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Major Johnny Marshall isn't flying planes over the Pacific any longer. On their seventeenth mission, he and his bomber crew ran out of luck. Johnny and his buddies Tag and Rick made it back home, but Tag and Rick are a little worse for the wear. Johnny has set up shop as a detective in 1944 Los Angeles and everyone knows the war is almost over. After splitting a windfall from an insurance job with his pretty Mexican secretary Juanita, he heads to the beach for a little R&R. But there he meets Susan, who may or may not be as wonderful as she seems. With a need to see Susan again, Johnny ...

It is the summer of 1944. Fresh on the heels of his novel's critical and commercial success, writer Mike McCrea is looking for a quiet and secluded spot for inspiration. On a morning drive along California's coastline he happens upon a charming cottage overlooking the sea. Situated close to an equally charming village, he purchases the seaside cottage for a song, and soon discovers he is not the house's only inhabitant. Thus begins a love story and mystery with ties to this world, and that beyond. Period atmosphere of the War years enhance this nostalgic tale which will touch the heart. Old...

A detective is hired to find out what happened to the wealthy father of a beautiful heiress on a mysterious island called Flowering Cay. Once he arrives at the island just off the coast of Cuba, he encounters rumors of other men mysteriously disappearing. Each man was last seen in the company of a lusciously beautiful woman named Havana. Her ability to enchant is exceeded only by the islanders' fear of her. This modern homage to the spicy pulp adventures of old, specifically those with a weird menace vibe, is great fun for fans of the half-penny-a-word pulp magazines of yesteryear.

Choosing to settle in Miami once the war ends because of his buddy Pete, and a brief but enchanting encounter with Veronica Lake, newspaper reporter Ed Sanderson can't believe his eyes when on a rainy night in the land where flamingos fly, he spots the Mystery Girl. She was the only witness to a mob boss's murder which took place before the war. Ed calls his gal-pal in Chicago, Anne Jeffries, whose photo he carried in his wallet on every flight over the Pacific. Soon Ed, Anne, Pete and his hot little debutante wife, Kelly, are onto a story that might get them all killed.

Haunted by what happened in a leafy glade outside a small town in Indiana, a paroled man returns by train nine years later to discover who killed the girl of his youthful dreams, then framed him for her murder. A small town, a baseball hero and his sister, and a secret no one knows leads to a shattering conclusion in this atmospheric, old-fashioned Noir Shot entry set during the 1940s.

As a boy, Wyn Witcomb watches helplessly as his parents are killed during a deadly raid on their homestead. His sister Marly strikes a terrible bargain with the raiders' leader to save him, and he dedicates his life to finding her. Bringing frontier justice to the men who altered the course of his life one by one until he finds their elusive leader, and his sister, he becomes known as the Ghost Rider. Filled with beauty and complexity, with plenty of action for western fans, The Wild Country is a rip-roaring tale in the best tradition of legends told over a campfire. A classic western, ...

Halloween is growing near, and Matt's buddy Ray, already spooked by strange noises in the morgue, insists the old mansion down the street from Edna's is haunted. When Matt also sees a girl standing at the window of the abandoned old mansion, plans are made for a ghost hunt! With Stacy on her way into town for Halloween, bringing with her some very alluring costumes for her best friend LeAnn and herself, there is sure to be more than a little fun mixed in with the chills! Taking place after The Velvet Sea but before The Tender Shore, this is a fun holiday treat for fans of this unique series.

The most deeply felt Seth Halliday novel yet begins when Sonny and Seth come across a massacre in the Florida Everglades. But there is also Harry’s missing granddaughter to deal with, which turns into a twisted tale of modern times. The complex and involving novel moves from the Florida Everglades to Key West, Dubrovnik, Las Vegas, Arizona, Paris, Savannah, Georgia, and finally to the Yucatan for a violent and primitive confrontation in the jungle. The complex and involving narrative has an underscore about personal damage and love, and how the two can never be disentangled, not even by ...

A WWII soldier returns to his small town in Upstate New York with no memory of his past. Someone is following him and he doesn't know why. Once he arrives at a home he can't remember, he discovers two very different women appear to have designs on him. Shadowed by a mysterious stranger, and romantically confused, he must make his way through the dark corridors in his mind and remember, before it's too late...

Traveling late at night on an abandoned Illinois backroad during a terrible storm, a man has a close brush with tragedy. Relief turns to fear when hours later, morning doesn't arrive. Trapped in an endless night he travels on these lonely stormy backroads recalling the betrayal which sent him cross-country, and wondering if the girl in the rain who saved him from a certain death was actually real...

Three stories of mystery, crime and romance set during the 1940s. Each thrilling crime mystery reads like a classic black and white film of the era. Dedicated to the memory of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, Silver Screen Dreams contains Beautiful Detour, Where Flamingos Fly, and Nightside, for a delicious and nostalgic stroll down memory lane.

From the creator of Matt Ransom comes his latest hero, Seth Halliday, a tarnished white knight who metes out justice on his own terms in The Turquoise Shroud. Seth is a former Miami detective who shattered the image he once had of himself as one of the good guys, and has been coming to terms with who he is now. Docking in Cozumel with his old pal, Harry, a drunk who knows more than a little about regret, the island paradise seems the perfect spot. But when a young girl named Nancy walks into their lives only to be cruelly ripped away, Seth puts on the tarnished armor to find out who ...

Matt and his wife LeAnn are confronted by a terrible murder on the eve of the ARW going online in New Chicago. Hours later, more murders occur. Matt must discover the connection between the brutal crimes being committed in New Chicago and Maria's disappearance in Rio de Janeiro. As great changes begin to take place in Matt's life and the lives of his friends, he must travel from New Chicago to West Palm Beach, Florida, and finally South Carolina in this swiftly moving tale of murder and madness with startling revelations. A beautiful but amoral CR and a sexy Cherry 6 both play roles in this...

A young man made good returns to the small town where he grew up and his life changes forever in this emotionally naked and beautiful story of going home again. Darcy Kendrick, the nicest girl in town and once the head cheerleader in high school, is no longer the pride of Shafter, but its greatest disappointment and shame. But to Billy Ballard, who sees beyond the surface down into Darcy's lovely heart, she is still the same wonderful girl he adored from afar all those years ago. Seeking her out as the small town around him shuns her, Billy will have to love Darcy more completely than most ...

Nautica City is an idyllic beachfront town along the California coast during the 1960s. The laid-back lifestyle of surfing, fast cars, girls in bikinis and music leads Sheriff Jack Riker to believe he has the best job in the world. With no crime to speak of and a girl he's just met on the beach who may be the love of his life, life couldn't be sweeter. But then the owner of the Nautica Beach Gazette is murdered. With no official deputies in the small seaside town, Jack enlists the aid of locals Boogie, Davy, Mike and Cassie to help search for a supposedly dead hot-rodder. But Jack and the ...

Civil Regulator Matt Ransom and his wife LeAnn are years removed from the world-changing revelations of The Velvet Sea. Those events tested their love and made it stronger than before. But not everyone involved in the unraveling of the crime at the heart of The Velvet Sea has fared as well. The Tender Shore finds Stacy adrift when her world is shattered by an assassin while on vacation in Mexico with Matt and LeAnn. Matt's investigation into what's really behind it all will take him from Mexico to Miami, and finally Brazil, as he discovers the fallout from the conspiracy uncovered in Paris ...

Down every rural road and in every small country town there is an old-fashioned noir story waiting to take place. Whether it’s California, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, or lonely eastern Nebraska, peril paints these byways. Down Every Road contains State Route 43, Last Semester, Nebraska, Galveston and Endless Night for five gritty and unforgettable tales of old-fashioned noir.

The morally complex and emotionally beautiful Sapphire Sea took the Matt Ransom series to new frontiers, reshaping the sensual and complex world while fulfilling all the promise suggested in the series’ lean and sexy inaugural entry, The Velvet Sea. If readers were expecting the follow-up to The Sapphire Sea to be a letdown after the series’ most emotionally powerful entry, they can be forgiven. It was difficult to imagine where this series could go from where we last left our favorite bio-organic and his sensually close group of friends, especially after such devastating losses. Yet ...

With its sexy mix of thrilling action and tangible sensuality, and a willingness to tackle subjects such as abuse and incest, suicide and faith within an entertaining sci-fi/mystery series often focused on global conspiracies in a world devoid of real love, The Sapphire Sea might just be the finest and most entertaining entry yet in the Matt Ransom canon. Big and sprawling — there are over thirty pivotal and recurring characters — yet almost uncomfortably intimate at times, the world of Matt Ransom is both intoxicating and addictive. By the seventh entry the world of Matt Ransom had ...

The Gentle Tide is a pivotal moment in this most unique series. While its riveting mix of sensuality, mystery and dystopia pulled readers into this world in enthralling fashion, The Gentle Tide began widening in scope the mythology of the series. Matt has regained the part of himself lost after Rio, but then he sees a ghost from Paris in the rain. He begins searching for answers as to how a woman who died in a way which haunts his dreams could actually be alive. What Matt and his new friends uncover is a perversion so twisted, that even the dead are not safe. For someone Matt loves very ...