Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled
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Smith and Weston
Crime Case Tales Vol. Two by Doris Nickles
In the gritty world of River City, a new surge of crime threatens to drown the city in darkness. But this time, the corruption runs deeper, infesting the very heart of the justice system itself. Among those standing as the last line of defense...
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A Hateful Chill
by David H. Mitchell
Twenty-one years ago, Tim McConnell's wife Betsy was brutally murdered. When her killer is let out on bail, Tim, depressed and suicidal, takes justice into his own hands and attacks his wife's assailant. After a questionable defense, Tim is given...
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Justice & Vengeance
by Anthony Gargarella
There is nowhere more gritty or bleak than Sovereign City, Virginia, a crime-ridden metropolis on the American eastern seaboard, a place where evil truly runs rampart. It is where killers stalk the streets, rapists seek out their next prey, and...
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Small Town Slashers
The Drifter by Jeremy Gernhaelder
Jenny Maysure’s life couldn’t be going better. She’s the lead journalist for her local newspaper, on the hunt for a story that will make her name known nationwide, she’s also engaged to her childhood sweetheart, and she lives in an outdoor...
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Don't Touch That Money$$
by Maurice Morissette
Two low-level members of a biker gang in Saint-Luc, Quebec, a small town located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, have the misfortune of losing a huge sum of money that belongs to a powerful American company. Furious, the head of the...
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Wounded Bride
by Hyacinth Grey
The city of Chicago is relentless. Murders and other violent crimes pile up: a woman lies in the hospital in a coma, a man is brutally attacked in his sleep, and a child suffers. Detective Maria Mateo is new to the Chicago Police Department, but...
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The Restaurateur
by Gaston Frigault
Over the decades, Toronto restaurateur James DeMilo has built an empire. But when an incident--the apparent suicide of a staff member-- reveals a different kind of disturbing incident, his world quickly begins to unravel. With his hands-on style...
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Lady In The Red Hat
by Joseph E. Barrera
A severed thumb leads an eccentric Mexican homicide detective to the Mafia, Russian mobsters, diamond smuggling, murder, and a lady in a red hat.
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No Ending
by George Allan
No Ending is a layered murder-mystery featuring a classic hard-boiled detective with a twist—lead detective Frank Gennaro is the brother- in-law of the latest victim of what may or may not be the work of a serial killer. And he just might have...