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THE MOST DEPRAVED KILLERS. THE MOST DETERMINED DETECTIVE. MEET DI BETHANY SMITH.

“Hello?”
“Haven’t you got anything better to do than having an affair?”
“Who is this?”
“You better watch your back.”

This cold call is murder.

Detective Bethany Smith is called out to 21 Bladen Avenue, the home of Jason and Georgia Holt.

It’s one of the worst murder scenes she’s ever seen.

In the middle of the living room, Jason lies motionless in front of the fireplace. He’s been opened up like a can of tuna. His innards have been removed. His face is pulp.

Jason’s wife found him. No one should ever have to see their spouse like that.

Days later, in another home across the city, a young woman answers the phone: “How does it feel to have killed someone while you’re in the process of removing their baby?”

It’s the last call she’ll take.

A dystopian science fiction novel that unravels a great secret of the most mysterious continent in the world.

Scott “Buck” Buckley, an environmental scientist, accepts a job at the McMurdo Antarctic research station. After signing a secrecy declaration, Scott discovers the existence of Geyser Valley, an area with a unique warm microclimate, which is home to the mysterious indigenous Anai people. In an outrageous conspiracy, the world governments are keeping the existence of these people a secret, to avoid limitations on the division of land for natural resources.

Scott is fascinated by the unique culture of the Anai as he begins to visit their valley. Through his budding friendship with the young clan chieftainess Ki Tahan, he discovers a peaceful society that lives in harmony with nature.

In the meantime, the world becomes more and more unstable while a global war is about to break out. Just before darkness sets over Antarctica, warfare tears the world apart, and the research station finds itself completely isolated for the long and sunless winter.

In the loneliness of the dark season, Scott faces difficult questions: who are the Anai, and how did they come to Antarctica? How much truth is there in their legends about giant ancient reptiles frozen in ice, waiting to come back to life? How is McMurdo going to hold on until the communications and supply lines are restored? And what limits one is not allowed to cross, even in the name of survival?

Suzanna Wilton has had a heavy share of heartache in her twenty-seven years. Left wounded by a marriage cut short, she leaves city life to take up residency in a tiny Nebraska town. Her introduction to her neighbor Paul Rustin is a disaster. Assuming he’s as underhanded as the other local cowboys she’s already met, Suzanna greets him with sharp hostility.

Though Paul is offended by Suzanna’s unfriendliness, he can’t stop thinking about her, which unsettles his peaceful life. Intrigued by the woman who lives down the road and propelled by a sense that she carries a painful burden, he frequently drops by to offer help as she adjusts to rural living.

Just as Paul’s kindness begins to melt Suzanna’s frozen heart, a conflict regarding her land escalates in town. Even in the warmth of Paul’s love, resentment keeps a cold grip on her fragile heart.

When romance isn’t enough, will Suzanna ever find peace?

Savannah talk show host Lainey Garcia is back in Vineyard, Texas, after the suspicious death of her estranged sister, Tessa. Standing at the casket of her dead sister, trying to find it in her heart to forgive her for stealing the only man she’s ever loved, Lainey’s greeted by Tessa’s ghost, who has a story she’s dying to tell. Seems Tessa was murdered, and she wants Lainey and her other siblings to find her killer. But it doesn’t take the Garcia girls long to discover that the list of suspects who wanted the smart-mouthed Tessa dead is a mile long, and when the sisters, along with help from the “other world,” get too close, Lainey finds herself in a fight for her life.

“FROM THE GET-GO I WAS HOOKED”

The Mexican drug war has reached critical mass, and the U.S. Government, under the direction of the National Clandestine Service, must take drastic measures. Mason Church, a decorated U.S. soldier, returns home plagued by the emotional scars of war and the fragmented memories of his father. Loveless, broke, and jaded, he’s recruited by National Clandestine Service to assassinate Mexico’s biggest drug kingpin. 16 year-old, Valentina Vargas, witnesses the massacre of her family by the ruthless drug lord. Suddenly orphaned, she must make a decision to remain a peasant or retaliate against the sadistic murderers. Following the D.C. bombing death of the Head of NCS by an unrecognizable and grotesque assassin — a mole is suspected within the high ranks of Washington. In order to succeed in Mexico, Mason must partner with Valentina, maneuvering through the dangerous labyrinth of menacing drug cartels, and corrupt government officials. Brought together by accident, Mason and Valentina realize that their only hope of survival lies with each other.

Wonderful book! Fantastic Christian Fiction! When a brilliant young scientist is awakened by an unusual visitor, it begins a fantastic journey that finds him facing dangerous perils and shocking supernatural threats, forcing him to face the Creator he has adamantly denied.

Dangerous enemies are stepping up their attacks as dark forces grow increasingly threatened by Jeff’s discoveries. He is, meanwhile, drawn more deeply into his search for the truth about his heritage and the earth’s past. Book Two, Quest is the story of Jeff’s soul-stirring pursuit of the truth.

Time is running out… New threats and surprising enemies come to light as time is running out for Jeff to complete his urgent Quest. Jeff’s search leads him to the most extraordinary discovery of his life, and new powers are soon revealed that turn the tide in their battle against the growing forces of darkness.

The urgency of Jeff’s Quest grows increasingly clear as formidable enemies regather strength and a new powerful evil threatens to destroy Jeff’s mission once and for all. Jeff faces risks of unspeakable loss in this journey of tragedy and triumph.

“AN EMOTIONAL AND STIRRING READ…” A young man is caught up in a miraculous adventure that transforms his life and changes the world! Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending. Be prepared to laugh and cry, and find your heart rejoicing!

From multi-million-selling Faith Martin, one of Britain’s best-loved mystery writers.

Welcome to the world of Jenny Starling — where the scones are flaky, the guests are under suspicion, and murder is always on the menu.

She’s a passionate travelling cook turned reluctant sleuth, with a knack for stumbling over crime scenes. Wherever Jenny goes, someone inconveniently drops dead.

Jenny Starling is catering the twenty-first birthday party of upper-class twins, Alicia and Justin.

Jenny arrives at their parents’ stunning country house and is immediately met by the police. A young man has drowned in the pond. Was it an accident… or murder?

But the birthday party must go ahead. Just after midnight, everyone gathers for a champagne toast — and one of the guests falls down dead. Everyone at the party becomes a suspect — and the police are completely baffled.

When someone adds an extra ingredient of poison to Jenny’s precious recipes, she will stop at nothing to find the culprit.

Jenny Starling must unmask a ruthless killer before more party guests die.

It’s a hell of an assignment: Five months on a New Mexico desert compound to cover what could be the next Jonestown. For one reporter, it could be a career-maker. But when a cult member close to him drowns herself, he flees, setting unimaginable events into motion.

From the author of the widely acclaimed novels Another Broken Wizard and What Smiled at Him comes The Last Bad Job — a book the late Norman Mailer touted as showing “something that very few writers have; a species of inner talent that owes very little to other people.”

In this first installment of the sexy and suspenseful Steele Ridge series, second chance love can be murder when a slick sports agent returns to his hometown and finds the secret baby he left behind.

Slick sports agent Griffin Steele is living the highlife in Los Angeles, far from the shadow of the North Carolina mountains where he grew up. But when his hometown falls on hard times and needs his help, Grif reluctantly agrees to commute between coasts. He never expects the lush scenery, in the form of pretty tomboy Carlie Beth Parrish, to be such a temptation.

After an impetuous one-night stand with Grif Steele fifteen years ago, hardworking blacksmith Carlie Beth has tried to make a living and raise her daughter in the hometown she loves. Then, too-sexy-for-his-Rolex Grif blows back into town like the perfect storm, making Carlie feel less like a thirty-something mom and more like an infatuated teenager.

When a stalker targets his hometown and Grif suspects Carlie Beth might be the next kidnapping victim, he can’t help but step in to protect her. But once he discovers the fourteen-year-old secret she’s been keeping from him, will he embrace the truth or will he turn his back on Steele Ridge and Carlie Beth forever?

Exhausted from trying to balance all the areas of your life? Meet Roscoe Ransom – maimed in World War I, a sharecropper, the town sheriff, and a struggling single father to his eleven-year-old son, Junior. But there’s one more thing about Roscoe that sets him apart – he’s an alcoholic.

Just when Roscoe thinks his life couldn’t get any more difficult, a murder shakes up their small community. With everyone looking to him to solve the case, Roscoe’s inner demons and addiction threaten to stand in the way. But when his determined son, Junior, takes it upon himself to uncover the truth, Roscoe finds himself on a dangerous journey of redemption.

Joined by their neighbor, the wise and resourceful Cherokee Indian, Willow Muscadine, the unlikely trio must work together to not only solve the murder, but also to save their own lives.

In David Johnson’s latest novel, “Ransom’s Law,” he masterfully crafts a gripping and emotional tale of family, love, and justice. With unforgettable characters and high stakes, this is a story you won’t be able to put down.

Three Heart-Pounding Thrillers

Wolfgang Pierce doesn’t play by the rules. As a contract espionage specialist, he operates in any time zone, under any conditions. Subterfuge, shootouts, and high-stakes deception? Just another Monday for Wolfgang and his team.

But this job is different. Their client? The U.S. government. Their mission? To protect a vulnerable CIA operative code-named Raven.

Raven is deep inside a counter-terrorist mission in Paris, and somebody wants him taken out. Wolfgang’s team is hired to run interference — a quick in-and-out job.

Or so they think. But someone is lying…
And it’s a lie that could cost thousands of lives.

When everyone thinks you’re dead but you’re actually alive and the only one who can help you isn’t from here…

When healthy, athletic, 18-year-old Yair finds himself bedridden in a hospital room and is informed that he is paralyzed from the neck down and may never walk again, his whole life shatters around him. While his family and friends believe it to be the result of a terrible accident, could the truth reveal a premeditated act?

Alone, confined to his bed, Yair finds refuge in the most unexpected place. Soon, the only thing keeping him going is the one-on-one conversations he begins having with God.

When Yair fails to wake up from his last surgery, he is left suspended between two worlds – our world and the beyond. With time running short, he realizes his death is quickly approaching.

When powerful secrets from his past are revealed, Yair knows that the choice to embark on a race against time – and death – is up to him.

That Time I Died is an inspiring coming-of-age story for young adults about the strength of spirit, learning from our mistakes, and the power of faith.