Nadia and Cass Brenner are the heirs to Ocean House - a mega-yacht construction company about to expand into the Asian market. While heading up their next big project for an AI mogul in Singapore, Cass turns up dead from a fall off of a high-rise balcony. While law enforcement rule the death as a… Continue reading The Drowning Game by Barbara Nickless
For the past 20 years, Agatha Cardiff has lived a secluded life on the outskirts of D.C. She was once the chief of staff for Congressman Paul Paxton. But after covering up a potential scandal for him, one that would have ruined Senator Harrison Clark’s career, she left politics and swore to never get into a situation like that ever again. But now, her tenant Shelby goes missing. Feeling responsible for the young woman, she searches for answers. Only the truth is much more complicated than Agatha ever imagined. And by getting involved in Shelby’s rescue, Agatha risks her own skeletons coming to the surface. Especially now that Harrison is President of the United States, and Paul is calling in those favors from the past to secure a nomination to the Supreme Court. The Slate by Matthew FitzSimmons is a political crime thriller in which Agatha must dust off her political savvy and cut-through intuition to not only unveil decades-long corruption, but also keep her own involvement a secret – lest she pays the price herself.
Jacinda “Jac” Brodie hasn’t been home in six years. Not since the night her father, Chief Montavius Brodie Jr, died. And Jac was blamed for the murder. But in present day, her grandfather, Montavius Brodie Sr, suffers a heart attack. Jac rushes to see him before it’s too late. But that means returning home to the town and people who believe her to be a murderer. And when she does, she reunites with her best friends and meets some new town residents. One of them, Faye Arden, has won the hearts of residents in the past two years. But Jac is suspicious about her grandfather’s death. And as she finds more clues, she realizes there’s more to the story – for both her father’s and grandfather’s deaths. Not What She Seems by Yasmin Angoe is a suspense novel in which Jac seeks the truth about her family’s history, but must do so before the bodies continue to pile up. Read more
