



Three Days Gone
S. Hawke Investigations - Book 2
When twelve-year-old Paige Walker enters his agency dragging her little brother with one hand and carrying a bag of change in the other, private investigator Sebastian Hawke has doubts about his new partner’s advertising campaign to drum up more business.
After the girl explains she has come to hire them to find their mother who has gone missing a year after their father’s death, they can’t say no.
As the investigation unfolds, a clue left by the mother and suggestions that the father may have been murdered, a simple missing persons case turns into a probable kidnapping, if not worse.
An interrupted break-in at the children’s home convinces Hawke the kids are in danger and he adds protection detail to his list of duties.
Following clues that show a far-reaching criminal organization, can Hawke uncover the truth behind what is happening and reunite a family? Or is he outnumbered, outgunned, and out of time?
All the children’s hope rests on Hawke’s shoulders as he searches for their mother, who is THREE DAYS GONE.
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The Contract
S. Hawke Investigations - Book 1
Once a decorated cop, Hawke has fallen from grace and has turned private investigator to make ends meet. His first case is a simple one: follow the woman, Maddie, and get pictures of her having an affair.But nothing is that simple. Hawke is forced to intervene when Maddie is almost kidnapped right in front of him. When it happens again, Hawke switches from stalker with a camera to bodyguard with a gun.The lawyer who hired him is not satisfied with the outcome or that Hawke is looking into who is responsible for the abduction attempts. He threatens Hawke to get him to back down, something not in the investigator’s nature.To protect Maddie, Hawke must take her along while following the few leads he has to identify who is responsible and why. The closer they get to the truth the more danger they find themselves in.Will they find who is out to get Maddie before it’s too late?
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Nick of Time
What do you do when the victim of a murder looks like you?
Detective Nick Armstrong has been on the force long enough to have seen just about everything, but he is unsettled when a murder victim found in an alley turns out to be his doppelganger.
As he and his partner, Greg Cooper, set out to investigate, they find that each clue they follow creates more questions than answers and the victim’s identity remains a mystery. The investigation leads them to a secretive research facility, a scientist who is either mad or a genius, and an invention that quickly becomes the center of the everything.
While seeking answers they’re going to have to keep the invention out of the hands of an organization that will do anything to acquire it, and stay alive in the process. A task that proves to be harder the closer they get to the truth.
A mysterious woman in black appears, claiming to know Nick and having the answers he’s looking for. But she seems to have an agenda of her own.
Can Nick Armstrong keep the device out of criminal hands or will he wind up as the next victim?
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FIRST FRIDAYS
Bodyguard Hunter Reid has had his tire slashed, making him late to work. Not the end of the world because it is the first Friday of the month when the mother and daughters are all going to the same place and his partner, Damien Caldwell, is there.
When Hunter finally arrives, everything has gone sideways. Damien is injured and the women are gone.
A ransom call comes in, demanding the bodyguard deliver it. Hunter volunteers because of Damien’s injury. But when the drop goes wrong and the kidnappers take the money without releasing their victims, Detective Marcel Hawthorne begins to suspect Hunter may be involved.
Seeing the writing on the wall, Hunter sets out on his own to find the girls. Damien goes against the detective’s orders and pursues his partner. And Detective Hawthorne and his taskforce follow every lead in an effort to recover the victims and bring both bodyguards in.
Can Hunter stay one step ahead while chasing leads and gathering the information he needs to rescue the women before it’s too late?
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The Widow's Husband
Allan Tuttle’s wife identifies the victim of a homicide as her husband, and no one is more surprised than he is.
The simple task of proving he isn’t the dead man turns into a challenge when the police decide to look at him as a suspect in the murder.
Despite obstacles every step of the way, Allan sets out on an unintended journey of self-discovery in the hopes of reclaiming his identity and maintain his freedom.
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PAYBACK
Alex Dunn was a good cop until a bad domestic call leaves two of his fellow officers dead and his partner bound to a wheelchair. Making things worse, the man responsible walks on a technicality.
Shortly after, Alex is recruited into a secret organization that targets criminals who manage to skirt the system and remain untouchable despite their obvious guilt. He becomes one of their best operatives, making a comfortable living supplemented with the satisfaction that he is ridding society of some of its worst elements.
A hack into the organization’s personnel files and an assigned target, who is not a criminal, changes everything. Alex survives an attempt on his life but learns the rest of the team, with the exception of their receptionist, has been eliminated.
With both the FBI and assassins on his trail, it is up to Alex to protect the receptionist while searching for whomever pulled the plug on the organization. Encountering challenges every step of the way, he follows any clue that will lead him to a chance for PAYBACK.
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Death Before Dawn
Jack Mallory Mysteries - Book 4
The power goes out in one suburban neighborhood leaving its residents in early morning darkness. And for one of them the lights go out permanently.
Detective Jack Mallory receives a call to report to the murder scene. It’s his day off, but you don’t say no to the Chief of Detectives.
He arrives with his partner, Detective Shaun Travis, to find nearly every cop in the city has responded. This case is personal. The victim is one of their own, and the top brass want answers.
In book four of the Jack Mallory Mysteries series, Death Before Dawn, Jack is tasked with sifting through a suspect list that seems never ending; each with a motive and an alibi.
Is the murderer someone close to the victim or just a criminal looking to extract a little revenge? A crime of passion or a well-planned execution? Follow Jack and his team as they track down every lead on their quest to find the killer.
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Fatal Accounting
Jack Mallory Mysteries - Book 3
Stephanie Ellison is found assaulted and near death in a park, late at night. Her husband, Richard, and their closest friends, Brent and Wendy, arrive at the hospital too late to say good-bye. Richard is filled with grief when Brent voices concerns about his lack of an alibi. He suggests that they lie and say that Brent is his alibi to keep police focused on finding Stephanie’s killer. It is a small lie that spirals out of control and soon consumes the investigation.
Jack Mallory is handed the case and he soon finds that the victim, an accountant, was loved by most everyone. But despite that, the suspect list is long, from coworkers to friends. At the top is her husband who has that alibi. The victim, herself, had lied about where she was that night, making it difficult to know who she was with before her death. As Jack wades through the clues and lies, every interview seems to lead to another motive. In the end, Jack must push to reveal the truth of why the victim was left to die alone in a park.
A LEGAL ACCOUNTING is the third installment of the Jack Mallory Mysteries series.
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Dog Walkers
Jack Mallory Mysteries - Book 2
Detective Jack Mallory is back and on the trail of an elusive murderer with an unusual calling card.
When a body is found in a shallow grave with a dog, the seasoned detective hopes the animal’s microchip will help him identify the victim. What he discovers sends shock waves through him. The chip identifies another woman—one who's gone missing.
Before the veteran detective can make sense of this baffling revelation, a second, then third victim is found with the same M.O.
Jack teams up with Detectives Shaun Travis and Maureen Weatherby to pursue every possible lead in their search for a murderer. But as the investigation continues the body count rises, as does the number of possible suspects.
With an active killer in their city, their greatest enemy is time. Can Jack and his team find the him before he claims another victim?
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Murder Revisited
A Jack Mallory Mystery
One detective’s pursuit of truth and justice
When a young woman’s body is found in an alley, Jack Mallory takes on the case as the on-call detective. But before he can make a start, he is suddenly reassigned by his boss, Terrance Singleton, to the cold case of Timothy Waters, who had served 20 years in prison for the murder of Elizabeth Mitchell, the daughter of the then mayor.
A review of his conviction has set him free and as a friend of the family, Singleton wants to make sure Mallory finds more evidence to put him back behind bars.
But the case is complex and before long Mallory discovers that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye; family tensions, a witness run out of town and the possibility the victim had a second boyfriend. It all points to a shoddy investigation and a blunder that sent an innocent man to prison.
When Mallory’s investigation reveals a link between the girl in the alley, Elizabeth, and another murder victim from seven years ago, he can’t help but wonder if they are connected.
With the motive unclear, and the perpetrator a mystery, Mallory must piece together the evidence that may solve three cases instead of one, overcome a miscarriage of justice and uncover a killer who may be closer than he thinks.
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