Money Mystery

Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again. Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of ...

Imagine the hottest rock star on the planet. Do you see the girl next to him, the one teaching him to play guitar? Yeah. That’s Aria. Aria knows that the new guy’s picking up the guitar fast. She knows he wants to start a garage band after school. And she knows he can sing. Man, can he sing. Senior year’s rocking. Until Aria figures out the true identity of the hot new guy…He’s Sax Grayson. Freaking Sax Grayson! She’s dating a multi-platinum artist. She’s kissing a Grammy-award winning singer. She’s in a garage band with a rock star!

Ben Garvald is out of prison. After nine years in lockup, he’s coming back to the old neighborhood. Back to his remarried ex-wife. Back for revenge. That’s what the cops think. But Detective Sergeant Nick Miller isn’t worried. His highly unorthodox methods are perfectly suited for the graveyard shift – the midnight hours when the driven and desperate come out to play. Tonight, Nick Miller’s toughest opponent will be Ben Garvald.

You are a celestial being created from the cosmos. There is no need to be an astrologer to look up to the stars. They exist for all of us, and are ready to share their all-knowing truth. The stars have answers for all of your questions and curiosities.

CRYPTO CRIME! THE FOUNDATION GAME - HIGH RISK - Book 4 of the political and financial suspense series. The Global Trust Foundation faces justice and prosecution for alleged criminal and unethical entanglements spanning years. Executives are forced to either face criminal charges or cooperate in a dangerous sting operation with the Department of Justice. The plan risks further illegal activity with international crypto networks. As a “cat and mouse” game evolves, past associations resurface questioning motives and casting doubts on who can be trusted.

A thriller book set in San Francisco during the early 1920s. Step into the chaotic world of 1920s San Francisco, where the gilded charm of the city masks a labyrinth of deceit, danger, and cunning criminal minds. Follow the enigma that begins with a staggering theft and propels a cast of intriguing characters into a spiral of mystery and suspense. The serenity of the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank is shattered by the discovery that nearly a million dollars has vanished, throwing the boardroom into disarray. When Hendricks, the cashier, reports that Edward Clayte, a teller, absconded with the ...

Two crooked lawyers who've stumbled upon a simple way to make some quick cash soon find that the easy money comes at a price. This new short by Pamela Samuels Young is a thrilling listen.

Ex-Navy specialist, Teague Chavez, can repair temperamental marine diesels or kill a man twenty different ways, but life after the military is a rough go. He winds up as a liveaboard bodyguard and ship’s captain trying to keep his sexy high-risk client alive while sailing the tropical seas. Alice is the client, a forensic accountant and a genius with numbers. She used to ferret out corruption in the international banking system working with the highest echelon of DC insiders. Bitterly disillusioned with the system, she goes rogue with a new career of ‘lite crime’. Crushed and ...

Just when Nolan’s looking for a way out of his dead-end job, trouble comes knocking, and he’s back in business. Someone harboring an old grudge has just picked off Joey DiPreta, a crooked businessman with ties to the mob, and the guy’s family is out to get whoever’s responsible. So is Nolan’s family - in Chicago - and they offer him big bucks and a piece of a swank hotel if he’ll protect their interests.

On the first day of Royal Ascot, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favourites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the family business from his grandfather - so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he counts his losses. He’s seen the ups and downs before - but, as the big gambling conglomerates muscle in on small concerns like his, Ned wonders if it’s worth it any more.

Ed McBain returns to his legendary 87th Precinct with a suspenseful story of greed, conflict, and the eternal search for money, money, money.

In the sun-drenched streets of Cyprus, a game of deception, power, and betrayal unfolds in the international espionage thriller Playground:Cyprus. When Anton, a Ukrainian IT engineer, finds himself accidentally entangled in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, his life turns dangerous. Unwittingly, he comes into possession of suitcases filled with millions in cash, the dirty secret of Nikolai Gromov, a Russian businessman with a shadowy past. As Anton's quiet life in Kyiv is upended, he's forced to flee, with the Russian underworld and international agents hot on his trail. Meanwhile, Olga,...

New York City. 1977. Ex-Green Beret William Kane has crossed the line he vowed never to: killing. But for every action there is a reaction and there are forces after him for revenge, chief among them the IRA. The CIA hasn't forgotten about him either after his involvement in covert ops in Vietnam. There is an elite team of IRA soldiers in New York City and they've gotten their hands on some powerful weaponry. What is their target? When will they strike?

Toxic medicine, a fanatic Chicago detective, and a fatal plunge down a steep staircase embroil Val and Roddy DeVere in a dangerous quest for facts in 1899. Roddy’s fledgling business teeters as his partner begs him to free him from a detective’s “witch hunt.” The question: was the partner’s wife’s fatal free fall an accident? Or was it murder?

Charlie O'Brien is an old school PI, private investigator, in LA, California. He is handsome [at least in his own mind eyes] and he is very tough. He has been shot at as well as shot several times during the course of his criminal cases. In this episode, he goes to Berlin, Germany to investigate the embezzelment of a very large and old bank located there.The action and suspense are quite intense.Others in the series:1. Charlie O'Brien, Private Investigator2. Kidnap Country3. The Money Changer4. For the Love of Money and coming soon5. Charlie's Angels

Emmanuel Ortiz holds an ancient and dark secret... His real name is Judas Iscariot. Forced to walk the earth as a cursed immortal, Judas’ disguised as Emmanuel does little to ease his eternal loneliness. Having recovered nine of his thirty blood coins, his focus is not yet on redemption for his treacherous role in the betrayal of Jesus Christ. Distractions come easily for the wealthy entrepreneur and occasional sleuth who presently resides in England, 1888. Fascinated by the spate of murders in London’s poverty-stricken Whitechapel, Emmanuel soon realizes the killings resemble others he...

State cop Bill Tasker has had problems in the past, but nothing compared to what's about to happen to him. A satchel with a million and a half in skimmed money is about to go walking. A phony community activist has decided to cash in, but a local FBI agent also has his eyes on the prize, a key witness gets murdered, and it's Tasker who ends up framed for the whole thing.

Colonel Caversham, once prominent in the British colonial service, has died and left his large collection of artifacts to the local Calleshire museum. Included in those artifacts is a 3,000-year-old Egyptain mummy and case, now the responsibility of one Mr. Fixby-Smith, curator of the Greatorex Museum. When the lid of the mummy case is raised, however, what greets the coroner, curator, and inspector C. D. Sloan is not what they expect.

Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives nine-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team of Secret Government Agents are determined to get that money back! But Steven and his best friends, Russell and Zoopy the giant dog, are more than a match for the Feds.

What happens when the fears and joys of marriage become overwhelming? If Elsie Atherton could have her way, she’d probably never leave her quiet Long Beach community. But she married a wealthy businessman, an entrepreneur supreme, and she’d too long ignored this fact. Fitting into Blake’s life might be her most difficult accomplishment and Elsie’s challenges had already proven devastating. It’s 1915 and automobiles are becoming the standard for travel. The fox trot is the latest dancing craze. There seems to be no end in sight for the European war. And dwelling in Long Beach ...