HOUSE OF MYSTERY — BRUCE BORGOS & ANN CHARLES

Deadly riddles, desert mysteries, outrageous characters, and plenty of murder and mayhem!

This Friday on House of Mystery, host Alan R. Warren welcomes USA Today bestselling mystery author Bruce Borgos, discussing his gripping novel The Riddle Maker, another thrilling installment in his popular Porter Beck mystery series. Set against the rugged Nevada landscape, Borgos delivers a suspenseful blend of crime, dangerous secrets, and mysteries that keep readers guessing until the very end.

Joining him is USA Today bestselling author Ann Charles, discussing her wildly entertaining mystery Ch...

Scarlet Jameson is a taekwondo champion with a badly injured leg, a short fuse, and absolutely no intention of becoming an amateur detective.

Then her friend Michelle is attacked by three masked strangers.

Before her failing sight ended Michelle's career as a pediatrician, Emily had been her first patient. Years later, she became her last. When a desperately needed transplant fell through, Emily died—leaving behind a tragedy Michelle thought she'd buried.

Apparently, someone else is determined to keep the past buried too.

Scarlet, Michelle, and their loyal but unpredictable friend Be...

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HOUSE OF MYSTERY — CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN & W.H. CHIZMAR

Dark secrets, chilling encounters, and the kind of horror that stays with you long after the lights go out!

This week on House of Mystery, host Alan R. Warren welcomes New York Times bestselling horror author Christopher Golden, discussing his terrifying new novel Carry Me to My Grave, a haunting journey into fear, suspense, and the darkness lurking beneath the ordinary.

Joining him is rising horror author W.H. Chizmar, discussing his disturbing novel Them, a chilling exploration of the unknown and the terrifying possibilities of...

HOUSE OF MYSTERY — HANK SCHWAEBLE & MEGAN MOSTYN-BROWN

Dark secrets, disturbing nightmares, and psychological terror take centre stage!

This week on House of Mystery, host Alan R. Warren welcomes award-winning horror author Hank Schwaeble, discussing his chilling book What's Normal for the Spider, a journey into the darker corners of fear and the unexpected.

Joining him is acclaimed horror writer Megan Mostyn-Brown, discussing her unsettling novel The Need, a provocative exploration of desire, obsession, and the terrifying consequences of human behaviour.

Two compelling authors, two disturbing stories, and one unforgettable evening of ho...

HOUSE OF MYSTERY — PARKER GARRETT & BLAIR FELL

Medical conspiracies, artificial intelligence, dark secrets, and a little supernatural magic!

This week on House of Mystery, host Alan R. Warren welcomes thriller author Parker Garrett, discussing his gripping novel Adverse Events, a chilling medical thriller exploring artificial intelligence, corruption, and the dangerous consequences of technology controlling human lives.

Joining him is bestselling author Blair Fell, discussing Disco Witches of Fire Island, a wildly imaginative blend of humour, supernatural mystery, friendship, and LGBTQ culture.

Two fascinating authors, two unforgettable stories, and conversations that take re...

House of Mystery welcomes two masters of suspense! Bestselling author Richard Chizmar returns to discuss Killing the Boogeyman, the chilling third installment in his terrifying series, where a notorious serial killer's disappearance unleashes a new nightmare. Joining him is acclaimed thriller writer Yasmin Angoe, discussing her gripping novel The Ferryman's Daughter. From dark secrets and psychological suspense to unforgettable characters, both authors take us behind the stories that keep readers on the edge of their seats.

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The daughter of an infamous murderer gets caught up in a copycat’s sick game in this thriller about legacy, self-determination, and corrosive secrecy from the bestselling author of Not What She Seems.

Forensic science teacher Sanaa Karrem buried her past as deep as she could. When her serial killer father, known as “the Ferryman,” disappeared eighteen years ago, she tried to disappear with him. She changed her name, built a new life. And for a while, it all felt like a distant nightmare.

But when bodies turn up with pennies on their eyes, Sanaa recogn...

The terrifying horror trilogy finale to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling series that includes Chasing the Boogeyman and Becoming the Boogeyman from “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste).

Notorious serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed “the Boogeyman” by the media—has vanished from prison. One moment, he was locked inside a maximum-security cell; the next, he was gone, leaving behind on the wall a crude hangman puzzle and two chilling words: IT’S TIME.

Now, days later, the world is coming apart again. Bodies are turning up near writer and Gallagher confid...

Kate Galway is looking forward to a quiet summer working on her latest novel at her home on Meredith Island. For a place hardly anyone has heard of, her sleepy Welsh island is attracting a lot of visitors, including a conman posing as a psychic and group of archaeology students who believe they’ve unearthed evidence of a Roman temple. Part-way through the dig, however, the students make an even more startling discovery: a body ritualistically laid out in their trench.

While intrigued by the murder, amateur sleuth Kate decides to leave this investigation to the pr...

When an accountant is murdered after accidentally receiving confidential records of illicit financial transactions, RCMP Inspector William Fox is drawn into an investigation that quickly unravels into a far-reaching criminal conspiracy.

What begins as a single homicide exposes a network driven by fentanyl trafficking, cybercrime, illegal gambling, and billions laundered through Bitcoin fraud. As William digs deeper, his brother Jamey, a fearless paraplegic investigative journalist, uncovers evidence that puts him in the crosshairs of a powerful Triad leader.

With assassins closing in, William must protect his brother while confronting a conspiracy that reaches from...

CHARGE OF THE LAWLESS LIZARDS (Book 7)

Take a posse of rowdy sisters and saddle them with deadly secrets. What do you have? A surefire formula for chaos.

Ronnie Morgan has some new admirers in town—the killing kind. The first task is to figure out where these assassins are holed up. The second … don’t get shot.

Then the bullets start flying.

The Morgan sisters are not the type to tuck tail and run, but they might need a little extra help to make it out of this kerfuffle alive.

W...

Every family has its secrets. But in this electric, provocative, and dizzyingly fast-paced horror debut, some families have The Need.

“An instant contender for horror novel of the year.”—Joe Hill

“This one gets stuck between your teeth, in the best way.”—Stephen Graham Jones

“You need to read The Need.”—S.A. Cosby

“A thrilling and surprisingly tender exploration of our most essential, primal fears.”—Riley Keough

The Need is a rare genetic disorder. Those who have it must consume human flesh or die. For some, The Need is power. For o...

After the death of his husband, Ethan Marris leaves New York for Washington, D.C., hoping to begin again. He accepts a position as Compliance Officer at St. Jerome's Medical Center, once considered the region's most prestigious hospital. Around him, America's healthcare system is struggling to rebuild after a political movement dismantled decades of federal oversight.

St. Jerome's was among the first hospitals to deploy GEORGE, an artificial intelligence designed to oversee research ethics as the healthcare system adapted to a new regulatory framework. As Ethan settles into his new role, he uncovers anomalies and cryptic...

“From Alaska to Taiwan to Russia, Echoes In A Stone is a high-octane scramble of adventure and relentless action, driven by characters so engaging you'll pull for them every step of the way. A propulsive thriller where cutting-edge science collides with global stakes — gripping to the last page.” – GENE KOON, award winning author of international thrillers

“Another top-notch thriller by Rodger Carlyle. I tried putting it down but kept reading; I had to know what crashed into Brandt and Andrea’s cabin in Alaska. Once the discovery is made public, everyone wants it, but what will they do to get it...

Take a deep dive into the realms of imaginative science fiction, including eight brand-new stories by award-winning author Alison McBain. Diving into Nebulae brings you over two dozen of McBain’s most popular SF stories, including her award-winning and nominated shorts “Pillar of Salt,” “What Are Friends For?” and “Asylum.”

So, grab your mitt to play some baseball in space, punch your ticket for the first traveling circus at the Milky Way station, and prepare to delve into a future that’s sometimes dark, sometimes hopeful, but always full of adventure!

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He was a trained killer. A US Army Ranger major. An orphan who rose from nothing to become

one of the deadliest men in the military. But when a low-grade leukemia ended his career, the

Army pushed him out and left him with nothing but a pension and a feeling of uselessness.

Then a rogue doctor gave him a new purpose. A new hobby. Killing those who had done great

harm and gotten away with it.

Now a police detective is closing in. A vicious old enemy...

A university sweetheart turns up again, out of the blue, following years apart, wishing to take another shot at a happy future together.

Did Joss and Aphra make a terrible mistake as students, when they split back then? Was the bitter argument merely a one-off mistake? A result of difficult experiences? Can this surprising second chance really work out for them? Can you say they are the same people as before?

The enigmatic Aphra escapes from a misconceived wedding in the south of France, while Joss’s humdrum, if lonely existence, is turned up...

Some worlds break quietly. Others shatter everything.

Callum Walker has survived betrayal, prophecy, and supernatural war—but survival is becoming harder with every secret uncovered.

Now hunted by forces far beyond mortal understanding, Callum finds himself accused of crimes he did not commit and pursued by divine powers that judge without mercy.

The veil separating realities is beginning to fracture.

Ancient enemies are awakening.

Old alliances are collapsing.

And the closer Callum gets to the truth, the more dangerous his existence becomes.

...

Tally Davis is a victim of her own success. Her wedding and flower businesses on Jekyll Island are going gangbusters when she’s doubly-blessed with motherhood. But she can’t keep so many balls in the air for her clients without more help.

The only solution is to hire and train more staff to help manage her brides and grooms. But Tally doesn’t have the same kind of time to train and get to know the new staff the way that she did with Kayla. And as her team grows, so do her problems.

Not ev...

In a future where corporations own everything—including people—one murder could ignite a revolution.

Twenty years from now, the United States is completely privatized. The Big Six syndicates own schools, roads, police departments…even human beings.

When a young immigrant woman—51% owned by the syndicates—is brutally murdered, NYPD, Inc. Detective Juke O'Keefe and his partner, Crime Marketing Consultant Haylee Navarro, catch the case. Pregnant and broke, Haylee knows they can’t crowdfund enough from a dead immigrant to pay for basic forensics, let alone their paychecks. But Juke, with his old-school sense of jus...

In the latest in this USA Today bestselling series, Nevada sheriff Porter Beck receives an anonymous riddle leading him to a body hidden for decades, leading Beck and his team in a chase to unravel riddles that will help them uncover and stop a long-time serial killer.

Porter Beck is the sheriff of Lincoln County, Nevada, a vast expanse of desert and mountains best known to the outside world for the top-secret installation called Area 51. Just down the highway sits a weathered mailbox where UFO believers leave messages for aliens. But this time, the message is...

From Bram Stoker Award winning author Hank Schwaeble, Normal for the Spider is a spine-tingling thriller that will keep readers hooked to the very last page.

Sienna Shaw is an apex predator. She kills without remorse when it suits her purposes, steals from those she judges undeserving of what they have, lives by her own set of rules. Just don't call her a serial killer. She knows what she is and what she always will be--a survivor whose governing creed is simple: Trust No One.

Or so Sienna believes, until the day she encounters a...

Gripping, suspenseful, and layered with insight, this is the first full account of the infamous disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley while onboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean—from the acclaimed author of True Crime Addict.

In March 1998, the Bradley family—Ron, Iva, and their children, Amy and Brad—boarded the Rhapsody of the Seas for a week-long Caribbean cruise. The trip was a chance to celebrate Ron’s success at work and Amy’s college graduation.

In the early hours of March 24, Amy Bradley—a pretty, athletic 23-year-old—returned to the family’s stateroom with...

Josh Green has a secret.

Since he was a child, Josh has had troubling visions that allow him to see into other people’s pasts due to his extrasensory perception. Frightened by this ability, he’s told no one about it, except his best friend, Tony. When Tony’s college-age stepdaughter suddenly vanishes, he asks Josh to help him find her, as well as determine the circumstances of her disappearance. For the first time, Josh is forced to embrace his psychic ability to help trace the young woman’s steps. Eventually, this leads him to not only lea...

A Crimson Void: Hellhound Series, Book One

An obsolete ship. A disgraced captain. One chance at redemption.

For a hundred and fifty years, an uneasy peace has endured within the Ballenverse—a hundred-light-year sphere centered on Sol. But now Corporate forces have launched a ruthless surprise attack, leaving the United Earth Alliance fleet shattered and Earth, along with her allies, desperate and reeling.

Disgraced Jumpship captain Tarak Draeger has spent three long, bitter years languishing in jail for war crimes after destroying a civilian ship. But now he’s dragged from his...

The solo debut from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting, a post-apocalyptic/survival horror novel written in the bestselling traditions of Stephen King’s The Mist and Josh Malerman’s Bird Box.

A top-secret government project hits upon a revolutionary idea for transporting matter across the vast reaches of the universe, and it succeeds in bringing something back. Something alive. Soon, mankind’s reign comes to an abrupt halt when a truck hauling a very special shipping container overturns and rolls off the highway, unleashing an otherworldly horror upon an unsusp...

What if the monster in your child’s closet is real?

Tim Beaulieu’s daughter, Cleo, says that the monster is also her invisible friend, whom she blames for innocuous trouble. The whole thing makes Tim uneasy as he tries to remember a part of his childhood that is missing. Surely nothing can be wrong. Can it?

When the boy in the apartment upstairs goes missing after hurting Cleo, horrific memories begin to resurface as Tim finds himself under suspicion for the unthinkable. His daughter and those around him are in danger.

Under the Buldrick Empire’s rule, Owena finds herself fighting alongside a rebel force. Her aptitude for strategy and swordsmanship come to the fore. When she meets Galen, not only does she fall in love but becomes even more determined to join the fight to restore the rightful King to the throne.

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A DEADLY RECKONING UNFOLDS

in book three of Michael Balter's award-winning crime thriller series.

Marty Schott and Bo Bishop are trying to extricate themselves from a dangerous business partnership with a Russian oligarch when a midnight phone call shatters their plans. Bo’s brother-in-law has been murdered—and the Portland police detective on the scene recognizes them instantly. He’s questioned them before. He hasn’t forgotten.

As Marty and Bo dig for answers, they uncover a hidden wire, criminal activity inside their own company, and a killer who isn’t finished. What begins as...

Renley Nelsen's life is unravelling. She’s caught between midlife melancholy, her sons have drifted away, and her mother's mind is slipping beyond reach.

Sully, the youngest in a pack of abandoned dogs in Ontario's northern woods, knows only survival. Neglected and scarred, his distrust runs deep.

When Renley's closest friend begs her to join a dog rescue mission, she sees an escape. However, the broken animals—especially Sully—force her to confront more than she bargained for. As she works to save the pack, Renley discovers hidden strength and faces an impossible choice...

Gold Medal Winner, 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)

Gold Medal Winner, 2025 Global Book Awards

First Place Winner, Women’s Fiction, 2026 BookFest Awards

First Place Winner, Historical Fiction, 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Finalist, 2026 National Indie Excellence Awards

Top-ranked title in Amazon’s Friendship Fiction category – perfect for book clubs

A heartfelt coming-of-age novel set in 1963 South Dakota, Wednesday Club is a work of historical and women’s fiction that explores inter-generational friendship and the power of finding home where you least expect it.

Ivy Hans...

“Robert J. Sawyer is one of the most prolific and celebrated modern authors of science fiction.” —John Scalzi

Drawing on a lifetime of insight, passion, and exploration, this 225,000-word collection brings together Robert J. Sawyer’s most compelling articles, reviews, and speeches about science fiction.

From talks at the Library of Congress and Cambridge University through articles for Science and Slate to columns for SF magazines and fanzines, Sawyer examines the field he loves so much from every angle, including its history, creators, ideas, and future.

With his candid voice and sign...

Alfred Prince has created a social media site that is… EveryThing.

“I am looking for investors to support a new tech startup that will transform the world.” Prince had apparently moved into business mode. “It is an app called Triangulation, with an avatar named AL, for Artificial Learning, that will gather the data gleaned by EveryThing, Universe, and Totality.”

Max Creed is a modern-day Robin Hood, an anti-hero willing to do whatever it takes to enact justice for those who have been wronged by the ultra-wealthy. He and his band of not-so-merry people investigat...

Known equally for his chart-topping work as a contemporary saxophonist and his acclaimed science-fiction novels, Joyner operates at the intersection of sound, story, and emotional truth. Where many artists spend a lifetime refining one voice, Joyner moves fluidly between disciplines—composer, producer, performer, and author—allowing each to inform the other.

Over the course of a nearly two-decade career, Joyner has quietly built a résumé that commands respect: three Billboard #1 hits, eight Top Five singles, international touring across more than 30 countries, and collaborations with legends including Angela Bofill, Najee, Jean Carne, Ronnie Laws, Keiko Matsui, Peter White...

Does everyone have secrets?

When four teens are invited to meet after school with a teacher, the butterfly effect of this one small event soon changes their dreams about their futures. Thrown together to form, of all things, a debate team, the four—Grace, a popular star basketball player, Drew, a privileged hotshot, Ollie, an artistic new student, and Dottie a shy, brilliant loner—seem to have nothing in common. And not one of them believes they have what it takes to be successful debaters.

Over time, the four teens start helping each othe...

The Rose Queen was a fantasy finalist for 2019 IAN Book of the Year, and also a finalist for the 2019 Literary Classics Book Award. In addition, it was named as one of the best books of 2018 by the reviewer website Bookshine and Readbows. What makes it so intriguing? Perhaps it's because the Beast doesn't always wait for Beauty. Sometimes, Beauty IS the Beast. Princess Mirabella is betrothed to a repulsive old man a year after her mother's death. She refuses the marriage, only to find out her betrothed is a sorcerer as well. He takes his revenge by transforming her...

What if your first language wasn’t spoken, but signed? Do you have friends, family, or clients who feel stuck on the outside? Do you long to cultivate inclusive, compassionate relationships both personally and professionally?

In Raised in Silence, Maria Gallucci invites you into the vivid, rarely seen world of growing up as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). With humor, heart, and unflinching honesty, she shares what it's like to bridge the gap between cultures from the moment you can walk: the Deaf world of her parents and the hearing world outside th...

Do you believe that your success is determined by gatekeepers like casting directors, agents, directors or producers? Are you waiting for strangers to decide to choose you? Is your creative fire turning into frustration? Take your power back.

There is no traditional path to success for an artist, and waiting for a break is the fastest way to end your career before it begins. My life changed the moment I stopped waiting and started creating my own work. Once I took control and started producing my own projects I was finally able to become the artist...

Nashville PI Jackson Gamble has had all manner of clients and cases during his long career as a private investigator, but never a client like the one involving convicted triple-murderer Harvey Harris. Until recently a death-row inmate, and now dying of untreatable cancer, Harvey wants to see his daughter one more time before his time runs out. The search seems simple enough, but the girl has been missing ten years, and the case quickly goes into the weeds as Gamble’s search takes him on a three-state chase that involves him with a beautiful woman, two murders, and a co...