In Raised to Kill by Staci Troilo, Detective Holden Paxton is drawn into a dangerous investigation, arriving at the scene of a shocking accident. A prison transport lies on its side diagonally in the middle of the highway. It quickly becomes clear that this was...

“If people would stop murdering other people in molten glass, it would be easier.” Yes, it would be easier, but perhaps these murders are just one issue in Resurrection of the Ruby Skull (Fox Argall Mysteries book four), a novel by Collings MacCrae. The story...

Rivers and Creaks: A Redwoods Country Mystery by Marc Jedel is book one in this sleuth mystery series. Readers are introduced to a recently widowed retiree named Andy Shirley. He has just taken ownership of a bed and breakfast he dreamed of running with his...

Riddles, Rogues & Murder by Christa Nardi continues the Stacie Maroni Mystery series with a case that begins unexpectedly on a routine outing and quickly pulls the protagonist into another complex investigation. When Stacie and her friends discover a woman’s body in a strip mall...

Red Shroud by award-winning author Renny deGroot is an immersive murder mystery set in the small community of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is October 2023. The police are called when the body of a woman in her sixties is found in...

Rodeo Requiem by G.D. Obermiller promises to take readers on a thrilling journey through the world of rodeo. Rodeo rider Colton Macrae is found dead at the San Antonio rodeo, but it’s not clear whether he took his own life or not. Nick Fisher’s name...

Rascally Raccoon Riot by Max Parrott is the ninth book in the Ruff McPaw Mysteries. Angela anxiously awaits the arrival of a traveling antique show, but she should have expected that the day would end in tragedy. The auctioneer’s body is quickly discovered, leading the...

In Kevin Flynn's Rock Creek, Detective Shane Kinnock, who was once a principled man, struggles with alcoholism after returning from WWII. When the body of Emily Rose is discovered in Rock Creek Park, Shane is called to the scene. Shane believes she was murdered and...

There's a killer on the loose, and he's a cop's worst nightmare. He's smart, determined, and motivated beyond belief. Reprisal Road: A Joe Erickson Mystery by Lynn-Steven Johanson takes this concept and runs with it. The protagonist is Joe Erickson, a Chicago homicide detective with...

In G.D. Obermiller's River Walk Murder, a young boy in a Davy Crockett outfit discovered a woman's body in the San Antonio River. The deceased was identified as Marissa Luna, a college student, and the authorities deemed her death a drowning incident. Araceli, Marissa's mother,...