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When a morally ambiguous real estate agent who moonlights as an amateur private detective lists a property for a client whose identity is shrouded in mystery, he unwittingly takes on his first murder case, putting himself at the center of a much larger conspiracy.

Thomas Price is a successful real estate agent trying to put his life back together after a nasty divorce and custody battle over his 13-year-old daughter. He’s on the rebound and no slouch with the ladies, which is good news for someone who can’t stand being alone. When he receives a call from a mysterious stranger asking him to list a house, Price thinks it’s business as usual, until he discovers the property is the site of a recent homicide and the people behind it will keep the circumstances surrounding it a secret at all costs. Meanwhile, a new love interest convinces him to investigate a stolen property case, and Price is a sucker when beautiful women are involved.

Ridiculous theories abound, from drugs to guns to priceless artifacts, and the nosy neighbors each have their own unique version of the truth. Aided by a small-town cop and his trans forensic toxicologist wife, Price soon finds himself embroiled in two cases: one that could mean losing his girlfriend, and the second that might cost him his life.

Evil invades the sleepy little town of Crater Lake, Iowa . . .

Rookie Sheriff Nathan Murphy goes on the hunt for a serial killer who is murdering young girls by staking them through the heart and decapitating them.

But that’s not all – before killing them, he drains their blood first.

Enlisting the help of FBI Profiler Lindsay Trujillo, Nathan begins a descent into darkness as the investigation leads them down a trail of the supernatural. They soon discover they may not be dealing with something human after all.

Their suspect may be far older and far more dangerous . . .

The first victim may be the key to unraveling the mystery. A girl whose death doesn’t fit the killer’s M.O. A girl who is pulled out of the lake with a strange mask covering her face.

What is the killer’s connection with the Unknown Girl of the Seine? Are they chasing a serial killer or a vampire? Whichever it is, Nathan knows one thing for certain . . . they are hunting a monster.

Lindsay Trujillo Returns . . .

After a paranormal encounter on her last case, Special Agent Lindsay Trujillo has placed herself on an extended leave of absence from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit as she tries to cope with the events of the past.

But Lindsay knows better than anyone that evil never rests, and now a new serial killer is on the loose, crossing the country while he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake.

To Fight Another Monster . . .

There seems to be no apparent rhyme or reason to the murders, but the killer leaves the same disturbing signature, one too specific to be deemed a coincidence. The UNSUB also collects a unique and interesting trophy from each of his victims.

Lindsay knows if she can determine the why it will lead her to the killer. But these days she has demons of her own to contend with. Demons that have forever altered her perception of reality and left her doubting her abilities as an agent.

Can She Conquer Her Demons . . .

Can she set these issues aside in order to track down a madman? Even more terrifying, Lindsay suspects the more she gets involved with the case, the more likely it will land her smack dab in the center of the supernatural again.

Weird Tales . . .

Derek Hanes has always been lucky. Things always came easy. Maybe too easy. After always getting what he wants, his luck might be about to change when his polar opposite shows up on his doorstep

Some people think the world is out to get them, but since the day he was born, that has been Otto's reality. He's been a boy on the run from an entire planet, with only a hired assassin standing between him and the 8 billion people trying to kill him.

Salvadore Nash gets paid to find things. But his latest case finds him in possession of a mysterious artifact that has everyone chasing him, including the Catholic church. Worse yet, Nash is working this case pro bono.

Bizarre Stories . . .

Time travel exists. The U.S. government is secretly looking for test dummies, and seasoned veteran Frank Edmunds fits the bill. He thought he was retired, but he'd take just about any job, no matter how dangerous, to get his ex-wife out of his head. But is there any distance, any location in the past or future, far enough away to escape a broken heart?

A young archaeologist sets out on a journey to find the Fountain of Youth in hopes that its miraculous waters can cure his dying mentor. But sometimes there's a reason why places of power are hidden away from the rest of the world. Sometimes, miracles come with consequences.

Strange Worlds . . .

Chad got into computers early. Another case of a nerd starting a dotcom and becoming a billionaire. But after years of being tormented, success isn't enough. He has a different kind of justice in mind. Why get back at a few when you can get revenge on the entire world?

A song gets stuck in your head and sends you on a killing spree. Songs like that have existed since the beginning of time. In 2022, there's a new song climbing the charts, and high school senior Mindy Reed and her rich friends are about to hear it during the worst party of their lives.

You'll find these and more twisted stories when you spend time Alone with the Dark.

Mild-mannered Stan Morris is a loving husband and father. The catch? He’s also a superhero. But saving the world is a piece of cake compared to salvaging a marriage in turmoil and raising his six-year-old son. Stan struggles with adjusting to bachelorhood again, moving into a cramped apartment and getting relationship advice from his loyal friend and financial manager Barry. He does battle with his nemesis, Brainfart, as well as an emerging threat that call themselves the Society of Modern Maniacs. All this while desperately trying to reconcile with his wife. Stan has always excelled at being a superhero. It’s being human that’s the hard part.

Alan Lamb is a special agent for a new federal law enforcement agency called the Genetic Crimes Bureau. The GCB investigates so-called biocrimes; crimes involving the modification of the genetic blueprint, virus tampering, DNA manipulation, unsanctioned human experiments and illegal performance enhancement. Haunted by a tragic car accident that left him scarred twenty years ago, Alan must race against time to bring down a criminal mastermind who is playing a deadly cat-and-mouse game that would have given Sherlock Holmes a run for his money. It begins as a series of elaborate bank heists, but they are anything but average run-of-the-mill robberies. The victims in each of the crimes are also the prime suspects and have no recollection of committing the crimes they are accused of. As the crimes escalate, Alan soon discovers that he may be dealing with something far more sinister than a series of random robberies and terroristic acts. He may have stumbled onto an entirely new and terrifying form of identity theft that could shock the world. And, for Alan Lamb, this might just be personal.

Thanks to a vaccine called headspace, violent crime is a thing of the past. Headspace doesn’t prevent violent thoughts, it prevents you from acting on them. There hasn’t been a murder in nearly 50 years.Gone are the days when cops carried guns. Gone are the days when law enforcement was trained to deal with heinous crimes. In the year 2109, cops are nothing more than glorified therapists, trained to handle conflict with words rather than actions.Headspace ensures no conflict will result in violence. Until now…Officer Marcus Hardy is the closest thing that Omaha Metro Crisis Management has to a homicide detective. When he’s called out to investigate the murder of a prominent neuroscientist, it quickly becomes clear that he and his department are ill-equipped to handle the situation.The robot-phobic Hardy is partnered with a human-like android, a “shorty,” and they begin a race against time to find the killer before he can kill again.Their investigation leads them to Mind Drop, a biotech company that specializes in preserving memories by uploading them to the cloud and making them accessible via an implanted memory prosthesis. The company’s motto is simple: People don’t have to forget.When Mind Drop’s reclusive CEO refuses to cooperate, Hardy begins to suspect that the murder may be connected to something vastly more sinister than he had imagined, a secret that the company will do anything to protect.In a future where a man-made vaccine limits free will, Hardy discovers that nothing can overcome human nature for long.

Aging rock star Stevie Wilde knows about demons. He has been battling them for most of his career. Drugs, alcoholism, sex addiction – you name it, he’s tried it. But his days of selling out stadiums ended a long time ago. In an effort to thrust himself back into the limelight, Stevie joins a team of paranormal investigators in an attempt to do something that has never been done before: they want to haunt a house that isn’t haunted, and Stevie is the best guy to foot the bill. A psychic with a secret; a ghost hunter with a cancelled reality show; a skeptical ex-history professor; a wanna-be actor with anger issues; a fame-seeking director…all of them haunted by something from the past. If the experiment succeeds, it could relaunch Stevie’s flailing career and he might just leave a legacy yet. But first he must exorcise his own demons, because sometimes the devil you know is better than the one you don’t.

RISE OF THE ZOMBIE-KILLING NERDS…When a Chinese space shuttle carrying mysterious cargo crash lands in the small town of Trudy, Iowa, a group of nerdy horror movie buffs must band together to stop an outbreak that is bringing the dead back to life and turning the rest of the population into brain-eating zombies.THEY’RE STILL NOT HAPPY ABOUT BEING PICKED ON IN HIGH SCHOOL…Armed with their considerable knowledge of bad cinema and an ice cream truck full of stolen guns, they will battle the infected to save their town and to keep the outbreak from spreading to the entire world.TO THE FAINT OF HEART…This book is full of gore, humor, and more cheesy one-liners than you can shake a stick at.

During the summer of 1993, Zach and his friends set out to have one final adventure before they start high school. But instead, they accidentally discover an entrance to hell and the dark secret which resides there.

People are disappearing, and when Zach’s girlfriend goes missing, he suddenly finds himself caught up in a battle against an ancient evil which threatens to destroy anything that gets in its way.

This is a tale about evil and its existence in a small Iowa town. It’s about childhood, friendship, and growing up. It’s also a love story…

Howie Schmidt and Tommy Wilkins met when they were eight-years-old. That was also about the time that Howie fell madly in love with Shelby, Tommy’s twin sister. When Howie first moved to town, Shelby warned him against being friends with Tommy. She told him life would only get worse because Tommy wasn’t one of the popular kids. In fact, he was far from it. He’s been picked-on and bullied his entire life. His father is an alcoholic ex-marine with a short fuse and a violent streak.

Despite Shelby’s advice, Howie befriends Tommy. He soon learns that Shelby wasn’t exaggerating. Tommy seems destined to be a human punching bag, bullied at school and abused at home, and Howie is caught in the crossfire.

When their classmates begin vanishing without a trace, it doesn’t take long for Howie to realize the missing students are all people that have spent years tormenting Tommy.

Who or what is behind the disappearances? Howie knows Tommy isn’t responsible, but he begins to believe there is a more sinister force at work. His best friend may have a dark guardian angel, and as preposterous as it seems, Howie’s prime suspect is one of Tommy’s old stuffed animals. A teddy bear named Quint.

After his wife is brutally murdered, Police Officer Kyle Willing will do whatever it takes to bring her killer to justice. As Kyle grapples with loss and raising his eight-year-old son on his own, he is given an opportunity for revenge by his brother-in-law, best-selling mystery writer Thomas Drake. Drake can give Kyle just what he wants: a chance at catching his wife’s killer. But can Kyle trust his sister’s husband? The two men have been rivals since high school, and it appears that Drake might have an agenda of his own. As Drake takes steps to orchestrate the perfect murder, Kyle must decide how far he is willing to go to get revenge. He will have to choose between upholding the laws he was sworn to protect and exacting his own unique brand of justice. When a man loses everything, how far will he go for revenge?

THEY ARE ALREADY HERE… Aspiring comedian Lee Parrish thought the worst thing to happen to him was his recent divorce. Until, that is, he discovers that the Earth has secretly been invaded by a race of technologically-challenged aliens who are hellbent on taking over the entire planet one person at a time. THEY WALK AMONG US… With the help of extreme couponer and obsessive compulsive neat freak, Barry, Lee must decide if he wants to save the world or have a front row seat to its swift destruction. THEY WANT WHAT WE HAVE… Two unlikely heroes. No skills. No back-up. The fate of the world rests in their hands.

Sam Finch is a frail but exceedingly intelligent boy whose lifelong aspiration has always been to attend the Dashelmore Warrior Training Academy. When Sam turns fifteen, his wish finally comes true. About to leave home for the first time, little does he know what is in store for him as he finds himself physically outmatched, falling in love with two different girls, and illegally learning to do magic on the side. And then there’s his secondhand sword named Rusty, which seems to possess secret powers despite being far past its prime. But those are the least of Sam’s worries after he soon discovers that there is something far more sinister on the horizon which threatens the existence of the entire world.

During his first year at the Dashelmore Warrior Training Academy, Sam Finch proved himself a hero when he saved King Leodin’s daughter, Princess Sarah, from an evil sorcerer named Demälikar. But there was a price to pay…In order to save his father’s life, Sam had to make a pact with Demälikar. One day the evil sorcerer would call upon Sam to do him a favor. Sam has no idea what that favor might be, but he knows one thing for sure: it won’t be good.Now attending his second year at the Academy, Sam continues his warrior training, while also dabbling in Mage Skills and the Holy Arts. As if that isn’t enough to keep him busy, he also finds himself struggling with his feelings for two different girls and trying to avoid the class bully, Cully Duke. It doesn’t help that he must endure his best friend Curtis’s musical night farts, too.Demälikar intends to raise an army of the undead in order to wreak havoc on the world and calls upon Sam to do him the favor he is owed. Sam must decide whether to keep his promise or to risk his father’s life. And he will also have to deal with his greatest fear of all: growing up!

A hundred and fifty years in the future, the United States and China launch a joint mission to send an interstellar voyage to a carbon-rich planet composed almost entirely of diamond. The crew’s mission: to mine the planet of its riches and transport them back to Earth. But what they don’t realize is that they aren’t the first to set foot on this strange new planet…and the original visitors might not be willing to share.