Pants on Fire: A Texas Private Investigator Mystery by Denise Diana Huddle

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Lying to Iris Raines is like throwing a boomerang—the truth always comes back hard.

PI Iris Raines doesn’t scare easy. Sardonic, relentless, and backed by her St. Bernard, Festus, she’s built a career digging the truth out of the dung heap of deception.

When sabotage strikes a popular San Antonio restaurant chain, owner Quinten Farragut hires Iris to find the culprit before his circus-themed dining empire collapses. But vandalism turns deadly when poisoned food kills a diner and sickens dozens more.

Iris’s search for the truth leads through a jungle of sabotage, corporate warfare, deadly cartel ties, and long-buried family secrets. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that someone isn’t merely trying to destroy Farragut’s business. There’s a motive buried in the past—and somebody is willing to kill to keep it there.

Following the trail forces Iris to unravel a tangled family history, where forensic genealogy exposes secrets that have remained hidden for decades. Meanwhile, her investigation leads into a web of cartel money and enemies with far more at stake than burgers and bottom lines.

And Farragut himself isn’t telling Iris everything she needs to know.

With the danger closing in and the lies piling up, Iris must separate betrayal from misdirection and uncover who is really behind the attacks before her client’s empire goes down in flames—and takes her with it.

Fast-paced, gritty, and packed with twists, Pants on Fire is a hard-edged Texas private investigator mystery for readers who like smart investigations, complex plots, sharp humor, and danger that keeps escalating until the final page.

Her Millions Are Worthless - Suspense Romance Book by Bela Feketekuty

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Jane, a beautiful, young, intelligent, and wealthy woman, is searching for true love. When she accidentally meets Bill, a poor but proud man, they connect and have a lot of fun together. But when Bill begins to suspect that Jane’s millions are dirty, the young couple is caught in a web of curious questions, evasive answers, and financial secrets.

The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts - time travel mystery book by K.C. Tansley

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Haunted by the dead. Trapped in the past. And running out of time.

Some people tell themselves white lies to protect their ego. I do it to protect my soul. I’m Kat and I’ve had to actively disbelieve in ghosts since one tried to possess me when I was nine. Disbelieving keeps me safe…

Until my junior year, when my favorite professor asks me to work with my handsome rival Evan to help solve a century-old murder mystery—an opulent wedding night gone horribly wrong. A bloody turret room, a missing bride and groom, hints of a haunting, and whispers of a curse.

I refuse to spend my summer working with Evan at a haunted castle. I won’t risk the ghosts invading my life again. But a single photograph of the wedding party seals my fate. The ghost that saved me and the ghost that tried to possess me were living, breathing bridesmaids at that doomed wedding.

Now, I need to face the ghosts and figure out our connection. Evan thinks this is just a school project, but he’s wrong. While exploring the turret room, we stumble upon the castle’s greatest secret when we slip through a magic portal and wake up with our souls trapped inside the bodies of two wedding guests in 1886. Which changes everything.

With only each other to rely on, we race to stop the wedding-night murders and find a way back to our own time—and our own bodies—before our souls disappear forever.


If you’re seeking a gothic mystery filled with the paranormal to keep you reading beyond your bedtime, a heart-pounding twist ending, an irresistible slow-burn romance, and a race through time you won’t forget, join Kat on her thrilling adventure!

Times of Clouds and Sun - a gripping family saga by Michael Dane Hager

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Dr. Maya Simmons, a recent PhD graduate in Epidemiology, is still mourning the death of her father. While going through his personal papers, she discovers a dark secret from her parents’ past. Her quest for the truth leads her to a Tibetan refugee camp in India, where her “mother,” Maggie Hunter, is hiding out from Interpol for her suspected role in a bombing incident during the Vietnam War.

Compelled to track down her estranged mother, Maya disguises her true identity and secures a volunteer position at the refugee camp. With the help of a Tibetan lama, Maya confronts her long-suppressed feelings of abandonment and her fear of accepting Maggie into her life. Ironically, just as they begin their journey of reconciliation, Maya finds herself at the center of solving a deadly epidemic threatening both the refugees and her own mother’s life.

October Storms - a non stop suspensful small town police drama by Joe Spiller

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Martin County Sheriff Detective Marcus Brubaker, worn down by fatigue and personal grief, is jolted awake by his ringing phone. Outside his condo, blue-white lightning flashes across the midnight sky, followed by thunder that shakes Fairmont, Minnesota, to its core. Brubaker drives into the atmospheric hell to investigate a brutal hit-and-run murder that leaves the victim’s face unrecognizable. Local obstetrician Bradley Ferguson was hit and dragged while changing a flat tire on his Jeep Wrangler in a deluge of rain. His lifeless body lies in the muddy water covering a rural Martin County highway. Brubaker recognized the Jeep’s vanity license plate, DRSTORK. A streak of green paint on a lug wrench leads to the murder weapon, a 1955 Studebaker truck found nearby. Evidence points toward Trevor Jacobi as the culprit behind the steering wheel of the death mobile. He is missing with a four-hour head start. A second victim, Jacobi’s elderly father, Earl Jacobi, is found dead in the truck registered in his name. Brubaker now has two murder inquiries. His probes uncover layered family dynamics, revealing abuse and estrangement. Leadership conflicts within the Sheriff’s Department hinder progress. The chase for Jacobi extends from Minnesota to Florida, revealing his aggressive tendencies and criminal schemes, including money laundering, illegal immigrant shakedowns, and offshore drug trafficking, plus a missing million dollars linked to Jacobi’s Cuban-American boss. Brubaker and Tampa police clash over jurisdictional authority once Jacobi is captured. The case deepens with the suspected double murder-for-hire of a Tampa Civil Rights advocate and the Cuban-American’s wife. All evidence points to Jacobi and his former boss, who has fled to Cuba. A vulnerable, unreliable witness to Jacobi’s crime spree is murdered along with two officers escorting him to protective custody. Brubaker relies heavily on Corporal Linda Michaels, whose friendship, training, and instincts support him. Their bond is both professional and emotional. She is in love with Brubaker. He wavers, nostalgically unable to let go of old memories. The investigation climaxes with violent clashes against hired thugs from Florida attempting to recover stolen cash. Michaels’s marksmanship saves Brubaker’s life at one point. Ultimately, it comes down to Brubaker and Jacobi in a fight to the death, leaving the detective injured and needing hospital care. Jacobi is worse for wear, requiring multiple surgeries, lying in pain and agony behind steel bars, wearing Brubaker’s handcuffs.

The Debt, a thought-provoking thriller by Chris Young

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Michael is an 18 year old talented martial artist. After his best friend dies in a tragic accident, he is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter. Harsh lessons that come with prison life force him to set aside his otherwise well-meaning nature to adapt and survive.

After his release, he reunites with a fellow inmate Ijal who has befriended him. Now an adult, fast-tracking himself to independence and a meaningful course in life quickly becomes more challenging than he had imagined. While reconnecting with his father and martial arts instructor inspire him to pursue a path he once called his own, he also becomes entangled in Ijal's affairs, whose past catches up with him.

Moral dilemmas find their way into complicating his course of action and his sense of himself.

Once again, tragedy unfolds. Being pulled back into a world of violence, everything is put into question: his values, his identity, what he is capable of, and how far he is willing to go to break the cycle he has found himself entangled in.

A Fiery End - a detective mystery by Diana J Febry

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Detective Inspector Fiona Williams’ life is already on the edge: she’s balancing a demanding job, a family crisis, and doubts about her new superior. When she stumbles upon a burning van after a late hospital visit, her hopes for a break are dashed. The driver is dead, still trapped in the inferno, and a second car nearby holds another corpse and a traumatised witness who claims to have seen nothing.

The Equation: The Secret They Don't Want You to Know by Ivan Carl

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A murdered mentor. A hidden equation. A secret buried for centuries because some truths are too powerful to be set free.

Nathan Brooks has spent his life solving impossible problems. A brilliant mathematician, he's built his career on finding order where everyone else sees chaos.

Then his mentor is found murdered inside a locked office.

Written in blood beside the body are two words:

THE EQUATION

The research is gone. The evidence has vanished. The only clue the killers missed is an old brass key hidden in Nathan's pocket.

As Nathan follows a trail buried across decades, he uncovers a discovery so profound that The Continuum, a secret organization that has manipulated events from the shadows for centuries, will kill to keep it hidden.

Now they're coming for Nathan.

With the help of a former Continuum operative, he must uncover what his mentor died protecting before The Continuum buries the secret forever.

But the closer he gets, the more terrifying the truth becomes.

What if the world's greatest discovery wasn't hidden because it was dangerous... but because it would change everything we believe about what it means to live?

Perfect for readers of The Da Vinci Code, Dark Matter, and The Rule of Four, The Equation is an intelligent conspiracy thriller where murder, mystery, and philosophy collide in a race to expose the one secret humanity was never meant to know.

Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

The Third Estate: Devil's Tango by D. R. Berlin

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Captain Sophie Allard once lived for the precision and freedom of flying fighter jets. Now, after one decision derails her military career, she is rebuilding her future as a medical student at a Denver trauma center.

Then a dying gunshot victim pulls her close and whispers a cryptic message meant for someone else.

By morning, the dead man’s belongings have vanished. Security footage raises more questions than answers. Sophie is accused of murder, suspended from the hospital, and targeted by professional killers who believe she possesses something powerful enough to expose them.

Her only possible ally is Kai Lovac, a legendary assassin who has spent three years hiding from the same shadow organization now hunting Sophie.

Lovac knows the rules of survival. Trust no one. Leave no witnesses. Never allow emotion to interfere with the mission. But his closest friend died protecting Dossier 1627, a secret report connected to the Third Estate, a covert syndicate that manipulates governments, military institutions, corporations, and criminal organizations from behind the scenes. Lovac needs the information the dying man gave Sophie. Sophie needs Lovac alive long enough to prove she is innocent.

Neither intends to trust the other.

Their uneasy alliance pulls them into a dangerous conspiracy involving hidden laboratories, encrypted messages, secret files, corrupt officials, and assassins bound by their own deadly code. Every answer exposes another betrayal. Every ally carries a hidden agenda. Every step toward the truth places Sophie closer to the organization that has been watching her far longer than she realizes.

As the Third Estate closes in, Sophie must decide how far she will go to reclaim her life and whether the man trained to kill without hesitation is the only person capable of keeping her alive.

The Third Estate: Devil’s Tango is a fast-paced psychological thriller blending medical suspense, military action, espionage, conspiracy, mystery, and morally complex characters. Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent female protagonists, reluctant alliances, secret societies, professional assassins, buried family secrets, and high-stakes suspense where trust can prove more dangerous than betrayal.

Hey Diddle Diddle, the Runaway Riddle: A Retired Sleuth and Dog Historical Cozy Mystery by P.C. James

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Now retired, Inspector Ramsay, of Miss Riddell Cozy Mysteries fame, has adopted a dog, Bracken, and taken to hiking the highest peaks of his native lands, Scotland and England. 

In the English Lake District, he and Bracken aid a young woman to escape her pursuers. She's been held captive for days before escaping. Ramsay is puzzled by this because he's heard on the radio, and read in the local papers, only that she'd run away from home. Had the kidnappers not demanded a ransom? Or were her parents and the police keeping that quiet, hoping for someone to give them a lead on where she was being held? This last didn't sit right with Ramsay, but nor did the idea that the kidnappers hadn't asked for a ransom. Ramsay begins to investigate, only to have the young woman run away from him. What's going on here in the quiet English countryside?

In For a Dime (A Jake Hansen Mystery) by Kevin R. Andrade

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For fans of the likes of Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, and James Ellroy, this gripping crime thriller delivers smart detective work, escalating suspense, and a team of unlikely partners you'll want to follow long after the mystery is solved.

A missing insurance executive.

Two million dollars gone.

A conspiracy that reaches from City Hall to the Los Angeles underworld.

Private investigator Jake Hansen thought he was chasing one missing man. Instead, he finds himself caught in a web of political corruption, organized crime, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.

With retired NYPD detective Pete Mills and former ex-con Lamar Wagner, Jake begins putting the pieces together... until Sophie's past turns the investigation into something deeply personal.

Because solving the case won't mean much if it costs him the people who put him back together.

Fast-paced, twist-filled, and driven by characters readers won't soon forget, In For a Dime is a crime thriller that's hard to put down.

Storm Warning: A Sonny Marshall Thriller by Terry Bacon

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Sonny Marshall, a gifted saxophonist with a past haunted by violence, lives his life between soulful nights on stage and the quiet discipline of martial arts. 

But when a friend’s chance sighting reopens the cold case of a girl kidnapped seven years ago, Sonny is drawn into a darkness that melody can’t touch. His unofficial investigation pulls him from the neon glow of jazz clubs into a sinister underworld of child exploitation and ruthless criminals. With the police investigation stalled, Sonny must rely on his own code of justice, where the lines between right and wrong blur into the shadows. 

Shadowing Stella - a Christian romantic suspense novel by Elle E. Kay

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Stella McIntyre’s life is shattered after waking up in an unfamiliar hotel room with no memory of the night before. 

The realization that she was sexually assaulted leaves her feeling defiled and alone, a trauma compounded by the discovery that she is pregnant. Desperate for safety, she flees Florida for her childhood home in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. There, her father, a small-town pastor, welcomes his "prodigal daughter" with unconditional love and grace.

In Edinsville, Stella attempts to rebuild her life while struggling to reconcile her faith with the nightmare she endured. She finds an unexpected ally in Jason Duncan, an Army veteran recently returned from Iraq. Despite her paralyzing fear of being touched by men, Jason’s patient and protective nature begins to melt her defenses,. As Jason helps her prepare for her child, a quiet romance develops, offering Stella a glimpse of a future she thought was lost.

However, the sanctuary of the mountains is an illusion. Kyle Johnston, a man driven by a deadly obsession, has tracked Stella from Daytona. He believes she is a reincarnation of his deceased wife and will stop at nothing to "bring her home". His intrusion into her world escalates from watching her through binoculars to breaking into her home and eventually kidnapping her at gunpoint.

Thrust into the pitch-black tunnels of an abandoned coal mine, Stella must face her tormentor and her deepest fears. With her life and her newborn son’s future on the line, she discovers that her only true defense is a strength found in God.

*Shadowing Stella* is a gripping tale of trauma, obsession, and the power of faith in the face of unspeakable evil. 

Long Lost Midwife: A Historical Thriller of Race, Secrets, and a Woman's Fight for Control by Skye Smith

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A pregnant woman trapped under constant watch risks everything to find the Black midwife she believes can save her.

Pamela Dorset has wealth, status, and a baby on the way. But behind closed doors, every decision about her body and future is controlled by others.

Desperate for answers, she begins searching for Miss Minnie, the midwife who brought her into the world. What starts as a secret act of defiance soon spirals into something far more dangerous.

Strange messages. Impossible sightings. Buried secrets that refuse to stay hidden.

As Pamela crosses racial and social boundaries she was never meant to cross, she risks her marriage, her safety, and her sanity to uncover the truth.

A gripping historical thriller filled with suspense, mystery, and psychological tension, Long Lost Midwife explores race, power, memory, and one woman's fight to reclaim control of her life. 

A Jewel of a Crime: A Venus Bixby Mystery - an unforgettable, immersive cozy mystery by Valerie Taylor

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Venus Bixby thinks she’s trading her dance studio for a glamorous new life recovering stolen art—until she finds the studio’s new owner dead behind a curtain.

Suddenly the prime suspect in her small town of Chatham Crossing, Venus must clear her name while uncovering a secret from her late husband’s past involving a missing emerald ring. As burglaries ripple through town and rumors swirl, she’ll need sharp instincts—and a dash of Irish luck—to catch the real killer before her fresh start slips away.

Whispers of the Forgotten: A Casey Carson Mystery by Aimee Archer

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Her father died chasing the truth. Now something is coming for her.

When Casey Carson returns home after her father's sudden death, she inherits more than an old house. Strange whispers echo through the halls. Shadows move when no one is watching. And hidden among her father's belongings is evidence that he was investigating a dark secret moments before he died. The deeper Casey digs, the more disturbing the truth becomes. Someone wanted her father silenced. Now they're watching Casey. As restless spirits reveal clues and long-buried secrets rise to the surface, Casey must uncover what really happened before she becomes the next victim. But the force that hunted her father has been waiting for years... And it isn't finished yet. For a limited time, get Whispers of the Forgotten at a special discounted price. Perfect for readers who love haunted houses, paranormal mysteries, small-town secrets, ghostly suspense, and amateur sleuths who refuse to back down.

Black Velvet - Mystery by Sal Casamassima

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Theo Holmes, a direct descendant of Sherlock, is called in by the San Diego and Las Vegas police departments when eerily similar homicides of the homeless occur in each city. Assisted by Delaney Watson and PAM, a beautiful AI robot, Holmes and his team tackle DNA evidence that contradicts eye witness statements. There’s also a bizarre connection to Elvis and the beautiful song - Black Velvet - that pays homage to his life.  This contemporary novel is a psychological thriller filled with unique characters, forensic science, the world of AI, and plot twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.

The Second Signature: An Edmund Finch Art Forgery Mystery - a cozy art forgery mystery by Edward Ellis

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The Second Signature: An Edmund Finch Art Forgery Mystery is a clue-driven cozy mystery set in the world of museum conservation, Dutch Golden Age painting, and wartime provenance.

Houston, 1974. Edmund Finch is a senior conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts, a man whose life is built around routine, precision, and the patient study of surfaces. He is not a detective. He does not chase danger. He examines paintings, records what he sees, and trusts that enough attention will eventually reveal the truth.

When a seventeenth-century Dutch market scene arrives in his studio for restoration, Edmund expects a difficult but ordinary conservation project: darkened varnish, surface grime, old repairs, and the familiar uncertainties of attribution. The painting has long been catalogued as the work of an artist in the circle of Jan van Kessel the Elder — valuable, interesting, but not especially mysterious.

Then Edmund finds a pigment that should not be there.

A section of the sky contains titanium white, a modern material that could not belong to a painting from the 1600s. What first seems like a technical irregularity soon becomes something stranger and more deliberate. The painting is not simply damaged, misattributed, or poorly restored. Someone has left evidence inside it, and the evidence points back to 1943.

With the help of his friend Victor Holm, an art historian at Rice University, Edmund begins to follow the trail through archives, old records, provenance files, and the evidence held in the painting itself. The deeper he looks, the clearer it becomes that the forgery was not made simply to deceive. It was made to preserve something.

For readers who enjoy atmospheric mysteries without graphic violence, The Second Signature offers a slower, more thoughtful investigation, one built on observation, patience, art history, and the small details other people miss.

A cozy art mystery for readers who enjoy museum settings, historical secrets, provenance puzzles, no graphic violence, no explicit sex, and a methodical male protagonist who solves mysteries by looking more closely than anyone else.

Chosen by Night - a thrilling young adult paranormal story by C.C. Bolick

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After a curse awakens, teens begin to shapeshift and a small town scrambles for answers. The night has chosen Marilyn and only her closest friends can help. Can they stop the curse, or will she lose everything she cares about? 

To Catch a Spy — a thrilling mystery by Mark ONeill

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It's been a year since John Robie, notorious Riviera jewel thief, proved his innocence by catching a copycat burglar. And it's been a year since John has seen Francie Stevens, the adventurous socialite who not only saw through his disguise, but helped him catch the copycat. Now Francie is returning to the Riviera for its first-ever Fashion Week as a model for a top French designer, and John plans on rekindling their romance. But there's a problem. While helping a friend, John chases down a mysterious courier, whose ruthless associates now want John dead. To make matters worse, when Francie arrives, she has a boyfriend in tow, and tells John that she wants nothing to do with him.

John has to figure out why he's a hunted man, and why Francie is acting suspiciously. Digging deeper, he discovers a spy ring with evil intent. As John works unofficially to gather evidence, a question begins to haunt him—could Francie Stevens be a spy? With his enemies closing in, John turns to his cat burglar skills to try to save his life and expose the traitors. To survive, he has to catch the spies before they catch—and kill—a retired thief!