Law Enforcement

It's been two rough years since Andrea Montgomery lost her husband, and all she wants is for her children to enjoy their first Christmas in Haven Point. But then Andie's friend asks a favor - to keep an eye on her brother, Sheriff Marshall Bailey, who's recovering from a hit-and-run. Andie will do anything for Wyn, even park her own misgivings to check on her grouchy, wounded bear of a brother.

The Juarez Cartel has come to Haywood County in order to set up shop in moving methamphetamine, fentanyl and illegal firearms. Three local Folk Nation gang members are joining forces with the Cartel and are going to be running the show. Probation and Parole Officer Jody Bartlett has caught wind of something brewing and he is smelling some serious Trouble heading his way. The three gang members are told that they have to send a big message to everyone in the County showing that they are not the ones to be messing with. The target that the Cartel has picked has the green light on this person ...

As sovereign citizen movements continue to gain traction and pose a growing threat to the rule of law and public safety, "Sovereign Shadows: Unmasking Extremism and Safeguarding Communities" serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding, confronting, and countering these dangerous ideologies. This essential resource delves deep into the origins, tactics, and beliefs of sovereign citizens, debunking myths and providing practical guidance on recognizing and responding to their activities. Through a combination of prevention and intervention strategies, the book outlines how to disrupt the ...

Casey Hartman checks handsome Will Kerns into Belmont Inn, her family home passed down through generations. He claims to be on vacation, but when Casey witnesses a murder, Will flashes his DEA badge and takes her on the run. His real mission is to seize a drug operation in the historical town of Belmont. Casey can’t believe this is happening in her little town, much less that she witnessed a murder. Will is determined to take down the drug ring and the man leading the operation, but can he do that while running with Casey? She wasn’t part of his mission. Will soon realizes this ...

Conquer the Police Officer Exam: Your Concise Guide to Protecting and Serving is designed as a quick, efficient resource to supplement more detailed study materials. This guide focuses on providing a clear and accessible summary of the key skills and concepts tested on the police officer exam. It highlights critical areas such as reading comprehension, logical reasoning, situational judgment, and basic math, offering practical strategies to sharpen your skills. While this guide does not delve into exhaustive detail, it serves as an ideal complement to more comprehensive study resources. ...

A delayed honeymoon getaway takes a deadly turn for newlyweds Mel and Dana; meanwhile, two meddling mothers won't let sleeping fisherman lie in the latest Morelville Mystery. Does an unsolved shooting death far away from Morelville have local ties? Did a fisherman really drown or was there something more sinister afloat? All Mel and Dana wanted was to enjoy a nice, relaxing honeymoon in the Smokey Mountains, away from the strains of life in the public eye. Instead, they end up involved in a case local law enforcement has completely written off. In this prequel to The Morelville Cozies, ...

In this sweet romance Third Time's the Charm, the third book in the Fredericksburg County Series, Deputy Sheriff Jon Cavanagh has everything he’s ever wanted, a great job, two growing boys, and a woman who adores his body, everything except his estranged wife. He’s joined SLED, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, bought a new home, and begun a new life with his two sons. As a SLED agent, Jon's new job is to work in tandem with other law enforcement agencies, in this case, his old boss, Alec Harmon. SLED agent Jon Cavanagh said goodbye to love a long time ago. The last thing he ...

Mountain Survival: When search-and-rescue park ranger Autumn Mercer and her K-9 partner, Sherlock, meet a stranger in the mountains whose brother is injured, they drop everything to help. But all they find where Derek Peterson last saw his sibling is a trail of blood—and men who want them dead. Search and Defend: Undercover to track the assassin who killed his partner, FBI special agent Alex Driscoll accidentally pulls his partner’s widow, Violet Sharp, and her search-and-rescue K-9, Teddy, into the case.

The scattered bones of a young girl are discovered on the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana. It appears the bones were never meant to be located. Harley Fremont and her K-9 partner, Gemma, are on the job, when another set of bones, from a second girl are discovered, along with a sugar skull. This time, law enforcement is sure the bones were meant to be found. The forest has miles of rugged trails, dozens of mines and caves, and dozens of cabins that could be the hiding place of the persons responsible, or make a great place to hide away a third abducted girl. Harley and Gemma are ...

The politics and the paper-pushing are wearing on Sheriff Mel. Will she chuck it all? Mel’s burned out. She’s tired of playing local politics. She’s tired of the mounds of paper on her desk that never seem to diminish. She’s tired of budgets, of personnel conflicts, of citizen complaints and all of the other things a sheriff is responsible for. She misses police work. Real police work, but she knows she can’t go back to the street. Not in Muskingum County…maybe not in Ohio. Dana bought a cabin – a nice little getaway for the two of them in Tennessee. Mel’s mom is worried her...

A young mother with a troubled past seeks help from Mel and Dana but is their effort to assist her too little, too late? Hannah Yoder appears on Dana and Mel’s doorstep late one night with her teenage friend Katie and Katie’s newborn baby in tow telling the couple the girl and child are in trouble and have no place else to go. Dana and Mel offer refuge for the night and a firm promise to talk about the future. Plans are barely made when first one mysterious tragedy strikes and then another leaving Mel, Dana, Hannah and the Crane and Rossi families with few clues and little hope. Mel ...

Revenge is Brewing! Justice will be served like hot coffee on a frigid day! When crime goes unpunished, it breeds more crime. There are times when criminals fool the public, but later the criminal is the one that is fooled. The pendulum swings, and justice is finally served. Investigator Daniels was all smiles when Bian Wang was sentenced to life in prison. Manny was out of the way. Life was good with friends like Senator Maury Greenholdt. Could this all change? All roads lead to Glacier City, and the sleeping dogs have awakened. If you enjoyed Snow Fire, you will love Snow Fire 2: Revenge ...

Jody and Elena Bartlett are traveling to Buffalo, NY for a much-needed vacation. Jody and Elena are enjoying a wonderful drive up until Jody’s phone rings. Tragedy strikes when a “family” member is murdered in his own home. Jody is called on to track down the killer. Jody is not aware that Sergei has raised his head up from hiding and has sent a team of soldiers to kill Jody. Before you know it, Jody is abruptly in the mix with the Cash Money Gang. CMG is an affiliate of the Bloods organization. Will the CMG show adulation towards Jody, or will they fall into wanting to kill him ...

I need you to touch me like you mean it. I need your hands to erase the memories of them. Mitchell The day that I met Kaitlyn, she was shivering from shock and trauma. Would it be wrong to say that was the moment I fell in love with her? She needs someone to keep her safe and remind her of her strength; I'm that man. Kaitlyn I’ll remember the weapon they held to my head for the rest of my life, but I’ll remember the man who helped me past the darkest night of my soul even longer. Mitchell is everything I never knew to ask for; and I will love him forever. Sweet Surrender is a dark ...

Bears are born to protect. No one knows this better than bear shifter Lily Wood who has dedicated her life to the U. S. Marshal Service. But her life is turned upside down when she fails to protect a pregnant witness whose dying wish is for Lily to raise her newborn daughter Angel. Now Lily must come to terms with the haunting failure and adjust to life as a parent all while trying to woo her stubborn neighbor Alex. Tea shop owner Alex is hopelessly attracted to Lily, but that only makes her more determined to push the U. S. marshal away. A relationship could never work out between them, ...

Sworn to protect and serve, police officers who stray into deviant behavior may become a citizen's worst nightmare. An honest look at the formal and informal processes of becoming blue, Police Organizations and Culture is a unique combination of academic research based on Chief Scott Silverii's doctoral research and more than 25 years in law enforcement. The book seeks to answer the ultimate question: Why do police organizations and individual cops behave the way they do. Right or wrong, there is a powerful culture that controls behavior and expectation. Chief Silverii explains how personal...

The Berlin Wall is crumbling, and with it comes the threat of a Soviet bio-weapons program that could bring the Cold War to an explosive end. Rookie officer Herman Faust apprehends a high priority defector during a routine traffic stop but it quickly spirals out of control when the defector's brother vanishes, and the defector is found dead in her holding cell! Faust finds himself entangled in a web of CIA secrets, anonymous threats, and a Soviet plot to launch a biological weapon on the American Embassy. With the stability of West Berlin on the line, Faust must risk all to stop the deadly ...

Previously published as Emerson Drake (c) 2018, by Wick, Christa (AUTHOR), completely rewritten in first person POV and revised throughout with newly added content, and a different extended ending. ----------------------------------------------------------------- I fell for her even though I knew better, and I walked away to protect us both. Now it’s three years later and I’m deep undercover with the FBI. Figures that the bikers I’m trying to take down would be targeting her; that’s just my damned luck. Ironically, she’s free to love anyone she wants now. But she doesn’t know ...

A harrowing diagnosis, a life-or-death struggle for a gun, and multiple youthful facial injuries nearly broke me. Ironically, those incidents helped me unlock a very human strength I did not know I had. That same strength is found within each and everyone of us, regardless of what we face. At twenty-six years old, I was forced to unexpectedly confront my mortality. After an MRI of my back, doctors incidentally discovered that I had numerous cysts throughout both of my kidneys and liver. Statistics suggested that the life I had envisioned was no longer within my grasp. My life expectancy ...

James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he’s had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be - and how far afield it has strayed during the Trump presidency. In his much-anticipated follow-up to A Higher Loyalty, Comey uses anecdotes and lessons from his career to show how the federal justice system works.