Clean Suspense Thriller

When a Monet is stolen from a stately home, Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan goes head to head with organised crime as she hunts the thieves through Europe. Meanwhile, someone is leaving a trail of bodies across the Northwest. As Kate confronts some harsh truths in her own life, the case stretches her love and loyalty to its limits.

Everyone in Meryton is excited about the upcoming Netherfield ball, but Lizzy is preoccupied, for the thief, though his identity is known, is still at-large. When Mr. Darcy’s sister arrives, she and Lizzy become fast friends, but Lizzy’s acrimony with Darcy threatens everything, especially when she overhears him condemning Jane as a grasping social climber without true regard for Bingley. They are at odds, but when an abduction occurs the very night of the ball, it brings the two of them together to find the kidnapper and rescue his victim.

A dead body. A small town of secrets. One librarian who never signed up for murder. Gabby Keats is no stranger to mystery—on the page, that is. She’s content reading about fictional crimes while managing the quiet Maplewood Library. But her cozy life takes a dark turn when she stumbles upon the body of Councilman Bernard Cass right outside her library. With her golden doodle, Agatha, sniffing out clues by her side, Gabby must put her mystery knowledge to the test when her best friend Brittany is arrested as the main suspect.New-to-town Detective Brandon has his suspicions and a knack ...

A disappearing body. Hidden magical talents. An adorable mind-reading dog. And small-town secrets . . . Addie James’s life imploded when she discovered her fiancé cheating and got downsized from her biotech job. So she left Silicon Valley for the haven of her Aunt Kate’s tea and apothecary shop in the peaceful mountain town of Stargaze. There, she plans to take a deep breath and figure out what’s next. But when Addie reaches Stargaze, there’s no trace of her aunt. Until one night, Aunt Kate’s lifeless body shows up and then disappears from the locked shop. And that’s when ...

Torturous nights spent alone, worrying about her undercover detective husband’s whereabouts. Resenting his constant companion—danger—and the thousands of unanswered phone calls and texts. And then that dreaded call, the one she knew would come eventually. After his tragic death, Avery Derose doesn’t want any part of that life anymore and opens The Favor, a shelter for troubled and hurting teens. Among her first guests? A frightened runaway and…Deputy US Marshal Trent Burdine, a man who challenges her vow never to love another lawman. Some days Trent Burdine doesn’t like his job....

STALKING A KILLER takes readers on a spine-chilling journey from the rocky shores of Lake Stevens near small town Pinehill, Texas to the teeming streets of Dallas and sweltering beaches of Miami as aspiring PI Amanda Mason fearlessly stalks the killer who is letting her father take the blame for murder. Single mom Amanda Mason thinks she’d make a pretty good Private Investigator. Trouble is, she doesn’t own a cell phone or a computer and her old green Dodge only starts when it wants to. Plus, she’s stuck at home with a precocious five-year-old, and looking after her elderly father who...

A dark, brooding mansion. A mysterious disappearance and death. Two men vying for the affections of the heroine—or are they? A troubled child in possible danger... Lyssie Daniels wanted to write a gothic novel—not become part of one. An American Gothic is a contemporary romantic suspense with an extra surprise—paragraphs of the gothic novel the lead character is writing begins each chapter, giving you a “story within a story.”

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 ...

Jason has his partner Vanessa back, and together they're asked to investigate a woman's death that on the face of it appears to be an allergic reaction. But alarm bells sound when the doctors can't identify the source. The more Jason and Vanessa look into this disturbing case full of bizarre characters, the more convinced they become that someone has committed murder. To find out who, they will have to identify a twisted mind.

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 ...

Anton Jax - Ajax Clean, to those who know - is a professional cleaner. As in cleaner for the mob. Bloodstains on your shirt? No problem. Fingerprints and DNA evidence all over the crime scene, enough to put you away forever? For the right price, Clean will make it all go away. But now someone wants to make Ajax Clean go away.

MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS by MARILYN CLAY is book eleven in the popular JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES. Miss Abbott, now wed to her beloved Mr. Sheridan, (who is now Lord Sheridan dur to inheriting his late father's title and fortune) has been invited to Merryton to visit with two of her husband's cousins, a married couple. Although they specifically invited Juliette to come for a visit, they seem far less than cordial or welcoming. Juliette quickly begins to uncover the Harris’s deadly secrets but as the complications mount and her fears grow, her options to seek and find help ...

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 ...

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 ...

MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, Book One in Marilyn Clay's Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series features clever, young Miss Juliette Abbott as sleuth. A former companion to a titled London lady, Miss Abbott has now agreed to serve as lady’s maid to one of the young ladies invited to the country estate of Morland Manor, each girl hoping to win the heart of the wealthy Morland heir. But nothing at the house party goes as planned and suddenly Juliette finds herself the suspect in a shocking murder! The only way to escape the muddle is to solve the mystery herself, otherwise she'll lose this ...

THEIR FACES WERE THE SAME, WILL THEIR FATES BE AS WELL? Quirky newspaper columnist Cassandra Chase and by-the-book Detective Jeff McMichaels clash over the murder investigation of a woman who looks eerily like the popular reporter. Despite departmental regulations and his own common sense, McMichaels finds himself drawn to a woman he was determined to dislike. While he and the department hunt the murderer, Cassie sees the uncanny similarities between her and the dead woman’s lives as a reason to launch her own investigation—and what she uncovers gives her the sneaking suspicion that she...

Aurora Bailey jokingly referred to herself as a “seasoned” bridesmaid from being in so many weddings. As a professional wedding photographer she kept alive the happily-ever-after’s for many couples. Seeing the torment her mother suffered in her marriage, Aurora is hesitant to try and find the “one” she wants to spend her life with. When she’s asked to take special photos of antiquities from a recent treasure find, she sees it as an opportunity to broaden her professional boundaries. When the priceless bride’s chalice goes missing and she’s the only one who can identify the ...

Hate. Revenge. Justice. That's what I feel when I think of them. My parents. They were meant to love us. Protect us. Instead, they went along with all the punishments and abuse he caused. Arthur Cassian, our village leader. Heartless lunatic who enjoyed inflicting pain. A crazed dictator who killed innocent women for disobeying his rules. And yet, his attorney claims him to be "Not guilty". He should rot in a prison cell. Be tortured the same way he tortured so many, including me. This time, I won't let him get away with it. I’m willing to risk everything to make sure he gets what he ...

Edinburgh University student, Martin Moffatt, plans for a successful life backed by his father’s wealth. But any hope of normal is destroyed when black market entrepreneur, Derrick Lloyd, kidnaps him off the street for ransom. Bad timing—for the world is descending into chaos after a massive stock market crash. Shona McGrath, a waitress from a rough part of Edinburgh, is a woman with a cause—any cause. While attending a protest, Shona is abducted and thrown into Martin’s new life. With his wealth disappearing overnight, Martin's father is slow to pay the ransom. Will Martin become a...

After leaving behind a brilliant, but emotionally exhausting career in advertising, Mal Thomas wants nothing more than to enjoy the peace and serenity of the home he and his wife share in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. That serenity is interrupted when, seemingly out of nowhere, Mal gets a call that pulls him back into his old world, and on a path to undertaking an extraordinary assignment.