A headless corpse tossed in a dumpster unites a small-town cop and a formidable retired lady spy to track a killer hiding in plain sight in a wealthy New England neighbourhood, in the stunning new mystery The Sea Glass Murders. A decapitated body burned to a crisp might be found in any dumpster in any city in America, but not in the aristocratic Gold Coast community of Westport, Connecticut. Local cop Tony DeFranco dutifully collects evidence, knowing that the State Police will take over the case. But when the state investigator tries to cover up the murder, DeFranco starts a rogue investigation. Not knowing if any of his police colleagues can be trusted, DeFranco forms an alliance with two unlikely colleagues -- local TV reporter Tracy Taggart and retired CIA case officer Dasha Petrov, whose elderly, ladylike appearance masks a lifetimes experience with violence and deception. While the trio of investigators track the identity and tragic life of the murder victim, the unknown killer strikes again. And as DeFranco and Taggart develop feelings for one another, it becomes clear that both have become the killers next targets. The body count mounts, and DeFranco must rely on Petrovs insights and skills, acquired over decades of global troubleshooting, to stop a killer operating at the pinnacle of American power... A glimpse at the sordid underside of position and wealth, with a breakout star character in Dasha Petrov, the elderly lady with a glamorous past and a will of steel, this is an action mystery with an immersive, fast-paced plot and unforgettable characters.

The Sea Glass Murders (A Gold Coast Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Cole, Timothy

Mystery

Pace Press

Intrigue, terrorism, history, art, and the secrets of the Church collide in a relentless page-turning thriller. "An elegant, twisty thriller in which a gay couple investigates a mysterious suicide in a scenic Italian hill town. It's not hard to imagine that this book could do for Orvieto what Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil did for Savannah." -Armistead Maupin, author of the internationally acclaimed Tales of the City An American couple in Italy investigate the suicide of a cleric in the picturesque Italian city of Orvieto--and find themselves plunged into a conspiracy that may destroy the Catholic Church. In the stunning thriller Upon This Rock, San Francisco business executive Lee Maury and his husband Adriano come to Orvieto to soak in the city's beauty and rich history, but Lee becomes fascinated with a local tragedy, the suicide one year earlier of Deacon Andrea, a much-loved candidate for the priesthood. Growing obsessed with learning the truth behind Andrea's death, Lee and Adriano stumble upon a conspiracy of terrorism, human trafficking, and a plot to destroy one of the Church's most sacred shrines--all somehow linked across 500 years to Renaissance Pope Clement VII, who escaped to Orvieto after the sack of Rome in 1527. Before they know it, Lee and Adriano's dream vacation becomes a race to save innocent lives--and not get killed in the process.

Upon This Rock

Perry, David Eugene

Minerva Rus can raise the dead. And it might get her killed. Minerva’s life has never been the same since the childhood car accident that paralyzed her and killed her best friend, Raven. But when the long-dead Raven reappears in her life, now as a very attractive grown man, she discovers that her photographic memory has the power to bring the dead back to life ... heal her paralysis ... and shape reality itself. Pursued by a rogue government agent who wants to eliminate her and her talents, Minerva must learn to control her powers to save herself and Raven. Because if she dies, he dies as well―again.

Memortality (The Memortality Saga, 1)

Literature & Fiction

Provost, Stephen H.

United States

When investigators are called to a meticulously staged crime scene on a canal bank in rural Central California―the latest in a series of murders that have killed three young women in one month―they realize a dangerous serial killer is on the loose, someone who is highly adept at hiding his tracks. And before the murderer can be brought to justice, young assistant DA Matt Jamison will lose his illusions about what justice means.
 As a fourth victim is abducted and investigators race against time, Jamison must cope with a sophisticated and elusive killer, a politically-minded sheriff eager to claim credit and spread blame, mounting pressure to win a high-profile trial, and his own conscience as part of the machinery of justice.
 A gripping, fast-paced, and coldly realistic thriller that tracks a killer from the crime scene to the courtroom and to a devastating aftermath, Fractured Justice is a stunning debut crime novel from a former investigator, prosecutor, and judge who intimately knows the real world of attorneys, detectives, and men who kill.

Fractured Justice (Matt Jamison, 1)

Ardaiz, James A.

Twenty-year old luxury cruise ship waiter Li Johnson is used to the humiliation of trying to satisfy entitled rich jerk customers and a sadistic supervisor, but his problems get even bigger when he finds a passenger sunburned to death on the Sunbathing Deck. Now Li has to catch a murderer before he's framed for the crime or worse, loses his crappy job...
For twenty-year-old Li Johnson, a job as a cruise ship waiter was supposed to be a way to get over his father's death and earn enough money to go back to college. Instead, Li is struggling to maintain his sanity while coping with the demands of a sadistic maitre d' and a boatload of entitled rich jerk passengers. Li just wants to keep his head down and survive his job from hell, but when he finds a passenger sunburned to a crisp on the Sunbathing Deck, something about the scene just doesn't add up. Before he knows it, Li is on the track of a murderer and if Li doesn't find the real killer soon, he might just get framed for the crime -- or worse, lose his crappy job. A brand-new classic in the amateur detective genre, Sunny Side Up is a traditional murder mystery for the 21st century, with a glamorous setting, a gallery of suspects, clues that will keep readers guessing to the last page, and a delightful new hero in Li Johnson, the millennial minimum wage manhunter, who brings sleuthing to the service economy.

Sunny Side Up (Li Johnson Murder Mysteries, 1)

Stallings, Daniel

Somebody wanted Minerva Rus dead. They succeeded. But Minerva isn’t letting a little thing like death stop her. After the dangerous adventure that killed her in Memortality, Minerva Rus has reconciled herself to being dead. She and her also-dead boyfriend Raven share an amazing gift that allows them to bring the dead back to life―including each other. Now that Jules, their most dangerous enemy, has been banished from reality and trapped inside her own mind, Minerva and Raven plan on enjoying the eternity of their unnatural lives.But immortality isn’t safe. Minerva and Raven’s life-giving powers mysteriously fade, forcing them to take refuge in The Between, a shadowy realm of memories that lies between life and death. What's more, their old adversary Jules is on the loose, partnered with a resurrected Nazi scientist planning a monstrous experiment that will change the destiny of the human race. And now it's up to a 21-year-old dead girl to save the world―again.

Paralucidity (The Memortality Saga, 2)

Trapped in an isolated old house on Martha’s Vineyard in winter, Diana Barlow is either seeing ghosts or losing her mind …
 After an estrangement from her parents, Diana came to Martha’s Vineyard to start a new life with her husband Ford and young daughter Samantha. The beautiful Victorian house that Ford inherited seemed the perfect home for a fresh beginning. But in the winter, when the tourists go home and the island is deserted, Diana is afraid she’s going crazy. Specters of people long dead flicker in and out of her vision. The antique dolls in her house never stay where they’re put. Samantha suddenly has a whole group of imaginary friends who live in the house and tell her terrible things. And Ford is becoming increasingly moody, unpredictable, and violent. 
While Diana investigates the horrifying history of the house, the past, the present, the living and the dead fatally intertwine, and Diana realizes she and her daughter must escape ― if Ford and the house will let her.

In the Midst of the Sea

McCarthy, Sean Padraic

"I loved this book. It could be my f%#@&amp;$* autobiography!" --Joe Gannascoli, Actor "Vito Spatafore" on The Sopranos TV "THE DON CON is to Fan-Cons as "Galaxy Quest" is to Star Trek conventions." --Jonathan Frakes, Actor, Commander William T. Riker, Star Trek: The Next Generation "Armstrong takes his place with Henny Youngman and Rodney Dangerfield" -- Deke Castleman, "Whale Hunt in the Desert" THE DON CON is a pure-entertainment crime comedy caper novel with all the intrigue of Ocean's 11 and The Bank Job--as well as a smart, witty pop-culture, and satire humour that riffs on The Sopranos, The Godfather, Star Trek, and The Sting. Joey Volpe's life sucks. As an actor, he hit the peak of his career when he played a bit part as a mobster on The Sopranos. If you blinked, you missed it. But now, at age 40, he's unemployed, broke, and forced to make a living by signing autographs at pop-culture fan conventions. His lack of income, along with his chronic womanizing, has put his marriage at risk, too. Joey's life gets even worse when a real mobster shows up in his autograph line and makes him an offer he can't refuse: He forces Joey to rob all the celebrities of their cash at the next fan convention. When the heist goes bad, the mobster frames Joey to take the fall. With two long years in prison to plot his revenge--plus a cellmate who's an expert at running con jobs--Joey comes up with a plan to get back at the mobster, make millions of dollars for himself, and rescue his marriage in the bargain. But if the plan fails, Joey could find himself fitted for a pair of cement overshoes. Author Richard Armstrong's first book, LEAVING THE NEST (co-authored with his mother, Dorinne Armstrong) was published by William Morrow &amp; Co. in 1986 and had five printings. His second book, THE NEXT HURRAH, was published by Morrow in 1988. It was praised by The Los Angeles Times as 'captivating and complete' and by Kirkus Reviews as 'one of the best books on the ramifications of the electronic political process since Joe McGinniss's 'The Selling of a President.' Psychology Today called it 'as readable as it is disquieting.' His first novel, GOD DOESN'T SHOOT CRAPS, was published by Sourcebooks in 2006 and optioned for film by the producers of the Broadway show "Xanadu." His latest novel, THE DON CON, will be released by Linden/Pace in April of 2019. A 1974 graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota (Art History), he lives in Washington, DC with his wife Sharon and his dachshund, 'Stardust.' Further Praise for the "Don Con" "Sheer and unadulterated reading pleasure. Meets the gold standard: 'Made me laugh, made me cry, I loved it!'" --Beverly Swerling, "Bristol House" "Another terrifically entertaining novel from Richard Armstrong in a new genre he seems to have either invented or perfected--the comic caper novel with clever plot twists and compelling criminal characters." --Bob Bly, author of 95 books including "Freak Show of the Gods and Other Tales of the Bizarre" "Richard Armstrong has done it again. His novel GOD DOESN'T SHOOT CRAPS is one of my all-time favorites, in part because it is the only 'inside baseball' novel about direct-mail shenanigans I know of, but also because it's fun. His newest, THE DON CON, takes us inside a different world, fueled by our insane obsession with celebrities--even barely celebrities; fan conventions like Comic-Con, the Star Trek events, and all the rest. It's a damn funny, fun, fast-paced caper story you won't want to put down. I envy his talent." --Dan Kennedy, Author of the NO BS business book series, and co-author Of the mystery novels "Win, Place, or Die" and "Speaking of Murder"

The Don Con

Armstrong, Richard

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Attention, shoppers! Today’s special is murder!
The Minimum Wage Manhunter is back, bagging groceries and a killer. After solving a murder at his last low-paying job, 20-year-old Li Johnson thought he would never see a corpse again. Unemployed and flat broke, Li catches a lucky break when kindly supermarket clerk Reuben Rodriguez gets him a job at Esther’s Family Grocery. But when a famously vindictive food critic is found bludgeoned to death in the spice aisle, the evidence suggests that Li’s new friend and benefactor might be the murderer.
Determined to clear Reuben’s name, Li sets out to find what really happened to the shopper in aisle six. But getting the truth will force Li to match wits against the city’s shadowy political boss and a homicide detective who hates amateur sleuths. Can a lowly grocery clerk uncover a secret that powerful people want hidden? Once again, Li Johnson delivers fresh value and everyday high quality to the traditional mystery.

Cleanup on Aisle Six (Li Johnson Murder Mysteries, 2)

Aaron Schuyler is a ne'er-do-well, a cheat, an exploiter, a drunk, and a lifelong New Yorker. New Mexico is about to change everything about Schuyler, in this fresh and witty comedy about second chances and redemption.At 52, Aaron Schuyler has destroyed his life and doesn't care. Professionally ruined, flat broke, and estranged from his ex-wife and children, Schuyler's only concerns are sponging free drinks by crashing funerals and staying on the good side of his primary money supply, his formidable British mother, Clementine.But Clementine has a plan. Praying for divine aid from her personal god, Winston Churchill, Clementine creates a Winston-inspired scheme to reform her worthless son. Clementine presents Schuyler with an ultimatum―she'll bail him out one last time, if he moves from New York to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and takes a job at the local Sam's Club.In New Mexico, Schuyler meets people unlike any he's ever known―the enigmatic Indian artist Lone Goose, the blue collar Sam's Club workers who accept him as one of their own, and the beautiful and no-nonsense Anita Chatterjee, with whom Schuyler is immediately smitten.For the first time in his life, Schuyler wants to be a better person―and as he rereads his diary of his past life, he realizes the extent of his failures and his misdeeds. Can Schuyler adapt to a life of responsibility? To a mature relationship? To New Mexico? To shaking scorpions out of his boots? Winston help him!

Getting New Mexico

St. Clair, Rhenna

Humor & Satire

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