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Dead and Gone
A Collection of 13 Serial Killer Mysteries and Thrillers
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Sometimes, death is only the beginning…
In this bold new anthology of 13 serial killer books, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestselling authors bring a chilling boxed set filled with murder mysteries, crime fiction, suspense and thrillers with many twists and turns.
Stories that range from amateur sleuths to seasoned police detectives with strong female characters, a rising body count, and victims found with the serial killers’ calling cards.
Can these killers be stopped?
>>>13 serial killer stories…because one is never enough.
This set includes stories from:
Allan Leverone, New York Times Bestselling Author, USA Today Bestselling Author, and Kindle Scout Winner
Judith Lucci, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, USA Today Bestselling Author, and Multiple gold medal recipient of Reader Favorites.
J. J. Cagney, USA Today Bestselling Author and Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018
Fiona Quinn, USA Today Bestselling Author, Kindle Scout Winner
Chris Patchell, USA Today Bestselling Author, Kindle Scout Winner
Inge-Lise Goss, USA Today Bestselling Author
Steve Vincent, USA Today Bestselling Author
Rob Blackwell, Kindle Scout Winner, Amazon Bestseller
Steve Gannon, Kindle Scout Winner, and International Bestselling Author
Kerry J. Donovan, International Bestselling Author
Jane Blythe, Amazon Bestselling Author
Tina Glasneck, USA Today Bestselling Author
Terry Keys,USA Today Bestselling Author
Angels Cry
Spark Before Dying Book 1
Author: Tina Glasneck
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Nowhere is safe in this dark suspense by USA TODAY bestselling author Tina Glasneck.
The city is plagued by a heroin epidemic and women are disappearing without a trace. Everyone knows the Brotherhood Syndicate is behind it, but they never leave any blatant evidence.
Undercover cop Peter Lazarus is tasked to find the smoking gun to cripple them. He's on the verge of success when his two worlds collide and threaten the entire mission when his estranged wife appears and is working with them -- a wife the Brotherhood will gladly use against him, if they learn the truth.
Now, this case is no longer just an assignment. He's fighting against time and for family. This investigation will test everything he's worked for and what he's made of. The consequences for failing could be dire. He could lose more than his badge, but also his very life.
Author: Tina Glasneck
Author Genre: Mystery, Suspense, & Thrillers, Paranormal Romance & Fantasy Rom, Crime Fiction
Website: Tina Glasneck
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Tina Glasneck is a USA Today bestselling author of fantasy, myth, magic and murder. She enjoys creating fantastical tales starring Norse gods, like Loki, Thor, Odin and Freyja, dragons, and magic. When she is not researching mythological creatures, legends and folklore, she can be found discussing time travel, alternate history, and the epicness of all things dragons. One day she hopes to travel to Asgard and see what all the fuss is about.
Tina is described as a "must read" by her fans, who say that "history seems to come alive as nothing in the past did for me before," and "holy cow, I cannot wait to read the rest of her books." Each book is a "fantastic story filled with history, mystery, wonder and time travel,"are "dense with character, detail, action, emotion, intrigue," and are "one journey you don't want to miss!" Her readers agree: "I was pulled into this story so fast, and so deeply, that I forgot I was reading. I forgot everything around me and sank into the world that Tina Glasneck has created."
Relic
Uncommon Enemies Book 2
Author: Fiona Quinn
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Brian is ex-special forces, working for a security group that only hires the best of the best. His job is fueled by danger and adrenaline, and he loves every minute of it. At least he did up until this minute. When Sophia walks into their briefing room, Brian’s heart stops.
Sophia is the woman who spun his world and stole his heart then disappeared from his life.
Now, she needs protection. Sophia is fighting to safeguard Syrian relics from being stolen and sold into private collections by terrorists.
Her colleagues are being kidnapped and killed.
But the FBI doesn’t believe all is as it seems with Sophia. The Bureau thinks she's helping to sell conflict relics, funding terror, and putting America and her allies at risk.
This case will test Brian’s conviction, honor, and courage. Brian loves Sophia deeply, but which will win the war, his heart or his sense of duty? Click the button and join in the action adveture!
Author: Fiona Quinn
Author Genre: Suspense, Romance, Mystery
Website: Fiona Quinn
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Twitter: @FionaQuinnBooks
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Fiona Quinn is a four-time USA Today bestselling author, a Kindle Scout winner, and has been listed as an Amazon Top 100 author in: Romantic Suspense; Mystery, thriller, and suspense; Mysteries, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
Quinn writes suspense in her Iniquus World of books including: Lynx, Strike Force, Uncommon Enemies, Kate Hamilton Mysteries, and FBI Joint Task Force Series.
She writes urban fantasy as Fiona Angelica Quinn for her Elemental Witches Series
And, just for fun, she writes the Badge Bunny Booze Mystery Collection with her dear friend, Tina Glasneck.
Canadian born, Quinn is now rooted in the Old Dominion where she lives with her husband and children. There, she pops chocolates, devours books, and taps continuously on her laptop with Little Bear sleeping near her feet.?
The Imposter
Second Book in the Alexandra Destephano Medical Thriller Series
Author: Judith Lucci
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From the Queen of New Orleans Medical Thrillers...
LIFE IS NOT EASY IN THE BIG EASY
It is hotter than hell in New Orleans and newly promoted Police Commander Jack Francoise is battling horrific crime in the Vieux Carre. At the Psychiatric Pavilion, nurses are doling out Thorazine Slurpees to the criminally insane and viciously psychotic patients in the South. Alexandra Destephano, legal counsel for the hospital is troubled by safety issues and is working hard to protect patients and staff. The violence escalates and brutal beatings and murder becomethe order of the day as life in the Big Easy becomes Uneasy.
Author: Judith Lucci
Author Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Website: Judith Lucci
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Twitter: @JudithLucci
E-Mail: JudithLucciWrites@gmail.com
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Judith Lucci is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Best Selling author who loves to kill people - which is totally opposite what she's spent her life doing. "I love to think of heinous ways to dispose of people - sometimes a lot of people- but it must be creative. I don't use guns very often but rather rely on my medical background and research to figure out the best way to get the job done. Bullets are just too easy. I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a ball trying to figure out why someone who spent her life caring for people and saving lives, now spends hours each day in the creative pursuit of murder."
Dr. Lucci is a Gold Medal Winner for Best Sleuth 2017 for The Case of Dr. Dude, the first book in the Michaela McPherson Series and another Gold Medal for Best Political Thriller in 2017 for Viral Intent, the third book in the Alexandra Destephano medical thriller series. Her third Michaela McPherson mystery won a silver medal in 2018 for Best Sleuth. She's has contributed to numerous anthologies, some of which are currently available on Amazon. She has recently claimed the prestigious status of a Wall Street Journal best selling author. She is also a USA Today best selling author. Her Cozy Mystery series, Artsy Chicks, is set at Massanutten Resort in the Virginia mountains where she and several other artists and the local medical examiner, solve mysteries of deaths that occur at the resort.
Lucci's thrillers are a fast-paced, riveting reads that offer readers believable drama, memorable characters and true suspense. Her books are described as 'unputdownable."
Judith was born and educated in Virginia where she holds graduate and doctoral degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. She is also the author of numerous academic and health-related articles and documents.
Deadly Lies
The Jill Shannon Murder Series Book 1
Author: Chris Patchell
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Hurt Jill Shannon once, shame on you. Hurt Jill Shannon twice, and she'll bury you six feet under.
After running fast and far from her painful childhood, Jill Shannon has made it. She has a successful career and is married to Detective Alex Shannon. Together they live out what seems to be a perfect life in Seattle.
The vow she made as a teenager to never again be a victim lies dormant—until one day a reporter lures her to his hotel room under the pretense of an interview—and suddenly it all comes rushing back.
Jill seeks revenge on the reporter, triggering a series of events that leads Jill down a wormhole of retribution, forcing her to spin an ever-widening web of lies.
Meanwhile, Alex is on the case of a series of murders that began as cyber relationships. There seems to be a familiar fingerprint on these crimes, but Alex refuses to believe that the murderer could be so close to him.
Author: Chris Patchell
Author Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
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Twitter: @chris_patchell
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Chris Patchell is the award-winning, USA Today Bestselling author of five novels. A former tech worker turned full-time author, Chris Patchell pens suspense novels set in the Pacific Northwest.
Her novels have been praised by Kevin O'Brien and Robert Dugoni, and her rich complex plot lines and well-drawn characters will keep you turning pages well into the night. When she's not writing books or watching football, Chris is hanging out with her husband, kids, and two crazy dogs.
A Soul To Steal
The Sanheim Chronicles Book 1
Author: Rob Blackwell
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A serial killer on the loose, two reporters in his sights, and a legendary ghost haunting the town...
Lord Halloween, a vicious murderer who targeted Loudoun County, Va., twelve years ago, has returned. Quinn and Kate, two community journalists, race to uncover his identity before a promised bloodbath on Halloween. But to stop him, they may unleash a far darker threat -- and pay an unimaginable price.
Author: Rob Blackwell
Author Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Twitter: @robblackwellAB
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Rob is an award-winning journalist with 17 years' experience, and the author of The Sanheim Chronicles and The Soren Chase novels, two series that combine urban fantasy, mystery and suspense.
His first novel, A Soul to Steal, was featured on USA Today and praised by book bloggers and readers alike for its great plot and "fantastic ending." Many of his other books have been Kindle bestsellers.
As a journalist, Rob has won several Virginia Press Association awards and has been the co-winner of two Jesse H. Neal awards for business journalism. In 2017, he was also awarded the prestigious Tim White Award for Editorial Integrity, which recognizes a journalist "whose work demonstrates extraordinary courage, integrity and passion."
He has appeared several times on various media outlets, including NPR, BBC, Fox Business, CNBC and C-Span.
Rob lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.
Facing the Past
Author: J. J. Cagney
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A childhood tragedy. An unsolved murder. In the quest to rewrite her family’s past, Danielle Patterson could lose her future.
After her mother’s sudden death, a Dallas housewife struggles to hold her young family together…especially after Danielle Patterson uncovers a dark secret that shatters her reality. Determined to bring her brother’s killer to justice, Danielle picks up exactly where her late mother left off. All too soon, her reckless pursuit proves Danielle—and her mother—knew the killer.
Author: J. J. Cagney/Alexa Padgett
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Fantasy
Website: Alexa Padgett
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Twitter: @AlexaPadgett
E-Mail: alexa@alexapadgett.com
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J. J. Cagney is the mystery/thriller pen name of USA Today bestselling author Alexa Padgett. Her debut mystery, A Pilgrimage of Death, was named to Kirkus Reviews' 100 Best Books of 2018 and Goodreads Best Mysteries of the 2010s.
Cagney holds a bachelor's in international marketing and spent part of her twenties as the marketing director for an elite sports management firm. And, yes, she did her requisite stint with a dotcom back in the that early 2000s, first as a marketing coordinator and then as a content manager. She's penned work for a variety of websites and magazines, and she worked as a literary agent for Irene Webb Literary.
She lives in northern New Mexico with her husband, children, about a million fish, and their Great Pyrenees, Ash. Kirkus Reviews called Cagney's latest mystery, An Artifact of Death, "An exhilarating entry in a thoroughly enjoyable series."
Kane: Blood Moon
A Kane Novel Book 6
Author: Steve Gannon
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A serial kidnapper. A maverick LAPD police detective. In Kane: Blood Moon, Detective Daniel Kane embarks on the most chilling case of his career. Another woman is missing, and time is running out …
Author: Steve Gannon
Author Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Science Fiction
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Twitter: @SGannonAuthor
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STEVE GANNON is the author of the bestselling Kane Novels, including "A Song for the Asking," first published by Bantam Books. Gannon divides his time between Italy and Idaho, living in two of the most beautiful places on earth. In Idaho he spends his days skiing, whitewater kayaking, and writing. In Italy Gannon also continues to write, while enjoying the Italian people, food, history, culture, and learning the Italian language. He is married to concert pianist Susan Spelius Gannon.
The DCI Jones Casebook: Ellis Flynn
Author: Kerry J. Donovan
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An empathetic detective and his Swedish-born colleague hunt for the abductors of a teenage schoolgirl—a police procedural set in England and France.
When fourteen-year-old Hollie Jardine fails to return home from school, her terrified parents call the police.
It doesn’t take veteran detective, DCI David Jones, head of the Midlands Police Serious Crime Unit, long to discover a link between Hollie and convicted sex-offender, Ellis Flynn.
With Hollie's chances of survival fading, Jones and his colleague Alex Olganski risk their careers when they ignore protocol to follow Flynn’s trail across the Channel into France.
What they discover in an idyllic backwater will stretch Jones' detection skills to the limit, and Alex's loyalty to heartbreak.
Author: Kerry J. Donovan
Author Genre: Crime, Suspense, Thriller
Website: Kerry J Donovan
Author's Blog: Kerry J Donovan
Twitter: @KerryJDonovan
E-Mail: news@kerryjdonovan.com
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#1 International Best Seller with his action thriller, Ryan Kaine: On the Run, Kerry J Donovan was born in Dublin. A citizen of the world, he now lives in the heart of rural Brittany with his wonderful wife, Jan. They have three children and four grandchildren, all of whom live in England. An absentee granddad, Kerry is hugely grateful for the development of video calling.
The cottage is a pet free zone (apart from the field mice, moles, and a family of red squirrels).
The Tegen Cave
Author: Inge-Lise Goss
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After running from her boyfriend's powerful organized crime family, Sara Jones starts a new life in a new town. But when people around her start dying from poisonous spider bites after she receives a mysterious package with a spider concealed inside, she worries that the family has found her. Life takes an even more bizarre turn when she seems to be not only immune to the spider venom, but also surrounded by a sinister group of people using spiders to incapacitate their prey. Even her new boyfriend starts acting suspiciously. Just who can she trust?
Then to make matters worse Sara's twenty-fifth birthday approaches, and her dark heritage begins to emerge. She is forced to make a life-or-death decision. And somehow, she must find a way to deal with the crime family.
Author: Inge-Lise Goss
Author Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Mystery
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Inge-Lise Goss, a multi-award winning author, was born in Denmark, raised in Utah, and now lives in the foothills of Red Rock Canyon with her husband and their dog, Ted. She spends most of her time in her den writing stories. There, with her muse by her side, her imagination has no boundaries, and her dreams come alive. When she's not pounding away on the keyboard, she can be found reading, rowing, or trying to perfect her golf game, which she fears is a lost cause.
Mr. Midnight
Author: Allan Leverone
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Given up for adoption just hours after her birth, thirty-year-old Caitlyn Connelly has longed her entire life to uncover her family history. Subject to bizarre and inexplicable visions, Cait is desperate to learn whether her biological mother can provide any insight as to the origin of her unusual ability.
When a local investigator learns Cait was born in a Boston suburb, the Tampa lawyer wastes no time booking a flight to the East Coast. In Boston, with the city under siege by a killer known as "Mr. Midnight," Cait's visions intensify, morphing from merely annoying to graphic and terrifying.
Worse, Cait begins to realize she shares a strange psychic connection with the depraved sociopath; a connection that may just get her killed.
As Cait and the murderer are drawn inexorably toward a violent confrontation, unraveling a decades-old mystery might be the only thing that prevents her from becoming the next victim...of Mr. Midnight.
Author: Allan Leverone
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Horror
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E-Mail: allan@allanleverone.com
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Allan Leverone is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly twenty novels, and a Derringer Award winner for excellence in short mystery fiction. His chilling novel, MR. MIDNIGHT, was included in Suspense Magazine's "Best Books of 2013" issue.
Allan lives in New Hampshire with his wife Sue, three grown children, and two beautiful grandchildren.
Eyes On You
A Psychological Thriller
Author: Steve P. Vincent
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If you want something badly, you’ll tear apart anyone who stands in your way.
Ashley Wheeler is hiding from her past. The only thing keeping her going is the love of her daughter, Lucy, who Ashley will risk everything to win back from her husband.
While she chases after her daughter, Ashley becomes the plaything of a killer she doesn’t know exists and a cop who’s happy to use her to get what he wants.
As their fates intertwine, Ashley will find out that indulging your obsession can put you on a collision course with others.
Author: Steve P. Vincent
Author Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Crime
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Twitter: @stevepvincent
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Steve P. Vincent is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Jack Emery and Mitch Herron conspiracy thriller series.
Steve has a degree in political science, a thesis on global terrorism, a decade as a policy advisor and training from the FBI and Australian Army in his conspiracy kit bag.
When he's not writing, Steve enjoys whisky, sports and dreaming up ever more elaborate conspiracy theories. Oh, and travel. He's travelled extensively through Europe, the United States and Asia.
Chained Guilt
David Porter Mystery #1
Author: Terry Keys
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Love is blind and lust is too...
Detective David Porter had just closed the file on his latest serial killer case when horrific murders with the same MO start happening in and around Houston. A fifteen-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, Porter was one of the best serial killer detectives in the country, his talents known worldwide. The recently promoted officer couldn’t ask for much more. He was husband to one of the hottest women on the planet, former-model-turned-news-anchor Miranda Porter. He also had two beautiful daughters. Yes, life was good . . . or so it seemed.
A cunning serial killer was on the prowl, brutally killing every child he could get his hands on. Porter was hot on his trail, but the killer was an expert – no mistakes. A late night of work, a storm and a car accident would lead David head first into another case – a kidnapping – and this time it was personal. Could there be a connection between the two? David was staring face-first down the barrel of both cases and time was running out.
Does Detective Porter have what it takes to bring these criminals to justice and solve they mystery? Will the good life he once enjoyed elude him forever? Only time will tell.
Detective David Porter is a former Army Ranger and a leading criminal profiler specializing in serial killers. He works for the Houston Police Department and lives just south of Houston with his wife Miranda and their two daughters.
Author: Terry Keys
Author Genre: Crime, Fiction, Suspense
Website: Terry Keys
Twitter: @tkeys15
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USA TODAY Bestselling author Terry Keys is an award winning novelist, songwriter, and poet. His first novel 'Chained Guilt' won the NIEA Thriller of the year award. A native of Rosharon, Texas, Keys spends his free time reading, hunting, fishing, and working out. He lives in Dickinson, Texas, with his wife and two children.
Beauty, the Beast, and the Library
Author: Jane Blythe
He kills with the veracity of a beast Sydney Carriere lost her husband in a fire five years ago and is finally in a place where she is ready to move on. Only so far she hasn’t found anyone she can see herself sharing her life with. Then a monster from her past comes crashing into her present, and although she finds herself in a fight for survival she just might also find her second soul mate.
Detective Dante Delamarre has also lost a lot; it’s made him cold, hard, and obsessed with hunting serial killers. His whole life revolves around his job, and while searching for a killer who seems to think he’s a beast, he meets a woman who shines a tiny ray of light into the darkness inside of him. When the killer throws the two of them together, they’ll have to rely on one another if they want a chance to see if they could fall in love.
Author: Jane Blythe
Author Genre: Romantic Mysteries, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Thrillers
Website: Jane Blythe
Twitter: @jblytheauthor
E-Mail: janeblytheauthor@gmail.com
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Jane has loved reading and writing since she can remember. She writes dark and disturbing crime/mystery/suspense with some romance thrown in because, well, who doesn't love romance?! She has several series including the complete Detective Parker Bell series, the Count to Ten series, the Christmas Romantic Suspense series, and the Flashes of Fate series of novelettes.
When she's not writing Jane loves to read, bake, go to the beach, ski, horse ride, and watch Disney movies. She has a black belt in Taekwondo, a 200+ collection of teddy bears, and her favorite color is pink. She has the world's two most sweet and pretty Dalmatians, Ivory and Pearl. Oh, and she also enjoys spending time with family and friends!
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