Detective Romance Mysteries

ORIGINAL STORY, WRITTEN BY A HUMAN If you enjoy evocative and suspenseful police mysteries, then you'll love the Detective Ange Watson Thrillers. Detective Ange Watson thought she was riding high after two major wins. She’d cracked open a human trafficking ring, rescuing vulnerable young women, and as a bonus, dismantled an illegal cannabis operation along the way. For a brief moment, it felt like justice had prevailed. But the celebration was short-lived. A shadowy cover-up is unravelling, and instead of pursuing the real criminals, Ange’s superiors seem hell-bent on silencing her. ...

If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that "one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..." 1970s. Cambridge, England. A BODY IN THE GRAVEYARD: When Olive stumbles upon a dead body while walking Biscuit one morning, she decides to investigate. The bumbling police force aren't making much progress with the local community but Olive, with a combination of her charm and delicious baked goods, manages to persuade potential witnesses to open up and reveal secrets about the victim and clues that could lead to the catching of his killer. A COSY ...

Laurel Benson is a loyal and dedicated nurse. She may be petite, but she’ll take on anyone who threatens her patients’ safety and well-being. That feisty protectiveness creates problems when a hit and run victim lands in the ER and Police Detective Cade Resnick arrives to investigate. There’s no denying the sparks between these two, but their professions put them at odds. As Cade zeroes in on his suspect, Laurel won’t make it easy for him, not while the suspect is under her care. More than once, these two clash when Cade’s quest for justice collides with Laurel’s concern for her...

England, 1819. Two enigmatic Americans arrive in London and soon after, a bank collapses. A man is found dead on a building site; another goes missing in the teeming stews of Seven Dials. A deathbed vigil ends in an act of theft and a beautiful heiress flirts with her inferiors. A strange destiny links each of these events to the American boy Edgar Allen Poe, brought to England by his foster father and sent to the leafy village of Stoke Newington to be educated.

A Nutty Fruitcake, a Nuttier Ghost, and a Murder... FREE on Kindle Unlimited! The newlyweds Mandy and Rick are looking forward to their first Christmas in wedded bliss when the untimely death of a real estate developer puts a crimp in their plans. A bite of deadly dessert at a trendy bakery seems to be the culprit, and now the naughty ghost of Woody Napoleon is demanding justice. A spirited investigation turns up a plethora of suspects, but only Mandy’s special gift can unwrap the killer in this holiday edition of the Manhattan Mystery Series. Wicked as a Christmas Fruitcake is part of ...

When two vacationers arrive in Las Vegas, they never expect to be caught up in a murder mystery. Ella Hunt and Luke Falconer have come to the Cosmos Hotel so Ella can advise the hotel on its interior design, but soon they're assisting a homicide detective in the investigation of a bride who has fallen from the 17th floor of her honeymoon suite. With the groom downstairs drinking with his Army Ranger friends, and secrets of blackmail and affairs coming to light, Ella and Luke have to dig deep to find out who wanted the bride dead. But when the bride's sister is murdered, the stakes are ...

Matilda Hayward is determined to have a career. After all, it is 1888! While reporting for the Women’s Journal newspaper, Matilda is sent to cover the visiting Freak Show and interview Mrs Anna Tufton, a giantess. During the interview, the giantess slips a note to Matilda begging for her help to escape the show she is forced to do by her husband. But when the giantess’s husband is found murdered, the giantess is a likely suspect.

If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that "one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..." 1970s. Cambridge, England. A POISONED SCONE: When a customer drops dead in the cafe during the lunch rush Olive is horrified. What's worse, the cause of death was one of her delicious scones. Now solving the case has become personal; not only does Olive want to solve the murder in order to explain the mystery she also needs to clear her name. A COSY COMMUNITY: Despite protesting her innocence, only her two best friends, Millie and Blythe, and the ...

A witch bottle in a dead man's hand. A Mystic's End councilman shot dead. Can Fortuna solve the case and free the spirit, or will the bottle disappear into evidence forever? Fortuna's finally feeling like things are starting to go her way. Her magical prowess continues to flourish under Miss Bessie's tutelage and the spirited coven of ghost witches. Martin's making progress finding homes for the retired greyhounds. Gabe is happy in his new relationship and his new job as a private eye. Pepper's finally being taken seriously as an investigative reporter—much to her boyfriend Ollie's ...

Amy Kate Anderson is Southern trouble in high heels. A Fire— A Murder— What’s happened to her quiet little town of Pine Lake? Book shop owner, Amy Kate Anderson, thought she was having the worse day ever … until they wheeled a body out of the coffee shop next door and her friend, Matt Murphy, co-owner of the Beans and Leaves, became the number one suspect for the DA. Can Amy Kate find a way to help her friend and keep her dreams for her bookshop from going up in smoke? Or will the handsome Lieutenant Gabe Cooper have his way and leave Amy Kate fishing for clues among the ashes? In ...

Red is now the hunted. Red descends into the supernatural underbelly of Las Vegas to enroll in a magical academy. After leaving heartbreak in Los Angeles, she is ready to focus on her lessons. A new city comes with new problems when she befriends a teen orphan targeted by assassins. The mystery deepens behind the glitter of the Strip. Her old struggles aren't far behind when her brooding and heroic ex-boyfriend Lucas arrives with an ominous warning about werewolves. Another distraction to her studies is the sexy mogul Kristoff who arrives to do business with the alchemists. In the casino ...

A dream vacation in paradise turns into a nightmare... Harmony Flynt and Max Rousseau have been happily married for two years, but during a trip to the Caribbean, Max disappears without a trace from St Barts. The local police carry out a fruitless search of the waters surrounding the island. But perhaps it is the enigmatic past of this tightly-knit "perfect" couple that has finally risen to the surface. For as we all know, secrets are like boomerangs -- they always come back to those who try to hide them. Immerse yourself in turquoise waters, a tropical landscape, and a wife’s desperate ...

Nina discovers her girlfriend in a passionate embrace with a cliché jockey guy at the final hours of their high school days. She is shattered, and she ends it and enlists in the Marines. Eleven years later, she is struggling to build up her clients in her bodyguard and private detective services. Nina is approached by her ex's mother, who is now running for a high political office. Her ex, Kara, is in danger. Nina must put aside her turbulent history to safeguard a frightened young woman. The stakes soon rise, and even with all of Nina's considerable connections locally in the D.C. area, ...

When you’re blind to the danger right in front of you, who will you listen to before you get hurt? In a small town in rural Pennsylvania, nothing is as simple as it seems. Secrets lurk behind every corner, dying to be exposed. No one will make it out unscathed. Addie is a teenage girl that seems to have it all figured out. Starting high school can be hard, but not when you’re one of the popular crowd. Addie has all the boys wrapped around her finger, but what fun is there in that? All is not what it seems when her life outside of school is exposed. She makes it look easy, but dealing ...

Mr. Channing is devoted to his garden, but it is his youngest daughter Christine who is truly the apple of his eye. When Christine’s fiancé breaks off his engagement to her at the request of his grandfather, Mr. Channing is persuaded by his wife and other daughters to take Christine to Portugal for a holiday. They are charmed by the country where they soon make many friends. Among them, the Baronesa Narvão who invites them to stay in her luxurious mansion. But the Baronesa is not all she appears to be.

One day Jody was found lying at the foot of a staircase on her way to give a client a beauty treatment. When she recovered and talked of a man with a goat and a yellow-and-black front door, her brother-in-law and Charles, her fiancé, told her she was imagining things. But Jody was unconvinced, and determined to find the man she remembered, leading a small goat.

It's been seven weeks, two days, and ten hours since she discovered the grave of a dead girl with her face… In the dark underworld, Red is a witch trained as a supernatural bounty hunter. Where she came from is a mystery even to herself. Over four books, the plot thickened as she came up against vampire conspiracies, doppelganger mysteries, shady warlocks, modern alchemists, greedy werewolves, and more supernatural weirdness. Now, the road takes her north to an idyllic village on the Oregon coast. It could hold all the answers she has desperately wanted for so long, but her origins aren't...

CHAPPELL AND LILY WHITE LIE ARE RECIPIENTS OF COMMENDATION FROM OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS "Simply brilliant. Descriptiveness around every turn." --The Baltimore Sun In Lily White Lie, engravings on a pocketwatch, cryptic messages, Easter lilies, and sidelined spy Bret Kilmore combine to thrust historian Wrenn Grayson into the mysterious world of symbolism. A worried Wrenn connects the messages to her longtime love Gideon and his father. Contact is impossible. Gideon deer hunts deep in the West Virginia wilderness. His father, a prominent banker, vanished ...

George King, a private detective working in London, is on a downward spiral. His wife kicked him out of the family home when he was asked to leave the Metropolitan Police by mutual consent, his apartment-come-office is an old insurance office area over a Chinese restaurant, and the women that used to love his physique and his love-making prowess, have all deserted him. He throws everything into detection and what he calls his gizmos, pieces of equipment that gain him information that he would have required a warrant for if he’d still been a police officer. What looks like a simple proof-...

Navigating a soiree with the country’s most lethal and powerful vampires, while one of them is trying to kill you… No big deal, right? Supernaturals have been outed, and the world is slowly changing. So far, Riley and Lucian have been able to wade through the death threats and swarms of admirers without much incident. All that changes with one Vampire Council summoning. In light of the recent reveal orchestrated by Malus, the Council have arranged a gathering for the leaders of the vampire world. Once congregated, they’ll decide if vampires should remain in the shadows, despite the ...