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“The United States ends at these gates. This is Joshua’s Country, jefe.”

Born-and-raised a cowboy, Vietnam vet Joshua Jacobs looks out across the West Texas plain. All the land stretching to the uncluttered western horizon is his. From just a patch of land he built an empire, one he runs by his own rules. Yet, Joshua learned a hard lesson ... that his family couldn’t be run the same way.

Joshua deeply regretted not being on speaking terms with his only son when James died serving his country. James’s wife Katy never forgave Joshua for trying to run their lives. Heartache upon heartache, Joshua’s beloved wife Sarah passed not long after. Now, the only legacy Joshua has left is his grandson, but like his dad and granddad before him, young Josh also chose to serve his country. Joshua spends his days waiting for letters from him.

In the latest letter, young Josh said he was thinking of finally leaving the military to take his place on the ranch at his grandfather’s side. Joshua was overjoyed, but his joy was cut short when he saw a picture of his grandson on the news. The report said young Josh was taken hostage by the head of the most violent ISIS unit, known as the “Storm Demons.” Their leader, Shakir was infamous for beheading his hostages and broadcasting the horrors online to the world.

Threatening Joshua Jacobs’ grandson was a mistake.

Now, an Islamic Extremist’s hate for America faces an old cowboy’s love for his grandson. From the creator of the Amazon-bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny.

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When former computer-crimes prosecutor Chris Bruen and retired hacktivist Zoey Doucet open their San Francisco law firm, it’s the best day of their professional lives. That is, until their first client walks through the door.

Ian Ayres is an “ethical hacker” who was hired by a company to test the security of its online systems. On the job, he uncovered some highly classified information: the existence of a top-secret government surveillance agency and its Skeleton Key, a program that can break any form of encryption. Now Ayres is on the run. And after government agents descend on Chris and Zoey’s office during their potential client’s visit—killing two employees—they, too, are forced to flee for their lives.

From California to Ecuador to Mexico, the trio must try to evade a hired assassin, a bloodthirsty drug cartel, and their own government. But how can they escape an adversary that can access every phone call, every email, every video feed?

Surveillance is critically acclaimed author Reece Hirsch’s third book in the Chris Bruen series

Welcome the author of Beneath the Shadows into the spotlight: Bruce Coffin

A first-rate novel. Suspenseful and highly entertaining." -- New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds

Fall in Portland, Maine usually arrives as a welcome respite from summer’s sweltering temperatures and, with the tourists gone, a return to normal life—usually. But when a retired cop is murdered, things heat up quickly, setting the city on edge.

Detective Sergeant John Byron, a second-generation cop, is tasked with investigating the case—at the very moment his life is unraveling. On the outs with his department’s upper echelon, separated from his wife, and feeling the strong pull of the bottle, Byron remains all business as he tries to solve the murder of one of their own. And when another ex-Portland PD officer dies under suspicious circumstances, he quickly realizes there’s much more to these cases than meets the eye. The closer Byron gets to the truth, the greater the danger for him and his fellow detectives.

This taut, atmospheric thriller will appeal to fans of Michael Connelly and John Sandford.

Join Fran Lewis and Former FBI agent Michael Tabman to talk about gun violence in public places and schools and the need for more saftey measures taken to protect our students and teachers as well as talking about how the murders in Las Vegas might have been prevented and were there any red flags that no one addressed? The murder in my old school P.S. 67 in the Bronx was the impetus for this show and the attempted murder in the junior high where I used to live. Join me and place your questions on my facebook wall. Fran Lewis: Just reviews

Jake Longly and girlfriend Nicole Jemison are still recovering from their ordeal with Ukrainian underworld boss Victor Borkov and life on the Gulf Coast is returning to normal. Then Nicole’s producer uncle Charles Balfour calls asking them to head to New Orleans where his mega-star, A-list actor Kirk Ford, has awakened with the corpse of a college co-ed in his hotel bed. Ford, in the Big Easy for a location shoot, remembers little of the evening and nothing of the murder. As if things couldn’t get worse, the girl is the niece of local mafioso-type Tony Guidry who will do what is necessary to avenge his niece's death.

As Jake and Nicole attempt to put the pieces together, they butt heads with Tony’s muscle, his near-do-well yet aggressive nephews (the dead girl’s brothers), as well as drug dealers Ju Ju and Ragman. Of course, Ray and Pancake arrive to help sort things out with the help of Ford’s  beautiful co-stars in the multi-billion dollar Space Quest franchise, Tegan and Tara James (aka The Twins), who vehemently support and defend Ford. 

But something isn’t right. The facts don’t fit. Who would want Kristi Guidry dead, or Kirk framed for murder? And why? Everyone has an opinion, including Kristi’s friends, her ex-boyfriend, homicide detective Troy Doucet, and even local fortuneteller Madam Theresa. It’s up to Jake and Nicole to decipher who’s lying, who’s telling the truth, and exactly who schemed to murder Kristi Guidry. 

Nothing is easy in the Big Easy.

Strong to the Bone: Jon Land

This novel brings to light many important issues that young girls face today when going to a bar to have a drink with friends or a date. Caitlin Strong innocently went to a bar and met a guy who called himself Frank. Thinking that she could trust him she accepts a drink from him in a paper cup. Told it was just fruit punch the only punch was the impact it had on her as she wakes up not knowing what happened to her and finally realizing she was raped. In the present Caitlin and her boyfriend Cort Wesley Masters find themselves dealing with a group of rowdy men and Caitlin winds up finding a young girl that looked like she was attacked and wrongly shoots the guy she’s with thinking he was the rapist. But, although she took the heat from DW her captain, he realizes that there is much more to what happened and he’s about to find out. They don’t call her Hurricane for nothing and I can assure you that both Jose and Maria pale in comparison to Caitlin and they were Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes.

Snifter of Death by Chris Karlsen

The summer of 1889 was proving to be a strange one for Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone and his partner.

They had a sexual pervert loose. The man didn’t actually harm women but threatened them at knife point, fondling them, and ultimately stealing their stockings.

Far more serious were the murders of influential men, which appeared random other than they were all killed by arsenic poison. Never had he and his partner had cases with so little workable evidence.Far more serious were the murders of influential men, which appeared random other than they were all killed by arsenic poison. Never had he and his partner had cases with so little workable evidence.

Also, the rivalry between him and his detective nemesis at London’s other police department was intensifying. That nemesis was the boxing champion of their department and looking to challenge Rudyard, who never trained as a boxer.

Besides Rudyard’s pride being at stake, and the pride of his station, his nemesis also had in his possession a photograph of the woman Rudyard cares very much for. The new lady in Rudyard’s life had captured his heart and he’d fight the devil himself to save her reputation.

 

I was born and raised in Chicago. My father was a history

7th Grade Revolution

by Liana Gardner

Tour October 1-31, 2017

 

WHEN UNEARTHING A NATIONAL TREASURE BECOMES A NATIONAL INCIDENT.

Inspired by True Events

Dennis Alexander: Washington Academy Middle School promises to be another in the long line of boring schools he has been expelled from.

Rhonda Snodgrass: Although trained from childhood in survival tactics, she tries to stay off the radar of the “cool” kids who think she’s weird.

7th grade turns out to be anything but normal when teachers announce the students’ bloodless revolution succeeded and they are now in charge. After conducting a secret-ballot vote on policy, the 7th graders emerge to find the school evacuated and the FBI lurking outside with the task of unearthing a treasure of national importance.

The students’ mission is clear—discover the treasure before the FBI locks down the building. Dennis and Rhonda lead the revolt and must work together to follow century-old clues left by a crazy Revolutionary War buff.

To stay one step ahead of the FBI, they must delve into history and amass an arsenal to defend their school … because this is WAR!

THE MEAN

by John Arthur Long

 

Enter a high school at your own risk and hope that as an educator you can get through to the students that are entrusted in your educational care. From the start you can tell that the high school in question fosters some type of learning, violence is paramount in many scenes, pranks are played that might cost one young man his life and you might say that what author John Arthur Long has written and former teacher and Assistant Principal Brian Scarlucci narrates could be ripped right out of the evening or morning news. From the first page you can feel the tension rise, incidents happening as someone decided to leave as one teacher says a delivery in her desk drawer or shall I say feces. Blanche Turner was livid and expected the AP to fix the problem and find the culprit who seems to enjoy placing feces around the building in various places. Then we have the mobster who threatens Brian if he does not take the money or bribe for turning his son into a scholar with the help of an unorthodox English teacher. But, the prologue sets the tone for something that might affect a young girl named Angel whose father is called a negotiator and whose presence is never there. Angry and frustrated she takes it out on everyone by dressing poorly and unladylike, flirting and flashing her body parts and then letting Brian know that she is just a mixed up teen in need of guidance.

GERARD DE MARIGNY

CRIS DE NIRO

 

Kevin Matthews, brother of Karla, The Watchman Agency’s Vice President of Government Relations is presenting his dream, the hometown renovation plan titled, PROJECT: NEW DETROIT to Cris De Niro and others when a friend from his past burst into the VIP-only meeting. Antonio Brown, a former drug dealer who grew up with Kevin shocks everyone with gruesome photos of his son, murdered in a style favored by Islamic terrorists. Brown asks De Niro for justice.

De Niro, together with Louis "Mugsy" Ricci, John “Johnnie-F” Francis, and Karla are joined by Kevin and Brown as they look into the crime. The investigation leads them to a terrorist plot that may be headed by the infamous White Widow, a British national-turned-Islamic extremist responsible for dozens of attacks and hundreds of murders. But, before they can act, the tables are turned on them.

Time is running out for Cris De Niro and The Watchman Agency as they must save themselves before they can prevent an attack on America’s birthday. From the creator of the Amazon-bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny.