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1) Night cover
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Lt. Leroy Powder, Indianapolis PD, investigates a series of gruesome murders and the disappearance of a teenage girl. Six burglaries, two assaults, one armed robbery, and a bomb scare all come in at the tail end of Lt. Leroy Powder's swing shift in the night cover room of the Indianapolis PD - a shift he's been working for nineteen years. About to wrap up, he gets a call from low-level criminal Johnny Uncle, who claims to have found a body. The cause...
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It's a typical cold November night and Detective Sergeant Dennis Milne, a very atypical policeman, waits in the Traveller's Rest Hotel parking lot for the arrival of three men. Cynical and jaded, Milne earns money on the side by doing what he does best: punishing the bad guys. But this time he's been duped. Instead of blowing away drug dealers, he kills three innocent people, their deaths starting an investigation that sees him and his conscience...
3) Flashback
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In tiny Murphy's Harbour, where Reid Bennett serves as the one-man police force, questions and dead bodies tend to pile up all at once. The morning starts with Reid chasing off a gang of threatening teens with a baseball bat. Minutes later, Reid learns that a bank robber might be headed his way looking for vengeance. But the day does not really start rolling until Reid finds a dead woman in the trunk of a waterlogged car. What follows is a fast-paced...
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It's 1982--and Henry is a young cop with a point to prove and an attitude to control. His youthful enthusiasm can sometimes cloud his better judgement. When a series of rash decisions results in disaster, Henry determines to put things right his own way--despite being warned off by his detective inspector. Setting out to smash singlehandedly a dangerous criminal enterprise, Henry's impetuous actions lead to more conflict--and a very real threat to...
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A New York City Police Inspector tracks a serial killer who's been murdering sports referees in this spectacular crime fiction blockbuster by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mike McAlary They call Mickey Donovan "the Wraith." A sometimes-rogue NYPD Deputy Inspector who knows the city top to bottom, he clashes against the police brass and the mayor's office as he haunts the streets searching for his heroin-addicted daughter, Dillon. But now a truly...
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Ex-state trooper Harry Rane, who first appeared in Wallace Stroby's brilliant debut novel, The Barbed-Wire Kiss, is at loose ends. Doing some investigative work for a friend's firm just to keep himself busy, Harry meets Nikki Ellis, a woman desperate for help. Her ex, Johnny Harrow, was just released from prison after a seven-year stretch for attempted murder. Nikki hasn't spoken to him since he went down, but she knows what he's capable of, and that...
8) Corkscrew
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Reid Bennett and his dog Sam serve as the police force for not-so-quaint Murphy's Harbor, Ontario. They have yet another perilous but important task. There are some pretty nasty bikers disrupting the façade of serenity of Murphy's Harbor, and Reid must find a way to make them take a hike without "disrespecting their civil rights." Reid really just wants to kill them, but he knows that he must act with discretion in order to keep hidden a secret from...
9) Snowball
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Detective Sergeant Skyla Merrick investigates the strange case of a man found murdered with his arm boiled in cooking oil. She has a suspect but why is he so keen to confess?
10) The Other Frank
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When Frank Vandegraf hears of the unexpected death of his ex-wife, he travels to the tiny rural town of Easton to face the demons of his past. But it's no respite from the challenging urban crimes of his regular job. No sooner has he arrived than two bizarre, violent deaths occur, and he feels irresistibly drawn to help unravel a web of mystery and intrigue. However, he's out of his jurisdiction, obstructed by officials, and amidst folk hiding their...
11) Hidden Truths
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In the heart of a vibrant village-wide celebration, the shocking discovery of Amelia Jones's lifeless body plunges the tight-knit community into a tormenting state of fear and suspicion. Detective Ethan Morgan, renowned for his ability to decipher intricate mysteries, is summoned to piece together the puzzling events surrounding Amelia's demise. As he unravels the tangled web of secrets, lies, and hidden motives surrounding the mayor's secret lover,...
12) Junker Blues
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"Chris Kelsey hits another home-run with this fast-paced and enthralling mystery starring Emmett Hardy." –Sublime Book Review It's August 1974. The oil-producing states of the Middle East refuse to sell their oil to the United States, igniting a worldwide economic crisis. What's a catastrophe for some is, for the residents of at least one small town, an opportunity: Burr, Oklahoma sits atop a sea of oil. The embargo sparks an increase in local drilling,...
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In a bleak winter night in Newburgh, Deputy Marlowe investigates a series of brutal murders connected to a local drug ring. Haunted by his own past, Marlowe's relentless pursuit leads to the arrest of a member of the gang, bringing an end to the killing spree. However, as he stands among the aftermath, Marlowe realizes the darkness of the case has left him scarred and tainted. While justice is served, Marlowe questions if he will ever find redemption...
14) Dying Gasp
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The Brazilian federal police wouldn't typically get involved in the case of missing teenage girl-but when the girl in question is the granddaughter of a prominent politician, Silva and his team are, of course, put on her trail. It leads them to Manaus, a jungle hellhole in the Amazon.
All sorts of unsavory characters can be found in the seedier corners of this South American country-and as Silva investigates, he finds troubling connections to human...
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The Creep Outside by Keith WrightDon't smile. Don't attract his attention. Don't agree to meet. It will be a date with death.He seems so nice, but don't be fooled. He's a stalker, an obsessive, and depraved. He is a serial killer. Nobody knew until now. But it's much too late. It's too late for too many women.So begins an investigation for Detective Inspector Stark that will reveal murder and end with a tragedy that shocks the CID to its core.'The...
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In his debut novel, "Trust No One," Michael Hearns introduced readers to the captivating world of Vice Intelligence and Narcotics detective Cade Taylor. The subsequent books, "Grasping Smoke: A Cade Taylor Novel" and "One More Move: A Cade Taylor Novel," were widely acclaimed solidifying Cade Taylor as a remarkable action-driven character in the literary realm. Now, in "Choices and Chances: A Cade Taylor Novel,"South Florida undercover detective Cade...
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In 1978 witnessing a tragic accident as a child leaves Benny Smith mentally scarred for many years.In 1987 he is suddenly and unexpectedly released from the mental health institution that had been his home for almost a decade.Haunted by the incident and lacking sufficient support, his condition takes him to dark places in the corners of his mind, igniting a curious fascination. There is something specific he craves which can only be satiated if he...
18) The Last Collar
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The demons that drive John "Mocha" Moccia to obsess, to put absolutely everyone under a microscope, and scratch away at every last clue, make him the best hardnosed detective in Brooklyn homicide. But these same demons may very well write the final chapter in his career.He isn't the kind of detective to take no for an answer, but in his most recent case answers are damn hard to come by. Partnered with the conscientious Detective Matt Winslow, Mocha...
19) The Lost Child
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What if you were holding your daughter's hand, and then you bent down to discover it was another child?An hour ago, Emma's six-year-old daughter entered the busy underground, and she was holding her mother's hand. The police don't believe her; they think that she's on drugs. There were no witnesses, and nothing ties in with Emma's tale of events. Emma only wants her daughter back, but she's being charged with kidnapping another child and killing her...
20) Whore on Fire
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A serial killer is on a rampage, targeting both prostitutes and their clientele. Detective Carl Crowley catches the case and finds himself falling in love with one of the prostitutes he gets information from...until he begins to suspect her of the crimes.
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