Corruption Thriller

Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people has been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit they faked the death of the legendary superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city 30 years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero’s five years of cleaning up Chicago’s streets. Then the Kingfisher died, Chicago resumed its violent turmoil, and Marcus slid back into obscurity. But did the Kingfisher really die?

“Everyone has secrets, Rory. One of life’s greatest challenges is figuring out who you can trust them with.” Aurora Reynolds has managed to make some powerful enemies in the past two weeks. And it’s clear they want her, and her secrets, dead. After achieving the impossible: freeing Jordan Daniels, a federal prisoner accused of treason, Rory hoped her life might finally go back to normal. But after surviving an assassination attempt, Rory realizes her problems are only just beginning. Don't miss this thrilling sequel to the hit novel, The Story Seer. Praise for The Truth Seer: "This ...

The final chapter in the electrifying Stockholm Noir trilogy, which has been translated into more than 30 languages worldwide: Here is the no-holds-barred, rapid-fire tale of a supreme struggle for the legacy of the Swedish underworld, as the power, honor, and respect commanded by Stockholm's largest criminal organization are passed from father to daughter.

It is 1953. A new world order is in place. Dwight D. Eisenhower is president of the United States. Queen Elizabeth II is on the English Throne. Uncle Joe Stalin is dead, and the Russians have the atomic bomb. In Washington DC, Senator Joe McCarthy is terrorising government agencies with his Communist witch hunts. The whole country is in the grip of cold war paranoia. Fear levels are at an all-time high. Bombs could start falling at any moment. People harbour the gloomy suspicion that the end of the world is near. Communism and McCarthy aren't President Eisenhower's only problems. He's under...

Jake Hughes cannot run from the fact that he is entering a head on collision with the Mob! Six weeks earlier Jake Hughes was living the quiet life in America with his wife Emily, They decide to take their annual vacation, walking in England. A chance meeting during the walk awakens a hidden memory in Jake, dragging him into direct conflict with a powerful Mafia Family, catapulting him into a a game of cat and mouse, challenging life or death! He teams up with, Jonty Ball, a retired detective inspector, between them they thread the pieices of an unsolved murder twenty years earlier. Is it ...

“Chicago… a city of secrets. For Officer Frank Ryder, it was a city of justice. Until everything fell apart.” “Frank had just taken down a branch of a deadly human trafficking ring. But, his wife, Suzy, and his partner, Dan, are brutally murdered…everything changes.” “Suddenly, Frank is the prime suspect in their murders. Evidence points to betrayal…but he knows somethings aren’t adding up.” “Framed by a mole in his own department, Frank must run from the law…and discover the truth before it’s too late.” “With only one ally left, he races against time to expose...

Fast-talking reporter Sutton McPhee is so starved for a story, she'll even follow around a beat cop for a lousy "day in the life" piece. And then the cop winds up dead. But when his killer sets out to make Sutton the next victim, only one thought whispers in her ear - be careful what you wish for.

Discover the gripping tale of ambition, betrayal, and redemption in "Behind The Firm." A prestigious law office hides a web of deceit. Will Selena Martinez expose the scandal and rebuild the firm's reputation? Dive into this riveting legal drama!

Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unravelling an international conspiracy. But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she died. Desperate to understand what happened, he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved.

In the serene yet shadowy tourist haven of Sandvik, a summer escape transforms into a gripping battle for justice. Emma Lindström, still reeling from the loss of her mother under suspicious circumstances, stumbles upon a devastating conspiracy that could topple a corrupt empire. When a mysterious box containing incriminating evidence falls into her hands, Emma becomes the target of one of the most dangerous men in Sweden: Henrik Larsson. As Larsson’s reach extends from the political elite to underground crime syndicates, Emma must rely on a handful of unlikely allies, including Lars, a ...

The Land of the Pharaohs is both rich and deadly. The discovery of a six-sided pyramid sets the archaeological world in a stir as an international team excavates mysterious ruins in the Sahara. In the midst of unexplained phenomena, military corruption and paranormal sightings, a sinister presence is uncovered... Australian archaeologist Carl Langley experiences visions and protective urges for site relics while in the tunnel entrance to Sinesi 1. He is progressively beset with deeper mystical connections with what he believes is the long dead Pharaoh of Upper Egypt... Langley allies with ...

He wants power, and she wants revenge. The Best Laid Plans is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power—political, financial, and sexual, or all of the above. Against the backdrop of Washington politics and the war in Bosnia, a handsome, charismatic attorney is determined to win the presidency at all costs, while his jilted fiancée is intent on revenge and grows a media empire to destroy him. In a world of beautiful people, money, and deception, two equally determined people are headed on a collision course.

Retired airman Billy Moody grabbed the pistol from Ruth Anne just as she pulled the trigger to commit suicide. He quickly won her trust and took her in. As Billy learns more about this kid and the abuse she had suffered as a foster child, he vows to provide her with a better life and to learn the truth of her birth.

Walter Eekhaut, a veteran of the Belgian police force who has a problem with authority, is dispatched to Amsterdam to aid the Dutch security service in investigating the activities of a well-connected Russian oligarch, with ties to Putin. Some of the Russian's business is legitimate, but some may well not be. In Amsterdam, Eekhaut is seconded to Chief Superintendent Alexandra Dewaal and her team, and begins to learn about the city's shady underside.

Caught in the Net, the first volume of Gaboriau's Slaves of Paris, centers on two young, penniless men who become trapped in a net of corruption and deception. Andre, a painter, is in love with Sabine, but they must meet in secret for Sabine comes from a noble family and Andre most prove his worth in society before they are able to marry.

Something deadly lurks in the forest around Cinderfield. Locals put the unusually high number of disappearances down to transients or runaways; some even blame the Cinderman, a figure of local legend rumoured to haunt the woods looking for unsuspecting victims. Forensic specialist Laughton Rees doesn’t believe in monsters. Already investigating the area’s history of missing women, news of the latest ‘runaway’ Maddie Friar brings her to Cinderfield to find out the truth.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Jan Coffey comes a riveting tale of betrayal and murder... TRUST ME ONCE A woman runs through the glittering streets of Newport with killers on her trail. She needs help. She needs someone she can trust… Attorney Sarah Rand thought she had left danger behind—until she returned home to discover she had been declared dead. The murder victim was wrongly identified as Sarah, but the real target was her best friend. Now, with everyone believing she’s dead, Sarah is on the run, hunted by killers who won’t stop until they finish the job. Desperate for ...

In the wake of the rebel Niyandrians' abduction attempt, Anskar DeVantte, now a knight-inferior of the Order of Eternal Vigilance, has set sail with the Grand Master, bound for the mother house in Sansor. Anskar has already begun to suspect that the Order's holy convictions aren't as pure as they appear, and his doubts are confirmed when the ship detours to the slave markets of Atya. As the Grand Master gathers an expedition to retrieve an ancient artifact from an unearthed ruin, Anskar finds himself torn.

Espionage. Bio-Terrorism. Corruption. Power-grab. All come together when President Katherine Fontaine finds her progressive agenda stalled as the world shadow-elite manipulates those in power. Will the Chinese-driven economic crisis be what Katherine needs to justify taking control to create her American utopian ideal? How can she seize guns in private hands to make her plan work? Will her husband Walter’s sexual fling with the exquisitely trained Su Ling give the Chinese the leverage they need to dominate the world? U.S. Special Forces are stretched thin when they learn of an Afghan ...

In The Poster Boy Trial - Book 2 of The Bradley Trials, a gripping legal and political thriller. attorney Samantha Bradley rips the veil off a conspiracy stretching from cartel safehouses in El Salvador to the highest halls of power in Washington, D.C. Assistant U.S. Attorney Samantha Bradley thought she was prosecuting one trafficker, Miguel “El Fantasma” Barrera. But as the explosive trial unfolds, she realizes she’s exposing a tangled web of political corruption, media gaslighting, and a system determined to protect its own. In the courtroom, Samantha faces down the defense’s ...