Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense
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Belladonna-Laced Glories
Can monsters love? A question mused over bloodshed and red wine by April Davis
What is greatness without madness? Criminal profiler Matthew Moore wouldn’t know. To him there’s no difference. Cursed with the perfection of a sharp mind but a heart void of feelings, finding an outlet for his unique abilities proves to be...
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Case Closed
by William P. Eshleman
Peter Case is just beginning to enjoy life on Vancouver Island and the burgeoning success of Left Coast Salvage when his parents are killed by a natural gas explosion. He’s skeptical of the circumstances, but authorities conclude it was an...
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Accept The Lies
by James Ruth
While on vacation with his second wife, Lindsay, and her family, Private Investigator Doug Conley makes eye contact through a window with a woman who looks exactly like his dead ex-wife, Carol, whom he was wrongly accused of murdering five years...
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Nowhere to Hide
by Lydia Chislett Smith
Josie Bateil had one remaining option to escape the harassment and terror that's been thrust upon her. RUN! She uprooted her entire life. She left behind family, friends plus a career she loved. For two years, Josie kept running, constantly...
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Papa Rats
by Donnie McIlhone
Following the tragic death of her ‘beloved’ in an automobile crash in Paris, in which she also nearly died, an unnamed member of the British royalty, referred to only as “Mum,” gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. To keep mother and daughter...
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Ice Brine
by William P. Eshleman
After completing his PhD, Peter Case returns home, eager to join his best friend’s marine salvage business on the Canadian West Coast. The cheerful prospect of getting on with his life is quickly shattered by a hair-raising highway pursuit...
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The Pale Horse
by T. Lawrence Davis
Clement Montgomery has just been found dead in his Oakville, Ontario, apartment. Everything about his murder seems odd to Detective Jenna Lawson, from the genital mutilation inflicted on him to the fact that Golden Boy, one of the Thoroughbreds...
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Some Trick of Mischief
by Elizabeth Garland
When Madame Justice Carol O’Reilly of the British Columbia Supreme Court arrives at the Marjorie Ataskin Law School to take up her position as first-ever ‘judge-in-residence,’ the dean is thrilled. Her presence will add prestige to his law...
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Warm Salt
by William P. Eshleman
While studying toward his doctorate at a remote Jamaican marine station, Peter Case is swept into a world of intrigue when tragedy strikes during a routine collection dive. His diving buddy subsequently dies, but Case refuses to accept the...
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Cat’s Eye Marble
by Leeann Smith
Dani learned much too young that fairy tales do not exist for some kids. With an abusive, alcoholic mother that blames her daughter for her own shortcomings and a father that turns a blind eye in order to maintain his own sanity, Dani’s only...