Southern Thrillers

In a poor West Virginia town decimated by the opioid epidemic, teenagers Jane and Henry have it even worse than most: Their father is Hollis Lusher, a convicted serial killer known as “the Blind Spot Slasher”. However, despite being bullied at school, the siblings still believe in their father’s innocence. And now a popular true-crime podcast is coming to town and stirring things up.

Foster kid Briar Givhans grew up on the wrong side of the Charleston society tracks. She has no idea who her parents are or where she came from. She showed up as a toddler on the door step of a fire station with a note stuck to her back with just her name and age on it. No one ever claimed her. Now she's an adult and has long since given up on figuring out her true identity. And then Hell's Belles comes knocking on her door.

In a world of pageantry and show, the Montgomery family accepts the way of life that has been Antebellum Charleston for over 100 years. Two cousins, the handsome and debonair Wade Montgomery and the bold and brooding Cullen Smythe, were born to be brothers. Raised as Southern gentlemen, their character could never be questioned - loyalty, honor, duty to one's country, God, and family. It was the tie that binds until their bond is threatened, not only by the cry for secession but by a woman.

Gracie's life is in danger. Only she can save herself and her lover. Beaten in the streets, Gracie is rescued. Some time passes, and Gracie begins to move on with her life. Only, trouble from Gracie's past threatens their new relationship. Gracie and Harold will face fate together.

Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain's heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city's towering oaks, surrounded by graceful mansions. Instead, she's hiding miles away on Tybee Island after a mysterious voice on the phone warned her that someone wanted her dead. The call was too specific to ignore. The caller knew everything about her. But that was months ago, and she's getting tired of being scared.

Los Angeles TV journalist Beatrice Middleton has lost her job. With a possible employment offer in Atlanta, she heads home to Savannah, Georgia, to reconnect with her contentious African-American family, arriving to find that her 15-year-old nephew has been murdered. This begins the unraveling of a cloak of family secrets surrounding another devastating crime, one that shattered Bea's world when she was a teen. The traumatic memory has been buried so deep it almost feels like it never happened - almost.

Everyone thinks fourteen-year-old Violet is a murderer. After a summer-night swim with her best friend, Ainsley, Violet is found confused, wandering in the forest - and Ainsley’s never seen again. But without a body, murder charges won’t stick, so Violet is sent away. After more than a decade in a psychiatric ward, Violet returns to her broken-down hometown of Normal, Alabama, to claim her dead mother’s inheritance and help her overworked sister care for their unstable, alcoholic father.

Thirteen years ago, Jori Trahan’s boyfriend vanished without a trace. Now, after moving back home to Alabama to care for her ailing grandmother and autistic brother, she comes face-to-face with the deadly mystery behind his disappearance. Jori has a rare form of synesthesia, meaning she can “hear” colors; to her, tones of voice are as unique as fingerprints. With the help of this ability and a sympathetic cop, Jori comes dangerously close to uncovering the truth. But those responsible will go to any length - including murder - to keep their dark secrets buried.

The Wallace women have always been known for their fiery and outspoken nature, and Sarah Wallace is no different than her ancestors before her. But in the city of Sugar Grove, Florida, not much has changed. Racism and hate still lie deep in the families that have inhabited the area since the 1800s. As she takes over as CEO of the Sugar Grove Sugar company, she soon discovers just how deep that hatred goes. Her new venture of turning her family's old plantation into a recovery and therapy ranch is on the line as evil rears its ugly head and she discovers a body on her property.

Sugar Creek Gap is a Southern small town where everyone puts their differences aside in order to come together for the greater good of the cozy, close-knit community. But when a citizen, Jeff Faulkner, goes missing from the annual Sugar Creek Gap High School fundraiser, the rumor mill starts to turn faster and faster, churning up the past. Bernadette Butler, a local mail carrier, hears all the gossip swirling around while delivering the mail on route. Bernie can't help but collect clues with all the gossip flowing faster than she can deliver the mail.

CJ Turley is excited to begin her new life as overseer of Heavenly Acres, a tiny house community in the Ozark mountains. As she's handed the keys to her new house by a woman who seems far too eager to leave the job to someone else, CJ is told the community is experiencing a rash of burglaries and that she should visit the nearby park ranger for help.

What do you get when you have a southern town, a corrupt sheriff, the Mob, a rogue FBI agent and a burgeoning drug trade?? A thrilling novel written by a former sheriff loosely based on his experiences as an ex-New York prosecutor who found himself elected as the chief law enforcement officer of a Florida coastal county. The story centers around a fictional Florida County where the local FBI is seeking assistance from the Department of Justice to stem the growing international drug trade in their district. Thrust into this toxic brew of corruption is Jack Bondera, an undercover agent for a secret municipal corruption unit of DOJ known as the MCIU. Jack, an eighteen year veteran of the FBI and MCIU, will have all of his talents and courage tested as he goes undercover as a newly hired deputy sheriff in Bosley County. The battle tested staff of the unit provide him with support and intelligence, but it is an unexpected source that becomes the pivotal piece of the investigation. The story culminates in a standoff that threatens Jack’s life and in a surprise he is confronted by the forces of corruption in the county. With some local southern assistance, Jack prepares for the pivotal battle between good and evil.

After an injury derails Poppy Peters' ballet career, she gathers the courage to follow in her grandmother's footsteps and attend Calle Pastry Academy in a small-town Georgia. Poppy has her work cut out for her not only fitting in with her charming (and not-so-charming) Southern classmates but also proving her worth to her teachers after her first publicly humiliating attempt a making the school's famous peach pie.

After driving through a violent storm, young married couple Riley and Jake Marshall wind up stranded with a flat tire off the I-95 near Yemassee, South Carolina. They thought this would be the worst part of their day. They were wrong. When the tow truck arrives ahead of schedule, Riley and Jake think their luck may have changed. Wrong again. Jakes’s expensive car is loaded onto the flatbed, and the unsuspecting couple climb aboard. What begins as a car theft and mugging turns much darker when the backwoods car thieves discover Jake’s family is worth millions.

Cantankerous Cat Touchette and his friend and employee, Tee Man, stumble upon Cat’s murdered neighbor, Ovey LaCourier. Cat later learns that the old man’s son, Ari, is in town and meets with him. Ari, an Army sniper, is near retirement eligibility, and in the process of investigating his father’s murder with Cat, his involvement with a childhood friend’s sister, and a general affinity for his new friends, gives retirement serious consideration. Meanwhile, once again, Cat cannot keep himself from landing in the middle of someone’s problem.

Life has been difficult lately for Somerton County Deputy Sheriff John Lee Quarrels. He's on the trail of a sexual predator, his love life is in turmoil, his soon-to-be ex-wife just served him with divorce papers, someone has stolen his police car and is using its radio to broadcast offensive jokes, a 350-pound redneck named Baby Bubba just tried to brain him with a shovel, and all of that happened before John Lee shot the dead guy.

Times are rough for Max and Sandra. They've lost their income, live in a trailer, and struggle to make ends meet - all due to the resurrected Tucker Hull. To make matters worse, the ghost detective, Marshall Drummond, refuses to move on and resides in their trailer. Barely able to afford food, they are desperate to get back on their feet. So, when Max's sole client is murdered in the mysterious Baxter House, he knows they've reached the breaking point. And there's only one way out - push on through.

ஒரு கோடிஸ்வரரால் கைவிடப்பட்டவளின் மகள் தான் யாழினி. ஒரு முதியோர் இல்லத்தில் வளர்ந்து வருபவள் அந்த கோடீஸ்வரர் மரணிக்கும் தருவாயில் தன் துரோகத்துக்கு பரிகாரமாக, தன்சொத்து தன்னால் கைவிடப்பட்ட யாழினிக்கு என்று எழுதிவைத்துவிட, யாழினியை தேடும்படலம் தொடங்குகிறது. சொத்துக்கு ஆசைபடுபவர்கள் தங்கள் வாரிசை யாழினி என்று பொய் சொல்லி சொத்தை அபகரிக்க பார்க்கின்றனர். யாழினிக்கோ முதியோர் இல்லத்தை பிரிந்து கோடிஸ்வரியாக ஆகா விரும்பமில்லை - அவள் என்ன செய்தாள்? பரபரப்பான நவீனம்!

It's Christmastime, and the ladies of Witch Hazel Lane are going all out. Caroling, bonfires, Christmas parties, not to mention the decorating! But in the midst of all the fun, Birdie Devaine is given a gift she can't seem to get rid of - the presence of her old flame, Lucifer. Yes, that Lucifer. He's come to do some bargain shopping himself...for souls. And when the town's fake Santa is found keeled over only days away from Christmas, the whole town is left in a wintry shock.

Key West is paradise - unless you're the dead woman in the Toucan Suite. The Hemingway cats, Megs and Bartholomew, who wander the grounds of the B&B, think Liberty Anderson was a spy. But spying on whom? And why? Trouble, the black cat detective, must decipher their cryptic communications and piece together a motive for murder.