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  • Come Rain or Shine by Denise Grover Swank

    Come Rain or Shine by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rose Gardner collects secrets the way other people collect junk—and now she’s being asked to expose them. Special Prosecutor Mason Deveraux has called a grand jury to investigate the corruption in the Sweet Branch Police Department, and he’s summoned Rose as a witness. Any topic is fair game, and the criminals in Fenton county are rightly scared of what she might share under oath...
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    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • Penshaw: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Penshaw: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND When you sell your soul, the devil gives no refunds... When an old man is burned alive in a sleepy ex-mining village, Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is called in to investigate. He soon discovers that, beneath the facade of a close-knit community, the burn from decades-old betrayal still smoulders...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense
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  • One Foot in the Grave by Denise Grover Swank

    One Foot in the Grave by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The third book in the Carly Moore series by Denise Grover Swank.The dead can’t speakAfter months of living in the Smoky Mountains town of Drum, Tennessee, Carly knows firsthand the financial hardship the citizens face. Still, she can’t muster the same excitement as everyone else when town patriarch Bart Drummond breaks ground on his new resort that promises more jobs and money...
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    suspense  mystery  heroine sleuth
  • Kiwi by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Kiwi by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tai Cooper holds many titles, but to the Kings of Retribution MC, he's known as Kiwi, Road Captain, and their brother.At eighteen, Kiwi left New Zealand- his sights set on The States. In search of a man, he has never met.His birth father...
  • New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee

    New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw likes to win. Unfortunately, her single-minded focus on being declared victor tends to get her into trouble. That’s never more true than when she decides to take on her archnemesis Tad Ludington. With an election coming up, Avery is ready to let her freak flag fly in an attempt to get Tad to show his true colors on television … thus sabotaging his chance at getting into office...
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    suspense  mystery  humor
  • Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw has the world at her fingertips … and a pile of dead Santas near the railroad tracks. Interestingly, she’s more focused on the Santas than her personal life, but only because she’s been warned that a proposal is imminent from her live-in love Eliot Kane and she needs to look somewhere else – anywhere else will do – rather than accept what he’s trying to offer...
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    mystery  suspense  humor
  • Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When black cats roam, and spooks are seen, Come celebrate, it’s Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment—the executioner...
  • Weddings & Whodunits by Amanda M. Lee

    Weddings & Whodunits by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Avery Shaw never saw marriage on the menu – and when she did, she avoided it like liver and onions – but it appears her life is about to change. She simply can’t decide if it’s for better or worse.With matrimony barreling down on her, she needs a distraction, and she gets it in the form of a warning...
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    mystery  suspense  humor
  • The Girl and the Field of Bones by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Field of Bones by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There are secrets only the dead can tell.And some of these secrets refuse to remain buried.Since the death of her mother, FBI agent Emma Griffin has devoted her life to uncover the truth behind even the most shocking mysteries.Now Emma must confront the dangerous, but unavoidable truth behind what she witnessed in the temple. The people behind this secret society call themselves the Order...
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    suspense  mystery
  • High Force by LJ Ross

    High Force by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hell has unleashed a demon – and he’s coming for you… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison and kidnapped one of his best detectives from her own home. His brutality is the stuff of legend – Ryan lost his sister and nearly his own life bringing the man to justice first time around...
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    mystery  suspense
  • Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    >b>In the second book of the USA Today bestselling series, Carly looks into a young woman’s disappearance while trying to hide her own dark secrets. Carly Moore is finally feeling settled in Drum, Tennessee. She likes her job waitressing at Max’s Tavern AND her boyfriend… she should have known both were too good to be true...
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    suspense  mystery  heroine sleuth
  • Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    Sinful, Louisiana, is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the café, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good...
  • The Hermitage by L.J. Ross

    The Hermitage by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND SEVEN BRIDGES He thought he was invincible, but he was wrong… When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbria CID are called in to investigate...
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    mystery  suspense
  • The Moor: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    The Moor: A DCI Ryan Mystery by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND and LONGSTONE The circus is in town… When a ten-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’s witnessed a murder, he has no idea he’s about to step into his most spellbinding case yet...
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    suspense  mystery
  • Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon

    Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s not a vacation until there’s a murder. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda...
  • Alec's Dream by Riley Edwards

    Alec's Dream by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
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  • Buried in Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Buried in Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book four of the USA Today bestselling Carly Moore series.Be careful where you dig…Life in Drum, Tennessee has been quiet since corruption was uncovered in the sheriff’s department three months ago—too quiet. Still, Carly is shocked when she discovers one of her sweetest lunch customers at the tavern has committed murder in cold blood...
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    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett

    Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savannah’s friend Tamara Grimaldi was fourteen when her mom was murdered, and the body dumped along the side of Interstate 65 in Indiana. Since then, Grimaldi has kept an eye out for her mother’s killer, first as a homicide detective in Nashville, and now as the chief of police for the city of Columbia, Tennessee, a few miles off I-65...
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    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth  humor
  • The Last Straw by Sharon Sala

    The Last Straw by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Charlie Dodge may be down, but he’s most definitely not out. He’s still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need...
  • Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer...
  • Fatal Threat by Marie Force

    Fatal Threat by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With a killer on the loose, it's the worst time to be on lockdown… It's just another day at the office for Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland when a body surfaces off the shores of the Anacostia River. But before Sam can sink her teeth into the new case, Secret Service agents seize her from the crime scene...
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    suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Previously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death...
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    suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • State of Grace by Marie Force

    State of Grace by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The exciting new First Family Series continues with the Cappuano family’s first Christmas at the White House shadowed by a murder investigation that strikes a little too close to home...
  • Seven Bridges by LJ Ross

    Seven Bridges by LJ Ross

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND DARK SKIES Ryan's most explosive case yet… It's been five months since a killer walked free and DCI Ryan is preparing to leave Newcastle to hunt him down - this time, for good...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense
  • Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Thanksgiving Past by Kathi Daley

    Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Thanksgiving Past by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley brings you a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small town holidays.Ainsley Holloway came to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense
  • Reel of Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Reel of Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Nothing says Welcome Home like a murder. It’s official. Fortune Redding is out of the CIA and a newly minted resident of Sinful, Louisiana. She never expected her homecoming to be all apple pie and hugs, but a murder wasn’t on her list of things to deal with before she’d even gotten her name stenciled on her mailbox...
  • The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love...
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    suspense  mystery  super rich hero  new adult
  • Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna

    Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Kate Rosetti is not a big fan of February 14th. Even worse than gigantic bouquets of roses and buckets of chocolate, however, are the love notes she’s been receiving from the murderer who very nearly stole her life.Unfortunately, a peaceful Valentine’s Day isn’t in the cards for Kate Rosetti...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  humor
  • Longstone by L.J. Ross

    Longstone by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Between the devil and the deep blue sea… Viking treasure is discovered beneath the icy waters of the North Sea and local historian Doctor Anna Taylor is called in to help catalogue the most exciting hoard in living memory. But when a shipwreck diver washes up dead, she’s soon out of her depth...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense
  • The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a fishing boat is wrecked off the treacherous North Sea coast and the body of a young woman washes up on the beach beside the iconic ‘Marsden Rock’, DCI Ryan cannot ignore the call to duty.With one already dead and more human cargo missing from the wreckage, Ryan and his team race to find the remaining souls — before it’s too late, and their investigation turns to murder...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense
  • Fatal Flaw: Fatal Flaw Epilogue by Marie Force

    Fatal Flaw: Fatal Flaw Epilogue by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The honeymoon's over, and now someone wants them dead…   Back from their honeymoon, Senator Nick Cappuano and DC police lieutenant Sam Holland are ready for some normalcy after the whirlwind of their wedding, but someone has other plans for them. When Sam discovers wedding cards containing thinly veiled death threats, she's not sure if she or Nick is the target...
  • For the Birds by Denise Grover Swank

    For the Birds by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book two in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Investigations series. Rose Gardner is trying to build a new normal. One that leaves the Fenton County crime world—including James “Skeeter” Malcom, the current king—behind. Her best friend and roommate is a big part of that effort, but Neely Kate is busy building her own life anew...
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    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • Dirty Money by Denise Grover Swank

    Dirty Money by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Violet Gardner Beauregard is barely cold in her grave, but she’s still stirring up trouble. When Neely Kate Coulson accompanies her best friend Rose to Violet’s attorney for the reading of the will, they get the shock of their lives, one that leaves them both reeling...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I’m a firefighter, God, so I know I’ve been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine. The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  christian  contemporary
  • Tangled in Ivy: True Love and Family Dysfunction that Spans Decades by Ashley Farley

    Tangled in Ivy: True Love and Family Dysfunction that Spans Decades by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Sweet Tea Tuesdays comes a story of true love that spans decades.Lillian Alexander's father is dying of cancer. When he rambles on in a morphine-delirium, Lillian can't ignore the feeling he's trying to tell her something...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • In High Cotton by Denise Grover Swank

    In High Cotton by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second book in the USA Today bestselling Neely Kate Mystery series, a spinoff of the New York Times bestselling Rose Gardner series. Neely Kate’s life is finally coming together. She’s living and working with her best friend, Rose...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • State of Shock by Marie Force

    State of Shock by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They never saw this coming… Hold on to your hat for the next First Family book, coming December 20, 2022...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  death
  • Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee

    Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Avery Shaw has taken on her fair share of jerks. Often, she’s considered the jerk when she takes them down … a role she gladly relishes. Now, though, she’s taking on a whole faction of jerks. It seems a battle of the sexes is brewing in Macomb County...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  humor
  • Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee

    Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Halloween is Avery Shaw’s favorite time of year. What’s not to love? Slasher movies, hot chocolate and corn mazes. She’s addicted to them all. During a visit to one of those mazes, she runs across several men trying to kidnap a teenage girl. In true Avery fashion, she intervenes … resulting in a severe injury...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  humor
  • A Cry in the Dark by Denise Grover Swank

    A Cry in the Dark by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When doing the right thing goes horribly wrong... Caroline Blakely is certain of two things: she was happy with her life as a first-grade school teacher, and she can never, ever return to it. After discovering a shocking truth about her father, the wealthy businessman at the helm of Blakely Oil, she’s on the run—a difficult feat given her father’s endless resources and connections...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • The Hit List by Elle Gray

    The Hit List by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When a deadly bomb goes off in a small town outside of Dallas, FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are called to the case.Could this crime be a case of terrorism or is it murder disguised within a massive disaster? Soon Blake’s unit discovers a plot that’s far more complex.And when they unearth a revenge plot spurred on by a massive conspiracy...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery
  • The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  mafia
  • Thirty-Six and a Half Motives by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Six and a Half Motives by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book Nine in the New York Times best selling Rose Gardner Mystery series by Denise Grover Swank. Rose Gardner should be celebrating the arrest of her fiercest enemy, J.R. Simmons. But problems are like weeds—pluck one and five more spring up...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth
  • State of Affairs by Marie Force

    State of Affairs by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The phone call that changed their lives forever…Minutes after Vice President Nick Cappuano and Lt. Sam Holland get the call that President Nelson has been found dead in the residence on Thanksgiving, they’re still processing that Nick has been asked to come to the White House to take the oath of office...
  • The Girl and the Deadly End by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Deadly End by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Small towns have secrets. The dark mysteries of Emma's life are ready to be told.It has been more than a year since Emma Griffin stumbled upon a clue behind the dangerous secrets of her past.Now, she has the answers at her fingertips.The only question is will she survive long enough to find them?As Greg struggles to recover, Emma keeps watch over him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery
  • The Inn at Holiday Bay: Cookies in the Cottage by Kathi Daley

    The Inn at Holiday Bay: Cookies in the Cottage by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense
  • State of Denial by Marie Force

    State of Denial by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant… His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  death
  • No Questions Asked by Julie Moffett

    No Questions Asked by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One last fling (with danger) before the ring?Nothing’s that simple when you’re a geek girl. Julie Moffett’s beloved Lexi Carmichael mystery series returns with No Questions Asked.Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time.Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been...
  • Edge Of Darkness by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Darkness by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Road rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts. I am a wandering disaster. A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel. My name is Yuma. I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it. I am an independent seeker. An overachiever, a friend, a misfit, and a cop. My name is Lissie...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  bikers
  • Blind Faith by Sharon Sala

    Blind Faith by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He has nothing and everything to lose…When a seventeen-year-old boy goes missing while camping with his buddies in the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend, the case is right up PI Charlie Dodge’s alley. Charlie’s reputation for finding missing people—especially missing kids—is unparalleled. Unfortunately, trouble seems to be equally good at finding him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  rich heroine  open-door
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