Urban Crime

Just when Bobbie thinks things are beginning to take a turn for the worse, she was WRONG. Things started to take a turn, dip, swerve, and flip this time. When it comes to the matters of the heart AND her money, Bobbie might've had met her match. Or, is this just the beginning of a whole new game? It seems as if she's about reach her goal way sooner than expected, IF she can stay alive.

JAYVON has found the woman of his dreams in CHRISSY, a gorgeous young lady who only has eyes for him. The only one standing in their way of happiness is BARTISE, one of New York’s fiercest crime lords. Unable to track down Chrissy’s father to collect on his debt, Bartise takes his daughter as payment, and he will not let her go until he gets what he is owed. Vowing to get Chrissy from under Bartise’s rule, Jayvon competes for the money in an underground fighting circuit. But even if he does manage to get the bag, will Bartise honor their agreement? Or will he have him assassinated and...

Sean was raised by a hustling, well-connected mother who taught him early about street survival. When she is brutally murdered, Sean isthrust into a cold world all alone, until an old friend of his mother takes Sean under his wing and introduces him to a life of drug dealing at its highest level. Sean becomes King Sean, making a solid name for himself and rising quickly up the drug game's totem pole.

The X and O Killings A novel by Logan Carter Brooklyn, 1997. The borough is caught in the grip of terror. Bodies are turning up across the city—marked with cryptic symbols: an X... an O. At first, the police dismiss the deaths as random violence. But Dispatch reporter Frankie Moretti sees a pattern emerging: a deadly game of Tic-Tac-Toe being played out in blood across the map of a gritty, pre-digital New York. As the victims pile up, two killers—one brutal and impulsive, the other cold and calculating—race to complete the board. With pagers buzzing, payphones ringing, and the streets...

His protection has a price. And I'll pay for it in bed. A night out with my best friend turns into something deadly. And I wind up in the crossfire of two rival MC’s. Preacher saves me. He's a soldier for the Wayward Kings Motorcycle Club. He’s brutal. A killer. And he's in town for a little payback. Preacher’s six feet and change of tattooed terror and he's got his sights set on me. I know he’s trouble. I know he’s dangerous. I should run away and never look back. But his voice sets my body on fire. His touch makes me beg for more. He acts like he owns me. I can’t walk away. ...

JuneBug is free at last, and he is a changed man. Although he suffered a lot during the time he’d spent as a member of the ill-famed RockBottom Family, he has a new vision in mind as a parolee. Instead of picking up where he’d left off, he and his homeboy, Blue, get their CDLs and, together, transport precious cargo for someone Bug only knew by reputation via notorious circles. All’s going according to plan until Bug refuses to deliver a load to a specific place, which sets off a cacophony of events that could lead to a return to prison or a fast road to the cemetery. It’s a race ...

Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out but then checks into the case herself, and it brings a deep tug of empathy and anger. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally murdered and her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch.

Private investigator Mickey Friday knows being a werewolf comes with complications, but when a massive were-bear named Trigger is found dead, she’s drawn into a case she can’t ignore. Trigger had been working to escape the dangerous world of shifter gangs, and his death is quickly dismissed as gang violence. But Mickey suspects something far more sinister. Her search for answers leads her to a secretive werewolf fight ring—a brutal arena where power and dominance rule. The deeper Mickey digs, the clearer it becomes that this isn’t just about shifters fighting for sport. The ring is ...

TERRA - Nothing about this life is simple. Buy a casino on the Gulf Coast. No problem. Come face to face with my childhood sweetheart who'd left me behind. All hell breaks loose. He's here because my father sent him to help me find the person trying to sabotage my business. When I look at Damian, I see the life that might have been. The boy who became a man still holds my heart in his hands. My soul aches to be with him, but there's something I need to do first. Someone I need to find. I won't rest until I do. But when the time is right, I'm getting my man back, and I'm never going to let ...

A mysterious woman with dark secrets rocks Oyster Island to the core Embark on an exhilarating journey to the Big Easy with lighthouse keeper Jack Wiesinski and the last Atakapa Indian Grogan ‘Chief’ la Tortue as they indulge in their favorite pastime at Rockie’s strip club. When an alluring stripper named Vixen takes the stage, their wild night takes an unexpected twist. Vixen is an enigma—a mysterious woman living in squalor behind the club. With nothing but a duffel bag and a few meager possessions to her name, she captivates Chief with her otherworldly dance moves. When she ...

A witch’s mission to find her sister’s killer leads to otherworldly dangers. When Hazel Goode’s search for a murderer lands her in Shadow Hollow, she thinks the strangest thing there is herself. But this little midwestern town has been collecting supernatural creatures for centuries, and the arrival of one more could shatter the paranormal veil. Corwin doesn’t plan to disclose he’s a vampire. After all, vampires are supposed to be extinct. But when he enlists Hazel’s help to solve a mystery – the same mystery she is trying to solve…but for a very different reason – his ...

In the bustling streets of New York, a killer is on the loose, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. But this isn't just any ordinary murderer—they're using an explosive rune, a powerful magic that should only exist in the pages of Alex Lockerby's own lore book. As the city descends into chaos and fear, Alex finds himself in a race against time to catch the culprit before they strike again. With his own abilities temporarily gone, he must rely on his wit and determination to solve the case.

Respect My Gangsta Part 1 Life of Sorrow spotlights Sorrow Sanae' Hunter (aka Panther) and her entanglement with unrelenting hardship and death. Born of infidelity, Sorrow endures torment and neglect, aided only by her brothers. When their Mother's drug addiction catalyzes them into murderers, Sorrow learns hustling and self-preservation from them. Her first love brings brief respite, but she hones the art of gaining Respect for her Gangsta. A tragedy crushes her first love, and her mom restricts her autonomy. To flee her cruel world, Sorrow enrolls in college and abandons the street life. ...

Since being taken from his home by his mother in the middle of the night, fighting for survival is all Antonias Lambrianu has ever known. He soon learns that money is power and sets his sights on what he sees as a better future. When his past finally catches up with him, it unexpectedly opens up new opportunities, but new threats come hand in hand with them. Antonias is determined that he will emerge triumphant, but there’s jeopardy everywhere and the stakes are high. Everyone, it seems, is playing dangerous games...Antonias most of all.

Born into riches, Probator Symeon Noctis attempts to atone for his past sins by championing the powerless of Nearsteel district. But the sprawling city of Varangantua is uncaring of its masses, and when a bisected corpse is discovered in the neutral zone between Nearsteel and the Adeptus Mechanicus enclave of Steelmound, Noctis finds himself cast into his most dangerous case yet.

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May.

**A Tropical Fantasy Like No Other** Sunny Ray was just a young man with dreams of becoming a country music star. Arriving in Nashville, he quickly crosses paths with Lori, an up-and-coming star with a deadly secret. But evil forces, from drug lords to Mafia leaders, drive Sunny to the Florida Keys, where he's unexpectedly transported to the magical island of Rumora—a land that surpasses his wildest dreams. On Rumora, Sunny meets Wantamea, a captivating island girl with secrets of her own. Yet, Lori isn't done with him. Danger lurks around every corner, threatening Sunny's life at every ...

The Magic is Changing. The Land is Turning. And in the Shadows, Something Stirs. The Hollow is quiet—but only for now. Weeks after blood was spilled and secrets laid bare, the Reilly family tries to mend what’s left. Sean wrestles with his new form and the weight of his legacy. Erin sees enemies where there is silence. And Donovan—once the mountain’s fiercest protector—knows all too well that stillness in the hills never lasts. As moonshine operations spread like wildfire and tempers simmer, an old alliance between coal barons and the New York mob begins to sour. But a darker deal...

PENNINE CRIME - Four Crime Tales from the North of England 1 - The Revenge of Darian Devlin: Darian Devlin, the most merciless job centre adviser for miles around, is not amused when he leaves work to find that his car has been tampered with. He sets out to ascertain which of his reviled customers might be responsible and on narrowing his list of suspects down to three he hits back with a vengeance, unleashing a spiral of retribution that soon gets out of control. 2 - A Singular Murder – My Grandfather’s Secret crime: When young Tom Turnbull’s grandfather gives him a large envelope to...

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.