Police Adventures

Former Army Ranger beaten and left in the south-west desert by a dozen strangers Sam Harper wants to relax on a beach and surf. Put government service behind him. But a border gang and their corrupt government backers refuse to let him retire from violence that easily. Betrayed by friends, Sam must find a new purpose fighting human trafficking, truck jacking, and protecting those in need along the Mexico-Arizona border. Can he endure long enough to make that difference? -- Prequel to Sharper Security. This story stands independently, but is set after the events in Techno Ranger and Covert ...

It’s a trip that agent Paul Chavasse will never forget. His destination: the isolated republic of Albania on the Adriatic coast, at a time when the regime is at its most repressive and the people live in daily fear of the ruthless secret police. His job: to find a double agent whose cover has been blown and put him out of commission, permanently. But what Chavasse doesn’t know is that deep within the twisting channels of the perilous coastal marshes, someone has set a trap for him - someone who holds the keys of hell.

With the decline of traditional journalism, there are precious few inquiring eyes watching government and the public service. How can any of us know how our tax dollars are being spent? But there is good news. For at least the past decade, governments at all levels have been busy publishing truckloads of data representing official policies and their outcomes. For the most part, that data is available in the public domain and just sits there, waiting for us to come and get it. This book was written with the hope and expectation that sophisticated data analytics tools can tame those ...

The year is 2065, almost 30 years since a bioterrorist attack decimated the population. The world has been divided, and new nations have formed. Those mutated from exposure inhabit the red zones while "norms" live in the green zones. In the nation of Pacifica, Los Angeles detective Cassandra Lee is in charge of investigating a disturbing case, tracking a cop killer dubbed the Bonebreaker.

Bruno Johnson, ex-detective with Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and an ex-convict, is hiding out from the FBI in Costa Rica, tending bar to support eight children he illegally rescued from abusive homes. Partway through a normal day, Barbara Wicks, a former colleague and the chief of police for Montclair, California, walks into his bar. Bruno is shocked to the core. Is she there to arrest him and take him back to California? Turns out she's there to request Bruno's help. Two children have been kidnapped.

Top Texas Ranger investigator Jake Morgan heads home to wait out an administrative leave of absence from the Rangers, but Jake’s return to his Midwest town turns perilous when he asks probing questions about the bizarre death of his best friend, Gage Burnell. Morgan’s return home fans the embers of his first love, Pam Mitchell, whose family members are the most likely suspects in the murder of Burnell.

On June 9, 2007, the murder of Koruna Prasad Mukherjee, a renowned editor known for his provocative column “Knock, Mock, and Shock,” sends shockwaves through Kolkata’s high society. Prasad is found dead in a grotesque scene where women’s underwear is used as part of the murder. His body is found with an expression of terror, and his pants are unzipped with his genitalia exposed, suggesting a final mocking defiance. But the case is immediately marked as classified by the chief minister, aiming to suppress the scandalous details. Motilal Mistry, the chief inspector of the detective ...

When a killer from his past threatens an old girlfriend, Lucky John finds himself drawn into a maze of danger, lies, and family secrets. After being instrumental in putting the killer named The Viper behind bars, Lucky John did his best to put the entire ordeal out of his mind. But when the man is released under mysterious circumstances, it throws everything he thought he knew for a loop.

Murder of Emma, the billionaire at twenty-two, threatened the town of business owners. Can the police bring justice before anyone else gets hurt? Detective Avery Hudson thought the dead body at the Crompton Gardens Park would be a routine investigation. When the dead body was identified as the body of Emma Holden, the owner of a tenth of the city real estate, then Avery felt some extra pounds on her shoulder. The entire town is watching Avery with their microscopes. The height of public attention wrecks Avery’s nerves. Investigation of Emma’s murder turns ever more complicated because ...

Written by a real-life, A-list celebrity bodyguard - Someone is murdering Hollywood's elite. Only professional bodyguard Michael Beckett can make them stop. Ex–New York City cop Michael Beckett has seen the worst humanity has to offer. But nothing has quite prepared him for his role as a celebrity bodyguard: shepherding TV-reality star Tata Andolini through throngs of fans and hyper-charged celebrity photographers: stalkerazzi. And when he takes on a new client—the beautiful A-list celebrity Victoria Carrington—the chaos only gets more chaotic. Heroin has made its way into the ...

Environmental disaster, war, and government dissolution have plunged the outside world into chaos, leaving the embattled polygamist community of Blister Creek facing a host of dire challenges as their lifesaving resources grow treacherously low. When one of their beloved members gets lost in the desert, Dr. Jacob Christianson agrees to send out an expedition that includes his sister, Eliza. But danger follows the search group, literally.

Dive into the searing underworld of 1990s New York, where the crack cocaine explosion fuels a fierce power struggle. A daring DEA agent risks everything to infiltrate the infamous Peruvian Rojas Cartel, only to find himself entangled in a decades-old family vendetta.

When the latest in a series of dead bodies turns up in the Chicago River, newspaper reporter Alex Chapa and Police Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels reluctantly join forces. Thriller writers J.A. Konrath ( Whiskey Sour, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb) and Henry Perez ( Killing Red) and their series characters have teamed up to create FLOATERS, a mystery tale that combines humor with thrills.

HORRIBLE NATURAL DISASTER, OR MAN-MADE CATASTROPHE? In the heart of picturesque Glenwood Canyon, the Colorado River flows peacefully through the towering cliffs. But when a massive landslide blocks the river and destroys the highway, chaos erupts, and the once tranquil canyon becomes a scene of destruction. As the community struggles to make sense of the disaster, one question lingers - was this a natural occurrence or a man-made disaster? For Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor, the answer is crucial. But as he delves into the investigation, he uncovers a string of murders ...

In 1884, the founder and matriarch of the Illinois Detective Agency is now elderly and active in the way that “Charlie” of “Charlie’s Angels” was. Founded in 1848 as a Stock Detective Agency, the founder is still the backbone of the business he built from the ground up. In the case of the Missing Cattle, the Stock Growers Association of Montana appeals to Porter for help with a major cattle theft problem inside the Montana Territory. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of cattle are being stolen off the open ranges and the local sheriffs and Army outposts are helpless to stop it. ...

Paris, 1940. As the city adjusts to life under Nazi occupation, Detective Eddie Giral struggles to reconcile his job as a policeman with his new role enforcing a regime he cannot believe in but must work under. He's sacrificed so much in order to survive in this new world, but the past is not so easily forgotten. When an old friend and an old flame reappear, begging for his help, Eddie must decide how far he will go to help those he loves.

NYPD detective Paul Donner and his wife Elise were killed in a hold-up gone wrong. Fifty years later, Donner is back: revived courtesy of the Shift. Supposedly the unintended side-effect of a botched biological terrorist attack and carried by a ubiquitous retrovirus, the Shift jump-starts dead DNA and throws the life cycle into reverse, so reborns like Donner must cope with the fact that they are not only slowly youthing toward a new childhood, but have become New York's most hated minority.

A shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh. Two 17-year olds killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, "there's no mystery"...except the why. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex-Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, and finds he is not alone.

When three wife beaters are themselves found beaten to death, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet. The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood - who is connected to all three victims - is hiding a dark secret. Then a fourth domestic abuser is brutally murdered. And he is Lucy’s husband. Now the police are running out of time, but can Maggie really believe her friend Lucy is a cold-blooded killer?

How far would you run to escape your past? Hal and Clunk fly halfway across the galaxy, putting their earlier mishaps, disasters and angry customers behind them. It's a chance to start anew. To rebuild their reputation. To actually complete a cargo job without destroying the lot. Unfortunately, they chose the wrong planet ... The Hal Spacejock series features humorous science fiction, adventure and action. They're clean books with very occasional swearing (mild).