Crime City

Tragedy unfolded on April 19, 1995, when a massive bomb exploded in America's Heartland, killing 168 people, including fifteen children. History says the Oklahoma City bombing was lone wolf terrorism. But haunting fresh evidence points instead to a neo-Nazi plot in which the FBI played a hidden role. The FBI launched the biggest manhunt in its history for two suspected bombers. Yet they never captured the other suspect, known only as John Doe 2, who rode next to McVeigh in the bomb truck. Soon, the FBI canceled the search, saying eyewitnesses who saw John Doe 2 were mistaken.

It was my father’s arrest that brought me here, although you could certainly say that I took the scenic route. Here is rehab, where Ben - the only son of a rich South Dublin banker - is piecing together the shattered remains of his life. Abruptly cut off, at the age of 27, from a life of heedless privilege, Ben flounders through a world of drugs and dead-end jobs, his self-esteem at rock bottom. Even his once-adoring girlfriend, Clio, is at the end of her tether. Then Ben runs into an old school friend who wants to cut him in on a scam.

For most people living once is enough. What if you lived before and you remember everything that happened? Experience Silver Hawk's first life. Read about the Great Sioux Nation and their fight to survive on the plains. Then, follow Joseph Silver Hawk Argent to New York City during his second lifetime where he has a serious identity crisis trying to reconcile the past, present and his future. Great Sioux warrior or New York City gang leader? Joseph Silver Hawk Argent’s past life haunts him. He knows who he was. He remembers the Battle of Little Bighorn and the heartache of Wounded Knee. ...

The story is about Jarrett who loves cruising around in his car to meet, greet, and often pick up men who he finds to be attractive, interesting, and adventurous. When Raul, who is a handsome street thug, hears that Jarrett pays men for their company, he approaches him on the street. They quickly get to know one another, and Jarrett's life becomes more quite adventurous. Disturbingly, however, Jarrett eventually learns things about Raul that he shouldn’t know. More than that, he discovers information about Raul that he doesn’t want to know. Jarrett becomes extremely confused and ...

5 SHORT STORY GEMS is a compendium of short stories written by New Zealand author Lance Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books in 2019/2020. The stories, which have also been released as standalone Kindle ebooks, are aimed at lovers of thrillers, adventure, romance and historical fiction. Details follow… ONCE WERE BROTHERS – Life will never be the same for young Benjamin Thomas after disaffected Maoris abduct his identical twin brother in this moving short story adventure set in Nineteenth Century New Zealand. Mr. 100% – When New York defense lawyer Madison ‘Mr. 100%’ Harley ...

Black voters have overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party for the last fifty years - and for their loyalty, black Americans have been rewarded with worsening schools, collapsed families, skyrocketed incarceration rates, disappearing jobs, and rising crime. Crystal Wright, editor of the blog Conservative Black Chick, exposes how the Democratic Party has systematically betrayed black voters.

Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers. He rescues Ben Ravage, an orphan, from a trade school and sends him off to Harvard to earn a law degree. But upon his return, Ben rejects the chance to escape his gritty origins and instead becomes a detective for the Kehilla, a quixotic gang backed by wealthy uptown patrons to help the police rid the Lower East Side of criminals.

This first book in a new series is set in and around the Portland, Maine, waterfront. It introduces Brandon Blake, a loner who lives on his old wooden cruiser. Raised by his alcoholic grandmother after his mother was lost at sea, Blake learned to depend on himself. During an assignment for a law-enforcement class, Blake gets involved in a fight and is marked for payback by a soon-to-be-released convict. Meanwhile, questions surface about his mother's disappearance.

Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding. After all, he did them a favor by stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a distraught woman at a murder scene. But the next thing he knows, he’s in jail, missing an important date with his girlfriend and reliving nightmares he thought he had left far behind him - and vowing payback for all of it. If that means sticking his nose into an ongoing murder investigation, well, he’s done it before.

The unexpected killing of Dallas drug king-pin Ricardo Salazar sets everyone on edge. A New York crime family is up in arms about the loss of a major narcotics supplier. The Dallas Police dread the ensuing gang war, but Detectives Rob Soliz and Frank Pierce were on the scene at the time of the shooting. Frank saw a mysterious red-haired woman enter Ricardo’s just moments before the shooting, but she was never seen leaving. Instead, all they found inside the house was a dead man and a voodoo doll at his feet.

New York in 1803 is rife with tension as the city expands, and whoever knows where the city will build can control it. And violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city’s black and Irish gangs against each other. When a young black girl is found stabbed to death, both Justy Flanagan, now a city marshal, and Kerry O’Toole, now a school teacher, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy....

Follow Detective Bruce Wilder on a thrilling journey to dismantle a powerful cartel in a Cozy Mystery that combines Christian Fiction with heart-pounding adventure. With his rookie partner Deserve Jones by his side, they must navigate treacherous alliances, corruption within the police force, and dangerous secrets that threaten to tear their city apart. Discover the power of faith, family, and justice in this gripping tale. Long Blurb: In the crime-ridden city of Missoula, Detective Bruce Wilder has made it his mission to protect his community and keep its residents safe. But when he's ...

When Dorothy Martin and her ex-policeman husband Alan are asked by some friends to look into a series of petty crimes that are perplexing the local Mounties in the picturesque Canadian city of Victoria, they immediately jump on a plane to British Columbia and settle themselves into the heart of the local community. Drinking champagne with the local businessman and would-be politician as well as cups of tea with the local recluse, they infiltrate all ranks of Victoria society. But when a young woman goes missing and a body is discovered, it would appear that the petty crimes have turned deadly.

Sometimes doors are closed for other ones to open... Sally Compton Scott's life should be back on track after the death of her husband, Tyler, the love of her life. Relocating from the suburbs to a high-rise building in Manhattan, she has built an accounting practice with a select group of small business clients. Now that her home is furnished and she is financially independent, all the things on her to-do list have been accomplished.Yet here she was with lonely evenings, yearning for a family with children to love, and an emptiness she can't seem to fill. Who was she? Where is her life ...

The story follows Detective Sarah Miller, a dedicated and sharp-witted detective, who finds herself embroiled in a sinister case when her colleague, Detective Clark, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Her investigation leads her to the gates of the Langston County Psychiatric Hospital, a place with a dark history of illegal experiments and secrets. As Miller digs deeper, she uncovers a conspiracy that challenges her perceptions of reality and trust, especially when those closest to her, including her partner Detective Reynolds, are implicated.

New Delhi, three a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.

Imagine, the very fact you are alive is a crime punishable by death. What would you do if you were born and raised in a secret lab? How would you react if you learned your identical sister was going to be killed for her body parts? These are all facts young Sarah must deal with. Tall, slender, and with her long, dark hair, Sarah is a striking young woman. Intelligent, caring, and physically fit, she is a natural athlete. Her identical sisters, Ellie and Maria, are equally unique. Ellie is a math prodigy and Maria is one of the most gifted dancers in their region of the galaxy. For this trio...

Firefighters battling a blaze in a remote part of Santa Fe make a horrific discovery. Detective Maria Estrada is called out in the middle of the night and arrives to find an eerily familiar scene. When the victim is identified, Maria fears she's hunting a serial killer.

A ROCK AND ROLL NOVEL LIKE NO OTHER It’s 1971. Jack Bernstein is a struggling young rock ’n’ roll manager in New York City. Instead of a fancy office in Manhattan, a flashy car and backstage passes, he operates out of a basement apartment in working-class Queens, driving a cranky eight-year-old Volvo as he trolls third-string venues for hidden talent. He suffers enormous betrayal when Manhattan agents or “sharks” steal his talent. Jack finances a demo tape for his top talent by borrowing from a loanshark and pawning a friend’s guitar. When the tape fails to land a deal, Jack’s...

In Daisy de Melker, Ted Botha weaves together a fantastic cast of killers and con men, detectives and lawmen, journalists and authors – even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Herman Charles Bosman – to depict a grand and desperate city. For almost twenty years, Daisy hid in the shadows but when someone finally spoke up about the suspicious deaths around her, it led to a trial like nothing the City of Gold had ever seen and spread her name across the world.