Bet your life on a coinflip, fly through the air on invisible wings, or try not to starve to death: Neotopia is full of fun activities.Stuck in a pointless job and dying for excitement, aspiring detective Felix Lasko dreamed of breaking a big case. But when media star Elsa Halifax's blackmail threatens his job and his life, he's forced to solve a mystery that might break him. Elsa's claim seems impossible. Could her murdered husband still be walking around, running...

Catch your first real murder case, get kidnapped at sword-point, or ride a digitally rendered super-chicken into the sky—who says Neotopia's lost its charm?Desperate to atone for releasing wild A.I. Harmony, Felix Lasko needs a win more than ever. When a brutal terrorist bombing is unleashed by an Alt Clan member, Felix is hellbent on bringing them to justice. Spurned by his old allies and pushed off the bombing case, Felix must scrape his way to the truth through ...

Felix Lasko always wanted to be a detective, even if it meant working his way up from the bottom of the barrel. Little did he know how deep that barrel would be in the futuristic city Neotopia.The only client he can find is a Presser—an addict who gets his thrills by flooding his brain with pleasure straight through the wire in his skull. Even if Felix can find the device the man is looking for, getting paid by the junkie is another challenge.Can he solve t...

Dodge lightning, battle an army of clones, or get held up at gunpoint by an octopus.Who says Neotopia is the only fun city on Earth?Hurled into the Federalist occupied city of Boonhole, Felix stumbles onto a body just as he decides to lay low. Unable to resist the case, he gets sucked into the murder of Crick Straits. A lowly clone among the hundreds of thousands of Derek copies being pumped out by the Federalists.Who cares about one measly clone?

Federalism and Social Policy focuses on the crucial question: Is a strong and egalitarian welfare state compatible with federalism? In this carefully curated collection, Scott L. Greer, Heather Elliott, and the contributors explore the relationship between decentralization and the welfare state to determine whether or not decentralization has negative consequences for welfare. The contributors examine a variety of federal countries, including Spain, Canada, and the United Kingdom,...

"Hotel rooms often come with perks. A corpse isn’t one of them."Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott discover the body of a young woman in their Ottawa hotel room. Not what they expected on a business trip to Canada’s capital. She’s wearing a black lace teddy. A carafe of red wine and two glasses sit on a table. A closer look inside her purse reveals thousands of dollars, three business cards, and a supply of pills.Who...

The message is one simple word: Vengeance.Anonymous threats aren’t unusual for a crime reporter. Even direct threats face to face are common, most never amounting to more than words. Michael Elliott has assisted the police with putting enough criminals behind bars to have earned his fair share.But when Megan Scott, the love of his life and frequent investigative partner, goes missing, Michael realizes this threat is real. He has a list of five potential kid...

Her cheating husband was murdered and she’s the prime suspect. Proving her innocence is one thing; evading a killer who wants her dead is something else.BETRAYAL. JEALOUSY. REVENGE.Montreal ghostwriter Megan Scott falls under police suspicion when her husband and a female companion are found murdered. In what a Québec detective calls a crime of passion, startling evidence surfaces to implicate Michael Elliott, a young investigative reporter who’d r...

Her cheating husband was murdered and she’s the prime suspect. Proving her innocence is one thing; evading a killer who wants her dead is something else.BETRAYAL. JEALOUSY. REVENGE.Montreal ghostwriter Megan Scott falls under police suspicion when her husband and a female companion are found murdered. In what a Québec detective calls a crime of passion, startling evidence surfaces to implicate Michael Elliott, a young investigative reporter who’d r...

“Money buys anything. Even murder.”A millionaire’s beautiful young wife.A homeless woman.A parish priest.Three baffling deaths within days. No sign of foul play. No police leads. Even medical authorities can’t explain the cause of death. An unprecedented occurrence in Portland, Maine.Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott look for answers when their trip to this alluring New England town coincides...

"The chemistry and dynamic between the two main characters work!" (Reviewer)"Where evil lurks, no one is safe."The suspicious fire that destroyed the shed exposes a surprise corpse—not what ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott expected when they reserved a cabin at their friends’ lakeside resort.Fear overshadows their visit like a looming storm. Their friends are receiving anonymous threatening letters...

"Where evil lurks, no one is safe."The suspicious fire that destroyed the shed exposes a surprise corpse—not what ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott expected when they reserved a cabin at their friends’ lakeside resort in rural Ontario.Fear overshadows their visit like a looming storm. Their friends are receiving anonymous threatening letters. An elderly resident is reported missing. Then a child vanishes. Locals are...