Short Stories Crime Suspense

What would you do if the TSA sexually assaulted your mother? If you're a red-blooded American, you'd do the same thing James Young did. What did James Young do? You'll have to find out. This book really highlights the effects that governmental abuse of power and paranoia can do to individual lives. In this short novel, James Young decides that he has had enough and decides to do something about it. The legal system has failed him. The solution is vigilante justice.

Some art is worth dying for. After Niki Dupre buys a painting at a Starving Artist sale, she learns that the artwork is priceless, and that there are others who also want it in their possession. The church wants it back. Two mobsters want it back. And all of them are willing to kill to get it.

It started with a hostage and an odd ransom demand. After the members of the rescue team are killed trying to overcome the abductor, the real action begins. Bombs start going off in the yard, and when armored tanks fail, Niki is called on to free the hostage. As the hostage crisis becomes a circus of errors and miscalculations, is Niki's skill and expertise enough to keep her alive?

A compilation of five of my latest short stories.

When a self-driving car goes crazy and kills two people, the designer turns to Niki for help. He thinks something else than technology is responsible; his design was beyond fault. Weaving through the falsehoods and misdirections, Niki soon finds herself in danger. On this perilous road, there is a dangerous curve at the end. But is the killer closer than she had thought?

When the sheriff of West Feliciana Parish is found murdered in his own jail, Niki Dupre is called in to investigate. Soon, Niki learns that a local chapter of the infamous MS-13 gang is responsible. But they are hired thugs; gangs do not kill sheriffs without getting paid. The more Niki delves into the murder, the more entangled she gets with the local gang and their leader Juan Valdez. And he doesn't play by the rules.

When a young man with Down syndrome witnesses a bank robbery, Jessica Ramirez discovers that the detectives investigating the case are underestimating the most observant eyes in the room. As she gleans information from Cody Harris, the two perps begin to figure out that Jessica is working with the one witness who could send them to jail.

The Wentworth Asylum, once used to house thousands of people, now lies abandoned. People insist it is inhabited by an ex-inmate who now chops down those who enter with her ax. After two teenagers turn up dead in the asylum, a television crew head to the asylum in the hopes of catching footage of the haunting. And to ensure their safety, Jack Nightingale is sent with them. But is it merely an ax-wielding murderer which awaits them?

Seven short stories compiled here for later availability at ACX audio books. Stories include: "A Rose by Any Other Name", "Wish Me Luck", "I Really Dig Him", "Best Laid Plans", "And Justice for All", "Time Might Tell", and "Million Dollar Smile".

These five stories were previously released as stand-alone pieces. They've been compiled here into one collection.

Once free of the army, Sam Byrne assumed life as a civilian would free and easy. He was wrong. Strapped with a huge gambling debt and wanting to take care of his newly pregnant wife, his life is going in the wrong direction faster than he ever thought possible. Little does he know that a routine traffic accident that resulted in the death of mobster's son is about to change his life and his debt forever.

Four short stories that include: "The Phantom Vigilante", "The Challenge", "Tornado Alley", and "Payback Is a Bitch".

Five Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one book collection. Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, who has won numerous awards for television documentaries and radio theater.

Tex Larimee is a grizzled Arizona sheriff who’s leaving the deserts of Cactus County behind, blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of Manhattan. Tex’s welcome to New York is a rude one. Robbed of his cash, gun and badge, he’s locked in a room in back of a run-down bar. Breaking out of the bar, he goes looking for his best friend...only to find him dead, his throat cut. And the cops accuse Tex of committing the murder.

When the body of a young man is pulled from a submerged car in Roque Harbor, rookie Game Warden Mike Bowditch is shocked when the man’s driver’s license identifies him as none other than...Mike Bowditch. For weeks, Mike and his colleagues have been fielding reports of a man terrorizing the locals while posing as a game warden, wielding a plastic pin-on badge and claiming to be “Warden Bowditch”. Who is the imposter, and how did he end up dead in the bottom of a harbor? Mike must uncover the truth in order to clear his own name.

In 1980s Vigata, a restless Inspector Montalbano brings his bold investigative style to eight enthralling cases. From jilted lovers and deadly family affairs to assassination attempts and murders in unexpected places, Death at Sea is the perfect collection to escape into Andrea Camilleri's unforgettable slice of Sicily.

Maria Packington suspects her husband of having an affair. In an attempt to revitalise her marriage, she responds to an ad from Mr. Parker Pyne - who promises to provide solutions to unhappiness. Maria's life soon undergoes a rapid transformation....

When a girl's body is discovered with a missing toe, her father hires Niki Dupre to find the murderer. With prostitutes, pimps, a rehab clinic and a mysterious huge man all involved, Niki has to delve deep into the Baton Rouge underground to solve this one.

Nick is under pressure today...He makes a living by preying on weaker individuals. Today's target is the old man that he's been observing all week long and he needs to make his move...But sometimes people aren't as helpless as they seem and Nick may be in for a rude awakening.

Matt Cooper - 1947” consists of the following 3 short stories:021 - The Home Sweet Homeless Murders (Homeless people are beingmurdered all over Hollywood and Cooper is looking into it)022 - Guilty As Charged (Lawyer hires Matt to extract his pound ofvengeance after he finds out his freed client was really guilty)023 - All In The Families (Woman hires Matt to find out if her husbandis cheating on her. Technically, he's not. Not really)