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Welcome to St. Barts, beautiful and sensual, vacation spot of models, moguls and movie stars and home to Gendarme Charles Trenet. Life is one sunny day after another and the life of the young gendarme is one of blissful tranquility-even his love life is looking up-that is, until the annual marbles tournament rolls around. The locals always look forward to the good-natured competition and this one looks to be the most exciting event yet. But what has...

Rookie, Jake Cornell didn't know what to expect when he arrived for work as a new recruit in his home town police station, but he was excited. Afer all, how hard could it be, he lived in a quiet town, didn't he...?When the local Magistrates' Court kept releasing violent, recidivist offenders back into the community, instead of jailing them, someone in the the south-east Australian town took it upon themselves to serve up a more suitable punishment...

The debut novel from longtime Brooklyn district attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes, Triple Homicide is the gritty saga of two generations of New York City police officers fighting to stay on the right side of the law. In the early 1990s in New York, easy money stands to be made at every turn, and temptation proves a bitter struggle for the young and much-decorated NYPD Sergeant Steven Holt---and for Steven and his uncle Robert, an officer before him, an...

What if the Target of an FBI Manhunt is More Than What He Seems?Sheriff Stuart Benson of Forgetful, Nevada leads a quiet life and has come to expect nothing will change that. But when an idling rental car is left, doors locked, in the parking lot of a local diner with what appears to be an urn of human remains on the front passenger seat, his life will be turned upside down. Soon he is swept up in an FBI manhunt across several states for a dangerous...

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Malachy Corcoran takes a demotion in order to accept a front-line job far away from his old position. If he can just keep his head down, perhaps he'll avoid the worst of the personal and professional disasters headed his way. But once in Mission City, BC, he finds the woman he once walked away from. The woman he's never forgotten.Abigail Reardon manages the office at Healing Horses Ranch in Mission City. She...

He swore he'd never cross the line with someone he was protecting... especially not for a woman who happens to be a rockstar hiding in plain sight.Rory Maverick lives by a code-Honor, Loyalty, and Truth.So, when his best friend calls asking him for a favor, he doesn't hesitate. Plus, the timing couldn't be better. Going to podunk Alabama to watch over his best friend's little sister sounds like a cakewalk job compared to the high-maintenance celebrities...

A hardened city detective is sent to a hellhole rust belt town in Missouri where violent crime is skyrocketing and police officers are showing up dead in S Craig Zahler's crime thriller Mean Business on North Ganson Street. A distraught businessman kills himself after a short, impolite conversation with a detective named Jules Bettinger. Because of this incident, the unkind (but decorated) policeman is forced to relocate himself and his family from...

The Creep Outside by Keith WrightDon't smile. Don't attract his attention. Don't agree to meet. It will be a date with death.He seems so nice, but don't be fooled. He's a stalker, an obsessive, and depraved. He is a serial killer. Nobody knew until now. But it's much too late. It's too late for too many women.So begins an investigation for Detective Inspector Stark that will reveal murder and end with a tragedy that shocks the CID to its core.'The...

In a bleak winter night in Newburgh, Deputy Marlowe investigates a series of brutal murders connected to a local drug ring. Haunted by his own past, Marlowe's relentless pursuit leads to the arrest of a member of the gang, bringing an end to the killing spree. However, as he stands among the aftermath, Marlowe realizes the darkness of the case has left him scarred and tainted. While justice is served, Marlowe questions if he will ever find redemption...

Get the controversial Timeless Love series by USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn in one collection now. Once Upon A Time brings you the epic love of the bullied finding love with her tormentor's older brother.Once Upon A Time…Cecilia Marks was bullied.
Bullied her entire life because of an accident she had no control over, Cecilia began college hoping for a fresh start.Landon Powers was possessed.Walking back into college ten years after he...