Thrillers and Suspense

The Fourth Season

The Fourth Season
Title: The Fourth Season
ASIN: B00GTDEYD6
Publisher:
Published: November 20, 2013
When the body of young female environmental activist and science student, Laila Fanshaw, is found floating in Lake Burley Griffin, private investigator Sandra Mahoney's life is turned upside down, not least because her partner, Ivan, was in love with Laila. Ivan is a suspect and has no alibi for the time of death. A further strain is put on the relationship when another suspect, who worked in the Federal Environment Department, wants to hire Sandra to help him clear his name. Sandra has to weigh up her desire to learn the truth against her children's needs. Only six-year-old Katya is Ivan's natural child; adolescent Peter has a different father. But both children are deeply affected by Laila's death and Ivan's reaction to it. Added to this, Sandra's friend in the Federal Police, Detective Sergeant Brook, is absolutely against her involvement in the case. It takes all of Sandra's ingenuity and courage to steer herself, and her family, through the dangers that lead to an eventual unmasking of the truth.

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The Glade

The Glade
Title: The Glade
ASIN: B00GNQVPOK
Publisher:
Published: 13 Nov. 2013
Author:
Author's Twitter: @harmony_kent
You are being arrested for the murder of your husband… You have a secret you can’t tell…The evil is gathering… The Wenstrops have it all: health, wealth and happiness. But then it all begins to fall apart. Helen is arrested for murder, yet is either unable or unwilling to give a defence. During her detention, vital evidence goes mysteriously missing and tensions are running high. Helen finds herself surrounded and yet alone: not knowing who she can trust or how she can tell her enemies from her friends. Helen has to work through her self-doubts and fears, in order to know whether her suspicions and misgivings are valid or simply products of an overwrought mind. There are those who would like to encourage her confusion, and those who would help her – but how to know one from the other? And then there are those who actively mean her harm. Meanwhile, malignant forces in the forest are gathering power, ready for a final assault. Helen finds herself in a battle of life and death, and faces having to lose everything in her attempts to thwart the evil that has insinuated itself into her very existence – but is she ready to make the ultimate sacrifice? This sensational second novel by acclaimed author Harmony Kent will have you alternately laughing, crying and gripping the edge of your seat as this roller coaster ride of a plot unfolds. It will keep you guessing through its many twists and turns, and hijack your attention right up until you turn the final page. This book has it all: murder, intrigue, the supernatural, a broken marriage, a love affair, courage against impossible odds, suspense, and high drama.

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Feud

Feud
Title: Feud
ASIN: B008ZD9ABO
Published: December 22, 2013
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As the Wars of the Roses begin, the rule of law breaks down... In 1459 open war breaks out between the Houses of York and Lancaster and a desperate struggle for the crown of England begins. Yet, while the fire of civil war burns, an old local score is being settled in the heart of Yorkshire. Young and untried knight, Ned Elder, finds himself at the centre of a bitter feud when his father is executed, his brother butchered and his sisters abducted. Ned barely escapes with his life and is pursued across the land with only a few loyal companions. Determined to find his sisters, recover his lands and put an end to the feud, Ned is forced to take sides in the civil war. He soon gains a formidable reputation in the Yorkist army of young Edward, Earl of March, but the path he must follow is brutal for his enemies are relentless and will show no mercy. While Ned risks all upon the snow-covered battlefield of Towton, his sisters and the girl he loves must also fight for their very survival. In the wake of the battle, the brutal feud is played out to its bloody conclusion.

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The Happenstance Marshal

The Happenstance Marshal
Title: The Happenstance Marshal
ASIN: B005YR0P0Y
Published: October 22, 2011
Millie has finished at the top of her class but no one is offering her a job. It's an obvious case of discrimination. To complicate things, her city is broke, business is bad, and everybody is struggling. A new reform council has been elected "to fix things" and they've hired “a hunk” as the new city manager. If Millie thinks her life is complicated now, she has no idea what's coming. Millie doesn’t know it but she is about to be thrown together to work with the “hunk” and as a result face both danger and sexual temptation. In spite of the challenges, their work together will open up the opportunity Millie has been seeking. It is an opportunity that will involve her in dangerous adventure and misadventure, mystery, and dangerous action. Through it all Millie will show she has what it takes to be a lawman

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Unprotected Sax

Unprotected Sax
Title: Unprotected Sax
ASIN: B00BGIUBAO
Published: December 23, 2013
John Delacourte, aka JD, Johnny D, The Sax Machine (and a couple of other less choice nicknames), is trying very hard to relax. Six months retired from getting shot at in the Army Rangers he lands a gig in an old friend's jazz band, reconnecting with his saxophone. Then the old friend goes missing, the cops don't care and the Russian mob is all over his ass. Miami in August was always hot. It just got hotter.

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Admission of Guilt

Admission of Guilt
Title: Admission of Guilt
ASIN: B00D5Z5J62
Publisher:
Published: June 2, 2013
A 12-year-old girl is the desperate focus of three men–John, a dedicated young teacher, Charlie, a small-time private detective, and Steven, a major narcotics importer. Their lives collide when John makes a shocking move to save his students from the city’s drug wars, Steven’s young daughter goes missing, and Charlie, hired to find her, confronts a moral dilemma that will change all their lives.

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The Obsession

The Obsession
Title: The Obsession
ASIN: B008H31AB0
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The Obsession is a vibrant novel of suspense and murder, by turns intriguing and surprising, as three smart, driven people match wits with their lives at stake. When Stan, an American grad student falls for Lina, a lovely Italian scholar, his unrequited passion turns perverse. When he follows her from a mid-west college town to Bologna’s ancient streets, they are joined by John, Lina’s American lover and Stan’s mentor. Their love-lust triangle re-ignites, and they flee and chase down the storied Italian boot to a shocking conclusion on volcanic Mt. Etna.

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Weekend in Weighton

Weekend in Weighton
Title: Weekend in Weighton
ASIN: B0072Z5EHA
Published: November 17, 2013
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First-time private investigator Eddie Greene is having a bad weekend. It’s about to get worse … When he finds the slab-cold body of his first client, he knows something’s up – he only spoke to her fifteen minutes earlier. Free-wheeling, swash-buckling, trash-talking Eddie is not just out of place in a humdrum northern town. He’s out of his depth on his first case, out of funds from a now deceased client and out of favour with Weighton’s big society. As Friday night slides into Saturday morning, each twist in the case turns a bad situation worse; the police want him for murder, the local crime boss wants him dead, the mayor wants him out of town and his girlfriend wants him out of her life. Increasingly desperate, Eddie takes on all-comers in a barnstorming bid to crack the case and clear his name. And somewhere between all the froth and fury, his affections are reclaimed by the girl who got away – but will she abide ‘til Monday?

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Blue Mercy

Blue Mercy: An Irish Family Drama
Title: Blue Mercy: An Irish Family Drama
ASIN: B008RJXN7S
Published: December 13, 2013
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When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her elderly and tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has written a book about what really happened on that fateful night of Christmas Eve, 1989. The tragic and beautiful Mercy has devoted her life to protecting Star, especially from the father whose behavior so blighted her own life. Yet Star vehemently resists reading her manuscript. Why? What is Mercy hiding? Was her father's death, as many believe, an assisted suicide?

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