Cindy Bauer Books
Inspirational Fiction - Good for the Soul!
Mystery & Suspense
Author: Glen Carter
ISBN # 978-1-55081-239-8
Publisher: Breakwater Books Ltd.
Mystery/Suspense w/Action!
In the mountains of Colombia, an old man stumbles into the Jaguar Forest. Cursed, he feels forced to commit a savage act, and a family is destroyed – his own. Decades later, veteran reporter Jack Doyle is about to become his network's next anchor star. Doyle has always done his job the right way, and when eight girls, including a US senator's Daughter, are brutally murdered, Doyle discovers a trail of blood and drugs that leads to Colombia, a country on fire. La violencia means no one is safe, including Doyle and his producer, the beautiful Kaitlin O'Rourke. Narco-terrorists strike. Doyle comes home. Kaitlin doesn't. With his career and life adrift, Jack sets sail. Alone and faltering on the Atlantic Ocean, he receives an astonishing message so bizarre it sets in motion his most dangerous assignment – a covert mission through the blood-soaked Colombian jungle to find a woman who stepped away at dinner and never came back.
AUTHOR: Jordan Dane
Romantic Suspense
Burdened by Grief, She Hunts a Killer
They never found her sister's body, but Detective Rebecca Montgomery knows her murderer is still out there. In the five months since Danielle went missing, there have been two more brutal abductions. A savage menace stalks the women of San Antonio, and the relentless detective will do anything to find him.
And a Seductive Stranger Shadows Her Every Move
But her latest case - the discovery of a young woman's remains inside the wall of a burned-down theater plunges Rebecca from her grief into a brand-new nightmare. She soon meets handsome, mysterious Diego Galvan at the crime scene, and his shadowy connections will lead to her first break in both cases. But when Rebecca submits to his considerable powers of seduction, she will leave herself vulnerable to a merciless killer... and when he attacks, no one will hear her scream.
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AUTHOR: Jess Parker
Black Ops
Military Thriller
The Jake Green saga continues as he becomes a paid, but not recognized, employee of the government. He forms a team from Detachment X-Ray and new recruits for an eight-man terrorist-tracking team. A new terrorist group, Allah’s Army, has formed and is ready for raids into Canada and the United States. The first contact was a four-man team known as the Fist of Allah. This team was brutal because their signature was the beheading of a young woman. After this first encounter, Jake and his team chased Fist of Allah through the upper Midwest and the mid-Atlantic states. In between the confrontations with Allah’s Army, the team conducted other operations in Canada, Gaza City, on the Gaza Strip, and a small bayou town in Louisiana.
Covert Avengers
Military Thriller
Jake Green emerged from the deep cover that had been ordered after he left Detachment X-Ray and became Staff Assistant to a United States Senator. His first assignment was to assist Senator Sam Martin at a UN conference with a trade delegation from the People’s Republic of China. Jake developed an attitude of hostility toward one of the Chinese delegates. He recognized the future Premier as a Chinese officer who had commanded the capture of the Marine unit he was serving with. Then unexpectedly Jake became reunited with his comrades from the Korean War and they decided to assassinate the future premier of China. During the stalking phase, other targets came within their sights. They took on a mountain feud and stopped a drug running effort. Then the Washington, D.C. police department came to their attention. Jake also made an operation with a unit of former members of Detachment X-Ray.
Detachment X-Ray
Military Thriller
Jake Green, a US Navy Seaman, was caught up in a battle front advance in the Korean War. Without training for battlefield duties, the Marines assigned him duties as a radioman and gunfire spotter with a forward echelon unit led by Lt. John (Silvertip) Silvers. During an attack against North Korean forces, the Marines out distanced their supporting forces and were surrounded by the North Koreans. The unit held out for five days under heavy battle situations. Lt. Silvers led Green and three other Marines in an escape. Upon returning to his ship, Green was told that the situation he had been in had never occurred. He was then ordered back to the United States for special training and Detachment X-Ray was formed. This secret organization operated out of the South Atlantic with the chain of command reaching back to the White House. Detachment X-Ray was very successful in search and destroys missions. After a number of years they were ordered back to the States. Instead of disbanding, X-Ray was reorganized and based in the United States.
AUTHOR: Mary Lou Healy
Gingerbread Man
Romantic Suspense
Libby Wakefield is fortune’s darling, until she loses all that matters to her and suddenly must overcome a variety of factors ranged against her: physical injuries, criminal elements, and time. Courageously battling back from near-death after a traffic accident that claimed her husband’s life, she sets out to find her missing son, dragooning the reluctant aid of Devon Masters, a private investigator/ex-cop with his own background of trauma and loss. Together they follow a vanishing trail from New England to Georgia. In their quest, they are followed by a psychotic figure from Devon’s past, whom they must confront and defeat. They will encounter a reclusive Traveler clan, The MacKinnons, who have developed theft and murder into a perverted art. Their search becomes a journey of discovery. During its course, Libby and Devon will move beyond their individual pain and loss, and find renewal in an unexpected love.
AUTHOR: Sandy Henry
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Mystery Thriller
Steel City murder! This romantic thriller set in Pittsburgh will haunt you long after the last page is turned. Abby Duncan has got a wedding to plan. But from the moment her fiance slips the vintage aquamarine solitaire onto her finger, she begins to experience vivid, haunting dreams . . . of murder. Jan Bachman of Devenish Press says, "If you love mysteries, you will fall right into Sandy Henry's inaugural book, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Her easy style takes you through a myriad of twists and turns. You won't want to put the book down. We're waiting for the next one."
AUTHOR: Eddie Lay
Mystery of the Hats
Mystery
Hannah and her best friend Amber discover a couple of strange hats in Hannah’s closet. The hats were the type worn by flappers in the 1920’s. The girls set out to discover the owner of the hats, and how they got in the closet. They enlist the aid of their elderly neighbor in the search of the secret behind the hats, and that secret leads to other startling and revealing surprises. During the course of their investigation a strange girl in a white dress frequently appears to Hannah in a vision. Who is this girl and what does she want? Amber thinks she is a ghost, but Hannah does not believe in ghosts. What could the connection be between the apparition and the hats? Is there one? In the process of uncovering the “Mystery of the Hats” they find: deception, murder, and a secret so shocking it changes one of their lives forever.
AUTHOR: Jeff Ross
The Chosen
Mystery
The Chosen is set in the year 2017 in a suburb of western Cincinnati. A programmer named Sean Clarkson finds himself in a society of computer hackers who are wreaking havoc worldwide. The story begins with Sean’s plane being jolted and thrown off course by an unknown ground computer. A few cyber criminals posing as utility workers kidnap a wealthy banker’s only son, a nine-year-old named Adam. The crooks force the bank president to open the bank’s computer system, allowing them to wire money to hidden accounts. A computer virus that was meant to be a decoy suddenly spreads out of control.
The Burglar
Mystery
The Burglar originates in the Cincinnati suburb of Bridgetown, Ohio. The home of a local dentist, Dr. John Mattingly, is burglarized and the only witnesses are the family dog, Max, and the cat, Penny. Ironically, much of the story is told from the pets’ point of view. While the home’s security cameras catch a portion of the burglary, Max has the job of somehow identifying and bringing the crook to justice. Through a burglary and a kidnaping, the story displays two strange relationships—one between humans and their pets, and the other between a burglar and a police hostage named Mattie. As they flee from the authorities, the Burglar and Mattie discover they have common threads—and they are quite surprised at what they discover about themselves. The chase begins in northern Kentucky and leads authorities to the Smoky Mountains and through the swamps of Central Florida.
AUTHOR: A.J. Dawn
High-Profile Murderer
Mystery
High-Profile Murderer is designed to be a thrilling story about Dex McMahon, a cop who must get to the root of his best friend’s murder before he can continue his dream of becoming chief of police in Los Angeles. What he will learn will change his life forever as he battles a vengeful spirit haunting his family, as well as a ruthless serial killer out to destroy all he holds dear. He finds out about his friend’s suspicious death upon his return from a business trip. The events become more questionable as another prominent man is killed the next night, and yet another a few days later. The horrible cycle continues until Dex’s wife Juliana is kidnapped. The truth behind the murders begins to show its ugly face—Dex’s previously unknown connection to the murderer will shock him and his family to their very souls.
AUTHOR: Dick Stodghill
Midland Murders
Mystery
Eight stories from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine plus one from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
Vol I Jack Eddy Stories
Mystery
Eight stories from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
AUTHOR: Rebecca Benston
In the Wash: The Rona Shively Stories
Mystery
Rona Shively has seen a lot of things in her day, but nothing like the case brought to her by Gilbert Delvecchio. He is looking for his ex-wife, and she’s definitely not the woman he married. Before she knows what is happening, Rona is swept into a web of deception where everyone is both a target and a suspect. A couple of romances and a shootout later, can she find the missing ex-wife before the bull’s-eye finds her again? Or is it too late?
AUTHOR: Naomi Chapman
The Digby Lake Killer
Thriller
One day a group of college students named Cody, Sonya, Kim, Matt, Brady, Gwen, Lucas, and Valerie head to Digby Lake to relax and have some fun. When they arrive at the lake it’s already crowded. They start swimming and having fun like everyone else. They are all clueless to the fact that there is a killer lurking in the woods just waiting for them to step foot on the nearby trail so he can kill them. The killer watches them from the trees and randomly selects people to kill. While doing so, he becomes fascinated with Sonya and Cody because they remind him of his mother and one of her boyfriends. He gets his chance to abduct Sonya. It’s up to Cody and Matt to find her and rescue her before he kills her.
Wallet of Death
Thriller
Maggie Rogers is a shy librarian with a simple life until she is the witness to a murder one night while walking home. Near the scene of the murder, she loses her wallet, and the killer picks it up. Her life becomes a nightmare. The killer begins stalking her, prank-calling her, and leaving pictures from her wallet for her to find. Detective Troy Micheals is working the case. While trying to protect Maggie and catch the killer, they fall in love. Will Detective Micheals find the killer before he finds Maggie?
AUTHOR:
Inez Brinkley
A Light in Darkness
Mystery
There’s a serial killer loose, killing the women from Bourbon street, and Joseph, a vice cop, has to find out who’s behind it. Each one is killed the same way, a small knife wound to the heart, almost like it was made with a dagger. Each of the victims had rope burns on their wrists and ankles. There was no doubt about it, these were ritualistic killings, sacrifices. And now they had Jennie, the woman Joseph loved more than life. And it was up to him to find out where their cult was headquartered, where they held his beloved Jennie, before it was too late.
A Light in Darkness is a mystery novel, but it is also a love story of the passionate love between Jennie and Joseph, a love that even the forces of darkness couldn’t stop, as they fulfill the destiny that God had called them to.
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