A cruise ship dock in Seattle with 2500 passengers and one dead. The Inspector takes the team to the docks followed by the Coroner. They make the death appear to be a sickness to control the press. The victim's party on the ship was his second wife, his first wife died. Three children ages 32, 29, 22. His partner in the business of 20 years and his wife. Plus a friend of the current wife and a new salesman for his company. This is the first time a non-family member has ever been invited ex...

Detective Rage buys a storage locker at an auction. She has officer Jones bring his truck and some extra folding money. She instructs him on how and when to bid with her by twirling her hair. A locker comes up and with some bidding Jones wins the auction. The fellow that lost tries to buy the locker after he gets some more money.Jones tells him, "No thanks."His reply is "You will be sorry.'Rage takes with her an oil painting, four canes, and two small wooden boxes from...

Galileo is credited with the first telescope, but there were many people involved before him. However, he made it into a science.Metal mirrors were first used to reflect the star light. They worked but had problems. When glass could be formed into mirrors and then silvered to reflect the star light, astronomy became a true science. In England in the 1850-90 a small university had the money and telescope to do leading edge astronomy. Unfortunately, over time the money ran out and oth...

A drug shootout at a motel leaves all four dead, $200,000 in cash and $100,000 worth of drugs. A simple attempt to steal either the money or they did not bring enough drugs. Inspector Strong's homicide team has an easy case for once, sign the many reports and move on.One of the cars used to get to the motel for the deal is almost soaked in drugs. The second car has nothing the dogs can find even close to drugs.Detective Rage goes to the police garage to see how they are comi...

In 325 BC Roma is forcing a road by arms through Central Valley to their northern port Quid. The Emperor is using the excuse to expand the Empire into the lands east of Central Valley by war if necessary. The eastern lands are being blocked to the Emperor by the placing of cables in the large rivers. The forests are to thick for a land army.A rebellion in the new lands complicates matters, but it is quickly put down.The booty collected after the fight for the road provides a ...

Miss GB graduates and takes a job at a federal think tank. Computers run the complex and follows everyone every minute they are on site.A satellite has a problem, and it ends up on Miss GB's desk.In the smoky mountains a young lad is about to receive his first gun, passage to manhood. Granny is nearing 100 years and readies herself for a time of conjuring. When conjuring, every living thing stays away from Granny and her conjuring shed. It has been passed down mother to daugh...

Two peoples have warred longer than their history's records. One civilization has barricaded themselves in caves and man-made tunnels. They left their enemy the open sky. The enemy has begun attacking the cave dwellers in their tunnels. Does the enemy have a plan for their final destruction?The cave dwellers did not win any battle and yet their enemy has let them refortify one old defensive line outside their tunnels. Is the enemy weaker than anyone thought? The cave dwellers' Supre...

The national weather bureau sees a quick flash on a weather screen. Weeks later they see another one in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. The Navy is interested but can not track it, even when they can see it. The Navy brings together many civilians to help them. What they stumble upon is a huge solar flare about to happen.Everyone's attention is now on the flare and they forget the flash. The flare will destroy most satellites and last for days or weeks. The President nationalizes most indus...

The 'Madam's' Satellite control center in her Seattle penthouse has found a delivery of drugs being made on the coast of Mexico. Her personal assistant Solviegn is following the delivery. The DEA satellite has a hole in its surveillance, and the hole is being used to make the delivery.The Madam will do all she can to interfere with the delivery but also inflict as much as damage as possible to the drug ring. She brings in her two other-girl office assistants to prepare the evidence ...

An urban legend has Alligators in Green Lake, which is near downtown Seattle. A pet alligator either escaped or was set free in the lake. While having never been seen, it still accounts for all the missing pets in north Seattle.Rage and Jones are having a sunny outing at the lake when a mother screams, "It has my baby." Jones is in the water while Rage is getting more information. She enters the water, swimming out to where Jones again comes to the surface. They conduct a Seal searc...

A typical spring day in Seattle, it is raining sideways. The ferries are having thefts of all kinds. Detective Rage and officer Jones are fresh faces and should be able to arrest a few and chase the others north.They go on board as young lovers and fade into the ugly gray paint job. They have several suspicious people in the car parking area but nothing else. Rage handles a pickpocket and a sudden wave causes his head to hit the steel wall. They turn him over to the first mate.

A VIP is coming to town. Rage must guard a back wall and Jones is guarding three garbage cans on 12-hour shifts for the FBI.They eat at a place they would never go to. A car load of hold-up men hit the café. Rage gets three in the café and Jones is almost shot in the outside kitchen doorway. Their car is damaged, and they fight to the end.The FBI and Inspector Strong feel the attack on them was of their VIP guarding. The FBI in DC bring them in to review all FBI security for ...