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In The Killer Across the Table, legendary FBI criminal profiler and number one best-selling author John Douglas delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers he’s encountered, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to crack some of his most challenging cases.

After overcoming several obstacles and finishing second in my class at the academy, my undercover story continues in Kansas, where I face some of the most dangerous criminals and situations of my career. Creative undercover tactics, a task force, and continuous wiretaps help take down some of the most deadly and largest drug cartels in the US and Mexico. Frustrations with the bureaucracy and family issues lead to the end of my undercover work and a new career contracting overseas in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Liberia, as well as rising to the rank of chief of police in SC.

Death and Madness in Four Tales A. M. Arimont shows in his stories that true horror is always and everywhere lurking around us. Just where we feel safest, horror strikes hardest. Four tales in which horror unexpectedly invades the everyday world. Jack Ketchum: "I've read his stories, A.M.Arimont is talented!" Daybreak A new summer day begins in a quiet suburban town. Here, where house after house is lined up, there is still peace and order. But how well do you really know your neighbors? What if death and madness lived right next door? Tunnel vision You feel safe in your apartment, but ...

The threats are many. When the Professor and Doc are attacked in Abu Dhabi, it feels as though the world has changed in an instant. In reality, the threat had been there and growing for a long time. That day was simply the day they failed to prevent it. Few security operations are fully prepared to prevent the unprecedented and highly sophisticated threats the world's leaders are facing. They are coming from unusually organized and adaptable criminals and terrorists, whose goal is to find the one wrinkle in your operations. Our goal is to find it first.

"Elsu, my love, our people have faced countless hardships, but together, we have always found a way to survive. We must hold onto hope and fight for our future, we mustn’t handover our only land to the US Army." "Gentlemen, the time has come to rid ourselves of these savages once and for all. These natives are mere obstacles standing in our path to wealth and prosperity." The year was 1885, Elsu, a courageous Red Indian warrior, yearned for a tranquil existence alongside his beloved wife Tayen, childhood friends, and their people. The heart of California cradled their last village, ...

James McCleland, fast jet pilot and Colin Haltwhistle, military investigator: an unlikely pairing put together to undertake a deadly and surprisingly personal mission. Spurred into action by a funeral turned deadly, the Royal Air Force forms a special squad to investigate airborne threats to Britain. The mission: to track down and recover an officer with vital secrets who has gone missing. The problem: No one knows where exactly he has gone or who has him. Following the trail through the middle east, McCleland and Haltwhistle must face a deadly opponent and get their man out, regardless of ...

Notorious assassin Rafael Rontego is kidnapped from his hotel room moments before FBI Agent Sydney Price and her team close in on the man she believes can provide enough evidence to bring down the Ciancetta crime family. As she chases down the prize of her investigation, she enlists help from former Buffalo undercover cop Alex Vaughn. The ensuing blood bath leads them on a trail that exposes corruption, terrorists, and the realization of their deepest fears.

Nathan Heller is Chicago’s most celebrated private detective, hobnobbing with Hugh Hefner, getting written up in Life magazine, enjoying the fruits of a long career that began in a one-room office and now is a coast-to-coast agency. When he does a small favor for a friend - who handles PR for the Teamsters - Heller runs into an old West Side mob crony, a small-time hustler named Jack Ruby. And when that friend is found dead, warning signals start to flash. Suddenly Jimmy Hoffa wants to talk to Nate...and so does Hoffa’s arch enemy, U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

In 1876, Emma Draycott is charmed into a quick engagement with childhood friend Stephen Dee Richards after reconnecting with him at a church event in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. But within the week, Stephen leaves to “make his fame and fortune.” The heartbroken Emma gives him a special pen to write to her, and he does with tales of grand adventures. Secret Service agent Clay Timmons arrives in Mount Pleasant to track purchases made with fake currency. Every trail leads back to Stephen—and therefore, Emma.

In the quiet, close-knit town of Benning, North Dakota, single mother Susan Groves is living a simple life—until her son Gus disappears from school without a trace. As rumors swirl and unsettling secrets about the townspeople come to light, Susan turns to her best friend, Ryan, a local detective, for help. Together, they uncover eerie clues pointing to a mysterious woman who has been watching Gus. In a town where everyone knows everyone, Susan must unravel the dark secrets hidden in plain sight before it's too late.

Six months ago, Charlotte almost lost everything. Now, she’s determined to keep her daughter, Elle, safe. So when local girls close to Elle in age and appearance begin to go missing, it’s her worst nightmare. Charlotte’s fears are confirmed when a frantic search becomes a shocking murder investigation. The girls’ bodies have been found - half-buried, and with traces of mud and wildflowers under their fingernails. As Charlotte’s obsession with keeping her daughter close pushes her marriage to the brink, local DI Madeleine Wood embarks on a gruelling search for the killer.

What happens to a couple when they decide to move into a house with a locked cold storage room that they were told never to enter? A jail guard is hearing and seeing things that are not meant to be inside the cellblock with him on the ninth floor. In the 1980s, Detroit was in the throes of a crime and drug epidemic, but there is an urban legend that during this time something vicious was on the streets that defy logical explanation. A trucker stops off at a 24-hour convenience store for a quick bite and gets more than he can chew.

Salma Bakkioui has always loved living in her suburban cul-de-sac, with her best friend, Mariam, next door, and her boyfriend, Amir, nearby. Then, things start to change. Friends start to distance themselves. Mariam's family moves when her father's patients no longer want a Muslim chiropractor. Even trusted teachers look the other way when hostile students threaten Salma at school. After a terrorist bombing nearby, Islamophobia tightens its grip around Salma and her family. Shockingly, she and Amir find themselves with few allies as they come under suspicion for the bombing.

She was terrified...the pain was relentless. Nothing in her life prepared her for this. She desperately needed somewhere safe...someplace she could hide. Someone she could trust. It was dark...and getting darker. Ronan Hendricks didn’t recognize her voice. Not family...not friends. Probably not an enemy. But he didn’t need the years he’d spent as a detective to recognize what he did hear... Fear. In a desperate moment of hope, a single number saved her life. Then a complete stranger opened his home offering safety yet Grace knew danger surrounded them...when the pain allowed her few ...

Assistant District Attorney Kaj Cordozo's life is thrown upside down when two masked men attempt to kidnap his son, Elijah. Given the high-profile case Kaj is working on, he's not about to take any more risks. When Val Sorensen of Burke Broussard Private Investigation Agency is assigned as Elijah's bodyguard, she realises she also has a very personal connection to the gang thought to be behind the attempted kidnap - a run in with Sixth Day cost her brother his life.

Heiress Stella Burke is plagued by insincere suitors and nonstop headaches. Exhausting all other medical aides for her migraines, Stella reads Fasting for the Cure of Disease by Linda Hazzard and determines to go to the spa the author runs. Stella’s chauffer and long-time friend, Henry Clayton, is reluctant to leave her at the spa. Something doesn’t feel right to him, still Stella submits herself into Linda Hazzard’s care. Stella soon learns the spa has a dark side and Linda a mean streak. But when Stella has had enough, all ways to leave are suddenly blocked.

After testifying in a high-profile case, Gemma Saint, a young intern at an influential media outlet, is forced into WITSEC by corrupt DOJ officials to silence her when Gemma’s testimony at a retrial threatens their elaborate conspiracy to control the upcoming presidential election. Gemma learns from her WITSEC inspector that her identity was compromised and someone in the DOJ has sent a team to kill her. After her inspector is shot, Gemma sees only one chance to survive and resume her old life—expose the conspiracy, completely.

Mario DeLuca, a respected New Orleans detective for over 20 years, has put many criminals behind bars, and there is not a one that wouldn’t want to see him dead. Felipe Cruz, in court, promised he would get even with Mario - one day. He still controls the streets of New Orleans from a prison cell and makes good on his promise.

AN ENCOUNTER is the story of Macu, a young man who leaves his tribe on his first solo hunting trip. Hoping to prove himself by killing and carrying home a small deer, his encounter turns out to be of a much more singular and fateful nature. An entertaining and instructive story suitable for readers of all ages.

Emerging from the pile of rubble, larger-than-life Navy SEAL Bart Nelson stood confident. His admirers cannot believe their eyes, thinking he had been destroyed by the violent blast that was created by his own teammate, the “Hammer.” Indescribably swift thinking and precise intuition had saved this giant of a man, once again. Just as the dawn of a new day greeted them, the image of their hero could be seen. Without his efforts and bravery, all of these young victims of human trafficking would have perished. Yet, the long dangerous journey back home had only begun. There were two choices...