Deadly sin has consumed Cardinal City. Violence, murder, and mayhem are only the beginning. A family of genetically modified heroes is the city's only hope.... if only they can resist sin long enough, they just might stand a chance. Tony Lazarus is a man who seems to have everything. Money, fame, movie-star good looks, women... but appearances can be deceiving. Behind the million-dollar smile is a hero losing his battle against the sin he's supposed...

Can the child be found before it's too late or is she facing heartache again? Felicity has spent her life alone, moving from one place to another hiding a part of her that no one has ever been able to accept, not even her own family. For as long as she can remember she's had dreams that lead her to a person that's somehow connected with her. There are no answers or cures, only misery for her when she can't get anyone to believe her. When a child...

As twenty-year NYPD veteran Joe Rizzo edges closer to retirement, things only seem to get harder, a new partner, a promise to his wife to quit smoking, and the most baffling case of his career-a murder investigation. The victim, Robert Lauria, was practically a hermit and was dead ten days before anyone found him. Fired from his job as a shoe salesman weeks ago, he rarely left his apartment and had no visitors except his cousin, who says she hardly...

All three instalments of the action-packed, emotive Robert Finlay series of thrillers Tense, grippingly authentic thrillers featuring Police Inspector Robert Finlay, who must overcome his traumatic past to mete justice and stay alive...by the number-one bestselling author and ex-police officer Matt Johnson BOOK ONE, Wicked Game 2001. Age is catching up with Robert Finlay, a police officer on the Royalty Protection team based in London. He's...

Master detective Niccolo Benedetti hunts down a killer in the French Alps. Niccolo Benedetti is many things: a professor, philosopher, painter, charmer, and a sterling, world-class detective, too. For Benedetti, a murder is not just a crime, but also a means of dissecting the nature of evil. It's a problem demanding as much art as it does science. In this second installment in the Benedetti series, the detective travels to a ski resort in the French...

THE LOWERING SKY was black as a tax inspector's heart when Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks pulled up outside 17 Oakley Crescent at eight o'clock one mid-November evening. An icy wind whipped up the leaves and set them skittering around his feet as he walked up the path to the glass-paneled door. Detective Constable Susan Gay was waiting for him inside, and Peter Darby, the police photographer, was busy with his new video recorder. Between the...

Canine homicide is not the best way to kick off the New Year for Los Angeles Homicide Detective Leo "Lee" Van Cleef, especially after the recent loss of his own 18 year old German Shepherd named Bogart. But when Van Cleef is called out to investigate the mauling of a Hollywood actress in Malibu, duty calls and the motive initially points to her husband, a prominent, philandering Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon living beyond his means. His new partner...

The quiet beauty of Longboat Key is shattered when a young groom is shot to death on the beach the day after his wedding. His father is an old army buddy of Matt Royal, and Matt tries to soften the anguish of his friend by finding his son's murderer. Matt's search takes on added complexity when there appears to be a link between this murder and three seemingly unrelated murders that occurred on board a dinner cruise on Sarasota Bay the same day. Fortunately...

The debut novel from longtime Brooklyn district attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes, Triple Homicide is the gritty saga of two generations of New York City police officers fighting to stay on the right side of the law. In the early 1990s in New York, easy money stands to be made at every turn, and temptation proves a bitter struggle for the young and much-decorated NYPD Sergeant Steven Holt---and for Steven and his uncle Robert, an officer before him, an...

This short story was part of a project set by 'WRITERS' INK', a writing group on the Oihuela Costa, Southern SpainIt had to include: Quotation 'Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life'.An artistA stiletto***Newly promoted Detective Sergeant Ann Wharton, assisted by Detective Constable Fred Carstairs, solves the mysterious death of famous artist Aneglo Bordolino.The unlikely pairing of down to earth Ann Wharton, who has worked her...