Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

A quirky widow in her early sixties takes her first job ever in a private investigator's office. Arriving early she discovers an agitated man waiting at the door. He insists he must see the PI immediately. In the midst of his anxious demands, he...

After ten years in the Coast Guard, graduation from the Academy, and receiving his MBA, Joe Traynor takes his first real job at a small nonprofit agency in Albany, New York, working to help impoverished youth. But when he discovers a national rip-off and...

The stakes soar, both professionally and personally, for Austin PD Detective Jason Scarsdale as he finds himself in a race against time to hunt down a vicious gang hell-bent on murder. Realizing that his new partner, the attractive divorcee Tatum Harper, could be trouble...

Frank Tedeschi's niece is dead, one of thousands of victims of a terrorist attack, which has been laid at the feet of "Islamic radicals" by a right-wing US government. Frank--based on a chance encounter--is one of the very few people who question the government's...

He was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he's dead-shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just...

Philadelphia; 1969: The city is in turmoil as the race riots rage on. James Monroe, an up and coming journalist, stumbles across a dangerous plot that could turn the tides in the civil rights movement.Philadelphia; 2013: Sam Brighton, a humble high school math teacher...

In a cool December morning, the body of an elderly Mayan shaman is found brutally murdered on the banks of the Rio Nimja on the outskirts of La Paz in the western highlands of Guatemala. Captain Manuel Gonzales goes to investigate the murder aided...

Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing...

"An ingeniously plotted, deftly paced political-thriller." -Iain Reid, winner of the Taylor Prize Emerging Writer AwardFreshman Senator Tom Roper discovers that four of his acquaintances and their wives or lovers have been brutally murdered by the same killer, who leaves a five number sequence...

An act of terrorism in a suburban American synagogue generates mass chaos as congregants panic, clawing and pushing their way toward the exit doors seeking safety, as victims lie dead on the dais and the injured, remain sprawled among the pews, left behind by...

Bishop Sullivan B. Kirk, a charismatic and popular church leader is challenged beyond the comfort zone of his well-ordered and successful lifestyle when two young boys, a member of his own entourage and the light of truth all converge to bring Babylon to his...

The Crown is a historical fiction written in memory of a students' riot that actually took place in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1987. The Crown portrays the story of two major characters, the principal and a teacher, who try to do their assigned roles...

Shawn Blackfoot was the most notorious stickup kid in the five boroughs until tragedy hit home and forced him to relocate. Now, with an Indian heritage that connects him to the spirits of the men he killed, he struggles to keep the past in...

Coyote and Magpie reexamines the murder charge and, often under difficult conditions, collects information that will be used during a new trial. Involved in the quest for new information and eventual justice are Deputy Sheriff Lenny Craig and citizen Delmar Mentis, who take the...

Abigail Henley, A Southern Tragedy, is a story about Faith Johnson, a corporate attorney, who is unintentionally drawn into an investigation of the murder of a seventeen years old girl named Abigail Henley when she receives an old journal written by the dead girl's...

Uncle Malaki is hunting for his niece, LuLu, after killing her parents when she was three years old. He needs her to become king of Starlite Island. Uncle Malakis men have been searching the nearby towns and the forest where FinFin and LuLu are...

Des Crompton is an ex-sailor with a chip on his shoulder. Orphaned as a young child, he grew up in institutions and foster homes where he learned to fight to protect himself.Violence is a way of life for Des until he leaves the navy...

What You Don't Remember Can Hurt YouRian Field has the perfect life-until the water turns red. Surviving a shark attack was supposed to be the end of her nightmare, but as she heals, the scars on her body aren't the only things haunting her....

In a world full of hate and danger group of people found themselves in a place together under the command of a dictator person heading towards the unknown.Perpetrators of many crimes, including murders, robberies, grabbing people money and threaten the security of the country...

When Reuben Axtell, a college student and member of the Nez Perce tribe, hears a ghost story from his cousin Rains, he doesn't know what it could mean. Rains tells of a chilling encounter with a hysterical laughing man in the wilderness of Idaho....

Dr. Ivan Ivanov defected to America many years ago after being discredited and victimized in Russia, his homeland. The double agent craftily masterminds and profits from a host of economic and political issues that attack and destroy the confidence of the American people. Enterprise...

When smalltime San Diego security consultant Kirbi Mack is hired to track down a former member of a local Indian tribe, the job seems fairly straightforward. The object of her attention? A young man suspected of brazenly robbing the tribal casino. She's asked to...

He is a respected college professor. He is a domestic security policy advisor. He is The Terrorist. "The Terrorist" is a pulse-pounding political techno-thriller that takes you into the duplicitous world of a respected and charismatic engineering professor who is a bomber for hire....

14 year-old Jonny has enough to contend with at home, growing up on the Shankill in Belfast, trying to avoid his drunken father and take care of his struggling, penniless mother. This ordinary, football-loving young man has it tough. When he gets caught up...

Detectives Mauro Bruno and Elia Donati, surviving numerous attempts on their lives while bringing Duke Rodolfo Rizzo to justice, decide to take a vacation in Paris to celebrate and relax. However, not long after they arrive Donati is cleverly framed for a murder he...

In 1989, a missing woman is found dead. Investigators go to her apartment and find nothing. They are left without a clue. Twenty years later, children discover the body of a murder victim. Somehow, these deaths are related, and detectives soon get a break...

It has been several years since the author, Willy Mitchell, was in East Africa and visited a bar in Malindi, Kenya. He overheard the rumblings of a coup-in-the-making without any idea that one day in the future, a similar plan would be hatched. Now,...

Stuart Walker Purloin was given the name Margarite Ecclesia at birth. Never comfortable in a woman's body, in early adulthood, Margarite completes transgender surgery in Holland after living through the hell of a small, southern town as a "transvestite." Returning to Margarite's hometown as...

Sam and James A Test of Will is the continuing story of Sam and James. It is the third of a series. The first was the award winning A Police Action and the second was the highly acclaimed Sam and James The Missing Teen....

New Orleans. A city full of pleasing desires and unrivaled culinary delights has now become a city plagued by Evil. Some of the city's most appalling inhabitants have begun committing heinous crimes at an accelerated rate, bringing chaos to the Crescent City. Blackmail, robbery,...

In a community with four nightclubs, three owners plan the murder of the most successful. But when one of the three gets cold feet, the plan comes apart, and a psychotic interloper takes over. The interloper feels empowered by an imagined power generated from...

Judd, upon returning from the hell called War, found himself in another hell in the Nation he called home. A thriving web of human trafficking, child sex rings, and child slavery. A Global market where the blood of innocents were bought and sold, daily....

A young boy is scarred by a friend's brother, sealing the fate of the confused youth. He's lured into the priesthood, having experimented in bisexual relationships. He uses the power of his collar in the confessional to feed his appetite on lonely parishioners. When...

CRIPPLE CREEK PASS.. Prelog to Stealing Home by j. j. Bond.. The Viking Child: A string of unexplained murders on the tiny most northern Canadian Island.. The discovery of an elusive, psychotic, sadistic, serial killer.. A turn for the worse.. The theft of the...

Kelli "Gus" Gustafson, the youngest and most determined officer on the Tarpon Springs police force, has a problem most people would love to have: she's beautiful. Though in her eyes, beauty has always been nothing more than a huge impediment. Although she achieved the...

Biotherm and GigaTrax, two Bay Area high-tech companies, are jockeying for medical market positions. Biotherm is in Palo Alto, California; GigaTrax is in Walnut Creek, California. With any merger, acquisition, or hostile takeover, some win and some lose. Carlton R. Herrick, a senior executive...

Revenge isn't very healthy for the soul... even when justified. However, that doesn't stop the feeling from festering deep inside sometimes. Rick was a small time drug dealer just trying to make a little extra money selling weed. But his luck ran out the...

Ordinary people living their lives-here today, gone tomorrow, abducted one by one, never to be seen or heard from again. By whom? For what purpose? In every case, a mysterious Voice has helped them through crises, giving advice, offering guidance. That same Voice was...

Jorge Hernandez is a driven man. What he sets his mind on, he goes after relentlessly, and he doesn't care if he leaves his adversaries in body bags or covered in pools of blood. He's ruthless and determined to stake a claim on the...

Ike Cole and his childhood friends are inseparable. People in the neighborhood start calling them The Fellas, since theyre never apart. They grow up on the wrong side of the tracks but stay true to each other. Soon, theyre mesmerized by the street life...

There are two things young Jonathan Anthony Russo loves: football and girls. These help him deal with his dysfunctional family: his mother, a drunk and cocaine user; his father, a wannabe gangster; and seven older sisters whom he despises. Hes been a fairly happy-go-lucky...

From the emotional jungle of a dysfunctional family unit, Adam Cain rises through determined self-survival to discover that love--in his case--is a form of delayed gratification. Through harsh twists on his stormy path, his life is formed by what appears to him a hostile...

Following a miscarriage at Christmas, Tom and Brendas lives change forever. Their marriage becomes strained. Brenda, dealing with deep-seated darkness and sorrowand the knowledge she will never be able to have childrenbecomes depressed and cruel. Tom doesnt know if their marriage can survive the...

A murder has taken place in Phoenix. Detective Rick Hartzer is determined to find the killer. This happens while a city councilman sells privileged information to an unscrupulous attorney. Hartzer starts to follow the attorney because he believes he is getting the information. He...

While growing up together in a Boston neighborhood, Timmy Flaherty and Donny Faye are as different as night and day. Timmy lives by the rules while Donny refuses to accept them. After the boys serve in Vietnam, Timmy earns a law degree, but Donny...

Retired hit man Carlton Westerfield can't stay away from San Antonio, or trouble. Returning from an extended vacation in Rio de Janeiro, he resumes his business relationship with Faustino Perez, a local drug kingpin. He also hopes to continue the off-beat romance with Perez's...

The honorable organization Empowering Children is committed to mentoring kids from broken homes. At least, thats ostensibly their pupose. In reality, EC is a clandestine organization comprised of men who trade child pornography and molest children. Now, theyre being hunted by a religious fanatic...

Raymond C. Wood resides in Lakeville, MA, with his wife Kathleen of 51 years. He always had a passion for reading and writing. He has also written a science fiction satire novel called, " A Cop's Outer Space Odyssey," as well as a children's...

It is the mid-eighties and the crack epidemic is ravishing impoverished neighborhoods infested with ruffians, exotic dancers, and young men desperate to make money. Rahiem, the son of a heroin-addicted mother and a father who abandoned him a decade ago, is an honor student...

Luke Montgomery and his family were on top of the world. He was married to the love of his life. They had two healthy and happy children. He ran a hugely successful business. But it all came to a crashing halt after a bizarre...