Gia Bianchi, the daughter of New York Senator Michael Bianchi, had left home, trying to avoid an arranged marriage by her father, when she ended up at a rental unit in Pine View. Responding to a fire alarm at the unit, Sergeant Troy Wilder and...

Move over VR and AR, curated dreaming is the next form of interactive relaxation, and Lucid Nightscapes Inc. is offering just that. It’s straightforward as you lie in a specially created chair, with an IV drip providing a measured dose of Diazepam, and you head...

Dark Roots by Sheldon Higdon is a taut psychological thriller that will keep readers riveted to the pages. Benjamin Cole is a successful journalism professor living near Pittsburgh. After a two-year relationship with Aisha, a solo mum and also a university professor, the pressure is...

Killer Urge by Steven Fisher is a unique kind of thriller. A body in a park appears to be a random killing, and there are no leads. The trail goes cold until a tip brings outside consultant Kevin Mathers in to help. He’s already brought...

The Bastion Protocol by A. K. Lakelett is a captivating drama that follows Calaf, a former intelligence analyst who is posing as an independent journalist. His journey takes him to Valletta, Malta, situated at a crucial crossroads in the world. Although Malta is small, it...

The Fall by Seth W. James follows Francesca Pieralisi, a director for the European Seawall Project, as she investigates submersible drone sabotage at Worker Village, a floating hub supporting the massive seawall. Cain assists her by collecting evidence, identifying the workers responsible, and confirming that...

Russell Luyt's The Midnight Factory unfolds in New Albion, a world ruled by fear and control. After a political event—known as the Great Change—takes effect, the Bureau for Virtue becomes the governing body that regulates New Albion through surveillance, propaganda, and an addictive drug called...

In The Alpine Fortress by Rowena Kinread, Ivanna Petrenko discovers a mysterious map while sorting through her late grandparents’ belongings. Ivanna’s grandfather, once a prisoner of war who worked in a salt mine in Austria’s Salzkammergut region, may have known where the Nazis hid stolen...

Keys to the Empire by Sam Mitani follows Dalton Lang, a former Chinese intelligence agent living in L.A. under witness protection. Many years ago, a Chinese scientist named Dr. Linghu Ning was murdered during a failed extraction job, leaving Dalton to shoulder the guilt from...

Payback by Molly D. Shepard and Peter J. Dean tells the story of Samantha, a determined woman doing her best to survive and succeed in a toxic work environment. She endures constant insults, physical threats, and sexual harassment from the Executive Vice President, Archer Dunne,...