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Mildred Blanchard is the definition of “ordinary”—a demure insurance clerk in wartime Des Moines who spends her days clattering away at a typewriter and her nights swooning over a radio idol. But when a chance encounter with fame ends in a devastating betrayal of her own values, Mildred makes a radical choice. She incinerates her old life and emerges as Carly, a platinum-blonde vixen who trades “appropriate” for “dangerous.” Enter Leo Rossi, a smooth-talking stranger with a sunflower-yellow Packard and a roll of cash thick enough to choke a horse. Leo is heading to California,...

Previously published as The Sequel. Judd Whitfield is a book editor for a low-level crime novel publisher. A writer in his spare time, he believes his job is well beneath his talents. However, when he senses his gorgeous wife is having an affair with her boss, he privately seethes and stalks her as his mind begins to fracture. Then, presented with a manuscript from a young, unknown author who is desperately seeking the editor’s approval, a plan begins to develop. As Whitfield reads the novel—a description of the perfect murder—he realizes it is a blueprint for doing away with his ...

A picture-perfect 1957 lakeside community hides a fracture waiting to split wide open. In the pristine new development of Lakeside Heights, Detective Hal Sullivan seems to have everything—a promotion, a beautiful home, a loving wife, and a spirited young daughter. But one terrible accident shatters that illusion in an instant, setting off a chain reaction of guilt, suspicion, and quiet devastation that begins to erode the life he thought was secure. When a mysterious drifter emerges from the darkness—the man who saved his daughter—Hal is bound to him by gratitude. But as a string of ...

When shy, feebish Arthur Dingle—the butt of every joke at McDuff Manufacturing—is sent to a “Productivity Seminar,” his future looks bleak…until he is accidentally mistaken for Matt Golden at a high school reunion taking place at the same hotel. Matt—the Golden Boy—was the undisputed BMOC and star quarterback and Arthur makes a fateful decision to simply assume his persona and live the life he had always dreamed of. That is until his worlds begin to collide. When reality starts to set in and the real Matt comes barreling in his direction, Arthur has to figure out how to keep ...

Queen of Camellia Court is a Southern gothic noir steeped in heat, guilt, and long-buried sins.Camellia Court is a fading roadside motel on the edge of nowhere, a place people come to disappear—or to be reborn under a different name. Its bungalows bake beneath the southern sun, its neon flickers at night, and its walls remember everything. Especially Room Six. Mavis LaRue rules this crumbling kingdom with a steady hand and a watchful eye, presiding over a transient population of drifters, dreamers, war-haunted men, and women running from their pasts. But when a troubled stranger arrives ...

Val was just like any suburban housewife in 1947—counting the minutes until her loving and devoted husband finished his shift. She fills her time by cleaning, playing records, listening to radio dramas—exhausted but satisfied, and most definitely in love. Making fresh coffee to fortify herself through this long evening, however, she is unaware that not all dangers announce themselves or just walk through the front door. The House Guest is a classic-styled psychological thriller that revives the elegant menace of mid-century suspense for a contemporary audience—where obsession enters ...

A famous but fading comedienne elects to go on a PBS television program that traces the ancestry of celebrities in order to "find their roots.” Although her goal was simply to increase her exposure for an upcoming comedy coming tour, Fiona—adopted as a young girl—inexplicably finds herself fascinated by the story of her previously unknown family heritage as it takes a number of unanticipated twists and turns throughout time, starting with a 16 year-old Molly O’Hara immigrating to America from Ireland in 1898. Over the following decades, her life is revealed—with both incredible ...

A blind heroine, a man tormented by guilt, and a relentless killer with a vendetta—Echoes of Mercy blends pulse-pounding suspense, deep romance, and unwavering faith into a breathtaking Christian thriller. Julianna Luna, blind but fiercely independent, must outwit a murderer in total darkness, relying on her heightened senses to survive. Carey Kittridge, burdened by a life-altering secret, risks everything to protect the woman he loves. Their desperate escape leads them through high-stakes chases, near-abductions, and a deadly miscalculation at sea—where a single mistake turns their ...

In The Quisling, Jerry Jamison delivers a gripping tale of sacrifice, betrayal, and redemption set against the harrowing backdrop of the Vietnam War. Captain Gordon Edward Lowell, Jr., a decorated officer from a proud military family, finds himself accused of the ultimate crime—treason. Branded a “quisling” for allegedly collaborating with the enemy during his time as a prisoner of war in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Lowell faces a court-martial that will determine his fate. Through vivid storytelling, Jamison explores the psychological torment and unimaginable conditions endured by ...

Twin brothers—polar opposites—are on a collision course and only one of them will survive. As Hurricane Katrina bears down on New Orleans, older brother Mickey—of the cover band "Mickey Finn and the Fireballs”—is drinking his way from gig to gig while younger brother Elliott has become a millionaire through the family business. But then it dawns on Mickey that he could easily assume his brother’s life if only…

This is the untold story of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s “Lost Weekend.” In September 1959, in the midst of filming the latest in a long line of movies, the brightest star in the celebrity universe disappears. Simply vanishes. The police say kidnapping. The movie-mags think secret tryst. Friends fear a mental breakdown. All the while, his agents and handlers are furiously attempting to keep the entire saga under wraps and hidden from millions of adoring fans. But behind it all, there is a mysterious but beautiful story of love and promise set in rural Mississippi. Hilarious in ...

When a self-absorbed executive gets stranded in the snow in the Rocky Mountains during a blizzard, he hikes to a nearby cabin in order to survive. There he is greeted by an old man who invites him to wait out the storm and to join him and his other friends for what they call their Game Night. All of the men turn out to be retired legal minds—judge, defense attorney, bailiff, investigator, and prosecutor. In the cold, winter evenings, they stage mock trials and argue both sides. What this stranger does not know is that the men have put the stranger on trial for a crime demanding the death ...

On a fog-swept night on the ledge of the Golden Gate Bridge, a despondent man—about to be indicted for embezzlement and ready to end it all—is stopped by a mysterious woman in a silk scarf and evening gloves. She is Celeste Ainsley, the glamorous wife of a wealthy and powerful financier. Struck by his despair and intrigued by his calm resignation, she persuades him to come home with her instead of jumping. At her palatial Marin estate, the man—Miles Redding is offered a second chance: a bailout from his money troubles by her philanthropist husband who believes in second chances. But ...

For most of the early 1960s, Dusty Springfield was the most popular and best-selling female recording artist in Britain, becoming the first bonafide British star to follow the Beatles. But behind all of this, Dusty was struggling with severe mental illness, erratic public behavior, violent mood swings, multiple personalities, drug addiction, and the terror of being exposed as a lesbian. However, even in her darkest moments, Dusty's star shined bright, remaining a force of charisma and humor.

When two strangers find themselves sitting next to each other on a cross-country flight, neither realize that the identities of their seat mate aren’t exactly what they are saying. In a taut and tension-filled thriller, a cat and mouse game ensues with each person trying to stay one step ahead of the other until there comes a final, inevitable showdown and all is revealed. A perfect vacation listen that is a pause-resister from beginning to end. The Audible version is a masterpiece voiced by British actress Poppy Damon.

Junie and Ethyl had been best friends since they could remember and after one last lingering Kansas blizzard and their graduation from high school, they left the midwest behind to enjoy the sunshine-drenched shores of Southern California.

The world’s most famous murder mystery writer has come up with an idea for his latest masterpiece, and it has his heart pounding. Creating a plot outline, he decides to live the story out himself to experience the pure emotions and unfiltered reactions he is craving…and to strike revenge on an old classmate for a perceived past hurt.

Della Adderly was a 20-something aspiring art director who was anxious to make her mark in the advertising world of the late 1960s. Tired of laboring behind men who took the credit for her work, she took a risk and strode into the office of Miss Veronica Landon—a sharp, no-nonsense creative director for one of the fastest-rising agencies in Manhattan—and demanded an interview.

A terrific train accident momentarily confuses the identities of some of the victims as they are scattered throughout local hospitals. Piecing together bits of information that survived, the nurses determine Birdie Barrington to have lost her newlywed husband in the crash. But is the surviving Bride really his wife or is it an opportunistic woman assuming her identity to inherit the riches and the lifestyle belonging to him.

Set in the wild and unpredictable world of the 1960’s college campus life, a young and quite hip professor falls for a carefree student and they take off for a summer road trip to enjoy nature and explore untouched worlds by following the Appalachian Trail as it winds through several states. Their attempt to “discover themselves," however, takes some wicked turns as they encounter odd and indecipherable strangers along the way—some of which introduce new terrors to their relatively tranquil lives.