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In 1915 an unsuspecting passenger ship sails through treacherous waters toward a doom that was ordered from the highest authorities. For Jacob Blankfield, a thirteen-year-old boy dependent on leg braces and crutches, coming of age will come early, aboard a ship on its final voyage across the Atlantic, amidst explosions and torpedoes, battling forces unleashed by Great Powers in a Great War. After witnessing a murder, Jacob is thrust into the center of a conspiracy that threatens his own life and that of two thousand passengers. Forming alliances with friends and enemies, he digs to uncover the expansive details of a plot and the coconspirators before it is too late, standing in the way of secret plans and nefarious men, ultimately pushed to overcome his fear and handicaps to take matters into his own hands. As the ship approaches its destiny, Jacob closes in on a final duel of arms against an experienced and sinister opponent, learning that even his friends can be enemies. An introduction to arms, action and courage that promise to change his life forever and permanently forge his character, for better or for worse.

In the dystopian year 2075, down-and-out private investigator Adam Twist ekes out a living inside the walled city of Wichita. Tornadoes stalk the ravaged landscape and lost children haunt his nightmares. When the rebellious daughter of the most powerful man in the city runs away, Twist must follow into the hell outside the Wall to find her.

A man named Mike Johnson who is a detective is asked to a investigate the murder of a wealthy man name Richard Cole and while trying to find who did he gets framed for killing the alleged murderer.

A hardboiled yarn, served black.

Thriller| Superhero| Action In a city crawling with secrets, STINK rises from alley-born mystery to psychic warrior. Gifted with insect communion and microbial control, he battles gang threats and biotech horrors unleashed by Triton Industries. Guided by mystics like Golden Owl, STINK uncovers his origin and the city's buried truths. Each episode blends Hip Hop grit, Afrofuturist horror, and numerology into a mythic saga of resistance. STINK isn't just fighting corruption-he's becoming the immune system of a dying world.

One of Hollywood's elites has been murdered, the accused her estranged husband. The situation doesn't look good for the husband, whose appetites for booze, gambling, and extramarital sex are as outsized as his ego. To make matters worse, he is on the hook to his bookie for a quarter million bucks, and with next to no alibi, multi-million reasons to kill his wealthy wife.

Little snips of Olma Tiig's life. Basically an attempt to get feedback and get me moving by using my daily writing.

Sheriff Shreveport Allen is on the trail of two cold-blooded killers racking up a body count. Will he catch them before they kill again?

Arun is a cop in a jungle town short on pavement. He's got problems piling up and answers growing thin. A woman torn to shreds, a UN investigator missing, a militia setting up camp across the river. Match meets fuse when a battle erupts between two warring factions and his daughter is kidnapped in the turmoil. He sets out to find her, carving through slums and gangs and crooked politicians with a gun and a waning sense of humanity.

[HIGHEST RANKING : #18] "Sometimes the past makes the present BETTER" Everyone is aware of their past and that everyone includes Harrison Blake who is a retired MI-5 agent. What will happen if someone is unaware of his past? What will happen if someone gets to know his past and tends to relive it again because of one single reason- his family? These are the highlighted yet briefed points of the agents life. He suffered a serious family loss because of some reason he doesn't know yet. The journey finding the truth gives invitation to several negative points such as heartbreak, frustration and depression. Harrison knows it all still has the guts to face it but will he succeed? - THAT REMAINS A MYSTERY

Fatally bound... by one decision with deadly consequences. Hannah opened the backdoor of her house and walked inside, closing the door behind her and locking it. Out of the dark his massive left arm wrapped around her chest like a vice followed by his right hand pressing a soaked rag to her face. Gasping for air she breathed in the fumes from the rag. She convulsed and thrashed but the man was immense and she couldn't break free. Fatally bound... by one killer with deadly intentions. A brilliant, methodical and vicious killer is on a mission leaving a trail of women's bodies behind with little or no evidence. The hunt for the killer will put Mac McRyan and Dara Wire in harm's way testing their partnership, resolve and endurance like never before. Fatally Bound... A suspenseful and nerve-fraying murder mystery with an ingenious plot. NY Times and USA Today bestselling author, Roger Stelljes has crafted another addictive pulse-pounding thriller filled with his trademark twists and turns. Vince Flynn described Roger Stelljes as "A powerful new thriller voice." THE MYCRYAN MYSTERY SERIES: (Copyright © Roger Stelljes) First Case The St. Paul Conspiracy Deadly Stillwater Electing To Murder Fatally Bound Blood Silence Next Girl On The List Fireball The Tangled Web We Weave First Deadly Conspiracy - Books 1-3 Boxset Mysteries, Thrillers and Killers - Books 4-6 Boxet Stakeout - Short Story AGENT TORI HUNTER SERIES: Silenced Girls The Winter Girls Books in the series are available at major online retailers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple iTunes, Kobo, Google Play, etc. Thank you for supporting self-published authors! ** Follow me for new content releases on Wattpad **

The Bible says to forgive but the Bible also says an eye for an eye and what do you do when someone takes something more important than an eye?

Lenny Parker is a roadie, bass player in a metal band AND a private investigator. He's not that good at the whole PI thing but he's got a lot of heart and some good friends to help him out. In this story he is hired to find out where a young girl gets her money from. He might not like the answer though...

[In this alternate history universe in which the French Revolution never happened and the United States ends at the Mississippi River] Nicholas Cortez Lyon is a private investigator, among other things. He spent five years in the Republic of Louisiana Navy during World War II, most of which was spent conducting Allied operations against USR ships in the South Atlantic and the Gulf. Across the Galveston Bay sits the City of Laffite, named after the privateer and Louisiana founding father. Laffite is a boom town, made wealth by oil, made famous by becoming the glitzy heart of the world film industry, colloquially known as Sugarlad. One day, he is summoned to the Belmont family estate by the daughter of the wealthy Gabrielle Belmont, Marla Belmont. She hires him for a job: investigate the suicide of Charles Belmont, her brother and heir apparent to the Belmont empire. You don't "solve" a suicide but she makes him an offer too good to refuse. But once Lyon starts to pry, he finds himself hopelessly entwined in the machinations of industrialists, film stars, and the city's organized crime. As he rapidly reveals the secrets of Sugarland, the question remains: Why?

In a 1930s anytown, USA called Arrant City, a hardboiled detective with a heart of gold - Lenny Zollins - AKA Zollie or LZ - fights crime of the ... unusual variety.

Sonic x Tails romance amidst a film noir-inspired murder mystery.

Ranking High #goodgirlsarebadgirls, #psychologicalthrillers, #femalevigilante. When her nearest and dearest are gunned down in cold blood, Athena vows justice. Until now she's blocked out the disturbing memories of her past, but it's time to face the truth, however painful it could be. The transition from a rich gal to a reckless vigilante is swift but thwart with her recurring depression and alcoholic tendencies. While she walks a thin line between right and wrong to get justice at any price the stress mounts and another vice appears - sex - anywhere, anytime. Her search for the murderer twists and turns and then finally a clue... there is a Careless Whisperer. An innocent conversation has been overheard. Suddenly her life is in free-fall, she has to face the possibility that SHE may be The Careless Whisperer. The murders, her tortured soul and trashy new life may be all HER fault!

THIRTEEN YEARS OF DUST is the intriguing, introductory novel for the Duke Bradley, Private Eye series. Duke is an egotistical, sarcastic, and obsessive ex-FBI special detective who got canned from the bureau for botching a decade-long investigation because he was blind drunk. It's a secret he has vowed to take to the grave, and only his ex-partner knows what really happened that night in Bay Springs, Mississippi. Now after a stint in rehab and losing everything, he is sober and will do what it takes to stay that way. Down on his luck, highly in debt to his ex-wife, and with a landlord just itching to evict him, Duke has devised a way to get some quick cash doing what he does best, solving murders. In a city full of addiction, he sets forth, determined to stay clean and not let anyone get away with murder I present for your consideration.