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Something stinks at the town hall.Caleb, ex-war hero now internal auditor, has too many questions and no tolerance for people who won’t answer them.What started as a routine audit of a wrongly raised cheque, quickly uncovers a fraud. Is it linked to the murder of a lonely old man?Caleb thinks it’s all part of bigger dodgy deal. A local crook seems to have the town hall bigwigs in his vice like grip.Just how far does the rot in the Town Hall ...

We all fear death's dark spectre, but in a zombie apocalypse, dying is a privilege reserved for the lucky few. There are worse things than a bullet to the brain—much worse.Meet Dave, a husband and father with a dirty secret, who quickly discovers that lies aren't only dangerous…they're deadly. Athlete Sarah once ran for glory, but when she finds herself alone on a country road with an injured knee, second place is as good as last. Howard, shovelling coal in the darkness of a Welsh ...

He was a pig, a jerk, selfish, callous, crude, tactless, prone to outbursts and gorgeous. The kind of gorgeous where you didn’t even attempt to hide the fact that you were staring. I knew the type: His entire life he has coasted on his good looks, artificial charm, and sex appeal. Everyone wanted to be him or be ON him. I had been hurt by jerks like him before. He was like those guys but far worse.I was the unfortunate sucker to be offered a gig I desperately needed as his live-in ...

The undead. The reanimated. Monsters that walk the earth once Hell is full. Zombies. Call them what you want. No one was prepared for the end of the world to bring the impossible; the dead were never actually supposed to rise. War, plague, natural disaster maybe - but the dead rising to eat the living? That was never supposed to become reality.It began with sniffles, coughs, and fever. Once sick, the end came soon, but so did the beginning. Just as quickly as the sick begin to fall,...

When a harmless white lie shatters your entire world. Abby’s long-awaited visit to Southeast Asia is meant to be a happy reunion with her son, Ryan, who works for the State Department—or so she thought. The vacation starts blissfully with jungle hikes, massages, and exotic meals. Still, Abby can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right. Ryan is hiding things, and the cracks of a perfect getaway start to show.But when a routine meeting with a colleague spirals out of control...

Discover dark mysteries nestled in every borough of the Big Apple in this collection of five noir short story anthologies.New York City Noir: The Five Borough Set collects the five NYC borough installments in our award-winning Akashic Noir Series into a single e-book edition: Brooklyn Noir, edited by Tim McLoughlin, Manhattan Noir, edited by Lawrence Block, Bronx Noir, edited by S.J. Rozan, Queens Noir, edited by Robert K...

A missing official, unanswered questions, and a growing sense of unease set the stage for The Borough Treasurer, a compelling mystery that draws readers into the hidden workings of a seemingly respectable community. As financial concerns and personal loyalties become increasingly entangled, long-kept secrets begin to emerge, revealing that appearances can conceal far more than anyone suspects. With his trademark skill for suspense and carefully crafted plotting, Joseph Smith Fletcher leads...

Can these destined mates battle time and old beliefs to find each other?Aaron Tanner is one of the Alpha wolf-shifters of the Greensborough pack. As with all his kindred, Aaron bears a birth-mark which will match his perfect mate. He's been searching for nearly twenty years … and failing. The ache of longing in his body and soul grows harsher with each passing day. Grayson’s mate Reagan brings hope when he spies a young were with the same mark, but the man disappea...

A runaway bride and a determined bachelor . . .Lady Gardenia has no desire to marry the horrid duke her father has chosen for her, but since her sister's escape, the Duke of Crossings is more domineering than ever.So when Nia is faced with vowing to love, honor, and obey during her wedding ceremony, she is presented with one final choice: marry the horrible Duke of Dewberry, or reach for freedom and run away from her own wedding.And if she ...

It's Grayson's little sisters turn at love... but it won't be simple, or straight forward for the Alpha-born female.Megan Nox, has a birthmark which should match her perfect mate's, yet no Alpha male in the Greensborough pack has the same mark. There's only one possibility, her fated mate must be outside the pack she was born into and Megan is convinced he will be at the upcoming Spring Festival.Lucas Noll is a Beta wolf shifter in the Robinvale pa...

It took seven days to create the world ... now they have seven days to save it. 'A superlative political thriller' Rob Minshull, ABC It took seven days to create the world ... now they have seven days to save it. Extremists hijack the conference centre where heads of state have gathered in an attempt to bring society back from the brink of global environmental catastrophe, and the clock starts ticking: seven days until certain death for presidents and prime ministers alike, unless the terr...

The final Alpha of the Borough meets his mate… but it may be too late.Full of restless longing to see the world, Brad Talon has spent years roaming far and wide. But something has been calling him home… tugging at him. As a self professed loner- he resists as long as he can, until he receives an urgent message that he's needed at home.Back in Greensborough, he sees first-hand the ravages of Rogue attacks on the 'Borough. He also learns that as the last un-m...