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When Renaissance man and adventurer Chase Baker is contracted by a young rare book dealer to uncover seven metal Bible codices or books which rival the Dead Sea Scrolls in biblical historical significance, he also discovers that the seventh book is sealed with a metal not found on this Earth. A metal so impenetrable it can only be broken by God or Satan. Whatever the case, the breaking of the seventh seal means one thing and one thing only: the end of the world as we know it.

This is how your life ends: Not with a whimper, but a scream! When Jude becomes the accidental witness to a bizarre “kill game” in which the killer, video game designer, and master of disguise, Hector “the Black Dragon” Lennox, insists on recording the screams of his victims prior to shooting them dead, the ex-cop’s life is turned upside down. When Lennox is arrested by the L.G.P.D. and Jude is asked to act as the state’s “star witness”, he has no choice but to fight his demon-fear and take on the role.

When a hotshot literary agent by the name of Suzanne Bonchance lures Richard Moonlight into searching for her missing star client -the boozing, womanizing Roger Walls - the private detective finds himself waist-deep in a whole lot of trouble. But when a sexy, young writing MFA student who claims to know Walls comes to his rescue, Moonlight not only becomes smitten with her charm, he also finds himself falling in love with a girl he barely knows. As the trail for Walls narrows and truths are revealed, Moonlight finds himself wanting to run away as fast as his legs will take him.

Renaissance man Chase Baker is back in action with a new adventure that takes him to mysterious India and the jungles of Nepal where he goes on the hunt for a missing God Boy born with three sets of arms and who is said to possess the ability to perform miracles. Problem is, the hunt not only involves searching for his lost love, the beautiful anthropologist, Elizabeth Flynn, it also means facing down an army of newly resurrected Thuggee Cult fanatics, their radical terrorist leader, Kashmiri, and inevitably, the evil God Kali herself.

When PI Jack "Keeper" Marconi is approached by a meek man by the name McNamee about a beautiful blue-eyed, long blonde-haired woman who took him not only for $9,000 worth of charges on his credit card, but who claims to be pregnant with his child, Keeper can't help but feel suspicious. Is the woman running a small time prostitution ring that also specializes in credit card fraud and larceny? He agrees to take on the job of surveilling the would-be madame. But what he discovers in the process is that not all prostitution rackets are what they appear to be.

NOW YOU SEE HER. NOW YOU DON'T. NOW YOU'RE DEAD! A writer who's suffering from a prolonged bout of writer's block is hunted down by a fan...a deranged fan who now only wants him to write a new novel and dedicate it to her. She stalks him and makes his life a living hell. At the same time, no one believes he's being harassed, convinced he is simply cracking up under the constant pressure to produce words and make money. From Thriller Award winner Vincent Zandri comes a tale of suspense, fear, and dread. Nab your copy now! "Vincent Zandri is one of the most acclaimed thriller writers working ...

WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO SAVE FROM A MADMAN'S BULLET? THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE OR YOUR CHILD? When an unmarried man, a writer, and a married woman, a decorated cop, who are conducting an affair accidentally run into a man in the supermarket with their shopping cart, the victim becomes more than annoyed. He begins to stalk the couple relentlessly, eventually abducting the cop. There's more than meets the naked eye in this relentless episodic pulp fiction thriller from New York Times and USA Thriller Award winning author, Vincent Zandri. For fans of Michael Connelly, Lawrence Block, Jim Crumley, ...

Does the Ark of the Covenant, or what’s also known as the Ark of God, truly exist? Adventurer, writer, and treasure hunter, Chase Baker is about to find out, the hard way. Adventurer, Chase Baker is back in the thick of it. This time, he along with his sexy and adventuring archaeologist partner, Dr. Sarah Gibson, are entrusted by both a wealthy financier and an old English, Paris based Biblical scholar to unearth perhaps the greatest archaeological treasure of all time: The Ark of the Covenant. Or what’s also known as the Ark of God.

At 38, Ava “Spike” Harrison has been a major player in the local construction industry. She’s also had to rebuild her family business from the bottom up thanks to bad luck and bad fines. So it’s easy to see why OSHA, breathing down her neck on her latest job at Albany’s PS 20, has the contractor on edge. She’s used to putting out fires, but this is about to be a full-on explosion - 300 students at risk for exposure to deadly asbestos, and the asbestos removal contractor, Jimmy Farrell, is nowhere to be found.

"Would you kill for art's sake?" The walls are closing all around rags to riches fiction writer, Victor Casey, as his wife and muse, the lovely Stella, falls for the very detective who is investigating Casey's alleged murders. The detective in question is a stunning concrete blonde, by the name of Megan Lawless, and together, she and Stella are making plans that will destroy Vic if he allows them to happen.

Jack Marconi is back in legal hot water. In The Guilty, Jack finds himself investigating a local restaurateur and spoiled playboy who's accused of attempting to murder his school teacher girlfriend. As the now brain-damaged young woman begins recalling events of that fateful dark winter night when she was allegedly pushed down the stairs of a West Albany mansion, she becomes the target of the powerful but angry foodie/sex-obsessed boyfriend once again.

Chase Baker, Renaissance man and adventurer is back. When a flirtatious, beautiful young woman by the name of Andrea Gallo claims to be a fan of his pulp novels, Chase can't resist reciprocating in the lusty attraction. But that night, while the two enjoy a romantic evening of wine and love in his Florence apartment, he is suddenly kidnapped from his bed by two thugs who turn out not only to be working for Great Britain's infamous MI-16, but also working side-by-side with Gallo.

Chase, seeking inspiration for a new book, and a big pay-off, stumbles onto the opportunity of a lifetime: to use his PI and archaeological sandhogging skills to seek out an aircraft hidden deep in a remote part of the Amazon jungle. But the aircraft in question isn't any old airplane. Legend claims it's an ancient flying machine called the Golden Condor - an intergalactic spaceship delivered to the Incas by aliens more than 1000 years ago.

Orchard Grove is a town like any other, with quiet neighborhoods and apple groves...though Ethan, the depressed screenplay writer, and his secretive wife, Susan, would tell you differently. So would the seductive serial killer living next door. The apple trees are fertilized with evil, and the backyard fences aren't enough to stop the manipulative mind games and dangerous lies. The lines between good and evil are blurred and then erased as Ethan does what it takes to survive.

Prison Can't Prepare You for the Pain They Will Inflict on Your Daughter if You Don't Stop Them First! Sidney O'Keefe just wants to spend a peaceful weekend alone with his family in the vacation paradise of Lake Placid, New York, now that he's been paroled after a ten-year stretch in a maximum-security prison. But any illusion of a peace is destroyed when his eleven-year-old daughter, Chloe, suddenly disappears, leaving Sidney and his wife, Penny, stricken with fear and panic. When it's determined that his old crime boss, Mickey Rabuffo, might be behind the abduction, it becomes apparent ...

DIDN'T YOUR PARENTS WARN YOU NOT TO PICK UP HITCHHIKERS? On a rainy morning, PI Dick Moonlight decides to pick up soaked-to-the-bone hitchhiker--an attractive young lady who not only has a deadly story to tell, but leads Moonlight on a chase that could cost him his life. From New York Times bestselling Thriller and Shamus Award winning author Vincent Zandri comes yet another short thriller that you can devour in one sitting. For fans of Robert B. Parker, Michael Connelly, JR Rain, Joe Lansdale and more. Scroll up and grab this thriller now. Non-stop action. - I Love a Mystery ***** Vincent ...

IT'S MARCH 2020. CAN COVID-19 TRULY BE THE DEATH OF DICK MOONLIGHT? PI Dick Moonlight only wants to grab a quick beer and maybe a conversation with a good-looking lady. But now that the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down the world, he's got nowhere to go to have a couple drinks and wish his troubles away. So instead, he ends up at the supermarket to grab a few supplies, including toilet paper. But there is only one package of what's become "paper gold" left, and that's where the trouble begins. It turns out that two twin Russian brothers who are also Russian gangsters, also want that same ...

DON'T MESS WITH BINGO NIGHT!!!! When two losers working for a floral supply outfit get it into their heads that they can rob the creepy old home for the elderly which is located directly across the street from their place of employment on Bingo Night, it sounds like an easy score. Too easy. Because what they don't realize is that just because people are old, doesn't mean they still don't have some fight left in them. In fact, in the case of Bingo Night, these elderly people have more than fight in them. They are barbarians. Originally published in Pulp Metal Magazine in two parts, Bingo ...

When you can die at any moment, the only thing you have to lose is not a goddamn thing! When Moonlight is hospitalized for emergency lung surgery, he wakes up in a hospital room shared by a philandering construction tycoon whom he tailed on behalf of the tycoon's wife. Now that the resulting divorce proceedings are about to cost the construction man not only his business but his money, he wants vengeance from Moonlight. Is it a case of coincidence or something much more nefarious? Whatever the case, the ailing Moonlight finds himself fighting for his life and dodging bullets. "Vincent ...

Money Can't Buy You Love, and it Sure as Hell Can't Save Your Life! When PI Jack Marconi is approached by a handsome, wealthy couple to find their daughter now that she's gone missing moments after being stood up at the altar during her lavish white wedding, the veteran gumshoe is feeling apprehensive about taking on the case. After all, the missing girl is probably just hanging with her friends and crying her eyes out. But when the father of the would-be bride is found killed inside his expensive Mercedes, suddenly Jack smells a rat. From NY Times bestselling Thriller and Shamus Award ...