Western Crime

Paul Desmond admires his close friend George Harlequin for his impeccable European breeding. Head of a prestigious Swiss bank, Harlequin belongs to a vanishing class of gentlemen whose handshake is their bond. Then their gilded world is blown apart. A computer printout identifies the Harlequin et Cie bank as the target of a gigantic takeover. The mastermind is Basil Yanko, a ruthless financial genius whose instruments are fraud, blackmail and terror. As the conflict moves from Zurich to London, New York and Mexico, Harlequin must become a 'villain by necessity'.

Years ago Marshal Asher Thrall had shot mad-dog killer Ben Sharkey. And Sharkey has just repaid the favor in spades. With a bullet still in his chest, Ash knows he's a walking dead man. But he's going to make sure Sharkey is one step ahead of him.

Two tales of a city: the historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al-Qaeda, added another layer to the legend.

One of the biggest concerns as the Civil War wrapped up was that Confederate troops might disappear into the Appalachian Mountains where they could conduct guerrilla raids with relative impunity. If they did, the war could have been extended for years, maybe even decades as the insurgents crept out of their strongholds to conduct hit-and-run raids.

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack's on the trail of a gang of bank robbers, a mission that's led him right into the path of a raging wildfire. As the pines around him go up in flames, Burrack is determined to catch the murderous Cheyenne Kid and his gang and recover the money they stole. But Burrack isn' t the only one with a case against the Kid. When Gilley Maclaine overhears the Cheyenne Kid reveal his plans to kill her, she swipes the money he promised her and gives him a swift kick on her way out the door.

She is the last person Dallas Walker ever wants to see again. Still, this U.S. Marshal has no problem taking Joelle Tate into "protective custody" - on her wedding day. To save his family from unjust charges, he'd take on a lot worse than an ex-flame he couldn't trust. But Dallas doesn't know Joelle has put her freedom on the line to protect him. Now with only two days to investigate a long-buried crime no one wants solved, they must confront their past mistakes, and the shattering secret that drove them apart.

Our pasts came for me, and I was helpless against the tide as they dragged me away. Texas I was thrown out like trash in a Texas dumpster. My family if you can call them that gave me my name to remind me of where I came from, and what I was garbage. They said I owed them for the roof over my head, and the food they provided. I did horrible things, and my soul was slowly burning, and turning to ash. I belonged to them, and I have the collar to prove it. I wanted freedom, I wanted to escape the hell I was born into. Then I met him, and my life changed that freedom I wanted was just there at ...

(Professionally Edited June 24th 2018) I let his love almost destroy me and now I was running from it all. Alisa I've loved him forever or so it seems. I was to be wed to his twin brother as the contract demanded. He let his sister beat me and his brother kill my father. Now, the Emilio Empire is at stake and everyone wanted a piece of it. But, the Emilio empire isn't the only prize. In order to take control of the family, they needed me to say I do. And, I am not willing to go down without a fight. Jason She should have been mine. However, our fates were decided the day we were born. I ...

No Compromise (DS Peter Gayle thriller series, book 7)A brutal murder. A man jailed. A new witness who claims he couldn’t have been there.Already in the middle of a violent and complex case, DS Pete Gayle gets entangled in a tangled web of lies and intrigue. With a man in jail for a murder he may not have committed, the reputation of the station and the whole force is on the line. Pete has to face one of the hardest choices of his life. To break ranks and go against another officer risks losing friends, colleagues and career, but if he ignores the case, will he be able to live with himself?

It’s all change at Mill Street Station. The old hierarchy has been retired and a new broom has swept its last vestiges away. As a consequence Fiona Madden has been promoted to detective inspector and now heads up the CID unit. Sean Tracy has taken her post as detective sergeant. Their first case under the new regime comes quickly. A man has been shot in the back outside the holiday village of Letterfrack. The dead man is not a local but has a connection to a past that the villagers would like to forget. The victim is identified be a for former member of the Society of Christian Brothers ...

Steven. A man with one name raised to serve the long arm of the law. With a bullet in his chest and stripped of the badge that defined him, he seeks revenge against those who murdered the only father figure he's ever known. To get it, he must learn to trust the very outlaws he once fought to bring to justice. Miss Strawberry Lane. A beautiful soiled dove with a past baggage she hopes to keep buried forever. She longs to become more than just another working girl under the guidance of an established madam and an unknown benefactor. To reach that status, she has to choose which friends to ...

The Youngblood brothers, Jack and Emmet, are called back into service by Judge Isaac Parker in an all new historical western adventure. Sally Chisum, niece of the late John Chisum of New Mexico, sells one thousand head of cattle to the Indian reservation in Fort Smith. Nine drovers off the reservation agree to drive the herd from New Mexico to Arkansas. At the midpoint, just south of the Red River, the nine drovers are attacked and killed and the herd is stolen. Judge Parker assigns Marshal Jack Youngblood and his brother, Emmet, the daunting task of tracking down the men responsible for ...

MURDER ON THE TRINITY: BOOK TWO: SKYWOLF Deputy Sheriff Joseph Skywolf looks every bit the picture of his great-grandfather Chief Tokala, long black braids cascading down his back,black piercing eyes. The early settlers called his people savages, right now the blood pumping through his veins was hot and, savage. The woman he loved had been attacked, almost killed. and the .savage in him would settle for nothing less than revenge. White man's justice or the Redman's? That question would only be answered when Joseph caught up with those guilty.

Duncan Wyatt and Lo-Lo Del Ray are back for another fun-filled, roller coaster ride as they try to locate and stop a serial killer that is terrorizing the Eastern Seaboard. Called out of retirement once again by his former boss at the FBI, Wyatt is asked to take charge of the manhunt for a killer that is murdering high-class escorts from Maine to Florida. It’s a race against time to locate and stop him before he kills again, but at any moment the tables could turn and hunter becomes the hunted and the chase becomes deadly. Key West Gatekeeper is Wyatt and Lo-Lo at their best and the ride ...

From the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine: When lady gambler, Miss Pandora Parson, and bare-knuckle boxer, Corey Callaghan board the train out of Cheyenne, all they’re expecting is a hot dry ride through the August countryside. A simple game of cards looks like the perfect way to pass the time. Little could they know that one of their fellow passengers has a little mayhem on his mind—enough so to make this one memorable Pandora’s Journey.

From the pages of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: When the stagecoach lady gambler, Miss Pandora Parson, and bareknuckle boxer, Corey Callaghan, are riding in breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they think that all they have to worry about is food, water, and finding a way to civilization. They have no idea that something more sinister awaits them and their fellow passengers in the old mining ghost town they take shelter in and no way to know that not all of them will be walking out again.

A young psychiatric patient disappears from her ward in the dead of night. Eva Jansen’s medical records have been wiped, her history buried. Somebody wanted all trace of her extinguished forever — and fast. When forensic psychologist Alex Madison is tipped off that Eva possesses an extraordinary ability, he knows he must find her before she falls into the wrong hands. Her dangerous gift has eerie echoes of his previous cases, and he’s convinced there’s a connection to the sinister criminal network he’s been hunting for years.

Contains books one, two, and three of the Deliver series. She is a Deliverer. She lures young men and delivers them to be sold. She delivers the strikes that enforce their obedience. She delivers the training that determines their purchase price. As long as she delivers, the arrangement that protects her family will hold. The one thing she can't deliver is a captive from slavery. Until him. And her stubborn slave thinks he can deliver her...from herself.

The saga continues…Last Light in the Valley is the sequel to the popular historical novel, From Culloden to Shiloh by the same author. The last living member of a family, successful in building a cattle empire in the Highlands of Scotland, Jasper Sprinkler, retires from a career in American politics to live the remainder of his years in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. However, the peace and serenity the man seeks is interrupted by unwanted incidents of violence, fear, murder and various emotional upsets that keep the reader gripped as the stories unfold. Eventually, Jasper decides to ...

This is the story of the rocky liaison between Mark Bloomberg and Debra Winbourne who work for a successful New York law firm. The firm’s cutting edge way of doing business ensures that they were always at the top of their game. They have powerful connections and sometimes play a bit dirty when they have to, in order to win. The senior partner and CEO of the firm, Mark Bloomberg was going through a divorce settlement from ex-wife Sasha. Debra Winbourne was the innocent and unwilling third party in Mark’s messy love life. She was the newest member of Mark’s law chambers; Bloomberg & ...