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Legendary Montana lawman Ben Stillman is transporting a prisoner, a former friend of his, back to the town where the man and his gang had robbed a bank to stand trial. Stillman’s also packing the stolen loot. Along the way he picks up a young White woman and her Indian boy who are on the run from a pack of bloodthirsty human wolves led by a prominent area rancher. The rancher wants revenge on the woman because she killed the man’s son in self-defense. Stillman finds himself on the run from not only the woman’s enemies but from his prisoner’s gang, as well.

The Cabal was meant to have been defeated, but there is still one person out there bent on rebuilding it to its former glory. But to do that, they need money. One way of getting it is to deliver Raymond “Knocker” Jensen to a Middle Eastern terrorist known only as the Ghost. It is in Mosul when they strike, taking the former SAS man off the street in broad daylight. With one of their people MIA, Team Reaper is hunting a ghost of their own - a woman who is as elusive as she is deadly. Now they have two ghosts to find. One who has their friend, and one who wants them dead.

It’s their most brutal assignment yet. After a mission in Somalia sees them rescued by an Australian SAS team, Reaper and his people return to the U.S. where a raid on a warehouse sets into motion a chain of events which will lead them on a violent search for one of their own. The team hits Europe with the force of a runaway train, gathering intel which leads them to Pripyat in the Ukraine and an auction like they’ve never encountered before. Then to Italy and a conspiracy which, if carried out, will rock the religious world to its core.

Maybe it was a moment of insanity. Maybe it was revenge. Or maybe the Metis Indian, Shambeau, finally had enough of the white man's hatred. Whatever it was, Sheriff Ben Stillman now has a murder case on his hands - and, as the law dictates, he must hunt down and hang the outlaw. But nobody knows the land better than Shambeau. He could be anywhere. Then again...nobody can track a bloodthirsty killer like Sheriff Ben Stillman. And there's no hiding from his swift brand of justice.

Ben Stillman is on his way back to his hometown of Clantick after chasing illegal whiskey peddlers. He’s eager to be back in his warm home with his wife and young child. But when he runs into a saloon owner who’s been robbed, his best doxie killed, the sheriff of Hill County finds himself on the trail of two young thieving killers, with a hard winter storm bearing down. The saloon owner himself, John Stock, rides along with Stillman. Stock isn’t much help. He’s a loudmouthed drunk, and he ends up getting his horse shot out from under him.

After briefly coming back into her life, Joyce's mother is now gone, for good. Murdered. Detective Luca knows he shouldn't work directly with a minor, but he’s a father, unable to resist the call for help. What he discovers is revolting, more disturbing than murder. A Killer Missteps is book eight in the stand-alone Luca Mystery Series. Buy this engrossing listen now.

A Twist of Fortune is the fourth book in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series, and it continues the adventures of Sgt. Windflower, as he tries to solve crime and experience the joy and the sadness of life in a small maritime community. Follow along as he feels the sometimes bitter taste of an east coast winter and the unique culinary delights of this part of the world.

Sgt. Windflower is back, and as usual, he’s loving life on the East Coast. He may be a long way from his home in Northern Alberta, but he has been adopted by the locals as almost one of their own. He has a good life, good work with the RCMP, and a good woman that he has grown closer to in his years on the southeast coast of Newfoundland.

Detective Luca knows there are hundreds, if not thousands of killers out there. When he receives a strange call about an unsolved murder, the evil that struck 25 years earlier resurfaces. A teenage girl brutally murdered. A younger brother who was with her that night. A devastated mother, unable to move on. Contemplating fatherhood himself, Luca commits to solving the horrific crime. He'll find the killer, offering the family a measure of closure. But there is a carousel of suspects, the original investigation was botched, and someone is trying to stop Luca.

The Reaper is on the hunt. In a deathtrap of an abandoned drug lab in Caracas, John Kane and a unit from SEAL Team Six, discover a new threat to the free world. Heroin flows out of Afghanistan into Africa and then to Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Word comes down from On High; eliminate the cash cow funding the Taliban. With prejudice...Following the trail to a deserted island in the Arabian Sea, Kane unleashes hell on a group of drug runners only to uncover a shocking secret - China is a silent partner in the illicit operation.

Love and death, bullets and blood.... Sheriff Ben Stillman finds himself in the unenviable position of having to arrest a young man for murder on suspicious evidence. But the cards are stacked against the young firebrand who calls himself Johnny Nevada. One, Johnny has gotten Judge Hoagland’s daughter pregnant, shaming and enraging Hoagland himself. Two, Johnny warned Dave Bliss he was going to kill him because Bliss ordered Johnny to stay away from Bliss’s daughter, Sarah, whom the young Casanova was also sparking. Johnny made the warning public and two weeks later Bliss was dead.

The death of a young man in Kentucky from a drug overdose sets in motion a chain of events that will see Team Reaper fighting shadows and searching for an enemy they can’t see but who is so powerful they can reach out of the darkness and touch anyone they wish. The Cabal was meant to be a myth...a story that floated around the corridors of power. But when people start dying from poisoned cocaine, Team Reaper is about to find out that some myths are real.

One by one, the top officials of US anti-drug agencies are targeted for murder. A cartel hit squad is running free in Washington, DC, and racking up a body count that sends shock waves through federal law enforcement. Team Reaper must stop the killings, but John Kane begins to suspect a web of corruption that extends to the highest levels of the government. The assignment against the cartel hit team is compromised from the start, and soon Team Reaper is under attack.

While on a mission helping the Mexican authorities against La Vibora, Team Reaper hears a whisper about a shipment of cocaine coming in from Nigeria. Nothing much to worry about there, or so they think. The cocaine shipment, however, has ties to ISWA terrorists. The same group that is starting to publicly execute members of a captured DEA/CIA team. And what does a South African bioengineer have to do with it all?

A job in his old hometown ends halfway around the world in a blaze of gunfire. It was meant to be a simple job, but ended in a violent ambush and betrayal. Unwilling to let it be, Kane swore revenge against those responsible and the terrorist they helped into the country.

Detective Luca investigates the death of a high-profile businessman, and it doesn't surprise him the man has enemies. Powerful people make powerful enemies, after all. But Luca isn't prepared for the sheer number of people the victim pissed off - nor just how influential they are. The deeper he digs, the uglier the truth grows. Luca uncovers a dark, disturbing side to the murdered man, and discovers hints of a deviancy along with membership in a secret society.

The Body on the T is the second book in the Windflower mystery series and it follows up on the highly acclaimed premiere, The Walker on the Cape. The story begins when a body washes up on a beach near Grand Bank, Newfoundland. There is no identification on the body and few clues to identify who the person was or where they came from. The case becomes the responsibility of Sgt. Winston Windflower of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his trusted side-kick, Corporal Eddie Tizzard. But this is just the beginning.

John Kane might be on a mission, but he’s experiencing a crisis of confidence this time around...A jailed cartel leader buried a fortune - and it’s a kill or be killed race to find it! John Kane and Team Reaper have put the destruction of the French-Italian Corridor on the top of their priority list. If Crisfulli thinks he can simply dig up the money and control the flow of drugs through Europe, he has another thing coming.

While investigating a cold case and juggling family obligations, Detective Luca finds himself at the center of the mysterious disappearance of Beth Wade. As he unravels the young woman’s life, the list of suspects grows exponentially. A husband, a lover, a disgruntled client, an ex, a criminal, a loan shark - they all had motive to harm Beth, but the evidence against any of them is sketchy, at best.

Breaking the law to protect your family seems reasonable...until it's not. Detective Luca’s life is shattered when he’s accused of a revenge killing. When a corpse appears, it doesn’t look good for Luca. The body belongs to someone who harassed his wife, and the circumstances of death point a grisly finger at the detective himself. As suspicion spreads quickly that he has morphed into a killer, Luca finds himself in a difficult predicament. Luca is left on his own to clear his name and capture the culprit. Failure means the loss of his freedom - or his life.