The ice maiden is dead.When a young woman is found dead—shot through the heart with an arrow—it's up to DI Tom Brand and DS Kate Ryan to solve her bizarre murder.The residents of Relby village, still recovering from recent tragic events, are up in arms that the icy finger of Death has touched the community once again.With the press hounding them for information, and a DSI expecting a quick solution to the mystery, Brand and Ryan are working against ...

If you can keep your cool when everyone else is losing theirs . . . maybe you don't realize how bad the situation really is.Rekhmire the Destroyer wants to annihilate the world (that's usually what destroyers do) and he isn't going to stop until he's achieved his stretch goal of turning everyone into a soldier for his undead army. Not on my watch. It's time to send this walking piece of leather back to the tomb he crawled out of. But how am I supposed to do that wh...

The night is dark . . . and full of preternatural killersIf Jason, Michael, and Freddy were merged into one being and given supernatural powers, the result would be something like Mister Scary. He's been carrying out his murders from the Shadow Land for way too long now. It's time to put him down.

Peter G Bolt. Editorial: Conversations about Ancient TextsAdam Z. Wright, The Historical Jesus and Mythology: An Evaluation of Mythicist ThoughtHans M. Moscicke, Jesus' Three-Day Journey in the Belly of the Sea Monster: Jonah Typologies and Traditions in Matthew's Passion NarrativeBart B. Bruehler, Jesus' Mission of Proclamation and The Problem of Popularity: A Pragmatic Dimension to the Secrecy Elements in the Gospel of MarkJohn A. Davies, The Markan Alphab...

Scholars have long debated the genre of the Gospels and many opinions have been put forward, such as biography, history, epic, or comedy. However, do the Gospels actually reflect these ancient genres? This book addresses this question and arrives at the conclusion that the Gospel of Mark was written as an ancient form of tragedy. Why would this matter to ancient or modern readers? Tragedy addresses the fundamental question of humanity's suffering and offers a philosophical perspective that...

An eerie Appalachian town. A fatal fire. Three women whose fates intertwine . . .Essa Montgomery and her brother Clyde were brought up in New Hope, a serpent-handling church in Vintera, West Virginia, until the shocking deaths of both their parents closed the church down. Now twenty, reclusive Essa lives alone in her childhood home in the shadow of New Hope, which to her horror has been taken over by a new charismatic, unsettling pastor who continues the d...

I'm destined to be alone. They think they can rewrite my fate.One year after the fall of the Designation Government, Westin Anderson can barely comprehend her freedom. Now, she can have a job and take part in the newly formed Omega Rights Committee, but she's still barred from doing the one thing her heart desires—joining a pack.Plagued by a mysterious illness that doctors continue to dismiss, Westin plays fast and loose with her new life. For every quiet d...

News of the coronavirus hit New York City, and LA-native Jade is stuck dog sitting in her best friend’s Brooklyn apartment. Her bestie Zora is on her honeymoon in the Maldives and may now be stuck there too. The island has canceled all flights. Only God knows when Zora will return and Jade can fly back to LA. Then Zora’s brother, Kamal, shows up with his bags and proclaims that he’s temporarily moving in, which is odd because he has his own luxury condo in Manhattan. Something’s clearly ha...

The Cowboy Code & Cattle Country – 4 Classic Western Fiction Novels captures the rugged essence and timeless allure of the American West through a carefully curated compilation of four classic novels. This anthology delves into the quintessential themes of frontier justice, cowboy valor, and the untamed landscape that shaped the western genre. With an impressive range of literary styles, from vivid realism to captivating romanticism, this collection reflects the complexities of Western lif...

A bloodied and bruised girl runs out of the woods and into the path of oncoming traffic. The police are shocked to discover that she's a missing schoolgirl they've been trying to find for the past three weeks. Traumatized by her ordeal, she's unable to tell them what happened to her.A woman's body is found crucified in a barn on the Yorkshire Moors. Evidence found at the crime scene links her to the schoolgirl.Hot on the heels of a commendation for her work on a serial kill...

When a mysterious flash drive arrives at the Murder Force headquarters, the team is unwittingly drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a killer who bears a grudge against one of its members.A series of deadly traps. A detective in danger. This will be Murder Force's most difficult case yet.

Two boys are missing. No one is talking.Detective Inspector Tom Brand has moved from London to his childhood home in the sleepy village of Relby to look after his elderly father and take a job as lead detective in the village's new police station.Before he has a chance to settle into his new life, tragedy strikes. Two twelve-year-old boys pretending to be detectives in a mysterious game disappear. Tom is thrown into the most important case of his career. Fa...