While the town of Harding grapples with a catastrophic and unexpected flood, a young businesswoman is found dead, beaten to death on the steps of her father’s mansion.Detective Kyle Villante gets his first call after coming off a two-year undercover stint that ended in a bloodbath and marred his reputation with the brass. But he doesn’t get to work the case alone. Detective Solomon Aduwo of the State Police has arrived in Harding to assist with the investigation. Villante bristles ...

Focusing on the famous Medieval commentator Nicolas of Lyra and the anonymous Middle English biblical adaptation of the Gospel of John, the Cursor Mundi, this book examines the development of the analytical tools of biblical literary criticism showing how late Medieval commentators negotiated the paradoxical interdependence of the literal and spiritual senses, as transmitted by traditional and inherited vocabularies, through a focus on narrative structure. Mark Hazard combines an enlighten...

Professor Ellie Matthews swore she would never set foot in another crime scene—but if she doesn't find this predator, she and her students will never be safe.Ellie Matthews' life changed the day she discovered that the brutally dismembered Jane Doe she'd been examining for a month was her estranged mother. In one instant her career as a celebrated criminalist was over and her new life as a quiet academic began. But her tentative peace is shattered when the body of ...

Love, family, secrets, and danger collide in The Outsider Series: The Complete Collection, a powerful saga of the Friessen family and the people drawn into their complicated, deeply emotional world. From heartbreaking betrayals and second chances to weddings, family battles, buried secrets, and life-changing suspense, each novel delivers the unforgettable emotional intensity Lorhainne Eckhart is known for. Featuring The Forgotten Child, A Baby and a Wedding, Fallen...

By day a pastry chef, by night an accidental super sleuth.Three fun mysteries from USA Today Bestselling Author Stacey Alabaster.Rachael is a distinguished pastry chef who keeps finding herself in the middle of murder investigations. Pippa is her quirky, carefree best friend. Together, they must unravel three of Belldale’s unsolvable mysteries to save the bakery…and themselves.This collection of cozy mysteries includes the first three books in the Bakery Detectives ...

The Complete Twisted Cedars Mysteries CollectionIn the coastal town of Twisted Cedars, Oregon an ugly secret from the past has been festering for over thirty years when five librarians were targeted by a serial killer. Now an anonymous emailer wants true crime writer Dougal Lachlan to tell the story. To uncover the truth Dougal enlists the help of local Twisted Cedar librarian Charlotte Hammond.Buried (Book 1)Someone with inside knowledge is feeding clues to true cri...

Five unsolved murders. A shocking new discovery. He’s back for the truth but Jane Doe holds a deeper secret.Sheriff Wade Mackay needed a break. Little did he know, a day of fishing would land him right into the aftermath of a deadly accident.The only survivor is a woman who doesn’t remember her name and has no identification. Wade’s instincts ignite when he notices the telltale marks of old bruises on Jane Doe. What hidden truths lie beneath the layers of her forgotten past...

The Antiques Roadshow, if Stephen King was the host...When art appraiser Anita Cassatt is sent to catalogue the extensive collection of reclusive artist Leo Kubin, it isn't the chill of the secluded house making her shiver, it's the silent audience of portraits clustered on every wall, watching her.The lawyer didn't share the dead artist's instructions for handling his art, and Anita and her team start work ignorant of the instructions designed to keep them...

Ready to dive into a dark mystery that will keep you guessing? Conviction is an addictive serial killer thriller with a romantic suspense twist.A wrongful arrest. A killer who wants the credit."An intense and suspenseful murder mystery. It captured me from the first chapter and held me enthralled until the final page." ~Susan Sewell, Reader's Favorite"A white-knuckled thrill ride from first page to ...

A serial killer comes home. A missing boy. A shocking revelation.Charlotte Hammond wasn’t prepared to be the guardian of her murdered sister’s children. But when her brother-in-law is arrested for the murder, she has no choice.When nine-year-old Chester doesn’t return home from school, Charlotte fears the worst.True crime writer Dougal Lachlan is hiding his own secrets. He believes he holds the key to solving the thirty-year-old murders of five libr...

Sydney Brennan is Back, and Tougher Than Ever!Experience the continuing adventures of the Tallahassee private investigator readers praise for her “wickedly fun sense of humor,” with “just enough humor to offset the dark…”This box set contains Books 4-6 (the novel Braving the Boneyard and the novellas No Safe Winterport and River Bound), plus a Bonus Short Story (not available separately f...

The first three thrillers in the highly acclaimed London Large series featuring Inspector Harry Hawkins: Blood on the Streets, Bound by Blood and Bloody Liberties - plus six bonus short stories.Meet DI Harry Hawkins, 'H' to his friends and enemies alike. A hurting, damaged man out of time who will not compromise in his one-man war against evil, even as his own demons snap at his heels. For H it’s justice – rough justice, if need be – or nothing.