Mystery
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The Man Who Dared to Ask by sam_uz
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A thrilling tale of a fast-food worker that gets a peek into the endless possibilities of science and technology after meeting a mysterious man in a suit.
Project Oxygen by violadavis
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When someone dies mysteriously during a Psych experiment, Rhiannon becomes enmeshed in a conspiracy that includes both the survivors and the killer. ***** Short on cash, Rhiannon Ford signs up to take part in a social psychology experiment based on group think. But when a participant dies under mysterious circumstances, and the story surrounding that death seems mired in conflicting lies, she's quickly drawn into a web of conspiracies that merge urban legends, rivalries, and the very psychological principle the test was about. When everyone is lying, how can Rhiannon find the truth? ***** [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
A Body at Book Club: Myrtle Clover #6 by ElizabethSCraig
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This is one book club meeting that doesn't go by the book. When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover discovers Naomi Pelter's dead body during a book club meeting, the other members seem shocked. But Myrtle can read between the lines. Naomi had riled everyone up by flirting with other people's husbands, arguing with neighbors, and generally making a nuisance of herself. Murdering troublemakers is the oldest trick in the book. The book club members seem too sweet to be killers, but Myrtle knows better than to judge books by their covers. Myrtle's investigation into the murder will take a more novel approach than her police chief son's by-the-book methods. Can Myrtle and her widower sidekick uncover the killer...before he writes them off for good? (This mystery will be uploaded on Wednesdays. If you can't wait for the next installment, the completed book can be found on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/o6wn4sk ) . The series is also available on Amazon India: https://tinyurl.com/ohdbffq . Thanks!
Sex and Death in Skeleton City by Jazzua
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Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]
Hart and Hunter by OwlieCat
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When a series of thefts escalates to murder, werewolf detective Dane Hunter and his fae partner, Julian Hart, must uncover the dark history of Spring Lakes before the past repeats itself and destroys them both. ***** A year after starting a life together, private detectives Julian and Dane investigate a string of strange burglaries plaguing the shops in downtown Spring Lakes. It seems simple enough, until a murder, a disappearing body, and the discovery of strange tunnels beneath the streets take the case for a supernatural turn. The new detective in town, Rian Halloran, may hold the key to unlocking the town's dark past and its surprising connections to Julian. As Julian learns more about the Fae side of his family history and Dane struggles with the responsibility of being an alpha, solving a mystery isn't the only thing at stake. Dane and Julian must reconcile past and present, navigate complicated families, and learn how to work together-all while stopping an incursion of strange creatures from the Fae underworld-if their partnership, and love, will survive.
The Demon Innkeeper by KaelaCub
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When Grace left town seeking a new start after her mother’s murder, becoming a Demon Innkeeper wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. With newspapers accusing her of killing her mother, and her PTSD too unpredictable to go out in public, Grace’s job options in the new city are limited. So when Japanese demons possessing objects around the new house come to her requesting she become their innkeeper, like her grandmother before her, she’s certain she is 1) desperate and 2) insane. But all four boys promise to protect the house—and more importantly, her and her father—from a man with a fedora looking to avenge the man she killed. The promise of safety outweighs her disbelief, and she accepts the supernatural position. Protecting the objects that keep them alive—a chandelier, a pair of oven mitts, a Japanese instrument, and least likely of all, a ragged little wishing well—proves difficult when her own heart is still in tatters. To keep her new rag tag group of friends, and herself, alive, Grace must face the truth of what happened the night her mother was murdered. As she does, she may even find a way to repair the dilapidated oven mitts hidden in the kitchen drawers, as well as the secretive, abused demon boy attached to it. That is, if the man with the fedora doesn’t kill her first. ***Updates Every Friday
Chameleon ✔️ by CandaceMJ
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I have three secrets. 1. I'm in the witness protection program. I witnessed my mother's murder when I was eight years old, and now the murderer is after me. 2. I can read minds. Or not "read" them... not exactly. But I can feel them. Every emotion has a color. An aura, as I call it. And I can feel those auras. I can feel the color of one's thoughts. 3. I can't feel Elijah Whitney's aura. [ COMPLETED - 1.28.16 ] [ LATEST REVISION - 8.17.19 ] [ SEQUEL COMING FALL 2019 ]
Oath of Steel by AtheinaVismark
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𝚇12 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝓘𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓲𝓽, 𝓼𝓱𝓮'𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷. There are secrets that dwell in the shadows of the Crown. Lady Rosalynde Steel, lady-in-waiting to the apparent heir during the day and general of the Crown at night, has learned how to survive the fatal intrigues of the desires of the Crown with her wicked wit and illustrious skills. But after rising as new head of the secret services after the death of the former general - Lord Brek Haywire, Rosalynde's new task slowly unveils layers of a mystery that puts her on a dangerous course. Steel will have to dig deeper than she ever has to protect the secrets of the Crown in all its forms, with the incommensurable help of the banker of Lun, Hector Grey. A lethal assassin and an abstruse banker will have to work together to uncover the identities of the conspirators plotting against the Crown. Between veiled truths and realistic illusions, will they survive to see a new dawn? ----------------------------------------- Now, all the credits for this fantastic cover all go to @Heuristic_Hashmath. Hash, I'll never stop telling you how outstanding this cover is. Because this is simply a masterpiece. And that AMAZING END BANNER is the work of the outstanding Dee. @-DeeIsDead- Please please check them out - they will come up with something incredible for your book!!! Currently editing this Offline, this is the terrible and unedited version of it.
Red Flag by ZonderZorg
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Reviewing restaurants is normally a safe pursuit, but Kate and Lorne face torture and death when they try to unravel organised crime's infiltration of the fine dining scene. Kate is a novelist and a dining columnist. Lorne is a lawyer, a prominent wine writer and an incognito restaurant reviewer who, since his teens, has believed he's asexual. Playmates when they were toddlers and friends ever since, they are now thrown together by increasingly dangerous circumstances as the Mob targets them. The intensity and closeness trigger Lorne's deeply buried sexuality and Kate's long-suppressed desires. Will they be able to set their passions aside and focus on evading and entrapping the Mob?