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A burned out, cynical cop. A serial killer who loves the hunt as much as the kill. Corrupt politicians in bed with a crooked Chief of Detectives. At the center of it all is a beautiful young woman with a troubled past. If you think its Los Angeles in the 1950’s you’re wrong.It’s the year 2454 and Capital City on the frozen planet of Beta Prime is no place for the timid. Meet Inspector Thomas Sullivan. Sent to a world where the strong make the rules, sometimes it’s hard for Sullivan to tell who is the predator and who is the prey. Take a chance on this hard boiled noir from the ...

500 years in the future, technology has changed. Humanity has not. One man’s fate lies in the hands of a team of corrupt prosecutors bent on making their prosecutorial mark for personal gain. Standing in the path of injustice is Inspector Thomas Sullivan and an acquaintance from the past. Murder, political corruption, greed, and scandal combine for danger in Capital City on the frozen world of Beta Prime. At stake is a man’s life, the very souls of others, and the integrity of the entire Planetary Alliance’s justice system. Join Sully and his team as they try to free An Innocent Man!

A homecoming should be a happy event. Not an opportunity for betrayal. For Inspector Thomas Sullivan, a man who trusts few people, returning home only to find those he calls friends have kept dark secrets from him, accused him of multiple murders, and are plotting against him is an act of betrayal. Worst of all, one of those people is his partner and girlfriend, Sarah. Sully's universe has been turned upside down in this tale of betrayal, murder, and political intrigue in Capital City on the frozen world of Beta Prime. On the run, alone, and with a price on his head, can Sully survive long ...

In the future, as humanity spreads throughout the galaxy, the ideals of justice for all, integrity, and honesty are nothing more than outdated concepts to many who have benefited as members of the wealthy, elitist ruling class. To the incorruptible lawman, Thomas Sullivan, these ideals are all he has left to cling to. Betrayed by those he respected and admired, the very institutions he served, Sullivan has paid a heavy price. The loss of his mentor, friend, and woman he loved are just the beginning. In a shadowy future, where the dark ideals of greed, lust for power, and a sense of ...

Now in a single box set - three MORE hard hitting and action-packed Inspector Thomas Sullivan Thrillers - Hardboiled Noir from the Future! Fans of classic pulp detective stories from the pens of Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler will enjoy Sully's deadpan banter and the assorted villians and corrupt officials the Inspector must contend with. Bladerunner fans will enjoy the setting in Capital City, a A hated authority figure from Sully's past reaches out and asks for the Inspector's help in solving the murder of a military policeman. The enigmatic Sarah struggles with reality as the ...

The War in the Pacific rages in hot, steamy jungle, and on sweltering ships while a different kind of war is being waged at home in the icy cold of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Dead soldiers keep showing up on the border of Alaska and Canada, men assigned to build the desperately needed ALCAN Highway. Once again, FBI Agent Nelson Paine is dispatched to catch a killer. A killer familiar with the territory and winter conditions that plague the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, a vital link in the supply line for the U.S. Army units building the ALCAN Highway. In conditions where simple ...

He's the youngest officer to ever make detective on the force. One man trained him, the feared Inspector Thomas Sullivan. Once a naive, idealistic police officer, he's now a younger, less cynical version of his mentor. For fans of the Inspector Thomas Sullivan Thriller series, every episode in the Capital City Characters series is a must read. Get Episode III in the Capital City Character crime noir series from the future and learn the story of Detective Josephson.

Two brutally murdered victims are found in an abandoned WW II Federal internment facility for Japanese Americans. One is a beautiful young Japanese housewife married to a local man. The other is a former POW from the Pacific Theater of war, a survivor of the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway. FBI Agent Nelson Paine has been assigned to the investigation. Experience tells him the bloodshed has just begun. As bodies begin to pile up, it is apparent the murders are connected somehow to the infamous Death Railway. Find out if Agent Paine can catch the killer before it's too late!

Life had taught Heat many valuable lessons. Things like have a code to live by, the simpler the better. Simple rules a man could live by. Rules like whoever killed a man’s partner had to pay for that sin. Rules like never take the rap for something you didn’t do. And most important of all, never let somebody else do your dirty work for you. Introducing P.I. James Benoit “Heat” Heatley in A Matter of Vengeance, a tale of Southern Noir. What readers have to say about A Matter of Vengeance: “All I can say is WOW! A Matter on Vengeance: Introducing P.I. James Benoit Heatley, my second...

Private Investigator James Benoit Heatley, "Heat" to those few he calls friends, has a reputation for being a bit rough around the edges. Heat's reputation for doing what he believes is just is well deserved, even if his brand of justice happens to be illegal. His reputation for not taking women as clients is equally well deserved. Some say there is a woman to blame and they would be right to do so. It is with great reluctance that Heat takes the case of a wife desperate to find her kidnapped husband, a case that forces Heat to confront his bitter past. Murder, kidnapping, and broken hearts...

With nothing left to live for, Inspector Sullivan accepts the most dangerous assignment a cop can have. He goes undercover to help break up a human trafficking ring. Reeling from guilt and loss, Sullivan dives into his undercover role of enforcer for the local mob in Brill City on the planet Minaria Prime. Alcohol and violence quickly become Sully’s only friends. What starts out as a straightforward undercover job turns into a case filled with political intrigue, serial killers, and a galaxy wide human smuggling cartel. Follow Sully as he works to keep his sanity while trying to stop ...

Fueled by tenacity and a will to survive, will this German man stand strong against the Communist evil infiltrating his homeland? Germany, 1945. Joseph Werner’s young life is one of struggle. Lurking among the wreckage of Berlin, the starving war orphan will do anything to fill his belly. But when he’s caught trying to steal from another boy his age, he’s shocked to be met with compassion and adopted into his would-be victim’s Lutheran family. Unable to shed his past, the now twenty-four-year-old struggles to live up to the ideals of his faith while his adoptive sibling attends ...

Joe Maynard runs a legit place, good food, good service, and at night, good music. It's true, if you want to place a friendly side wager, Joe will take your bet. He's a community leader, a player in the local politics of Capital City on Beta Prime. But nobody really knows Joe Maynard, where he came from, and what his past is. Don't ask Joe about it, either - he won't tell you.

Was Johann Mueller’s death a tragic accident or was he a victim of murder?Mueller, A German born physicist who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s to escape Hitler and the Nazis, was a scientist for the U.S. Department of War. Traveling on the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s famed San Juan Express, Mueller dies under mysterious circumstances.With World War II raging and foreign spies operating in the United States, FBI Special Agent Nelson Paine is assigned the sensitive task of uncovering the truth about Mueller’s death.Forced to retrace Mueller’s last hours of life, Paine ...

Trouble they say, loves company. On this particular night, trouble stands just under two meters tall and is visiting the popular Neon District. A beautiful clone, Sarah normally doesn't go looking for the company of trouble. But on this night, the long legged detective plans to take advantage of the badge she carries. Trouble won't like what happens when Sarah finds it while out for A Night On The Town. Who knew justice had long legs and carried a badge?

In the years immediately following the Second World War, tensions between the East and West mounted with each passing day. No city experienced the pressure cooker that was the Cold War, like the divided city of Berlin. The stage is set for an international conflict when two dead bodies are found on the inner border, one in East Germany and the other in West Germany. One body is an American and the other an East German. Faced with the need to defuse the situation, FBI Agent Nelson Paine is sent to Berlin to represent the Allies' interests in the investigation. Gunther Schmidt, Paine's Stasi ...

If that which does not kill you makes you stronger, then Inspector Thomas Sullivan is one tough dude. As life continues to kick Sullivan around the galaxy, the Alliance finds one criminal mess after another for the Inspector to clean up. Cynical, bitter, and under no illusions about what life has in store for him, Sullivan finds the strength to fight corruption, bring justice to those who seldom experience it, and more often than not, kill the bad guy. If Sullivan's life wasn't troubled enough, his path crosses that of a strange young woman and her sisters who are all too familiar with ...

Nothing lasts forever. Certainly not in Capital City on the frozen planet Beta Prime. Inspector Thomas Sullivan wanted nothing more than dull, routine days of police work. Sullivan's young partner Sarah wanted to leave her past behind and forge a new life for herself, free from fear. But a man with a cybernetic right eye and two cybernetic hands who came to Beta Prime to escape his past should know better. So should Sully's partner, the pretty young clone with secrets of her own. What starts as random murders escalates into terrorism as four serial killers work together to turn the relative...

By 1944, the war has turned against Hitler’s Third Reich, and German cities lie in ruins from the constant bombing by the Allies. On every front, Allied forces are driving the Wehrmacht forces back. Inspired by the success of his terror weapons, the V-1 and V-2 rockets, against cities in England, Hitler approved plans for a secret operation to retaliate against the United States by launching V-1 buzz bombs from the decks of German U-boats in an attack on New York City. In September of 1944, a clandestine operation involving the Abwehr, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe, codenamed Operation ...

Billed as a worker’s paradise this Utopian colony has a dark side. Does corruption hide in the shadows? It wasn’t a normal case. Sully’s friends tell him not to take it. They hate the client. Sully doesn’t listen. A man’s son is dead, and all the father wants is the truth. How could he say no? In the space between the borders of the Alliance and the Confederation and run by the mysterious SEM Corporation, P-42686 is a strange place. The workers arrive with dreams of making their fortunes, but few ever leave. Is Sully in over his head? Sully believes in two things, justice and his ...