Clean Crime

Trouble seems to follow Penny Preston wherever she goes, but as usual when life gives her lemons, she makes lemon bars. Her trusty sidekick, Linda, has convinced her they need their Private Investigators licenses. The only problem is she can’t figure out how to tell the overprotective Deputy Hanson, now that they are dating, that she’s going all in on this mystery business.Penny’s new adventure takes a back seat when the local baker, Violet, turns up missing. With the baker’s ex-fiancé mysteriously returning to town it seems like the police may have a viable suspect, that is until ...

Man Found Dead On Park Bench The Butler women are thriving. Anna's Cafe is a big success and her friendship with ex police chief Gino Mancini is progressing slowly but steadily. Now she wants to focus on finding her husband John's killer. When a man is found dead in the botanical garden, Anna feels obliged to help Gino investigate. The police suspect the old man's son, a hostile young man with a clear motive. For the first time, Anna is inclined to agree with them. As details of the crime emerge, Anna realizes the dead man was hated by many. False alibis, feuding neighbors and estranged ...

Clean suspense from Vannetta Chapman. Four novellas. A multitude of cyber-terrorists. One mission—protecting America. Nora Brooks is the top agent on the Cyber Division team—not because of her coding skills, but because of her passion to catch those bent on destruction. Nora has a unique ability to assess a situation and put her finger on the one thing that doesn’t fit, the one person who has an alternate agenda. In Fading Into the Night, she chases a cyber-terrorist through an Amish community. Midnight Strike finds her training a new partner during an attack in Texas. In Daybreak ...

They thought he was dead . . . Now they’ll never see him coming. When 18-year-old Patrick Daley arrives home in Sacramento with his traveling circus, he’s desperate to look into his mother’s missing person case. After a reckless attempt to shine a big, obnoxious light on her disappearance, Patrick finally gets the help he’s wanted. It’s not until he’s kidnapped, and thrown into a Siberian work camp, that he discovers how close he was to solving his mom’s case. Ten years later, with revenge in his heart and a fortune hidden in a secret account gifted to him by a spiritual, old ...

This was the moment in life they'd prepared for without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She and everyone in her family had always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun ...

A story of family secrets, long hidden clues, and a 200-year-old quest for justice. Some of those who knew Jeremy Delahass well were fond of saying that he’d raised a royal ruckus during his lifetime and enjoyed every single moment of it. Others were more diplomatic in saying that he’d stood by his principles no matter what came up against him. Many would agree with both, believing each to be true of the man few really knew. But they all wondered where he’d disappeared to…leaving almost as quickly as he’d arrived.Two hundred years later his descendants are still trying to figure ...

Church Morgan is about to learn high school is the least of his worries. When his parents are murdered, fifteen-year-old Church Morgan finds himself yanked out of his homeschool life and thrust into boarding school. As if the culture shock of high school wasn't enough, General Weathersby—a less than trustworthy individual from his parents' past—delivers more shocking news. Church is a spy, only he never knew it. From the moment he could walk, his parents trained him to be a CIA agent, giving him the skills to infiltrate terrorist organizations. Now, General Weathersby has recruited ...

A quick read crime thriller, with a dash of cozy mystery, refreshingly free of graphic violence and profanity. Four deaths in four months is not a coincidence. The police only classified one as a murder, but Pam Guerrero, retired reporter and self-appointed head of the Neighborhood Watch Program, knows different. There’s a serial killer on the loose! Pam’s husband, a retired cop, thinks she’s a busy-body, and that her suspicions are unfounded. When she hacks into the security cameras of her neighbors who met their demise, she discovers a common thread. Then she inadvertently finds the...

If you saw someone using drugs to cheat, what would you do? Lizzy is riding in the last horse show of the summer before her senior year in high school starts. When she witnesses Orlando, a groom from another stable, drugging horses, she is outraged. One of the horses being drugged is a horse she helped train, so it's personal. It doesn't help that Orlando appeals to her in ways no other guy ever has. Figuring out what to do isn't easy. The show association doesn’t allow tattle tales, and Lizzy thinks their penalties for drugging are ineffective. But Lizzy has never hesitated to take a ...

Clean begins with an inescapable fact: a girl has died. Told by Estela, a maid to a wealthy, middle class family who speaks to us from a locked room, we hear of her plight and the circumstances that led to this moment. As we enter into her account of her daily existence, we see how her apparently simple life begins to sour, but would that drive her to the unthinkable? Disturbing and profound, Clean explores domestic work, class and violence, against the backdrop of Chile’s changing political landscape. This is one of the most daring and compelling thrillers in international literature.

After the tragic death of her husband, Evelyn Marks returns to her childhood home of Harbor Point with her young son, desperate for a fresh start. But the peaceful coastal town she remembers is cloaked in secrets as thick as the fog that rolls in each night. When an anonymous letter suggests her husband’s death was no accident, Evelyn’s fragile world is shattered. Seeking answers, she turns to Thatcher Caldwell, the kind-hearted local pastor whose unwavering faith becomes her anchor. As they unravel the mystery, they uncover shocking truths about her late husband's involvement in a ...

It's 1978. The drug trade is booming, and law enforcement can't keep up. Enter the Cleanup Committee. They've all lost children to drugs. They're rich, they're organized, and they have resources. Will they succeed where the law failed?

I’m a witch. He's moody and mysterious. We hate each other, but it's up to us to save the world from demons. When I learn about the forbidden prophecy I’m left with more questions than answers. Namely, what's a witch who hardly knows how to wave her wand to do—besides flirt with Bobby Gold, be infuriated by JJ Thorne, and sneak pie from the dining hall? When the Coven Constabulary, aka the magical police, question me about matters graver than stealing pie, the good news is I’m not going to jail. The bad news is my latest assignment: assassin. Rumors about a campus secret society ...

*A TOP SHELF MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINEE FOR CRIME FICTION* **************** "I NEVER SAW THIS ENDING...TOTAL SHOCK." "I'LL WARN YOU NOW…I CRIED FOR THE FIRST FIVE CHAPTERS. AND FROM THERE UNTIL THE END I WAS SHAKING MY HEAD AND SCREAMING NO, NO, DON'T GO THERE, STOP! ANOTHER EXCELLENT STORY…WITH PLENTY OF TWISTS AND SURPRISES." ************************ Jack and Sarah Richardson's idyllic lives are devastated when tragedy invades their home. In the weeks and months that follow, their lives spiral downward, ending in murder. Detective Annie Logan finds herself charged with separating facts ...

Wren and Rascal arrive at her third haunted campground writing assignment in the mountains of Tennessee and disturb the lair of a killer. Wren and Rascal check in at the Tennessee campground that has no history of being haunted except for the ghostly sounds of stock car races at night. As the feelings deepen between Wren and Justin, the town marshal who waits for her in Arizona, she’s tempted to write a quick summary then leave Tennessee until she stumbles across a body. While she pieces together fragments of old and new clues that reveal an ongoing crime, a ghost warns her of danger. The...

This is a novella about a woman who believes her life is in danger from her step-mother so she moves out and is making friends. Pepper works the phone return desk at the phone store and occasionally swaps out phones she thinks might have some interesting pictures or messages. She swaps one out for a burner phone of her own, which has some incriminating pictures of her step-mother. Henri can't believe he was so stupid and he has to get his phone back. If the codes fall in the hands of the wrong person, then someone will clean out his family's bank accounts. Worried when the beautiful woman ...

Centuries ago Thomas Dyersen left behind the information needed to find Sanctuary…the safe refuge where he once took his family… Now hundreds of years later another Dyersen is in great need of the information Thomas left behind. The danger is not from someone close as what his ancestor faced…but an unknown threat…still unnamed but dangerous to all he loved. Storm Warning continues the story of family, friends, and strangers who come together at a time when the unknown is their greatest enemy…and their hidden sanctuary their greatest defense. Senator Gareth Dyersen knows that the ...

While documenting needed repairs on a mansion, Jo makes a discovery that endangers her life. To complicate her plight, she uncovers a secret that could rip her family apart. Flynn, a co-worker, strives to keep her safe, however, a relationship from his past comes crashing back into his life and interferes in his efforts. Jo and Flynn are both scarred—one emotionally, one physically. As they work together and learn to trust each other, they find their perilous circumstances are intertwined, and culminate when a young man’s life is threatened. Will they unravel the strands of intrigue in ...

The Artzy Chicks are sleuthing their way into some big trouble at the Massanutten Mountain Resort... It was hot. Too hot. The Dog Days of Summer always were. The Artzy Chicks had been painting, teaching classes, crafting and blending the art gallery’s famous wine slushees for the hordes of thirsty customers. Things seem okay until Lily notices that Gawd Almighty, the gallery’s pet possum has gone missing. A short time later, Dr. Kenzie Zimbro, the medical examiner for the mountain area, stops by the gallery and tells the Chicks about a strange murder at the tip-top of the mountain. The ...

In an upscale restaurant, a man bleeds out over a crisp, white tablecloth. As well-heeled diners look on in stunned silence, the killer scans the room. "I mean you know harm," he says apologetically. With police sirens wailing in the distance, he loosens his grip on the polymer-framed pistol. A month earlier, Ed Mitchell would have been the last person you'd expect to find holding a loaded gun. As a hardworking, single dad he led a simple life. But that changed the day a devious conman came to town. With Ed's twelve-year-old daughter being used as leverage, he was forced ...