Borrowed Tales by Michael Bowers centers on Sam, a broken man trying to hide from the world on a back corner barstool at Leo's pub. His simple routine is constantly interrupted by overwhelming mental shifts that drop him right back into the most pivotal and...

In Jeffrey Butler's Bait, Detective Harper Jones of Wolf Hollow, North Carolina, faces one of the most challenging cases of his career. The town of Wolf Hollow borders the ocean, and this summer is good for tourists, with beach events, walkways, and playgrounds. Someone starts...

Bayler Daniels: Trouble in the Glades by S.A. Lawrence is about a man whose life is as steady as the land he respects. Bayler Daniels’ life was clean and uncomplicated; he preferred straight talk, lived by the Bible, and honored the delicate balance of the...

Death and destruction are dished out to the syndicate that decided to eliminate their top assassin in the entertaining novel, Bunny Slippers, by Matt Peterson. MARI is an international organization of hired killers, and Bunny has worked for them for decades. When Bunny chooses to...

Blood on the Hills is an epic gangster thriller by Andrew Velasco. The Mancinis are the most powerful mafia family in North Beach. While the Orlovs ply their trade on Russian Hill, the Triads rule over Chinatown. Tone Mancini is the apparent heir to the...

After the death of her friend, an amateur sleuth is stalked by a masked man threatening her life in the exciting mystery murder, Bitterness Betrayal & Murder (A Stacie Maroni Mystery book 9) by Christa Nardi. Celebrating the New Year at the Country Club, Meredith...

Blood & Wine by Bryan James Beck is a noir mystery novel that revolves around Michael Flaherty, a disfigured former Navy SEAL. Michael relocates to Ruidoso, New Mexico, hoping to find peace and leave behind his painful memories of war. He is hired by Chris...

The absurdity of life takes center stage in Bodycount Brian, a novel by Matt Bentley. The story focuses on Brian Rigby, a 40-year-old man described as a “hopeless turd” who has a bleak future in front of him. He loses his dead-end job only for...

“The truth was usually bulletproof, but people looking for it rarely were.” The interesting thing about truth is that it comes at a cost. In Blood Tide: A Harbor Noir Thriller by Daniel P. Douglas, this cost can be steep. Set in Los Angeles in...

Beneath the White Coats by Owen Parr follows former Wall Street executive turned crime novelist Jack Ryder, investigating the suspicious death of Dr. Everett Sullivan during cardiac surgery performed by his longtime friend, Dr. Samuel Kohn. Kohn is arrested for murder amid revelations of Sullivan’s...