Vigilante Crime

MG Martin thought she’d turned the last page on the dangerous Golden Arrow case. The bad guys are behind bars, and the rest is up to her detective boyfriend, Matteo Kildaire. But when Golden Arrow impersonators start popping up all over Los Angeles, the writer in MG can’t help but be intrigued. Are they impostors, or has the original Golden Arrow returned? A reemergence of drug crime has left the LAPD baffled, and golden arrows are once again being left at crime scenes. Matteo asks MG if she’ll resume consulting on all things geek, and she jumps at the opportunity.

The Damned (Sarah Roberts Book Thirty-One) Sarah Roberts and her boyfriend are driving across the U.S. when a random stop at a Wyoming gas station turns their road trip into a nightmare. A frantic woman jumps into their car and begs Sarah to drive her to safety. Before Sarah can respond, the woman’s pursuers snatch her from the vehicle—and grab Sarah, too. When Aaron returns with coffee, Sarah’s missing, and there’s blood spatter in the car. Police suspect foul play and believe Aaron may be involved. Vivian tried to warn her, but Sarah had to handle things her way. This time, she ...

ONE BAD APPLE is an action-packed crime thriller that will appeal to fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn and Mark Dawson. Trent Rivera is an ex-soldier torn between dropping out of society and trying to atone for his past sins. His home: a dilapidated campervan. His companions: Rosie (a tabby cat), and the ghosts of his past. When he arrives in the picture-perfect seaside town of Saltmarsh Cove, he’s intent on avoiding people. But Trent Rivera doesn’t go looking for trouble. It finds him… A journalist has disappeared. A violent biker gang is operating with impunity.

Charlene Rosalind Carter Grant believes that she will be murdered in four days. And she wants Boston’s top detective to handle her death investigation. It will be up close and personal. No evidence of forced entry, no sign of struggle. Charlie tells a chilling story: Each year at 8:00 p.m. on January 21, a woman has died. The victims have been childhood best friends from a small town in New Hampshire; the motive remains unknown. Now only one friend, Charlie, remains to count down her final hours.

1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he is introduced to the drawing-rooms of high society and finds love in an unexpected quarter. Then, suddenly, he vanishes without a trace. Alarmed, his sister, Charlotte, sets out from their crumbling country estate determined to find him. In the sinister, labyrinthine city that greets her, she uncovers a hidden, supernatural world populated by unforgettable characters.

What dangers lurk beyond the edge of town? After getting lost on a dark country road on their way back to the city, a group of revelers decide the best solution is to stop at a local bar and resume drinking. But after a member of their group is dragged outside and attacked, their nightmarish evening has only just begun. Fueled by adrenaline and an angry desire to hand out justice, their search for the attacker takes them deep into a world they were never prepared to go. Torn Web is the length of a long short story.

In this 9th novel in the 10-book TY WARD ADVENTURE SERIES, retired bodyguard Ty Ward leaves Texas to find a new home. In New York City Ty is arrested by the Covid-19 cops and placed in quarantine. That leads to a series of adventures which throws Ty into prison and then into the sleazy cartel world of human sex trafficking. These criminal gangs never learn. Don't rile up this potent giant. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels since his retirement in 2009. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon (and the Author Pages for ...

Book #18 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series After convulsing and passing out in a plane, Jab decides to confront his lifelong fear: claustrophobia. He hires Ezra to investigate—himself! Ezra’s probes discover a connection to Jay Boone, Jab’s grandfather. Worse—the criminals involved are safely behind bars, making it next to impossible to solicit the truth and gain a confession!

A park ranger is haunted by the memory of the woman, left for dead, whose life he’d saved 20 years ago. He is haunted by the rape and attempted murder of a young woman, who was left for dead in a national park .She survived, but police were unable to solve the case and eventually stopped looking for the perpetrator. Shlomki, the park ranger’searnest and naïve demeanor leads him into conflict with the local security forces, who are used to bending the rules. He is determined to pursue the investigation, discovering much more than he’d imagined about the people who control the area. ...

Former Army Ranger Jagger Baird thought he had his hands full, but that was before he encountered the ruthless group of immortals called the Clan. The Clan is after a prize that would give them unimaginable power - a piece of the Ten Commandments known as the Judgment Stone.

The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found her. As Esper has tried to save the galaxy’s wayward children, she’s done it with the looming threat of the Convocation dogging her steps. She knows why they’re after her, even if she can’t remember the events. She’s shaken them across a dozen star systems. She’s bested their hunters the few times they’ve caught up. Now, Esper is about to face her greatest fear: the truth about what she’s done.

Homicide Detective Sydney Valentine investigates the death of a Jane Doe found in the backyard hot tub of a high-end home. When Valentine arrives at the scene, she discovers nothing is as it initially appears—far from it. Valentine's pursuit of Jane Doe's identity uncovers secrets some would prefer to keep hidden. Her investigation reveals treachery and deceit as more crimes change or end the lives of those connected to the victim. Throughout it all, Detective Valentine must face her own personal and professional challenges. She digs deeper to expose the truth behind what set everything ...

Warning: contains graphic violence, sex scenes, and language. This Mob family isn't for the weak at heart. Read at your own risk. Book #3 in the Croft Mob Family Series. Being the crime boss in Vegas is a tough gig. Not everyone can handle it, but Greyson Croft makes it look easy. The bad guys are afraid of him, and the good guys are shaking in their boots. Why? He’s cleaning the garbage out of HIS town. Only, he has a new problem. A sex trafficking ring has moved into his turf, and Greyson Croft really hates two things. The first, men who abuse women and the second, people who break the ...

An enemy thought dead resurfaces. Soulless returns to wreak havoc as he goes after his enemies while seeking revenge, and Tanner is his main target.

Jack Taylor still knocks back too much Jameson and dabbles in uppers, but he has a new woman in his life, a freshly bought apartment, and little sign of trouble on the horizon. Once again, trouble comes to him - this time in the form of a wealthy Frenchman who wants Jack to investigate the double-murder of his twin sons. Jack is meanwhile roped into looking after his girlfriend's nine-year-old son and is in for a shock with the appearance of a character out of his past. The plot is one big chess game, and all of the pieces seem to be moving at the behest of one dangerously mysterious player, a vigilante called "Silence"....

Rogue Policemen. Soulless Gangsters. Lethal Drugs. Samantha Townsend appears to have a perfect life. Married to her loving husband Michael Townsend, Q.C., and living in a $25 million mansion, life has never been better… until Michael is murdered in cold blood by the Hong Kong Triad. She. Vows. Revenge. Still, it won’t be so easy. The Triad is a highly dangerous organization that stretches across the world. Drug smuggling, trafficking, and blackmailing are in the mob’s DNA, but Samantha’s coming to serve them justice…her style of justice. Karma.Is.Revenge If you like intrigue, high...

From the streets of Mexico to mountains of Wyoming, Juan Velasquez does what is needed to survive and to prosper. He believes in justice and that vengeance is not always best left to the Lord. Assassination within Juan’s family triggers a homicide investigation that sets off a chain of events leading to betrayal, kidnapping, and more death. Deception and devotion become confused, and while loyalty has benefits, it also has a cost. When Juan disappears during his unofficial search for the assassin, his granddaughter deciphers details that could lead her to him. Hesitant to share the ...

Book #9 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series Jab’s town turns against him after his student trackers discover twenty dead girls were—drug-lord daughters of the Huerta Cartel! Soon the School Board fires Jab which splits the town wide open. But Jab isn’t convinced the Cartel is responsible for the subsequent reprisals. He feels the town—and the FBI are locked with tunnel vision. Jab’s determined to find the truth—and clear his name!

For Con Ye Cwong, the Vietnam War will never be over. Head of the North Vietnamese secret police during the brutal conflict, he has built himself an empire selling cocaine and heroin to the West. Even after the war, American servicemen remain his favorite targets. He relishes nothing more than getting a soldier hooked, and then upping the price until the junkie has no choice but to reveal military secrets for the next fix. He's one of the most powerful men in the world, and James Hawker is going to take him down.

Interior Decorator Madison Night has her hands full with a demanding client and a product endorsement, but when the news shifts from reports of recently abducted women to the discovery of a dead body, she can't deny the danger. Evidence from the scene links the flirtatious Lt. Tex Allen to the crime, taking him off the case. As more abductees are either released or killed, Tex struggles with his suspension, on the brink of turning vigilante. Madison's own life is complicated by the return of her hunky handyman, Hudson James.