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Harbor Nights
Spencer Manning’s latest case takes him from Chicago to charming Door County, Wisconsin, when an old girlfriend is accused of stealing her own painting—and then vanishes. Spencer suspects something darker than art theft, and the murders begin. A second ‘worthless’ painting is stolen in Chicago, linking two crime scenes miles apart. Chasing the connection draws Spencer into a web of a Chicago crime boss, a hostile police chief, and slippery suspects—until kidnapping raises the stakes. With unexpected allies, Spencer sets a trap for a daring rescue.
This is a great summer read!
—Michael J. Walsh, verified review on Amazon -
Holding Court
When an aging Supreme Court justice is abducted on the eve of a landmark ruling, Washington’s hidden alliances begin to fracture. Investigative reporter Mort Ahrens and environmental-law professor Danni Rose are drawn into a dangerous puzzle involving corporate power, political ambition, murder, and betrayal. Smart, timely, and fast-moving, Holding Court launches the Danni and Mort Mysteries with a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the courtroom.
Both suspenseful and thought-provoking, Alan Miller’s outstanding…novel plumbs today’s headlines to tell a twisty story filled with desperate characters and a ticking clock.
—David Housewright, Edgar Award-winning author of Something Wicked -
Incident in Budapest
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mort Ahrens thinks he is flying to Budapest to profile Svetlana Ivanov, the dazzling Bolshoi ballerina whose fame hides a dangerous secret. Instead, a gray-suited government handler turns the assignment into a covert mission: retrieve intelligence that could expose Russia’s nuclear readiness and help Svetlana defect. In Budapest’s grand opera houses, rooftop bars, and shadowed streets, Mort must separate truth from seduction, patriotism from manipulation, and courage from recklessness. Back home, his brilliant wife Danni is drawn into her own constitutional battle after a violent ICE confrontation, raising the stakes for the family Mort may never see again. Fast, witty, and topical, Incident in Budapest blends espionage, mystery, and family drama.
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Leif’s Legacy
Newsman Boston Meade meets Leif Nielsen, an ex–forest ranger determined to keep his Tarn Lake farmstead wild. Leif’s brother, Dr. Harald Nielsen, and his politically connected wife, Regina, see lucrative development and maneuver for control with a suspect will and power of attorney. Leif instead leaves the land to Sandy Brewster, prompting a ruthless legal challenge. As Harald questions Leif’s sanity and Regina targets Brewster, Boston must shape public opinion to defend Leif’s final vision.
A legal thriller with… a satisfying conclusion.
—KIRKUS REVIEWS -
Missing Boy
In this fourth Spencer Manning mystery, Chicago’s famed Riverview Amusement Park becomes the backdrop for a sixteen-year-old worker who disappears after his shift. Hired to find him, Spencer’s questions make powerful enemies as the case spirals from missing person to murder. What seems like a simple search becomes a fast-growing, impossible puzzle—and a sinister plot far larger than one boy—delivering a rollercoaster of surprises for mystery fans.
A rollercoaster ride full of surprises for fans of great mysteries.
—Gary Lindberg, author of The Shekinah Legacy -
Ring of Lions
A murder at the Alhambra.
A body turns up at Granada’s Alhambra just as questions surface about one of its most famous lions. As old secrets begin to crack open, Graciela Corzal de Moreno is pulled into a deadly mystery of murder, forgery, hidden treasure, and buried history. In Ring of Lions, the past is alive, and someone will kill to keep it hidden.
Dalglish writes her characters vividly as she weaves the history of the Alhambra and the Moors’ influence into her plot so carefully a reader doesn’t realize how much knowledge she absorbs.
—Mary Ann Grossman, St. Paul Pioneer Press -
Sinners Choice
Oakton’s secrets run deep—deep enough for an evil beast to hide in plain sight. When it strikes, Kate Adams becomes its target, newly happy after surviving her father’s crimes and her family’s upheavals. As her mother embraces hidden Jewish roots and Oakton’s historic Gold mansion becomes Temple Beth El, the beast’s jealous rage turns lethal.
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Smoke Got in My Eyes
Private detective Martin McDonough survives by leaning on his cop connections—until the favors stop paying out. This noir mystery trails him from gangster-ridden 1930s St. Paul, protected by a corrupt police force, to postwar San Francisco, where jazz clubs and the mob share uneasy territory. In McDonough’s world, people get shot—just not by him, if he can help it. Trouble is, the rats won’t cooperate.
the dark tone and feel of the old Bogart noir movies
—Scott on Amazon -
Smoke Screen
Sage Picard returns to northern Minnesota for a semester break, but her artist father is missing, a forest fire is closing in, and her inherited psychic powers have gone silent. A power broker covets her land, and a nighttime attack proves someone is hunting her. As questions mount—about Judd, her father’s protégé, and the disappearance of the husband of beloved “MT”—brash investigator Alex Rogers pushes for answers. A father-daughter game may be the key, if mystic forces awaken in time.
A refreshing approach to combining mysticism with the thriller genre.
—Gary Lindberg, author of The Shekinah Legacy -
The Cutter’s Widow
Set in 1915 Saint Paul amid urban poverty, The Cutter’s Widow follows Ella Byrne, a young widow struggling to survive grief and destitution. She becomes a milliner’s apprentice, a baby broker, and a partner to a local pickpocket—until she’s drawn into a murder investigation led by one of Saint Paul’s first female police officers. A heartrending tale of hardship and purpose.
reminds us that the issues women face today are not new
—Ann Bauer, author of The Forever Marriage -
The French House
At the University of Wisconsin’s French House—meant to simulate study abroad—tragedy keeps striking. For freshman Simone Duchamps, an American of French descent, it’s her first true home—until bohemian dreams curdle into hierarchy and segregation. When a resident is found dead, Simone fears she’s unraveling like her mother did, linking the investigation to family hauntings and rumors of psychedelic mind-control research. A twisty, ambiguous thriller about suggestion, simulation, and reality.
Atmospheric and haunting
—Gregory Lee Renz -
The Graveyard Gang
Fear is everywhere—real and imagined—and fourteen-year-old Donny Hansen is determined it won’t ruin his life. But in the summer of 1978, bully Swade Percival and his hulking sidekick stalk Donny and his three best friends everywhere they go. In the vein of Stranger Things and Stephen King’s The Body, The Graveyard Gang blends boyhood bonding with a mystery only kids can solve.
immersive and engaging story
—Kayeff on Amazon
