"First rate, compelling, nerve-tingling. A novel of sex, death, and the macabre. Extraordinarily vivid. A thinking man's Texas Chainsaw Massacre." — The Vancouver SunThe first in a series of crime thrillers featuring the Special X team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police—world-weary cops hardened enough to deal with the most heinous of crimes.A serial killer is loose on the streets of Vancouver. A sadist preying on women, leaving a trail ...

In this "mind-bender" about a psychopath seeking revenge "the plot yanks you compulsively toward its solution, and the shocks make you jerk back in fright" ( Toronto Star).The Winter Olympics are coming to western Canada, but the mood is far from celebratory when a snowboarder is murdered on the slopes, his corpse mutilated. And he's only the first athlete to suffer a grisly end. Soon, a raging winter storm and a deranged killer's team of mercenaries has c...

Mounted police trained to track the criminally insane must hunt serial killers in this volume featuring the first four books in the Special X thriller series.The Special X team of the Royal Canadian police are experts at decoding the criminal mind—and hardened by years of confronting the most heinous of murderers. From serial killers driven by demons as dark as Jack the Ripper's to psychopaths with a penchant for gruesome displays of their victims, no evil is too s...

This thriller from an author who "writes the kind of stuff of which nightmares are made" pits a madman intent on world domination against a Canadian Mountie ( The Globe and Mail, Toronto).Robert DeClercq has faced a lot of psychos as the head of the Special X team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. But never one as evil as Mephisto, a megalomaniac intent on recovering a relic rumored to hold the secrets of Stonehenge—mysteries Mephisto hopes to exploit ...

From an author who "writes the kind of stuff of which nightmares are made," three thrillers featuring Mounties battling a madman intent on world domination ( The Globe and Mail, Toronto).Robert DeClercq has faced a lot of lunatics as the head of the Special X team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. But never one as sinister as Mephisto, a megalomaniac hell-bent on global destruction. But first Mephisto is fixed on taking out DeClercq—by any means possib...

"Slade is at his peak with Ripper. A schizophrenic whodunit complete with locked rooms and self-triggering death devices. Highly enjoyable." — Time Out LondonAn American feminist is found hanging, her body slashed to shreds, her face flayed. Two hookers are murdered, their corpses mutilated in a similar pattern. These gruesome deaths are only the beginning of the trail Canadian Mountie Robert DeClercq will follow as he attempts to catch a...

"A Grade A thriller . . . twisted, near-omnipotent villains, brutal violence, sharp plot twists, solid (and enthralling) historical research." — The Vancouver SunCanadian Mountie Robert DeClercq and his Special X team are facing down a stolen mummy with a trail of corpses in its wake. The question is: Is this the work of one killer? Or is it some sort of diabolical conspiracy? DeClercq's investigation leads him to a local porn king who specializes in snuff...

"A harrowing tale of revenge. Hangman is a hardboiled police procedural . . . Readers come away not only entertained—and terrified—but also enlightened." — Cemetery DanceA woman is killed on Halloween night in Seattle. Death by hanging—as cruel and vicious as it was back in the days when it was employed as a means of justice. Only there is no justice in this murder. And it isn't the last one. Suddenly the police on both sides of the US–Canadian bo...

This thriller "weaves together historical strands, contemporary killers, and the feats of [an elite police team] in a gripping, tense, and exciting climax." — HellnotesA war criminal and the head of Japan's organized crime, Genjo Tokuda wants nothing more than to avenge the murder of his family during the WWII bombing of Hiroshima. He has waited more than fifty years to enact his plan to kill the family of the surviving American airman responsible for the ...

"Slade blends crime genres like no other writer. Swastika is a clever whodunit that will challenge the sharpest readers." — HellnotesIt began with a corpse with a swastika carved into its forehead. Was it a neo-Nazi hate crime? Or something even more sinister? As bodies mutilated with the emblem of the Third Reich begin to pile up, the investigators of the Special X police team uncover a conspiracy that takes them deep into Germany's dark history ...

"A get-under-your-skin thriller with machine-gun dialogue and impressive real-world research. It's one heck of a ride . . . not for the faint of heart." —CNN.comCanadian Mountie Zinc Chandler knows he's facing down a psychopath when he's called to the scene of murder at a Vancouver hotel. There, he finds the body of a Hollywood producer suspended upside down like the Hanged Man tarot card, a crown of nails hammered into his head. When similar corpses turn up across...

"As far as historical, Vatican-connected occult thrillers go, this is a fun one, with the various timelines balanced to play off each other with verve." — Kirkus ReviewsWhen a World War II bomber is excavated fifty years after disappearing during a secret mission, the pilot's granddaughter, Liz Hannah, hires Wyatt Rook to investigate. A lawyer, historian, and detective, Rook is well-suited to follow a trail of clues that will take him from Germany, where h...