Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for September 18, 2023

A cat café
Murder
Who is the killer?

Lauren Crenshaw and her Norwegian Forest Cat Annie run their own certified cat café in the picturesque small town of Gold Leaf Valley, Northern California. Lauren’s fun cousin Zoe helps out as well.

Lauren, Annie, and Zoe are shocked when one of their favorite customers is poisoned. Steve came into the café nearly every day – but who wanted him dead?

The trio find themselves suspecting their customers – even elderly Mrs. Finch, whom Lauren thinks of as a substitute grandmother, doesn’t escape their scrutiny.
The new (and attractive!) police detective warns them off the case. But Annie, the Norwegian Forest Cat, seems to have a nose for sniffing out trouble.

Can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe catch the killer before the killer catches them?

This is a humorous, clean, cat cozy mystery with female amateur sleuths – and a Norwegian Forest Cat

The homefront – summer 1942, Brooklyn, New York. Maeve O’Shaughnessy is struggling to run her brothers’ detective agency. Her three brothers went off to war and left her with the agency and a teenage brother to look after. Enter ex-cop Vic Marino. He’s made a deal with the O’Shaughnessy brothers to help Maeve but she wants no part of him.

Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

During a home renovation, terrifying video footage of torture is discovered. With little to go on save a blurry image of one victim’s face, Senior Sergeant Veronika Pope is tasked with tracking down an evil, methodical killer.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

In this lawyer on the run action suspense, attorney Quinton Bell loses the trial of his career, and possibly his life.

Dead By Proxy takes you on a heart-pounding journey through the life of a criminal defense attorney, whose world is wiped out. When Quinton loses a career-defining case, he finds himself being hunted by the very client he tried to save.

As Quinton navigates the treacherous path of survival, he is running from a powerful and relentless adversary who will stop at nothing to see him silenced. Finally landing in Houston, he hides in plain sight while re-inventing his new life as a trial lawyer.

When he’s forced to take on a high-profile murder case, he exposes himself and those he loves to danger. With each passing moment, the noose tightens, and he must draw on every ounce of wit to outsmart those who still want him dead.

Will Quinton Bell find a way out, or will he forever be a target in a deadly game of cat and mouse?

Dead By Proxy is the first book in the edgy Proxy Legal Thriller Series. If you like memorable characters, smart gritty action, and jaw-dropping twists, then you’ll love Manning Wolfe’s fast-paced page-turner.

“A riveting read that expertly teams courtroom drama and legal maneuvering with imminent danger, spine-tingling suspense, a touch of romance, and non-stop action. Talk about an adrenaline rush!” – Reedsy

“Manning Wolfe just put herself on my list of must-read authors!” – John Ellsworth

Category: Thrillers – Legal