Best Books: Fiction

1 Dark Clouds Over Salty Shores

Dark Clouds Over Salty Shores

E.J. Masters | Mystery

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Bill Higgins had a secret to die for. And he did.When the captain is found murdered during the annual Lobster Festival, bookstore owner, Abby Vaughn, turns amateur sleuth to find the killer! Fishing for clues, Abby pulls in a tangled net of secrets, lies, greed and murder that will have her questioning the motives and actions of everyone in town...

2 INGRID DOWS - AN ALTERNATE STORY PART 2 - THE JET AGE

INGRID DOWS - AN ALTERNATE STORY PART 2 - THE JET AGE

Michel Poulin | Fiction

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It is the Summer of 1944 in a parallel timeline called Timeline 'C'. A defeated Germany has signed an armistice, while Japan, its military leadership decimated and with Tokyo and Osaka destroyed by atomic warheads, is slowly starving under a tight blockade. Ingrid Dows, a young strategic and tactical genius who is also a top fighter pilot and...

3 The Iris (Gravity, Space, and Time: Book 1)

The Iris (Gravity, Space, and Time: Book 1)

Patkós Csaba | Sci-fi Fantasy

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My first book, a science fiction space opera is written and published for FREE! It's a story about discovery, amazing technology, some action between the stars and universes in the far future of the 29th century. If you like it, donations are welcome, see "Author's note" for details.

4 NOSTROMO IN SPACE AND TIME

NOSTROMO IN SPACE AND TIME

Michel Poulin | Sci-fi Fantasy

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This novel is a sequel to my NOSTROMO LOST IN TIME and is the tenth novel in the Kostroma Series. It is continuing the adventures in Space of Captain Tina Forster and of her mighty cargo ship NOSTROMO and her crew in the year 2337. The threat from the monstrous Space Predators is now gone, with the last Space Predator ship destroyed by the...

5 Shadows of Deceit: Unveiling the Darkness Within

Shadows of Deceit: Unveiling the Darkness Within

Vaibhav Garg | Mystery

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In the labyrinthine heart of Noirville, a city shrouded in shadows and secrets, Detective John Stone is drawn into a web of deception that transcends the boundaries of law and order. Shadows of Deceit unfolds as Stone, an unwavering pursuer of justice, confronts The Sinister Alliance, a malevolent force orchestrating a symphony of crime that...

6 ANA  Reborn

ANA Reborn

Carl Facciponte | Sci-fi Fantasy

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The Gabriella saga continues. Book #2. Ana suspects she was killed in a previous animation for not giving in to a General’s sexual advances. Partnered with Rhett, a second sentient AI, Ana must use every ounce of her intelligence to break free of military domination. General Lance Coopers has plans for the AIs. With them as his bodyguards, he...

7 Cut Like Glass

Cut Like Glass

Stephanie Van Orman | Romance

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Bart has a two-week dating pattern. He wins them over with dinner dates, evenings out, and lavish experiences, but dumps them at the end of the 14 days. He doesn't mind the mascara smears because they are not on him. What will happen when his driver picks up the wrong girl?

8 Murder at the Stripclub

Murder at the Stripclub

Lew Pit | Mystery

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The happy life of George Gentle, owner of George’s hideout strip club, and his girls who love to work there are turned upside down after the vicious murder of George’s star performer.

9 Atlantic Canada Tales

Atlantic Canada Tales

Mike Bozart | Fiction

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A sextet of modern-day meta-real short stories set in eastern maritime Canada.

10 New England Sketches

New England Sketches

Mike Bozart | Short Stories

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The first one, Maine, Mainly, takes place primarily in Bar Harbor. Such an atypical, starkly scenic, rocky coast for the American Atlantic. The second one, Jōhatsu to Portsmouth?, is actually short enough to qualify as flash fiction. So many intentional self-vanishings. The third one, Eudaimonia in Vermont, is set just northeast of Burlington...