*** "Read this chilling new crime thriller series from USA Today best-selling authors Adrienne Giordano and Misty Evans -- two female detectives solve crimes the police can't. A shocking and stunning new detective series that will leave you needing more!" ***Meet Meg and Charlie Schock, two sisters who run Schock Private Investigations, an all-female detective agency specializing in missing persons and cold cases.Their claim to fame is taking on the cases the FBI has failed to solve.Risking their own lives in the process.Elite forensic sculptor Meg Schock is obsessed with solving cold cases and bringing justice to victims.When the local US attorney brings her the skull of a brutally murdered young woman, Meg spots the MO immediately. She's seen this killer's work before.Like most serial killers, this twisted perp is clever.As the sisters draw closer to solving this heinous crime, the murders accelerate. Another body turns up...and another... but the...

“An intuitive detective, a kidnapped child, and an assassin with a heart of gold ...”In Murder Al Dente, PI Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter once again gets herself in hot water when she's hired by a multimillionaire boat owner, (and sex toy manufacturer,) to find out who's trying to kill him. Nikki has barely begun her investigation when he's found dead aboard his mega yacht. The cause of death appears to be suicide, but Nikki knows better and believes it's up to her to bring his killer to justice. As she's delving into her deceased client's background, a woman calls asking for help. Her four-year-old daughter has been abducted and the police have no leads. Realizing that time may be running out for the little girl, Nikki agrees to take her case as well and embarks on what turns out to be a truly labyrinthine journey to save a child's life. Murder...

Exes and Woes!Christy's ex-husband, Robert, is getting death threats, and he's convinced Mom and Christy to cater his record release party to find out if he's in real danger or if it's a hoax. But when Robert's girlfriend gets in an auto accident, everyone is sure Christy caused it.Can Mom and Christy solve yet another whodunit? And will Christy's burgeoning relationship with a certain handsome detective survive?

The first full week in April means a blooming business for Grace Ward, whose floral designs will be part of several parties with the major golf tournament in town. After the murder of a young woman with a mysterious tattoo, Grace finds herself in the middle of an investigation and wonders if these parties she's beautifying are actually fronts for something more sinister.

Miguel Sanchez is a talented and dynamic attorney who has earned a reputation as a passionate crusader for immigration rights. His charisma and his accomplishments have made him a media darling and paved the way for his explosion onto the national political scene. But he is not who he purports to be. He is the nation's most high-profile illegal immigrant, a secret known to almost no one other than his shadowy handlers. Together, they have an agenda – punish America for its past sins and undermine this country's prosperity and way of life. Since childhood, Sanchez has been conditioned to believe in that cause and to do whatever it takes to see that mission through. Now he is on the cusp of acquiring the power to do exactly that.Bobby Rivera is the son of Mexican parents who raised him in South Texas, where they were employed under temporary work visas....

A more-than-meets-the-eye housekeeper. An unrelenting and demanding feminist boss. The question is, who is actually using who? When their worlds eventually clash, only one can come out on top!Eliska Hudakova is from Slovakia. Hired to work as a housekeeper for a demanding and bitter academic, there's a lot more to her and her past. Not quite the delicate nobody her boss assumes, she will not stand idle when push comes to shove.Elizabeth Clement-Walters is a hyper critical, acerbic former feminist icon. Determined to make the work as arduous as possible for the seemingly inoffensive immigrant worker, she has no idea what she is letting herself in for.As their realities begin to clash, tensions rise and the dynamic between the two changes. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues bringing their pasts into the equation, and raising the stakes at every turn of event.But who will prevail?From the writer of the acclaimed comedy...

One detective's pursuit of truth and justice When a young woman's body is found in an alley, Jack Mallory takes on the case as the on-call detective. But before he can make a start, he is suddenly reassigned by his boss, Terrance Singleton, to the cold case of Timothy Waters, who had served 20 years in prison for the murder of Elizabeth Mitchell, the daughter of the then mayor. A review of his conviction has set him free and as a friend of the family, Singleton wants to make sure Mallory finds more evidence to put him back behind bars. But the case is complex and before long Mallory discovers that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye; family tensions, a witness run out of town and the possibility the victim had a second boyfriend. It all points to a shoddy investigation and a blunder that...

"Hilarious, weird and entertaining!" "The X-Files has found its funny bone!"The Truth is Out There ... Way WAY Out There...Growing up in backwoods Florida, Bobbie Drex has seen it all – from two-headed turtles to two-timing boyfriends. Her life of hard knocks has left her short on cash, but she's still packing enough snark to give any whack-job a run for his money.Or so she thinks.But when a mysterious stranger arrives at her mechanic shop seeking repairs to his rundown RV, suddenly it's Bobbie who's in for a complete overhaul...Norman Bates in a turban. Gonadal twins. Mothman pooper-scoopers.In an instant, the world she once knew skitters totally off its Southern axis!Is the mystery man crazy? Or is he the only sane one in the bunch? The more Bobbie discovers about him, the less certain she becomes about reality itself... Ready for some pure, escapist fun? Grab a can of mosquito...

Jane Delaney does things her paying customers can't do, don't want to do, don't want to be seen doing, can't bring themselves to do, and/or don't want it to be known they'd paid someone to do. To dead people.Life gets complicated for Jane and her Death Diva business when she's hired to liberate a gaudy mermaid brooch from the corpse during a wake—on behalf of the rightful owner, supposedly. Well, a girl's got to make a living, and this assignment pays better than scattering ashes, placing flowers on graves, or bawling her eyes out as a hired mourner. Unfortunately for Jane, someone else is just as eager to get his hands on that brooch, and he's even sneakier than she is, not to mention dangerously sexy.Just when she thinks her biggest problem is grand theft mermaid, things take a murderous turn. But hey, when you've teamed up with a neurotic...

One juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong? From the Academy Award–winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night. . . .