"Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired captain, Internal Affairs Bureau. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note-- Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of...

A collection of stories that are set in Ford County Mississippi

"When an unknown someone shoots him and leaves him to die, Harry Dresden hopes he might be heading to better place. Unfortunately being dead doesn't make Harry's life any easier. Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble. Only by finding his murderer can he save them and move on - a feat that would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers."--Back cover.

For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted the NeoG Interceptor Team Zuma's Ghost. With this year's competition looming, they're looking forward to some payback--until an unexpected personnel change leaves them reeling. Their best swordsman has been transferred, and a new lieutenant has been assigned in his place. Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her own--away from the pressure and influence...

"With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA...

This man had ruined his life. So he wanted payback. Found him in a chain restaurant. Back booth. Playing solitaire. "Maestro the Magnificent." Humbug. The guy that had launched a self-help cult based on Get Rich Quick advice was now a disheveled mess. After faking his death and disappearing, it didn't help him. Something about being cursed with eternal life. And having to "sleep in the bed he'd made" - forever. He was nearly begging...

Wrongly convicted of murder, a death-row chorus girl lives for revenge, in this novel from "the grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy" (Ed Gorman). Anna Marie St. Clair was a normal Wisconsin-farm-girl-turned-mistress when she was framed for the murder of her racketeer boyfriend, one of Chicago's sleaziest politicians. Sentenced to death, and only hours from getting fried, a lucky hitch sets Anna Marie free, but she blackmails the corrupt...

Booker misses the action on the street, until he's marked for payback for the death of a gang member who shot Booker's former Jump Street colleague.

A secret weapon. A mission of revenge. A deadly final choice. Vince has a burning need for retribution. After a deadly double-cross left his companion dead, he's desperate to destroy the rebel army and their vicious leader. But when he discovers a young captive who may be the key to a villainous plot, he doesn't expect her secret to change him forever... Forced to confront the true cost of his immortality, Vince vows to end the terror created by...

Sixteen-year-old Diamond "Ray-Ray" Jenkins has it made in the shade, until one wrong move by her parents turns their lives upside down. Their secret of taking from the wrong Street King in the Trap, Damien Orlando, has now put her in peril. Their deaths signal an end to Diamond's semi-perfect life, putting her in the hands of evil. Her only salvation is to learn the game, and to put her trust in a kid wearing a hoodie. Trigga has been a survivor...