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Packed with twists and dark turns, Maniac presents a riveting tale of family secrets, homicidal justice, and the harrowing message that everyone is capable of murder. Another brutal murder has been committed in Kensington, but detectives Danielle Foster and Carter Dobbs don't understand why they've been assigned the case. The dead man, a professional ballet dancer, wasn't a "special victim," but he was a member of the wealthiest family in Brooklyn. And the killer attempted to disguise the homicide as a badly staged suicide. Lieutenant Martin Franco has been quietly tracking a judge he doesn't trust. When Bobby Campopiano is found hanged to death at the Brooklyn Ballet, Franco pulls strings to get his best S.V.U. detectives on the case. Franco is convinced the dirty judge has taken bribes from the Campopiano crime family. He finally has his shot at taking down the corrupt judge, but only if Danny and Carter can navigate two investigations without coming undone. As Danny teeters on the brink of personal destruction, her own family matters having reached a fever-pitch, she presses into the investigation with everything she's got. Danny and Carter follow perplexing clues that lead deeper into Brooklyn's elite society, and quickly learn that anyone can be bought for the right price. The third installment of The Kensington Killers can only be described as psychological suspense at its finest.

A fast paced thriller with an ending you'll never see coming, Cold Dark Fear is the prequel novella to The Kensington Killers series and can be read as a stand-alone in under four hours. Grab this book before you go to bed -- Prepare to stay up all night to finish it!In Brooklyn's wealthiest zip code, a beat cop responds to a B&E in progress that she expects will be as straightforward as they come. A vacant townhouse. An obvious point of entry. A reliable witness.But when the intruder attacks instead of making a run for it, Officer Danielle Foster has a split second realization: jewelry and silverware aren't the kind of big score he's after, and she'll have to claw her way out of this one if she wants to survive.One bad night, one false move, that's all it takes to get pulled from duty, forced to relinquish badge and gun, a looming psychological evaluation destined to seal her fate. It doesn't take Danny long to understand that like the night gone wrong, nothing about this case is as it seems.Reaching a breaking point of frustration, her anguish turns to anger... and she trades victimhood for vengeance.Now, as she investigates alone and against the warning of the chief of police, the dirty secrets surrounding the case become all too clear, and Danny must risk her career, and life, to expose the face of true deception behind it all.

Brooklyn's grittiest neighborhood delivers another gruesome crime, as a deranged killer holds a little girl hostage.Brooklyn's grittiest neighborhood delivers another gruesome crime to Special Victims Unit detectives Danielle Foster and Carter Dobbs, this time a double homicide that quickly proves to be one of the most complex cases the 66th precinct has ever encountered.The evidence is lacking. No one's talking. But as the killer's perverse motive, stemming from the darkest form of revenge, surfaces one unsettling photo at a time, Danny and Carter understand in an instant they're dealing with a criminal who plays God, devising his own definitions of right and wrong, and inflicting horrific punishments with chilling, religious overtones.And he's also holding a little girl captive.As the case becomes high-profile, the investigation takes Carter into territory that hits dangerously close to home, pushing him beyond his personal limits and drawing him into a disturbingly familiar world connected by child abduction and a past he's worked hard to forget.Meanwhile, Danny finds herself tangled in the knots of a dark, family secret-one with twisted consequences that soon tighten like a noose around her neck-and hunting the killer, whose target shifts onto those closest to Carter, becomes a challenge she can barely face.Carter's very identity is tested as he grapples with issues of conscience and survival in a struggle that pushes him to the very edge of the fine line between cop and criminal, and beyond. He'll need every skill he's learned to defeat his worst nightmare-and the stakes couldn't be higher.

Filled with pulse-pounding intrigue, this detective mystery will keep you guessing until the shocking end.When Detective Danielle Foster returns to the 66th Precinct after a maternity leave gone wrong, the unforeseeable death of her infant son who died of SIDS isn't the only tragedy weighing heavily on her mind. The latest female victim, found naked and brutally bludgeoned to death in the middle of Brooklyn's largest park, stirs in her dark ruminations she can't shake.Recently transferred from Vice as a means to appease his overbearing wife, Detective Carter Dobbs has a lot to prove at the Special Victims Unit, and his new partner, Danny hasn't exactly welcomed him with open arms. As they charge headlong into a puzzling and increasingly disturbing investigation that takes them from picturesque Prospect Park to the seedy underbelly of NYC's modeling world, these brilliant and tireless investigators will stop at nothing to crack the case, even if it means putting their own complicated lives on hold.What seemed at first to be a horrific but impulsive crime proves to have wider implications and soon the full extent of the killer's demented work becomes clear. Suspending hostilities, Danny and Carter barrel ahead in hot pursuit of a cold-blooded killer who draws them deeper and deeper towards the wicked truth, one which will threaten to shatter everything the detectives thought they knew about justice.In the city where crime never sleeps, Danny and Carter must battle their own personal demons as well as a killer more depraved than any they've hunted before. But will they survive the investigation when it begins to strike far too close to home?

What would you do if every match you made ended in murder? Meet your new favorite sleuth investigator, Penny! Middle-aged, married, and quite the matchmaker, Penny has called the cozy town of Walnut Mountain "home" her entire life. But this quiet, Christian corner of Vermont soon gets turned upside down when one of Penny's latest love matches ends in murder! The Matchmaker Murders, Season One, includes three wonderfully witty cozy mysteries you won't want to put down: Death at the Double DateMurder at the MoviesPoisoned at the PicnicIf you enjoy light-hearted cozy mysteries with lovable characters, surprising killers, and clean language, then Catherine Gibson's addictive new series will keep you turning the pages to find out whodunit!

Passionate, wounded, and fiercely alive, Leeanne Hessinger has never felt free. She wants something more, something bigger than the life she's stumbled into, but fleeing to a town unknown to her with a single promise in mind-to finally write a novel-comes at a very high price.When she's found brutally stabbed to death a year later, a small town's darkest secrets come to the forefront as the sheriff investigating the crime covers up her own treacherous involvement with the dead woman.Full of twists and turns, WHO KILLED LEEANNE? reconstructs a year in the life of Leeanne Hessinger, as she walks the brink of her own destruction and inches closer and closer to death. The cost of freedom, for Leeanne, is ultimately her life.Fans of Mindy Mejia's Everything You Want Me To Be and readers who enjoy mystery novels that portray deeply drawn characters, voice-driven narratives, and controversial subject matters will likely love this novel.

Summertime, 1986. A stripper is found dead on Woodland Beach and Crystal doubts that the crime is burning a hole in some detective's desk over at the local precinct. She knew the victim and because of it, Crystal is determined to find out who killed her.As news of the murdered woman sweeps through town, an entire Christian congregation is shaken. Hadn't the victim just started attending their Sunday services? And why is one of their youngest members, a boy named Seth, the only person in their small seaside town who the police have been questioning?Seth can't stand the other teenagers from the Kids for Christ program his uncle has been forcing him to go to. At home, he doesn't get along with his executioner uncle, though he thinks it's cool Robert kills people for a living. It's even cooler when Seth sees a man walk straight out of the sea and introduce himself as Thomas. Why the police have gotten it in their heads that Thomas is the prime suspect is laughable.Having no faith in the police, Crystal steps her investigation up into high gear. Even when it means getting close to the boy's uncle, who happens to be one of her regulars at the club. Even when it means infiltrating the church to find out if the killer is there. And even when it means that Crystal herself could be the next to die. ¿THOMAS FROM THE SEA is a stand-alone novel filled with dark wit, clashing cultures, and unsuspecting tenderness. If you enjoy mystery novels, clean language, and happy endings with a twist of magical realism throughout, you will likely love this novel for its levity, sharp voice, and powerful, spiritual message.