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A VERY John Jordan Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year. And the most stressful. But John Jordan is determined to give his friends and family a very merry Christmas. In order to do so, he'll have to be the man his family and friends have come to expect him to be--a kind, wise, compassionate counselor, and an attentive father, son, husband, and friend--all while his own life lies in ruin. Can John bring joy to those he loves? Can he save Christmas and help his best friend to have a romantic and meaningful Christmas wedding? Find out in A John Jordan Christmas.

Detective John Jordan is drinking again. And it's little wonder. As if trying to catch a killer and find out who's stalking his ex-lover wasn't enough, his ex-wife shows up. The murder is as unimaginable as it is inconceivable—that of Nicole Caldwell, the adopted daughter of televangelist Bobby Earl Caldwell, committed inside John’s own locked office. The case of his ex-lover's stalker is nearly as baffling. Is it possible that John and his team of guardian angels are the only ones following Laura Matthers? The resurfacing of his ex-wife is far more complicated than John could ...

While attempting to prevent a school shooting, sheriff’s investigator John Jordan becomes an unwitting witness to the evolution of a particular type of evil. When the echoes of the gunfire cease and the smoke clears, the biggest mystery of all still waits to be solved. Who planned and perpetrated this devastating deed, and how did he hide his identity?

It's not too late to discover the lost gospel of Jesus and begin to live by it, to change our direction, to once again become people of the way. We could, with humility, embody compassion and justice. We could so completely trust God that we dare to share what we have with those in need, love those who hate us, bless those who curse us.

In the early morning hours of October 10, 2000 a young girl left her home in the middle of a stormy night with only a backpack and was never seen again. What happened to ten-year-old Leah Harrison? At sometime between midnight and two a.m., Leah Harrison snuck out of her family’s condo on Panama City Beach and ventured out into a severe tropical storm and vanished forever. Why did this young girl who was frightened of storms get up in the middle of the night and go out into such a deadly one? What was so important that it couldn’t wait until morning? And what happened to her once she ...

In the heart-pounding thriller Gone in the Night, seasoned investigators Burke and Blade confront their most personal case yet: the decade-old disappearance of their sister, Kaylee Walsh. On April 9, 2014, Kaylee, a promising 21-year-old psychology student at the University of Florida, vanished without a trace. After fabricating a family emergency, she left campus, only to disappear from a rural Georgia road that night. Witnesses saw her car crash into a ditch, but within minutes, she was gone—never to be seen again. For ten years, Kaylee's disappearance has remained one of the most ...

Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of "The Big Hello," "The Big Bout" finds Soldier working two new cases and taking care of his friends in wartime Panama City. He and Clip are protecting a boxer whose life is being threatened before his big bout, and he's trying to solve a baffling murder -- all while taking care of the woman he loves. The Thrilling 4th novel in the noir series that began with THE BIG GOODBYE . . . History. Mystery. Romance. Action. Thrills. Suspense. Noir. Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy “Soldier” Riley, a wounded, woman-haunted ...

Can John Jordan solve an impossible murder committed in a locked cell right before his very eyes? Will he be willing to once he learns the price he’ll have to pay to do it? In one of the most baffling murder cases of his career, John Jordan actually witnesses the murder of artist Justin Menge and still has no idea how it was done or who did it. Attempting to balance his fragile reconciliation with his ex and this high-stakes investigation, John soon wonders if the life he’s hoped for is even possible. But as the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, John is shocked and ...

It's the case John Jordan doesn't talk about. The Stone Cold Killer still haunts John's nightmares. It was his first official case as a law enforcement officer -- and almost his last. On the one-hundredth anniversary of the Jack the Ripper case John Jordan gets his first job in law enforcement—and a case that will change his life forever. When young women start disappearing, John begins putting clues together that point to a chilling reality: a sadistic, ritualistic serial killer is on a mission. The small town of Stone Mountain and its police department are no match for the cunning and ...

Someone close to legendary detective John Jordan is murdered and now he is . . . OUT FOR BLOOD! Lister’s sterling new novel, featuring empathic chaplain-turned–sheriff’s investigator John Jordan, finds Jordan nearing a turning point in his storied career. His longtime boss and close friend, Sheriff Reggie Summers, has lost a reelection bid and has just weeks to go in her tenure—and Jordan’s not a fan of her successor. Meanwhile, he’s thrust into a high-profile case. While investigating the brutal attack of two teenage girls, Ava Branch and Olivia Colvin, Jordan uncovers the ...

John has been like a father to her since she was 16. Now she is missing. He’s still grieving the loss of a close friend and co-worker and he’s not prepared for this. Carla Pearson vanishes from a river camp cabin after her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Mason Hayes, leaves her there following an argument. The cabin is only accessible by boat and beyond it are thousands of acres of jungle-like swamps and dense, nearly impenetrable woods. What happened to Carla and who is responsible for her disappearance? Is it Mason Hayes? Is it her ex, Easton Stevens? His jealous wife? Or someone John ...

Ten years ago, second grader Soren Rogers disappeared from his school's fall festival. And though he's never been seen again, the Potter County Sheriff's Office is finally ready to make an arrest. But they want John Jordan to review the case first. The primary suspect is his stepmom, who never seemed to like Soren and blamed him for most of her problems, including those in her marriage to his father. But she's not the only suspect. There's the gang of bullies who terrorized the school. There's the creepy janitor, the pompous principal, the librarian who lost her own son the year before. In ...

Find out Soldier and Lauren's fate in the thrilling conclusion to Michael Lister's landmark Big noir series. Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, a wounded, woman-haunted knight errant in Michael Lister's resonant new noir series.

Someone's trying to kill PI Jimmy “Soldier” Riley. And he's inclined to let them. But before sleeping the big sleep and journeying to the undiscovered country to discover what dreams may come, there’s blood work to be done. Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of The Big Goodbye, The Big Beyond finds Soldier near death with one hell of a big score to settle and more than a few injustices to square along the way - all while searching wartime Panama City for a dangerous serial killer who combines art and murder.

Would you risk your life to save a family member even if you knew they had committed a serious crime? What do a daring prison escape and a shocking lynching have in common? Only the inimitable John Jordan can figure it out! John Jordan searches for an escaped prisoner, investigates a shocking murder, and confronts a sadist forcing his victims to violate themselves - but as he closes in on the criminal, a harrowing river rescue may take more than the depleted detective has left to give.

Merrick McKnight is back . . . in the thrilling sequel to THUNDER BEACH! "Lister’s ability to prevent even a seasoned mystery aficionado from figuring out the end of this simple yet puzzling situation sets this book apart from mediocre novels that inundate the genre. His work will attract lovers of the Agatha Christie tradition and capture an open-minded crowd looking for a contemporary twist. Crafted to near perfection with an underlying, definitive reason behind the murders, this riveting intrigue explores every possible avenue to no avail then turns down a less-traveled road and ...

Panama City PIs Burke and Blade are back! When Brooklyn Hill goes missing while on a pub crawl during her bachelorette weekend on Panama City Beach, Burke and Blade are called in to do what no one else has been able to—find her. Or at least figure out what happened to her. The seeming impossible vanishing has everyone baffled—Brook walked into Jungle Jim’s and never walked out again. Every entrance and exit is covered by surveillance cameras and the hundreds of people in the club saw her enter but never exit. And extensive searches, including both scent and cadaver dogs, prove she’s...

Tiana Capri, a young pre-teen girl from a good family goes missing on Christmas Eve. She vanishes without a trace from her locked house while her mom and brother sleep nearby, leaving no clues and little hope of finding her alive. Can John Jordan find her before it's too late? For the first time in his career, he enlists the help of his daughter, Johanna Jordan, who is a friend of Tiana's and who might just hold the key to discovering what happened to Tiana and the sinister forces behind her disappearance. Can the two Jordans save Christmas for Tiana and her family or will tragedy strike ...

Four drunken young people climb a high bluff to their cliffside campsite on the Apalachicola River in the middle of the night. The next morning only three are still alive. How did the outgoing, fun-loving, and beautiful Blake Scott die? Was she murdered by one of her so-called friends to cover up being sexually assaulted, or did a jealous lover exact revenge? Though Blake’s suspicious death was ruled accidental by a sheriff's investigator working his first case, her family and friends believe she was murdered. But after five long years of failed private investigations and a stalled ...

Still reeling from their previous case, Lucas Burke and Alix “Blade” Baker, PIs specializing in missing person cases, are about to be tested in ways they have never been before. Growing up in foster care and children’s homes, they are smart and savvy and tough, but are they smart and savvy and tough enough to solve the baffling disappearance of Aiden Shaw? Two years ago, on Halloween night, surrounded by witnesses, Aiden Shaw vanished off the face of the earth. Now his heartbroken mother and the weary cold case cop in charge of the investigation turn to Burke and Blade for help. ...