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The Last Straw by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlie Dodge may be down, but he’s most definitely not out. He’s still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need... -
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Something Wicked by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter powerful psychic Blue Billings fell in love with Levi Black, he believed their biggest challenges would arise from Blue’s ability to see and speak to the dead. So it’s rather alarming when he and Levi are confronted with a spate of new—and frightening—problems that have to do with the realm of the living... -
![The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan]()
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting... -
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Fated for Felony by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie’s newest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby is after a serial killer who’s simply fated for felonies...Categorized as:
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![Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters]()
Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities... -
![A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper]()
A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA twisted killer is making his mark in London, leaving a trail of blood and devastation in his wake. It’s not only humans who are being targeted. Vampires, werewolves and pixies are in mortal danger too.I’ve been called in to help with the investigation but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the murders. Someone is playing a very sick game - and it’s up to me to put a stop to it... -
![Blood Truth by J.R. Ward]()
Blood Truth by J.R. Ward
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAs a trainee in the Black Dagger Brotherhood's program, Boone has triumphed as a soldier and now fights side by side with the Brothers. Following his sire's unexpected death, he is taken off rotation against his protests—and he finds himself working with Butch O'Neal, former homicide cop, to catch a serial killer: Someone is targeting females of the species at a live action role play club... -
![Jon's Crazy Head-Boppin' Mystery by A.J. Sherwood]()
Jon's Crazy Head-Boppin' Mystery by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’m rather used to the crazy cases, because let’s face it, most cops can handle the run-of-the-mill with their eyes closed. I’m only called in when the situation is weird or they need to solve the case fast. This case is a little of both. Someone’s attacking women as they get off of work, hitting them in the back of the head. What started as a case of battery has steadily built up to homicide... -
![Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper]()
Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTo catch this killer, she must break every rule and cross every line.Out Of The ShadowsA picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation...Categorized as:
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![Possession in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Possession in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“The devil killed my body. I cannot fight, I cannot find. I cannot free her. You must. You are the one. We speak to the dead...Categorized as:
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![Leopard's Prey by Christine Feehan]()
Leopard's Prey by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author "Christine Feehan knows how to weave a tale of action, suspense and paranormal passion" (Romance Junkies). Now, she’s back -- and the New Orleans nights have never felt so torrid or so dangerous...From a tough stint in the armed forces to stalking the unknown as a bayou cop, leopard-shifter Remy Boudreux has been served well by his uncanny gifts... -
![Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean]()
Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsYoung, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel... -
![In the Lawman's Protection by Janie Crouch]()
In the Lawman's Protection by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn agent will do anything to take down a terrorist.Even if that means using a woman as his weapon.To locate a terrorist, Ren McClement must find the criminal’s “dead” wife Natalie. His plan: use the innocent beauty as bait. But when his duplicity leads them into grave danger, Ren reveals his secret to Natalie...and his passion for her... -
![Dante's Demons by K.L. Barstow]()
Dante's Demons by K.L. Barstow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDanteAs President of the Demon Dawgs, I don’t always keep my hands clean. After all, dogs love to dig in the dirt. While my MC brothers and I may work on both sides of the law, we draw the line at hurting women. So when we find a young woman, broken and dumped outside our clubhouse, we swear to find her attacker and stop him. Permanently... -
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![Voice of Fear by Heather Graham]()
Voice of Fear by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA killer is looking to silence them, once and for all.FBI agent Jordan Wallace is close to cracking the human trafficking case she’s been working, when she does the one thing she should never do: let her guard down. The botched undercover mission is semi-salvaged by the last-minute appearance of criminal psychologist Patrick Law, but Jordan can’t imagine making a worse first impression...Categorized as:
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Shadow Warrior by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDanger inspires fierce passion when a serial killer threatens Chicago’s Ferraro crime family in this novel in Christine Feehan’s New York Times bestselling series.Vittorio Ferraro is a man whose family loyalty knows no bounds. He would die for his siblings and the people they love, but what he really wants is to start a family of his own... -
![Inside Voices: A captivating mystery with a touch of romance by Sarah Davis]()
Inside Voices: A captivating mystery with a touch of romance by Sarah Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mind is a strange beast…extraordinary, unpredictable, protective.Penny Osborn’s mind is no exception. In High School, Penny witnessed a massacre and lost her father to the same killers. She had seen it unfold before it happened, in a premonition, but could not prevent it.A college research project at the edge of the Arctic is her chance for a new beginning... -
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Lethal Lies by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Protectors series comes a sexy romantic suspense about a woman determined to solve her sister's murder and the only man she can trust with long-buried family secrets. Revenge. It's the only thing that will help Anya Best sleep at night... -
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![Shadows by Kristen Proby]()
Shadows by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby, comes an all new paranormal romance set in the mystical city of New Orleans… I am never alone. Not even when I am alone. I see the unquiet dead, the souls that wander through the French Quarter. They can’t move on, and I can’t stop seeing them. I wear malachite for protection, and I control what I let in. It’s the only way to stay sane... -
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Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTHIS KILLER DREAMS IN SHADES OF DEATH... He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator... -
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Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat if you could enter a madman's cruel mind as he planned his vicious crimes? What if you could see the terrified faces of his victims ... Psychic Cassie Neill helps the LA police catch killers — until she makes a terrible mistake and an innocent child dies...Categorized as:
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![The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting]()
The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIN THE END, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS AN ECHO.Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer... -
![No Time for Goodbye by Marion Myles]()
No Time for Goodbye by Marion Myles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA psychic with a shady past. A detective with a missing sister. Together, sparks fly. Psychic Mia Reeves is still trying to let go of the past, but when a gruesome vision keep haunting her thoughts, she can't ignore the truth. But getting the sexy, smoldering detective to believe her story is going to be harder than she imagined... -
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![Hidden Truths by Christina Dodd]()
Hidden Truths by Christina Dodd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis new bride, Kellen, hovers between life and death.A convicted serial killer threatens their child.Max Di Luca goes on the hunt.. -
![Deadly Dreams by Kylie Brant]()
Deadly Dreams by Kylie Brant
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRisa Chandler's prescient dreams of death and murder haunted her nights. They also proved invaluable for Adam Raiker's brilliant team of forensic criminologists, the Mindhunters—until a tragic end to one case shattered Risa's confidence, and drove her into seclusion. But for Risa, there's no hiding from death—or from her dreams... -
![The Better To See You by Kate SeRine]()
The Better To See You by Kate SeRine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, a spell went awry and Make Believe characters were cast into the ordinary world. And the results aren’t always happily ever after… Everyone thinks fairy godmothers can do no wrong. But if not for a certain spell mis-cast by Lavender Seelie, Cinderella’s former fairy godmother, the Tales would not be stuck in the Here and Now... -
![Murder at Sunrise Lake by Christine Feehan]()
Murder at Sunrise Lake by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan reaches new heights of passion and suspense in this thrilling novel that takes readers deep into the California backcountry, where a woman is tormented by visions of a killer. It starts in her dreams. Hideous flashes from a nightmare only she can stop. Images of a murderer stalking the ones she cares about most.. -
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Deadly Touch by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe knows where to find the body...When Raina Hamish tries on a dress in a Miami boutique, she has a terrifyingly accurate vision of a murdered corpse in the murky shadows of the Everglades. She wants to help, but who would believe her when she can hardly believe herself?Special Agent Axel Tiger has returned to Florida to help hunt a serial killer, but the investigation doesn’t have much to go on... -
![Pale as Death by Heather Graham]()
Pale as Death by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the dark depths of Hollywood’s past The crime scene is horrific: the corpse of a young actress, drained of blood and cut in two. LAPD Detective Sophie Manning’s new case is high-profile and difficult—there’s no evidence to work with. And it’s a disturbing echo of the infamous Black Dahlia killing... -
![The Summoning by Heather Graham, Luke Daniels]()
The Summoning by Heather Graham, Luke Daniels
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsListening length: 10 hours and 2 minutesA CALL FROM BEYOND…When Kristi Stewart inherits a property in the old part of Savannah, she knows it comes with stories of hauntings. But she doesn’t believe in ghosts, even while she runs seances for the guests of McLane House Bed-and-Breakfast. Until the inexplicable midnight appearance of one of her infamous ancestors... -
![Die Noon by Elise Sax]()
Die Noon by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMatilda Dare can’t sleep. Her insomnia is one more reason to move to the quirky small town of Goodnight, New Mexico after she inherits a house, a small newspaper, and two old dogs there. But despite the Goodnight name, Matilda still spends hers wide awake, and she has good reason after a reporter is murdered... -
![Haunted Destiny by Heather Graham]()
Haunted Destiny by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBetween the evil and the deep blue sea… A historic cruise ship, a haunted ship, the Celtic American Line's Destiny, sets sail from the Port of New Orleans—with a killer on board. He's known as the Archangel Killer because of the way he displays his victims in churches. And how he places a different saint's medallion on each body. No one knows exactly who he is or why he's doing this... -
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Deadly Night by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence -- and a long-kept secret.Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothers, scoffs at the haunted-house rumors -- especially since Kendall Montgomery, a tarot card reader who has been living in the mansion, is the one to tell him the tale of a woman in white... -
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![Sacred Evil by Heather Graham]()
Sacred Evil by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA terror born of Jack the RipperThe details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body of a promising starlet has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattan's oldest graveyards.One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau:A recreation of Jack the Ripper's gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat... -
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Dream Man by Linda Howard
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDetective Dane Hollister of the Orlando police department has never met anyone quite like Marlie Keen. While he has doubts about her supposed clairvoyant powers, she sees crimes as they're being committed, there is no doubt about how much he desires her. To Marlie, Dane is all heat and hard muscle, and he makes her body come alive as it never has before... -
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Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA New York Times BestsellerFaith Parker had done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened after weeks in a coma. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her, or the life that led up to it -- or journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital until she disappeared without a trace...Categorized as:
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![Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting]()
Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsViolet thought she’d made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers…that is until she acquired an imprint of her own. Forced to carry a reminder of the horrible events of her kidnapping, Violet is more determined than ever to lead a normal life... -
![Deadly Gift by Heather Graham]()
Deadly Gift by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCaer is spending this Christmas among strangers. Brought to Newport, Rhode Island, from her native Ireland to nurse ailing millionaire Sean O'Riley, she's living a life few can imagine. But money can't hide the tension between O'Riley's trophy wife, his paranoid daughter, the eccentric aunt in the attic and the staff members who run the house... -
![Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden]()
Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCara Maloan doesn’t look like a monster. In fact, the gorgeous blond nightclub singer possesses heavenly attributes that make Atlanta detective Todd Brooks sure there’s a higher power somewhere. But a twisted killer is leaving a trail of bodies in seedy hotel rooms across town. The male victims show no wounds–it’s as if the life was simply drained from them... -
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The Vision by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe gift of sight comes at a dangerous price When Deep Down Salvage begins the hunt for the "Josephine Marie, " it seems like any other dive...until Genevieve Wallace sees the vision of a dead woman in the water, her vacant eyes boring into Genevieve's very soul... -
![The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan]()
The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome monsters live in your head. Not this one.Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice... -
![Deadly Sins by Kylie Brant]()
Deadly Sins by Kylie Brant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unknown assassin has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, brutally taking out high-level human targets citywide. It's just the kind of case that will test the resolve of a tough FBI agent like Jaid Marlowe. Especially when her new partner is Adam Raiker, Jaid's former colleague-and ex-lover... -
![Broken Promise by Tara Thomas]()
Broken Promise by Tara Thomas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this next novel in the explosive, brand-new romantic suspense Sons of Broad series from Tara Thomas comes a novel of deadly secrets and hidden danger. In the sultry streets of Charleston, one family, ruled by its powerful, take-no-prisoners sons, has risen to the top... -
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![The Last Kiss Goodbye by Karen Robards]()
The Last Kiss Goodbye by Karen Robards
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone has dedicated her career as a psychiatrist to exploring the darkest territory of all: the hearts and minds of serial killers. It’s a job she’s uniquely suited for, thanks to the secret talent that gives her an uncanny edge—Charlie can see dead people, whose tormented spirits cry out to her for the justice only she can provide...Categorized as:
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Whispers by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson delivers the suspenseful story of a woman with shocking secrets who is drawn into a journalist's web...and an obsession that could destroy her. In the chill of an Oregon Night, a man plunges to his death. Another vanishes without a trace. A third drowns in the murky waters of a quiet lake... -
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Eternal Hunter by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCynthia Eden delves into the dark realms of the Others, where desires and dangerous games await the unsuspecting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Assistant DA Erin Jerome has a secret. Make that two. One: She’s not entirely human–she’s Other, desperately trying to keep her supernatural strength under wraps... -
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Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe next target of a time traveling killer, crime reporter Jane Colby finds herself in the hands of a warlord from the future sent to protect her--and in his hands is just where she wants to be... -
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Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsElena Baxter can work miracles with her hands. She can coax bones to knit, flesh to heal. She can mend the mind. She has been doing such work for almost all of her twenty-eight years. That is why she will be taken.The media called it a rampage of terror, the recent murders. But fighting crime is why Artur Loginov joined Dirk & Steele... -
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Surrendering by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“It’s best if we just keep this casual, Dev.”To feisty, relationship phobic Kate Martin’s utter surprise, she isn’t automatically dismissed as a crackpot when she finally plucks up courage to walk into a police station, revealing what she’s seen in her dreams...
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