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Can John Jordan solve an impossible murder committed in a locked cell right before his very eyes? Will he be willing to once he learns the price he’ll have to pay to do it? In one of the most baffling murder cases of his career, John Jordan actually witnesses the murder of artist Justin Menge and still has no idea how it was done or who did it. Attempting to balance his fragile reconciliation with his ex and this high-stakes investigation, John soon wonders if the life he’s hoped for is even possible. But as the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, John is shocked and ...

Panama City PIs Burke and Blade are back! When Brooklyn Hill goes missing while on a pub crawl during her bachelorette weekend on Panama City Beach, Burke and Blade are called in to do what no one else has been able to—find her. Or at least figure out what happened to her. The seeming impossible vanishing has everyone baffled—Brook walked into Jungle Jim’s and never walked out again. Every entrance and exit is covered by surveillance cameras and the hundreds of people in the club saw her enter but never exit. And extensive searches, including both scent and cadaver dogs, prove she’s...

A young woman hundreds of miles from where she's supposed to be, surrounded by several witnesses, vanishes from the face of the earth in just seven minutes. Can John Jordan find her or the person responsible for her disappearance? Or has he finally met his match?

On trial for his life. On the trail of a serial killer. While on trial for wrongful death, John Jordan must catch a cunning killer who is using the chaos of the decimated post-Hurricane Michael landscape to hide his heinous acts of cold-blooded murder. John is not only fighting for his very soul but that of his beloved community—and he’s never seen a predator quite like this one. It takes a particularly cruel killer to prey on those who have just been devastated by the most powerful hurricane to ever hit North Florida. Can John be triumphant again or has he finally met his match...

Would you risk your life to save a family member even if you knew they had committed a serious crime? What do a daring prison escape and a shocking lynching have in common? Only the inimitable John Jordan can figure it out! John Jordan searches for an escaped prisoner, investigates a shocking murder, and confronts a sadist forcing his victims to violate themselves - but as he closes in on the criminal, a harrowing river rescue may take more than the depleted detective has left to give.

Still reeling from their previous case, Lucas Burke and Alix “Blade” Baker, PIs specializing in missing person cases, are about to be tested in ways they have never been before. Growing up in foster care and children’s homes, they are smart and savvy and tough, but are they smart and savvy and tough enough to solve the baffling disappearance of Aiden Shaw? Two years ago, on Halloween night, surrounded by witnesses, Aiden Shaw vanished off the face of the earth. Now his heartbroken mother and the weary cold case cop in charge of the investigation turn to Burke and Blade for help. ...

Following his dad's death, Remington James returns to the small North Florida town where he grew up to assume his father's life - taking care of his dying mother and running the local gun and pawn shop. Picking up a camera again after a long hiatus, Remington returns to his first love, pursuing in earnest his lifelong dream of becoming a wildlife photographer. One fateful evening, while checking his camera traps, scanning the eerie images of overexposed deer and bats and foxes, Remington comes across the most haunting images of his life - the frame-by-frame capture of a shocking crime.

Four drunken young people climb a high bluff to their cliffside campsite on the Apalachicola River in the middle of the night. The next morning only three are still alive. How did the outgoing, fun-loving, and beautiful Blake Scott die? Was she murdered by one of her so-called friends to cover up being sexually assaulted, or did a jealous lover exact revenge? Though Blake’s suspicious death was ruled accidental by a sheriff's investigator working his first case, her family and friends believe she was murdered. But after five long years of failed private investigations and a stalled ...

While attempting to prevent a school shooting, sheriff’s investigator John Jordan becomes an unwitting witness to the evolution of a particular type of evil. When the echoes of the gunfire cease and the smoke clears, the biggest mystery of all still waits to be solved. Who planned and perpetrated this devastating deed, and how did he hide his identity?

January 16, 1999: It was a magical night for a group of high school seniors in Panama City, Florida. They listened to Maya Angelou read poetry. They danced. They celebrated life. By the time they noticed their friend Angel Diaz was missing, it was too late - she was never seen again. Her boyfriend, convicted of her murder, has been in prison for 18 years. Their friends have never looked at each other the same way again.

Find out Soldier and Lauren's fate in the thrilling conclusion to Michael Lister's landmark Big noir series. Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, a wounded, woman-haunted knight errant in Michael Lister's resonant new noir series.

Someone's trying to kill PI Jimmy “Soldier” Riley. And he's inclined to let them. But before sleeping the big sleep and journeying to the undiscovered country to discover what dreams may come, there’s blood work to be done. Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of The Big Goodbye, The Big Beyond finds Soldier near death with one hell of a big score to settle and more than a few injustices to square along the way - all while searching wartime Panama City for a dangerous serial killer who combines art and murder.

A VERY John Jordan Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year. And the most stressful. But John Jordan is determined to give his friends and family a very merry Christmas. In order to do so, he'll have to be the man his family and friends have come to expect him to be--a kind, wise, compassionate counselor, and an attentive father, son, husband, and friend--all while his own life lies in ruin. Can John bring joy to those he loves? Can he save Christmas and help his best friend to have a romantic and meaningful Christmas wedding? Find out in A John Jordan Christmas.

It's not too late to discover the lost gospel of Jesus and begin to live by it, to change our direction, to once again become people of the way. We could, with humility, embody compassion and justice. We could so completely trust God that we dare to share what we have with those in need, love those who hate us, bless those who curse us.

John Jordan's first two cases in one box set. When John Jordan was 12 years old, he came face-to-face with the man who went to prison for the Atlanta child murders. Six years later, John returns to Atlanta to discover the truth. Innocent Blood is both a standalone thriller and the true first book in an electrifying series. And in Power in the Blood, John Jordan, now a prison chaplain in the Florida Panhandle, witnesses the bloody death of Potter Correctional Institution inmate Ike Johnson. But what exactly did he witness? Murder, accident, or suicide?

Is everyone capable of murder under the right circumstances? Even John Jordan? When the body of Anna’s ex-husband and stalker is found murdered at the Dead Lakes Campground everyone is a suspect—but no one more so than John Jordan and those closest to him. The brutality with which the body has been beaten indicates a crime of rage and personal vendetta. The staging of the crime scene demonstrates a crafty criminal skilled in the art of both subterfuge and homicide investigation techniques. Read the mystery thriller with profound consequences for John and those he loves today.

Who took Magdalene Dacosta? Why? Where is she now? On the night of her parents' Winter Solstice party, three-year-old Magdalene Dacosta vanishes in the night, never to be seen again. But how did this happen? The home was locked up securely, and security cameras show no one entering or leaving the residence. Detective John Jordan must figure out how this seemingly impossible crime was committed and who is capable of such wickedness before it's too late for another innocent. John Jordan has never had a more baffling case, and the stakes for him have never been higher! Inspired by the real...

What would you risk to prevent a murder? Private Investigator Merrill Monroe enlists the services of Detective John Jordan to protect Malia Goodman, a civil rights and police shooting activist with a target on her back. But Merrill doesn’t just want John to help protect Malia, he wants him to find out who’s trying to kill her and help him stop them.

You can do more of what matters most. Starting now. Here's how. New York Times Bestselling author and inspirational speaker Michael Lister has spent a lifetime trying to get the most out of life. In this informative, inspiring, and practical book he shares his methods for living a life of meaning, purpose, and productivity. Here is your guide to doing and experiencing MORE. But not just more—more of what truly matters most.

It's a very John Jordan Christmas. When young mother-to-be Emma Oliver vanishes on Christmas Eve, her disappearance sends shockwaves through the quiet town of Pottersville, Florida. Sweet, beautiful, seemingly adored by all, Emma’s sudden disappearance raises more questions than answers. At the center of the storm is her seeming unaffected husband, Brady Oliver, whose refusal to make public pleas for her safe return quickly turns suspicion on him. Soon his composed exterior begins to crack. Why did he abruptly change his alibi? Why was his boat spotted near the desolate shores of St. ...