Review\n"Connie di Marco's twin loves of Astrology and the detective fiction genre are on full display in her latest installment of the Zodiac Mysteries: Serpent's Doom. It makes perfect sense to fuse these two disciplines in which intelligence, intuition, and interpretation play such a key role. It's also a delight to see Astrology driving the plot forward rather than employed as a mere gimmick. This adds dimension and suspense to how the mystery plays out and di Marco's wonderfully cinematic prose keeps you turning the pages in increasing anticipation."-Christopher Renstrom, astrologer for the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Gate and Astrology Hub, author of The Cosmic Calendar and creator of rulingplanets.com 
"Intriguing and riveting, Connie di Marco's latest Zodiac Mystery, Serpent's Doom, is a new year's firecracker of an adventure. Told with heart and conscience, Serpent's Doom features a superb cast and setting, with a plot right out of the headlines. The best yet in this highly original series."-James W. Ziskin, author of the award-winning Ellie Stone Mysteries 
"Connie di Marco's Zodiac Mysteries have it all: vibrant characters, sharp and suspenseful plots and comedic interludes. I love the added bonus of astrology and metaphysics and eagerly await the next installment."-Karen Christino, astrologer and author of Foreseeing the Future 
"San Francisco Astrologer Julia Bonatti will need more than the stars when she tries to help a boy find his missing mother. di Marco takes us on a thrill ride from Chinatown to famed Bay City locales. An enticing mystery with compelling characters who pull you in. 'Dear Zodia, is it in the stars that Connie di Marco will write more Zodiac Mysteries?' I certainly hope so, because I'm hooked!"-Laurie Stevens, author of the award-winning Gabriel McKay suspense novels 
"Another page-turner with San Francisco astrologer, Julia Bonatti. I alternately wanted to shake her and cheer her on as she reluctantly becomes entangled with a boy who needs her help. A fascinating look into a different culture, where involving the police is a bad idea, prompting Julia to take matters into her own hands."-Sheila Lowe, best-selling author of the Forensic Handwriting Mysteries and the Beyond the Veil Mysteries\nAs San Francisco's Chinatown prepares for the Lunar New Year festivities in the fogbound month of February, astrologer Julia Bonatti finds herself with three new clients, all in desperate straits who don't seem to heed her advice. Tracy is the victim of a brutal husband with nowhere to run and Jeanette is worried sick about her son, whom she suspects has fallen in with a bad lot. But most frightening of all to Julia is Frankie Chang's dilemma. Frankie's only eleven years old and he's terrified. His mother is missing and no one will help him. Julia's heart goes out to him but her hands are tied. Frankie won't let her talk to the police and neither will his family. Julia eventually discovers that the three worlds of her clients intertwine. Those lives inevitably collide exposing a dangerous smuggling cabal. Julia knows too much and becomes a victim of both a ruthless environmental group and criminals who will stop at nothing, including murder.

Serpent's Doom (Zodiac Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Connie di Marco

Mystery

Suspense Publishing

Review\n"Funny and heartwarming, Mistletoe Can Be Murder is a wonderful addition to one of my favorite series."-Allison Brook, Author of the Haunted Library Mystery Series "This witty and fast-paced story kept me guessing until the surprise finale. Mistletoe Can Be Murder will delight your senses and make you chuckle your way through the book. A charming whodunit!"-Nancy J. Cohen, Author of the Bad Hair Day Mysteries "A delightful break from the depressing news, from any clutter you may have in your life, or from the drear of gloomy weather. Santangelo hands us a tossed salad of characters who are believable, diverse, whimsical, and intriguing-and she manages to choreograph all of them skillfully throughout the plot. Find a cozy chair, head to your porch rocker, or stretch out on a beach...this is a fun read."-George Eastman, Playwright, "Harry Townsend's Last Stand" 
"The perfect blend of family drama, humor, and murder. Santangelo's gentle ribbing of husbands will make you laugh out loud while her well-placed clues and list of suspects will keep you guessing until the end." -Ang Pompano, Agatha Nominated Author 
"Santangelo has the gift of creating characters who pull readers into the story and make them feel as if they're right there with Carol and company, solving mysteries and laughing all the way to the end of the book! Another winner in the series!"-Jerri Cachero, Cozy Mystery Reviews\nCarol Andrews is planning her grandson CJ's first Christmas down to the last detail. What she didn't plan for is a furnace fiasco, the unexpected appearance of CJ's Other Grandmother, Margo, and her new boyfriend, a family feud, a stolen credit card, and murder. When Margo's boyfriend becomes the police's chief suspect, Carol is forced to add crime-solving to her holiday to-do list before Santa can come down the chimney.

Mistletoe Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (A Baby Boomer Mystery)

Humor & Entertainment

Santangelo, Susan

Humor

For several years, author Gary Williams has walked his female yellow Labrador retriever, Guen, through the historic streets of St. Augustine, Florida, and posted their amusing--sometimes educational, mostly whimsical--conversations on social media. (Yes, dogs can talk. Just ask any dog owner.) For the first time, these daily exchanges between man and man's best friend have been captured in a book featuring the "best of" the Walking Guen posts. Follow along as Gary and Guen discuss such deep philosophical and socially relevant topics as the Village People, bubble wrap, Oz, ice cream, firemen, organ concerts, and the Death Star. Each conversation is accompanied by Gary's original grainy flip-phone camera photo of Guen as they weave their way through the streets. So, sit back, relax, and follow along on these daily light-hearted discussions where beast often gets the better of man.

Walking Guen

Williams, Gary

Homicide detective partners Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez return in this third edition of the Lassiter/Martinez Case Files series.
Called in to investigate a mysterious death in a retirement center, Lassiter and Martinez find themselves entangled in a case that might very well involve multiple murders committed by a psychopathic killer. The deeper they get into their investigation, the more complex and dangerous the case becomes, threatening the lives of the detectives and their loved ones. Political and bureaucratic machinations within the detectives’ department and the involvement of organized crime only make their jobs more difficult.
Award-Winning, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Joseph Badal offers up another suspenseful, unputdownable tale, with twists and turns that will put and keep the reader on a roller coaster ride of drama, action, and emotion from the first to the last page.

Natural Causes (Lassiter/Martinez Case Files)

Badal, Joseph

After recovering from amnesia five years ago, Jessica Mack never told anyone she had started hearing voices from the spirit world. Now, forced to use her "gift" to help find missing four-year-old Ethan Starkey, she can no longer ignore the voices. Time is running out for little Ethan as Jessica, and Sage Boles, a man with a mysterious past, are guided to a séance, where they hope to get clues to the child's whereabouts.

Proof of Life (Beyond the Veil Mystery)

Sheila Lowe

In this second installment, Gary and his dog, Guen, return to the historic streets of St. Augustine, Florida, to discuss such wide-ranging topics as sporks, speed humps, James Bond, Common Core math, a gigantic water bowl, Antonio Banderas, and a superhero Dachshund named Edgar. This hilarious follow-up to Walking Guen is sure to leave you smiling. While walking Guen through the historic streets of St. Augustine this morning, she found a cushion on Sevilla Street. She turned and said, “This reminds me, I once knew a guy who owned a drinking establishment and—”“You knew a guy who owned a bar?”“I have friends. Anyway, his patrons complained that his bar chairs were uncomfortable, so he added cushions. But then business dropped off because he kept referring to the cushions as stool softeners.”I looked at her in silence for a long moment. “Keep walking, Guen.”

Walking Guen, Again

Former star athlete and current ghost writer Rick Devlin left Charleston in the rearview mirror just days after his father was sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother. Now--thirty years later--he is compelled to return home to the Carolina Lowcountry to care for the reviled murderer in his final days. Just minutes after reluctantly arriving at the hospice center, however, his father reveals a closely held secret about the night of the murder that causes Devlin to question whether the "trial of the century" was a total sham. "Think about all that blood they showed on that screen in the courtroom," the old man tells him. "The blood on the knife, and on your mother's clothes, and the floor. There has to be some of the killer's DNA in all of that. And I swear on your mother's grave, not one fucking speck of it is mine." The trial testimony was clear-cut, the evidence was slam-dunk, and the jury returned its "guilty" verdict in just over two hours. But now, as Devlin begins to poke around the edges of his mother's death, the duplicitous truths of the past become increasingly exposed--and treacherous. It seems everyone has something to hide, from the father-son team of lawyers looking out for the senior Devlin's dying interests, to a vicious bagman who leaves a trail of mayhem wherever he goes. Also caught up in the secret: a corrupt state cop, a sanctimonious Bible-thumping televangelist, the leader of a white supremacist hate group, an elderly black Korean War sniper, the ghosts of several redneck murderers, and the specter of a young black boy who died a most horrific death. As Devlin scrapes at the facts behind his mother's death--and deals with the painful facets of his family's dysfunction--he learns not just the truth about his mother's violent death, but also comes to grips with the difficult lessons of his own past.

Seven-Thirty Thursday (A Rick Devlin Novel)

Literature & Fiction

Reed, Bunzel

Literary

Raised as siblings by an itinerant "gypsy" family, knife expert Bobby Cain, trained by the US military in the lethal art of covert eliminations, and Harper McCoy, nurtured by the US Navy and the CIA to run black ops and wage psychological warfare, are now civilians. Of a sort. Employing the skills learned from the "family" and their training, they now fix the unfixable. Case in point: Retired General William Kessler hires the duo to track down his missing granddaughter, a Vanderbilt University co-ed. Their search leads them to a small, bucolic, lake-side town in central Tennessee and into a world of prostitution, human trafficking, and serial murder. The question then becomes: Will their considerable skills be enough for Cain and Harper to save the young woman, and themselves, from a sociopath with "home field" advantage, a hunter's skills, and his own deeply disturbing agenda?

Skin in the Game (A Cain/Harper Thriller)

Lyle, D. P.

Thrillers & Suspense

Twice the laughs, twice the murders, twice the fun!
Like millions of other Baby Boomer couples, Carol and Jim Andrews are checking items off their To-Do list. First is Jim's retirement, which Carol dreads more than a root canal without Novocain. Next is downsizing and moving. What they don't expect are dead bodies to become part of their long-range plan. 10th Anniversary Editions of "Retirement Can Be Murder" &amp; "Moving Can Be Murder" "Retirement Can Be Murder" A Baby Boomer Mystery (#1) Every wife has a story. "Retirement Can Be Murder" is the story of Carol Andrews and her Beloved Husband, Jim, members of the fastest growing demographic in history, the Baby Boomer generation. Carol dreads her husband Jim's upcoming retirement more than a root canal without Novocain. She can't imagine anything worse than having an at-home husband with time on his hands and nothing to fill it--except interfering in the day-to-day activities of their household and driving her crazy. Until her plans to stall Jim's retirement result in her husband being suspected of murdering his retirement coach. "Moving Can Be Murder" A Baby Boomer Mystery (#2) Empty nester Carol Andrews would prefer leaving her beautiful antique home in Fairport, Connecticut, "feet first" to selling it and moving on. But her Beloved Husband Jim convinces her that a nearby active adult community is the best fit for them at this time of life. Their house sells, and Carol returns alone the night before the closing for a "pity party" farewell tour. And discovers the dead body of the buyer in her living room. Wow. Talk about seller's remorse!

Milestones Can Be Murder: A Baby Boomer Mystery Boxed Set (Books 1-2): Every Wife Has a Story

Humor & Satire

Amazon #1 Best-selling author, Joseph Badal, delivers "Justice," the third in his Curtis Chronicles series, with the same relentless tension that is a trademark of his award-winning suspense novels. In "Justice," Matt and Renee Curtis return, along with their maniacal tormentor, Lonnie Jackson. On a trip to Costa Rica with their friends Esteban and Alani Maldonado, Matt and Renee believe they are beyond Jackson's reach. They soon find out how wrong they are, however, when Jackson orchestrates the kidnapping of Renee and Alani and transports them to his human trafficking headquarters located in Nicaragua. Matt and Esteban recruit former special operations soldiers living in Costa Rica to help them rescue their wives, sending readers on an action-packed journey. As with all of Badal's novels, "Justice" is a bold and complex thriller. It weaves an intricate plot involving multiple international locations, a human trafficking organization, the CIA, Special Operations, corrupt politicians, Bulgarian organized crime figures, Swiss bankers, and a compelling cast of engaging, inspiring, and diabolical characters. The Curtis Chronicles is an epic series that delves into the age-old conflict between good and pure evil, where each book leaves you begging for more.

Justice (Curtis Chronicles)

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