Urban Crime

"Francis is dead". That was the last call Samantha expected to receive the day before her first day as a detective. She had just received her promotion. A promotion to a job she had worked her entire life for. A life full of the ups and downs most experienced growing up in the city she was from. Hayward, California. A nice size city in the Bay Area, the East Bay to be exact. She was born and raised there in a single parent household with her 2 siblings. Her older brother Shawn and her younger sister Tracy. Samantha, also known as Sam by those who knew her personally loved where she was from...

"Blacks are 13% but commit half of the crime!" Using statistics, facts, charts, arguments never heard before, and common sense, this book factually challenges many firmly held beliefs, such as “Blacks make up 13% of the population but commit half of the violent crimes.” Offering a comprehensive examination of street crime in America's inner cities, it navigates diverse topics with clarity. Drawing from various disciplines, the author explores how mental illness, systemic racism, black apathy, drugs, family breakdown, American values, and the financial gains from illicit activities fuel ...

Billy Harney was born to be a cop. The son of Chicago's chief of detectives, whose twin sister is also on the force, Billy plays it by the book. Alongside Detective Kate Fenton, Billy's tempestuous, adrenaline-junkie partner, there's nothing he wouldn't sacrifice for his job. Enter Amy Lentini, a hard-charging assistant state's attorney hell-bent on making a name for herself - who suspects Billy isn't the cop he claims to be. They're about to be linked by more than their careers.

Bobbie "Backshots" has made a fortune from taking down AND going down on rich, racist, men .At the age of 25, she already has hundreds of thousands in the bank in hopes of one day having her dream career. While living the dangerous life of fast money and no responsibilities in Cali seemed like the dream for Bobbie, a handsome stranger comes along to shake her world up. Get ready to begin the most ruthless, sexy, and unexpected ride of your life!

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.

**WARNING** Strong language and a cliffhanger. Family is the only thing that you have in this world. Sometimes you’re born into one and sometimes the craziest of characters come together and make one. But either way, when someone threatens to take it away, you do all you can to keep it. The Torres children were all each other had. Until someone decided to tear them apart, leaving young Leyla alone once again. To her, it seemed that love wasn’t meant to be in her life until she met him. There’s only one thing Zaire Hollis loved most in this world and that was his baby Nina. Out of all ...

VOSS is finally ready to go up against the very empire he was groomed to lead. He and his band of killer Bloods gear up to bring it to JABAR and his army of heartless goons. Both G's want to be the successor of Lyndell's throne, and are willing to put their lives on the line in the heat of battle to secure the position. But when the last of the bullets are cast and the last drop of blood is spilled, who will be the last gangster standing?

Finding a dead body isn’t terribly unusual for Hailey Arquette. She’s a psychic private investigator. All bets are off when she discovers her partner’s classmate stuffed in a hollow tree, burned beyond recognition. When a second student disappears, Hailey and her partner follow the trail of a ruthless criminal mastermind intent on capturing seven other students from the Gifted Elite School. Things are never as they appear in this twisted tale of murder, mystery, betrayal, and romance. Spirits, psychics, and shifters join forces to protect psychic students from the clutches of the ...

The two parts of being a paranormal private investigator I could really do without are being forced to eat bananas by an animated statue with a potassium fixation, and being put on trial for murder by a self-appointed council of vampire oligarchs. To be fair, I did kind of do it (the murder, not the bananas). But I was kind of saving my girlfriend, who is kind of one of them. On top of this, I've also wound up with a primordial queen of the damned trying to strangle me in my dreams.

Set in 1879, SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION follows the cowboy adventures of Gunfighter Edward Landon as he sets off across the wild west searching for six outlaws he holds responsible for his mother's death. This contemporary action novel features a wide range of western characters, including lawmen, gunslingers, outlaws, Mexican bandits, Indian rebels, and bounty hunters. Andy Munro’s SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION includes realistic characters, historic wild west locations, fast-paced cowboy dialogue, action, mystery and suspense mixed with humour and romance. Synopsis The journey begins as Landon rides his...

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"

Nightwraith. Necromancer. Bar owner. Target. Being a necromancer, I’ve always walked a thin line between light and darkness. But dancing on the precipice is quite different than plunging into the void headfirst. When I start receiving death threats with no solution in sight, I realize the void just might be my only choice. To save my life, I have to strike a deal with a dangerous gang leader who, even worse, also happens to be a powerful demon lord. Alin wants to use my zombie bar as a front for his shady dealings. In return, I’ll get the protection and training I so desperately need to...

After escaping a perilous fate, Brandon "Bankroll" Banks dives into a new and dangerous playing field. Equipped with the rules and tools he was blessed with from his mentor, as well as the undying loyalty of his new woman, Banks becomes one of the most prolific figures the game has ever seen. Yet and still, not everyone is pleased with his sudden change. Lurking in the shadows is a vendetta so strong, death is the only thing that will sedate it. Chrissy abandoned her one true love and fell in love with the game. Now, she is buried in it...Ten Toes Deep. The only way out is betrayal. Will ...

So, why is Santa having his elves pound the dickens out of Tony Mandolin? And why are all the heads of the Bay Area’s Organized Crime Families asking Police Captain Monahan to have Tony deal with an interloper who is taking their empires down one by one? Someone, or something is messing around with the spirit of Christmas, and Tony Mandolin, San Francisco's Private Eye for the wierd has been chosen to solve the problem. Ho, ho, frickin’ ho.

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...

The police task force is led by ex-military commander Dean Knocks and his team Jarod, Chester, Veronica and Lester are taking down the worse criminals across the US, but one always seems to evade them. An, assassin Dean named the Iris killer because of the Iris flower left at every death scene. In the meantime a young businessman, but a, crook on the low named Artist Madison is getting away with some major crimes while a, young detective named Venus Slaw is solving cases and making a name for herself. In between times Fiona “The Iris Killer” leads a regular life running her PI and ...

Two years of confinement in Leesworth Women's Federal Corrections Facility have taken their toll on Jay King. Her incarceration has given her lots of time to think about her sins, especially her failed attempt to have her brother Zach murdered in cold blood. Jay has come face to face with the demons from her past, and her health is on the decline. Lonely, sick, and depressed, she reaches out to an unlikely source for help. Jay finds guidance and compassion in Pastor Gavin Monroe, the prison chaplain and counselor. But is Jay sincere about turning her life around?

It's been five years since La-La got locked away - set up by people she trusted and sent away to prison. Even for someone from the wrong side of the tracks, that's a long time to be kept away from your family. A long time to be held in check. A long time to be locked in a cage like an animal. But when you get on the bad side of someone like La-La - who's straight out the hood, hard as nails, and smart as a whip - you don't give them five years to think about what you did to them. Five years to reflect. Five years to contemplate. Five years to plan. Now she's getting out. ...

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.

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.