Three different characters try to find something in Down and Out in Kathmandu by Jennifer S. Alderson. Zelda is an idealistic young woman who wants to follow her friends' example and find herself while traveling. She decides being a volunteer in Kathmandu to teach English...

Homicide Detective John Keegan is bored, yes, so bored out of his wits he even thinks — amusingly or not — about “starting a heroin habit.” It is on one such listless day that his colleague Rick Calhill calls and requests they meet urgently. A...

The scenarios and characters who people The Purified by Melinda Tyler are something that the author knows very well. She has lived much of what she has woven into this rather realistic thriller based on the sex trade. Those unfamiliar with the world of...

Death by Chowdah (The Shipwreck Cafe Mysteries) by Donna Walo Clancy is a brilliantly clever sleuth mystery that includes murder, lost treasure, and hauntings. Jay has bought a lighthouse on Cape Cod and intends to turn part of it into a restaurant and bar. After...

Blogging Is Murder (A Jade Blackwell Mystery Volume 1) by Gilian Baker is a gripping and intense crime thriller mystery about a blogger's worst nightmare. Jade Blackwell is a former English professor who gave up her tenured position to work from home as a ghostwriter...

Dead Secrets by LA Toth is A Jack Mango Murder Mystery. Jack Mango has a great job as a detective in Los Alamos, a life that he is perfectly happy with. That is, until he is shot, taking an assassin’s bullet meant for the governor....

A husband is shot and murdered in front of his house, and the killer is walking free in the thrilling sleuth mystery, The Big Weekend (A Stella Reynolds Mystery) by Libby Kirsch. Stella is covering a story live at a home, where a mother...

A death in the Cobble Cove's library causes consternation in the small town's inhabitants in Written in Stone (Cobble Cove Mystery #3) by Debbie De Louise. The morning after a book signing at the library, John McKinney receives a strange email. It is a veiled...

Deception, betrayal and murder are the keynotes in the thrilling sleuth mystery Deadly Dunes by E. Michael Helms. Mac McClellan is a newly licensed private investigator in the state of Florida, and ready to take on his official first case. Mac's initial investigation involves information...

The Actress (A Christian Murder Mystery) by Michael Hicks Thompson is a murder mystery Christian novel that would appeal most to a diverse audience of young adults and adults who enjoy intrigue and detective stories. In the 1960s, a widow named Martha McRae found herself...

Treasure hunting and rare books lead to murder in the exciting sleuthing mystery, Searching For Gatsby (A Ronnie Lake Murder Mystery) by Niki Danforth. Ronnie has newly received her private investigator's license and Marilyn, her closest friend, hires her to investigate the relationship between her...

Jo Riskin is a woman trying to get past the worst disaster of her life after her husband was murdered. When a young girl's body turns up in the bad part of town, Jo and her partner, Lynae, are on the case to solve the...

Bad Memory by Jim Cliff is a thrilling murder mystery about a decades-old cold case. Jake Abraham is a private investigator in Chicago. When Dr. Jane Parker comes to see him about a supposed suicide that had taken place twenty-three years ago, he is surprised...

Murder In Wyoming (A Rebecca Bauer Hotel Mystery) by Julia Rohatyn is a delightful sleuth murder mystery. Rebecca's boss, Hanley, has sent her to Red Butte Dude Ranch, a resort in Wyoming. One of Hanley's army buddies owns the ranch and hasn't been well enough...

Sambath Meas’ The Governor's Daughter is a beautiful historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of colonial Cambodia. Anjali, against the current cultural norms, works with her father in Siem Reap doing detective work. Until now, Anjali has worked on petty crimes, theft and the...

Settling in to read a murder mystery is always a satisfying experience, and with A Murder on Wall Street by Owen Parr, it is also an enjoyable one. In it, readers discover some lovable key characters in the form of Joey Mancuso, a former NYPD...

Could the person you're dating be a murderer? Girl Ghosted by Lucy English is a thrilling murder mystery involving dates set up through an online dating service. Penny Wade is a social worker in Boston and is just an ordinary woman trying to make a...

Ghosts and Shadows by H. Max Hiller is a mystery about the arrogance of cultivating lambs for the slaughter, as well as the consequences of what happens when one lamb goes astray. Cooter “Cadillac” Hooter is called in to investigate a string of mysterious fires...

Hot Dogs: A Lord Tyee Mystery is a sleuth mystery novel written by Kaimana Wolff and Lord Tyee. Caryn was trouble. Lord Tyee knew instantly when she was coming, and he knew she could be relied upon to bring more trouble. His distrust of her...

The disappearance of a happy groom shortly after his wedding brings a dark history to light in the murder mystery, Abra Cadaver (Roger and Suzanne Mystery Series Book 14) by Jerold Last. Soon after her wedding, Sherry phones her old friend Roger, asking for help....