Mysteries

By Karen L. Kier (Forge Ahead Consulting)

In the small town of Glen Rock, Iowa, Sally Andersen, owner of the neighborhood bakery, finds the dead body of a high school athlete while out running the local trails with her dog, Goldie. She soon learns that it\’s the body of a boy that works for her after school and on weekends and who\’s also befriended her sister, Nora, who is autistic. Learning that he died of a fentanyl overdose, Sally sets out to ensure this same type of tragedy doesn\’t happen again in their community. But will the risks to her, her family, and the friends who try to help her be too much?What Readers Are Saying.

By Christy Barritt (River Heights)

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By Stephen R. Lawhead (Thomas Nelson)

It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future. Kit Livingstone’s great-grandfather appears to him in a deserted alley during a tumultuous storm.

By (Thomas Nelson)

It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future. Kit Livingstone’s great-grandfather appears to him in a deserted alley during a tumultuous storm.

By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)

Anna loves her job as a high school English teacher until everything goes sideways. The one bright spot in her life is Titus Gains, the school counselor, who is there for her at every turn. Titus’ boss complicates his ordered world when she tasks him with running a meeting that changes everything. How had he not noticed Anna earlier? Someone is out to destroy her, and he can’t let that happen. As the head of the English department, part of Luke Harms’ job is to make sure everything runs smoothly.

By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)

Two strong-willed sleuths team up to solve a mystery. Can they work together, or will their differences pull them apart?Librarian Nancy Daley loves a good mystery and enjoys moonlighting as a consultant for the sheriff’s department. When license plates go missing in Tipton County, she’s on the case. This time things are different—she’s been partnered with the new deputy, and he’s not interested in her help. To make matters worse, she’s angered the wrong person and is now being threatened.

By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)

Adam and Tara are sucked into a police investigation that might get Tara killed. Can Adam keep her safe or will he lose her forever?Tara James, the local librarian assistant, is afraid her past will catch up to her when an infant is abandoned outside the Tipton County Library. Will news of the abandoned baby stir up publicity and force her to go on the run again?Librarian Nancy Daley’s world has become complicated. Carter is pushing to set a wedding date, a woman was left for dead on the side of the road, and Tara, her assistant, is acting strange. Nancy is working every angle she can think of, but the case goes from bad to bizarre.

By Lenora Worth (Love Inspired Suspense)

Counseling is more than Laura Walton’s job—it’s her calling. So when Luke Martinez hangs up abruptly after calling the hotline where she works, Laura won’t let it go. She tracks Luke to the Grand Canyon, little knowing she’s walking into a heap of trouble. Laura’s not the only one tracking Luke, and while she came to help him heal, his other pursuer has murder in mind. Luke thinks he has nothing left to lose until Laura makes him believe—and love—again.

By Lenora Worth (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense)

Counseling is more than Laura Walton’s job—it’s her calling. So when Luke Martinez hangs up abruptly after calling the hotline where she works, Laura won’t let it go. She tracks Luke to the Grand Canyon, little knowing she’s walking into a heap of trouble. Laura’s not the only one tracking Luke, and while she came to help him heal, his other pursuer has murder in mind. Luke thinks he has nothing left to lose until Laura makes him believe—and love—again.

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