Brad Smith, a “funny, poignant, evocative” (Dennis Lehane) crime novelist, debuts a new series set in upstate New York featuring jack-of-all trades, Virgil Cain, who must clear his name of two murders while on the run from the law in this spirited country noir.Mickey Dupree is one of the most successful criminal attorneys in upstate New York, having never lost a capital murder case. That is the upside of being Mickey. The downside: Mickey has a lot of enemies and o...

Everything is legal – if you can get away with it.Billy Crawford is a hero. The star of the Rose City Rounders, the baseball player has been thrilling fans of the city for years. But Billy’s not as young as he used to be and his tendency to play hard is catching up with him. A string of losses for the Rounders puts his position at risk as the team’s owner, local developer Carroll Miller, doesn’t like being associated with anything that loses. Miller’s thinking of m...

Storming the Gap First Strike reveals the explosive origins of the Third World War and delves into the opening salvos of the conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in a world where the Cold War turns hot in 1985.This epic story is told from a range of viewpoints - through the eyes of the decision-makers in Washington as well as the tankers and infantry fighting through hills and towns of southern Germany.Based partly on the scenarios from the smash-hit game by Lock ‘n Lo...

****WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA 2019 SPUR AWARDS WINNER!**"[A] first-rate novel."**—**True West magazine"Smith has written tight, fast-paced novels his entire career…and reading one is like riding a thoroughbred."--The Chronicle HeraldIn the style of Cormac McCarthy, a gritty tale of justice and revenge in the Wild West.**The year is 1910.Nate Cooper is an old-school cowboy. He sees the change brought by the turn of the century—horse...

From a writer who “rivals Elmore Leonard at his best” (Publishers Weekly) comes the third novel in the Virgil Cain series—a riveting story that opens with the discovery of the body of a movie star near the Hudson River.In upstate New York, Virgil Cain's draft horses are pulling hay in the fields when two film scouts offer him $500 a day for their use in a film. He pockets the money, but the chaotic set of Frontier Woman turns out to be more troubl...

**** A delight from paddock to finish line." --Booklist (STARRED REVIEW) **Brad Smith “rivals Elmore Leonard at his best” (Publishers Weekly). His latest novel, f****or fans of Richard Russo and Jane Smiley, is a terrific novel about a thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens who stick it to the establishment in the cutthroat world of horse racing.**Billie Masterson is ...

Jack-of-all-trades Virgil Cain gets tangled up in an old crime surfacing from the waters of the Hudson River, in this second novel in a rip-roaring series that started with Red Means Run.Trouble always finds Virgil Cain. Brad smith’s second Virgil Cain novel is fast, funny country-noir action at its best.For Virgil Cain, a day of fishing on the Hudson River yields more than he bargained for when, while pulling up anchor, he hooks on to a mysterious...

**The New York Times bestseller, now updated with new material on cyber attacks, digital sovereignty, and tech in a pandemic.From Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's broadest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates.“A colorful and insightful insiders’ view of how technology is both empowering and threatening us. From privacy to cyberattacks, t...

Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia – one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business decimated. Jedediah, the family patriarch and his sons Morgan and Ezra struggle to produce a few meager gallons a week. That is until their sister Ava arrives home and takes control of the family business and starts running moonshine. Ava bails...

**FOREWORD BY BRAD SMITH, VICE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OF MICROSOFTDiscover how AI leaders and researchers are using AI to transform the world for the better**In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world's most recognizable software companies is tackling intractable social problems with the power of artificial intellig...

She was chosen to bear the Son of God — but what did it cost her?In a world ruled by men and empires, Mary of Nazareth is a quiet force of faith and courage.From her humble beginnings to the harrowing flight to Egypt, the return to Nazareth and the agony of watching her son's crucifixion, this is her story — told not just as a mother, but as a woman of unshakable strength.Blending Biblical and historical details with spiritual insight, Mariam's Memoirs invites you i...

Via Crucis Via Lucis is a 28-day devotional that walks us through the 14 Stations of the Cross and the 14 Stations of the Light during the Easter period. Use each chapter of the Via Crucis to enter into a time of reflection, repentance and spiritual growth during the season of Lent.Applying countless hours of research, Brother Brad Smith has brought together Biblical and historical facts,...