Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for October 14, 2023

1986–OSU assistant coach Johnny Hazard is a man who has everything: the woman of his dreams, a recently remodeled Dutch Colonial home, and a budding Benadryl habit. But when his wife, Janet, leaves him to “find herself,” Johnny’s Benadryl abuse grows out of control, and his nightmares follow him into the daylight. Reality melts, and he’s introduced to the world behind the world, meeting a cast of wayward characters who offer a safe harbor from the storm of his life. But Johnny craves terror, and his downward spiral tightens as he examines a growing sickness within society and himself.

The Perilous Awakening of Johnny Hazard is a deconstruction of the every man dedicated to the horrors of human existence, isolation, self-loathing, and everything we keep hidden. The supernatural terrors that haunt his step mirror his internal struggles. Watch a human dumpster fire in action.

Jerry Pace reluctantly agrees to accompany his best friend deep into the Orinoco to retrace a doomed, 1559 Spanish expedition from which only 6 of 49 explorers returned. What they encounter is earth-shattering.

TEPUI won 1st PLACE in the coveted Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association annual competition. Readers say: “The story WILL ENGULF YOU!” and “If you want to go on a great adventure, THIS IS IT!”

Category: Suspense

…AND THE KILLER HAD NO FACE… Lara Radburn arrives minutes after a crime is committed. She finds her renter, Crystal Mar, a local artist, dead. She has been bludgeoned by one of her own works in progress…the sculpture of a fierce lion. Her four-year-old daughter, Karma, has disappeared. In a frantic search through the surrounding woods, Lara encounters a stranger who helps her find Crystal’s child. But she soon discovers that Dane Lanford is the man who has taken her late brother’s role as head of the local art retreat, a place shrouded in rumors and mystery, and has ties to Crystal through her artwork. To the traumatized child, the face of the killer has merged with that of the stone lion, so she can identify no one. Lara suspects charming Dane Lanford may be Karma’s father…and a cold-blooded killer.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

A journalist discovers that many workers at a former factory are sick and dying. She suspects poisoning with toxic chemicals in past decades. The site is being turned into up-market real estate with a glittering share listing. With this all funds and obligations to workers will vanish. It’s a race to find the truth before it is too late.

Category: Mystery – Historical