July 2022 Newsletter – Oceanview Publishing

July 2022 Newsletter

Hot summer reading

It’s mid-summer and it is pretty hot. But not as hot as our new releases! In hardcover and e-book: ABIDING CONVICTION by Stephen M. Murphy. A judge on trial—it doesn’t get hotter than that! Plus two titles now out in paperback—BAD SCENE by Max Tomlinson and CITY PROBLEMS by Steve Goble—and two in audiobooks!

Happy summer reading!

New in hardcover and ebook!

Abiding Conviction by Stephen M. Murphy

Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow will love the courtroom drama

Lawyer Dutch Francis faces a huge dilemma: Search for his missing wife, or defend his high-profile client?

“Impossible to put down.” —John Lescroart, New York Times best-selling author

Now in paperback!

Bad Scene by Max Tomlinson

Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben’s gritty noir suspense

1978 San Francisco — A city in turmoil and Colleen Hayes is in the dead center of it.

“Twists that entertain and magnetize.” —Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author

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City Problems by Steve Goble

Perfect for fans of Robert Crais and John Sanford

A missing girl—an awakening of old demons—lives changed forever.

“An authentic compelling story.” —William Kent Krueger, New York Times best-selling author

Now in audiobook!

Abiding Conviction by Stephen M. Murphy

Fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow will love the courtroom drama

Lawyer Dutch Francis faces a huge dilemma: Search for his missing wife, or defend his high-profile client?

“Impossible to put down.” —John Lescroart, New York Times best-selling author

Backstory by William L. Myers, Jr.

A unique blend, perfect for fans of The Bourne Identity as well as fans of Gone Girl

Hunting one killer—he finds another—in the mirror.

“A riveting tale of murder, missteps, and memory.” —Roberta Gately, author of the Jessie Novak mystery thriller series

Free Book of the Month

Category Five by Philip Donlay

For the entire month of July, we’re giving away CATEGORY FIVE for free! This is the first book in the Donovan Nash Thriller series. You can then follow it up with CODE BLACK, ZERO SEPARATION, and the other five books in the series. Don’t miss this great opportunity to jump into this highly acclaimed series!

TOP SELLERS

Vanishing in the Haight

By: Max Tomlinson

Hard Cover, eBook

ABOUT THE STORY
Perfect for fans of Elmore Leonard and Gillian Flynn—Between fending off a lecherous parole officer and trying to get by in 1978, San Francisco private investigator Colleen Hayes struggles to ... ▶ READ MORE
Atmospheric and tense, this one sizzles with twists that entertain and magnetize, whetting the appetite ... - Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
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Passenger 19

By: Ward Larsen

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Jammer Davis has spent most of his life investigating aircraft accidents. When a small regional jet disappears over the jungles of Colombia, it is a tragedy like dozens of others ... ▶ READ MORE
I love thriller authors who live what they write about. Ward Larsen is an airline ... - David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Inspector of the Dead
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Comfort of Black

By: Carter Wilson

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Though they seem to have everything, Hannah Parks has watched her husband, Dallin, become increasingly distant. Her hope is buoyed when the couple decides to start a family, but what ... ▶ READ MORE
From the very first shocking, irreverent, and chilling line, you know The Comfort of Black ... - M. J. Rose, New York Times best-selling author of The Witch of Painted Sorrows
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Night Tremors (Rick Cahill Novel #2)

By: Matt Coyle

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Nightmares of the man he killed two years ago still chase Rick Cahill through his sleep. The memory of his murdered wife haunts him during waking hours. His private investigative ... ▶ READ MORE
A terrific new take on classic noir! A P.I. with a conscience grapples with his past, then plots his own ... - Hank Phillippi Ryan Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Mary Higgins Clark award winning author
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Method 15/33

By: Shannon Kirk

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Imagine a helpless, pregnant 16-year-old who’s just been yanked from the serenity of her home and shoved into a dirty van. Kidnapped…Alone…Terrified.Now forget her… Picture instead a pregnant, 16-year-old, manipulative prodigy. ... ▶ READ MORE
Method 15/33 is crowded with fascinating characters — even the spear carriers pop off the page ... - F. Paul Wilson, New York Times best-selling author of Santa Jack
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Found: Matt Royal Mystery #8

By: H. Terrell Griffin

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
When the serenity of beautiful Longboat Key, Florida, is shattered by a murder, and an elderly resident goes missing, Detective Jennifer Diane (J.D.) Duncan leaps into action. Her investigation ... ▶ READ MORE
Witty, smart and highly entertaining. An intriguing mix of hopes and fears that combine into ... - Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The King’s Deception
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Yesterday's Echo (Rick Cahill Novel #1)

By: Matt Coyle

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Murderer: the label that stains forever. Can Rick Cahill find redemption by rescuing another accused? A woman with a past, darker than his own. Chandler–esque —A hard edge with a heart Rick ... ▶ READ MORE
“A sharp, compelling read, Coyle’sYesterday’s Echo conjures images of Chandler’s California, while reverberating with an ... - Stephen Jay Schwartz, Los Angeles Times best-selling author of Boulevard and Beat
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Fatal Decree: Matt Royal Mystery #7

By: H. Terrell Griffin

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
When a serial killer shows up on Longboat Key, Florida after a twelve year absence, Matt Royal is stymied. The first woman killed on Longboat Key has ties to a ... ▶ READ MORE
Truly an action lover’s delight, this terrific sixth series entry radiates energy as intense as ... - Library Journal
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Midnight Alley

By: Miles Corwin

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPD’s elite Felony Special squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a ... ▶ READ MORE
Midnight Alley is a terrific novel, thriller, page-turner, and a smart social study of today’s Los ... - T. Jefferson Parker, Author of The Border Lords and Iron River
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Collateral Damage: Matt Royal Mystery #6

By: H. Terrell Griffin

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
The quiet beauty of Longboat Key is shattered when a young groom is shot to death on the beach the day after his wedding. His father is an old army ... ▶ READ MORE
Terry Griffin’s latest entry in the Matt Royal set-in-Florida mysteries is a perfect blend of ... - David Hagberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter
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AWARD WINNERS

Bucharest Dossier

By: William Maz

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Bill Hefflin is a man apart—apart from life, apart from his homeland, apart from love At the start of the 1989 uprising in Romania, CIA analyst Bill Hefflin—a disillusioned Romanian ... ▶ READ MORE
[The Bucharest Dossier is] an accomplished debut—a love story inside an espionage thriller inside a ... - Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author
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President's Dossier

By: James A. Scott

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Perfect for fans of Daniel Silva and Nelson DeMille Fired for bias against the U.S. president, ex-CIA Russia expert Max Geller gets a chance to redeem his reputation and make a ... ▶ READ MORE
Brimming with history, reality, intensity, and passion, James Scott draws the reader deep into his ... - Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
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Broken Genius

By: Drew Murray

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook

ABOUT THE STORY
Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben’s Missing You and James Patterson’s Invisible In 2011, Will Parker, the young prodigy CEO of a big tech company makes a coding mistake that costs ... ▶ READ MORE
Will Parker, a genius with considerable baggage and even more wealth, works for the FBI. ... - Charlaine Harris, New York Times best-selling author
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Leonardo Gulag

By: Kevin Doherty

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
A journey into the sinister heart of Stalin’s regime of terror, where paranoia reigns and no one is safe Stalin’s Russia, 1950. Brilliant young artist Pasha Kalmenov is arrested and sent ... ▶ READ MORE
[The Leonardo Gulag is] an extraordinary novel with a fresh and unique premise — one ... - Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
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Toward the Light

By: Bonnar Spring

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Perfect for readers who appreciate a novel female protagonist, an “everywoman” confronted with an overwhelming moral dilemma and crushing physical danger Luz Concepcion returns to Guatemala to murder Martin Benavides, the ... ▶ READ MORE
“Things are not as they seem” may be an overused phrase, but in Toward the ... - Patricia Gussin, New York Times best-selling author of Come Home
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Lost Tomorrows (Rick Cahill Novel #6)

By: Matt Coyle

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook

ABOUT THE STORY
A phone call thrusts Rick Cahill’s past and all its tragic consequences into his present. Krista Landingham, his former partner on the Santa Barbara Police Department, is dead. When Rick ... ▶ READ MORE
Sharp, suspenseful, and poignant, Lost Tomorrows hits like a breaking wave and pulls readers into ... - Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author
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Off the Grid

By: Robert McCaw

Hard Cover, PaperBack, eBook,

ABOUT THE STORY
A scrap of cloth fluttering in the wind leads Hilo police Chief Detective Koa Kāne to the tortured remains of an unfortunate ... ▶ READ MORE
This one sizzles with tension and twists that entertain and magnetize. Danger and drama abide, ... - Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
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Below the Fold

By: R. G. Belsky

PaperBack, eBook,

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Every human life is supposed to be important. Everyone should matter. But that’s not the case in the cutthroat TV news-rating world where Clare Carlson works. Sex, money, and power ... ▶ READ MORE
Below the Fold takes readers on a whiplash ride through a New York murder case. ... - Meg Gardiner, author of Into the Black Nowhere
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Angel in the Fog

By: TJ Turner

Hard Cover, , eBook, Audio

ABOUT THE STORY
Molly Ferguson’s comfortable life unravels when her Louisiana home is burned to the ground, her family murdered, and she is enslaved in a Baltimore brothel. Amidst the threat of the ... ▶ READ MORE
In TJ Turner’s Angel in the Fog, we’re in for a heart-stopping, page-turning, and thrilling ... - Jess Montgomery, author of The Widows
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Guilt We Carry

By: Samuel W. Gailey

Hard Cover, , eBook,

ABOUT THE STORY
A frantic race against the clock, against death, against inner demons. Since the tragic accident that brutally ended her childhood, Alice O’Farrell has been haunted by her past. Unable to bear ... ▶ READ MORE
An extraordinary thriller, The Guilt We Carry is driven by a plot that is both ... - Bruce Holbert, author of Lonesome Animals, The Hour of Lead, and Whiskey
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