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This is a place to add your favourite Thriller novels and to list whay you liked it and why you think others should read it.

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The Surreal Killer takes readers on a fast paced search through Peru and Chile for a serial killer who is is leaving a trail of dead women across Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. The gruesome corpses all seem to have died in exactly the same macabre way. There may be a link to a small group of scientists who meet annually in different locations in the region. Roger Bowman and Suzanne Foster are asked by the local police to attend this year’s meeting of the group in Lima, Peru to try to find out who was present at the previous meetings when the murders occurred. And the reader is off on a fast paced pursuit of the killer through Lima, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu in Peru and Chile’s Atacama Desert. This is a true whodunit mystery novel set in an unusual and exotic locale. You can even learn how to fly a small plane in Chapter 18.

In the fourth volume of my South American mystery novel series, The Matador Murders, Roger and Suzanne are back in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. The book features lots of action, a good whodunit storyline, guest appearances from several old friends and an old enemy from The Ambivalent Corpse and The Surreal Killer, and occasional opportunities for sightseeing and eating regional specialty foods.

My dystopian thriller Latitude 38 now has a purchase link at my website: ron-hutchison-novels.com. Latitude 38 is a peek at tomorrow.

I'm delighted to introduce Goodreads readers to political thriller THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY. With real characters, passion for the place and brutal truth pulled from today’s headlines, THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY illuminates the fight for Mexico’s future.

Attorney Eddo Cortez Castillo’s unexpected relationship with housemaid Luz de Maria Alba Mora becomes a dangerous vulnerability when he investigates links between the Minister for Public Security and Mexico’s most elusive drug cartel leader. But what Eddo doesn’t know is that Luz is trapped at the bottom of Mexico’s social ladder, where broken dreams and family poverty have brought her to the breaking point.

As presidential elections near, Eddo’s investigation will uncover a political double-cross fueled by drug money. He’ll follow the money trail deep into the underworld of Mexico’s drug culture, where violence buys loyalty, votes are for sale, the odds are against survival, and only a woman whose name means Light of Mary can guide him out. $3.99 Kindle, $13.99 print

The Hidden Light of Mexico City

My novel Latitude 38 is available as an e-book at Amazon: After decades of blistering partisan debate over immigration, gay rights, euthanasia, gun control, capital punishment, school prayer, same-sex marriage, and on the brink of total anarchy following three bloody nationwide riots over pro-choice, the United States is forced to split itself into separate north and south republics along the 38th latitude.

Latitude 38 is a cautionary tale of love, peril, and one woman’s quest to die with dignity. Diego and Adriana Sanchez are deeply in love and their world is shattered when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. They live south of the 38th latitude where terminal patients are given only placebos to fight excruciating pain. Their only option is to flee to the north where euthanasia is mercifully encouraged. Latitude 38 is the story of Diego and Adriana’s enduring love and their courageous journey in search of dignity and humanity as a small group of “tourists” attempts to secretly cross the heavily guarded border in a cruel, dogmatic, and violent world.

If you want to join Roger and Suzanne in Montevideo, Uruguay for a new murder case, the new novella The Body in the Bed brings back most of the previous characters from the South American mystery series for their next chance to solve a fast paced whodunit. The book title accurately summarizes the fate of the surprise guest our detective couple will find waiting for them upon their check-in at the hotel.

My thriller is a courtroom drama based on a fatal pitch in a major league baseball game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E6IgE...

http://www.amazon.com/A-Pitch-for-Jus...

I'll definitely be this! Thanks for posting!

-Max

Harold wrote: "My thriller is a courtroom drama based on a fatal pitch in a major league baseball game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E6IgE...

http://www.amazon.com/A-Pitch-for-Jus......"

Hi all,

My book is fiction, combining drama, suspense, and crime.

http://maxestone.wix.com/maxestone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KalAg-...

http://www.amazon.com/August-to-Life-...

Sorry I've been MIA on this group for awhile. Been buried in editing.

The 5th book in my series is out, finally. I feel like I just gave birth to a 20# baby!! ;)

(All the books in the series work as stand-alones as well, btw.)



COLLATERAL CASUALTIES, A Kate Huntington Mystery

When a former client reaches out to psychotherapist Kate Huntington and reveals a foreign diplomat’s dark secret, then dies of ‘natural causes’ just days later, Kate isn’t sure what to think. Was the man delusional or is she now privy to dangerous information?

Soon she discovers her client was totally sane... and he was murdered. Someone is now trying to eliminate her, and anyone and everyone she might have told. Forced into hiding, she and her husband, Skip, along with the operatives of his private investigating agency, struggle to stay one step ahead of a ruthless killer. Skip and his P.I. partner are good investigators, but this time they may be in over their heads... and they could all end up drowning in a sea of international intrigue.

Enjoy!
Kass

I'm excited to add my debut mystery novel, Shadow Play here. Psychiatrist Grace Rendeau struggles to make sense of her husband’s untimely death. Left a widow with two children, Grace forges a new life for her family, abandoning her private practice and moving to Minnesota to take on a prestigious position at the Rochester Forensic Center for the Criminally Insane, work that will allow her to spend more time with her children.

At the Center Grace is immersed in a maelstrom of lives in disarray, the anguish and struggle of the inmates to regain a footing in sanity and face the devastating consequences of their criminal actions. In striving to heal her patients, Grace herself finds healing, a new strength, and a sense of possibilities.

Among the possibilities is a budding romance with Alex Sawyer, a divorced doctor engaged in humanitarian work. Romance blossoms into love and Grace accompanies Alex on a medical mission to Indonesia. They return committed to a new life together.

But their joy is short lived. Grace returns home not to her children, but to an empty House – and a chilling kidnapper’s note. It makes no demands and holds out no hope for the return of the children. It is clearly an act of pure vengeance.

Suspects are legion: a disgruntled security guard at the center with a grudge against Grace; Alex’s bitter ex-wife; a recently escaped insane inmate. Enemies known and unknown haunt Grace’s every waking hour. Where are her children? What has happened to them? Who is attempting to destroy her?

Grace’s riveting story illuminates the hopes and fears of every wife or husband, mother or father, woman or man, caught in life’s turmoil and striving to overcome it.Shadow Play

FREE THRILLER FOR LIMITED TIME

Hey everyone. I’m an author in the group. For a limited time I'm currently giving out free advance copies of my new thriller, Elixir, to Goodreads members in exchange for ratings/reviews. It's a story about a teenage genius who goes on a suspenseful adventure to cure his girlfriend of a mysterious illness:

Elixir



If you'd like a free copy please message me and provide an email address for a digital version or a mailing address for a hard copy. For more on Elixir, including the trailer and three-chapter preview, check out the official website: www.elixirthebook.com.

Sorry I too have been MIA on this group for awhile. Been buried in writing, editing, and my real job.

The 8th book in my series is out, finally. I feel like I just gave birth to a hippopotamus!! ;)

(All the books in the series, including this one, work as stand-alones as well, btw.)

In The Origin of Murder Roger and Suzanne take a vacation cruise through the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles west of Ecuador. Suzanne finds a dead body floating with a couple of bullet holes in its back floating in the Pacific Ocean and we're off to solve another deadly mystery. Among the suspects is a treacherous travel agent with an eye-opening secret, a cheerful couple of bird watchers from Germany, a happy honeymooning couple, two sensual sisters from San Francisco, two recent retirees from Australia working through their bucket list, and two middle-aged Montevideo residents seeing the wonders of the world while they can. Lurking in the background behind the scenes is a mysterious Ecuadorian general. One reviewer says, “A fast-paced, exciting mystery I didn't want to set aside till finished... A great continuation of the series!” http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Murder-S....

Hey all! Great to meet you and what awesome books are here! I can't wait to check them all out!

With that being said, I'd like to introduce my second work entitled "The Bleeding." It takes readers on the journey of three families(a continuation from the prelude "August to Life"), all of which are tied together and one who may the murderer's chilling plot.

MARK MY WORDS...
Derek Warren is smooth, charming, and a master manipulator.
But is he a killer?
I SWEAR...
If so, how is the former businessman committing murder from a maximum-security prison cell?
And what, if anything, does he have planned next?
YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT COMING...
Detective Stephen Bennett is sure he has the answers to these questions.
But the path of dead bodies leads him to a truth far more disturbing than he suspected…
YOU WILL BLEED...

The Bleeding Links

Australia:

http://www.amazon.com.au/The-Bleeding...

Italy:

http://www.amazon.it/The-Bleeding-War...

United Kingdom:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Bleeding-...


France:
http://www.amazon.fr/The-Bleeding-Max...


Canada:
http://www.amazon.ca/Bleeding-Warren-...

Germany:
http://www.amazon.de/The-Bleeding-War...

Spain:
http://www.amazon.es/The-Bleeding-War...

Brazil:
http://www.amazon.com.br/The-Bleeding...

Japan:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/The-Bleeding-...

India:
http://www.amazon.in/The-Bleeding-War...

Mexico:
http://www.amazon.com.mx/The-Bleeding...

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Max E. Stone
https://twitter.com/maxestone
https://www.facebook.com/officialmaxe...
Website: www.maxestone.com

Hey guys. A few group members have asked me when my new thriller Elixir will be available on Amazon. I’m happy to announce it was just officially released for Kindle. Check it out here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MAYJIZM

Elixir is a story about a teenage genius who goes on a suspenseful adventure to cure his girlfriend of a mystery illness.

FYI, the paperback will be available in September.

-Ted

This is the book trailer of thriller novel, Smokescreen, by Khaled Talib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlaQL...


SMOKESCREEN

Jerold wrote: "Sorry I too have been MIA on this group for awhile. Been buried in writing, editing, and my real job.

The 8th book in my series is out, finally. I feel like I just gave birth to a hippopotamus!! ;..."

The Origin of Murder will be available at a bargain price of $0.99 on an Amazon Countdown Sale for two days next week, 11/29-11/30/2014. Grab the book at about 75% off its regular price while you can!

My new release in the Kate Huntington Mystery series is a thriller, complete with a ticking clock.


FATAL FORTY-EIGHT, A Kate Huntington Mystery #7
Celebration turns to nightmare when psychotherapist Kate Huntington’s guest of honor disappears en route to her own retirement party. Kate’s former boss, Sally Ford, has been kidnapped by a serial killer who holds his victims exactly forty-eight hours before killing them.

With time ticking away, the police allow Kate and her P.I. husband to help with the investigation. The FBI agents involved in the case have mixed reactions to the “civilian consultants.” The senior agent welcomes Kate’s assistance as he fine-tunes his psychological profile. His voluptuous, young partner is more by the book. She locks horns out in the field with Kate’s husband, while back at headquarters, misunderstandings abound.

But they can ill afford these distractions. Sally’s time is about to expire.

(This book is part of a series but is designed to be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.)

This is the US Examiner's review of the suspense-thriller Smokescreen by Khaled Talib from Singapore.

http://www.examiner.com/review/indepe...

The story revolves around a journalist who learns of a plot to assassinate the Israeli PM only to discover he is to be made the scapegoat.

To learn more about me and my novel, please visit www.khaledtalibthriller.com

SMOKESCREEN

Hello, I’m a first time author wishing to showcase my new thriller. Please read the description below and I hope you enjoy my little tale.

Please visit my website for more details

http://www.sdcaplinger.com/

Mac looks down at Sarah, her blood-streaked hair smears her features as he tries to move it away from her face. He has done this; his creation, his damnation. The Company forced him to work, forced him to kill, forced him to lose everything that made him who he was and who he wanted to become. All is lost as he remains on the run. Trying to stay one step ahead of the Director, Mac fights against one thought: Is it his destruction that the Director seeks, or the world? The Director's top sniffer dog Colleen is hot on the trail of Mac’s great race through the countryside, slowly catching up to him, slowly reaching out to grab him by the collar and drag him back to the company to complete his masterpiece. Will she catch him before he has a chance to play his final hand?

(Print) - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1515013634/r...

(Kindle) - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B011JALE0Y/r...

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