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Murder Sky High by Linda Hagan

After a plane passenger fails to reach his destination alive, DCI Gawn Girvin must once again chase a dragon

When pathology reports that a passenger found dead on arrival on a flight from Amsterdam to Belfast passed due to natural causes, it should be an open and shut case for the police.

But detective Gawn Girvin, adept at smelling a rat, digs deeper and discovers that far from being clear cut, the man’s death is indeed suspicious.

After interviewing his fellow passengers, and shaking lose inconsistencies in their stories, she heads to The Netherlands intent on nailing the killer.

Yet despite teaming up with her counterpart in Holland, rather than solving the mystery she soon has another murder on her hands.

Gawn must see through the smoky haze of the Dutch capital to pinpoint exactly who is playing a deadly game.

MURDER SKY HIGH is the second book by Linda Hagan, featuring headstrong sleuth Gawn Girvin. It can be enjoyed entirely on its own, or alongside the first, THE PERFUME KILLER.

Both books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.

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The Greeks of Beaubien Street by Suzanne Jenkins

Warning! Adult Content! A Homicide Detective Juggling Two Lives

Nestled below the skyline of Detroit you’ll find Greektown, a few short blocks of colorful bliss, warm people and Greek food. In spite of growing up immersed in the safety of her family and their rich culture, Jill Zannos doesn’t fit in. A Detroit homicide detective, she manages to keep one foot planted firmly in the traditions started by her grandparents, while the other navigates the most devastated neighborhoods in the city she can’t help but love.

>>>While She Investigates the Biggest Murder of Her Career, Secrets from Her Own Family Emerge

She is a no nonsense workaholic with no girlfriends, an odd boyfriend who refuses to grow up, and an uncanny intuition, inherited from her mystic grandmother that acts as her secret weapon to crime solving success. Her story winds around tales of her family and their secret laden history, while she investigates the most despicable murder of her career.

>>>The Greeks of Beaubien Street is a modern tale of a family grounded in old world, sometimes archaic, tradition as they seek acceptance in American society. They could be any nationality, but they are Greek.

Warning! Adult content including violence.

 

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The Dark Tetrad by AP Rawls

“Fans of spy actioners will revel in this swift-moving adventure and its delightful heroine… a refreshingly modern feminine take on James Bond.” –Book Life

Meet Kori Briggs…

…astute, fearless member of an elite and super-secret American intelligence team. A self-described “femme badass,” Kori is a highly trained agent, an expert in self-defense, a dedicated Scotch drinker, and a drop-dead beauty whose closest friend is her Glock nine-millimeter Luger.

In this action-packed Kori Briggs debut novel, Kori is on the trail of a madman who has managed to steal a hundred pounds of uranium and, with the help of an equally twisted Russian scientist, is intent on detonating a nuclear bomb somewhere in the world. But when and where?

Come along with Kori on this vicarious thrill ride as she follows clues from Washington, DC to New York City, Russia, Israel, and finally, Paris, the “City of Lights.”

There is action, there is romance, there is adventure. And behind it all, there is the incomparable spirit of Kori Briggs.

 

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DROWNING by Dean Comyn

Book one in the SOMETHING IN THE WATER series

‘Not-Yet-Detective Sergeant’ Charles Burns hasn’t been officially named a member of a newly formed Metropolitan Police task force yet. That was supposed to happen Monday. But a brilliant young scientist has disappeared, along with his potentially lethal discovery, and an unknown organisation has plans to weaponize it. There goes the weekend…

Something in the Water Book One: Drowning propels Charles Burns into his first mission: to find the scientist and stop his discovery from becoming a weapon against humanity.

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To Die Alone by John Dean

Murder, animal cruelty, and vigilante justice drag DCI Jack Harris out of his quiet rural idyll.

The hunt for a missing man turns up a body deep in a forest in northern England, but it is difficult to establish whether he was killed by a falling tree, or murdered. When the victim’s dog is also found dead, Detective Jack Harris is called in to investigate.

The man’s links to known criminals immediately raise suspicion about his death, especially when one of the names is that of a notorious villain with whom the detective has had several previous encounters. But Harris’ obsession with bringing Danny Radford to justice might well distract him from the facts of the case, and with the superintendent insistent on results, the atmosphere in Levton police station is as fraught as it has ever been.

Can Harris put aside his personal feelings and focus on the facts before him? Or will his desire for revenge let a resourceful killer off the hook?

If you are looking for a clever murder mystery with lots of twists and turns, you’ve found it!

Like the previous books, DEAD HILL and THE VIXEN’S SCREAM, TO DIE ALONE is set in the fictional town of Levton Bridge, nestled among The Pennine Hills, a remote landscape in the north of England. A traditional murder mystery but with contemporary themes of wild-life crime, DCI Jack Harris is joined once more by his sidekick Matty Gallagher, ever longing to escape the rural idyll to his beloved London, and Alison Butterfield, the eager, young, but ever-bungling junior detective.

The full list of books is, in order of publication:

1. DEAD HILL
2. THE VIXEN’S SCREAM
3. TO DIE ALONE
4. TO HONOUR THE DEAD
5. THOU SHALT KILL
6. ERROR OF JUDGEMENT
7. THE KILLING LINE
8. KILL SHOT
9. LAST MAN ALIVE

All of these books are free on Kindle Unlimited and also available in beautiful paperback editions.

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