The Long Shadow of Murder by Eleanor Kuhns

The Long Shadow of Murder is an amateur sleuth mystery. Seven children—soon to be eight—and a large farm keeps Will Rees busy, but he still has time for murder. A visitor to Durham, Maine is missing. Rees and Rouge, the tavern owner and constable, find the man’s body in a valley outside of town with his wallet and his jewelry intact. Then the search is on in Durham and the nearby Shaker community of Zion. When another body is found and then a third, the question is what connects the victims and will lead to a killer.

Bottom line: The Long Shadow of Murder is for you if you like whodunnit mysteries immersed in historical fiction.

Silent Killer by Tracy Burnett & Ross Weiland

Silent Killer is a suspense thriller. Special Agent Gordon Stone with the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigation is on loan to a terrorism joint task force led by the FBI. After weeks of being relegated to grunt tasks, he’s finally got his own case and it’s in his field of expertise—wholesale food. His subject is Jummal Adeyami, vice president of a grocery chain who is exhibiting behavior odd enough to send up red flags on the terror watch. While Stone is ordered to shut the investigation down, he’s sure there’s more to the story. Is it enough to save him from insubordination charges? There’s only one way to find out.

Bottom line: Silent Killer is for you if you like intellectual thrillers where answers aren’t as simple as black and white.

Mild Manner Men by Walter Horsting

Mild Mannered Men is a crime thriller. It’s 1999 and a small group of international players quietly have the wheels in motion to disrupt the micro-chip industry. Then, a simple mistake happens. The group’s leader picks up the wrong disc after a video conference and suddenly their secret has the potential to be revealed. As the deal moves forward, a no-holds-barred mission is launched to recover the disc from an innocent man as the FBI and an investigative reporter close in.

Bottom line: Mild Mannered Men is for you if you like your thrillers edgy and high concept.

Whatever It Takes by Alan Brenham

Whatever It Takes is a crime thriller. Fort Worth PD Detective Kit Hanover has worked undercover before, but nothing like this. The FBI has been working to take down a massive money laundering scheme in Las Vegas. Thanks to a mole, their targets are one step ahead of them,  killing two confidential informants. Wanting an experienced law enforcement officer with no connection to Vegas, they turn to Kit. Now she answers to Belle Starr and is a waitress / exotic danger at the Pink Kitten. Her job, infiltrate the organization, find as much evidence as possible, and get out alive.

Bottom line: Whatever It Takes is for you if you like your thrills taut enough to snap

The Conductor by Eva Shaw

Bottom line: The Conductor is for you if you like historical mysteries set against a background of social change of post WWII.

The Conductor is an amateur sleuth mystery. It is 1948. Dr. Beatrix Patterson is a psychiatrist and occasional consultant to the Santa Barbara police. She is called in to investigate the death of railroad executive Grayson Welsh. Described as a bully with wondering hands, there is no shortage of people he crossed words with. Thought to be connected to the railroad union, Bea goes undercover as a conductor to suss out motives and suspects. She uncovers persons of interest in a commune reputed for social liberties, conflicting interests of other conductors, and Welsh’s own private life.

The Everest Enigma by Jeannette De Beauvoir

The Everest Enigma is an adventure / amateur sleuth. Abbie Brandford, PHD is on the adventure of a lifetime accompanying romance novelist Emma Caulfield to Mount Everest’s Base Camp. Abbie’s task is to support Emma’s research for her next book by dive deep into the history of George Mallory, famed mountaineer who died attempting to summit to support. The journey pushes Abbie to her limits physically as it challenges her intellectuals. The danger is real, moreso when rumors, thefts, and death come frightfully close.

Bottom line: The Everest Enigma is for you if you like your adventures tinted with mystery and steeped in history.

All We Buried by Elena Taylor

All We Buried is a police procedural mystery. Sheriff Bet Rivers is the next in a long line of Rivers’ to serve Collier, Washington. On a quiet afternoon, trouble walks into her office in the form of Professor Peter Malone. While conducting research on Lake Collier, he snags the body of a woman wrapped in canvas. First Bet has to figure out who she is and then who killed the young woman and disposed of her body in their lake. Nothing like a challenge for your first homicide investigation.

Bottom line: All We Buried is for you if you like plot driven mysteries with rich settings and strong, quiet heroes

Calypso Blue by Brian Silverman

Calypso Blue is an amateur sleuth mystery. New York transplant Len Buonfiglio carved out a business on the island of St. Pierre with a sports bar. Now the Marine veteran is finding a place in the community as the man people come to when they have problems. Maurizio Loffredo has returned to the island, to the wife he abandoned, and he’s brought trouble. An art investment deal gone sideways, Len agrees to help Maurizio recover stolen merchandise in hopes of squaring the deal. But hope, as they say, is not a strategy.

Bottom line: Calypso Blue is for you if you like amateur sleuths with an island flair

Freedom Drop by Brian Silverman

Freedom Drop is an amateur sleuth mystery. New York transplant Len Buonfiglio carved out a business on the island of St. Pierre with a sports bar. Now the Marine veteran is finding a place in the community as the man people come to when they have problems. With a pot of island stew, Mrs. Johns hires Len to bring her jailed son home. A task that is easier said than done.

Bottom line: Freedom Drop is for you if you like amateur sleuths with an island flair

Someone Had to Lie by Jack Luellen

Someone Had To Lie is a political mystery / thriller. DEA agent Joe Aguilar is dead. His life was taken as talked to his friend, defense attorney James Butler. His last words: “It was bigger than we thought and now we’re in danger.” Now James and his wife, Erica Walsh, are on a perilous quest to find the truth behind Aguilar’s death.

Bottom line: Someone Had To Lie is for you if you like political mysteries told against the backdrop of true crime.