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A Cage for Magpie by Eli Pope opens on a frigid day in Missouri, introducing us to a grief-stricken young girl named Maggie Mae DuVane, affectionately known as Magpie, as she attends her grandfather’s funeral. Magpie is in shock, struggling to cope with the sudden death of her beloved grandfather, David Duncan DuVane. David, an admired and rising fiction writer, had been descending into darkness before his untimely demise. His final novel, NEVER CAGE A MAGPIE, eerily seemed to foreshadow the events that unfolded, as if he had written it to hint at his tragic end.

Broken and failed prosecuting attorney, Mike Parsons, sits in a hospital waiting room as his ex-wife Sheila has attempted suicide and fights for her life. When she passes away, he is reduced to self-blame and tries to comfort his ex-in-laws. He seeks the help of Detective Allison Branch to look into claims by his in-laws of stalking that occurred before her death.

Following the harrowing story of Roy Adler’s journey up the ever-infamous North Carolinian Mountains, one rescue team, led by Jonah Smythe, was sent to scour for any survivors. What they found was a holy terror the likes of which none of them could’ve imagined in their wildest nightmares! The only testament to the rescue team’s existence, and the utter terror that brought about their end, is Jonah Smythe’s Journal...

A riveting collection of short stories, each a soul rending experience unbound by the confines of the mortal plane, each offering a unique journey into the titillating realm beyond the pale. Captivating, intoxicating, but not for the timid. Enter at your own risk.

The Call Home continues the same tradition as previous books based on the harrowing saga of Bill Jay Cader, Florida's most dangerous killer. The setting is Apalachicola, Florida, in The Forgotten Gulf Coast, where town USA is tucked in the mid-eighties when things were far more relaxed and backwoods in the South.

The Farmerville mystery series draws closer to its conclusion with unimaginable twists and devastating secrets that escalate, casting doubt on reality. The lingering memory of the cave kids and another serial killer ignites new questions. The deconstruction of Ron will reveal a shocking unraveling of truth verses fiction catapulting the Farmer family towards more tragedy.

At the death of fabled CIA operative Bud (Fisher) Liljigren, field agent Adam Zak and his tech-savvy partner, Dreu Sason, are recruited to lead the agency’s deep-cover Unit 1. When Fisher’s former lover from his service days in Norway alerts the unit of renewed secret activity in what was once a WW II Nazi experimental lab, Zak recruits a brilliant but disaffected FBI agent, Janet McIntire, to replace him in the field and lead the investigation.

This is the first book in the series Purple Mist - sci-fi/horror novelette trilogies written specifically for audiobooks and e-books, and for binge listening. You'll enjoy a spine tingling, Outer Limits feeling, and a quicker dramatic payoff than with standard-sized novels. Each is a third the size of a full-length novel.

When a caller claiming to have abducted 10-year-old Andrea Curren refuses to provide her father with "proof of life", Blake Curren turns the tables on the kidnappers. If the girl is not returned within 24 hours, Curren offers the amount demanded to anyone who can return his daughter safely or kill the people who have taken her.

Washington Post metro reporter Geoffrey Wines becomes suspicious when the presidential election cycle begins and two of his “metro-beat” contacts ask him about strange events: A pizza parlor owner can’t understand why groups of armed men are showing up at his restaurant demanding to know why he is keeping kidnapped children captive in his downstairs game room; an inner-city Baptist minister can’t figure out why his congregants are so concerned about Facebook stories they are reading.

Adventures in prose from around the Chesapeake tidewater region told by an erstwhile and eclectic collection of writers. Ringmaster Ken Rossignol gathered together many of best and brightest of bards, poets, and tale-tellers to give their views, experiences, and fabrications in an entertaining way. Fans of short stories will enjoy the fourth book in The Chesapeake series and the valuable history told here of the Chesapeake region - with a few excursions led by the writers to other lands.

Bobby Roland knows things he shouldn't. Plagued with premonitions of disaster, he fights to save others' lives. What Bobby doesn't foresee is that rescuing a stranger from death will place him in the line of fire. He discovers a world of evil spirits and tormented souls when he becomes entangled in a madman's plot to kill the Servant, a man chosen by God to exorcise demons from the possessed.

A man is not great because he is a good man. A great man can be good, evil, or any shade of gray in between. A great man is a man who sees the world around him, and changes it to suit him, instead of letting it change him to suit itself. Lowin Fenly didn't want to be a hero, and he never thought of being a villain, but sometimes the path that must be walked by great men leads to dark places. Body twisted by dark magic, the scribe-turned-Knight must learn to control the beast he is becoming, or risk losing the few remnants of humanity he clings to.

When the CIA learns that the Panchen Lama, abducted as a boy by Chinese agents, is still living and wishes to be freed from Chinese captivity, Unit One agent Britt Haugen is assigned to locate and liberate the Tibetan holy man. With a small covert team, she enters tightly controlled Tibet, only to discover that the rescue operation is not what it seems. She and her team may be the hunted.

It’s only been three days since the discovery of the serial killers and 200 murders that catapulted Farmerville into the national spotlight. Will the supposed witch doctor of Farmerville make ominous predictions?

My wife just shot our waiter between the eyes when he came in with breakfast! But, he had it coming to him as he had a gun on the tray and was going to give us eggs Benedict with a Glock! Join Marsha and I as we work really hard to protect the Sea Empress and her passengers from threats from every direction. There have been so many shots taken at this ship by terrorists that the cruise line thought their business would sink. That is why we were hired to provide security.

If you appreciate stories that explore uncomfortable themes but often wrap up in surprisingly satisfying and unexpected ways, you’ll want to dive into these captivating tales, each brimming with a delightful mix of flavors. They’ll stay with you long after you’ve finished listening.

Bobby Roland can't catch a break. Less than a week after Bobby takes on the mantle of Servitude, a position granting him the ability to exorcise demons from the possessed, he finds an envelope taped to his door containing an intimidating note and a picture of a strange woman. When a shadowy figure is abducted off the sidewalk down the street from his house, Bobby can't help but wonder if it's her.

The quote goes, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." However, the minute the prison door clanged shut behind Allison Branch, she began to plot her revenge. Allison knew she would need a new face, a new identity, and new friends to carry out the intricate plan she was forming. She would eliminate all the people who had wronged her, and her list was getting longer. With a new face and identity, she could be anyone, anywhere, even your neighbor next door. The listener will be gasping at the lengths that Allison will go against Mike Parsons and his friends.

The Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has suddenly noticed, after 32 years in Congress, that 11 statues placed in Statuary Hall in the Capitol were of Confederate Generals and wants them removed. There is one more that Nancy might want to take a look at, and it's of her own father in Baltimore.