Private Investigator Mysteries

Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits and is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden—in his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband’s investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme, one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience. Thomas Perry delivers private investigator mystery where Charlie can’t get the present case out of his mind, but within hours of starting his investigation, he is followed, shot at, and has his briefcase stolen—it’s clear that someone doesn’t want him following the trail of the missing money but, as Charlie continues to pursue answers, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare. 💼Perry explores what happens when asset recovery specialists recognize fraud schemes from their own pasts, examining how teenage crimes of retribution haunt lawyers whose current cases mirror their mothers’ victimization. The author balances financial investigation with personal demons, creating stakes where finding embezzled money means confronting the crime that shaped your career. 🔍

The mystery delivers private investigator thriller where helping widows recover missing money gets you followed, shot at, and robbed within hours, proving that sometimes the most dangerous investigations are the ones that feel personal. Perry writes an attorney whose skill at recovering hidden assets comes from understanding fraud intimately—too intimately when cases echo his own family’s tragedy. The novel asks whether you can stay objective when investigating the same con that destroyed your mother. ⚖️

What makes this compelling: Private investigator mystery where Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits and is particularly skilled at recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden—in his newest case helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband’s investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme echoing the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before and that led him as a teenager to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience—Charlie can’t get the present case out of his mind, but within hours of starting his investigation he is followed, shot at, and has his briefcase stolen as it’s clear someone doesn’t want him following the trail of the missing money, but as Charlie continues to pursue answers he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare.

Contemporary Romance

With a seven-year age difference, Ryke Meadows and Daisy Calloway have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families—known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple, their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media. Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie continue Addicted Series with contemporary romance where behind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke and Daisy’s resilience and shape their future together as they promise to never slow down, to never compromise who they are, and to never abandon their love for each other. 🧗But preserving their happiness also means taking more risks—as a professional free-solo climber, Ryke is no stranger to danger, but his next step with Daisy wagers more than just his health. The Ritchies explore what happens when fast-paced couples face media scrutiny while making life decisions that risk everything, examining how with their lives on the line, Ryke and Daisy head towards the vast, wild unknown. 💕

The authors deliver contemporary romance where professional free-solo climbers take relationship risks bigger than any cliff face, proving that sometimes preserving happiness means wagering more than your health. The Ritchies write a seven-year age gap couple whose adventurous reputation masks heartbreaking troubles testing their resilience. The Addicted Series continuation asks whether you can never slow down, never compromise, and never abandon love when the next step risks everything. ⚡

Why I’m including this: Contemporary romance continuing Addicted Series where with a seven-year age difference, Ryke Meadows and Daisy Calloway have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families—known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple, their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media—behind the scenes heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke and Daisy’s resilience and shape their future together as they promise to never slow down, to never compromise who they are, and to never abandon their love for each other, but preserving their happiness also means taking more risks as professional free-solo climber Ryke is no stranger to danger, but his next step with Daisy wagers more than just his health with their lives on the line as Ryke and Daisy head towards the vast, wild unknown.

Crime Thrillers

When Sienna Walker is nearly fired from the NYPD, the last thing she expects is a second chance in the one place she vowed never to return to—but she can’t afford to turn down the job offer, even if a painful familial past and a broken engagement hardly make Reno, Nevada, home sweet home. Mia Sheridan delivers crime thriller where it’s made even less sweet by Sienna’s first case: a serial killer with a curious fixation on her who, along with his victims, leaves perplexing clues and chilling journal entries addressed to Sienna detailing the murders he claims his mother committed—the case continues to get personal when her ex-fiancé is called out by the killer as well. 😱Whoever’s behind the diabolical murders, Sienna can only be sure of one thing: it’s someone close to home—as the twisted truth forces Sienna to face her complicated feelings, she learns that no matter how far you run from your past, it always catches up to you in the end. Sheridan explores what happens when nearly-fired NYPD detectives get second chances in hometowns where serial killers have curious fixations on them, examining how journal entries detailing mothers’ murders create cases that get dangerously personal when ex-fiancés are called out by killers. 🔍

The author delivers crime thriller where serial killers address journal entries to the detective hunting them, proving that sometimes going home means confronting both your past and a murderer who knows too much about it. Sheridan writes a detective whose broken engagement and painful familial past make Reno the last place she wants to be—until it becomes the only place she can solve murders tied to her own history. The novel asks whether you can catch a killer when they’re someone close to home. 💔

What makes this special: Crime thriller where when Sienna Walker is nearly fired from the NYPD the last thing she expects is a second chance in the one place she vowed never to return to—but she can’t afford to turn down the job offer even if a painful familial past and a broken engagement hardly make Reno, Nevada, home sweet home—it’s made even less sweet by Sienna’s first case: a serial killer with a curious fixation on her who along with his victims leaves perplexing clues and chilling journal entries addressed to Sienna detailing the murders he claims his mother committed, with the case continuing to get personal when her ex-fiancé is called out by the killer as well as whoever’s behind the diabolical murders, Sienna can only be sure of one thing: it’s someone close to home—as the twisted truth forces Sienna to face her complicated feelings, she learns that no matter how far you run from your past it always catches up to you in the end.

Coming of Age Fiction

In segregated High Cotton, Texas, in 1964, the racial divide is as clear as the railroad tracks running through town—it’s also where two girls are going to shake things up. Lynda Rutledge delivers coming of age fiction where this is the last summer of thirteen-year-old Corky Corcoran’s childhood, and her family hires a Haitian housekeeper who brings her daughter, America, along with her—Corky is quick to befriend America and eager to share her favorite new “grown-up” novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, with America’s take on it different and profoundly personal. 📚As their friendship grows, Corky finds out so much more about America’s life and her hidden skill: she can run as fast as Olympian Wilma Rudolph!—when Corky asks America to play with her girls’ softball team for the annual church rivals game, it’s a move that crosses the color line and sets off a firestorm. Rutledge explores what happens when thirteen-year-olds share To Kill a Mockingbird across racial divides in 1964 Texas, examining how as tensions escalate, it fast becomes a season of big changes in High Cotton, and for Corky, those changes will last a lifetime. ⚾

The author delivers coming of age fiction where asking Haitian housekeepers’ daughters to play softball crosses color lines and sets off firestorms, proving that sometimes the biggest changes in small towns start with kids who don’t yet understand why adults are angry. Rutledge writes a last summer of childhood where railroad tracks mark racial divides until two girls decide boundaries don’t apply to friendship or softball. The novel asks whether you can shake up segregated towns when you’re only thirteen. 💪

Why I’m including this: Coming of age fiction where in segregated High Cotton, Texas in 1964 the racial divide is as clear as the railroad tracks running through town—it’s also where two girls are going to shake things up as this is the last summer of thirteen-year-old Corky Corcoran’s childhood and her family hires a Haitian housekeeper who brings her daughter America along with her—Corky is quick to befriend America and eager to share her favorite new “grown-up” novel To Kill a Mockingbird with America’s take on it different and profoundly personal, with their friendship growing as Corky finds out so much more about America’s life and her hidden skill: she can run as fast as Olympian Wilma Rudolph!—when Corky asks America to play with her girls’ softball team for the annual church rivals game it’s a move that crosses the color line and sets off a firestorm as tensions escalate, fast becoming a season of big changes in High Cotton and for Corky those changes will last a lifetime.

Horror Suspense

Millicent Foxboro is haunted—not by ghosts, but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future, and after all, even in the progressive year of 1928, most people would balk at hiring a woman who’d spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia. Bea Northwick delivers horror suspense where so when an uncommon assistantship to a reclusive Professor of mythology falls into her lap with an ungodly salary attached, her desperation for stability overrides her cautious nature—to Millie’s dismay, the widowed Professor Callum Hughes and his estate, Willowfield, are more than she bargained for as the once magnificent home, known for its sprawling gardens and dazzling parties, is falling to pieces after the death of the professor’s fragile wife. 🏚️What’s more, the staff has been reduced to the only three people not frightened away by rumors of ghosts, leaving the halls empty and languishing in bitter memories—the professor himself is a grim, intense man with unclear expectations, unpredictable moods, and hungry eyes that ignite Millie’s own dormant passions. Northwick explores what happens when women with traumatic amnesia take assistantships at crumbling estates with ghost rumors, examining how the closer she finds herself drawn to Professor Hughes and his strange world of flowers and folklore, the more the house closes in, threatening to reveal her secrets—but the professor is keeping secrets of his own and the most dangerous of all is hers to discover. 😱

The author delivers horror suspense where mythology professors with hungry eyes hire assistants with traumatic amnesia, proving that sometimes ungodly salaries come with secrets more dangerous than ghosts. Northwick writes a 1928 woman whose mental ward history makes her desperate enough to work at Willowfield where dormant passions ignite despite unclear expectations. The novel asks whether you can discover the professor’s most dangerous secret without revealing your own. 🌹

What makes this compelling: Horror suspense where Millicent Foxboro is haunted not by ghosts but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future—after all, even in the progressive year of 1928 most people would balk at hiring a woman who’d spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia—so when an uncommon assistantship to a reclusive Professor of mythology falls into her lap with an ungodly salary attached, her desperation for stability overrides her cautious nature—to Millie’s dismay, the widowed Professor Callum Hughes and his estate Willowfield are more than she bargained for as the once magnificent home known for its sprawling gardens and dazzling parties is falling to pieces after the death of the professor’s fragile wife, with staff reduced to the only three people not frightened away by rumors of ghosts leaving the halls empty and languishing in bitter memories as the professor himself is a grim intense man with unclear expectations, unpredictable moods, and hungry eyes that ignite Millie’s own dormant passions—the closer she finds herself drawn to Professor Hughes and his strange world of flowers and folklore the more the house closes in threatening to reveal her secrets, but the professor is keeping secrets of his own and the most dangerous of all is hers to discover.

Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller

A gunshot cost him his job, his leg, and his self-worth—can this retired ex-cop reclaim his inner strength as the world plunges into darkness? Sam J Fires delivers post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller where in Oregon, Patrick Edward Dunn has nothing left as the fifty-something, three-time-divorcé is shocked when heading home in snowy weather after dropping off his kids and cars on the highway lose control and start crashing—stopping to help a woman trapped in her vehicle, he only has seconds to save her as a logging truck hurtles right at them. 🚗Holly Rebecca Winters doesn’t know what’s going on—waking up with surprising bandages on her head and no memory of the last twenty-four hours, the psych hospital patient overhears staff worried about a suspicious power outage, so with her keepers distracted, the forty-three-year-old detainee grabs the chance for a desperate escape. Fires explores what happens when EMPs hit during highway crashes forcing retired cops with ancient EMP-immune Chevys to help the injured, examining how as Patrick’s ancient EMP-immune Chevy inches its way through the mayhem and brutal elements, he tries to help the injured while Holly runs into rising danger, increasingly at risk of not making it off the frigid streets alive—can these two survivors find safety, or is everyone doomed? ❄️

The seven-book series delivers post-apocalyptic EMP survival where gunshots that cost you everything prepare you for the day the world needs someone with nothing to lose, proving that sometimes the worst things in your past become your greatest strengths when civilization collapses. Fires writes dual protagonists whose psych hospital escapes and ex-cop survival skills converge when cars crash and power dies. The After the End series asks whether survivors can find safety when frigid streets threaten everyone. 💪

Why I’m including this: Post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller seven-book series where a gunshot cost him his job, his leg, and his self-worth asking whether this retired ex-cop can reclaim his inner strength as the world plunges into darkness—in Oregon, fifty-something three-time-divorcé Patrick Edward Dunn has nothing left, shocked when heading home in snowy weather after dropping off his kids as cars on the highway lose control and start crashing, stopping to help a woman trapped in her vehicle with only seconds to save her as a logging truck hurtles right at them—Holly Rebecca Winters doesn’t know what’s going on waking up with surprising bandages on her head and no memory of the last twenty-four hours as the psych hospital patient overhears staff worried about a suspicious power outage, so with her keepers distracted the forty-three-year-old detainee grabs the chance for a desperate escape—as Patrick’s ancient EMP-immune Chevy inches its way through the mayhem and brutal elements he tries to help the injured while Holly runs into rising danger increasingly at risk of not making it off the frigid streets alive, asking whether these two survivors can find safety or if everyone is doomed.