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Literary Fiction

The Flight of the Veil

By Bruce J. Berger

Nicky Covo is a Holocaust survivor. In 1990, Nicky – a Brooklyn psychiatrist – receives a letter from Abbess Fevronia, the head of a women’s monastery in Greece. Although Nicky believes the rest of his family died at Auschwitz, he learns that Theodora, a mysteriously silent nun who’s lived at the monastery since 1944, may be his baby sister, Kal.

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Dystopian Adventure

Citadel of the Fallen

By JR Konkol

A group of teenage students, while exploring deep within the rainforest, barely survive an encounter with a wild and surprisingly magical boar. In doing so, they discover that events that threaten to destroy their entire civilization have already been set into motion. A must read for anyone who loves high fantasy.

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Mystery

The Ice Maiden

By B.D. Smith

His personal life is on the rocks. Catching this murderer may be his only shot at redemption… The Ice Maiden is the compelling first book in the Doug Bateman Mystery police procedural series. If you like spine-tingling thrills, unexpected romance, and authentic settings, then you’ll love B.D. Smith’s chilling tale.

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Paranormal Suspense

The Wise Ass

By Tom McCaffrey

After his brothers are murdered, a New York mob lawyer testifies against his associates and is forced to enter the Witness Protection Program. He and his wife are relocated to a rural area outside a small town in Colorado where he is compelled to adapt to his new life under the constant threat of mafia reprisal. Reflexively resisting his immersion into all things country, this life long city boy meets and adopts a loquacious mule and befriends his closest neighbors, who have even greater secrets to conceal.

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Young Adult Fantasy

Around Curiosity’s Edge

By J.P. Hostetler

Salem Swan knows none of this as he arrives in Easterly. He knows only that he misses his recently deceased mother, that his new guardian, his uncle Ulysses is unique, and that the boat which will now be his home is unlike anything he has ever seen. Fearful of this new reality, Salem starts to ask questions that uncover the truth about his distant uncle, his long-gone father, and the true nature of the ship.

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Military Thriller

Special Access

By Mark A. Hewitt

Can the embattled agent expose a deadly inner rot before he’s permanently shot down? Special Access is the darkly unsettling first book in the Duncan Hunter series of political thrillers. If you like tough-as-nails heroes, high-octane adventures, and stories of real-world corruption, then you’ll love Mark A. Hewitt’s suspense-laden tale.

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Mystery

Bailey’s Law

By Meg Lelvis

Jack Bailey, small-town hard-boiled detective, must solve the crime, but his own unrelenting demons rising from his struggle with PTSD and buried family secrets complicate his task. Darkness brings unwanted memories, nightmares, and the realization he needs to face what happened ten years ago. Jack understands. Only too well.

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Sword & Sorcery Fantasy

War of the Staffs

By Steve Stephenson & K.M. Tedrick

War of the Staffs is the search for two pieces of the ancient Staff of Adaman to counter Adois’ plans. The darkness is rising and using the black power of the Staff of Adois and his army of dark elves, giants, and orcs, Taza will begin a reign of terror the planet will not soon forget.

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Crime Thriller

That Was Before

By Dan Lawton

An hour after Randolph Spiers quits his job as a mechanical engineer, he finally approaches the woman he’s eyed at the supermarket, only to watch it explode minutes later with her trapped inside. The old Randolph would have gone home to his adulterous wife and forgot about it. That Was Before.

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Serial Killer Thriller

Bloody Paws

By Bruce Lewis

“A hard-hitting serial killer thriller that deftly explores the homeless crisis and the role of law enforcement with unflinching realism. Highly recommended.” (BestThrillers.com) When the homeless disappear without a trace, with scant evidence and no bodies, a secret is revealed that leads to a surprise suspect and shocking conclusion.

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Crime Thriller

Pillow Talk

By Tom Preschutti

“A hard-hitting, no-nonsense, crime thriller.” – IndieReader. Pillow Talk is the first book in the original trilogy for the Lori Daniels Mystery series and has been re-edited and rewritten for better content. Police Detective Lori Daniels has the worst luck in men, but she’s great at catching the bad guys.

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Thriller

Stolen Lives

By Joseph Lewis

Three fourteen-year-old boys are inextricably linked by abduction and murder. Two of them were just abducted off a safe suburban street. Kelliher and his team of FBI agents have 24 hours to find them or they’ll end up like all the others… dead! They have no leads, no clues, and nothing to go on.

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Cozy Mystery

A Brush with Murder

By Gail Langer Karwoski

Jane Roland and her painter friends are enrolled in a watercolor retreat at the picturesque Gardens and Horses Resort. They’re looking forward to a week of sun-drenched landscapes, sleek racehorses, art instruction, and — best of all — laughter and conversation. Out for their first stroll, the women discover a dead thoroughbred in the pretty reflecting pool. Next evening, they find the handsome young stable man in the horse watering trough. Surely, there’s a link between them?

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Thriller

Fava

By John Hazen

The biggest story of Francine Vega’s career could end her life… or start World War III. Francine is a rising TV news reporter in New York City when her career literally hits the jackpot when the winner of a $450 million dollar lottery tells Francine that he is committed to using his new fortune to avenge his brother’s killing at the Pentagon.

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Mystery

Beneath a Buried House

By Bob Avey

Things aren’t always what they seem. Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot’s quest to uncover the truth behind the death of a transient, makes him a target – from whom or what, he isn’t sure. When he brushes the dirt from the surface of an apparent John Doe overdose case, he finds a labyrinth of misdirection and deception.

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Mystery

Past Grief

By Edward J. Leahy

Kim Brady, third generation NYPD, returns to the job after her father’s recent suicide and catches a career-making case–a mass shooting in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

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Mystery

A Grave Misunderstanding

By Len Boswell

Who is/are the killer(s)? How did he/she/they get out of the locked room with the trophy, kill the victim, and return unnoticed by others in the room? These and other questions, including the limits of logic and the meaning of life, are posed and perhaps even answered in this quirky, near-future mystery. Yes, there are robots.

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Mythological Fantasy

The Wild Hunted

By Rebecca Flynn

Someone has started unleashing mythological creatures to wreak havoc and spirit away children amidst unnatural weather patterns. Experts claim the events are unrelated but a supernatural bounty hunter, Haydeez Blackhawk, knows better.

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Thriller

The Pine Barrens Stratagem

By Ken Harris

Private Investigator Steve Rockfish needs cash, like yesterday. The bad news is that yesterday, a global pandemic raged, and Maryland was headed toward a lockdown that would ultimately lead to cheating spouses no longer “working late,” and hence a lack of new clients.

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Historical Mystery

Crimes of the Levee

By John Sturgeon

With the hanging of a serial killer, police Detective Moses is suddenly without a case. Before Moses can relax, he is approached by an aging retail mogul who asks him to investigate the mysterious shooting of his son. As Moses gets deeper into both cases, he realizes that in the Levee there are a lot of people who don’t want the two cases solved.

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Coming of Age Fantasy

Spirit Sight

By Ross Hightower

In a remote village, on the edge of a corrupt empire, Minna Hunter wakes one day to find small orbs of light flitting through the trees. But Minna’s delight at finding she has spirit sight soon turns to despair. In the Empire, communing with spirits is punishable by death. Branded a witch, she resigns herself to a lonely existence.

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Mystery

Blood Perfect

By T.L. Bequette

A young Joe Turner returns to defend a man charged with the bloody attempted murder of a racist caretaker in this gripping courtroom thriller. Penned by a practicing criminal defense attorney, Blood Perfect is a uniquely authentic tale that probes the subconscious mind and depicts an unfiltered view of the modern criminal justice system.

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Assassination Thrillers

Family of Killers

By Stephen W. Briggs

“…an engaging story not for the faint of heart.” -Christy Cooper-Burnett, award-winning author of No Way Home. David’s upbringing and training was to make him the greatest assassin of his generation, now he needs to master those skills to keep his clients happy while he hunts for the terrorist that created chaos in his, and his family’s past.

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Mystery

Climbing the Coliseum

By Bill Percy

Can Ed master his own misgivings and help a damaged young woman find a way forward? Climbing the Coliseum is the tense first book in the Monastery Valley series of character-driven mysteries. If you like haunted protagonists, rich prose, and stories filled with hope, then you’ll love Bill Percy’s bittersweet tale.

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Paranormal Mystery

Johnny Lycan & the Anubis Disk

By Wayne Turmel

Johnny Lupul is just another 30-year-old wannabe PI. And a werewolf. He gets his first big break, but there’s a problem – there’s another Lycan stalking Chicago, And that phony ancient relic he’s after? It’s all too real. Suddenly being a werewolf is the most normal thing he has to deal with. Book 1 of the Werewolf PI stories.

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