Mason Proffit has a knack for getting into trouble ... it just naturally seems to follow him. Being fast with a gun may have something to do with it.Proffit receives a letter from an attorney in Cripple Creek, Colorado, informing him that his deceased uncle has left him a gold mine and that he needs to sign papers to transfer the title into his name. But the attorney knows the mine is one of the richest strikes in the area and wants Proffit dead so he can legally acquire ownership ...

A dark, sinister figure and his band of murderous gunmen have ridden into the small Arizona town of Creedence. Ezikiah Synn, known as “The Preacher,” has one objective in mind—to kidnap the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.One hundred and twenty Apache men, women and children have been brutally slaughtered at Camp Grant in the Arizona Territory. President Grant, outraged at the massacre, has vowed to investigate the heinous crime himself. Grant and six of his most t...

Holy War - Phoenix, Arizona:  Within minutes of each other, suicide bombers blow themselves up in Sky Harbor Airport and at Turf Paradise Racetrack, where the winter horse racing season is in full swing. Scores of people are killed in the explosions. At the same moment, in a crowded restaurant in the Copper Square District of the downtown area, a man pulls two pistols, screams "Allahu Akbar" and opens fire killing dozens of patrons. The city is under attack. ...

A STORY WORTH DYING FOR . . . The severe drought in the desert southwest has reached critical proportions. The federal government has enacted emergency measures to enforce water rationing. Federally mandated sniper squads have been employed to kill anyone who is found in violation of the terms of the Federal Emergency Drought Crisis Act (FEDCA). Jimmy Breen, a former investigator for the FBI and a Pulitzer Prize winning syndicated columnist for the Ga...

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly writes an “unfailingly compelling” (New Orleans Times-Picayune) and lyrical tale that forces Private Investigator Charlie Parker to examine his haunting past and all that he has ever believed true about his beloved parents—and himself.Charlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private investigator's license and under scrutiny by the police, Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. But he uses his en...

Private Investigator Sharon McCone goes undercover to investigate the murders of two Indigenous women in remote Northern California in this gripping, atmospheric mystery in the New York Times bestselling series.**"Muller's series remains a gold standard for female detective stories.'' —**Kirkus ReviewsWhen the bodies of two Indigenous women are found in the wilderness, it is only the lates...

From the author of A Living Grave comes a gripping police procedural featuring sheriff's detective Katrina Williams as she exposes the dark underbelly of the Missouri Ozarks . . .DREDGING UP THE TRUTHStill recovering from tragedy and grieving a devastating loss, Iraq war veteran and sheriff's detective Katrina Williams copes the only way she knows how—by immersing herself in work. A body's just been pulled from the lake with a fish...

A thriller that will take you on a heart-pounding, pulse-racing rollercoaster ride. Perfect for fans of James Patterson, Harlan Coben and Lee Child.Erica Weisz, a new substitute teacher in the small town of Frosthaven, Florida has a dangerous secret. When two gunmen attack the school where she works, it becomes impossible to keep the truth buried.Wounded and running for her life she must learn to trust the only person who can help her, Florida Department of...

Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing himself as marshal of Alta, he retur...

In this thrilling story from the world's #1 bestselling author, after losing the love of his life, a defense lawyer takes a lifeguard job at the beach ... but he's in for the wildest part of the summer yet.Defense lawyer Brian Lord survived the car bomb that killed his fiancée. Out of work and out of his mind, he takes on a lifeguard job at the beach. But there's one wave he'll never see coming ...BookShots—original, lightning-fast stories by James ...

In this chilling holiday thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Alex Cross must spend Christmas Eve risking everything to solve a mystery and stop a hostage situation from spiraling out of control.It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his ...

Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man. . . .Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight—a soldier's wife and a fortune in gold—knowing that someone wanted him dead. . . .Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on the frontier. But wh...