Science Fiction Detective

When a strapping young Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle's affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle's overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch. After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden's old well and makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true. Word spreads, and the villagers turn out in droves to make wishes of their own. But as they soon learn, one person's wish is another person's worst nightmare.

Bridget Sway is still uncertain about her future as a private investigator. But when the Bureau of Ghostly Affairs invites her and her business partner, Sabrina, to give a presentation at a conference, they can't really say no. Thinking it will be all tea, biscuits, and boring speeches, Bridget isn't expecting too much excitement. Until she finds a dead body. That's not totally out of the ordinary for Bridget, but something about this murder has echoes of the past.

Celeste Crenshaw has survived her parents’ grisly murders, grueling and gender-biased police training, a battle with rogue vampires, and even her own death. While immortality might seem a dream come true, can she accept the strings attached? Celeste spends the start of her immortal life being mentored by the Elders of the Hollow Earth. They release her once they feel certain Celeste has honed her supernatural powers. But little do they know, Celeste isn’t wholly committed to granting eternal life to those deserving.

Future Fiction Detective Series Someone is using a chainsaw to steal implant chips… out of the heads of hi-tech CEOs. Leaders of cutting-edge technology firms are found with their heads mutilated and their implant chips missing. Then, the design for a Cosmic Top Secret military implant chip disappears from an ‘unhackable’ server, leaving the fate of the entire free world hanging in the balance. Sue Li, the CEO of a Chinese Chemical Company, is the next person marked for death. As danger lurks at every turn and from every direction, it may take more skills than Master Detective Drake ...

Sinner or Saint? That’s the question on everyone’s mind that comes in contact with the mysterious stranger and lives to talk about it. The stranger is a killing machine who appears to pick his victims at random, but really uses a very select process to make his choice. And he can’t be stopped. Not by the police, the FBI or the special task force chasing him across the countryside. And the more he kills, the stronger he grows. Moving at breakneck speed, Messenger races to its shocking conclusion and the final twist will leave the reader breathless. This is Horror/Suspense at its finest.

Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that’s raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon’s grandmother falls ill, he’s sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls. After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn’s house.

Claire and Mel follow a clue to the local Victoriana Fun Fair, which seems to be a little bit funny…
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When Detective Douglas Jones' son goes missing under strange circumstances, everyone assumes he ran away. The first break in the case comes when a long-lost relative shows up with a new name and a strange tattoo on the palm of his left hand. His name is Tallow Jones. He is a private detective... and a wizard. A wizard is needed too, because in Atlanta, strange abductions are just the tip of the iceberg.

When Lily Mason's uncle is accused of murdering a prominent Moonrise citizen, the amateur detective and her loyal pitbull Smooshie must dig out the truth and find the real killer. Integrating isn't easy for a shifter in an all-human town, but Lily Mason is finally making it work. She has love in her life, enjoys a great job, attends community college, and best of all, her fixer-upper house is nearly livable. She couldn't be happier. Until her Uncle Buzz is accused of murder.

Detroit-based homicide detective John Barnes has seen it all - literally. Thanks to a technologically advanced brain machine, detectives have access to the memories of the living, the dying, and the recently dead. But extracting victims' experiences firsthand and personally reliving everything up to the final, brutal moments of their lives - the sights, the sounds, the scents, the pain - is also the punishment reserved for the criminals themselves. Barnes has had enough. Enough of the memories that aren't his. Enough of the horror.

George Rott wants revenge. After the death of his daughter, Cassandra, he vowed to find and destroy all the dragons. When he locates one of their hidden enclaves within the city, he enlists the help of an angry and unstable demigod to make them all pay. If he launches an attack, he risks angering the dragons, plunging the city into an all-out war, and getting the unwanted attention of powerful gods. Now Simon, with Tristan’s help, must find and stop George before he turns the city into his personal battlefield, killing them all.

When Supernatural Investigation Bureau agent Bluebell Kildare (a.k.a. Blue) arrives at the scene of the crime, it's obvious the grotesquely damaged body of the deceased teenage boy was caused by far more than a simple hit and run; and she vows to catch the killer. Using her innate sixth sense, Blue uncovers a powerful magical artifact nearby. She soon discovers it acts as a key to an ancient Grimoire that was instrumental in the creation of the Vampire breed and still holds the power to unravel the boundaries between Earth and the Plane of Fire.

Running a paranormal detective agency out of your dad's garage: cool. Even though you don't believe any of it: still cool. Getting the biggest case of your life: astonishingly cool. Being forced to partner with the new guy in school: not at all cool. Even if he makes your knees weak: still wildly uncool. Finding your own obituary in your locker: Least. Cool. Of. All.

Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market.

There’s no place like home...but they’re not headed to Kansas. The Sanctuary is the hidden home of the Golden Circle-a sect of powerful mages. It’s a sacred place of learning, magic, and deep secrets. When Tristan discovers his father, Connor Montague is being held prisoner, he vows to return to the Sanctuary and release him. There’s only one problem. The Sanctuary has been taken over by Mage Oliver. An Elder who has unleashed the magistrates and promises to destroy Tristan the moment he steps foot on the mountain.

“Martian Maelstrom” continues the Martian Colonies series. In this edition, Detective Kate Hammer investigates three cases in the ever-evolving and turbulent colonies on the Red Planet. In the first story, Kate tracks down the murderer of three brothers from a wealthy family while also trying to break up a human trafficking ring. The second story focuses on the threat a right-wing militia poses for the colonies and for one family in particular. The third story centers on a new colony where residents are ordered to take their own lives at age seventy-five to control overcrowding, an ...

The name's Burnside, and I always get the weird cases. I built my detective career taking down the strangest bad guys in Earth Sector. No matter how crazy the case, I always managed to get it off the books. After 20 years of pounding my beat, I was ready to pack it in, and I'd called it a day. Then these killings started, weird to the point of freaked-out PD Chiefs, and only one person who fit the case. So much for retirement. The story I'm going to tell you covers two years of my life, and took me from one end of human space to the other.

In 1935, Nancy Allison, a young telephone operator is relentlessly stalked by a stranger. Despite pleas for help, Nancy is found viciously murdered in the rose gardens at Champion Gardens. Nearly a hundred years later, the case remains unsolved until a horrible accident reveals a surprising truth about Nancy's secret life. When her bloody apparition appears to a terrified gardener and a few guests, the Gulf Coast Paranormal team is summoned to quietly check things out.

Two more great reads to enjoy, love and go where you have never been before in a world where magic and science both exist. A TALE LESS TOLD This Christmas at Baker Street is never going to be the same. Magic and fun unlike any before as a Christmas Party goes awry in 221B bring to bear Holmes and all his friends to solve a mystery that could be something horrible for all of them. TOUCH OF MAGIC Harry is many things, but curious and excited he always is. And as he grows as a magician he is going to experience the world as none other and a touch of magic is going to transform his life and ...

Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood—and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever get their home back.