Small-town journalist Parker Lee may just have landed the story of the year: Ken Tora, the enigmatic Silicon Valley entrepreneur who grew up in Allington, returns for a reunion with his friends. But when Parker stumbles on a body, she gets a bigger, deadlier scoop than she expected. Who might have a motive for murder? What does it have to do with Ken’s old study group, “The Circle”? And is this crime connected with the disappearance of a local boy many years ago? It’s up to Parker to dig up the truth — before death encircles another victim. In Allington, if your last name is Lee, murder’s a family affair. Join Parker Lee and her big, quirky family for a cozy mystery set in the small town of Allington – a perfect setting for a puzzling murder. What readers say about M.P. Black’s books: ★★★★★ “If you enjoy mysteries, this is a must-read!” ★★★★★ “A great adventure, looking forward to reading more from this author.” ★★★★★ “The story unfolded straight away, and I wanted to get to know all the people.”

Not money, not even violence, but greed. Man’s bottomless well to satisfy the self and to grab more power begets all the evils in this world. Greed, the primal root of sin, triggers man’s ruthlessness and selfishness to consume him, screwing his morals and virtues and blinding him from the righteous path he once knew. With this, author Pierre S. Hughes pens an indelible and impactful story of selfish ambitions and broken dreams. What becomes of an egocentric man, whose philosophy is narrowed by the acquisition of influence and wealth, after cruelly getting rid of his opponents, including his wife, readers can follow in The Directors. Chris Jones, a small-town mayor who was once a nobody, rises to the top of the financial world and finds himself becoming obsessed with power, thinking that he has the invincibility to shut down anyone that comes in his way. With money, power, and greed, Chris sets a foundation that leads a once dark and unsuccessful town back into a path of destruction. This book houses a truly powerful novel, one that elaborates on how some people can become entrenched in the depths of money, power, and greed that they lose sight of what really matters. Once you open this book, you will not want to put it down only because you will become enthralled to see what happens next. Packed with action, drama, and suspense, The Directors will keep you on your feet, wondering what will happen next.

"The Lost Hunters" is the second volume of the Great West Series of which "The Great Sioux Trail" was the first. In this story young Will Clarke, who has long been a captive among the Sioux, and who has risen to high favor, has become Sioux himself, not only in manners and customs, but in thought. The world is clothed for him in a new atmosphere and he believes with the Indians that good and evil spirits fill air, earth and water - in truth, all things. Hence, his eye and mind in this story are the eye and mind of the Sioux. It is well known that bear, deer and wolf grow much larger in the great valleys of far Northwestern Americans than anywhere else in the world, and it may be possible that still more gigantic specimens will yet be found in remote regions. The struggle of primeval man with wild beasts carried on for ages is here reproduced in the advent of the Sioux warriors among them, armed only with bow and arrow. The names applied to animals and inanimate objects in this book are note the coinage of the author but are those used by the Sioux -- Foreword

Murder sparks witchcraft hysteria in this “thoughtful” and “entertaining” seventeenth-century historical mystery from a New York Times–bestselling author (Stephen King). It’s 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She’s been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young clerk to the traveling magistrate summoned to Fount Royal to weigh the accusations, soon finds himself persuaded in favor of the beguiling young widow. Struck first by her beauty, Matthew believes Rachel to be too dignified, courageous, and intelligent for such obscene charges. The testimony against her is fanatical and unreliable. Clues to the crimes seem too convenient and contrived. A number of her accusers appear to gain by her execution. And, if Rachel is a witch, why hasn’t she used her powers to fly away from the gaol on the wings of a nightbird? God and Satan are indeed at war. Something really is happening in the newly established settlement—of that Corbett is certain. As his investigation draws him into the darkness of a town gone mad, and deeper into its many secrets, Corbett realizes that time is running out for him, for Rachel, and for the hope that good could possibly win out over evil in Fount Royal. From the award-winning author of Boy’s Life and Gone South, Speaks the Nightbird is an “absorbing historical mystery” (Publishers Weekly).

When a floater that surfaces in the Harlem River turns out to be Chinese, Yu leaves his downtown precinct to investigate. Yu knocks on the usual doors, and the trail leads to the Gee family, noodle manufacturers who on the surface look like the ideal immigrant success story. When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players. With the help of an elderly fortune teller and an old friend, the unpredictable Billy Bow, Jack races to solve his most difficult case yet.

In 1897 a young American woman is transported from England to a land of magic. Through her eyes we experience the unfolding of this strange universe: its life, history, customs, and people. Filled with music and poetry and dance, Kingdoms' Corner is the brilliant creation of a rising new talent.