“The master of suspense and intrigue” (Country Life) is back with the next powerful installation in the Dick Francis series, featuring Sid Halley, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly.Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage.   When his friend’s stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner. The police think it’s suicide, but Sid is not convinced after his friend’s terrified phone calls. Heavy with a guilty heart, Sid starts to investigate and soon finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy that cuts to the very heart of the integrity of British horse racing. Can Sid figure out what happened to his friend, or will he be the next one that the killer targets?

What does America’s first traitor have to do with a present-day killer?Stoughton detective, Colton Baker, finds himself wrapped up in a murder investigation his first week on the job. As more bodies turn up, all marked with strange symbols, both the State Police and FBI become involved. Quickly, the investigation turns political.Baker and Agent Diaz, a young, beautiful FBI academy graduate, put agency grievances and politics aside to begin their hunt for the killer together.Stoughton, Massachusetts is a town deep rooted in history. Soon, their investigation leads them to the inception of our nation and introduces them to a traitorous founding father. Can information from this small town’s past help decipher the killer’s mysterious messages? Can they crack the code and stop a sadistic killer before they strike again?Some secrets are worth killing for!

Beautiful Sarah Winslow fell in love with handsome and sweet-talking Jackson Talbott while in college. She married him right out of law school when the couple eloped to Las Vegas, despite her family's concerns about Jack's motives. Sara thought she found her forever love.Five years later, Sara has suffered one too many blows at the hands of the man who claimed to love her. She feels trapped by Jack's violent temper and his love of other women. How can a divorce attorney admit her husband's abuses and infidelity? After a nasty scene, Jack pushes Sara down the stairs. The young attorney grabs her beloved dog, flees her home, and files for divorce.The Galveston County Sheriff's Office discovers Jackson's body at Red Fish Island the day after Sara blows up during a property settlement conference. She knows the police suspect she murdered him. To make matters worse, she learns Jack stole a valuable antique from the mob, and now they want to kill her.Will she have to die to prove her innocence? Can she escape the mob contract on her head and prove her innocence, or will Jack's mafia ties destroy her?

One dead body.Two dead bodies.Things are starting to get out of hand.In need of a break from their consulting work with the SBI, Thomas Gabriel and Rose Daniels go to visit his aunt in the idyllic town of New Bern, North Carolina. But when a local electrician is found dead in the park, their vacation is cut short and they are plunged into a mystery that will reach to the very heights of power in small town America. The local police are sure they know who committed the murder, but are they right? And if they’re wrong, then the real murderer is still on the loose. Thomas and Rose will have to set their vacation aside and do what they do best. But will anybody listen to them?

Did you believe writing was a safe pastime?It was not the first time bestselling author Sheila Armstrong had died on stage, but it would most certainly be the last.DCI Alex Warren and his girlfriend, D.I. Sandra McKinnon, return from a short holiday, but hardly manage to step from the plane before they're called to investigate the suspicious death.Sheila, a member of Eastfarm Writers, has been stabbed to death on stage during a rehearsal of a play she’d written. Her death mimics the plot.Within hours, Sandra is roped into investigating a separate series of crimes, which appears to be mob-related. As the enquiries run parallel, they struggle to make progress while supporting each other.But can there be a connection?This is a standalone mystery, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.Praise from readers:????? - "Fast-paced and kept me guessing until the end... Wonderful read."????? - "I loved the witty dialogue, colorful characters, and various vernacular voices, not to mention the topography of Scotland. A dazzling murder mystery."

In Tokyo, murder’s easy to hide. Winner 2018 Shelf Unbound Best Independently Published BookWinner 2017 Book Excellence Awards Best Mystery Solo MedalistWinner 2017 New Apple Awards for Excellence Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white-collar crime in Tokyo. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a grisly murder. A glimpse from a security camera video suggests the killer might be a woman. Hiroshi quickly learns how close homicide and suicide can appear in a city full of high-speed trains just a step—or a push—away. Takamatsu drags Hiroshi out to the hostess clubs and skyscraper offices of Tokyo in search of the killer.Hiroshi goes deeper and deeper into Tokyo’s intricate, perilous market for buying and selling the most expensive land in the world. He teams up with ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi to scour Tokyo’s sacred temples, corporate offices and industrial wastelands to find out why one woman was driven to murder. After years in America and lost in neat, clean spreadsheets, Hiroshi confronts the stark realities of the biggest city in the world, where inside information can travel in a flash from the insiders at top investment firms to street-level punks and teenage hostesses, everyone scrambling for their cut of Tokyo’s lucrative land deals. Hiroshi’s determined to cut through Japan’s ambiguities—and dangers—to find the murdering ex-hostess before she extracts her final revenge—which just might be him.