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L'Harmonie Disparue
Trois jours avant le Concert de l’Unisson, une performance musicale unique, un élément essentiel du dispositif disparaît. Sans lui, l'événement ne pourra avoir lieu, risquant ainsi de plonger la planète dans un chaos culturel et diplomatique. Suivez l'aventure rocambolesque d'Aaron Morel, consultant en sciences acoustiques criminologiques. Un podcast original par Esteban Mottet.

رمان های جنایی (آن دختر و دختر خوب)کامل
آوریل کلارک کلاودن اولین کسی بود که هانا جونز در آکسفورد ملاقات کرد.با نشاط، درخشان، گهگاه بدجنس، و در نهایت آن دختر ، او به سرعت هانا را به مدار خیره کننده خود کشید. آنها با هم گروهی از دوستان فداکار و جدایی ناپذیر - ویل، هیو، رایان و امیلی - را در طول دوره اول خود ایجاد کردند. در پایان سال، آوریل مرده بود.اکنون، یک دهه بعد، هانا و ویل در انتظار اولین فرزند خود هستند و مردی که به قتل آوریل محکوم شده بود، باربر سابق آکسفورد، جان نویل، در زندان درگذشت. هانا که از اینکه بالاخره گذشته را پشت سر گذاشته است، آسوده خاطر می شود، وقتی یک روزنامه نگار جوان در می زند و شواهد جدیدی ارائه می دهد که احتمالا نویل بی گناه بوده است. وقتی هانا دوباره با دوستان قدیمی ارتباط برقرار می‌کند و عمیق‌تر راز مرگ آوریل را بررسی می‌کند، متوجه می‌شود که دوستانی که فکر می‌کرد می‌شناسد همگی چیزی برای پنهان کردن دارند... از جمله یک قتل."آگاتا کریستی نسل ما" (دیوید بالداچی، نویسنده شماره 1 پرفروش نیویورک تایمز) بار دیگر ثابت می کند که او "به اندازه ملکه جنایت مبتکر و خستگی ناپذیر است" (واشنگتن پست) با این معمای قتل پیشرو.

Evergreen Murders: Return to Evergreen
High –powered Hollywood agent Mackenzie Monroe has just gotten engaged to her boyfriend Nick Tenenbaum and they are planning what else? A Christmas wedding in the tiny town of Evergreen Ohio where they first met... oh, and where they first solved two murders. After putting the perpetrators away for life, Mackenzie is looking forward to returning to Evergreen, seeing all of her friends and getting married to the love of her life. But of course, Evergreen and Christmas have other plans in store for her. Not long after Mackenzie gets back, someone winds up dead. And, almost before she can start to investigate that killing, another murder occurs. Mackenzie must once again solve the murders before her own Christmas wedding. Will she make it down the aisle or will she be next? The Evergreen Murders: Return to Evergreen is the third installment of the wildly popular The Evergreen Murders: A Mackenzie Monroe Christmas Mystery series with a new episode premiering every Tuesday. And make sure to check out the first and second seasons: The Evergreen Murders and Murder at Mistletoe Manor wherever you get your podcasts.

Beast Country
Created by Ewan Cameron“Don't let this die. Don't let us die. Because I'll never forgive you if you do.” Phil Ainsworth is 54 and deeply sad. He is preparing for the annual village Beast Hunt.For hundreds of years, the men of his family have led a march in to the woods in search of a mystical pig-like creature. But for Phil it is a time for reopening old wounds and coming face to face with the reason for all his sadness.

The Wine Merchant
Time travel in the footsteps of the Widow Cliquot with Claire Julliot as she chronicles French village life through periods of Love, War, and Champagne. Follow Claire as she falls in love, becomes a wine buyer and then owner of an unassuming village wine shop - and front for an investigative agency simply named The Wine Merchant. Turn Claire’s diary pages to the present where Claire and her team of 'fixers' respond to their clients’ desperate pleas for help. This unlikely team discretely unwinds layers of mystery to reveal thieves and counterfeits. In so doing, they simultaneously protect the makers and especially the heritage of the region. But there's more - Return with Claire to the vineyards of Sonoma where the aunts will always be waiting at the BeeKeeper’s Cottage. Everyone understands that none of this could happen without the help of aunts – the original fixers in our lives -those people who step in to help. Some are known to us while others are not. The Wine Merchant is like an aunt - always there and ready to help without the need for recognition.

Meet Me at Jimmy's Arcade - Full Audiobook & Podcast
Listen to the full audiobook of Meet Me at Jimmy’s Arcade, a funny, nostalgic murder mystery and coming of age story, written and performed by me, Grant Fieldgrove. Following that, in the weeks to come, I’ll discuss a wide variety of things from the 80s and 90s. Synopsis: Bakersfield, California, 1990. Local high school student Bebe-Lynn Sanders is missing. Each day that passes causes more and more worry for the entire town. She was seen cutting through Quailwood Park on her way to rent a movie the morning she vanished. Her last appearance was later that night outside the popular hangout, Jimmy's Arcade. No one knows where she went. No one knows what happened. Join mildly-idiotic kids Grant Fieldgrove and Roxy Roxburgh as they stumble, scheme, and steamroll their way through Bakersfield in the late 80s and early 90s, desperately on the hunt for a Nintendo, fake earrings from Miller's Outpost, tickets to see Vanilla Ice at the Civic Auditorium, and the ever-elusive holy grail - a porno mag! And, of course, Bebe-Lynn. Meet Me at Jimmy's Arcade is a hilarious and heartbreaking romp through a small California town way back when, filled with nostalgic stories, humor, mystery, arcades, and malls. You won't want to miss it! So sit back, grab a Jolt Cola and a three-foot-long licorice rope, and enjoy the ride.

Murder on Michigan Avenue - Season 1
Murder, mayhem, mangled alliterative prose; this story has it all. When an esteemed studio potter based in Chicago is found dead, those who supposedly knew her best must join forces to pick up the pieces. Journey with us as we untangle the web of treachery and deceit woven by her eccentric group of students in this knee-slapping knockoff of a whodunnit style mystery.

Second Story Work The Novel
Josh Cybulski’s debut novel explores a generation who were told they could do anything. Some did, and without a doubt still are, and some became disillusioned at the first signs of adversity. Meet Sarge, Messy, Hecky and R-Luv, four media school grads who head towards the booming film industry in Vancouver. Art is a distant memory as they pursue North Hollywood lights and their spoils of sex, drugs, and, let’s face it, more drugs. But, good luck turns bad in Second Story Work as these young men scramble to sustain whetted appetites that they could never satisfy. Cybulski’s gritty tale is one of crime, betrayal, and moral apathy, where the difference between friend and foe is blurred line after line.

Snatched From The Flames
What would you say to the people you loved if you knew The Secrets in your head could cost you all your lives? What do you do when you no longer remember your best friends name, the church you’d served at for seven years or the places you used to work? Where do you go when the memories in your mind are now clouded with shadows of things you’d carefully forgotten? Where once there used to be memories of soccer games and high school pranks, there are assassinations in hotel rooms with poisons and blades. Will she run from me when she knows what I’ve done? When she sees the man in the mirror is a shadow of the soul she once loved. Snatched From The Flames is a true story of Nathan Reynolds quest to discover answers to his mysterious double life. Born in between the world of the living and the land of the dead Nathan hunted for vengeance, hope, and healing. Until the day came when he made a decision that changed it all. He chose to tell the woman he loved the man she married was not what he seemed to be. For buried in the past of his other life were Secrets of bloodshed, torment, and murder. This book follows his family as they make their way out of the deadly Underworld where they will discover Hope hiding in the darkest of nights, a daughter who saves his life and a man on a desperate quest for redemption.

Midnight Last Call: Everything for the Greater Good
In the near future, society is crippled with depression, obesity, lack of communication, broken social links… Dr. Wantz, a very serious scientist, looking for a way to find what really makes people happy, made some discoveries. People enjoy their life much better when a limit is set outside their will. For instance, once a day at midnight. It has a tremendous positive effect on the population. There is a catch though. Each single day a life has to be really taken randomly so people really enjoy it each day. It has a huge positive impact on the population forcing it to live in the present. Many countries have started implementing that. A grumpy detective is unhappy by the frenzy. He used to catch cold cases killers and now he is looking to the Hidden K, the person or team doing the killings, sensing he or she may over reach and kill without impunity. We follow him tracking Dr. Wantz. What he will discover is far beyond his usual killers. The underlying topic of the book is the importance of enjoying life in the present, its consequences.

A Voice in the Dark
A story of a stalking victim and her struggle to overcome her torture.

The Present
A novel by Stefan Molyneux

Lord Latimer's Ladies
Brian and Alice thought they were going to a cousin's cheesy yet costly destination wedding somewhere in Ventura County. Next morning the brother and sister found themselves nobles in 1810 England in a castle on a cliff. While Alice could see herself enjoying life as a Jane Austenish Lady of the Manor, the same forces that brought them back in time, neglected to bring Brian's insulin. So now to get back home, Brian has to get someone to marry him. Only problem, he's a diabetic addicted to street theater histrionics, and the pressures of a dwindling insulin supply do not make him appealing such that the three ladies that have been assembled do not find him particularly attractive, or even sane. Will he find true love before the insulin runs out? Or at least find someone who will say yes? And will Alice, the clever one, rouse herself from her post-divorce blues and be able to figure the mystery of how they got there in time to get them back home? And will she remember what her maid did with her hair if they do make it back? It’s fabulous.

Chattahoochee - Crime Fiction story based in Atlanta
Craig Dvorak, is a homicide detective who is being crushed by his sense of duty to the cases he investigates. Tyra Washington is his partner who is trying to save his soul and his ass at the same time. Craig keeps working every lead as he feels the case spiraling away from him until he looks into the eyes of a killer.

Bullets & Rust: A Detective Podcast
When the son of a prominent government official goes missing, who do the police turn to? Zeke Adams has been an independent investigator ever since he was forced out of the Cleveland Police. He’s good at his job, but maybe not good enough. While in the midst of investigating a routine case of blackmail, the police approach Zeke to help with a case so sensitive that they’ve hushed up the crime to protect the high-level official involved. However, every day that passes without an arrest brings the the official and the city spiraling closer to disaster. With sources all across the city, Zeke may be the only one capable of cracking the case time. Lives are at stake, including his own.

Der Detektiv mit Löchern
Als seine Eltern ihn Dick Jones nannten war ihm bereits klar, dass er zu einem Leben als Privatdetektiv verdammt war. Einem Leben, welches ihn direkt in den Weg einer mysteriösen Frau führen würde, die sich von ihrem Mann betrogen fühlt. Der Fall scheint einfach, denn natürlich tut er das. Hätte ihr Mann ihr auch sagen können. Aber wer ist dieser Mann? Versteckt er ein schreckliches Geheimnis? Ist er schrecklich gerne in seinem geheimen Versteck? Hat er überhaupt eins? Ist er eine Frau? Warum nicht? Und wie weit sind wir eigentlich gekommen, wenn ein altes Ehepaar in der Kanalisation leben muss? Der Detektiv mit Löchern wirft mehr Fragen auf, als er beantwortet und ist daher gut und muss gelesen werden. Daumen hoch aus der Ecke der Literaturkritik!

Murder at Mistletoe Manor
High-powered Hollywood talent agent (and ex Christmas-hater) Mackenzie Monroe is back at it again this Holiday Season. After solving the double murder in Evergreen, Ohio, and getting a handsome new boyfriend, small-town lawyer Nick Tenenbaum, in the process, Mackenzie is ready to kick back and relax this Christmas. But Christmas has other plans for her. Nick's uncle John died suddenly and Mackenzie must accompany Nick to Garland, Ohio, and to Mistletoe Manor where John was the groundskeeper for years. Once there, Mackenzie is greeted by the extremely wealthy and very strange Mistletoe family who not only have their own secrets, but one of them is also possibly a murderer. When more individuals who are connected to the family start dying, Mackenzie knows she must find the killer before another Christmas becomes murderous...and she could be the next target.

THE HORSE & THE RIDER
A narrative fiction podcast. A foolish and self-absorbed newsreader accidentally kills an old man.

Pearl River Remains
When human bones are discovered in a Mississippi river bed, Fran Boden—a loner with peculiar gifts—returns to her small town to probe the origins of her mother’s long-ago disappearance and confront the ghosts of her family, both living and dead. Performed by Daryl Lisa Fazio, from her novel.

Boone Shepard
“This is a true account of certain events that occurred in Scotland in 1965. You might have heard the rumours—whispers of an evil plot involving time travel, dangerous experiments, a secret fortress, a terrible book, famous authors and, regrettably, murder. You might also have heard of heroes who were caught up in this plot, fighting to do the right thing. That sounds a lot more impressive than it actually was. My name is Boone Shepard. I’m here to set the record straight.” Boone is taking a break from writing for The Chronicle newspaper to hunt down and destroy every last copy of a very rare, very dangerous book. But then his editor calls to demand he investigate a missing persons case deep in the Scottish Highlands—in the company of his rival, photographer Promethia Peters—and he is forced to abandon his personal goals and get back to work. Restless and begrudging, Boone is unprepared when this hunt leads him back to the one story that won’t stop chasing him—his own. Boone Shepard is the first in a series of young adult novels following the adventures of an Australian expat, errant journalist and accidental hero.

Night Out
This is the second case of private detective Matthew Sas. Detective Sas is called to help the police to investigate a murder of a woman who had been killed in her car.

My words Our journey
Author will be reading from his fictional crime novel. Season 1. Defender of Children. Season 2. Pushed to Death. Season 3. What If?

Nocturnal
The streets of San Francisco unleash a torrent of noir characters: crime lord Johnny Yee, mob boss Frank Lanza, street bum Aggie James, and Rex Deprovdechuk, a teenager suffering constant bullying at the hands of his classmates.

The Red Riley Podcast
If you like fast-paced and funny action stories with a strong female voice, this fiction podcast is for you. Kay Riley is a police officer falsely accused of a terrible crime. Can she clear her name before she gets herself killed? Probably not...

A matter of considerable importance...
“We don´t always get the best start in life, but the endings are what really matter.” Nicholas firmly believed in the words his mother often used; they gave him hope for the future. But how was he to get from his unfortunate beginnings to the brilliant future that awaited him if people were constantly trying to trip him up? Someone in his class has sticky fingers and Nicholas, with the help of his good friend Kachi, embarks on an investigation that will have dire consequences for at least one person.

Ghost Story
An unapologetically dark tale told from the 2nd person point of view. Are you ready? Don't worry, you are.

Nameless Story
Nameless Story is a Fictional Mystery & Adventure Tale set in the Twin Kingdoms of Rioghachad and Grian. The Nameless man will soon find out that he is destined for greatness and the future of the Free World depends on him alone.

Kalhoon Bay
Kalhoon Bay is an audio crime thriller set in a city stricken by years of corruption and crime. Follow the thoughts, words, and actions of two men in a classic noir tale of justice and revenge. Featuring the voice talents of brothers Casey and Brennan Bassett and the music of Joel Fausto and the Illusion Orchestra.

Night Faces
The first audio drama from Half Bad Productions is a 10-episode ghostly noir. There’s a body in the woods. An otherworldly love story unfolding. A mystery propelled by grief, lust, revenge and the promise of after-life. In the small town of West Salle, the line between here and now is blurred when a young woman is murdered and those who knew her seek the unforgivable answers.

The Art of Ambition
In the city that never sleeps, the next opportunity is right around the corner... The Art of Ambition is a modern noir-esque series told from the perspective of a New Yorker with his ear to the ground and a knack for turning a situation to his advantage. Written by Mark L. Burrow, starring Joshua Manning, directed and edited by Thomas Mitchells, theme tune by Barrie Bignold. The Art of Ambition was expanded from a monologue - The Art of a Doorman - originally produced by Natalie Winter for Ragged Foils’ Ragged Scratch Podcast.

London.Sparrow.Gang.
London based mystery fiction short.

VOIT / VUOTO
Il 18 gennaio del 2017 durante le operazioni di svuotamento del Lago di Molveno, emerge un corpo; è quello di una donna, ma i tratti sono irriconoscibili. L’unico elemento distintivo è che addosso le è stato trovato un vestito da damigella, con un’enorme gonna rossa orlata di pizzo.

Doleo
A fiction audiobook with effects and dramatization, presented in serial format, DOLEO tells the story of a truly decent man with a unique affliction, who, via the trying experiences of his life, reaches a breaking point propelling him into the world of vigilantism. Upon embarking on this well-intentioned mission, DOLEO evolves into a vigilante story unlike any you've ever read or heard, with an emphasis on realism, it explores the overwhelming odds, slip-ups, and failures that would accompany an everyman deciding to take the law into his owns hands. With an aim to make the world a more equitable place, can Ryder Daniels find the hero inside himself in time to stop a menacing force, or will he perish at the hands of power before he can effectuate the change he so desperately yearns for?

Soulburner
Alan joins his brother Dan’s private investigation agency in the hopes of reconnecting with his older sibling. Although he doesn’t know the first thing about private investigation and he’s hopeless with a gun, Dan convinces him to help him out on a covert mission for Dan’s former commanding officer. But the mission is far more dangerous than either brother realizes. The officer and his soldiers are seeking to recover an insidious device used to manipulate Earth’s history. Humanity is under attack...and doesn’t even realize it. Alan and Dan are ill-equipped to face this invisible invasion...but they’re the only chance Earth has to survive.

The Box
What's in the box? Indy would sure like to know. When Tom offers Indy two thousand dollars to transport a mysterious box across the country, she reluctantly agrees to do it. Accompanied by her ex-boyfriend, Koji, and flower child friend, Eve, Indy embarks on a journey that is bound to be anything but ordinary. Not too long after their trip gets underway, they come to the realization that the box holds a force beyond their control. Will they make it to their destination? Will they lose their sanity or maybe even their lives in the process?

Carrington Grey's Podcast
These are the Adventures of Carrington Grey, Private Detective.

The Last Sorcerer
The fourth book of the Salem Concord begins where The Sorcerer's Secret left off. The Salem Concord, the treaty that has kept peace between Folk and Wizardry since the Salem Wars, has been breached causing the return of the Witch Hunts. Jesse Alexander takes it upon himself to end the war by embarking on an adventure against the Cadre and deliver two young Wizardry to the Secretary of Magic before it’s to late. Secret wizard agent Ch-U-Ch races against time to stop Lord Alex from becoming the most powerful sorcerer and ultimate ruler of the world. Meanwhile, the Mahgo brothers, Andrew and Brendan, exiled from the Folk world, hurry to mature into their new powers as they embark on a heroic quest against Lord Alex and his dark sorcerers to find the four elements and the Sorcerer's Secret. The Last Sorcerer is a spellbinding fantasy adventure that returns the reader to Alivan's Wizards and Witches Corner Store to battle dragons, dark wizards, evil witches, zombies and witch hunters. In the world of magic nothing is ever what it appears to be.

Rogues of the Black Fury
When a band of shadowy fanatics abducts Javin Wollstone’s little sister, Bella, from his care, his only hope to bring her home is turning to a hard-bitten band of special warriors, Commander Rusk and the Black Furies. The Black Furies are infamous for their bloodthirstiness, their amorality, their unconventional tactics—and for their success. Javin follows Rusk and his men as they charge through a maze of political intrigues, religious fanaticism, and centuries of racial distrust in a headlong chase across the high seas to save the girl’s life. Little do they know that little Bella Wollstone’s fate could be the spark that sets off a war of Armageddon.

Blake M. Petit
Josh Corwood has spent his life admiring the superheroes that protect Siegel City. He's wanted to join them, wanted to be like them... but eventually, had to settle for reporting on them from the sidelines. When an undiscovered talent reignites his hope to join the world's protectors, he suddenly discovers that their world isn't everything he'd been led to believe. Surrounded by false idols, Josh decides to turn the tables on them and reveal the greatest con game in history... and hopefully, in the process, find the real heroes that have long been gone.

Sunda Cloud
In the new Cold War battlefield of Indonesia, two old comrades conspire to topple the fledgling democracy. The weapons of this war are not nuclear missiles, but a far more deadly weapon. Money. But without the help of capitalist Anton Zelman their plot will fail. Anton's help comes at a price. But who will pay?

The Faltese Malcom
The Faltese Malcom was recorded using a number of actors in stereo, with left and right voices, where you'll find adventure, love, laughter, a hard-boiled mystery, and walk on the fantasy side with time travel. No one believed Joshua Punch. Certainly not Karen Sawyer in present day Washington D. C.

Marco and the Red Granny
By bringing back the patronage system, a new alien species has transformed the moon into the new artistic center of the universe, and Sally Ride Lunar Base soon gains the nickname “Mollywood.” These aliens can do amazing things with art and the senses, allowing a painting, for example, to stimulate other senses than simply sight. When someone asks a starlet, “Who are you wearing?” she could as easily say “J.K. Rowling” as she could “Gucci.” Every creative person in the world wishes for a patronage. It’s quite competitive. Marco wanted one, once. But then his girlfriend got one and shuttled off to Mollywood for fame and fortune, and Marco stayed home, waiting for his own patron. After several years, he gave up entirely. His career faltered. His agent dumped him. And then, one morning, he gets a call. At last he has a patron, at last the aliens want him. But he’s about to find out that an artistic patronage isn’t what it was in the good old days, and that the only friend he’s made, a tiny old woman who’s the star of a blood sports reality series called The Most Dangerous Game, has secrets of her own.

Eddie's Desert Rose
This is the story of two brothers who are guest workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. One goes off on an adventure, meets a Saudi prince, and ends up dead. The other will stop at nothing to find out why his brother had to die. Accompanied by his wife, he begins a search across three continents for his brother’s killer. His hunt takes him into a trap where he, like his brother before him, becomes caught in the middle of the struggle between the pre-Al Qaeda fundamentalist Saudis and the more liberal ones who lean toward the West. His quest forces him to loose his innocence, and to face things about his country, his brother and his wife that he would prefer not to know.

The Red Album of Asbury Park Remixed
Would you like some music to go with your story? Alex Austin hopes you will. He’s integrated the work of 20 contemporary bands and 40 songs into The Red Album of Asbury Park Remixed. It’s the late Sixties, the Beatles intact, Jimi Hendrix exploding and the Doors demanding the world. And on the East Coast, famed resort Asbury Park, New Jersey, will become the epicenter of a new brand of rock and roll. But in January 1968, a boardwalk Liverpool lies in the future. Escalating crime and a fading reputation have shaken the City by the Sea. Asbury is at tipping point, Cast down into the fading resort on a bleak winter night, 22-year-old musician Sam Nesbitt wants to be big—Jimi Hendrix/Eric Clapton big—but he has to survive Asbury first. Witnessing the tail-end of a murder on his first night in town, Sam keeps his distance from the crime’s investigation. But the murder will crash back into Sam’s life. As Sam pursues his dream of glory, he rides a roller coaster of triumphs and defeats. He’s the outsider who can’t break in, he’s the guitarist that every band wants. He’s a working class hero, he’s a pawn in their game. He’s a dream lover, he’s breaking hearts. The Asbury music scene is the Wild Wild West: Shootouts on Main Street and rock and roll showdowns on Ocean Boulevard. In this increasingly surreal town, the Atlantic seems to be casting off a new band each day. They wash up on the boardwalk feet flocked with sand, water dripping from their guitars, looking for the stage, looking to face down the local talent. So Welcome to The Red Album of Asbury Park Remixed, where Madam Marie’s not talking, Mr. Peanut’s not pushing Planters, and if you’re out after midnight you better be carrying a six-string.

Heart Of Diamonds
Corruption at the highest levels of government, greed in the church, and brutality among warring factions make the Congo a very dangerous place for television journalist Valerie Grey. Amid the bloody violence of that country's endless civil war, Grey uncovers a deadly diamond-smuggling scheme that reaches from the heart of the Congo to the White House by way of a famous American televangelist. Aided by an altruistic doctor, Grey is pursued by the soldiers of the country's dictator, the mercenaries of the mine's owner, and the rebels seeking control of the country. HEART OF DIAMONDS is a fast-paced tale of ambition, avarice, betrayal, and love.

Paraffin Winter
The winter of 1963 was the coldest winter of the century in the UK, at a time when post-war austerity and social class divisions made for a miserable life for many people. These were the days of back boilers, bubble and squeak, paraffin oil stoves, gas works, steam trains, and starting handles. The 1960s technological and social revolution hadn’t happened yet. Ronnie and Jenny Delaney live in the south coast town of Poole, close by the gas works. They get by - Jenny works in the local pottery and Ronnie runs a paraffin delivery round, helping to keep his grateful customers warm. But then something unexpected turns up on the paraffin round: an eyeball. It doesn't take Ronnie long to work out that it's got something to do with his past as a small-time crook, back in the East End of London. Someone's messing him about. He can handle it. Or so he thinks. But things start to get complicated, and he quickly finds himself way out of his depth. It's going to take someone cleverer than Ronnie to get to the bottom of this one. And that someone is closer than he could ever have imagined ...

Andersson Dexter Investigations
In a queer-normative future that isn’t all rainbows and sparkles, the justice you receive depends on your job – assuming you can get it at all. Enter vigilante detective Andersson Dexter, whose beat covers both the physical world and the online universe Marionette City. Helping people who have nowhere else to turn, he’s making the worlds better one client at a time, but is it enough? The Andersson Dexter Investigations is a four-book cyberpunk detective series by Nebula Award finalist M. Darusha Wehm.

The Sorcerer's Secret
Book 3 of the Salem Concord begins where The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers left off. In the Sorcerer's Secret, Jesse ventures deeper into the wizarding world and discovers that the Wizardry must live a secret. A secret that history altered. A secret that FOLK must never learn. It's up to Jesse and the secret wizard agent Ch-U-Ch to stop the forces that are trying to breach the Salem Concord and cause another Witch War. Meanwhile, Andrew and Brendan are learning that being a wizard in a FOLK world has its consequences. As their secret is revealed, they learn that they're placing their friends lives in danger. It's up to them and Chief Fabiano to stop Lord Alex from obtaining two of the most powerful magical items in the world. Time is running out, and on Halloween, one cry will be heard throughout the land, "The Witches are Coming!"

The Mariner's Secret, a Matt & Heather Thriller
Thugs, chases through the streets of San Francisco, scientific discoveries, and other mysteries abound! Matt and Heather Townsend, orphaned when their bioscientist parents are killed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, become wards of their Great Aunt Estelle. Her stately old house in the Marina District holds intrigue, and a secret. Fortunately, Matt discovers the secret on his thirteenth birthday, and not too soon. He was about to go stark raving mad with boredom. Years earlier and unkeknownst to anyone, rumors of Jon and Josie Townsend's secret research had enticed SafGen's head of security to break into the head office in an attempt to steal the research papers. His goal was to sell the papers, confident that certain foreign regimes would pay handsomely for the exciting new discovery. Coming up empty-handed, he devises another plan to get his hands on the papers. Roger Hill, the subservient butler, fools everyone but Matt and Heather. Their only chance at protecting their aunt and governess, as well as themselves, is to use the house's secret.

Checkwolf - Book 4: Failure Not Tolerated
The fourth and final book of the Checkwolf series picks up directly after the events of the previous book. Operatives of Master, the antagonist that Checkwolf has been made progressively more aware of, kick into high gear, and Checkwolf is tasked with trying to figure out exactly what is going on. Though things look increasingly bleak, there is light at the end of the tunnel....

Acts of Desperation
Ray Davis is newly divorced, going nowhere at a dead-end job in a warehouse, and has almost worked off the debts his ex-wife rang up. Then his underinsured brother's need for a liver transplant forces Ray to come up with a lot of money, fast. When he attempts to recover the profit he made with an old business partner, Ray discovers that the partner is dead and his investment has fallen into the hands of a drug dealer. The dealer has used the cash to buy a large supply of cocaine; he and his gun are not inclined to return the proceeds. Ray enlists a crude private eye to help him get it back, and he falls in love with Jenna, a beautiful waitress. His struggle to recover the money soon takes him deep into a swamp of crime, drugs, murder and revenge. Caught in a war between rival dealers, he comes to realize that the stakes have risen beyond the woman he loves or the money he needs to save his brother. He's fighting for his life. ACTS OF DESPERATION is the new thriller from Tim Dodge. It combines crime, action, adventure, romance and humor into a roller coaster ride of a story.

The God Conspiracy
One e-mail. Five lines. 4,000 dead. And it is only just beginning… When a small boy in Iowa forwards a mysterious email from ‘God’ to a small group of friends, he unwittingly releases a trigger that sends blood pouring throughout his farming community. Thousands more are dead across the country in dozens of simultaneous terror attacks and the government blames fundamentalists who want to trigger the Apocalypse. FBI Agent Joe Unes reluctantly teams with reclusive Internet radio host Barney Ison (from Sharon K. Gilbert’s The Armageddon Strain) to expose the plot -- and discovers that he's not contending against flesh and blood.

Virtual Vice - a new technology crime novel based on true events
In Virtual Vice by Jason M. Kays, readers follow disillusioned entertainment attorney Ian McKenzie as his professional life takes a decided turn for the questionable when he is hired by the charismatic and dangerous Scott White to represent Scott’s interests in his cutting edge Internet startup, Metropoleis Multimedia. Unfortunately for Ian, Scott has more in common with Scarface’s Tony Montana than Apple’s Steve Jobs, and things go from questionable to deadly in no time flat. As Scott’s confidant and consigliore, Ian soon finds himself caught between the Feds, La Cosa Nostra, and the Cali Cartel in a fatal game of corporate winner-take-all. Kays masterfully weaves the nuts and bolts of legal maneuverings and corporate worst-practices into an engaging and unpredictable thrill ride of a crime novel. Filled with wry humor and twists and turns galore, Virtual Vice keeps you guessing and wanting more while entertaining every step of the way.

Checkwolf - Book 3
The third of four books in the Checkwolf series examines the aftereffects of the drama from the end of the previous book, as well as introducing a major new threat to the organization and city they are sworn to protect, all while the team tries to maintain unity within the ranks. The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf's third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 3 demonstrates a darker and more threatening tone than the previous two releases – which is no surprise in view of the concluding moments of Book 2. The ability of the group to function as a team is put under a constant strain, reflecting the difficult times they are facing.

The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers
The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers begins where Interview for a Wizard ends. Nicholas Fidgewidge returns to claim Lord Bane's crystal ball causing Jesse to seek the wizard Ch-U-Ch’s aid. Meanwhile, the remaining sorcerer’s are being scared to death, and with Raven Claw out of jail the chase begins. However, things quickly become very complicated when the wizard’s two teenage boys get involved. On Halloween night, Lord Alex will become the next Dark Sorcerer even if it means destroying everyone who knows of his initiation. Follow the wizard Ch-U-Ch, his cousin Ana and Jesse into the dark world of the Society as they try to prevent Lord Alex from joining the Circle of Seven and achieving a greater goal, to obtain the secret’s of Lord Bane’s crystal ball. On Halloween night, everything must remain a secret at any price.

Theft of the Master
Private Investigator Al Hershey takes the reader across the globe in his search for a young woman's killer. Hired by the girl's parents to look into her "accidental" death Al finds he is in the middle of a more than a murder investigation. Modern day Nazis and a stolen renaissance sculpture all play a part in this intricate character driven tale of promises and deceit.

Checkwolf - Book 2
The second of four books about the fictional crimefighting team known as Checkwolf picks up directly after the first. The members of Checkwolf get a chance to meet a childhood idol, expand their team, and encounter new strangeness as they work to make the city they live in safer, one criminal at a time. The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf's third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 2 features a mix of different kinds of stories, including appearances by other characters in the Checkwolf universe. After becoming familiar with the mission and methods of Checkwolf in Book 1, the slightly different feel and perspective of many of these stories help to reflect the maturation of the group as a force in the fictional city of Kewanee.

Capitol Coven
Ninety percent of the federal laws, resolutions, and appropriations pass or fail in the U. S. Congress by a handful of votes. When Alexander Judd stumbles upon the possibility of collusion in these votes, and sets out to investigate it, he quickly finds himself kidnapped by a trash-talking Elfy Cane. Who is wanted for murder. Cut the guy's heart out. Then, linked to Elfy by association, Alex finds the police are now after him. What more could a slightly out-of-shape widower ask? Well, falling in love with her wasn't one of them. Nor was having her fall into the clutches of the shadowy Church of the Dark Light, a secret coven meeting in the great building atop Jenkins Heights. Known today as Capitol Hill.

The Onion Files
In this podiobook: Former NATO intelligence chief writes cyberterrorism spy thriller -- Major General Val Pattee's novel lauded as compelling and a "tutorial for homeland security personnel". Suppose al-Qaeda had a second, potentially more devastating attack planned in 2001. How would it be thwarted? "The Onion Files" is a spy thriller differing from all previous novels in one very important aspect: author Val Pattee was one of the Western world's top spy masters. Serving as chief of intelligence for NATO in Europe during periods of Cold War-era terrorism, he worked with the heads of intelligence for sixteen member nations, and conferred with his Soviet and Red Chinese counterparts.Although "The Onion Files" is fiction, Pattee infuses the action with a realism of people and places only an insider could deliver. The title refers to an ingenious and diabolical plot by al‑Qaeda to devastate vast areas of the United States soon after the 9/11 attacks. Pattee introduces readers to protagonists Jim and Mark Buchan, who work with the US Central Intelligence Agency and Russian counter-terrorism units in a fast-paced hunt across three continents to halt a computer virus and its brilliant creator.

Murder at Avedon Hill
Lord Avedon has a problem. Generations of Avedons have watched over Avedon Hill and controlled the only pass through the Lantis Mountains. Traditions are important to the Avedon family, but one tradition has tragically come to an end. Gretta Platt, Housemistress of Avedon Manor, has been murdered. A member of the Platt family has always served the Avedons as Housemistress. until now. Only a handful of people live at Avedon Hill, and most are suspects. Arames Kragen, retired Aarronic Advisor and scholar of prophecy, arrives at the gates of Avedon Hill, hoping to gain access to the mountain pass. Lord Avedon is not in a giving mood, however.This is the story of Arames Kragen and his attempt not only to discover who killed Gretta Platt, but also to uncover the truth about a town that apparently has more secrets than inhabitants.The Land of Caern: It is a world where the gods, the Children of Az, can choose to be born as mortals to directly affect events in the world, and often do. It is a world where the Priests of Caern frantically search for the mortal incarnations of any of the Children, in order prevent the Prophecies of Iberian from coming to pass.Welcome to The Land of Caern. Welcome to Murder at Avedon Hill, the podcast novel by P.G. Holyfield.

Interview for a Wizard
In this podiobook: On Halloween night, the greatest vacation spot in the world is about to be scared to death. A dangerous and mad wizard has escaped from jail, and there is no one who can identify him. With only seven days left before Halloween, Jesse and wizard special agent Ch-U-Ch race to solve the mystery, but time is quickly running out.

Checkwolf - Book 1
In this podiobook: Checkwolf is a crimefighting organization, a group of talented vigilantes who have come together to battle corruption in their own way. Led by the enigmatic Sean Matts, this group of a dozen skilled men venture out into a small-scale area in the fictional metropolis named Kewanee, righting wrongs that the police are unable to touch. Initially, they operate from a small garage owned by one of the Checkwolf members, the epitome of a minor operation. But Sean Matts has a greater vision for his group, one that will take them from their humble beginnings and turn them into a force to be feared.The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf's third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 1 is a group of general stories: getting to know Checkwolf and their methods as they gain mainstream recognition, watching them learn and adapt to new situations.

Sojourns On Mars
In this podiobook: Murdock Woodman's life takes a turn when an old school friend asks the investigator to find $105,000 in stolen Disney collectibles, his web researcher is talking to snakes and his wife will hardly talk to him at all.

Beautiful Red
The future is boring. Technology has solved the world's most pressing problems, leaving people with tedious work and mundane play. Jack is a Security Officer Class 5, which sounds important, but isn't. However, her banal life as a cubicle worker by day and tinkerer by night is interrupted when she discovers that her employer's computer system has been invaded.Jack enlists the help of her only friends - her co-worker, Gilles and Adrian, an online friend she's never met - to help her track down the source of the invasion. Her investigation leads her to a shadowy group called the Red, where Jack learns that not everyone lives a life of quiet servitude.Even though she believes that the Red are responsible for a series of gruesome attacks, Jack begins to become attracted to their worldview. In her search for the people responsible for the attacks, she confronts the leaders of the group as well as her own burgeoning sense of self-awareness.

Serve It Cold
Detective Jonny C. Speed's life can't get much better. He's booked into the French Quarter's most luxurious guesthouse, and his day job as convenience store manager is 104 miles behind him in Catherine, Mississippi. He's already taken care of one pro-bono missing persons job since he's been in New Orleans, and his paying client's cheating wife is a beautiful and very accommodating exhibitionist. Are things too good to be true? Of course they are. Jonny starts to worry when his client turns up dead, but when the suspects start dropping, Jonny and his crack team of beauty queens, recovering addicts, professional athletes, computer hackers, and pampered dogs find themselves caught in a twisted scheme of revenge that threatens to turn the town of Catherine inside out.

A Dancing Bear
What if getting the girl meant becoming a terrorist wet boy?On an unnamed university campus late in the 20th century, a young man named Fenton Bland joins a society of student Maoists in order to get near the girl he loves. But the girl

The Ex-Wife Files
In this podiobook: The eX-Wife Files Mark Forman's first sci-fi detective short story is in the vein of Philip K. Dick's BladeRunner(Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep), Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, and Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade. Find out what makes Agent Jack Mauldher tick. Is it busting the various Extra-T's(extra-terrestrials) that appear on his watch? The many women that were or are in his life? His love of talking about himself and his conquests: alien and female? Listen in and you will become totally absorbed in the fascinating web of Mark Forman's eX-Wife Files.About the Author: Mark Forman; The Brooklyn Bluesman and reigning Shogun of Taiwan is originally from Brooklyn New York. Mark later attended the University of Arizona where he majored in Oriental Studies/Chinese language. After finishing his studies,Mark later moved to Taiwan to work on his language skills. He has an export manufacturing business there, a family, a podcast, several different personalities coexisting harmoniously most of the time, no parakeets, and many other pieces of short fiction and non-fiction brewing in his ever expanding mind.

Amber Page and the Legend of the Coral Stone
On the island of Maui, a sixteen-year-old international spy named Rio Kayenta discovers a two-thousand-year-old coral stone. Legend has it that the stone is meant for a girl named Amber and that with it, she can stop the evil S.H.R.O.U.D. organization. Amber Page lives in the Arizona desert and wants one thing more than anything else in the world: to see her mom and dad back together again. Amber's mom is a school bus driver who has split with her dad, but Amber believes the two still love one another. When a strange old man stops at nothing to tell Amber that the legendary stone is meant for her, it frightens her and her family deeply. It is a race against the clock to get the stone to Amber and to see if she will realize its legendary powers. For with the stone strengthening her, Amber may be able to save her family and the world.

The House Down Cherry Tree Lane
In this podiobook: The House Down Cherry Tree Lane is a story of murder and intrigue to the 100th power. The story mixes the historic Gild family from a small town in Illinois with a modern day sister family. When they purchase the Gild house from a nervous realtor things are never the same for them. It will make your beliefs about ghosts and paranormal change forever. Written by Ramona Holliday, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer.

hackoff.com
In this podiobook: Larry Lazard, CEO of hackoff.com, takes his company public and watches its stock price soar and collapse. Following a hostile takeover attempt, Lazard is found dead in his office of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.Author Tom Evslin, a serial CEO, also took a company public in the Internet bubble and fought off hostile takeover attempts in the subsequent rubble. Unlike Larry, Evslin lived to tell what may be the definitive story of those strange times.The mystery moves backwards and forwards around the time of Larry's death. Sex, power, money, farce, and tragedy mix in boardrooms and bedrooms, the parties of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the smoky stairway of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.hackoff.com - not a porn site - provides anti-hacker protection for e-commerce. Larry Lazard started the business after his release from prison to which he was sentenced for a confessed hacker attack on banks.The folks at hackoff track the company's stock price with fatal fascination; an online chat board provides a Greek chorus of contradictory explanations and expectations; analysts spin golden fantasies from websites and eyeballs; traders conjure real fortunes at their trading desks; and everyone who can clamors for "friends and family" stock.hackoff.com's characters include CFO Donna Langhorne, Larry's ex-lover and classmate from Harvard Business School and a former swimsuit model; Chief Technical Officer Dom Montain, who dropped out of Caltech to write video games; Detective Mark Cohen, NYPD, who's investigating Larry's death; Larry's wife Louise, who is certain her husband was murdered; and Ahmed Qali, who represents a group of Palestinian programmers in Jenin to which hackoff out-sources work. Along with the bankers, CEOs, and CFOs of dotcom America, are eavesdropping limo drivers and waiters, venture capitalists, hackers, terrorists, and the victims and heroes of 9/11.If you've ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of the boardrooms, private jets, and ornate meeting rooms of brokerage firms, hackoff.com gives you your chance. You'll be better prepared for the next bubble if you read this book but that's not why you'll eagerly download each online episode. You'll do that because the cleverly woven mystery will have you dying to know whodunit.