edge of my seat."????? "This is one powerful book."One night he'll never remember. A nightmare he'll never escape.Dylan's eighteenth birthday ended with him passed out drunk in the backseat of a car.He woke up in maximum security.The Jesters run MAX. They murdered his brother. Recruited his cellmate. And they've given Dylan two choices: fight or die. Run their drugs or die.There is no trial. No appeal. No escape.Survival is just the beginning.Brothers in Crime is the explosive first book in the MAX series—a raw, brutal thriller inspired by real events inside Australia's most dangerous prisons. If you crave fast-paced, gripping crime fiction that never lets up, start your journey behind the walls today.Scroll up and grab your copy now.Author InterviewWhat makes the MAX series different?Authenticity. I worked inside a real maximum-security prison and witnessed the brutality firsthand. Many events in this series actually happened. The violence, the power dynamics, the impossible choices—they're all real. Readers tell me they can't tell where fiction ends and reality begins.Who is this series for?Readers who hate filler. If you want edge-of-your-seat action without meaningless fluff, this is your series. The violence and conflict never let up.