Urban Crime

Eighteen-year-old Khlare is ready to spread her wings as she steps into adulthood, leaving behind the confines of being a Ward of Houston, Texas. With newfound freedom comes a taste for rebellion, and she quickly finds herself drawn into the intoxicating world of King—a personal trainer by day and a dope boy by night. Their whirlwind romance ignites a flame within her, but Khlare soon discovers that love is not just about laughter, smiles, and picture-perfect moments. As their relationship deepens, King’s hidden life begins to unravel, revealing secrets that threaten to tear them apart....

**A Tropical Fantasy Like No Other** Sunny Ray was just a young man with dreams of becoming a country music star. Arriving in Nashville, he quickly crosses paths with Lori, an up-and-coming star with a deadly secret. But evil forces, from drug lords to Mafia leaders, drive Sunny to the Florida Keys, where he's unexpectedly transported to the magical island of Rumora—a land that surpasses his wildest dreams. On Rumora, Sunny meets Wantamea, a captivating island girl with secrets of her own. Yet, Lori isn't done with him. Danger lurks around every corner, threatening Sunny's life at every ...

When BOOBY LOCO’S uncle, GANGSTA, goes to prison for murder, it leaves him the head of his empire. With a brilliant marketing plan and a plug on the sweetest cocaine that money can buy, the trap god rises to prominence and strengthens his stranglehold on the drug game. There’s only one problem though, ever since he has solidified his dominance in the streets, a hustler named NIGHTMARE has been feeling it in his pockets. Figuring that the only way for him to regain his status of Top Dawg is to eradicate his competition, he and his league of certified head bustas prepare to go to war with...

Trapped in the clutches of a Zombie apocalypse, the City of Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S., unleashes the ultimate weapon, capitalism, by paying $1,000 for every Re-Killed Zombie brought to city hall, ushering in "The Great Zombie Gold Rush". Zombies never have a chance in a world where people realize 75 Zombies pays off their student loans, 40 Zombies buys them a Tesla, 5 Zombies wipes out their Visa debt...

A tragedy nearly drives BOOBY LOCO insane. Realizing that he must pull it together or his loved one's sacrifice may have been in vain; he grabs his gun and rallies his hittas. Blood thirsty, they hit the streets seeking revenge for their fallen comrade, leaving dead bodies and yellow tape in their wake. Booby is so consumed by his rage that he doesn't see an unforeseen enemy lurking in the shadows ready to take his head. Will Booby crush this threat before he's given a tombstone? Or will he meet his demise. Me and My Hittas 6 The Sagas Conclusion

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But he also knows that whenever things are going good, the only way left for them to go is bad. Way bad. Recent examples: A duel with the lethal champion of the Red Court, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards...Hit men using Harry for target practice...The missing Shroud of Turin - and the possible involvement of Chicago's most feared mob boss.

The fast-paced, hood drama continues in BBW Hungry for Love 2. After getting hired at Twerklandia, Kalisha's future looks bright. She's excited about getting up on stage, performing, and forgetting about all the problems she has at home. She's going to make more money than she's ever made in her entire life. Pretty soon she won't have to work her minimum wage, fast food job anymore. And she won't have to worry about being able to pay the rent either. This is what she's always hoped and prayed for. But it won't be all smooth sailing for her. Because her baby daddy is coming home from jail ...

How do you keep the people you care about safe from enemies you can’t remember? Ten years ago, Nate Garrett awoke on a cold warehouse floor with no memory of his past and the only clues to his identity were a piece of paper with his name on it and a propensity toward magic. Now he’s a powerful sorcerer and a successful thief for hire, but it turns out that those who stole his memories aren’t done with him yet. When they cause a job to go bad, threatening a sixteen-year-old girl, Nate swears to protect her.

The online posting of an Oyster Island treasure map leads to murder The opening of the safe at the Majestic revealed several old documents, one of them a treasure map drawn by the pirate Jean Lafitte. Eddie Toledo and Basil Doles rediscover the old map after finding a dead man on the beach. A single clue leads back to the treasure map and perhaps provides a motive for the murder. Who is Amani LeClair? Where is she from, and what is she doing on the island? Is she somehow responsible for the murder? Is the murderer even human? Will Basil and Eddie find out before the island becomes a hunting...

A Noir Mystery Collection by the Mysterious Thomas Temple Step into a world where darkness whispers your name, and reality twists beyond recognition. In Whispered Crimes, Thomas Temple masterfully weaves together noir mystery, psychological horror, and grotesque fiction in a collection of short stories that will leave you haunted. Inspired by the eerie allure of crime fiction and urban mysteries, Temple invites you to embrace the bizarre, the twisted, and the unknown.Prepare for a Literary Experience Like No Other If you're a fan of dark psychological thrillers, urban noir, or the surreal ...

A small village has been struck by a curse! Villagers are dropping dead for no apparent reason. Holmes and Watson are seeking to discover if there's truth behind the legendary curse, or if there's another force at work...far worse!

Sister and Brother, EUREKA and ANTON JACKSON are all each other have in this cruel cold world. With street smarts and a hustler’s ambition they manage to survive in the concrete jungle. With a willingness to do anything they have to in order to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table, they rob, steal and con to provide for themselves.Given their current circumstances, things are bad, but they’re about to get a lot worse when Anton steals the tricked out truck of a local drug czar by the name KILO. The consequences for the youngster’s actions come back to haunt him and his ...

Justin is a Chicago street cruiser who is often cruising for Latino men. The night he finds Duke panhandling in front of a Mexican restaurant along 26th Street in Chicago’s Little Village, a mutual interest between the two men begins. In time, an unlikely friendship appears to be developing. Justin’s primary interest in Duke is his desire to date Duke exclusively while developing the friendship. Duke’s primary interest becomes his desire to profit off of Justin’s growing interest in him. “Getting Duke” is a very realistic novel about a street cruiser and a street hustler meeting...

Outnumbered and outgunned by those who are out to kill him, TIAZ finds an ally in a very unlikely person. Together, they dare to go up against a gangsta whose power is enough to leave them both dead and leaking blood in the streets. Will their courage help them prevail? Or will it ultimately lead to their demise? WICKED has his marker called in by a band of Shottas back in prison. To pay off his debt to them, he must execute a man with due prejudice. Failure to comply with this demand will put his own head on the gauntlet. Will Wicked kill in cold blood or will he renege on his blood debt ...

Queen is a young woman living by her own rules. But she has things that she would like to change. One is her circumstances and the other is her relationship with her abusive boyfriend Ness. She thinks that she will never be able to fully be rid of him, until she meets Logan. Logan introduces her to a world that she always knew she was meant for. Even though the way there isn't exactly legal. Queen learns the game quickly and starts to live up to her given name. "Careful how you play your cards when you have a queen in your hand."- Queen

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.

Gabriel Radu isn’t your average detective... Residing in the quaint but quirky town of Denmark, Tennessee, the semi-immortal Gabriel is called upon from time to time to assist local law enforcement in solving unusual crimes that often end in murder. And by unusual, the crimes always involve something he's quite familiar with: magic. When Sheriff Billy McCain comes calling for help in solving the brutal slayings of a pair of homeless men whose corpses have been marked by a dark snake and scythe symbol, Gabriel accepts the challenge to help solve the case and bring the killer or killers to ...

After losing his best friend in the all out drug war, BOOBY LOCO pulls out all of the stops in order to finish off NIGHTMARE. $80,000 dollars is delivered to BUCHO and his band of assassins: a collective of men that live for money and murder. With these killers on his ass Nightmare’s days are numbered, or are they? Will he manage to escape The Grim Reaper and live to see another day? Or will he end up with a tag on his toe? Someone has hit BLACK JESUS’ shipment of cocaine and placed the blame on Booby. Now he’s left with a decision: order a hit on the young man he’s grown to love as...

Carl Weber brings the best of urban street lit authors together, all telling their own dramatic tales of life in the streets in known cities across the USA. The second installment continues with Treasure Hernandez telling the tale of the Dirty South.

When Angel Ramos, one of Jon Reznick’s oldest buddies from special forces, is found brutally slain in a Los Angeles dumpster, Reznick races to California to hunt down his killers. Angel always had Reznick’s back when they were on missions together, but recently his demons had caught up with him. Angel was a recovering junkie and his teenage daughter had vanished into the dark corners of Hollywood’s seedy underbelly. Reznick’s old friend had been desperately trying to get his little girl back when he was viciously tortured and murdered.