Showing results by publisher "Author's Republic" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Returning home from work, she discovers her door ajar, signs of a struggle, and her pregnant wife missing. The kidnappers call. They issue a ransom, and she gives in to their demands, following their instructions to the letter. But it becomes increasingly clear that this kidnapping isn't about the money, isn't about her or her partner.

After Cassie Rowe's husband dies in a car accident, with another woman, the truth comes out about his abusive ways. Even after his death, Cassie must run for her own safety, and after two years she is found, by the other woman's husband! He doesn't plan on leaving until he gets what he came for. Ricky Thornton, an abandon husband, has been searching for seven years for the rings his grandmother left to him when she died. The trail ends at Cassie Rowe. He can tell she is hiding something.

There are a billion realities out there, each protected by Jump Division, an interdimensional task force dedicated to preserving the stability of the grid. However, not all agents are created equal. Some are just arseholes. Marcus Hayes is one such arsehole. After yet another mission going awry due to him being a dick, he's stationed on a mundane world as punishment. But as a threat to the world looms, it becomes apparent that this reality isn't even close to being as boring as it's supposed to be....

George Walther Stott was the richest and most hated man in Stottington, and his three children grew up to be almost as hated as he was. As he took his final breath, George Walther died of natural causes with a smile on his face. For even though he was passing on, he would have the last laugh. His children, those appalling mumblecrusting jizzbags who seeped forth from his former wife's formerly perfect vagina, would only inherit his massive wealth on one condition. That they solve his murder.

He knows you. Your past. Your future. He knows he's being hunted by a man who's more than human. He knows he needs to leave the country, and most of all, he knows the voices aren't real. But what if they are?

Responding to her uncle's secretary's call, Kimberly Braun leaves her New York apartment to take an awaiting plane at Kennedy Airport to the United Kingdom to be with her dying uncle. Little does she know this trip will not only change her lifestyle and put her in grave danger, it will also uncover a secret life her uncle hid from her all the years he had raised her from the age of three to the present.

When Mark Murphy, an experienced but burnt-out newspaper reporter, takes a job on a second-rate city daily, he's really just looking for a steady income and a little peace and quiet. What he gets is a murder mystery. With a city full of hoodlums, crooked cops and ruthless politicians standing in his way, he enlists the help of summer student Ronald Phillips, City Hall Reporter Cynthia Drummond and a little black cat with a weird obsession for pushing buttons, and embarks on a roller coaster ride to the truth.

Stella's world was one of misery and despair, wandering the streets of Victoria, BC, cold, wet and hungry. She had adapted to street-life, but on most days, she would rather be dead. Living amongst the nameless, faceless and placeless tribe of the homeless, Stella's very existence depended on the generosity of strangers. She never spoke of her past, determined to keep her life-story a secret. Faced with constant hunger, Stella begged and pushed her trolley filled with junk, trying to remain invisible as she moved from alcove to park bench and back again, clinging to anonymity.

Set in the urban area of Tokyo in the near future, the story revolves around Touka Kimizuki and her twin brother, Yuuto. Both of them are just like a typical 16-year old high schooler. But they're actually recruited by Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) to become secret agents due to their ability to kill skilled assassins while they were still in the middle school.

At 31, Garrett has finally earned his private investigator's badge. Unfortunately the bills haven't stopped coming and building a solid reputation won't happen overnight. Forced to take employment wherever they can, Garrett and his miniature dragon partner, Merle, must dirty their hands any way possible to make a buck. Shoveling manure, chasing cats, and dock duty seem to be the order of the day.

A clue to her boyfriend's murder during a study abroad program in Mexico draws Carey back into the mystery that led to his death, forcing her to re-examine her own culpability and the self-delusion that blinded her to the dangers of his world. Ben's missing passport resurfaces, and Carey, now in her late twenties and living with her parents in Indianapolis, learns that her Mexican restaurant co-workers know more than they've said. Past and present collide, bringing the truth into sharp focus.

It's a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for. When radio morning host Lee Garrett finds a death threat on his control console, he shrugs it off as a prank. Until a series of minor harassments turns into undeniable attempts on his life. The suspects are many - he's made enemies - and the police are strangely uncooperative. The radio career he loved has turned sour, leaving behind a dwindling audience and the wreckage of his marriage.

Claire doesn't miss her lying, cheating husband, but that doesn't mean she killed him. Someone else committed the crime and framed her for it, and she prays it was anyone but her twin sister, who had motive and opportunity....

The fictional story, relocated to the Vietnam War, opens many years after Lieutenant's death, with the publication of a photograph of the POW Camp Commandant responsible, now a US citizen and successful businessman named Donald Quang. Hershey is commissioned by a fellow Vietnam veteran to carry out a 'routine check' into Quang's background, ostensibly for business reasons. Complications multiply quickly as it emerges that the Lieutenant's senior NCO is already on his way to the US.

When Laurel Hunter gets kidnapped, her husband Darren doesn't know why. But they are about to kick a hornets nest. A 30-year grudge can't be behind this, can it?

When Lady Eleanor Sotheby unexpectedly enters the life of Jayne Clark, a 23-year-old waitress from Wichita, Kansas, Jayne's world is turned upside down. Not only is she welcomed into a family that she never knew, but she is thrust headlong into the highest strata of European society. Nothing is too grand in the fairy-tale lives of the uber-rich - the spectacular seaside villas, the sleek chauffeured limousines, the outrageously expensive designer clothes.

In a city of 10 million, under glass eyes of six million cameras, one man evades their networked stares, and watches those who are watched. It had always been Jared's passion to observe, and for the last 15 years, it had been his job. His days were spent deducing the stories of strangers' lives from momentary glimpses of present actions in streets, train stations, and airports. Filming every moment.

Sybil Tyler planned to coach an Olympic swim team to gold. Jonah Bishop is sure that he will become a great master someday. Maybe as great as Renoir or Da Vinci. Then Jonah is critically injured in a cruel accident, and their dreams are ripped apart. Sybil needs money, and she needs a lot of it, to support Jonah's medical bills. Desperate, she accidently stumbles on a way to get it.

A desperate woman steals from a dangerous man. The dominatrix Gabriella steals two paintings from a Montreal mob boss and splits for the west coast, where she meets club jazzer Johnny who quickly discovers her problematic past. When her ex, Francesco, comes to seek revenge, the mob boss sends the assassin Rhino to clean up the mess and retrieve a secret document hidden in one of the paintings - one that could sink the east coast Cosa Nostra.

A taut tale of greed, murder, and revenge as combat-weary Marines take on the crooks of Wall Street. Gold in the Coffins follows the story of a tight band of retired Marines who bonded during a bloody tour of duty in Vietnam, only to find themselves facing a darker enemy back home, the demons of Wall Street.