Southern Crime

The story of Amy Biehl is well known in South Africa. The 26-year-old white American Fulbright scholar was brutally murdered on August 25, 1993, during the final, fiery days of apartheid by a mob of young black men in a township outside Cape Town. Her parents' forgiveness of two of her killers became a symbol of the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa. Justine van der Leun decided to introduce the story to an American audience. But as she delved into the case, the prevailing narrative started to unravel.

Detective Rob Miller is at home with his crying newborn son when he gets the news. Retired Chief Superintendent Sam Lawrence, Rob’s friend and mentor, has been shot dead. Rob is devastated. An hour ago Lawrence had called to ask him to meet, but Rob couldn’t go because he was on daddy duty. Now he will hunt down the killer—but his boss thinks he’s too emotionally involved. This time it’s personal, but it’s not the only murder Rob’s got on his plate. His baby won’t sleep. His partner needs him. Can he be there for them and bring a killer to justice?

This coming-of-age tale set in the mountains of post-WWII North Georgia features a fourteen-year-old Zeb Barton, his irascible surgeon father, and Thelka, the gun-toting maid who mentors Zeb through progressively dangerous times. Even though the book is set in the 1960's, many of the characters are still reeling from the damages of WWII combat while others are being haunted by dead family members.

When Atlanta homicide detectives are called in to investigate the murder of a nineteen-year-old girl found dumped in historic Oakland Cemetery, they immediately begin working the case. But with no leads to follow, and their case log growing larger by the day, the murder quickly grows cold. Desperate to keep the investigation of her deceased sister going, Ginger Baines hires two novice sleuths to solve the case. Widowed, well into their seventies are new to the world of private investigating, Clara Samples and Iris Hadley aren’t your average private eyes. When a second body is found in a ...

Six years have passed since the intervention of the Man-Lion, a creature in the likeness of the Sphinx, and the quantum computer, in human affairs. But trouble is brewing once again for Jack Wheeler and the woman he loves from afar—Emma White. Imprisoned in the sunken city of Atlantis for straying from the anointed path, the Man-Lion dispatches the Sphere of Ra to warn Jack about the approaching danger. The object, discovered inside a bolder in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa by archeologist and rock-painting expert Dr. Kobus van Niekerk, seems to confirm various predictions ...

With one phone call from a man he barely recalls meeting years ago, South Florida detective Louis Kincaid heads to the Michigan town of his college days to reopen a disturbing cold case -- and finds himself confronting his own painful past secrets...secrets that risk his future with the woman he loves, detective Joe Frye.

Hay novelas imposibles de dejar una vez que has comenzado, historias que llevan el suspense a su estado máximo y hacen dudar al lector cada vez que termina un capítulo. En este thriller absolutamente original y adictivo, Mario Escobar rompe los límites de la intriga psicológica con un relato que explora las frágiles fronteras entre la verdad y la mentira.

En 2008, Txema Guijarro pidió una excedencia en Telefónica, y viajó a Latinoamérica para participar como asesor demoscópico de los candidatos de izquierda en los procesos electorales de Paraguay y El Salvador. Tras acumular experiencia política, pasó a ser analista de la Cancillería de Relaciones Exteriores del Gobierno ecuatoriano de Rafael Correa. El analista describe, desde el punto de vista de un testigo privilegiado, la fenomenal tormenta política, judicial y mediática que enfrentó al Gobierno ecuatoriano de Rafael Correa con Estados Unidos y Reino Unido.

In the vibrant heart of Johannesburg, a city rich with history and resilience, there exists a hidden world—one where shadows conceal secrets, power breeds corruption, and those who dare to challenge it find themselves in a fight not just for justice but for their very souls. Thandiwe, a passionate community leader with a fierce love for her city, has watched Johannesburg suffer under the grip of a ruthless syndicate. This group, embedded deep within the city's foundations, has tainted every corner with their influence—from the streets to the seats of power. Determined to free her city ...

Hay novelas imposibles de dejar una vez que has comenzado, historias que llevan el suspense a su estado máximo y hacen dudar al lector cada vez que termina un capítulo. En este thriller absolutamente original y adictivo, Mario Escobar rompe los límites de la intriga psicológica con un relato que explora las frágiles fronteras entre la verdad y la mentira.

Sheriff Charlotte MacHen and her Professor fiancé Matt Hardt have the perfect destination wedding planned in the Crescent City. Despite all their planning, they weren’t prepared for Charlotte’s past catching up with her. When her daughters’ lives are threatened, Charlotte leans on members of her disbanded Black Ops team to save them. Chase Mitchell, Joe Hernandez, Benny Spain, and Carl Adams go full tilt to retrieve the girls and make Charlotte’s special day all that she hoped for. Known as Los Fantasmas Asesinos, they live up to their name while neutralizing the threat to ...

More Bayou Justice: South Louisiana Cold Case Files More cold case murder mysteries and true crime histories with mafia hits, prostitution, klan kidnappings, cult rituals, jealous pimps, and missing girls gone wild in the land of gators, gumbo, strippers, hurricanes, mardi gras, and voodoo. More Bayou Justice from investigative journalist and broadcaster HL Arledge Louisiana's foremost expert on true-crime, and a thirty-year veteran investigative journalist, HL Arledge revisits those tantalizing questions, meeting the state's most colorful characters along the way. This book revisits and ...

Hay novelas imposibles de dejar una vez que has comenzado, historias que llevan el suspense a su estado máximo y hacen dudar al lector cada vez que termina un capítulo. En este thriller absolutamente original y adictivo, Mario Escobar rompe los límites de la intriga psicológica con un relato que explora las frágiles fronteras entre la verdad y la mentira.

Dark waters hide deadly secrets. When the headmistress of a Portsmouth school is found brutally murdered on an old structure in the middle of Langstone Harbour, Detective Andy Horton of Portsmouth CID is assigned to the case. The victim, discovered with a note with the words ‘Have you forgotten ME?’, was a steely, determined woman who made enemies on her path to success. But did any of them hate her enough to want her dead?With the clock ticking and Superintendent Uckfield pressing for results, Horton is forced to make a decision that will put his life on the line.

Jimmy is a kid growing up fast on the poorest street in town. He tries to do everything right and look out for his mum and his younger brother. His older brother is in jail, so it's up to Jimmy to hold things together. But small-town life is unforgiving if you're from the other side of the tracks.

A Southern Crime Thriller Follow the Stash. Find the Money. Mack Abbott is in Savannah to track a drug shipment for a mysterious employer—nothing fancy, just surveillance. But the job goes sideways fast. The smugglers are ruthless, the city’s crawling with secrets, and the one local he can turn to is Avery Calloway, a dancer with shaky loyalties and a taste for trouble. Mack knows better than to get involved. But he’s hooked—and the comedown’s gonna hurt. “Captivating and unsettling…this novel will not disappoint.” – Southern Literary Review “Boldt’s prose immerses and...

Prowling Tiger A Long Short Story Alex the Pirate and his business partner, Diego, set about pirating ships at sea using their new fast gunboat, the Tiger. Stopping a ship at sea and stealing its cargo are not as easy as it sounds. There is a steep learning curve, especially if you try not to kill anyone on board. Mr. Luong says they should stick to what they do best—smuggling contraband across the Gulf of Thailand and into Vietnam where they can make a profit on the black market. There are anxious refugees they must rescue and transport to safety in Malaysia. All in a day’s work. But ...

Michael Cooper has his life together. He is the successful lawyer all his friends turn to when they find themselves in trouble, and he and his beautiful wife just welcomed their newborn daughter to the world. In just under two years, he went from a cocky bachelor to a quintessential family man with a close-knit group of friends. Yes, Michael Cooper has his life together. Until the news that his father has died forces him to return to his hometown in Ohio. Any feelings of grief and loss over his father are overshadowed by the idea of having to step back into a world he has spent years trying...

Top global technology lawyer Tornait “Torn” Sagara knows he shouldn’t get involved with his beautiful client, Saya Brooks, whose revolutionary lightning-on-demand invention will solve climate change and render all other energy sources obsolete. But their shared connection as hafu (half Japanese, half American) draws them irresistibly together. Saya’s technology could save the world, but what’s good for the planet is bad news for those who profit from the status quo. Now, someone wants to stop Saya from commercializing her invention and will go to any lengths to do so.

In the charming Southern town of Monticello, justice is just a performance—and the real drama unfolds behind the bench. When three powerful women—a judge, a clerk, and a magistrate—form an unholy alliance to embezzle thousands from the courthouse they run, no one suspects the smiling faces behind the corruption. But as their greed grows bolder and their schemes more brazen, the town busybody with a vendetta starts sniffing around, and secrets that were meant to stay buried begin clawing their way to the surface. Murder in Monticello is a taut, gripping Southern legal thriller brimming...