Publisher: Wildside Press
When her personalized license plate makes an English teacher a suspect in her cheating ex-husband’s death, she uses her skills and experience to defend herself.
He writes gunfights and ticking time bombs. But when he’s kidnapped and forced to plan a real-world crime, every plot twist will be explosive… Dylan Taggart channels his demons through the keyboard. Knocked around by a father who believed weakness was failure, the bestselling suspense author grabs a measure of peace in his gorgeous girlfriend’s arms. But he sees fiction come horrifyingly to life when masked fanatics break in demanding he put his brilliant mind to work and help them steal a secret military super-weapon. Dylan tries to refuse, but his resolve shatters when they leave his lover for dead and punish him mercilessly. Torn between terror and grief, he starts writing the heist scheme as ordered…while feverishly building a cunningly disguised sabotage. Can this tortured artist use his own ingenious plotting skills to prevent the death of millions? Plot/Counterplot is a fast-paced standalone thriller. If you like resourceful characters, intense drama, and endless surprises, then you’ll adore William Bernhardt’s clever caper. “A man on the run... a woman on the run... in a thriller that hits the ground running... then running faster... then absolutely flying. And you're flying, too, flying through the pages with one of the masters of the modern thriller at the controls. William Bernhardt knows when to soar and when to dive, when to make you sweat and when to let you breathe, when to throw this flying machine into a barrel roll that will absolutely shock you and when to bring you home safe and satisfied. A terrific entertainment.” -- William Martin, New York Times-Bestselling Author of The Lincoln Letter and December '41Show book
A three book bundle giving you the first book in three of Andrea's series, namely, The Falconer Files Murder Mysteries, The Belchester Chronicles and The Falconer Files Brief Cases. Get ready for a thrilling mystery bundle that will keep you guessing until the very end! In "Death of an Old Git," DI Falconer and Acting DS Carmichael uncover a web of grudges and familial connections surrounding the murder of a spiteful old man in the village of Castle Farthing. As tempers flare and the body count rises, Falconer must keep his grip on the case amidst the sweltering July heat. The intrigue continues in "Strangeways to Oldham," the first book of The Belchester Chronicles. On a visit to a local nursing home where an old business partner of her father's is residing, she unexpectedly discovers a long-lost friend, Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton-Crump - and stumbles upon murder as well. Brace yourself for a delightful outpouring of upper-class English eccentricities, with the occasional murder thrown in for good measure! But that's not all! In "Love Me To Death," the first instalment in an occasional series of short stories from The Falconer Files, the two detectives are summoned to investigate the mysterious death of a young woman on Christmas Day. As they delve deeper into the case, a discovery made by Dr Christmas on the internet suggests that her death could have been a tragic accident... or was it something more sinister? Three gripping mysteries, two dynamic detective duos, one unputdownable bundle. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun, and Midsomer Murders, this collection offers an insanely addictive village detective series with a delightful slice of humour and the unlikely duo of Lady Amanda Golightly and Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton-Crump who embark on a madcap adventure as amateur sleuths (keep your tongue firmly in your cheek!!).Show book
Berlin, 1989. Protests across East Germany threaten the Iron Curtain and Communism is the ill man of Europe. Anne Simpson, an American who works as a translator at the Joint Operations Refugee Committee, thinks she is in a normal marriage with a charming East German. But then her husband disappears and the CIA and Western German intelligence arrive at her door. She had been targeted by the Matchmaker—a high level East German counterintelligence officer—who runs a network of Stasi agents. These agents are his "Romeos" who marry vulnerable women in West Berlin to provide them with cover as they report back to the Matchmaker. The CIA are desperate to find the Matchmaker because of his close ties to the KGB. They believe he can establish the truth about a high-ranking Soviet defector. They need Anne because she's the only person who has seen his face and she is the CIA's best chance to identify him before the Matchmaker escapes to Moscow. Time is running out as the Berlin Wall falls and chaos engulfs East Germany. But what if Anne's husband is not dead? And what if Anne has her own motives for finding the Matchmaker to deliver a different type of justice?Show book
S.E. BIGLOW'S COZY MYSTERY STARTER PACK contains the first book in each of her cozy mystery series. From sleuthing shopkeepers and inquisitive reverends to magical mysteries, this collection has something for every cozy mystery lover. PRAISE FOR S.E. BIGLOW'S BOOKS ★★★★★ "...a fun, fast-paced, paranormal cozy mystery with interesting characters full of mystery, suspense and action" - wkertbun (Bookbub review) ★★★★★ "Cozy mystery at its finest" – Suziebee30 (online review) ★★★★★ "Everything you look for in a good mystery" – Mimi (Goodreads review) ★★★★★ "plenty of surprises and twists to keep you entertained" jlh2496 (BookBub review) ★★★★★ "Engaging and fun…the perfect beach read" – (online review) Three amateur sleuths....three small towns....one bundle of cozy mysteries. Pains and Penalties Kalina Greystone's return home brings back old friends and even older secrets. Her great aunt's murder pushes her to snoop where she doesn't belong. As she digs into her aunt's past, she uncovers a dark truth the killer wants revealed. Will she stop the spree before the killer's thirst for vengeance is sated? Into the Lion's Den Reverend Margot Quade never expected to be dropped in the midst of a murder. She just wanted to get reacquainted with her hometown of Port Marie, Vermont, maybe find her place in the world again after serving her tour of duty. But when a friendly dinner with a member of her unit turns deadly, she's pulled into a mystery she can't help but solve. High Noon When one of her coworkers turns up dead, witch Darcy Ingram becomes the prime suspect — and sets out to clear her name with the help of some paranormal companions! Her magic leads on the hunt for the real killer. But is Darcy willing to risk her new beginning to catch the real perpetrator?Show book
Detective Norman is out of retirement and back on the beat in a rainy Welsh seaside town. Llangwelli might be short on sunshine, but it’s certainly not short on murders . . . Norman is a bit old-fashioned, but he’s also willing to learn from his band of misfit recruits. On a freezing November morning a man jogs down to the shore at a small Welsh beach. He strips off all his clothes and strides out into the icy water. No one knows who he is. But locals say only a fool — or someone with a death wish — would go into the sea at this time of year. With no body, Detective Norman’s young team are baffled. Who was this man? And why would he go into the water that day? Then builders in town make a gruesome discovery. A skull is found in a shallow grave. Llangwelli Police now have two unsolved deaths on their hands. And things only get stranger when it seems the two are connected . . . It’s going to take all Detective Norman’s experience to whip his band of misfits into shape to crack the case. This absolutely gripping detective mystery full of twists and turns is perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, J.D. Kirk, Pauline Rowson, Elly Griffiths, Matt Brolly and Simon McCleave. Please note this audiobook was previously published as A Body of Confusion.Show book
"The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is contacted by Miss Violet Smith of Farnham, Surrey about an unusual turn in hers and her mother's lives. Violet's father has recently died and left his wife and daughter rather poor. There was an ad in the news asking about their whereabouts. Answering it, they met Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Woodley, the former a pleasant enough man, but the latter a bully. They had come from South Africa, where they had known Violet's uncle Ralph Smith, who had now also died in poverty and apparently wanted to see that his relatives were provided for. This struck Violet as odd, since she and her family had not heard a word from Smith since his departure for South Africa 25 years ago. Carruthers and Woodley explained that before dying, Ralph had heard of his brother's death and felt responsible for his survivors' welfare.Show book
