Cynthia Shade. That's her name. She has ADHD and cynophobia. That's just a fancy way of saying she's terrified of dogs. Not all dogs mind you, just the tiny ones that come at you with their razor-sharp fangs and frenzied eyes. To make it worse, she can't find a job, rather, she can't keep a job, and she's about to be evicted. Just when she gets a glimmer of hope she's blackmailed into trying to solve a murder.Wait-what?Cue the handsome sheriff who awakens real interest in per...

Born into the violent confusion of the human race, Rosh is defamed, abused and alone. Is he destined to save us or die trying?

Cynthia Shade still grapples with cynophobia and her mother's disapproval, but she is slowly settling into a new routine. Then her sister is arrested for murder, Sheriff Joseph gets shot, and her beloved Beetle catches on fire. To top it off, someone is determined to make sure that Cynthia's life gets snuffed out in the flames. She has ADHD. Routines are boring anyway, right?With law enforcement on her tail for interfering in the investigation, a murderer on the loose, and three pe...

Cynthia Shade, the reluctant defective detective with ADHD and cynophobia is back in this third installment of the Cynthia Shade Series.

Acrylic Painting book is the ultimate guide to acrylic painting. It will introduce the reader to acrylic painting by making them understand what acrylic painting is, why they should go for acrylic painting rather than other forms of painting and even provide them information on why acrylics are loved. The book will introduce a reader looking to start still painting, portrait painting and landscape to the different painting techniques available and how to apply them, how to choose colors, t...

Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke’s iconic detective, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman, pulling him into a vortex of corruption and violence in the Louisiana bayouWhen a cloaked, disfigured man leaves a dead woman in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux’s property, he knows his world and family are about to change.With Valerie Benoit, a detective new to the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Department who is grappling with sexist and racist harass...

From the New York Times best-selling historian, a portrait of one of America’s most storied military leaders.As general of the Union army and president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced problems as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, an ultimately thwarted project of Reconstruction, the early years of the sordid Gilded Age, and the battle for African American rights and freedom. But in life and in death, the general’...

What if everything you believed was planted?What if the choices you defend most confidently were planted long before you ever made them?Trojan explores the hidden mechanics of influence, perception, power, and control. Moving through ideas of social conditioning, language, attention, silence, wealth, and psychological strategy, it reveals how invisible forces shape the way people think, behave, and desire.This is not a book meant to be rushed through once and forgot...

A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF 2025Longlisted for the 2026 CWA Gold Dagger AwardBestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie HollandAt the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known. She fin...

“One of the best novels of the year from one of the very best writers at work today.”—Rocky Mountain NewsThe townspeople of New Iberia, Louisiana, didn’t crucify Megan Flynn’s father. They just didn’t catch whoever pinned him to a barn wall with sixteen-penny nails.Decades later, Megan, now a world-famous photojournalist, has come back to the bayou, looking for cop Dave Robicheaux. It was Dave who found the body of labor leader Jack Flynn. The sigh...

If you want to be in the right place at the right time, it pays to show up a few minutes early. Fortunes can be made by finding "the next big thing." Some of the best investments over the past few years came from Silicon Valley. Over the next decade, we'll see even bigger opportunities from the internet of things (IoT), 5G, augmented reality, cryptocurrencies, automation, artificial intelligence, longevity science, and new sources of energy. Foresight Investing provides a remarkable toolbo...

One of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of a dozen short stories set in James Lee Burke’s most beloved milieu, the Deep South.“America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post), two-time Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke is renowned for his lush, suspense-charged portrayals of the Deep South—the people, the crime, the hope and despair infused in the bayou landscape. This stunning anthology takes us back to where Burke's heart...