Posts Tagged ‘mystery’
The Islandʻs Vengeful Dead, by Chris McGillion
The Islandʻs Vengeful Dead, by Chris McGillion The murder of an American marine biologist on the remote island of Atauro, north of East Timor’s capital of Dili, turns a tropical paradise into a hotbed of intrigue. FBI agent Sara Carter, on secondment to the local INTERPOL mission, is sent by her embassy to ensure the…
Read MoreAssignment in Saigon, by Bill Rapp
Assignment in Saigon, by Bill Rapp Karl Baier has been enjoying his tour on the CIA’s seventh floor as the Special Advisor for Strategic affairs, a reward of sorts for his successful mission in Turkey two years earlier. But with the intensifying and divisive debate in Washington about America’s future engagement in Vietnam, the Director…
Read MoreThe Last Dunes Girl, by M.D. Carroll
The Last Dunes Girl, by M.D. Carroll The Last Dunes Girl is the second and sequel (to The Sword of Tecumseh, pub. 2019) in the Logan Wells mystery series. The story takes place in Prairie County, Indiana in 1990. Logan Wells, a former investigator with the county prosecutor’s office, has a chance encounter with Bill…
Read MoreLightning Caused, by Roger Lynn Howell
Lightning Caused, by Roger Lynn Howell Acting Sheriff Ada Reed comes across an entire family dead in their home in the aftermath of a raging forest fire. It appears they just sat down and let the flames consume them. They weren’t drunk, nor were they dead before it overtook them. Their car was gassed up,…
Read MoreLambs to the Slaughter, by David Carlson
Lambs to the Slaughter, by David Carlson For Sophia Demetrios, in prison for a murder she can’t remember committing, the thought that the past isn’t what she’s been told gives her what she has most lacked hope. But is allowing herself to hope only a prelude to further despair? For ex-homicide detective, Christopher Worthy, being…
Read MoreThe Coffin Maker’s Apprentice, by Chris McGillion
The Coffin Maker’s Apprentice, by Chris McGillion Timorese police investigator Vincintino Cordero is assigned the case of two youths, rival gang members, found a week apart with their throats slit and a betel quid placed in their mouths. The case distracts him from spending time with FBI Agent Sara Carter before she completes her INTERPOL…
Read MoreOff Season, by Clive Fleury
Off Season, by Clive Fleury Detective Ramesh Ryan’s career with Sydney’s prestigious Organized Crime Unit is on the up, until he loses a court case against the city’s most powerful drug dealer. In disgrace, the detective is relocated to the tiny Australian beach town of Barton. It is off-season in Barton—when its few criminals usually…
Read MoreSuffer the Children, by David Carlson
Suffer the Children, by David Carlson On the night of a tragic fire at an orphanage in Canada that takes the lives of three boys, the orphanage director, Father Robert Porter, is found passed out in an alcoholic haze. Although he isn’t blamed for the fire, Father Robert is recalled to his monastic order’s motherhouse…
Read MoreEpiphany, by John A. Vanek
Epiphany, by John A. Vanek While investigating a haunting at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Father Jake Austin encounters the “Night Nurse,” the ghost of a woman killed in a fiery car crash decades earlier. The evidence suggests she was murdered, and Jake tracks down her killer in the coldest of cold cases. The Superior General of…
Read MoreAlways Something Sings, by Roger Lynn Howell
Always Something Sings, by Roger Lynn Howell Ada Reed stands in as sheriff of a backwoods county in Idaho when her husband is recalled to the Army. The war in Korea won’t last but a couple of months, and it would be simpler this way—”less trouble,” the businessmen whisper. But a young woman found beaten…
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