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Avery Nolan, Private Dick of the Strange: The Case of the Zombie Menace by Tony Faville
It’s the 1950s in New York City – the Cold War is in full bloom and the Red Scare is everywhere. Private Investigator Avery Nolan is hired by the daughter of a missing research scientist to find him. What he … Continue reading
Posted in Mash-Up, Mystery, Noir, Supernatural, Uncategorized, Zombies
Tagged 1911, baseball, Cold War, detective, domestic abuse, gun, hardboiled, humor, kgb, librarian, mystery, noir, PI, police, politics, Private Investigator, Red Scare, science, scotch, thriller, weapon, zombies
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The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H Winters
What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalyptic, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged apocalypse, detective, Double, end of the world, murder, mystery, police, pre-apocalypse, suicide, suspense, thriller
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Scars on the Face of God: The Devil’s Bible by C.G. Bauer
Hex signs protect every barn and outbuilding. The local tannery spews its poison on the land and in the river. And babies disappear at birth. An orphan and one-time felon who earned his nickname “from the sound a crowbar makes … Continue reading
Where the Dead Fear to Tread by M.R. Gott
A police officer and a serial killer search separately for a missing child while running a malevolent labyrinth populated by creatures they never knew existed. Former prosecutor William Chandler, disgusted with his past inaction, spills the blood of those who … Continue reading
Haftmann’s Rules by Robert White
Out of jail and back on the streets, Haftmann is hired to find a missing young girl in Boston. But what he uncovers goes beyond just murder, into a world of secret societies, bloodshed, and betrayal beyond anything he has … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery, Noir, Thriller
Tagged detective, hard-boil, missing person, murder, mutilation, mystery, noir, Private Investigator, serial killer, technology, thriller
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Still Life with Crows (Pendergrast #4) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land? Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Pendergrast #4, Quad
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Dead is the New Black: Fashion Avenue Mysteries by Cristine DeMaio-Rice
Laura loves fashion designer, Jeremy St James. Not just the clothes, but him, and she’d be with him in a heartbeat – except that he’s her boss. And he’s gay. So when she stumbles upon a dead body in his … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery, Suspense
Tagged Christine DeMaio-Rice, Fashion Avenue Mysteries, murder, triple with a splash of milk
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Harvest of the Heart by Michael Selmer
Little Elsa Danforth has a very special and unusual connection with her mother. When she is four years old, as a result of this unique empathy, she is traumatized when her mother is the first victim of a serial killer … Continue reading
The Docks by V.H. Folland
Harry’s in more trouble than he knows, and he knows he’s in a lot. His freedom depends on covering his tracks, and uncovering the truth before the police do. One person holds all the pieces. Unfortunately Harry killed him last … Continue reading
Fractured Time by Alan Draven
Kindle & Paperback Formats Donovan Vicar is a “feeler”-a man who feels the vibrations of people around him. One October evening on his way home, he bumps into a man that he senses to be particularly evil, and he embarks … Continue reading
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