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A white cop has shot and killed a black man. Not a drug dealer, a crook or any other kind of criminal. A high school teacher going home after a full day of teaching and then hours spent after school hours coaching the high school track team. It was happening too often across the country and the black community was outraged. To make matters worse the police officer was a female on her first night tour with a training officer. Because the police officer has little money a public defender is assigned the case and steps into this cauldron. A jury must be picked, an impartial group of twelve plus two alternates. A cross section of every day citizens to decide the fate of a young woman. The ...

From Manhattan to Staten Island, to Brooklyn. Even in New Jersey and the wealthy Westchester County, criminals are being executed gangland style. Is it the beginning of a gang war, or a frustrated cop going rogue and taking the law into his own hands? This is the situation detective Lieutenant Gordon Nunn faces. It takes him from the slums of the city to the home of one of the richest gang lords of the state. Nunn doesn’t mind if the thugs of the city are wiping each other out. Actually, they are doing the courts a favor. But when innocent people are getting in the way then it has to stop.

Jake McKellen is a deputy United States Marshal. The case he is working on causes him great stress. He just knew deep down there had to be a connection between the most evil drug king pin in all of South America, Pedro Maguay Santiago, and the biggest crime boss in Chicago, Vinnie 'Strong Arm' Gignotti. The problems for Jake are mounting, girls and young women are disappearing all across the city, and Jake fears they were being transported across international borders and sold into prostitution. To make matters worse he has little to no evidence and little to no leads. Jake is consumed by this case to the point of obsession, and it has caused many sleepless nights. His unrelenting commit ...

Jaylon-Rose is a lovely, kind, pretty young woman with an unyielding determination to solve the conspiracy encompassing her mother Taffy's death... Jaylon-Rose has adorable sheltie collie Salem that keeps her company. She enjoys riding her bike on sunny days in the city of roses, picking wild berries or daydreaming at the Mississippi River. A whispering silk breath and hidden secrets in a cob webbed attic. Although Aunt Claire is forth coming with a newspaper and chocolate covered cherries to sustain Jaylon-Rose's contentment. Jaylon-Rose is sidetracked when her horoscope prediction comes true and meets the love of her life. A handsome musician named Winston, at a local night club in ...

A retiring U.S. Marine Raider unit takes on a covert mission to bring to justice a fellow Raider who went rogue overseas, with four civilian deaths to his credit. The Raiders meet their neighbor, Ruth Taylor, also retired, who is learning the ins and outs of running her own Oklahoma ranch. When Ruth accidentally becomes involved in the Raiders' last mission, Colonel Bill Allen has his hands full keeping stubborn, impetuous Ruth safe from the machinations of their criminal subject. While keeping a PTSD recovery program running successfully on his own ranch, Bill struggles to maintain a purely platonic relationship with his neighbor. When he finds himself face-to-face with his parents' kil ...

Steven Belden, author and publisher of the 5-star rated BRANNON trilogy, has penned an exciting new series. LIGHTNING BOLT is the first in the Bolt Series, and begins with a horrifying incident in the lives of a decorated war hero and his beloved pregnant wife. The unthinkable happens. Something that contravenes known laws governing the universe. That "something" is a baby girl. Is she a miracle, a mystery, or a tragic mishap of mother nature? She will sport a curious nickname, melt hearts, challenge reasoning and solve the impossible. She is a human phenomenon with an undeniable connection to unseen forces. Her passion for helping people is matched only by her faith, love for ...

LONGSHOT is a compelling story about a third generation law enforcement officer....the first daughter born in the legendary Westfield family of Laramie County, Wyoming. Grandfather, and former Sheriff, Duke, and her father, current Sheriff, Duncan, have wielded their brand of justice for five decades. Dakota has left the FBI to become Under Sheriff and Chief of Detectives. She's a candidate for Sheriff. As her family circle the wagons, will Dakota withstand political attacks, sinister harassment and heinous crimes seemingly committed to burying her campaign. Xaro and Xena, Dakota's beloved Akitas, are in persistent danger and suffer for their undying loyalty to their master. Dakota ...

Trouble in River City. Cold cases and corruption, mayhem and metaphysics, this DoubleNickel Detective story serves up the usual mix of characters, clues and conundrums. Called 'DoubleNickel' as a boy for his thick glasses, 'Nick' as a college man, he otherwise remains without a name. This nondescript fellow is, in appearance, a brown paper sack, a mutt of mixed ancestry. His father was Japanese. His mother was Irish. He is sardonic. He drinks. He is not your gentleman sleuth. He is a private eye who lines up with the hard boiled boys. An Afterward provides both an explication of the format as well as a comment on detective stories generally. Might be more here than meets the eye.

Maddy has to find a pirate costume for the annual parade and her search leads on a very special hunt for treasure