Out now! STEALING TIME, a private investigator murder mystery by Bud Craig

 

New release on Kindle and in paperback!

 

STEALING TIME by Bud Craig

The PI tackles his most difficult case yet...

 

Private Investigator Gus Keane is enjoying the quiet life when two events transpire to disrupt the peace. A man turns up on his doorstep claiming to be his half-brother, and a body is found in a local Salford street.

 

Suddenly having to question his family history, Keane arranges a DNA test pretty damn quick. Not least because his new-found brother seems very much involved in the criminal fraternity.

 

Meanwhile, through an acquaintance, Keane gets involved in the case of the dead man. Helping the police establish his identity, he draws a blank when it comes to the motive for the killing.

 

Despite his in-depth local knowledge, Keane feels increasingly out of his depth, worried that he’s lost his touch...

 

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STEALING TIME is the fifth book by Bud Craig to feature Private Investigator Gus Keane. It can be enjoyed on its own or as part of the series. The full list of books, in order of publication, is as follows:

 

1. TACKLING DEATH

2. DEAD CERTAINTY

3. FALLING FOUL

4. MAKING A KILLING

5. STEALING TIME

 

All of these books are available free with Kindle Unlimited and in paperback. The first three books are available as a collected edition exclusively on Kindle, titled SALFORD MURDERS.

NEW RELEASE: ANGEL AND THE ACTRESS BY ROGER SILVERWOOD

 We’re thrilled to announce that ANGEL AND THE ACTRESS by bestselling author Roger Silverwood is out now!

DETECTIVE MICHAEL ANGEL IS BACK. A DETECTIVE WHO’S NO ANGEL DESPITE HIS NAME.

An award-winning actress is murdered at her grand piano, at a gathering of her closest friends.

No one saw the murderer and none of her friends had any reason to commit the crime.

Can Detective Angel get to the bottom of this deadly case?

Find out in ANGEL AND THE ACTRESS by Roger Silverwood. Only £1.99 / $2.99 for a limited time.

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A DETECTIVE WHO’S NO ANGEL DESPITE HIS NAME.

Discover a gripping series of murder mysteries set in south Yorkshire.

MEET DETECTIVE INSPECTOR MICHAEL ANGEL. AN OLD-SCHOOL POLICEMAN WHO SOMETIMES RUBS HIS COLLEAGUES UP THE WRONG WAY. HE’S GOT HIS FLAWS, BUT HE NEVER GIVES UP ON A CASE.

AN ACTRESS KILLED AT HER GRAND PIANO

Award-winning actress, Joan Minter, 76, is murdered at a gathering of her closest friends. One moment, she’s making a speech celebrating seventy years in show business. Then the lights go out.

When they come on again, Joan is dead. Blood spills from her head onto the cream carpet.

NO ONE SAW THE MURDERER AND NONE OF HER FRIENDS COULD HAVE DONE IT

That’s the challenge facing Detective Inspector Angel and his team when they are called out to her luxurious home in South Yorkshire, at the foot of the Pennines.

At the same time, an apparently innocent insurance man is found murdered in his own house. The only clues are a new vacuum cleaner left by the murderer and an open fridge.

What’s the vacuum cleaner got to do with the case? And can Angel hoover up the murderer?

TWO BAFFLING CRIMES. ONE BRILLIANT DETECTIVE.

A TOTALLY ABSORBING MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS

Perfect for fans of R.D. Wingfield, Colin Dexter, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, and Agatha Christie.

THE DETECTIVE
Michael Angel is over fifty, married to Mary. They don’t have any children. They are a devoted couple but the relationship sometimes breaks down due to his job or due to the problems of Mary’s sister who lives in Edinburgh and imposes on their easygoing natures. Michael works at the small local police station and is devoted to defeating crime, murder, and dishonesty of any sort and has no personal ambition beyond being a good husband and a successful detective. He doesn’t want promotion with all the routine office work and stress that goes with it. He is incorruptible but always short of money. He is always at odds with his immediate chief, Detective Superintendent Horace Harker, who is lazy, a hypochondriac and not a bit interested in assisting Angel in serious police work.

PRAISE FOR ROGER SILVERWOOD

“Solid plotting, unpretentious writing, thoroughly reliable entertainment.” Morning Star

“A cast of characters you really want to populate with familiar faces of actors you see each week on TV — great fun. Angel is terrific.” Books Monthly

“Once again Silverwood combines a classic mystery plot with well-developed characters.” Publishers Weekly

DETECTIVE ANGEL SERIES
Book 1: THE MISSING NURSE
Book 2: THE MISSING WIFE
Book 3: THE MAN IN THE PINK SUIT
Book 4: THE MORALS OF A MURDERER
Book 5: THE AUCTION MURDERS
Book 6: THE MISSING KILLER
Book 7: THE UMBRELLA MURDERS
Book 8: THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Book 9: THE MISSING THIEF
Book 10: FIND THE LADY
Book 11: THE MISSING MODEL
Book 12: MURDER IN BARE FEET
Book 13: THE MISSING HUSBAND
Book 14: THE CUCKOO CLOCK MURDERS
Book 15: SHRINE TO MURDER
Book 16: THE SNUFFBOX MURDERS
Book 17: THE DOG COLLAR MURDERS
Book 18: THE CHESHIRE CAT MURDERS
Book 19: THE DIAMOND ROSARY MURDERS
Book 20: THIRTEEN STEPS TO MURDER
Book 21: THE FRUIT GUM MURDERS
Book 22: THE MONEY TREE MURDERS
Book 23: ANGEL AND THE ACTRESS

NEW RELEASE: THE UNWILLING SON BY JANE ADAMS

I hope you’re having a great week with an even better book! 

We’re delighted to bring you THE UNWILLING SON, a deeply original psychological thriller by critically-acclaimed author Jane Adams.

Praise for Jane Adams:
“Takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery.” Val McDermid

“Jane Adams has already carved herself a substantial reputation for hauntingly resonant novels of psychological suspense.” The Times

“A chilling fusion of crime and alchemy.” Peterborough Evening Telegraph

THE UNWILLING SON is out now at half price. Only 99p / 99c for a limited time.

THREE INNOCENT VICTIMS. ONE TWISTED RITUAL.

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Discover a seamlessly crafted, deeply original psychological thriller that will keep you turning the pages all night long.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR JANE ADAMS
“Takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery.” Val McDermid

“Jane Adams has already carved herself a substantial reputation for hauntingly resonant novels of psychological suspense.” The Times

“A chilling fusion of crime and alchemy.” Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Please note this was originally published as Like Angels Falling.

IF YOU ARE LOST, THEY WILL FIND YOU . . .

It started with a gang of drifters, dreamers and dropouts.

Together, they were the Eyes of God. Eleven years ago, this cult wreaked havoc on Ray Flowers’ hometown.

THREE INNOCENT VICTIMS. ONE TWISTED RITUAL.

Flowers put their leader, a cold-blooded killer named Harrison Lee, behind bars. Without him, the Eyes chose mass suicide.

Five-year-old Katie Fellows was trapped in their commune and would have died too — were it not for a mysterious young boy.

WHO WAS HE? AND WHY DID HE SAVE HER?

Years later, teenaged Katie still sees him in her dreams. Her instincts tell her she needs him more than ever.

THE EYES ARE BACK. AND THEY’RE COMING TO FINISH WHAT LEE STARTED.

But can Katie trust her rescuer? Or is the Eyes’ hold on him too strong?

Lee may be dead, but there’s a new heir to his twisted legacy.

CAN RAY FLOWERS BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND COERCION BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?

With this hauntingly evocative tale of fractured lives, Jane Adams has crafted a police procedural like no other. Her unique blend of intrigue, romance and suspense will captivate fans of Kate Mosse, Barbara Erskine, Alex North and Stephen King.

ALSO BY JANE ADAMS

MERROW & CLARKE
Book 1: SAFE

DETECTIVE MIKE CROFT SERIES
Book 1: THE GREENWAY
Book 2: THE SECRETS
Book 3: THEIR FINAL MOMENTS
Book 4: THE LIAR

RAY FLOWERS
Book 1: THE APOTHECARY’S DAUGHTER
Book 2: THE UNWILLING SON

NEW RELEASE: A QUESTION OF DESPAIR BY MAUREEN CARTER

 I hope you’re having a great week so far! 

We’re thrilled to bring you A QUESTION OF DESPAIR by Maureen Carter, one of crime fiction’s best-kept secrets! Only 99p / 99c for a limited time.

A baby is snatched off the street.

Time is running out to find Evie alive.

Detective Sarah Quinn is called in to investigate and is shortly approached by a ruthless TV journalist for the full scoop. Perpetually a thorn in the side of Ice Queen Sarah Quinn, the two will need to work together when the investigation comes to a dead end.

“Crisply written with an electric pace – this story won’t soon leave you.” Library Journal

Discover a new Joffe Books author, Maureen Carter, in this gripping crime thriller with a massive twist. Half price for launch – only 99p / 99c.

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“Maureen Carter is one of crime fiction’s best-kept secrets.” Sharon Wheeler, reviewingtheevidence

They heard the mother before they saw her. Two streets away, through the open window of an unmarked police car, and they could hear the screams.

HER BABY IS SNATCHED OFF THE STREET.

When a child goes missing, every minute’s precious. When a baby’s taken, every second counts.

Detective Sarah Quinn is called in.

Baby Evie’s mother is in pieces. But then she seems unwilling to help. What isn’t she telling them?

Time is running out to find Evie alive.

TWO WOMEN ON THE CASE

Ruthless TV journalist Caroline King is a thorn in the side of career cop DI Sarah Quinn. Caroline’s emotional and impulsive. Sarah’s known at work as the Ice Queen.

WILL SPARKS FLY? CAN THE THIN BLUE LINE HOLD?

The investigation reaches a dead end. The clock is ticking. The two enemies must work together to get baby Evie back alive.

A heart-pounding thriller you won’t be able to put down. Perfect for fans of Helen H. Durrant, Charlie Gallagher, Angela Marsons, DS Butler, Carol Wyer and Rachel Abbott.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT A QUESTION OF DESPAIR:
“Crisply written with an electric pace – this story won’t soon leave you.” Library Journal

“The story is very carefully crafted with many twists and turns . . . Keeps the reader guessing.” E.R.

“Maureen Carter has put together a moving and brilliant plot.” Kay R.

MEET DI SARAH QUINN
DI Sarah Quinn is a career police office dedicated to the job — and the rule book. In her relentless pursuit of hardened criminals, she’s ice-cold, cucumber-calm and extremely driven. Is it any wonder colleagues call her the Ice Queen — though not often to her face? But, like icebergs, Sarah Quinn has hidden depths and a job with hidden dangers.

THE SETTING
The vibrant, buzzing, diverse city of Birmingham provides the setting for the Sarah Quinn crime novels. The DI’s patch covers everything from council housing to opulent enclaves, high rise flats to sleepy suburbs and sleazy back streets. The UK’s second city boasts more canal miles than Venice and more parks than Paris. Wherever crime breaks out, DI Quinn is on the case and on the criminal’s trail . . .

THE AUTHOR
MAUREEN CARTER is a former BBC TV news journalist, presenter and producer. Her background in journalism informs and influences all her work. The DI Sarah Quinn series explores the relationship between the police and the media, and focuses on the type of crimes that make front-page. She lives in Birmingham, where her books are set.

NEW RELEASE: DARK COUNTRY BY T.J. BREARTON

 We’re thrilled to bring you a bargain box set from a bestselling author. DARK COUNTRY by 

T.J. Brearton is out now, only 99p / 99c!

GET FIVE PULSE-RACING CRIME THRILLERS IN ONE BARGAIN BOX SET.

PRAISE FOR THE BESTSELLING BOOKS

“So good, I couldn’t just read a chapter a night!” Amanda

“A great thriller with real emotional punch, and a twist that you will not see coming until the satisfying denouement. Very enjoyable.” J. Rooney

“Fantastic read with brilliant characters” Sue Wallace

Grab FIVE gripping thrillers for only 99p / 99p. Available at 90% off for a limited time. An unmissable offer for launch.

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GET **FIVE** HEART-POUNDING CRIME THRILLERS IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOKS

“A great thriller with real emotional punch, and a twist that you will not see coming until the satisfying denouement. Very enjoyable.” J. Rooney

“A delightful, perfect book with smart themes, fantastic emotional character development, and a realistic family dynamic.” Jack

“Brilliantly written! Kept me gripped till the end.” Sue Anderson

“Fantastic read with brilliant characters” Sue Wallace

“Kept me enthralled throughout.” Kim

“So good, I couldn’t just read a chapter a night! Good characters and intriguing right to the end.” Amanda

IN THIS FIVE-BOOK BOX SET:

BOOK 1: DARK WEB
Who killed a teenager and left the body in the snow?
Mike and Callie Simpkins moved north to restart their lives and get their finances back on track. But their son Braxton withdraws into a dark online world. When he decides to meet some of the players in the real world, tragedy strikes, and the family is torn apart.

BOOK 2: DARK KILLS
A killer targets female college students. Only Detective Dana Gates can stop them. Despite her questionable past, she’s a dedicated, by-the-book investigator. But with a serial killer tearing through campus, everything she knows is about to change.

BOOK 3: GONE
How can an entire family disappear into thin air? Where have the Hutchinsons and their kids gone? An abandoned teddy, a half-drunk glass of wine and a missing PC are the only clues. Detective Rondeau doesn’t think they left by choice. What are their abductors trying to hide?

BOOK 4: THE HUSBANDS
He kills their wives. Then he comes after the husbands. “Do you want to know who killed your wife?” he asks. Kelly Roth, FBI profiler, returns home to Syracuse to stop a sadistic serial killer. But how far will she go to uncover the truth?

BOOK 5: WHEN HE VANISHED
Jane Gable comes home to find her husband gone. His abandoned car is found and the police draw their own conclusions. Suspicion falls on Jane. Desperate, she begins investigating on her own. Is she being framed? Can she even trust herself? How far will she go to save her family?

THE SETTING
Rugged mountains. Cold winters. Danger hidden among the small towns. The North County is a remote, naturally beautiful region of New York State which features many lakes, rivers, and mountains. It’s home to some of the richest and poorest people in the state. Hard-working families struggle through brutally cold winters and the affluent build second houses by the pristine lakes. But what dark secrets lurk beneath the icy beauty?

PERFECT FOR FANS OF JEFFERY DEAVER, ROBERT BRYNDZA, LISA UNGER, DK HOOD, LISA REGAN OR GREGG OLSEN.

Don’t miss out on this acclaimed collection of unputdownable mysteries! YOU GET ALL FIVE OF THE ABOVE BOOKS IN THIS EDITION.

ALSO BY T.J. BREARTON
THE TITAN SERIES
Book 1: HABIT
Book 2: SURVIVORS
Book 3: DAYBREAK
Book 4: BLACK SOUL

SPECIAL AGENT TOM LANGE SERIES
Book 1: DEAD GONE
Book 2: TRUTH OR DEAD
Book 3: DEAD OR ALIVE

NEW RELEASE: CHAIN REACTION BY BILL KITSON

 We’re thrilled to bring you CHAIN REACTION by Bill Kitson. Out now at half price for a limited

time, get this breathtaking crime thriller from a bestselling author today.

TWO SEVERED FINGERS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.

Detective Mike Nash is back to uncover the grisly goings-on at the Harland Estate.

PRAISE FOR BILL KITSON
“Mike Nash is a great creation.” Shotsmag, Ron Ellis

‘‘An author who has expertly carved himself a niche in the crime thriller marketplace . . . he knows how to twist the corkscrew.” Scarborough Evening News

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Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .

Two severed fingers are discovered by workmen at the Boar’s Head hotel.

It looks like they’ve been there some time . . .

Detective Mike Nash must find out what grisly goings-on took place at the ivy-clad, upmarket hotel on the Harland Estate.

ARE THEY CONNECTED TO A SPATE OF BRUTAL MUGGINGS IN HELMSDALE?

Then local women start going missing, and the heat is on for Nash and his team.

Who is terrorizing this quiet market town?

A BREATHTAKING CRIME THRILLER PERFECT FOR FANS OF IAN RANKIN, JD KIRK, DS BUTLER or PETER ROBINSON.

PRAISE FOR BILL KITSON

“The author’s writing style grabbed my attention from the first page until the last page.” Anna

“Mike Nash is a great creation.” Shotsmag, Ron Ellis

‘‘An author who has expertly carved himself a niche in the crime thriller marketplace . . . he knows how to twist the corkscrew.” Scarborough Evening News

MIKE NASH
A highly talented detective, he was a rising star in the Metropolitan Police. Following a particularly gruesome case involving a sadistic serial killer, Nash turns down the chance of promotion and heads back to his native county of Yorkshire. He hopes that returning to his roots will bring peace of mind. However, although the pace of life seems gentler, the crimes prove no less horrific. His skills are tested to the limit by a series of violent crimes that threaten to ruin his plans for a more relaxed lifestyle. Nor is his secret ambition to settle down made any easier by his one weakness, a seemingly unquenchable thirst for female company. That is, until . . . ?

LOCATION
The books are set in a fictional rural North Yorkshire with a scattering of market towns, many small villages and countryside that changes from high moorland with dramatic crags, mountain tarns and sparse vegetation, to the gentler, lush agricultural land lower down the valley that is bisected by the river Helm. The town of Helmsdale is where Mike Nash and his team are based, in a sub-division of their headquarters in the larger town of Netherdale. Further to the west is Bishopton, also part of the hub our detectives cover.

DI MIKE NASH SERIES
Book 1: WHAT LIES BENEATH
Book 2: VANISH WITHOUT TRACE
Book 3: PLAYING WITH FIRE
Book 4: KILLING CHRISTMAS
Book 5: SLASH KILLER
Book 6: ALONE WITH A KILLER
Book 7: BLOOD DIAMOND
Book 8: DEAD & GONE
Book 9: HIDE & SEEK
Book 10: RUNNING SCARED
Book 11: THE BLEEDING HEART KILLER
Book 12: CHAIN REACTION
 

NEW RELEASE: A VOW OF SILENCE BY VERONICA BLACK

Are you completely hooked on Black Narcissus? 

Then we have just the book for you, A VOW OF SILENCE by Veronica Black is out now!

The sisters at this lonely convent share a chilling secret . . . Sister Sophia is dead.

One nun is dead.
Another disappears.

A mysterious letter from a dying nun is sent to the prioress, and Sister Joan is sent to the convent to investigate.

Discover a brand-new mystery series and meet the rebel nun who is dead set on discovering the truth in A VOW OF SILENCE.

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DISCOVER A DRAMATIC NEW MYSTERY SERIES SET IN A CORNWALL CONVENT

“Outstanding” Publishers Weekly

1988. Order of the Daughters of Compassion, Bodmin.

The sisters at a lonely Cornwall convent share a chilling secret they cannot confess . . . Sister Sophia is dead.

One nun is dead.
Another disappears.
And a mysterious last letter from a dying nun is sent to the prioress.

Sister Joan has faced her own demons. Now she is sent to the convent to investigate, as well as teach the local children.

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE NUNS?

There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken?

MEET SISTER JOAN, A REBEL NUN WHO VOWS TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH.

PERFECT FOR FANS OF BLACK NARCISSUS, DAPHNE DU MAURIER, MARGARET FRAZER, ELLIS PETERS or CORA HARRISON.

What readers are saying about A Vow of Silence:

“Found myself turning the pages quicker and quicker to find out what was really going on in the convent. I liked Sister Joan herself and found the author really brought the other nuns to life.” D

“I was stunned by the quality of her writing, and loved the characterisations. Sister Joan captured me at once, and the mystery was as entertaining as I could wish.” Elizabeth

“I really enjoyed this story. It had me gripped and I couldn’t guess what was coming next.” Helen

THE DETECTIVE
Sister Joan is thirty-five and a natural rebel. Coming late to her vocation, she still remembers life outside the convent. But having left behind her lover to serve God, she is now committed to her path. When her Mother Superior sends her to the Cornwall House, her loyalties are split — but she knows her ultimate duty is to the truth.

THE SETTING
The bleak, misty loneliness of Bodmin provides the backdrop to these novels. The moor stretches away to the horizon and there are patches of pale grass starred with wild flowers with clumps of blackberry and wild gooseberry. Here and there, the low ground dips lower into a narrow valley of bracken. Over the whole moor broods an air of waiting calm. Sister Joan is lucky to have the use of the House’s stable mare, Lilith, to travel to her teaching duties at the local primary school, where she hears local gossip.

SISTER JOAN MYSTERY SERIES
Book 1: A VOW OF SILENCE