Clean Mystery/Supsense

In Dee Henderson's novella "Betrayed," Janelle Roberts is freed--thanks to people she doesn't know--after serving six years of a twenty-year sentence for a murder she did not commit. But a murderer is still at large, and Janelle needs to be somewhere safe with someone she can trust. She may not survive another betrayal.In Dani Pettrey's "Deadly Isle," Tennyson Kent is trapped on the isolated island of her childhood by a storm surge, and she is shocked...

When librarian Laura Griffith's younger sister disappears on a frigid February day, leaving only a brief note behind, Laura resolves to do whatever it takes to track down the runaway teen. That includes recruiting ATF agent turned PI James "Dev" Devlin to help. But the deeper he digs, the more he begins to suspect that something sinister is at work in the disappearance. And the closer he gets to uncovering the truth, the clearer it becomes that the...

"The crumbling lighthouse he inherited in Hope Harbor, Oregon, does not fit into Army doctor Ben Garrison's plans for life after the military, but Hope Harbor Herald editor Marci Weber is determined to save the Pelican Point landmark. Sparks fly as the two come together to decide the fate of the lighthouse"--

Radio talk show host Eve Reilly is used to backlash from her pot-stirring on-air commentary and interviews, but now it seems a disgruntled listener is resorting to more than angry words to express their displeasure. When a suspicious package arrives on her doorstep, Eve turns to law enforcement for help. Police detective Brent Lange can't find any evidence to link the string of unsettling incidents that follows, but he's convinced they're connected....

"Spotting a familiar-looking child in the mall, Kate Marshall is convinced he is the son she thought died in a boating accident along with her husband three years ago. With police skeptical of her story, she turns to private investigator Connor Sullivan, a former Secret Service agent, to discover the truth"--

Social worker Alison Taylor has a passion for protecting children and seeing that justice is served on their behalf, but when she starts getting harassing phone calls and bizarre "gifts," it seems she may be the one in need of protection.

"After the discovery of a human skeleton by a construction crew at the edge of town, police chief Lisa Grant and detective Mac McGregor join forces to uncover a secret someone is determined to keep buried"--

"After a disastrous Middle East mission ends his six-year Army Ranger career, Finn McGregor needs some downtime. A peaceful month in the woods sounds like the perfect way to decompress. But peace isn't on the agenda once he crosses paths with publishing executive Dana Lewis, a neighbor who is nursing wounds of her own. Someone seems bent on disrupting her stay in the lakeside cabin she inherited from her grandfather. As Finn and Dana work together...

"When Kelly Warren claims her father's suicide was really murder, Detective Cole Taylor becomes embroiled in an investigation that reveals a startling secret"--Provided by publisher.

"Set in St. Louis, a fair trade shop owner and a local police detective find themselves in the middle of international intrigue and in the sights of a ruthless killer when people connected with the shop begin turning up dead"--