One Last Child

Author: Anni Taylor

Category: Crime Fiction

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Winner, AudioFile Earphones Award for audio narration. Top 100 in Amazon eBooks, US, UK, Canada & Australia, 2021

Five long-missing children are about to be RETURNED.

It was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air....

Three-and-a-half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families... one by one.

All except for Ivy - the granddaughter of homicide detective Kate Wakeland. The other four children say Ivy is dead.

Speculation grows that the mysterious abductor is enacting a cruel revenge plot due to a murderer that Kate put in jail years before.

Kate isn't sure what to believe. But one thing is certain - she's about to begin the battle of her life. When the children were first stolen, she was prevented from investigating the case.

But now, Kate will be relentless in uncovering the identity of the abductor and discovering what happened to Ivy.

Book 1: ONE LAST CHILD
Book 2: THE LULLABY MAN
Book 3: THE SILENT TOWN

Questions and answers on the TALLMAN'S VALLEY DETECTIVES series:

Is each book a standalone?: Each book has a complete ending and can be read as a standalone. But if you intend reading the series, it's best to read them in sequence. There will be spoilers if the books are read out of order. Each book has a small cliffhanger at the end that is not a part of the main story. There is an overarching background storyline running through all the books.

Will the detective be the same each time?: The current series will all feature Senior Detective Kate Wakeland as the main character, right to the end of Books 1, 2 & 3.
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FBI K9 Mystery Thrillers (Omnibus 1)

Author: Tikiri Herath

Category: Crime Fiction

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Three chilling cases. Three twisty thrillers. One fearless FBI agent.These upscale seaside towns are perfect. Too perfect. Beneath their pristine luxury lurk ruthless killers, the kind who could be living right next door…FBI Special Agent Tanya Stone lands on the West Coast with her trained German Shepherd K9, Max. Her job is to fight crime. What awaits her is a deadly nightmare built on small-town secrets and dark truths.BOOK ONE: A café massacre hides a deep small town secret. BOOK TWO: A tortured girl points to an underground chamber of horrors. BOOK THREE: A headless corpse carries the signature of a sadistic serial killer.As the body count rises, Tanya is pulled into a maze of devious deceptions, lethal lies, and cold-blooded murder. No one can be trusted and danger looms behind every door.In these tight-knit, wealthy neighborhoods, appearances mean everything. Exposing the truth could cost Tanya her career…or her life.This omnibus collection brings together the first three novels in the Tanya Stone FBI K9 Mystery Thriller series: Her Deadly EndHer Cold BloodHer Last LieIf you enjoy nail-biting suspense, shocking twists, and strong heroines who refuse to back down, this three-book collection is for you._____________There is no graphic violence, heavy cursing, or explicit sex in this book. No dog is ever harmed but the villains always are.______________What readers are saying about these books:?????“Twisty and full of surprises!" ?????"Wow. All I can say is I was hooked right away after reading the prologue. If you love mystery and murder this is the book for you. So good. Just wow."?????"Read SO fast! This needs to be a movie. Downloading the sequel right now!!"?????"“Oh my goodness. This book sucked me into it's vortex from the beginning chapter. The action and chase/game is constant. There is no reprieve. The only question is who will be the next victim? The punches just kept coming.”????? “Page turning thriller!”????? “This book had so many twists and turns and the characters are just so complex and deep and you never know what's happening next. I absolutely loved This book and this whole series. I am so excited for the next book!!!”?????"It has twists and turns that had my jaw on the floor most of the time, I just kept going…. It's my first in the thriller genre, and now I'm into reading more thrillers."?????"It's so refreshing to read a fast-moving tale without vulgar language and graphic sex scene, yet the pages keep turning faster!"?????"Thrilling and suspenseful adventure kept me glued to my chair furiously clicking through the pages on my e-reader late into the night."????? "A BIG FIVE STARS. This is a slam dunk, adrenaline pumping, stomach churning novel. Tikiri is on her A Game throughout. The characters are dynamic, the story -riveting- the scenes-explosive. I can't praise this book enough. Very Highly Recommended."______________The TANYA STONE FBI K9 books. Suspenseful female detective murder mystery crime thrillers with twisty endings. This series is now complete.Her Deadly EndHer Cold BloodHer Last LieHer Secret CrimeHer Perfect MurderHer Grisly Grave“I write gripping thrillers with women detectives who hunt the villains…and make them pay.” ~ Award-winning Canadian novelist, Tikiri Herath.

The Bay Area Butcher

Author: Brian O'Sullivan

Category: Crime Fiction

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Deal starts: December 29, 2025

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? Book 2 of the Quint series ?

CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE!

Bay Area police are stunned when they receive a letter from a man claiming he's going start a brutal killing spree, mentioning Quint by name and drawing him into the case.

As the murders begin, the media dubs the perpetrator "The Bay Area Butcher," and the story becomes an international sensation with The Butcher's letters and obsession with Quint at the forefront.

The parallels to The Zodiac are unmistakable.

Quint soon realizes that The Butcher is always a step ahead, and fears that the killer might be someone he knows.

With heart-pounding suspense and twists at every turn, The Bay Area Butcher will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

Random Road

Author: Thomas Kies

Category: Crime Fiction

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"This suspenseful story will appeal to readers who enjoy hard-nosed investigative reporters such as Brad Parks's Carter Ross."—Library Journal STARRED reviewMeet Geneva Chase, veteran crime reporter: she's driven, tenacious, and on the losing end of the bottle.That is, until Geneva catches a break.Veteran reporter Geneva Chase is at the end of her professional rope. Battling alcoholism and bad choices, she's lost every major news job she's had; working at her hometown newspaper is her last chance to redeem herself—and now the paper's future is in doubt.And then she lands the story of a lifetime: Six nude bodies are found hacked to pieces in a Queen Anne mansion on the coast of Long Island Sound. The sensational headline is picked up by the metro papers, and Geneva is back in the game, using her reporter's nose to sniff out the secrets of Connecticut's rich and entitled citizens.As her grisly investigation leads her deeper into dangerous waters, her toxic affair with a married man and her inability to get sober threaten to undo everything she has worked so hard to achieve—and some people might be willing to kill if it means keeping their business out of the papers…This special First-in-a-Series edition includes:A New Introduction by the AuthorA Reading Group GuideA Conversation with the AuthorAn Excerpt from Darkness Lane, the Next Geneva Chase Crime Reporter MysteryGeneva Chase Crime Reporter Mysteries in order by Thomas KiesRandom RoadDarkness LaneGraveyard BayShadow Hill

Case Sensitive

Author: A. K. Turner

Category: Crime Fiction

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A punk morgue technician and a strait-laced detective investigate a suspicious drowning in this gritty crime novel by the author of Life Sentence.Camden Town mortuary technician Cassie Raven is no stranger to dead bodies—at work. But even a goth girl like her is terrified to find a drowned corpse banging against the hull of her houseboat in the middle of the night. Even more troubling is that Cassie's gift for sensing the final thoughts of the dead is eluding her. The floating mystery man with golden-green eyes is keeping quiet about his origins.The police suspect he's simply an unlucky drunk, and that's what DS Phyllida Flyte believes when she's assigned to the case. However, Cassie has a funny feeling she's seen his face before . . .Unwilling to let the man's death remain unsolved, Cassie and Phyllida begin to dig deeper into the case, following a trail of clues into his past. Soon they find themselves closer to an answer—and to a killer . . ."Timely, gritty and dark." —Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Girl on the Train"Expertly plotted and well researched, with an appealing central character and a strong supporting cast, this series is not to be missed." —The GuardianPerfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, and Kathy Reichs

The Dancing Girls

Author: M.M. Chouinard

Category: Crime Fiction

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“Wow, what a book!! I don’t think I drew a full breath for the entire time I was reading… I took it everywhere I went… I needed to read it at every opportunity!… Unbelievably twisty… I loved every word of it!” Goodreads Reviewer ?????

Jo pulled together the victims’ pictures. In all cases their arms were askew, in a way that looked like—what? It was like they were freeze-framed in the middle of some action. It was like they were dancing.

When loving wife Jeanine is found dead in a small leafy town in Massachusetts, newly promoted Detective Jo Fournier is shocked to her core. Why leave her body posed like a ballerina? Why steal her wedding band and nothing else? Hungry for answers, Jo questions Jeanine’s husband, but the heartbreaking pain written on his face threatens to tear open Jo’s old wounds. It’s the same pain she felt when her boyfriend was cruelly shot dead by a gang in their hometown of New Orleans. She couldn’t get justice for him, but she’s determined to get justice for Jeanine’s devastated family.

But before Jo can get answers, another woman is found, wedding ring stolen, body posed in the same ritualistic way.

Digging through old files, Jo makes a terrifying link to a series of cold cases. She knows a serial killer is on the loose, but nobody will listen to the truth—not her bosses, nor the FBI. Still, Jo won’t let her superiors keep her from stopping the murderer in his tracks, even if it means the end of her career.

Just as she is beginning to lose hope, she finds messages on the victims’ computers that feel like the crucial missing link. Knowing the killer is moments away from selecting his next target, will Jo be able to take him down the before another innocent life is lost?

A USA Today bestseller, The Dancing Girls is the first book in an absolutely unputdownable and gripping crime thriller series. Fans of Robert Dugoni, Lisa Regan and Melinda Leigh will devour it in one sitting and will never see that OMG twist coming!

Everyone is utterly addicted to The Dancing Girls:

“Loved it, loved it, loved it!!… If I could give it 6 stars I would! In this current climate of ‘twists you will never see coming’—believe me… you will never see this coming!…Cannot wait for the next book!… Best book I have read.” NetGalley Reviewer ?????

“Wow, Wow, Wow… Extremely addictive and left me wanting more. This book has everything… and a huge, unexpected twist you will not see coming. I can’t emphasize enough how much enjoyment I got from reading this… Well-deserved five stars—Wow.” Goodreads Reviewer ?????

“Holy Freaking Hell when is the next book out?! From start to finish this book is just WOW!… Keeps you on the edge of your seat… Full of twists and turns… Talk about mind-blowing… Want to shout about it from the rooftops… I cannot recommend this book enough.” Baker’s Not So Secret Blog ?????

“Wow! Wow! Wow! The twists left my head spinning! Oh so smugly, I thought I had the ending figured out when—whammo!—twist came out of nowhere. ‘Did NOT see that coming’ is an understatement. Blindsided! Wow.” Goodreads Reviewer ?????

“I was just blown away by its climax, wandering around going OMG… Found it totally gripping… impossible to put down.” Muse Books ?????

“An unpredictable rollercoaster ride with more twists and turns than you would find on a snakes and ladders board… I felt as though I had been punched in the gut and they left me breathless.” Ginger Book Geek ?????
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