Eye Spy

Critically acclaimed screenwriter debuts the first in the LIza Radley Housewife Detective Chronicles

"Mattison’s writing is crisp, snappy, witty, and deeply entertaining—I was hooked right on the first page" "It crackles with funny one-liners and wry
humor. " New York Book Pundit

"Mattison writes with a quirky, funny style that kept me engaged through the entire story." Beckstar Reviews

When Liza Radley realizes it’s cheatin’ season and no self-respecting detective’s gonna spy on her husband for the $800 and change she has hidden in a plastic soap dish, she does what any normal transplanted Georgia Peach would do--she becomes a private eye.

While downing her fourth maple-glazed curbside, Liza discovers “Eye Spy”, a shop for the self-motivated sleuth in the heart of Boston. Inspiration strikes and she enters the world of Jack Parella, the owner/operator who talks like Humphrey Bogart but with a Southie accent and is more than willing to train Liza in the ways of amateur sleuthing, while simultaneously infuriating and titillating her.

Though Liza starts the journey intending to rebuild her crumbling suburban life, she finds herself thrust into a fiery mystery as head of "Crimes of the Heart Detective Agency" with Parella by her side. Thus our dynamic duo is primed for their next adventure.

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The Bogus Biker

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Publication Date: July 17, 2013

Meet Penelope Pembroke:
owner of the best (only) B&B in Amaryllis, Arkansas (pop. 5492) who’s
flirting with 50, divorced (Travis Pembroke, had a wandering eye'), mother of Amaryllis PD Detective Bradley Pembroke, apple of her father Jake Kelley's eye, best friend of Mary Lynn Hargrove, the mayor's wife, and the only human creature tolerated by Abijah, the 18-pound orange tabby who stalks the family home-turned B&B.

Penelope keeps her ear to the ground, her eyes open, and her battered heart in solitary confinement. Then one night, while having a beer and a Reuben at the seedy-though-popular Sit-n-Swill, she meets Tiny aka Sam who is about as much of a biker as she is a belly dancer.

She insists on dabbling in danger and disaster despite Sam's best efforts to discourage her. The fireworks begin in Book 1, light up the skies in Books 2,3,4, and 5, and end in one spectacularly explosive display in Book 6.

Book 1: The Bogus Biker
A police raid on the Sit-n-Swill, a devastating fire at her ex-husband's historic home, and a game of cat-and-mouse with Tiny aka Sam turns Penelope's placid life upside down.

 

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Key West: One-Way Ticket - Episode 1

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Publication Date: July 26, 2013

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It is 1951, and something fishy is happening. Former Key West Police Cheif Martins has vanished. He was a protected FBI witness against State Representative Bernie Papy, but he just disappeared...from FBI custody. That doesn't happen. Trumbull and Murphy from the Miami Herald are on the case, but no one is talking. No one, that is, until Trumbull uses unorthodox methods to convince an old nemesis to talk. The intrigue and danger have never been more compelling, in this first companion episode to Peter Wick's novel "Key West."

 

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Death of a Socialite

Dianne Sincili knew that beginning her second year at Miriam University would be rough, but she could not foresee the events to come.

After stumbling upon a sight she was never meant to lay eyes on, Dianne now finds herself stuck in St. Julieta’s Hospital for the Mentally Reserved. As she tries to reason with not only herself, but the circumstances that put her in this situation, she places the blame on two of her former friends turned enemies.
Devin Alexander, her ex-boyfriend, and Vicente Bynum, his roommate, fall upon the backing of Chi Psi, The Fraternity that seeks to control all aspects of life at Miriam. Due to their methods, Dianne’s credibility and reputation have been ruined. But when the Brotherhood threatens her sanity, she promises not to back down.
When the death of a fellow St. Julieta’s resident forces Dianne to put her theories concerning the Brotherhood to the test, she must venture, not only into the ghost of her past, but also consider the turbulent stories of the other residents. More than her own life is held in the balance as similarities in stories of the residents come to light. Friendships, loyalties, and love hangs in the balance as Dianne ventures into an abyss without the guarantee that she will ever see the freedom she desperately craves again.

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Slave Girl of Ubar

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Publication Date: July 23, 2013

As slaves of the lost city, the rocketeers are trained to fight to the death in the arena - and the last man standing will be a human sacrifice. How will they escape? And what will be the fate of the lovely Zubaid, slave girl of Ubar?

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Buzzkill

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Publication Date: July 4, 2013

Betsy Livingston is planning a wedding so what could go wrong? After publishing a recipe for homemade calamine lotion in the newspaper, the ladies in the community church make a large batch. Everyone loves the stuff until someone in Pecan Bayou is found dead after using it. The town points to Betsy and she starts rethinking her whole career as a helpful hints columnist. Now she must clear her own name in between dress-fitting, cake-tasting, and all those things that turn a bride into a bridezilla. Is Betsy at fault or could there be something else that leads her down the aisle to murder?

 

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Scottsdale Heat

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Publication Date: July 22, 2013

In this thrilling romantic adventure, Laura Black is an investigator for a highly successful Scottsdale law firm run by slightly shady Lenny Shapiro. She’s hot on the trail of con-man Alexander Sternwood, the missing grandson of wealthy widow, Muffy Sternwood. It sounded like an easy case, at least until she was kidnapped by a couple of upset Russian hit-men named Boris and Ivan, then by two seriously psychotic brothers called Smith and Jones, then finally by Tough Tony DiCenzo, head of the largest crime family in Scottsdale. To top it off, she’s found a dead body that seems to be a message directed toward her. Now, with the help of ex-cop Gina Rondinelli, a stripper named Danica, and her best friend Sophie, they need to make sure that a slightly illegal international jewel sale goes smoothly, or else. All of this pales in comparison, though, with an even greater danger. Laura has decided that now would be the perfect time to get back together with her old boyfriend Jackson Reno, who just happens to be a Scottsdale detective. The only hitch in her plans for romance is Maximilian, a gorgeous crime lieutenant who has his sights set on Laura, a feeling that she can’t help but return. Craziness, romance, and more than a little danger are in store when Laura Black and her Scottsdale friends are on the case!

 

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Bitten

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Publication Date: July 25, 2013

Every writer dreams of that elusive offer of representation, a chance to surface from the slush and ascend the ladder of literary fame and fortune.

Melanie thinks her dream has come true, but when her manuscript is snapped up by the literary agent from hell, her fantasy morphs into her worst nightmare.

A short story of approximately 2,000 words.

 

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Lost Creek

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Publication Date: May 28, 2013

According to Clancy, there was a family of serial killers living in Lost Creek -- the Campbells. "They've been killing off outsiders fer a hundred years. The head of the family is Sheriff Campbell. He's been killing under the shield of his badge since he was first elected back in 1964. His daughter, Darla, is the drug-dealing bartender at the Wagon Wheel Saloon."

When Jack Leery suddenly finds himself the owner of a rural cabin on a hundred acres in Lost Creek, Colorado, left to him by a mysterious benefactor called Martin Johannsson, he leaves his professional life as a website designer in Minneapolis to set out on what turns into the adventure of a lifetime.

Jack's nail-biting journey to Lost Creek over treacherous mountain roads in his old Honda Accord sets the tone for this beautifully written tale that taps into mythic archetypes of the American West. At first completely alone in his primitive shack, Jack is soon adopted by Martin's dog, Blue. Then when Jack meets his neighbor, the crotchety old Vietnam vet Clancy, a strange bond is formed. But is Clancy's story about the murderous Campbell family just another one of his tall tales far too fantastical to be true? By the end of this action-packed novel filled with dizzying twists and turns, Jack will have laid his earlier identity aside and found out who he really is.

 

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Rain Song

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Publication Date: October 1, 2008

Nicole Michelin avoids airplanes, motorcycles, and most of all, Japan, where her parents once were missionaries. Something happened in Japan...something that sent Nicole and her father back to America alone...something of which Nicole knows only bits and pieces. But she is content with life in little Mount Olive, North Carolina, with her quirky relatives, tank of lively fish, and plenty of homemade pineapple chutney. Through her online column for the Pretty Fishy Web site, she meets Harrison Michaels, who, much to her dismay, lives in Japan. She attempts to avoid him, but his e-mails tug at her heart. Then Harrison reveals that he knew her as a child in Japan. In fact, he knows more about her childhood than she does...

 

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Delusional

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Publication Date: July 19, 2013

Some things aren't to be seen or told. Most will never understand the odd things life can bring. Some aggravate life to it's boiling point. For an example: Whatever happen to the little boy who went snooping in Grandma's basement and case remained unsolved. what about Marcus and the Rich man? There's strange things going on in this book of Delusional.

 

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Armand the Absolutely Adequate

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Publication Date: July 19, 2013

This is a short story about a man named Armand who leads a very regular boring life,or so he thinks.An average man learns that his situation is not so average after all.What evil lurks in the shadows and what haunts this man's past?What secret is he hiding?

 

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The Parrot Told Me

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Publication Date: June 23, 2013

Who would believe the words of a bird brain, anyway?

When Camille inherits Simon, an African grey parrot from her deceased neighbor, she sees the challenge of owning such a noisy, spoiled pet. But when the music plays, and Simon starts to replay a violent scene in the voice of his former owner, Camille begins to realize that she has inherited more than she bargained for. Could a bird really recall the last moments of his owner’s life? And stranger yet, could he really be repeating a death scene that he witnessed?

Camille’s best friend, Leo, has his doubts, and after the disappearance of Camille’s sister, he wonders if her tragic past is coming back to haunt her and she is finally breaking down. But she has no one else to go to, no one besides the questionable other neighbor who might well have been involved with the murder victim.
It’s a question of a bird’s word against the truth and a race to find out what it all means.

 

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Starvation Lake

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Publication Date: July 15, 2013

A family curse demanding blood, vengeful spirits demanding justice, a handsome ghost hunter, and an ex-husband with movie star looks and an eye on her inheritance . . . these are only some of the dangers awaiting Abigail Graves as she travels to Starvation Lake.

In the 1860's Hezekiah Graves led a band of followers into the wilderness promising salvation only to abandon them to the cruelties of the brutal winter, condemning them to starvation, madness, and death in order to steal their gold. Legend says that Graves' Landing, the mansion Hezekiah built on the shores of Starvation Lake, is haunted by the ghosts of those followers, trapped at the scene of their suffering until the last of Hezekiah's descendants is dead. Graves family tradition says that the souls of Hezekiah's descendants will burn in Hell until one of them pays the ultimate price for his treachery. Abby Graves, the last of Hezekiah's line, must spend a week at Graves' Landing if she is to claim her inheritance. With her is Nick Jeffries, author of books on the paranormal, and his team, her free-spirited cousin, Cat, and Vinnie Zanetti, Abby's philandering ex-husband who'd like to be the husband of an heiress . . . or her widower.

 

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Murder Most Fierce (A thriller boxset)

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Publication Date: July 11, 2013

3 bestselling books in one blockbuster bundle!

In this bundle of hard-boiled thrillers; the world is a dangerous place. A world where men kill for greed. A world where they kill for lust. A world where they kill for power.

In this box set of Luis Samway's best selling novels, you'll come across Frank McKenzie, a detective with a dependency to pain killers and a lust for revenge. The Machete killer, a killer who dismembers corpses and leaves them in Christmas boxes for everyone to find and an apocalyptic group of survivors who have to fight for their right to survive in a hostile New York of the near future.

Each page of this blockbuster bundle will make your blood run cold, and your heart beat fast!

Get this bundle and save 75% compared to buying these bestsellers separately! Are you ready for Murder Most Fierce?

This boxset contains:

The Casual Killer

25th of Dismember

Beacon Of Light: Season One

Please note:

Luis Samways has a similar box set available to buy called "A Killer Boxset", this boxset contains everything that the Killer Boxset contains plus the whole season of Beacon Of Light.

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Where Is She?

The second installment of the Rourk Family Chronicles takes the reader from Las Vegas to the Black Hills of South Dakota and back as Daniel Rourk struggles to insure his daughters safety while building his gambling empire.

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The Change

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Publication Date: January 7, 2013

No Second Chances. Death, Life, or Love—Unbounded Always Play for Keeps.

There are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities.

Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true. A week earlier she was considering a marriage proposal; now she contemplates the best way to stay alive. Caught in a battle between two Unbounded groups, the Emporium and the Renegades, she is also hunted by a secret mortal society sworn to eradicate the Unbounded gene.

As Erin plunges into this dangerous new life, she must carve out her own place in the madness, protect her mortal family, and decide which group she should join. Her unique ability is vital to both groups in the race to secure an identification software that spells death for all Unbounded—or enslavement for the entire mortal world. Some will stop at nothing to use Erin as one more pawn in a battle that has spanned centuries. Erin’s undeniable attraction to Ritter Langton, whose family was massacred by opposing Unbounded two hundred and forty years ago, complicates her choices. There are no second chances. Death, life, or love—Unbounded always play for keeps.

Non-stop action, terrifying consequences, and powerful romance make The Change an exciting addition to the world of romantic urban fantasy.

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Flesh and Bone

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Publication Date: October 13, 2009

Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm—a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter—the rising star of the state's medical examiners—to help her unravel a murderous puzzle. But after re-creating the death scene at the Body Farm, Brockton discovers his career, reputation, and life are in dire jeopardy when a second, unexplained corpse appears in the grisly setting.

Accused of a horrific crime—transformed overnight from a respected professor to a hated and feared pariah—Bill Brockton will need every ounce of his formidable forensic skills to escape the ingeniously woven net that's tightening around him . . . and to prove the seemingly impossible: his own innocence.

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Killer in Sight

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Publication Date: May 5, 2012

When a young woman is found murdered in a public park, it is up to RPD detective Lt. Tom Lackey to locate her killer. With the help of his longtime girlfriend and professional photographer, Kathy Spencer, Lackey unravels a mystery laden with psychosis and unexpected revelations. While Tom is busy following the multiple clues pouring in from different directions, Kathy gets to work to prove her own theory: The last image viewed by the dying person can be lifted from the eyes of the victim to identify the murderer. Using her background in photography and her passion for iridology, Kathy enlists the help of Dr. Greer, a snow-haired medical examiner who allows her to take shots of Tracey Newman’s eyes. Her findings are puzzling, but they are supported by Alexis Howard, the dead girl’s ten-year-old half sister who volunteers information she claims was delivered to her by her imaginary friend Lily. With multiple suspects floating up to the surface and skeletons yanked out of unlikely closets, Tom must rely on his methodical expertise and on Kathy’s insight to find the killer before tragedy strikes again.

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The Job Offer

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Publication Date: April 4, 2013

After years in Boston and a year of working for herself as a contract consultant and adjunct professor, Dr. Anne Conner is ready to return home to work in her field as a marine biochemist and research scientist. With money running low, Anne jumps at the chance to interview for her dream job with the world famous Stanford Enterprises research company.

When she makes the final round of interviews, Anne decides to combine her time in Seattle interviewing with a vacation trip to her family's inn on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. The last thing she expected was to run in the object of her teenage dreams, Ben Carlson, who is on the island for his sister's wedding. Nor did she plan on the passion that erupts between them. Is their relationship only a vacation romance as they agreed from the beginning, or will it turn into something more when Anne moves back to Seattle?

Just as Anne begins to hope for more, the unthinkable is revealed. Ben is none other than her new boss. Worse yet is that he thinks that she only used him to get the job!

 

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To Catch a Bad Guy

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Publication Date: August 10, 2012

Janet Maple's stellar career ended with a layoff and her boyfriend of almost five years told her that he wants to be just friends. When she lands a job at one of New York's premier boutique investment firms, Janet begins to hope that her luck is finally turning for the better. Not only is she happy with her new paycheck, but things also seem to be looking up on the personal front, as the company's handsome attorney expresses keen interest in Janet. However, her euphoria is short-lived, as Janet soon discovers alarming facts about her new employer's business tactics. When her boss dismisses her suspicions as groundless, Janet finds herself confiding to a cute IT engineer, Dean Snider. The closer she gets to Dean, the more Janet is tempted to break her rule of not dating co-workers, but what she doesn't realize is that everything she knows about Dean, including his occupation and even his name, is a lie.

Dennis Walker is a top-notch white collar crime investigator who will stop at nothing to put culprits away. When an opportunity for an undercover assignment at one of New York's premier boutique broker dealers comes up, Dennis jumps at the chance, adopting a persona of geeky IT engineer, Dean Snider. While he may be an ace at his job, years of experience fail him when Dennis meets Janet Maple and finds himself torn between his professional obligations and his personal desires. Will he have to choose between his feelings and duty, or will he find a way to satisfy both?

 

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Secrets In The Shadows

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Publication Date: March 29, 2010

Book One in the Shadows/Leroy's Sins Collection. 

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Life can go on after tragedy...

After surviving a traumatic attack as a teenager, as well as a disastrous first marriage, Lauren Taylor Grant is content with her life. So what if she gets lonely from time to time? With a healthy, beautiful daughter, and a successful coffee shop-cafe, the divorced single mother convinces herself she doesn't have time for love. When she gets her first glimpse at her parents' handsome new neighbor, though, she starts reconsidering her stance. Once Charlie Clark begins breaking through her defensive walls, Lauren finds him hard to resist.

Nothing stays hidden forever...

Just as Lauren is learning to let go of the past and embrace the future, her personal demons rear their ugly heads in the guise of a vandal hell-bent on destroying Lauren's happiness. When another local businesswoman is brutally murdered, the investigation into the crime reveals an unexpected connection to Lauren's past. The message is clear--the past has come calling, and it's out for blood.

Note for Readers: This book does deal with the issues of incest and sexual abuse, more with the effects on the victims than the abuse itself. Reader Discretion Advised.

"Secrets in the Shadows" is the first book in the Shadows Collection, Romantic Suspense novels set in small-town Indiana. Other titles include "Under the Moon's Shadow," "Shadows from the Grave,""Hidden in the Shadows," and "In the Heart's Shadow."

 

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Desert Places

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Publication Date: September 28, 2010

The first installment in the Andrew Z. Thomas Series and a prequel to Crouch's and Konrath's thriller STIRRED...

Greetings. There is a body buried on your property, covered in your blood. The unfortunate young lady's name is Rita Jones. In her jeans pocket you'll find a slip of paper with a phone number on it. Call that number. If I have not heard from you by 8:00 P.M., the police will receive an anonymous call. I'll tell them where Rita Jones is buried on your property, how you killed her, and where the murder weapon can be found in your house. (I do believe a paring knife is missing from your kitchen.) I strongly advise against going to the police, as I am always watching you.

Andrew Z. Thomas is a successful writer of suspense thrillers, living the dream at his lake house in the piedmont of North Carolina. One afternoon in late spring, he receives a bizarre letter that eventually threatens his career, his sanity, and the lives of everyone he loves. A murderer is designing his future, and for the life of him, Andrew can't get away.

Dear Reader: Please keep the light on tonight. What happens next will scare you. Guaranteed.

This 70,000-word eBook also contains a Foreword by Jack Kilborn, a bonus interview with Blake, excerpts from his other novels, and excerpts from two new horror novels, ENDURANCE and TRAPPED, by J.A. Konrath.

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Strange Visions: The Beginning

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Publication Date: July 5, 2013

This is a story about a young man who is no one special. In fact, at his high school, he is far less than even ordinary. While everyone around him seems to seamlessly fall into place, he simply can’t find a way to belong. Through a freak accident, he suddenly sees the world through different eyes. He understands how everything and everyone works. What will he do with his new gift? After he finds out the identity of a certain murderer, that question is answered. This is a book that mixes sci-fi, action, and romantic elements. What starts out as something that was amazing for a young man soon turns out to be a calling. How many people can he save, and how far will he go to try to do something that might be better off left alone?

 

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Across The Pond

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Publication Date: July 2, 2013

Thirty-year-old Daniela Sorensen has just had a painful divorce. Topping it all off, her grandmother has just died, leaving her home in New Jersey to her granddaughter.

Coming back to the house brings back fond memories when she used to visit as a child, as well as guilt feelings for not trying enough to reach out to her grandmother before she passed away. Upon the advise of her lawyer best friend Angie McGuire, she decides to restore the three-storey Victorian-style house and then rent it out while she lives in London.

Scouting for the right contractor to do the job, she meets two able-bodied men who catch her fancy as well as ignite her passions.

Two handsome strangers. One will put her life in danger. One will be the hero.

 

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The Masters of Shadow

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Publication Date: July 3, 2013

When Cold War veteran and government agent John Chambers is tasked with a new assignment, he immediately becomes suspicious. He is asked to visit a high security defense facility in a remote location where he’ll receive further information.

Upon being briefed with his task, he quickly realizes this will be no ordinary mission. He must track down a mysterious figure that has been haunting the facility for years. Over the past few months, the reports of paranormal activity have grown, and leadership has decided to take action—before it’s too late.

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Faceless

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Publication Date: June 30, 2013

A socially isolated, misanthropic man becomes infatuated with a theatrically-minded criminal and loses himself in the underworld of the city - and his mind.

 

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Under Tomorrow's Alleged Sky

Before recorded history, humanity lived outside, with no rules or boundaries. They did as they pleased, when they pleased—and they chose war. The entire world, a population of seven billion people, turned their backs on one another. Nobody could trust anybody. It was a dark, terrifying time.

Nobody knows exactly when or how it happened, but one day, the sky exploded. Nuclear war had erupted, and it was intent on wiping out humanity.

Finally, there was nobody left to keep fighting. Everyone was dead. The Earth had been rendered little more than a wasteland. Small pockets of people emerged from their underground bunkers to find that they could no longer breathe the air or survive the harsh ultraviolet rays of the sun.

These ragtag heroes banded together, intent on keeping what was left of the human race alive. Together, they developed the perfect system, and the City was born. On Day 1, Year 1, the Shaft was first powered on, and for hundreds of years, it has kept the City running ever since.

Initially, everyone lived on the Ground, together, in peace and harmony. But all too soon, people began to take advantage of each other. They fought, and war broke out once again. The winners claimed the top of the City, condemning the losers to the Ground. In the ensuing peace treaty, a Slayer was selected to keep the City from breaking out into war ever again. But it was too late—the damage had already been done. The Ground had become a place for the losers, and the winners rose toward the sky. This division only grew more dramatic as the City aged, and the oxygen filters near the Ground began to overheat and die.

Today, the City is divided into 50 Rings. Citizens from lower Rings may not enter upper Rings, to keep the upper Ring population controlled. At graduation, each one of you will be given a chance to showcase your skills and prove your worth to the City. Do well, and you may become an Elite. Fail, and you will find yourself at the bottom.

Best of luck to each and every one of you.

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Fall of a Sparrow

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Publication Date: June 27, 2013

Fall of a Sparrow, first of the Odds Bodkin's series, introduces DI Cora Bodkin, recently transferred from Scotland Yard to the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
Karen Lawrence and Mary Kemp, retired Canadian professors, have immigrated to England and have settled in Coombe Gilbert, a fictional village in South Devon. Feeling culturally isolated and disconnected from the villagers, they are delighted when Betty, the grocer’s assistant, invites them to her wedding.

Throughout the ceremony and ensuing party, Karen and Mary witness but do not understand the undercurrent of tension and conspiracy upon which float the traditional processes of the nuptials.

Two days later, they discover the mutilated remains of their next door neighbour in a sacred grove near the village and begin to peel away the conventional facade of the villagers.

DI Cora Bodkin, trim, taut and fierce, is in charge of the investigation. Like an arrow, she penetrates the fabric of lies woven by Mabel, the village butcher, her brother Michael, the banker and Tommy, the handyman, piercing their sense of who they are. Self-deception and half-truths drip like blood in their revelations. Attempting to heal both the souls and spirits of his wounded parishioners, the local vicar, Rev. Nicholas Potts ('Nic the Vic'), uses not only his pulpit but also a fortune teller’s tent to piece together the grisly story.

Karen and Mary and DI Cora Bodkin travel parallel routes to discover who is responsible for this horrific human desecration, the former as witnesses to life in the village through the eyes of cultural newcomers and DI Cora Bodkin as the newly arrived representative of legal justice.

How the villagers confront the capacity for evil they have discovered within themselves drives the plot. How DI Bodkin resolves the tension between what is legal and what is ethical shapes the resolution.

 

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Write Off

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Publication Date: June 28, 2013

Detective Mike Malone anxiously awaits his retirement from the NYPD. When a Congresswoman’s mother falls victim to a serial killer’s rampage, Malone is surprised at his own resurgence when his adversarial captain, who often refers to Mike as everything but a detective, places him at the helm of the investigation. The calculating killer leaves only duct tape behind, and Mike’s memories of the psychopath he brought to justice decades before begin to haunt him.

Ray Hollister, a one-time wonder, questions the authenticity of his current novel, shamefully aware his prior bestseller bordered on plagiarism. When his girlfriend, Gabriele, leaves him, he survives the emotional tailspin only because he is certain he can win her back. When Ray suspects she has not only been tampering with his work but also committing the horrendous crimes precisely as depicted on paper, he decides to disclose the information to Detective Malone.

Energized, now that he at least has a suspect, Malone weans himself off alcohol and painfully welcomes his new female partner, FBI Agent, Lori Galloway. Daunted by his previous partner’s near-fatal injuries and surprised at his ability to again experience a romantic connection, his apprehension builds surrounding his partner’s safety. Together they scour the city for the elusive Gabriele, but the predator is always one-step and one-kill ahead of them.

 

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