Law Enforcement

Cole gave up his girlfriend and college dream to go home and take care of his siblings and the families Double Diamond ranch 16 years ago. For so long all they had done was stick together and work the ranch, but now they are all grown up and the ranch was doing well. After an abusive marriage, Shasta moved to Telluride to go to work for the local county Sherriff’s department. She hadn’t realized that was Cole’s county but during the investigation into his sister’s abduction case they reconnect. Cole wants to start back where they left off, but Shasta is still hurt and angry about ...

Arguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, while inspiring popular culture from Indiana Jones to Dan Brown. In The Templars, author Michael Haag offers a definitive history of these loyal Christian soldiers of the Crusades - sworn to defend the Holy Land and Jerusalem, but ultimately damned and destroyed by the Pope and his church.

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 ...

From Badass Regulator to Hell's Reluctant Guest. In my world, death isn't the end—it's just another sucky job interview. I’m back from the dead. And I’m currently a vessel for an ancient evil entity called the Darkness. Yeah, it's been a hell of a year. When I sacrificed myself to save everyone from the Darkness that possessed me, I thought that was game over. Instead, I woke up in a void between worlds with the cosmic embodiment of evil for a roommate. Not ideal. Meanwhile, my friends moved on with their lives—Knight rebuilt the agency from the ground up, Sam found love, and even ...

Police Officer Brooke Patterson is dedicated to her calling to help others, despite having to deal with the difficulties of being female in a male-dominated profession. To help her de-stress from her job, Brooke's friends talk her into taking a vacation the weekend before Christmas. The trio head to Clear Mountain Resort to ski, spend time at the spa, and relax. When they arrive and their suite isn't ready, the front desk clerk suggests they go on a sleigh ride-a new feature of the resort. Little does Brooke know, the last-minute activity will change her life forever. After a difficult ...

Grimeswood, Alabama. After midnight as a heavy fog rolls in... When one of the town's finest residents, a sleepy sheriff's deputy, pulls over a mysterious car on a dark stretch of backwoods highway, he comes face to face with a deathly enchanting vampire of the night, the Empress of the Rose. But upon inspection of the vehicle and its strange driver, Oli Reeves just won’t hear what the lady has to say, nor does he heed the cryptic advice of the letters she uses as identification. A supernatural tale of the occult with creeping thorns based on the knowledge and imagery of the Tarot.

When the judiciary fails to deliver justice and turns a blind eye to the trouble in the streets, it's the time for the ordinary folks to convince them to do something, "we see people wasting away, we are losing lives, social structures have lost their steering and direction, even a police station is not a safe place to hide anymore," says a young activist lawyer to the supreme court judge, "all this is happening right under your nose while you sit right there on your high throne-like chair doing nothing as if you were a supreme being, wouldn’t you at least say something your highness? you...

A possible scenario if some of the West Mesa Killers got caught..The dedicated officers that made this happen.

The gritty, true-blue story of two remarkable cops and an equally extraordinary nurse who provided the spirit and smarts that transformed Fear City into the safest big city in America.

Could the lives of innocent young girls have been saved? No doubt! Are there more victims, non-identified? Probably! On Saturday afternoon, 24th June 1995, two little girls disappeared in Grâce-Hollogne, a town near the city of Liège. Two months later, in the early hours of 23rd August 1995, two teenagers vanished from Ostend, a city on the Belgian coast. In spring 1996, on 28th May, a twelve-year-old girl cycled to school in the morning, but she never arrived there. She too disappeared without leaving any trace. On Friday evening, 9th August 1996, a fourteen-year-old girl did not return ...

Bane — Family and the CIA are all that matters. Until my cousin’s best friend ends up in a coma under mysterious circumstances. My cousin pleads with me to investigate, off the books and I can’t turn her down. I never imagined following the truth would lead to a face-to-face showdown with Japan’s most ruthless hitman — a ghost even the shadows fear. More shocking was falling in love on the job with an extraordinary, enigmatic, and otherworldly woman. The kind of woman a man like me has no business wanting. But I do. Suddenly, lives are hanging by a thread, and I’m the only one ...

Serial Car Thieves unfolds across multiple chapters, each peeling back layers on the individuals, gangs, systems, and societal factors that drive this phenomenon. Law enforcement’s painstaking surveillance and wiretaps painted a vivid picture of organized crime in motion, exposing how deeply entrenched the problem had become. The book explores the “chop shop economy,” where stolen cars disappear in hours through illicit dismantling and VIN-switching schemes. Corrupt mechanics, middlemen, and insurance fraud networks collaborate to erase paper trails, making recovery difficult and the ...

When Quincy Clark sets out to find the birth parents who gave her up for adoption, attempts are made on her life—and the parents have been missing for years. Delton Booker, the handsome detective on the case, is determined to keep Quincy safe. But can they uncover the truth before a killer buries the past for good?

“Hide, Maya. Don’t let the bad people find you.” Those are the last words Forest Service law enforcement officer and K-9 handler Maya Thompson ever heard her mother say. Returning to the Colorado mountains, ex-soldier Maya is no longer a scared little girl. She’s here to investigate her mother’s cold case, but fear creeps in when it comes to her personal life—things are getting serious with sheriff deputy Josh Colten.

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 ...

With a background in psychology, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is good at getting into the heads of killers and victims both. Still, her latest case is leaving her stumped. A third body has turned up in San Antonio - and it bears the same unique and troubling MO as the first two. The killer is clearly trying to send a message. But what is it - and to whom? All roads keep leading Lucy down a dead end....

At a truck stop near Las Vegas, 14-year-old Riley Jarrett vanishes from her family’s RV, turning their cross-country dream of starting over into a nightmare. Investigators have their work cut out for them. The massive, bustling truck plaza in the desert is the perfect place for someone to disappear - or be taken.

Those in uniform keep our world safe and often pay a high price for fulfilling their duty mentally and emotionally. Retired Sergeant Eric Weaver can attest to this, as he lives with mental illness and struggled with the issue of suicide on numerous occasions, including multiple hospitalizations, while serving as a police sergeant. In Overcoming the Darkness, he gives a raw accounting of his own experiences coupled with knowledge and pragmatic advice gained from 20 years of instructing literally thousands in law enforcement about mental illness, substance use, PTSD, and suicide.

Four years ago, former US Marshal Jackson Dean left his job after falling for a witness—who’s suddenly the target of an assassin. Now it’s up to Jackson and his K-9 partner to protect single mom Everly Lopez and her young daughter when Everly’s identity is blown. But with hired killers looking for a payday, Jackson must use all his resources to stop them from silencing Everly permanently.

Rival gangs will stop at nothing to gain sole control of the drug trade in Muskingum County and they’ve picked Valentine’s week to create a firestorm of murder and mayhem as they battle each other for supremacy. Sheriff Mel Crane is blindsided by looting, murdering and marauding bikers at a time of year when most Harley’s are tucked safely away from the effects of Ohio winters that come rife with snow and ice. They’re rolling out, they’re out of control and she can’t stop them. On the home front, she’s feeling guilty about spending hardly any time with Dana, especially when ...