Harrowing, smart, and riotously entertaining, Guilt by Degrees is a thrilling ride through the world of LA courts with the unforgettable Rachel Knight.Someone has been watching D.A. Rachel Knight -- someone who's Rachel's equal in brains, but with more malicious intentions. It began when a near-impossible case fell into Rachel's lap, the suspectless homicide of a homeless man. In the face of courthouse backbiting and a gauzy web of clues, Rachel is determined to deliver justice. She's got back-up: tough-as-nails Detective Bailey Keller. As Rachel and Bailey stir things up, they're shocked to uncover a connection with the vicious murder of an LAPD cop a year earlier. Something tells Rachel someone knows the truth, someone who'd kill to keep it secret.

What if the greatest threat to humanity isn’t coming from above… but from below?On his 49th birthday, Rex Lassiter decides he's done with danger.After surviving the battlefields of Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL, then fighting blowouts, hurricanes, and armed revolutionaries, on deepwater drilling rigs across the globe, he’s ready to settle into the quiet life on his late grandfather’s Colorado ranch—a place of hard-earned peace and cherished memories.But fate likes irony, and peace is a luxury Rex can’t afford. Ruthless developers circle like vultures, ready to bulldoze his heritage into a billionaire’s playground. With lawsuits bleeding him dry, Rex is one court date away from losing it all.Enter Joss Malloy—a cocky young tech mogul with a proposition too insane to refuse: lead a black-ops crew aboard the Theseus, the world’s most advanced drillship, to retrieve a classified artifact locked 11,000 feet beneath the Antarctic Ocean. The payout? Enough to bury the developers and secure Rex’s future forever.There’s just one problem: the ship’s advanced AI, ADONIS, is unraveling—hallucinating, rewriting code, and whispering in languages no human should understand. And the closer they get, the more the object responds… like it’s waiting.As Rex gathers a ragtag team of battle-hardened veterans, brilliant engineers, and fearless misfits, he must confront the treacherous conditions of the Antarctic while navigating the potential threat of the object below.As ADONIS’s psychosis spirals and the artifact begins to awaken, Rex realizes that what started as a recovery mission is quickly turning into a fight for survival."Some things were never meant to be found. Some doors, once opened, can’t be closed.”In a heart-stopping race against corporate greed, a rogue AI, and a discovery that predates mankind, Rex Lassiter’s final mission becomes humanity’s last stand.Join Rex and his team on a pulse-pounding adventure, where secrets are unearthed that may have been better off left in the Antarctic's icy depths, and one man’s fight for his legacy becomes a battle for the future of Earth.

How well do you really know your neighbors?Jen Silver has just moved to an affluent suburb in Pennsylvania with her partner, Dan, and their daughter. It’s a picture-perfect neighborhood where residents hang out on each other’s patios sipping margaritas on warm summer nights. Jen and her family blend effortlessly into the close-knit community.But Jen isn’t who they think she is.Twenty years ago, Jen’s sister vanished without a trace. She’s spent her life chasing the truth — and she didn’t choose this community for its safety or its excellent schools.Jen moved here for answers.She knows the truth is here but as Jen pieces together the events of twenty years ago, someone is determined to keep the facts from coming to light.But secrets never stay hidden forever. And the most dangerous truths lie close to home . . .This tense psychological suspense novel packed full of family secrets is perfect for fans of Claire Douglas, Dandy Smith, A. R. Torres and Liane Moriarty. Readers LOVE The People Next Door:‘Held my full attention. If I had to leave it for a while, I was always glad to get back to it . . . Readers of all types of psychological thriller will enjoy it. Highly recommended.’ Helen Matthews, author of GIRL OUT OF SIGHT‘A tense, taut psychological thriller brimming with dark secrets, hidden agendas, and stunning revelations, THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR by Kate Braithwaite kept me turning pages late into the night.’ Hope C. Tarr, Author of the American Songbook Series: IRISH EYES and STARDUST.????? ‘An astounding read, this book has everything.’????? ‘Ahhhh!!!! Incredible read!! This fast-paced thriller gripped me right away! I was so intrigued to keep turning the pages and get all the answers!’????? ‘A hard to put down page turner, highly recommended.’????? ‘Such a gripping read! The suspense and tension build up perfectly, with twists and secrets that totally caught me off guard.’????? ‘All I can say is WOW — a MUST READ!!!’

Before there was Covid, there was the Seneca strain…“Fun, fast, original, and won't strain your emotions.”—ScienceThrillersDr. Sydney McKnight, a young physician battling the deadliest influenza pandemic of all time, joins forces with Dr. Casper Jones, an odd new research virologist whose arrival coincides with the virus’s advent and whose presence raises more questions than answers.As scientists around the world search for an explanation for the virus’s high mortality rate, Sydney’s distrust of Casper grows, especially after she discovers him injecting an unidentified substance into her patient. Despite a heavy patient load, rebuttals from her boss, and an increasingly strained relationship with her boyfriend, Sydney is determined to learn the truth.But what she finds will plunge her into danger and change her life forever…(This novel was initially published by Whiskey Creek Press in 2012. This is a 2nd edition.)

What readers are saying:????? "Well Done!"????? "I LOVE this series soooo much!!!"????? "...a cleverly crafted and thrilling mystery..."????? "It is easy to get lost in these pages and feel like you are part of the team."????? "...Hamilton is an excellent writer, drawing the reader into the story from the first chapter."While sneaking away from a 5th anniversary party Madeline’s Current Affairs orchestrated for Tara and Troy Richardson, she receives an appeal from Russell Barnett. The shifty P.I. needs their help tracking down Dylan Latham, the son of the P.I. Madeline hired during the implosion of her first marriage. Russell knows Madeline can’t turn him down because of her misplaced guilt over Burt Latham’s demise while trying to save her from a monster.A frantic call from Troy Richardson at quarter to six the following morning wakes Madeline out of a troubled sleep. Tara is nowhere to be found.This second missing person case quickly turns into a kidnapping for ransom, something the MDPI team doesn’t feel comfortable handling alone. But when they learn all local law enforcement is involved in a multi-agency operation, they have no choice but to stick with it.Meanwhile, their search for Dylan leads them to the home of wealthy Cat Kingman, an eccentric widow in her late-70s. The case quickly turns into a search for two twenty-somethings. As they start wading through the past for clues to their disappearance, they uncover startling truths that could set off reverberations around the world.Houses of Deception is the 6th book in the Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series.

The past is coming back from the dead to confront her…FBI Agent Cassidy Knox thought she’d get a fresh start at the animal sanctuary she inherited in the Florida Everglades. One filled more with the romance of a budding relationship than the horrors of her career. But she was wrong.After she’s woken in the dead of night by a terrifying home invasion, she finds herself thrust back into a nightmare when she realizes that the intruders were there for something specific… and whatever it was, she forced them to leave without it. Desperate to figure out what they were after before they return, her search for answers finds her forced to confront a dangerous conspiracy linked to her family—one with truths that change everything she thought she knew about her past.When her childhood sweetheart mysteriously goes missing, Cassidy finds herself drawn even deeper into a treacherous labyrinth of lies, alone in a game of survival. With trust a luxury she can’t afford, she doesn’t know who to turn to, only that the wrong decision could be her last. Torn between her instincts and growing paranoia, she races against time to save everything she holds dear, but will she be able to unravel the deadly web of deception before more lives are lost? Or will she fall victim to a fatal betrayal?Prepare yourself for a gritty, page-turning mystery packed with high-stakes, dark secrets, and breathless suspense. A twisty edge-of-your-seat romantic crime thriller that will leave you trusting no one.