A serial killer is on the loose in North Carolina in Jeff Pate's first novel. A police detective in North Carolina, Pate introduces SBI Special Agent Clark Hager in a stunning debut. Folow Hager, an FBI-trained profiler and his partner as they trail a vicious serial killer in a psychologically complex and terrifying case--a roller coaster ride of suspense and intrigue as the reader gets to enter the mind of a monster. Culminating in an epic battle between good versus evil, Hager meets the killer in a spine-tingling death match where it's...Winner Take All.

Winner Take All

Literature & Fiction

Pate, Jeff

Genre Fiction

Diakonia Pub

When ex-cop turned P.I. Beauford Sloan investigates the theft of an armored truck full of diamonds and the murder of an Eagle security guard, his investigation leads him to Morrocco and Spain where he discovers that the thief is not who he suspected.

The Eagle Heist (A Beauford Sloan Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Austin, Raymond

Mystery

The Midwest Book Review called Jeff Pate “an author of substance, imagination, and talent.” CLARK HAGER IS BACK... From the bestselling author of Winner Take All comes a spine-chilling new thriller that puts SBI Special Agent Clark Hager in the middle of a baffling murder case. It’s been six months since the brilliant profiler matched wits and battled with a ruthless killer called “The Strangler.” Hager’s partner Lloyd Sheridan has recovered from his injuries and is ready to return to work. Recently engaged to the woman of his dreams Vanessa Roman, Hager thinks life is beginning to get back to normal. But would it last... It all begins with a seemingly innocuous phone call from an old friend, concerned that his wife is missing. The woman is found murdered and sensing a loyalty to his friend, Hager takes it upon himself to find her killer. Hager and Lloyd team up with Brick McLendon, a Raleigh PD detective with a chip on his shoulder and an ax to grind. Tasked with finding a killer and protecting his friend, Hager realizes that he can be too close to a case...too close to know that sometimes guilt lies in the Eye of the Beholder. Eye of the Beholder exposes Hager’s inner turmoil—at work and home, and deals with many issues, from prejudice to the agent’s own longevity, forcing him to change the way he views the world in which he lives. With a dazzling pace and scintillating plot twists, Eye of the Beholder is page-turning suspense, destined to continue Jeff Pate’s bestselling tradition and thrill his fans across the country.

Eye of the Beholder: A Clark Hager Novel

Obsession, murder, and revenge are the driving forces behind this brilliant debut novel by Wendy DeVere-Austin. Jessica Parkerson has the perfect life: a lawyer husband David whom she adores; a new interior design business with her best friend; and a Malibu Beach home. With this seemingly ideal life, what could go wrong? Then the obscene telephone calls begin-a stranger obsessed with Jessica and clearly aware of her daily activities. Meanwhile, a psychotic killer hell-bent for revenge lurks perilously close, inflicting terror on his victims. "Still Waters Run Deep" illustrates one woman's pursuit for the perfect life and one man's obsession with revenge. At a break-neck pace and deft precision, Wendy DeVere Austin has woven an unforgettable tale, establishing a notable presence in the world of suspense fiction.

Still Waters Run Deep

DeVere-Austin, Wendy

According to British legend, as long as there are ravens living in the Tower of London, the monarchy will survive. In Cameron Kent’s riveting suspense thriller WHEN THE RAVENS DIE, this legend is about to be challenged. 
Who’s buried in a mysterious unmarked grave in London’s St. Bartholomew’s Church? And why is the Crown Prince of England so intent on preventing an American professor and a BBC correspondent from uncovering the truth? 
While prowling through the foggy cemeteries of London in search of his ancestry, Dr. Malcolm Bride stumbles upon the darkest of secrets about Britain’s Royal Family. At a time when the Crown Prince is making a bold ploy to seize political power, the American’s discovery instantly threatens the British monarchy, and puts Bride’s life in mortal danger. 
Seemingly strayed from the quest for his roots, Bride’s relentless pursuit of the truth takes him inside the hallowed walls of Windsor castle, into the clutches of the IRA, across the misted moors of the English countryside, and through the dark labyrinth of London’s underground. Bride also finds his way into the lonely heart of a Princess, leaving them both torn between loyalty and love. 
Steam-rolling to a head-on collision with the future King of England, Bride unravels a mystery of epic proportions—one that could change the course of world history, and alter his life forever.

When the Ravens Die

Kent, Cameron

United States

BLACKBEARD IS BACK WITH HIS VOW OF VENGEANCE! 
As the wedge of death races down toward his neck, Blackbeard utters a vow of vengeance which would not be addressed until 287 years later. 
Debut novelist and veteran criminal lawyer Danny T. Ferguson has brought Blackbeard back to life in the year 2002 when a dna-certified descendant of Blackbeard, a modern day sea rogue from North Carolina's Outer Banks, seeks to fulfill his reverred patriarch's ancient Vow of Vengeance. 
In his high speed Fountain yacht, the blackbearded, drug-dealing murderer speeds north through the coastal waters of North Carolina, chased by Gunny Vernon, a retired Marine, who is desperately seeking to rescue his kidnapped daughter. 
Young lawyer, Grayson Forest, fresh out of JAG, is on a mission of his own. Appointed to represent a young man charged with triple murder under Virginia's brand new fast track death penalty law, he struggles against a stacked deck to save his client from execution. 
With his client strapped into the electric chair awaiting the jolt that will end his life, the lives of four men - two good and two evil - are zealeously headed on a quadruple collision course, a course destined to change the legal and political future of America. 
Hampton Roads Harbor and the historic Chamberln Hotel provide the setting for the grand finale, where the surrogate of Satan meets the emisary of goodness for an unforgettable coup de grasse. 
This 390 page hardback political-legal thriller is packed with nail-biting suspense and laced with swashbuckling pirate legend. The story pits love and duty against hate and greed, while conveying a sobering message about the human spirit and the preservation of justice in America.

Vow of Vengeance

Ferguson, Danny T.

Truth indeed, is stranger than fiction. If you ever had any doubt this was true, reading Life is More than a Box of Doughnuts will surely convince you otherwise. 
Since 1996, High Point Police Captain Ron Stowe’s column "On the Beat" has appeared weekly in the High Point Enterprise. In this column, Stowe provides a realistic view of what goes on in the lives of the law and the lawless – those who are called to serve, and those who, because of their choices, need to be served. 
Life is More than a Box of Doughnuts is real life stuff – stuff you don’t see in the movies or even on your local TV news. You get many of the inside stories that officers talk about in roll calls and on coffee breaks. Much of it is humorous – like the man who was in court to tell about how his wife had knocked out one of his teeth, which he kept, then offered to the judge as evidence. After hearing the man’s story, the judge asked "Is this the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth?" Or, you will read about many of his "Dumb Crook" stories, which give validity to the premise that crime doesn’t pay. 
But some of it isn’t so funny – from "Family Matters" to the "In Memory" chapter where Stowe honors officers who had given the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives while on duty, including those heroes who died on September 11, 2001. 
Aside from some names being changed to protect the not-so-innocent, the stories inside are true, thus proving the adage of truth being stranger than fiction. From the law enforcement perspective, this book guarantees to convince you that a cop’s Life is More than a Box of Doughnuts

Life is More Than a Box of Doughnuts

Humor & Entertainment

Stowe, Ron

Humor

Rose McNess, self-proclaimed tour leader of Wynfield Farms Retirement Community, breaks her hip but does not lose her spirit of independence! Clever dialogue and subtle plot twists make the third in the Rose McNess trilogy a mystery not to be missed. Everyone loves Rose!

Lifeguards...and Safeguards: A Rose McNess Novel

Dickinson, Barbara M.

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