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Ava was enjoying her life in New York... a promotion at her precinct and her boyfriend, attorney, Jace Finley III. Ava had vowed never to return to Chance Mississippi ... the place she grew up... the place she left her first love, Luke Fisher... the place she hadn't been since her mother and sister died. When her dad called requesting help on a murder case, Ava reluctantly agreed to return to Mississippi to help. Her former love, Luke Fisher, was assigned to assist her with the case. Ava's dad sends them to Gulf Ridge, Mississippi, where they meet Elena Cooper, a petite, tough cop with a big appetite and a bigger attitude. After traveling to Texas, they realize they ne ...

A security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is found bludgeoned to death in the Medieval Room. Lieutenant Phil Cantino is sent to investigate. When he discovers the murdered man is a long time friend of his old partner, Gordon Nunn, he gets the retired detective to help. From the very beginning there is little for Nunn to go on. At the loading dock the glass in the door was cut out professionally, by a thief, but nothing seems to be missing. An inventory is ordered. Everything seems to be accounted for, until a painting by Gainsborough is discovered gone.

Millie is a skilled and experienced agent who can out fight, out shoot and out think almost anyone. But when she is assigned a case filled with vicious murders that occur around the performance group the Nine Muses, she finds herself on an assignment that requires special undercover skills with challenges that seem insurmountable. A contemporary mystery set against a background of Life, Love and Death in the world of belly dance.

Who is murdering people in her small artsy mountain town, rife with gentrification and sexual assault? Amelia Coin aims to find out. She is bitterly familiar with the first victim, a local bar owner with a reputation for seducing underage girls with booze and cocaine. And she vows to outmatch the police who bully her away from the crime scene. But as she pursues the identity of the killer, Amelia Coin must engage the chaos and shadows within herself and her home.

The history of the Carthage Police Department is not unlike that of agencies in many towns. Early Carthage policemen were not well paid, worked seven days a week and were subject to local political whims. There was no academy training - they depended on their wits and their brawn. But these brave lawmen dedicated themselves to maintaining the peace and security of their community, often at the risk of their own lives. Over time, conditions improved, with better pay and training, less political interference, improvements in equipment and technology, and a higher level of professionalism. The sense of dedication felt by our early policemen is still prevalent in our officers today. Thi ...

A poisoning attempt on the life of J.P.Gilmore, one of the wealthiest men in New York, has Lieutenant Gordon Nunn temporarily assigned to protect Gilmore and find out who is after the industry giant. Though there may be business associates who could have been burned over the years, in general, Gilmore is liked by his company employees and loved by his family. With his partner and long time friend Sergeant Phil Cantino, Nunn enters the world of the wealthy. When a second attempt is made on Gilmore's family Nunn must find the guilty party before someone is killed.

An idea spawned between two friends, both considered tremendous salesmen, both of whom believe that they have discovered a loophole in the system, decide to create a brand new religion as an ends to there means. However, when the greed for money and power infiltrates the religious doctrine love and peace, perverse outcomes are inevitable. When profits and personal gain are put ahead of helping the needy, faith gets corrupted. When power becomes an essential goal, blurring the lines between faith and reality, nothing is sacred. When all three expose themselves in the name of GOD, all hell ultimately breaks loose.

When the founder of the California missions, Junipero Serra, has his heart cut out the day of his death in 1784, it is stuck in a ceramic jar, and rode off on horseback. Within the day, it is lost and for the next two hundred years the heart, floating in brandy, is handed from owner to owner until it ends up at the El Fornio Historical Society in modern day California. During the annual Old Spanish Days festival, the heart is stolen and curator Hank Peabody, Jr., and his “cousin” Janet Librado are called to action with their band of misfit friends to find the thief of the heart and set things right. “Whoever controls the heart” Janet reminds Hank, “Controls history.” Hank, however ...

Wolfhart Hammett is Haviland Middle School’s smartest kid with the stupidest name. If that weren’t bad enough, Franceska Fresca, a park ranger at the childhood home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is suspected of stealing the famous Springwood Falcon. When she mysteriously disappears, things look worse. With the help of his best friend Brucie Hornapple, Wolf must try to find the Falcon, clear Franceska’s name, and possibly solve a murder. All while navigating the new and terrifying world of girls.

Kid detective Wolf Hammett is stuck on a train ride he did not want to take with his best friend Brucie. When fellow travelers start falling ill with strange symptoms, he smells a rat. Along with other kids he runs into on the train including his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of a famous comedian and the daughter of a professional Scrabble player, Wolf uncovers a plot so twisted only he can solve it.