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Indie mysteries and thrillers (page 2)


Cover art for DAS MEDALLION
INDIE
Released: Nov. 16, 2009

"Like good mysteries, this one blossoms petal by petal, while delivering a demur love story in the midst of sinister circumstances."
A well-told, well-paced thriller of treachery and remembrance harking back to the grim final years of World War II Germany. Read full book review >
Cover art for MURDER IN CONTAINMENT
INDIE
Released: Oct. 1, 2009

"An entertaining, inventive mystery."
Bloodshed and political skullduggery roil a nuclear power plant in this absorbing thriller. Read full book review >
Cover art for VESTED INTEREST
INDIE
Released: Sept. 28, 2009

"A distended but often entertaining actioner."
A journalist battles a cabal that controls the global economy, much of the U.S. government and countless teams of special-ops honchos in this boisterous thriller. Read full book review >
Cover art for HERE'S DEATH
INDIE
Released: March 24, 2009

"A richly textured, thoughtful whodunit with a moral bite."
The London Blitz makes an almost perfect coverup for murder in this labyrinthine mystery. Read full book review >
Cover art for FATHER, I HAVE SINNED
INDIE
Released: Oct. 12, 2006

"Parmelee draws the depth and range of pedophilia and sexual slavery into an appalling light."
Parmelee's understated thriller tackles a pedophilic, child-trafficking syndicate in Thailand. Read full book review >
Cover art for ONE-TRICK PONY
INDIE
Released:

"Sure to earn a place on the shelves of suave crime-novel buffs."
Vigilante justice is the real star of this action-packed international crime novella, which features sexed-up tough guy/wine connoisseur/attorney Doherty and a trio of short stories about more bad people getting what they deserve. Read full book review >