Publisher: Wildside Press
When successful businessman Cyrus Darling abruptly sells his business, then is found dead apparently of suicide, Mrs. Darling summons Nick Carter to investigate.
When a series of events bring Chad Hunter and hot Agency super spy Sirena back together again, the action gets ramped up immediately. Chad has been hired by the Defense Department to develop a new weapon system based on the Hypershot rail gun system, with a scheduled test looming from a remote site on a volcano in Ecuador. While attending a United Nations World Conference on International Telecommunications in Brazil, Chad runs into Sirena. After a terrorist group bombs the hotel, killing a number of diplomats, and almost killing Chad and Sirena, the two of them join forces to discover who was behind the bombing. Did the bombing have anything to do with Chad's weapons test? Eventually, Sirena must choose between her allegiance with the Agency and her friendship with Chad, while both run for their lives from the remote Ecuadorian forest to the steamy shores of Columbia, fighting a brutal force of hired killers, government agents and a cabal of bureaucratic numbskulls determined to bring them both down.Show book
Five novels of action and suspense in one volume, featuring the special forces veteran who’s now a lawyer—but still combat-ready.Unleashed An ex-SAS captain fights back and survives a violent attack in his quiet Scottish village—only to wind up with himself and his family in the crosshairs of a vengeful Glaswegian gangster . . .Violation When Adam Black learns he’s the sole beneficiary of a stranger’s will, the puzzling legacy is shrouded in mystery. To find the truth behind it, he will travel a violent and treacherous path that leads to devastating consequences—and forces him to resort to his expertise in killing for survival.Venomous The prime minister’s daughter has been abducted, and to gain crucial information from a psychopath nicknamed the Red Serpent, Black must infiltrate one of Scotland’s toughest prisons.Fury A stranger gives Black a book, claiming it holds the key to his wife’s murder. A Hollywood actor filming in Glasgow makes a strange request that throws Black’s life into turmoil. And a long-dormant killer re-emerges with gruesome results. All will entangle Black in his most mysterious case yet . . .Finale Black investigates an old friend’s murder as a favor to his grieving widow—but as he plunges into a mystery involving money laundering and human trafficking, he may go to his own grave without any answers . . .Show book
Old Town Virginia's entertaining guru and occasional sleuth Sophie Winston—a young Martha Stewart in the making—juggles Fourth of July fireworks, a houseful of guests, and homicide in the latest Domestic Diva culinary mystery from New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis.With a big crowd descending on her Northern Virginia home, it's a good thing event planner Sophie Winston is an expert at entertaining. Whipping up patriotic pastries is as easy as pie for her, though meeting the man her widowed Aunt Melly just impulsively married in Las Vegas is a little more awkward. Especially when Melly's longtime, now-heartbroken secret admirer is there too, which could lead to some fireworks.But the house party really gets explosive when Sophie's favorite tour guide falls victim to a killer—and evidence points to Sophie's own father. Will DNA really incriminate her dad? And what's the real story with her new uncle-by-marriage and the mysterious pal he's brought along with him? Some of the secrets Sophie's discovering are raising flags—and while the police department casts suspicion on her father, she has to declare her independence as a detective to find the real culprit, and serve justice along with her red, white, and blue cupcakes . . .Show book
A master storyteller of the American frontier presents a western about a town that could not be tamed—and the vicious things men will do for gold. Picket-Stake Hendry has spent thirty years roaming the Calico Mountains in search of gold. Finally, in a lonely little canyon far from civilization, he strikes the mother lode, and as soon as he gets home to register the claim, he'll be a millionaire. But before he can make it to Cosmos, a bandit attacks him. Cosmos sheriff Johnny Hendry prefers playing cards to fighting crime, and he's kept the peace in this rough-and-tumble western town by letting bandits do whatever they want. But when he hears that Pick, his adoptive father, has been murdered, he vows bloody vengeance. For the sake of the old prospector, he will clean up Cosmos—or die where he stands.Show book
They messed with his partner. Now they have to deal with Mason Sharpe. Army veteran Mason Sharpe is recovering from surgery when the email comes in. Just two short lines, all numbers. The first is a zip code. The second is the police code for immediate, emergency backup. And the sender? Jacquie Richardson, his former partner on the Phoenix police force. A woman who once saved Mason’s life. If Jacquie needs help, Mason will be there. No questions asked. The zip code points to the backwater town of Whitford, deep in the foothills of Arkansas mountain country. When he gets there, Mason’s worst fears are realized. Jacquie is missing and her uncle has been murdered, his body branded with an extremist symbol. Mason investigates and uncovers a group of Neo-Nazi extremists headquartered in the quiet rural county. Pushing their radical agenda, using violence to intimidate the local community. But they haven’t reckoned on Mason. He’ll do whatever it takes to save Jacquie. Unleashing a special kind of hell, showing them there are so many ways he can… Strike Back. Strike Back – book 7 of the exciting Mason Sharpe action thriller series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Jason Kasper and David Archer.Show book
It’s time for the annual Whispering Pines Tour of Gardens, and plant lovers are arriving by the busload. Discussions of raised beds, fertilizers, and proper amounts of water and sunlight can be heard all around the village. Then just as the tours begin, chaos erupts. Someone has vandalized the gardens. Between running her successful shop, Hearth & Cauldron, and dealing with her new teenage boarder who has turned her orderly homelife into the female Wiccan version of The Odd Couple, hearth witch Reeva Long doesn’t have time to track down suspects. It’s the middle of the busy tourist season, however, and solving petty crimes isn’t high on the sheriff’s priority list either. So Reeva and her sidekick best friend, Ruby McLaughlin, dig in. When events escalate and one of the witches on the tour is attacked, the amateur sleuths fear this is something more sinister than a few pulled-up posies. Hearth & Hedge is the second book in the Hearth & Cauldron Mysteries series. If you like your witchy mysteries on the cozy side with plenty of quirky characters, and a dash of paranormal, you’ll love this series.Show book
