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  Saint Death

  Mark Dawson

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  John Milton has been off the grid for six months. 
   
   
   
  He surfaces in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and immediately finds himself drawn into a vicious battle with the narco-gangs that control the borderlands. 
   
   
   
  Milton saves the life of an idealistic young journalist who has been targeted for execution. The only way to keep her safe is to smuggle her into Texas. Working with the only untouchable cops in the city, and a bounty hunter whose motives are unclear, Milton must keep her safe until the crossing can be made. 
   
   
   
  But when the man looking for her is the legendary assassin Santa Muerta—Saint Death—that's a lot easier said than done.

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  The Boy's Tale

  Margaret Frazer

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  SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN . . ."Sanctuary! In God's name you must give it!"A dark lady rides back into the life of Dame Frevisse, bearing with her two small boys haunted by the touch of death and scandal. Nine men lie dead on the road behind them, victims of the grim fate which relentlessly pursues them. Some seek to turn them away, but when they request sanctuary Frevisse is bound by her holy oaths to grant it.But in welcoming them within the walls of St. Frideswide, has Dame Frevisse allowed death to stalk the nunnery's halls? When she begins to untangle the mystery of these strange guests, the truth she discovers may be enough to doom them all. Forced to keep secrets better left untold even from the nuns of her own order, Frevisse is caught in a crucible between faith and duty.To learn the boy's name is to be drawn into a conspiracy of shame. To hear the boy's tale is to face death.

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  My Perfect Sister - An...

  Penny Batchelor

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  Annie is five when her beloved big sister, Gemma, leaves for school and is never seen again.The police search for weeks and Annie never gives up hope that Gemma will one day come home to her.Now, twenty years after her sister mysteriously vanished, Annie returns to her childhood home to care for her ill mother.Opening the door to Gemma's room, Annie finds it untouched from the day her sister disappeared, with her make up still on the dresser and her books open on her bed.Annie is certain that the answers to what happened to Gemma are here in her old room.But in the search to finally find Gemma, will Annie discover her perfect sister is not who she thought she was? And will her quest for answers put her in deadly danger?Someone knows the truth. And they will do anything to stop Annie from finding it...An absolutely gripping psychological thriller about the dark secrets that lurk behind closed doors, with a killer twist you just won't see coming.

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  Crimson

  Casey Morales

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  Silver Medal winner in the 2024 Bookfest Awards Competition . . . 
   
   
   
  Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond. 
   
   
   
  When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why. Sparks of something new burst within, opening his eyes to possibilities he'd never dreamed. 
   
   
   
  In the giddy fog of a forbidden courtship and the safety of the campus bubble, the world's troubles seem far away. Until they aren't. German tanks roll through Europe, while Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. There's no safe place left to hide. 
   
   
   
  Compelled to do their part, young people enlist in record numbers. Will and his friends join the queue. But instead of a bus headed to basic training, Will is thrust into the world of shadows and secrets. 
   
   
   
  Crimson is a slow-burn MM romance wrapped in a thriller, a first-in-series that sets up many grand adventures to come. Fans of James Bond, Jason Bourne, and author Tal Bauer watch out! 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Gina Washington Slept Here

  Katherine Bolger Hyde

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  Don't give up, Erin. I'm waiting for you. Find me. 
   
   
   
  What happened to Gina Washington? Twelve-year-old Erin's world was turned upside down twenty years ago when her mother suddenly vanished and never returned. 
   
   
   
  Arriving at the Seafarer's Rest B&B in the coastal resort of Pacific Grove in California for a much-needed vacation, Erin is stunned to learn that her mother stayed at the inn shortly after disappearing all those years ago and makes a disturbing discovery in the grounds. Did Gina lay clues in the hope that Erin would one day try to find her? Drawn into a life-changing quest to unravel the truth, Erin uncovers deception, conspiracy and passion. But as she finally starts to find answers to the many questions around her mother's disappearance, Erin's own life is in grave danger . . .

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  Sherlock Holmes and the Reigate...

  Sir Aarthur Conan Doyl

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  Dr Watson takes Sherlock Holmes into the country to recover from exhaustion, unwittingly leading them into a new case of murder involving the Reigate Squire.  
  First published in 1893 and collected as part of "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes". Narrated by Robin Reads.

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