Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a small role. Both employed the same Los Angeles Police Department technical adviser, used actual ...

The Badge, by radio and television star Jack Webb (first published in 1958), provides an in-depth look at the Los Angeles Police Department of the 1950s - its organization from the Commission and Chief to the officer on the beat, to the various records, forensic, and research departments. Also included are detailed accounts of infamous crimes, criminals and scandals that rocked Los Angeles during that time, including behind-the-scenes accounts of the Black Dahlia murder, t...

IN A LAND WHERE THE DEAD SPEAK AND ANCIENT GODS WALK IN IN HUMAN SKIN, KATE JUSTICE CONFRONTS A DARKNESS OLDER THAN CIVILIZATIONSome killers are born. Others are summoned. She hunts both.Bestselling, award‑winning author Michael Jack Webb unleashes a supernatural thriller series where the veil between worlds is razor thin, and truth is far more terrifying than lies. Step into The Justice Chronicles,

She hunts monsters for the FBI. But this one might be hunting her.Best-selling, award-winning author and master storyteller Michael Jack Webb unleashes a chilling supernatural thriller that will haunt your dreams and grip your soul.Step into a world where reality twists, shadows whisper, and every clue drags you deeper into a nightmare beyond logic or believability.Kate Justice—brilliant, fearless, and the FBI's youngest Profiler—is...

She was lovely—blonde, blue eyes, with luscious curves in the right places …She was damned—an eye witness to a gang killing and the murderer knew where to find her …A baffling thriller by the author of The Naked Angel, about a terrifying murder, a vicious frame-up, and a mysterious disappearance, in which the rough-and-ready tea of Police Detective Sammy Golden and fearless parish priest Father Joseph Shanley tackle a professional killer and rescue a witness who wa...

Out of the night, she came. She walked into Augie’s place and she sand. Lord, how she sang. She wrapped her voice around a song and the customers loved it.Then, suddenly she disappeared. She walked out of the club, into the night. There was nothing left behind to show she’d been there … nothing but the body of the man who lay dead on her dressing room floor.

Love brought them together—the mysterious blonde and the bitter, lonely piano player.Murder stood between them—her secret, reluctant role as an accomplice in the vicious plot that caused to brutal slayings!A wanton blonde’s clandestine romance sets police detective Sammy Golden and his crime-busting partner Father Joseph Shanley on the trail of a ruthless mobster who deals in dope and death. This is a fast, taut thriller by the bestselling author of The Deadly Sex and The D...

Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work.Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. The show's cultural impact is such that even after five de...

Dragnet is an American radio, television, and motion-picture series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners.

Million dollar heiress is kidnapped by an unusual pair—a blonde and aex-con—who demand ransom or they will make sure death strikes their victim!Electrifying, terrifying, spine-tingling, Red-hot mystery thriller by the incomparable Jack Webb, author of the best-selling mysteries The Big Sin, The Naked Angel, and The Damned Lovely.

A Gripping Demonic Conspiracy Thriller That Will Keep You Up All Night— Haunting You Long After the Last PageA murdered woman. A pastor with a cursed past. An ancient evil rising again.When a woman from his congregation turns up dead, her body drained of blood with two puncture wounds on her neck, Pastor David Lighthouse is dragged back into a nightmare he thought he left behind.Six years ago, David was a rising star reporter at the...

Chris, a young alcoholic, is not interested in his family's weird mortuary business. He just wants to be a comedian and make people laugh.The economy is tough and his drug habit is getting bad. It is hard to make a move under such sorry conditions. Then there's Zoie. She is as hot as they come, with plans of her own. This is a dark, fast moving, romantic comedy with a strange spiritual twist. Like the story says, "I don't think Jesus did it this way."Estimated total reading...