Collette Hammond didn't expect to die at her brother's wedding reception and New Year's Eve party, but she does, and it appears to be murder. Pete Culnane and Martin Tierney, police detectives, are set to solve the murder. This is a cute series

Jessica Gold is doing some last minute Christmas shopping, stops for a coffee, and is persuaded to get a drink with a very good-looking man named Dominic Lacey, who keeps her captive and tortures her. She certainly doesn't expect to get out alive.

Hayley Powell, food columnist for a small newspaper, is hired by Olivia Redmond, heiress to the Redmond Meats fortune to write several articles to promote the company's bacon. Olivia, however, is found murdered, and Hayley sticks her nose into the investigation.

Victorian England is upset by Jack the Ripper, as well as several murders of women who have been strangled by a silk scarf. Viscount William Everhard's mistress is one of the victims; he is searching for a new mistress, while Detective Inspector Bloodstone is trying to solve the cases.

Three friends are having a photo shoot to cross an item off their bucket list, and discover gunshots that are too close for comfort. They find the victim near the water, & since he is unconscious, can get no clues from him. They team up to find the would-be murderer & find themselves in danger.

Best friends, Salem and Bel, team up to find their mothers who have been kidnapped and possibly murdered. They travel to several historic places to gather clues; the suspense is palpable and will keep readers on the edge.

An accidental switch of laptops in the airport security line has life-changing consequences for Michael Tanner, owner of a fledgling gourmet coffee company, when he finds the laptop he takes home belongs to a powerful US senator and that the laptop contains top secret security information.

Jaine Austen's cat, Prozac has just been chosen to be in a television commercial, but when she learns she is the "before" cat, refuses to cooperate. Then the inventor of the product is murdered and Jaine is a suspect. Can she find the murderer before she is charged with the crime?

Jack Sant is a vampire helping the police clear cold cases on the island of Malta. This is the first installment in the Blood for Blood series, and deals with a 14 year old girl who was raped and murdered in the early 1980s. The novel is very dark and suspenseful.

Penelope Sheppard has received a scholarship at a prestigious college in Australia. Death seems to follow her around, and three of her fellow students are murdered. There is much suspense in this psychological thriller.