Urban Crime

Trouble is brewing in New Orleans. Shifters are moving in, and vampires are being picked off in record numbers. And vampire hunter Phoebe Kilsen is right in the middle of the war. When Phoebe's best friend goes missing along with the consort of the most powerful vampire in New Orleans, Phoebe betrays her heart and her shifter partner by teaming up with the one vampire she's never trusted.

After losing his job, MELVIN finds himself struggling to make ends meet. Figuring that he doesn't have any choice but to get it how he lives, he decides to get his the ski mask way. Melvin's first jack move is successful, but the caper nearly leaves him knocking on death's door. Realizing that he'll need someone in the streets to watch his back, he finds a crime partner in his fifteen-year-old son, TIAZ, a dangerous young thug who's destined for ghetto stardom. On their road to riches, the father and son duo stack plenty of money and dead bodies along the way. But it isn't until they run ...

Sister and Brother, EUREKA and ANTON JACKSON are all each other have in this cruel cold world. With street smarts and a hustler’s ambition they manage to survive in the concrete jungle. With a willingness to do anything they have to in order to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table, they rob, steal and con to provide for themselves.Given their current circumstances, things are bad, but they’re about to get a lot worse when Anton steals the tricked out truck of a local drug czar by the name KILO. The consequences for the youngster’s actions come back to haunt him and his ...

Jackson Bedeau is the leader of a highly skilled and sophisticated crime organization. He desperately wants to find and complete what is dubbed as the “last job” so that he and his team can retire from the street life forever. Unbeknownst to him, his employer Oliver “Ollie” Monk, London’s most notorious crime lord, is made aware of his plans, and begins to mastermind the removal of Jackson and promoting his overly ambitious, money hungry cousin Julius. 12th Ward Police Chief Devin “Finn” Finnegan receives vital information from Oliver to arrest Jackson for the murder of ...

Carl Weber brings the best of urban street lit authors together, all telling their own dramatic tales of life in the streets in known cities across the USA. The second installment continues with Treasure Hernandez telling the tale of the Dirty South.

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 ...

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.

"A rocket ride of action, political intrigue, and suspense."—San Diego Magazine "A sharp thriller. Russell has us in the palm of his hand."—Chicago Tribune "Ingeniously imagined and skillfully told, Political Suicide must be included in any list of this year's best thrillers."—San Diego Union-Tribune Will Travis is an undercover corporate investigator whose job involves low-key assignments like checking out the service at Washington, DC, hotel bars and reporting back to management. But his evening takes an unexpected turn when he interrupts an attempted murder. Soon, Will is on the ...

When Reina Baudoin goes missing from a university, her parents make their way to Alabama to find out what has happened to their beloved daughter. Reina’s mother relies on her faith for strength, while her dad, OSCAR, has other ideas. When the people responsible for Reina’s disappearance begin turning up dead, one by one, Oscar questions his disbelief in his family's legends. The police don’t believe in coincidences, but they can’t tie Oscar to the murders. Unwilling to shrug it off as the streets taking care of its own, Detectives Cooper and Sharp are determined to solve the crimes....

In Steel Harbor where drugs and violence reign supreme, one man's quest for revenge turns into a fight for survival. Ian is thrust into the dangerous world of gangs and crime lords after the deciding that life needs to get better. Armed with determination and an unwavering will to avenge, he seeks help from unexpected allies and embarks on a deadly mission to bring down the city's most notorious bosses. But as the bodies pile up and the stakes get higher, Ian finds himself questioning his own morality and the true cost of freedom. With the support of his new friends, he navigates this ...

JABAR has taken over THE COMBS' empire and locked down the streets of Los Angeles. He is the new leader of the family, but the opposition coming for his throne. The BDOG (Boss Dawgs Outlaw Gang) a criminal organization of drug trafficking killers is looking to control the cocaine trade in Southern California, and murder anyone standing in their way, during their rise to power. YADA finds her life on the line when a video tape surfaces of her and DOUGH BOY busting VOSS out of The House of Pain. BANG, Jabar's top goon is in possession of the tape, and he's willing to hold on to her secret as ...

Before Area X, there was Ambergris. Jeff VanderMeer conceived what would become his first cult classic series of speculative works: the Ambergris trilogy. Now, for the first time ever, the story of the sprawling metropolis of Ambergris is collected into a single volume, including City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch.

PAYBACC cliques up with, CHINGO, a young street veteran whose gangsta matches his own. Together, they form a crew of wig splitters who are sure to give BOOBY LOCO and his hittas more than they can handle. But loyalties come into question when Chingo realizes the profit that can be made should the war come to a conclusion and differences are set aside. Will Paybacc look at things his little homie's way? Or will he see him as weak and hand down his execution? After running afoul at BLACK JESUS, Booby is cut off from his drug supply and left to secure a new deal that will ensure that the ...

Detective Houser wants nothing more than his retirement, but when a murder case involving the WMM firm lands on his desk, he can’t avoid it. All of law enforcement knows that WMM Advertising, also known as We Make Millionaires, is one of the biggest and hardest-to-penetrate fraudulent telemarketing firms in the state of Georgia. A tape recording of a man’s death may finally help Houser make a case against the firm. Calling in Alexis Greenspan, a.k.a. Nina Coles, the top sales associate in the company, Houser is determined to use her to find out the company’s secrets.

A Hood Tale of Betrayal and Revenge When twin sis La'Rain got murdered, Storm's world came crashin' down. But she vowed to get revenge when she found out it was no accident. With her partner Lizzy and La'Rain's old crew, Storm's mission is to expose the truth and take down their rivals one by one. But as secrets rise to the surface, the drug game gets deadlier. Respect ain't given no more, it's taken. New York, get ready for Storm's wrath! “Dope Girl's Ambition"

The war rages and blood rains as DAVID fights for the family beside him and the ones he's trying to keep safe. The blind fury that fuels his rage is contagious, and it has infected everyone involved with this game of survival of the fittest. Killer's will do what they do best when their backs are against the wall, but sometimes, in the name of calculation, mistakes are made that have dire consequences. In this jungle only the top dog survives to enjoy the spoils of war. Which means either you're the Apex Predator, or you're simply the meat in between its teeth. This family is about to find ...

Trae and Tasha Macklin fell in love and came to life in Wahida Clark’s best-selling Thug series. Now, they’re flexing their own creative muscles in this brand-new bundle containing three of their hard-hitting novels: Baller Dreams, Flippin’ the Hustle, and Game of Gwop. Each novel thrusts you into a new world of the author’s making but will have you remembering exactly what part of Trae and Tasha’s lives inspired these Street Lit masterpieces.

A Noir Mystery Collection by the Mysterious Thomas Temple Step into a world where darkness whispers your name, and reality twists beyond recognition. In Whispered Crimes, Thomas Temple masterfully weaves together noir mystery, psychological horror, and grotesque fiction in a collection of short stories that will leave you haunted. Inspired by the eerie allure of crime fiction and urban mysteries, Temple invites you to embrace the bizarre, the twisted, and the unknown.Prepare for a Literary Experience Like No Other If you're a fan of dark psychological thrillers, urban noir, or the surreal ...

If You Were A Convict Running From The Law, Who Would YOU TRUST? Rick Reed is a convict on the run from the law. He's been convicted for committing over two dozen homicides, and he just escaped facing the death penalty. With the help of his sexy girlfriend, Keisha, Rick is well on his way to Mexico, trekking from back road to back road. Things quickly go awry when Rick and Keisha lose their wheels and find themselves in the middle of nowhere in the strange, country town, Stony Creek. Stony Creek is a virtual ghost town with only one family remaining, the Havertys, and the secret this family...

Raphael Roberts Sr is one of New York City's finest. A good cop in a city full of bad guys. He works in a department filled with corruption but has no idea how high up the ladder it really goes. The highly decorated veteran is saddled with a rookie fresh out of the academy. The assignment comes with a promise of promotion to the coveted narcotics squad, where he can really do some damage. But first he has to keep the rookie alive long enough. Raphael Roberts Jr longs to be just like his famous father when he grows up. However, the socially awkward teen has struggles of his own to overcome. ...