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The astonishing true story of a US Army Special Forces soldier who became a warrior for peace. In his humanitarian and peacekeeping missions for the United Nations he dealt with child-soldiers, blood diamonds, a double hostage-taking, an invasion by brutal guerrillas, an emergency aerial evacuation, a desperate hostage recovery mission, tribal gun ghts, refugee camp violence, suicide bombings, and institutional corruption. His UN career brought him face to face with the best and

worst of humanity and he shares it all here.​​

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Struggling with becoming an adult in a small mid-western town, Dianne has to confront family secrets, deception, and discovery during her last year of college. As she cares for her ailing mother, her world begins to unravel and she is challenged to navigate through lies, friendships, love...and murder. Meeting the wrong person makes it possible for her to recognize the right ones and to find the strength she needs to survive. Suddenly realizing that she is responsible for her own destiny, she learns that to say hello to a new life, she must first say goodbye.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Travel writer Genie Clarke is finishing a project in her favorite European city - Rome. But what began as a creative project turns deadly when she overhears mafia operatives discussing a secret "Project." When they realize Genie overheard them she's attacked and left unconscious. Awakening in a hospital-alive but hunted-Genie finds the police unwilling to believe her. Only Detective Leo Angelini takes her seriously, uncovering ties between her assault, a murdered woman, and a powerful criminal network.

With the threat escalating, Leo moves Genie into hiding, where she becomes both key witness and prime target. Cut off from safety and unsure who to trust, Genie must outthink the conspirators determined to silence her.

Natural talent, hard work, and a childhood friend help LaVern Whitaker find her calling as an actress. When her life becomes overwhelming, they discover a small, North Carolina town where her true identity can remain unknown and she can stay out of the spotlight. The more she visits her secret getaway, the more deeply she feels connected to the history, the lifestyle, and the people. Could this place be her home away from home, or become the home she has dreamed of? Or will sinister forces rip it all away?

Skye Maddox is a ruthless yet principled professional assassin who lives by a single rule: the target must deserve it. When a wealthy shipping magnate hires her to avenge his son's death at the hands of a brutal gang, Skye takes on a contract unlike any other-a ladder of escalating targets leading to the mysterious kingpin known only as Hetman.

Even as she eliminates targets and uncovers layers of corruption, Skye wrestles with her own haunted past-childhood trauma, the murder of her brother, and her fragile attempts at self-understanding through secret therapy sessions. Each encounter tests her discipline, her humanity, and her vow to strike only where justice has already failed.

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Tales of redemption, revenge, and rebirth fill these pages, and each story serves someone (or something) scattered or smothered or covered or chunked. If Michelin rated crime (not food), the diners in these stories would all be three-star establishments.

On the menu, you’ll find stories by: J.D. Allen, Donna Andrews, Ann Aptaker, Mark Bergin, Michael Bracken, Austin S. Camacho, Tammy Euliano, Nils Gilbertson, Sherry Harris, Hugh Lessig, Sean McCluskey, Deb Merino, Penny Mickelbury, Alan Orloff, Bonnar Spring, and Andrew Welsh-Huggins.

You will never look at a roadside eatery the same way again.

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The stories in Jukes & Tonks introduce you to many sinners and few saints, love begun and love gone wrong, and all manner of unsavory criminal endeavors. What the stories have in common is that they plop you down in worlds where the music pulsating from the compact stage—if there’s a stage at all—provides the backbeat for tales that are unsparing, heartbreaking, twisty, and a few are as dark as the night, and the blinking sign offering live music is an invitation to the unexpected.

Contributors include Trey R. Barker, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Brown, S.A. Cosby, John M. Floyd, Debra H. Goldstein, Gar Anthony Haywood, Penny Mickelbury, Gary Phillips, William Dylan Powell, Kimberly B. Richardson, and Stacy Woodson.

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Genesis evolved from a 1960's band formed by a group of English schoolboys to become one of the most popular rock groups of all time. Over the years, Genesis shape-shifted again and again, moving from prog rock to pop, changing lead singers from founding member Peter Gabriel to drummer Phil Collins. But the one constant has been their inventive songs and vivid lyrics, which have attracted a dedicated global fanbase.

With In Too Deep: Crime Stories Inspired by the Songs of Genesis, some of the most talented short fiction writers around put their own spin on some of the group's most iconic songs, drawing from the 1990's smash album We Can't Dance, themulti-platinum Invisible Touch, the self-titled Genesis, and much more.

In these pages, you'll find seventeen chilling and surprising stories that will appeal to music and crime fiction fans alike.

On the eve of President John F. Kennedy's final trip to Dallas, an irreverent narrator from the Ether begins to reveal the hidden chain of events that history never recorded. Spanning decades and weaving together Hollywood legends, political dynasties, secret affairs, and forgotten tragedies, Coincidence imagines how seemingly unrelated lives become entangled in the most infamous assassination of the twentieth century. From Joseph P. Kennedy and Gloria Swanson to Jackie Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and the young Lee Harvey Oswald, every choice, passion, and betrayal sends ripples through time. Behind every headline lies another story, and every story hides a secret long buried. As the strands converge on November 22, 1963, the line between fate and accident begins to blur. Rich in historical detail and provocative speculation, Coincidence asks: was it really coincidence?

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The Creatures, Crimes & Creativity (C3) Con began in 2012. The concept was simple: create a long weekend gathering of readers AND writers of mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal fiction. From the beginning, we have produced an annual anthology, filled with stories submitted by attendees. For the first dozen Cons, the anthology was exclusively given to attendees. But this year, for the first time, the anthology is publicly available. In honor of this being the 13th C3 Con, luck is the chosen theme. Good or bad fortune figures prominently in each of these stories, and like the Con itself, this book offers a variety of genres: crime fiction including mysteries and thrillers, plus fantasy and horror stories. Something for everyone and every one of them is great!

Insurance salesman Martin Winfield appears to be the picture of success, but behind his polished exterior lies a controlling and dangerous man. When his wife Bonnie suddenly disappears with their six-year-old daughter, Jill, Martin claims she has abducted the child after sexually abusing her. As veteran Detective Mitch Mitchell investigates, Martin's carefully crafted story begins to unravel. Meanwhile, Bonnie and Jill flee across the country, desperate to escape a nightmare that few will believe. A catastrophic bus crash threatens to expose their whereabouts while placing their lives in even greater peril. As truth and deception collide, the investigation becomes a race against time to uncover the real predator. Breathing Through the Night is a gripping psychological suspense novel about manipulation, survival, and the extraordinary courage required to escape evil.