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Former FBI agent Lauren Pauling met Jack Reacher in The Hard Way, the 10th Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. Now, in A Man Made for Killing, Pauling is summoned to the home of a billionaire whose daughter has died in an accident. However, he feels her death was no accident. He also claims that Jack Reacher is working on the case, and has requested Lauren Pauling's help. Pauling is surprised. If there's one person in the world who never needs help, it's Jack Reacher.

In book two of the Jack Reacher Cases, written with permission from Lee Child, the body of a man who was murdered is discovered. In his pocket is a toothbrush and an ATM card with the name Jack Reacher. Lauren Pauling, a former FBI agent, is asked to identify the body. But instead, she investigates the murder and soon finds herself a target in a complex web of murder, betrayal, and vengeance.

A man, barely alive and beaten within an inch of his life, collapses at Michael Tallon's door. He dies before Tallon has a chance to learn anything from him. The only clue? A crumpled piece of paper, covered in the dead man's blood, with two words: Operation Reacher. Intrigued, Tallon searches his memory and soon realizes he knew the man. A former soldier. His investigation leads him to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where it's clear the people responsible for his friend's death want the case to go away, and Tallon with it. Forever.

In A Hard Man to Forget, Pauling is a private investigator in New York who receives a mysterious letter with Jack Reacher's name along with a phone number. Pauling calls the number and reaches a woman whose husband has gone missing. Even stranger, the woman claims she didn't contact Pauling, and has no idea who Jack Reacher is.

When the family of one of the richest men in the world is murdered, evidence points to Jack Reacher as the killer. The billionaire puts a $10 million bounty on Reacher’s head. Soon, three assassins are on Reacher’s trail and one of them targets private investigator Lauren Pauling, a former FBI agent with ties to Reacher.

A killer is targeting women who have only one thing in common: Jack Reacher. Former FBI agent and current private investigator Lauren Pauling is brought in by the Bureau to help solve a chilling mystery: Someone is kidnapping women who share only one distinctive trait: A history with Jack Reacher. Pauling is also brought in for her own protection - she has a history with Reacher and may be next on the list. Working with ex-Special Forces soldier Michael Tallon, Pauing races to catch the madman before he strikes again.

When former FBI Agent Lauren Pauling receives a mysterious file from Jack Reacher, she quickly begins to investigate. However, the case takes an unexpected turn when the sender of the file suddenly disappears. Pauling realizes this case is far from cold, and soon, the action heats up in this no-holds-barred thriller.

Mike Tower is a circuit rider, a traveling preacher charged with tending the lawless souls of the Wild West. Utterly fearless, he carries no gun, only the word of the Lord - and the shadowy mystery of a secret past. Sharpshooting, hard-drinking Bird Hitchcock yields to no man, but a woman's gotta work. And so she hires herself out as the circuit rider's gun hand, protecting him along the treacherous trail from Missouri westward. As they ride, a new mission rises out of the dust of the sin-soaked land.

“Fast-paced, original, engaging…” New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry Private Investigator John Rockne is determined to find out who is responsible for the brutal murder of a young man in Grosse Pointe. A contract killer known only as The Spook wants to keep the truth buried forever. Rockne quickly uncovers a series of dark secrets with ties to his own tortured past. HARD ROCK is a thrilling conclusion to the bestselling crime novel DEAD WOOD. “The first private eye novel in a long time that just swept me along for the ride.” Edgar-nominated author Craig McDonald

Benedetta Carlessimo is no stranger to hardship. Ever since her mother died, the sixteen-year-old Italian girl has cared for her rambunctious younger siblings without complaint. Then World War II arrives on her doorstep, leaving her face-to-face with the most terrible evil she has ever witnessed.

Tower is sent to the Wyoming boomtown of Big River, where a young preacher has been viciously murdered, his crucified body left in a small valley known as Killer’s Draw. When Tower and Bird arrive in town, it quickly becomes obvious that no one wants to talk about the preacher - not about his life or his death. Tower is disturbed by the townspeople’s silence, and Bird’s no help - she disappeared into the nearest saloon as soon as they got off the train.

"A smart detective story stuffed with sharp prose and snappy one liners." -Indie Reader In the follow-up to the international bestselling novel DEATH BY SARCASM, Los Angeles based private investigator Mary Cooper is hired to track down a missing child. The case quickly leads her into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles' pornography industry where Mary's on again off again boyfriend Jake Cornell has been working undercover for the LAPD. As Mary investigates, she soon uncovers a world in which no one is who they claim to be. Armed with her .45 and a heavily sarcastic wit, Mary vows to rescue ...

An Ex-Cop Who Lost Everything. A Killer Who Will Stop At Nothing. In the exclusive enclave of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a woman who builds custom guitars is murdered. A disgraced ex-cop turned private investigator is hired by the dead woman's father and immediately becomes the target of a violent ex-convict. An enigmatic music star performs damage control on her links to the dead woman. And a professional killer who idolizes Keith Richards is brought into town by a mysterious employer. Dead Wood is what great mysteries are all about: love, hate, faith and vengeance, all wrapped up in an ...

Long Distance Murder. Nick Giordano is a renowned neurologist and family man living in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. When he is murdered during a sailboat race, no one sees it coming. Private investigator John Rockne investigates the killing and soon unravels a web of greed and betrayal. A hard-hitting, action-packed story in the bestselling and award-winning John Rockne Mystery Series. "This is the best new private investigator mystery series being written today." -Amazon.com

COLD JADE is the newest novel in the acclaimed John Rockne series by award-winning and international bestselling author Dan Ames. Once a cop in the well-to-do Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, John Rockne was dismissed from the force after making a tragic mistake that resulted in the brutal murder of a young man. Now working as a private investigator, John is hired by a man whose daughter is missing and he soon discovers the young woman was living a secret life under the name Jade. John quickly realizes the world Jade had entered was a dangerous one filled with thieves, drugs, pimps and ...

In this thriller, a man investigates the suicide of his brother, a former professional baseball player. He soon suspects the suicide was actually murder, and quickly uncovers dark and deadly secrets. "Ames is definitely one to watch." -- Edgar-nominated author Craig McDonald "Original, fast-paced, engaging..." Edgar winning author Thomas Perry

A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A Gripping Mystery Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing Until The Final, Shocking Twist. A prominent Grosse Pointe doctor is found dead, in his car, in an abandoned section of Detroit with a rope around his neck. Private Investigator John Rockne knows the victim, and soon finds himself in the middle of an investigation that blows the lid off Grosse Pointe’s glamorous façade. Soon, Rockne becomes the target of a killer whose depraved sadism knows no bounds. The trail of his friend’s brutal murder takes him into Detroit’s darkest and most dangerous ...

The Garbage Collector is back! In this sequel, the private investigator/bounty hunter known simply as The Garbage Collector discovers the body of a dead woman floating in a river near his temporary hideout. The woman, it turns out, is someone he once knew very well.

A USA TODAY Bestselling Author Money buys everything...even murder. When the young daughter of a powerful Senator is kidnapped from a shopping mall in Iowa, her father calls in his old friend, retired FBI profiler Wallace Mack. Soon, Mack begins to uncover a frightening prospect: an online marketplace where wealthy psychopaths can buy their next victim. It's a race against time as Mack fights to save a young girl's life by putting The Murder Store...out of business. "Ames is a sensation among Kindle readers who love fast-paced thrillers." -MysteryTribune

A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Winner of the Independent Book Award for Crime Fiction. In this action-packed horror thriller, soldier-for-hire John Shepherd races to find a pregnant woman kidnapped by criminals in Sicily. Their hideout: the legendary Mt. Etna, an active volcano rumored to be one of the entrances to Hell. Shepherd and his team battle to rescue the captive woman, but soon find themselves fighting the ultimate forces of evil. "Ames is a sensation among readers who love fast-paced thrillers." -MysteryTribune