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  The Bootlegger's Betrayal - A...

  Tanya E Williams

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  Secrets age like wine… and this one is ready to be uncorked.  
  Elko, Nevada, 1955 Seventy-six-year-old Meg Bruno has spent decades in quiet exile, keeping the past buried where it belongs. Once known as the infamous Bootlegging Queen, she smuggled sacramental wine during Prohibition—until the law caught up with her, stripping her of everything. The headlines wrote her story, but the truth? That’s a secret she swore she’d take to her grave. 
  June Monroe is a tenacious young reporter desperate for a career-making story. She’s come to Meg’s doorstep, pencil in hand, determined to unearth the facts of one of the largest wine raids in Nevada history while wanting to know more about the woman who never spoke to defend herself. But the harder June presses, the more Meg resists—until a secret she didn’t see coming changes her world forever. 
  As past and present collide, Meg must decide: will she keep her silence and leave this world an outcast, or risk everything to tell the truth at last? 
  Inspired by true events, The Bootlegger’s Betrayal is a sweeping historical novel of resilience, redemption, and the price of keeping secrets.Perfect for readers who love: Fierce, independent heroines, slow-burning family mysteries, rich historical settings, and twists that keep the pages turning.The past is full of secrets… but some refuse to stay buried.

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  Chagos Archipelago - A Novel

  Tom Lutz

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  A Spanish woman trying to retire as an assassin, a French Foreign Legion deserter from Madagascar, a mysterious (perhaps CIA) woman from America, a billionaire military contractor, and a man wandering the seas alone on a sailing ship bump into each other in the Indian Ocean, and not all of them survive. 
   
  Mónica has had enough of her life as a contract killer when she meets lonely wanderer Frank Baltimore in a stupidly expensive resort in Madagascar. A few hundred miles away, Alain has had more than enough of his solitary post on a tiny island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and so when the mysterious Skye offers him a job, he says yes—he doesn't know if she is CIA, Wagner, Darkwater, or a gangster, but he wants in. She takes him to Diego Garcia, the top-secret United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, for training. Things turn ugly and deadly when a man from Frank's past turns up trying to break into the lucrative, secretive, already crowded world of paramilitary contractors. He, Monica, Alain, and Skye end up on his bad side and turn to each other for help.

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  The Triumph Of Night

  Edith Wharton

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  On a snowbound night in a quiet New England village, young architect George Faxon finds himself unexpectedly stranded—only to be drawn into the lavish yet uneasy world of Overdale, the grand estate of the enigmatic John Lavington. What begins as a seemingly hospitable invitation soon turns chilling as shadows gather and hidden truths begin to stir. As George senses a sinister presence looming behind his gracious host, he is faced with a moral reckoning that may cost a young man his life. 
  A masterwork of psychological tension and moral complexity, The Triumph of Night is Edith Wharton’s haunting exploration of guilt, responsibility, and the unseen forces that shape human destiny. Narrated with gravitas and clarity by Ken Kowalik, this gothic novella will leave you pondering the chilling consequences of inaction.

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  The Stalker

  Michele Venné

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  Infatuation turned deadly. Can a psychiatrist and a detective’s growing connection survive a madman’s obsession? 
  Tampa, Florida. Dr. Audrey Ellis's whole world revolves around the human psyche. So when a bouquet of white roses shows up on her doorstep, she quickly realizes someone has developed an unhealthy fixation. Now anxious that predatory eyes follow her every movement, she’s suspicious when she encounters a handsome stranger in the parking lot. 
  P.I. Ross Waldman isn’t looking for love. But after seeing a beautiful woman sitting on a park bench time and again, he recognizes her pain and offers to help. And learning she’s hounded by a mysterious hunter, he volunteers to use all his resources to track down the shadowy culprit. 
  With the incidents escalating and her terror mounting, Audrey gladly accepts Ross’s offer of shelter and a guest bed. And when the big-hearted gumshoe discovers the case has links to the mob, he fears his plan to protect Audrey could climax in a hail of bullets. 
  Can they unmask the twisted suitor before their relationship is gunned down in cold blood? 
  The Stalker is the nail-biting first book in the Waldman Investigations romantic suspense series. If you like emotionally complex characters, unexpected twists, and hair-raising action, then you’ll adore this thrilling tale.

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  Old Age

  Anton Chekhov

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  In Old Age by Anton Chekhov we have the theme of change, loss, renewal, memories, guilt and despair. Taken from his The Complete Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and very early on in the story the reader realises that Chekhov may be exploring the theme of change. Since Uzelkov has returned to his hometown he cannot imagine the differences the town has undertaken. It is not the place that he has left and there is a sense of modernity. Even the old waiter cannot remember the parts of the town that Uzelkov can. What is also interesting about the town is that Uzelkov has many memories there. Including marrying and divorcing his first wife there. But this seems like a distant memory and only Shapkin can recall the marriage and the divorce. For he was responsible for the legal case and was paid handsomely for his duties.
  Over all Old Age is sad tale that lets the reader know that despite the passing of time, time is not a great healer and that the only real winner is Shapkin.

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  The Last Ballad of Kid Cruel - A...

  John J. Law

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  Amos Well drew his huge Bowie knife. The knife's edge glistened against the rays of the sun. He then cut a fine incision through one of Haynes' arms. Haynes screamed as the blade cut through his flesh. Blood spurted out of the wound. Well's knife was drenched in blood now, but he would not cut anymore. 
  "There! That blood should attract some vultures or other vermin. Should add to your agony as well." he said. 
  "You're one sick bastard!" Haynes said. 
  "I'll take that as a compliment!" Kid Cruel said.

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