"With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, [this thriller] disturbs and charms at the same time." — BooklistOnce a cancer patient, former Orlando detective Mike Garrity is a survivor—for now, at least. Death has a way of following him around, like a black cloud over his head. If it's not his own mortality he's thinking about, it's someone else's. Like his teenage daughter's friend who just died of a suspected suicide. Or ...

"[A] thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it'll make you bleed." —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling authorFormer Orlando detective Michael Garrity doesn't have a good track record when it comes to women. With two ex-wives and a teenage daughter he rarely sees, the most significant relationship in his life right now is with the tumor in his head. Terminal cancer is no joke, but Mike is determined to ma...

You'll pay for admission with your life . . . An amusement park hides a killer in this unforgettable thriller from "a great new talent in crime fiction" (Lee Irby, author of Bottom Feeders).As Orlando's third-largest theme park, Empire Realm, prepares to celebrate its twentieth anniversary, a public relations disaster strikes. In a span of three weeks, two tourists are found dead, victims of strangulation.Enter Kevin Lonnegan, cop-turned-private in...

Winner of The Florida Book Awards Bronze Medal for Popular FictionTo find a missing girl, Sandy must return to the insidious places she once worked tirelessly to escapeSandy Corrigan used to be called Diamond. She used to live in an apartment with other girls like her, though she rarely slept there, instead spending her evenings in hotel rooms around Orlando with lonely, unfaithful men. That is, until the incident.But despite the personal hell she endu...

Fantasy meets reality when a deranged killer targets tourists at a major Orlando theme park. Enter Kevin Lonnegan, a former cop turned private investigator, hired to go undercover as a park employee to find the killer before another murder occurs. Along the way, Kevin crosses paths with an old nemesis, finally comes to terms with the demons of his own past, and confronts the killer in a life or death struggle that will leave only one person standing. Your ticket is waiting. Welcome to…Murd...

Honorable Mention for the 2026 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature, UPCEA & Frandson Award CommitteeThe Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook explores the essential competencies required of Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs) using insights from real-world leadership and expert perspectives from higher education. Digital and online learning have become strategic priorities for higher education institutions working toward enrollment gro...

" A literary pulp fiction that flays and skewers post-Millennial New York and along the way reinvents the American detective novel." —Evan Wright, New York Times–bestselling authorHarry Bloch is a ghost—ghostwriter, that is. He's the man behind your favorite pulpy barbarians-in-space novels and vampire romances. He's no bestselling success, but he's eked out a living as a freelancer, living in Queens in his late mother's apartment. Until n...

"Enjoyable entertainment . . . a mystery/suspense novel with links to classic rock history and mythology" featuring recovering detective Mike Travis ( Foreword ).Los Angeles Times BestsellerAfter twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the small town of Avalon, he lives and works on his yacht...

"A deftly crafted novel of compelling complexity," this first book in the mystery series featuring cop therapist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is "absorbing" ( Midwest Book Review).As her police department's newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has a lot to prove. Especially since everyone on a small-town force doesn't see any reason for a shrink on staff. So when the rookie cop commits suicide, everyone's looking to blame Dot—even Dot herself. Dot knew Ben ...

A legendary cold case from Arizona history may help solve the suspicious death of an Apache boy in this mystery series debut.More than a century ago, Maj. Joseph Wham was killed during a payroll robbery in Arizona Territory. The case was never solved, leaving behind a legacy of death and distrust. Now the mysterious killing of a young Apache boy has local law enforcement wondering if the tragic incident might be connected to the curse of Major Wham's lost payroll.

2023 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD * APPLE BOOK OF THE MONTH SELECTION"A high energy foray into cryptocurrency and government corruption."— First Clue"This light and lively series launch introduces 75-year-old Ethel Fiona Crestwater...an elderly Nancy Drew: sure of herself and her convictions, and ready to bend a few rules to achieve her goal of seeing justice done." — Publishers Weekly

From a British crime author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," twenty-three short mysteries featuring the brilliant Inspector Appleby ( The Times Literary Supplement).It appears Inspector Appleby is ready to tell all in this must-read collection of twenty-three short stories from acclaimed Scottish mystery author Michael Innes. One of the most discerning detectives of Golden Age fiction, Appleby sits down with pipe in hand to spin tales ...