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A Grand Seduction by Lisa Logan

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The Wednesday lunch group helps one of their own out of a crappola marriage--by setting up her husband with a phony affair. When they succeed, they think they've got what it takes to make a business out of seduction...until murder threatens much more than the exposure of their scheme.

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Anonymity by Margie Gosa-Shivers

After marrying her college sweetheart and giving birth to a daughter, Cara Fleming is well on her way to the all-American dream of family life. She and her husband, Mario, move from Memphis to Chicago to set the foundation for a new beginning. That is, until Mario receives an anonymous phone call alleging that Cara is having an affair.

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Assumed Dead by Eleanor Sullivan

Head nurse Monika Everhardt learns a John Doe in the intensive care unit of St. Teresa's Hospital might be a man thought killed in NYC on 9/11. " At the same time, a recently remarried widow is in a coma following a vicious beating, and her husband is suspected of attempting to murder her for her money. Monika struggles to uncover the truth before her patients die.

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The Brimstone Murders

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Robbie Farris stabbed his junior college professor twenty- seven times. Robbie’s lawyer, Jimmy O’Brien, is led into the seemingly unrelated worlds of high-profile, religious evangelism and old- fashioned Mojave Desert borax mining.

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Captain Angus, the Lighthouse Ghost  by Wendy Laing

Children's Mystery
Aaron and Gracie meet Cap'n Angus, a salty old Scottish sea-captain's ghost who takes them on virtual reality trips aboard sailing ships, where they watch a sea rescue and even meet one of their ancestors!

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Cock of the Walk by Wendy Laing

When Sir Peter Percival, the owner of Woodburne Wine Estate, is found dead Detective Inspector Andy McNab, Detective Sergent Sarah Sedgewick and Detective Constable Vincent Ng embark on a baffling investigation....

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Consulted to Death by Carolyn J. Rose

1st in the Casey Brandt mystery series
Television Assignment Editor Casey Brandt admits she's so burnt out a flame thrower couldn't rekindle her. She has zero respect for her bottom-line boss and his decisions about which stories make it to air--and the feeling is mutual. He detests her sarcastic wit and lets her know her job is on the line. When she learns the station's manipulative consultant is shopping for her replacement, Casey decides things couldn't get worse. But they do.

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Crime and Suspense Anthology I

Anthology featuring a story by Pat Harrington
Editor Tony Burton also is editor for the Crime and Suspense Ezine at crimeandsuspense.com.

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The Crushed Velvet Miasma by Mike Nettleton/Carolyn J. Rose

2nd in the Paladin Series Aging hippie Paladin discovers why Maggie left the band Crushed Velvet Miasma. He promises to keep the dirty secret, but all bets are off when Maggie's daughter auditions, Thor is found beaten to death with an electric guitar, and Eugene becomes a prime suspect.

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Cybersona by Fred Yager

Young Adult Sci-Fi/Mystery
In an extreme case of identity theft, a computer genius who recently became paraplegic uses an Internet game to take over the body of another player in order to exact revenge on those responsible for his paralysis.

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Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn

Coming Soon: 2nd in the Kismet Knight, phD series
Still adjusting to her new role as an expert on all things paranormal, Kismet schedules what she believes is simply another radio interview. She couldn’t be more mistaken. Not only does the radio host behave very strangely, but an ominous, on-air call from day-walking vampire Lyren Hallow turns Kismet’s world upside-down -- again.

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Dated to Death by Carolyn J. Rose

3rd in the Casey Brandt mystery series
TV News Director Casey Brandt and deejay Stu McKnight need a vacation. But before they unpack at their Catskill Mountain retreat, their host discovers the body of a prom queen who vanished 26 years earlier. When an autopsy reveals she'd been pregnant, fingers point at her prom-night escort. The district attorney rushes to arrest him, but Casey believes he's innocent.

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Deadly Diversion by Eleanor Sullivan

Head nurse Monika Everhardt faces two mysterious deaths. When her staff comes under suspicion, Monika struggles to discover why the patients died so unexpectedly and who caused their deaths.

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Deadly Secrets in the Motor City by R. Barri Flowers

When her ex-husband, Frank Jones, the Motor City's first African-American Prosecuting Attorney, suspects his new wife, Candi, of having an affair, he hires Jackie to prove it. She finds his suspicions more than a little ironic, considering it was his own infidelity with Candi that ended their marriage.

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Death Comes Too Soon  by Patricia Harrington

The 2nd Bridget O'Hern mystery

Bridget is "seeking her bliss" since recovering from the tragic end of her twenty-three-year marriage, but in this instance the road to bliss is littered...with a body.

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Death Stalks The Khmer  by Patricia Harrington

The 1st Bridget O'Hern mystery
The deadly horrors of Cambodia's Killing Fields continue to haunt a Seattle refugee community when Hahn Ly and his wife are shot and killed.  The ethnic community believes the couple died because of bad karma. Bridget (Bridg) O'Hern believes the murders have roots going back to the Khmer Rouge times.

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Double Illusion   by Deborah and Joel Shlian

Every parent's worst fear is coming true. Someone is kidnapping babies. From Atlanta to Los Angeles, a young reporter and the beautiful nurse he loves are putting each deadly piece of the puzzle into place. But still the baby-snatcher stalks……And with every step, Anne and Victor take toward the truth, a terrifying secret waits in the shadows…

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Driven to Death by Carolyn J. Rose

2nd in the Casey Brandt mystery series
TV News Director Casey Brandt would like to forget her best friend's wedding day. She ran her stockings, got dumped by her boyfriend, missed out on dessert and hiked half a mile in high heels. She wound up at the morgue identifying one of the guests whose day had been even worse. Fortunately for detectives, Casey spotted a suspect near the scene of the crime--a drug dealer who had killed before and gotten away with it. Unfortunately for Casey, he spotted her, too.

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Flowers from the Grave  by Wendy Laing

Inspector Jane Doe, head of Melbourne Homide Squad is on leave recovering from near fatal head injuries from a serial killer. Her idyllic stay at the isolated cliff top cottage turns into a nightmare as she confronts a ghost, gifts of flowers with threatening messages. Is her friendly ghost in fact planning to kill her?

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The Hard Karma Shuffle byMike Nettleton and Carolyn J. Rose

The aging flower child called Paladin is learning what stress is all about. The Portland cops like him for the murder of a renegade attorney. High-tech thugs would happily kill him for the package he didn't deliver. And the lawyer's sexpot secretary wants to jump his bones--or bury them.

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The Hermit of Humbug Mountain byMike Nettleton

The aging flower child called Paladin is learning what stress is all about. The Portland cops like him for the murder of a renegade attorney. High-tech thugs would happily kill him for the package he didn't deliver. And the lawyer's sexpot secretary wants to jump his bones--or bury them.

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In the Dark of Night byR.Barri Flowers

A historical Jack the Ripper mystery novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat and introduce you to criminologist detective Henry Marboro.

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Jena's Choice by Beverly J. Scott

Jared's murder leaves Jena in charge of her younger brother, Randy, and the family ranch. When Everett Walker, their power hungry neighbor, demands that Jena sell the ranch or marry one of his sons her anger over rides her grief and she commits a rash act that will forever change their lives. Travel back in time to Texas in 1869 and discover the repercussions of "Jena's Choice."...
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Just Your Everyday People byFred andJan Yager

The friendship between two married couples begins to unravel when one of the wives seduces a stranger in a bar. Blackmail, betrayal, and murder ensue, and the danger seems to come from all directions. --Publisher's Weekly

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Justice Served byR. Barri Flowers

A detective is out to find the truth when a series of brutal murders of men who abused their wives occurs--and the female judge who presided over their trials becomes the key suspect.

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The Last Resort byApril Star

The bottle that had been hurled out in the Atlantic on a balmy spring day from St. Augustine Harbor contained no messages of undying love and passion. Nor did it contain charts or maps of shipwrecks. What it did contain was secrets, lies, betrayals, and the most unspeakable of crimes - murder.

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The Long Count by Frank Megna

Johnny DeMarco is getting his brains scrambled in the fifth round of his comeback fight. Pushing 40 and after five years of retirement, The Brooklyn Bomber returns to the ring. Johnny's comeback puts into motion a series of events which send him on an odyssey through an underworld more terrifying than the Mafia and into a confrontation with a sinister organization known as The Ninth Society.

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Mirror, Mirror byWendy Laing

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"Mirror Mirror" is a mystery story with two parallel tales. All of the victims have been loners or with distant family and without husband and especially kids. The last victim, however, has a different profile entirely. (Inspector) Borg knows it is the same killer, but why this change of modus operandi?

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Murder Across the Map

an anthology featuring a story by R. Barri Flowers

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Murder in the Rose City byR. Barri Flowers

A taut, hard-boiled detective novel where nothing is what it seems. Eric Zachary Elias is a half Jamaican/half Italian private investigator and ex-homicide detective for the Portland Police Bureau. Armed with a .40 caliber Glock, he courts danger and romance with equal abandon. These qualities are put to the test when Elias takes on two seemingly unrelated cases--the more he investigates, the more he realizes they are intricately connected.
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Murder Past, Murder Present Editor/ContributorR. Barri Flowers

Coming September 2009

A collection of twenty-two stories written by bestselling, award-winning members of the ACWL and include historical mysteries and present day suspense thrillers.
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Murder Without Pity by Steve Haberman

A Paris Murder Mystery

Set in contemporary Paris, dogged state criminal investigator Stanislas Cassel works at the Palace of Justice. As the grandson of a French propagandist for the Nazis, he is ashamed of his family’s infamy. He absorbs himself solving small crimes, which he calls his “Little Miseries.” Little does he suspect the life-shaking change that awaits him when he investigates the bizarre murder of a pensioner.

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Mystery in Mind

Anthology of supernatural mystery tales, featuring one by Patrcia Harrington

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Persuasive Evidence byR. Barri Flowers

When her teenage son is accused of murder, Assistant District Attorney Jordan La Fontaine turns to her late husband's law partner to battle a fellow ADA in court; even as she tackles her own case of a cop accused of brutally murdering his ex wife. Jordan must use all her skills to win the case that can lead to a big promotion, while conducting her own investigation in trying to clear her son's name as the clock ticks...

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Rabbit in the Moon   by Deborah and Joel Shlian

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Rabbit in the Moon is a medical mystery/international thriller/bittersweet love story, set against the most tumultuous seven weeks in recent Chinese history:  from the rise of the democracy movement on April 15th to its' fall with the June 4th massacre at Tiananmen Square.

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REX byFred Yager

Young Adult Fiction
Davy Ross's paleontologist parents go missing from a dig ... and he finds a mysterious egg among their belongings

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|Righteous Revenge byBeverly J. Scott

Twin sisters, separated by distance and life-style choices are reunited by the unexpected brutal murder of their parents and only brother, Matt. While sharing grief and spending time at the bedside of their comatose younger sister, the twins struggle to revive their former bond. Will the twins budding alliance, sabotaged when one twin marries the other’s fiancée, manage to survive?

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The Scheme of Things byR. Barri Flowers

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When a colleague turns up dead, Dwayne is implicated in the crime and becomes a fugitive as he seeks to get answers to all the questions that have turned his life into a living hell--while being pursued by the police and the real killer.

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Secrets by Carla Dietz Fortier

To satisfy her curiosity about an unexplained photograph, Clea enlists the aid of an out-of-favor FBI agent. Mystery and romance entwine as they enter an increasingly dangerous web of secrets and lies.

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Severance Packages byWendy Laing

2nd Inspector Jane Doe mystery
Another paranormal mystery with chopped up bodies found at a winery & the local tip in Sunbury, Wendy's home town!

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Sir Henry, the Knight in Space by Wendy Laing

Young Adult Title
The ghost of Sir Henry de Bohun from the 14th century is accidentally beamed up into a spaceship in 3000AD- that's when the fun begins.

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State's Evidence by R. Barri Flowers

Two Portland Police Bureau Detectives--Sergeant Ray Barkley and his partner Detective Nina Parker--investigate the killings of male batterers, beaten to death by a bat wielding female vigilante. .. Among the list of suspects is Criminal Court Judge Carole Cranston, who presided over the trials of all the victims and has dark secrets she is in no hurry to share.
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Tropical Warning by April Star

Laura Madison, the general manager of a south Florida camping resort is the perfect businesswoman, who is being stalked by an unknown and potentially deadly psychopath. She must rely on the assistance of a self-employed, arrogant, sexy, obnoxious and charming private investigator in her quest to find out who the demented stalker is.
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Twice Dead byEleanor Sullivan

1st in a series
When Monika Everhardt, head nurse of the intensive care unit at St. Teresa's Hospital, learns that a young woman who bled to death following an abortion was never pregnant, she sets out to find out why the woman died.

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Untimely Death byFred and Jan Yager

A vicious killer sets out to silence anyone who might know the secret behind the untimely death of an attractive criminology professor, whose nude body is found by her best friend and co-worker, Professor Kimberly Stone. Within a week, two other women are also murdered and the only living link to all three victims appears to be Professor Stone.

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The Vampire Shrink

Book 1 of the Kismet Knight, phD series

Denver Psychologist Kismet Knight, Ph.D., doesn’t believe in the paranormal. She especially doesn’t believe in vampires. So what happens when she finds herself neck-deep in the vampire underworld? When one of her clients shows up in her office almost completely drained of blood, Kismet finds herself immersed in an ongoing murder investigation. Kismet is questioned by irreverent, handsome FBI profiler Alan Stevens, who warns her that vampires are very real. And one is a murderer. A murder who is after her.

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Visions by Lisa Logan

A romantic mystery
Actor Trenton Dane bumps into a beautiful stranger--and suddenly develos her psychic abilities. She disappears without a trace, leaving him to come to grips with his mysterious new power. Can he locate his psychic benefactor in time to save her--and her child--from visions of certain danger?

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Wednesday's Child by Deborah and Joel Shlian

Leigh Novak left behind a faithless husband to begin a new life with her young son as a family doctor in a small Northern California town. But Hartwood held a bitter welcome...

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