What happened to Alissa? Maria can’t find an answer to that question. Years have passed since she met Alissa and Simone for the first time: on a party weekend in Turkey. Looking back to that trip, so many things just seemed off. Did she get involved with the Mafia? Did her new acquaintance try to sell her to other men? Who was the girl sleeping in her bed? Who was the man, waiting for her outside the hotel? Based on true events, Maria travels back to Turkey to find out why her friend disappeared.
A quick gun fighter. A mysterious trillionaire. A secret world where the wealthy elite steer the winds of fate through battles between champions. Alastair Dickens needs a new duelist. A bullet forced the current one into early retirement. The replacement needs to be fast and willing to get their hands dirty. Most of all, Alastair needs a champion with nothing to lose. Oliver Green fit the bill perfectly. He’d once had a bright future, but threw it all away in a drunken tragedy years ago. Now, he spends his days drifting through the streets of New York City drinking, fighting and trying to bury his dark past. Alastair opens a door to a secret world for Oliver. A world flush with wealth, smoking guns and a chance for Oliver to redeem himself from past sins. From Ashes is an adventure of high-stakes gunfights, bone-chilling conspiracies and thrilling adventures. Step into a world where a well aimed shot will make you rich and a single misstep can put you six feet in the ground.
Meet Andy Holmes
Andy Holmes is an author currently living in San Francisco. He specializes in Crime, Thrillers, Sci Fi and the supernatural. When he isn’t busy reading or writing books, he spends his time exploring the city and dreaming about the future. He likes all things Batman, Sci Fi and has a strange and unusual obsession with the beauty of language.
2022 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALIST – THRILLER CATEGORY
2022 B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREE – THRILLER CATEGORY
2022 LITERARY TITAN GOLD AWARD WINNER
2021 PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL HONORABLE MENTION – GENERAL FICTION The world’s oldest bank is in trouble, and CIA operative Louise Moscow wants to save it. This time, the sexy female sleuth takes on a Russian Master of the Dark Arts, in a quest to save Monte dei Paschi Bank of Siena, Italy, founded in 1472. Her investigation leads to the most unlikely of suspects, her own father, who is a top-level attorney defending the Russian. In a race to discover an ancient and mysterious treasure, risking her life to shine a light on financial and political wrongdoing, Louise finds the devil is in the details. Can she expose the rot that has taken hold of Sienna? Or has she finally met her match?
Meet Lorraine Evanoff
Hollywood finance exec, Lorraine Evanoff is the award-winning, best-selling author of the popular Louise Moscow spy thrillers, FOLIAGE, PINOT NOIR, and the newly released DEVIL’S LEDGER. The books follow female sleuth, Louise Moscow, as she travels around the world thwarting terrorist plots and put an end to devastating corruption. Originally from Chicago, Evanoff earned her degree in French from DePaul University. She then scarpered off to Paris for seven years, where she worked under multiple professional identities, including translator, actress, and film producer, in the glamorous City of Light. She returned to the United States and reinvented herself once again, becoming a Certified Financial Manager, and has since worked as a finance exec during dot-com-era in Silicon Valley, and for various Hollywood film companies, notably as CFO of National Lampoon.
Does crime pay? Not quite in the way a burglar wanted in THE OTHER ROOM – it will deter you from life on the wrong side of the law. A Manhattan detective finds that being murdered is more than just bad luck in A BUSINESS OF CHANCE. Blackmail is an ugly crime, but someone turns things to their favour in HUSH MONEY. You can push a woman so far…and no further… in THE CHINA DOG.
Crime has many guises. From the authors of LITERARY ALLSHORTS come the above tales and 15 more short stories, of events which are by turn dangerous, atmospheric, occasionally humorous and even poetic…but always written with criminal intent.
The TEN GREEN JOTTERS consistently keep you hanging on for more…
C.G. Harris, Tony Ormerod, Richard Miller, A.J.R. Kinchington, Glynne Covell, Richie Stress, Janet Winson, Julia Gale, Jan Brown and Lilly.
Meet Ten Green Jotters
The Ten Green Jotters are a group of writers ranging from award winning authors to travellers to New Guinea, India, South Africa, Thailand. Their love of writing brought them together and following on from the success of their first anthology (Literary AllShorts) have plunged into the crime genre for this collection of eclectic criminal tales – All Shorts of Crime.
A collection of 15 short crime stories from dark detective noir to domestic murder, crossing time periods as far back as the Victorian era and into the near future. Some with a twist of horror, science fiction or the supernatural. Each story revolves around intriguing characters with twists and turns and on occasion a sting in the tail. In the title story, private investigator Nick Shelby is struggling to move on from the abrupt and unexplained departure of Louise, the woman he loved. When she turns up dead in Mexico, he sets off to investigate her death and, in the process, unravels a web of lies and betrayal woven together by a roster of shady characters in 1940s Los Angeles. A mysterious man thought to be dead, a deceiving doctor and a notorious gangster are all connected, but the big question is who killed Louise and why? Plus, three small town sheriff’s deputies are made a tempting offer by a sinister stranger they’ve arrested; a young prostitute tracks down the man who murdered her friend and exacts brutal revenge; in the near future where reproduction is regulated a desperate mother will risk everything to have a child of her own and in Victorian London a married couple encounter one of the city’s most infamous criminals and find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Meet Tom Batt
I have been writing since the tender age of fourteen trying my hand at a variety of different genres both as screenplays and prose. I have several short film credits to my name and found success in competitions. I began writing short stories as a hobby and felt now was the time to share them with the world.
The story is chiefly centered around the murder mystery of Jini. Jini’s twin sister and Sreeraj together solve the case. Jini, a nurse in Dubai, meets Sreeraj through Facebook. After a few days, they both get into a relationship, and Sreeraj takes it as not more than a fling. Sreeraj’s father wants him to marry a rich woman so that they can demand dowry. Sreeraj and Jini visit Sreeraj’s cradle and unexpectedly, Sreeraj had to meet Reena as a potential partner for marriage. Jini informs Sreeraj that her father had accepted their relationship, but he gets angry asks her to wait and later he continuously ignores her calls. So, Jini visits Sreeraj’s home and talks to his father regarding their relationship and the unborn child. Later she goes missing. Who is so unemotional as to rape and murder a pregnant woman?
Will Sreeraj and Jini’s twin sister be able to solve the puzzle?
Will Sreeraj be able to take revenge?
Meet M K Devidasan
M K Devidasan is a graduate engineer in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering with Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. He had served the Indian Air Force for 32 years as a Technical Officer. During his tenure, he had participated in the 1962 Indo-China war, 1965 Indo – Pak war, and 1971 Indo – Pak war.
His first work of an English poem book was published by Geetha Publishing house, New Delhi in 1976. His first novel was published by Writer’s Workshop, Kolkata in the year 1993 which was digitized by the Michigan University, Link:https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Her_miseries.html?id=KqBlAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
Since turning his passion into a profession, M K Devidasan has written prolifically and is constantly exploring new themes, genres, and ideas. It’s incredibly hard work, but he is never happier than when he sits down at his desk putting the opening words to a new book or story on paper
Set in an underbelly of a London mired in drug-deals, property fraud, and betrayals, this is the tale of Kenny, returned from involuntary exile in Malaga, and compelled by a bedside promise to his dying mentor to see justice done for his old friend, Noo, who has died in suspicious circumstances. . What follows is a fast-paced, suspenseful page-tapper of a story that reads like a latter-day Long Good Friday and explores themes of revenge and redemption.
The Young Captain Carter leads Omega Squad, a band of British, Special Forces soldiers who are known to teeter between legal and illegal warfare. Omega Squad come face to face with the eccentric and mad, Tarmo Skenev, an arms dealer who has taken former Omega Squad member, turned undercover operative, Riley, prisoner. Just when they believe their mission is over, Omega realise it is only the beginning. As the fight gets bloodier and enemy ties deepen, each member of Omega must face their own demons, coming face to face with their mental health. Who should read this book? Fans of gripping action, heroes to back to the very end and villains to despise. Junkies of thriller, who have no clue what to expect next, the twist in this tale is harsh and lethal. The story is not just another epic action series, it comes with an embedded message of mental health.
One of our heroes from Omega Squad, Reed, is an amazing soldier, his skill eclipses all others, yet he is haunted by his past, a tragic accident is relived over and over. Shift, another member of the squad, battles his dissociative identity disorder. In the story, we find out how one particular song turns him into an unhinged, animalistic mad man. Romance is also a key part of this story, a story of love, its trials and tribulations. How even in a world of war and terror, love flourishes and its stubbornness to die. We see both sides of it. A beautiful moment when two souls, destined for one another, finally come face to face, against all odds. Also, the darker side of love. The obsessiveness of it. How an infatuation can blind you and lead you down a path you would not willingly choose to follow. This story will beg its reader to ask themselves, ‘what would I have done in that situation?’. Omega: The Heart and Soul of a War Criminal is an epic story that features, thought-provoking dialogue, a promise of realism and shines a light on the delicate nature of mental health.
Meet Jax Bowman
A twenty-something-year-old relentlessly chasing the dream to create a piece of fiction that does more than tell a story.
I first discovered my love for writing during my last year of college, where I studied Creative Media Production, a course I had fallen out of love with. Until I found screenwriting. It was my saving grace and gave me a new-found desire to continue with my college education. I have written a mockumentary/comedy script and an action screenplay. ‘Omega: The Heart and Soul of a War Criminal’ is an adaptation of that same action screenplay. I have spent over a year transforming this humble screenplay into an epic story, which features, thought-provoking dialogue. Characters to fall in love with, and those to despise. A promise of realism. And a shining light on mental health.
When Sheriff Jeff McQuede joins a trek into the mountains in search of Bigfoot, trouble begins the first night out. .Ted Weiss insists that he was almost attacked. Is Bigfoot really out there, or is someone perpetuating a carefully-planned hoax? When murder follows, McQuede must solve the biggest case in his career!
Meet Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson
Vickie Britton, along with her sister Loretta Jackson, has written over fifty novels including the popular Jeff McQuede High Country Mystery series, set in Wyoming.
THE FIRST TWIST WILL STUN YOU. THE SECOND AND THIRD WILL FLOOR YOU.
A grieving detective on the edge. A best-selling author tormented by his past. A ruthless killer who will stop at nothing. All bound by one horrific secret.
The most shocking case of Jake Hawksworth’s career has haunted him for years. Now it’s returned…with a vengeance.
Meet William J. Goyette
I’ve been a word nerd for as long as I can remember. My mind is always in the on position, with new stories and characters constantly brewing. Right now, I have about a half dozen ideas for future novels banging around in my head. I’m currently working on the second Jake Hawksworth mystery, entitled Phobia. When I’m not lost in my fictional world, I’m traveling the real world with my wife, spending quality time with my two daughters, or rolling around on the ground with my dog.
