While investigating the death of a young socialite, sergeant Matt Payne begins to doubt reports of her long struggle with mental illness and uncovers secrets that place lives at risk.

In the midst of training for the outdoor survival trip to Alaska, Spencer is distracted by a mysterious young woman-Nick's new girlfriend. He's not just wondering how someone that gorgeous would waste her time on a jerk like Nick, he recognizes this girl from her bit part in one of the cultish Jolt movies he's been investigating. She's up to something, and Spencer is determined to find out what. As he gets closer to the truth, it becomes harder to...

"I need you to trust me." Impossible! Sheriff Christine Norris still remembers the heartache from the last time she gave Special Agent Wyatt Green her trust. And she certainly doesn't believe him now, when he claims some of her residents are involved in a dangerous militia. But Christine can't ignore the fact that someone who may be tied to the militia has kidnapped an innocent boy. And when she's almost killed in a fiery explosion, Christine realizes...

Superior Court Judge Timothy Nash thought the brutal murder trial in his court would be like many he'd presided over before. He didn't know it might lead to his own murder. Nash has been tapped as point man in a federal sting operation against the most powerful and dangerous of prey: corrupt judges. Risking his reputation and his life, Nash digs deep into a morass of dirty deals and uncovers a devastating plot of betrayal. The closer he gets to the...

A powerful, suspenseful mystery about children in the foster care system trying to find trust again wrapped in an unusual love story. The stage is also shared with the Mexican Cartel and its freedom to continue to bring drugs and violence into America at record numbers. Two people come along at the perfect time, each having an unbridled passion and love for those children left to a broken Social Service System. Harvey is a prominent east coast attorney...

If your whole existence is based on the trust a woman puts in you, then you have two choices: * You make sure you never break that trust. OR * You make sure no one remains alive to tell of the broken trust! Content retired Formula One World Champion race driver Stirling Speed begins picking at the curled corner of billionaire Lawrence Troutman's perfect life with his serene wife, Kristianna, sole heiress of the Arias cosmetic empire. He soon starts...

"The cavern city of Pelismara has stood for a thousand years. The Great Families of the nobility cling to the myths of their golden age while the city's technology wanes. When a fever strikes, and the Eminence dies, seventeen-year-old Tagaret is pushed to represent his Family in the competition for Heir to the Throne. To win would give him the power to rescue his mother from his abusive father, and marry the girl he loves. But the struggle for power...

"Troubled Nora Abbott moves to Colorado and takes a job with an environmental trust, but her predecessor soon turns up dead"--Provided by publisher.

Around the world, citizens have lost faith in their political and economic institutions-leading to unprecedented levels of political instability and economic volatility. From Moscow to Brussels, from Washington to Cairo, the failure of democracies and autocracies to manage the fiscal and political crises facing us has led to a profound disquiet, spawning protest movements of the left, right, and center. In The End of Authority, Douglas E. Schoen systematically...