Master thief Justin Vincent and his computer hacker partner Ashna help people recover stolen items when the authorities can't. This time, their client needs his missing research notes back—notes that could help provide the solution to a century old musical mystery. The trail is cold, but the motive is clear: a £1 million reward offered to anyone who can decode the secret message hidden in Sir Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations. Justin and Ashna come up against a mystery steeped in arcane lor...

Master thief Justin Vincent likes the freedom, money, and self-determination his unusual career provides but also feels it is a life he fell into by accident. When a priceless painting is stolen from his lover, Justin agrees to use his underworld contacts and knowledge of the black market to track it down. The search leads him to an antiquities dealer who has fallen on hard times and a mysterious European middleman. With the help of his friend Ashna, a skilled hacker, Justin gathers clues ...

A familiar voice, echoing down the years. Justin’s long-lost sister on the phone. But something is off. She’s in danger. She warns him to stay away but he resolves to find her. Undercover, Justin infiltrates the remote commune in Utah where Malena was living only to find she has been transferred to another location. Digging for clues, Justin discovers disturbing evidence: black market ICBM parts and an international smuggling operation. The cult members grow suspicious. Justin is trapped a...

Even with the right plans and preparation, change and adaptation are necessary for the best zombie apocalypse survivor. This is the blog of a successful survivor that follows his experiences, successes and failures, as he hides away in his attic during the initial stages of the zombie plague to his eventual success in dealing with the hordes. It serves as a loose intro to other stories of the Zombie Apocalypse Survivor short stories and sketches by Jason Thornton.It is written as a ...

The cerebral and principled forensic pathologist Dr. Bodhi King confronts his most perplexing case yet in Flight Path, the sixth book in the series by USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller.When Bodhi King finds the first dead bird on the beach, he chalks it up to natural causes. Then he finds a second. And a third. He’s camping on the Eastern Shore to re-center himself and recommit to Buddhism, not to play veterinary pathologist. But his ...

In this short story from the New York Times bestselling thriller anthology FaceOff, bestselling authors Steve Berry and James Rollins - along with their popular characters Cotton Malone and Gray Pierce - team up for the first time ever.In a visit to Copenhagen, Gray Pierce happened upon a bookshop owned by an ex-lawyer named Cotton Malone, but he never had a chance to really get to know the owner. Too bad, because they had a lot in common: both men were ex-militar...

Amy and Dan are in a race for their lives . . . and the enemy may be even closer than they think.When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister Amy vowed they'd stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible. Amy and Dan have just days to track down and steal an ancient map. The only catch? No one has seen the map for h...

A violent home invasion shatters Eileen’s tranquil country life, forcing her to confront her deepest fears.This short story takes place in the world of the Elements of the Undead, but is not part of the series.

***Get 6 FREE ebooks @http://www.DavidMarkBrownWrites.com as part of the FREE DMB PRIMER LIBRARY!***Before Aliens there was Hell's Womb"I tried cutting the tension in this story with a knife before eventually resorting to a rusty chainsaw.""Put on your worst pair of underpants. Hell's Womb is just that scary."WARNING:This digital short is not recommended for anyone suffering from cl...

TO: UNIT 3 ChicagoFROM: DIRECTORIMPORTANCE: CriticalSUBJECT: Specimen RetrievalTARGET: Shadowy hunter-killer teams, ID'ed via signature kills worldwide. Identifiable only by skull-spine removal from victims. No witnesses, no forensics, no particular race targeted. On rare occasions, scraps of what appear to be playing cards found at murder sites.OBJECTIVE: Locate and capture any member of such teams. MUST be taken alive for study and observation.

Fifteen Futuristic Tales of Terror from bestselling SF author B. V. Larson! This 60,000 word book is an Anthology of short stories. Most are Science Fiction mixed with Horror. Others might be called Dark Fantasy.... Many have been published previously in various magazines.The first complete story is in the free sample.... Read it now!The Barrier - What does it take to go faster than light?TA96 - Do our genes belong to us?Symptoms of God...

Rentaro is still a fugitive, running from the law for a murder he didn't commit. He and Hotaru are bruised, bleeding, and barely on speaking terms, but they're equally desperate to uncover the identity of Suibara's killer. However, Police Superintendent Hitsuma hasn't given up on pursuing Rentaro! With Hitsuma's impending marriage to heartbroken Kisara advancing closer and closer, will Rentaro clear his name and rescue her in time? And what does saving Kisara mean for their future?