War Detective

Gears grind in this steampunk collection. From sky pirates, elite businessmen and inventors, these characters use steampunk technology to their advantage. From cities brimming with life to apocalyptic wastelands, survival oftentimes comes with a hefty price. This collection features stories by Harry Fritsch, Robert Allen Lupton, Katie Jordan, Lincoln Reed, Daniel Barlekamp, Davin Ireland, A.R. Turner, Barend Nieuwstraten III, R.C. Capasso, D.L. Smith-Lee, Douglas Allen Gohl, and Toni Mobley.

Never underestimate the power of a good hat... or a sharp hatpin. 9-Book Series! Paris 1917. Sent by the War Office to follow the notorious Fredrick Fredricks, file clerk turned secret agent Fiona Figg is under strict orders not to get too close and not to wear any of her usual "get-ups." But what self-respecting British spy can resist a good disguise? Within hours of her arrival in Paris, Fiona is up to her fake eyebrows in missing maids, jewel thieves, double agents, and high treason. When Fiona is found dressed as a bellboy holding a bloody paperknife over the body of a dead countess, ...

Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible Ben has taken a job as a stoker on a cruise ship. But his luck doesn't last long when they are all shipwrecked in the Pacific. Seen through Ben's eyes, the uncharted island is a hive of cannibals, mumbo jumbo, and gals who are more nearly naked than any he has ever seen. And every time he tries to bluff his way out of a situation, he just bluffs himself further in, somehow convincing the natives that he has godlike powers....

A missing girl. A shell-shocked soldier. A wife stepping out on her husband. Two women beaten to death. A sinister sabotage plot. A wounded, relentless private eye who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of "The Big Bout," "The Big Blast" finds Soldier working three new complex cases and taking care of his friends in wartime Panama City. History. Mystery. Romance. Action. Thrills. Suspense. Noir. “Michael Lister writes some of the best hard-boiled prose going. Nothing short of amazing!” Booklist Starred Review. “Lister’s hard-...

Autumn Breeze is the winner of the prestigious San Diego Book Awards for best romance novel of the year. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 On the morning of 9/11, a fourteen-year-old genius’s mother disappears. Her beloved father had been murdered years before. She’s now without parents. She resolves to get a new mom and dad and have them adopt her before she is deported to Trinidad. For her new mom, she selects her BFF (best friend forever), a New York City detective. For her new dad, she selects the handsome spy investigating her BFF. The investigation was the girl’s fault. She had predicted the ...

Iceland 1940. Britain invades Iceland. Lieutenant Tom Marks is a British officer tasked with defending Whale Fjord. He meets Kristín, a young widow from a nearby farm, who has a small son. Tom is smitten. Iceland 2023. Inspector Magnus Ragnarsson is called to the shores of Whale Fjord where the skeletons of a man and a woman have been discovered, both shot with British wartime bullets. Magnus uncovers a web of anger and revenge that stretches back 80 years and forward to a shocking murder in Reykjavík.

Second-guessing a double agenda While treating a patient in the fall of 1972, Daisy managed to winkle out of him that he worked for MI6. Then she blabbed about a planned visit to East Berlin with her friend Margery, who was a chemistry researcher at King’s College. Back at the office, the man asked his spooks to do some background checks. It turned out that without even knowing it his blind physiotherapist and her chum had an indirect connection to a high-ranking communist party boss… Meanwhile, in East Berlin, clever operatives of the GDR secret services realized that Margery must know...

It has taken over 80 years, but at long last, the British government’s embargo on reporting this slice of diplomatic history has been lifted. It was in November 1940 that a senior minister at the British foreign office in blacked-out London commissioned Holmes and Watson to go to Berlin to negotiate a prisoner of war swap with the German high command. And the price demanded by Nazi Propaganda Minister, Joseph Göbbels, for any prisoner's release? That the two work with the Berlin police to capture a serial killer who is stalking the city’s railway network.

The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of . . . When private detective Rick Bailey is hired by the exotically beautiful and outrageously wealthy Princess Nora, he thinks it'll be easy money. Escaping from her rebellion-torn kingdom, the princess has lost her handmaiden, Lores: the only person who knows how to find the hidden royal jewels. But when his search for the equally lovely Lores turns deadly, Bailey realizes that there is more to this case than it first seemed. When someone tries to kill him, he discovers that the roots of evil run deep. With his own set of values and sense of honor, Bailey...

London, 1942. Flight Lieutenant David Heron, home on convalescent leave, awakes to the news that a murder victim has been discovered in the garden of his boardinghouse. With a week until his service resumes, David sets out to solve the murder. Drawn into a world of mystery and double-dealing, he soon realises that there is more to the inhabitants of the boardinghouse than meets the eye and that wartime London is a place where opportunism and the black market are able to thrive. Can he solve the mystery before his return to the skies?

MANHUNT details the heart stopping true stories of two of Britain’s most wanted men and the unprecedented police operations to apprehend them... Percy Toplis was a career criminal who emerged from the Great War into the austerity of the peace that followed. In a time when poverty was rife, there were plenty of opportunities to make big money if people were prepared to break the law. Percy Toplis grabbed those opportunities with both hands but his criminal exploits were to lead to murder and the largest manhunt ever seen in British criminal history... Barry Prudom led an unusual life. ...

Rizzo's War, Lou Manfredo's stunningly authentic debut, partners a rookie detective with a seasoned veteran on his way to retirement in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn."There's no wrong, there's no right, there just is." This is the refrain of Joe Rizzo, a decades-long veteran of the NYPD, as he passes on the knowledge of his years of experience to his ambitious new partner, Mike McQueen, over a year of riding together as detectives in the Sixty-second Precinct in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

African American families are being brutally murdered. City of Jackson detective, Rick Holmes, is on the trail of the killers. Who is he searching for? The Klan, an occultist cult, or is something far more sinister going on?

Sherlock Holmes and his alternate world companions are staging a coup against the Gears Worlds Empire! And it’s going to turn everything around for the invasion, but also for Holmes, With an unexpected twist of events when he meets the Goddess of Gears, And for her as well. And back on Sherlock’s home world, Steampunk continues to stir the Pot with his bold and rather brash ways of solving cases. On both worlds, things are going to change in big ways for both Sherlock Holmes and the duplicate Holmes, Steampunk Holmes, in A smashing conclusion to the four-book series!

Watson is finally learning to work with Steampunk Holmes, but his heartbreak over the loss of the real Sherlock Holmes remains. But for Sherlock Holmes, the game is on, as he and his new friends on a parallel world face the fact that they will have to fight against the dreaded overlord of the empire attacking London. The action, mystery, and suspense deepen as the Gear Wars continue.

Commander Russell Stokes made a major mistake. Moonlighting as a private investigator he slept with his client's wife and now has to deal with the consequences. Blowback is one thing, but after a bar fight that leaves two people in the hospital, Stokes and his reputation are checkered at best. Forced to resign from the Navy for a different blunder, Stokes tries valiantly to find a way forward. When he can't get out of his own way a beautiful stranger crosses his path. That's when his life takes a real turn. Whether it's an improvement or downward spiral is up to him.

If I were to ask you where the first bank robbery murder took place in the United States, your mind would naturally travel to the Old West. But the first murder during a bank robbery actually occurred in Malden, Massachusetts on December 15, 1863. And the perpetrator was far from a famed gunslinger. However, he was someone just as dangerous – a desperate opportunist. At the time, Malden, a few miles north of Boston, was an idyllic, growing town. The battlefields of the Civil War, where able-bodied men were dying by the thousands lay distant. The town seemingly outside the reach of such ...

It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from "the enemy within": Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Their mission: to seek out a man and a woman from among the colourful guests at Sans Souci, a seaside hotel. But this assignment is no stroll along the promenade.

Harvest of Tears by Harper Stanwick, Sr. is a gripping mystery fiction novel set in war-torn England during World War I. This riveting story delves deep into the psychological and societal upheavals of the time, weaving a tale of suspense, family secrets, and unexpected alliances. Follow the enigmatic Miguel Bautista as he navigates through the challenges of war and uncovers dark secrets hidden within Hatton Towers. Experience the tension and uncertainty of a society on the brink, from the serene English countryside to the grim realities of the Western Front. Unravel the intricate web of ...

What happens to all of the letters that kids send to Santa Claus through the US mail? In Detroit, Michigan, many of them end up in the hands of Chris Archer, a postal worker who spends his free time designing computer games and uses the children’s wish lists to help detect trends in the toy market. No harm done until Chris’ brother, Nick Archer, the religiously obsessed, dishonorably discharged fighter pilot and victim of childhood abuse, discovers them and finds out who’s really been naughty and who’s been nice.