This fourth adventure for former Department of Defense research analyst turned magazine columnist Lewis Cole begins when a late night disturbance at a nearby state park catches his attention. A solitary man has been shot in the back of the head in the empty resort area's parking lot. Lewis is curious ... more »

Over the course of twenty years, from 1914 to 1933, Oscar Hartzell conned millions of dollars from tens of thousands of trusting, innocent people. And when he was caught, they gave him more. There are no folk heroes more all-American than con artists. Though we may openly condemn them, deep down we admire ... more »

The last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was to return to work for the Army’s Criminal Investigative Division, an organization that thanked him for his many years of dedicated service by forcing him into early retirement. But when his former boss calls in a career’s worth of favors, Paul finds himself ... more »

Tony Valentine has a gift for grift: He can walk into a casino and spot a cheater across a crowded floor. A man who still uses pay phones and won't spend more than a buck for coffee, Tony has protected Atlantic City gambling palaces for twenty years and learned every trick of the trade--until a new one ... more »

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Shane Scully is back on the LAPD, hailed as a hero after bringing down a deadly gang of rogue cops in The Viking Funeral. At a glamorous party with his new wife, Alexandra, Shane hears a world famous director make an ominous remark about the fate of his ex-wives. This is more than police business, it ... more »

LOST, the television series, takes place on a remote South Pacific island, where a plane crash has left 48 survivors stranded. This novel focuses on Bernard, a college student with a closely-guarded secret - he's not really a rich kid but a poor poseur who has been faking it to impress his wealthy girlfriend ... more »

It's a cold Cleveland November when trace evidence expert Evelyn James is summoned to the scene of a bizarre crime--a young woman has been forcibly drowned in the Cuyahoga River, her feet and legs chained and sunk in cement. When yet another body is found, murdered under similar circumstances, and the ... more »

At forty-two, psychiatrist Joe O'Loughlin seems to have it all: a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, an adoring daughter. But Joe's snug, happy world is crumbling. Recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he's dreading the inevitable and all too palpable deterioration of his body and mind. Then ... more »

Set in Venice, ex-partriot American Urbino Macintyre returns from a trip to Morocco and is reunited with his long time friend Barbara, the Contessa da Capo-Zendrini. The Contessa seems a little nervous and confesses that an old lacemaker, Nina Crivelli, has been following her around in an attempt to ... more »

Libby, a former flame of Hitchcock Sewell, has returned to town with her two children, but minus one husband and one nanny. Libby's husband has been accounted for -- she left him back in Annapolis. However, the nanny, Sophie, is truly missing. As soon as Hitch starts to nose around, Sophie turns up ... more »

He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen.... And yet appearances can be more than deceiving in the world of blackmail and extortion. The shocking gangland-style murder of known blackmailer Sy Kramer begs the question: which of Kramer's marks had given him his very last payoff? A politician ... more »