"With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, [this thriller] disturbs and charms at the same time." — BooklistOnce a cancer patient, former Orlando detective Mike Garrity is a survivor—for now, at least. Death has a way of following him around, like a black cloud over his head. If it's not his own mortality he's thinking about, it's someone else's. Like his teenage daughter's friend who just died of a suspected suicide. Or ...

After being ambushed, Recker goes missing for several days and is presumed dead. Once he returns, he seeks retribution on the men responsible and turns to an unlikely source to help him get his revenge. As he embarks on his plot for retribution, he must not only carefully navigate around Mia's growing feelings for him, but also his own feelings for her. While still not forgetting his main goal of helping the innocent, Recker also further cements his relationship with Tyrell by helping him ...

"Enjoyable entertainment . . . a mystery/suspense novel with links to classic rock history and mythology" featuring recovering detective Mike Travis ( Foreword).After twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the small town of Avalon, he lives and works on his yacht, sailing and chartering scuba diving trips. There, among tourists and quirky locals, he tries to banish the residu...

The case of a missing Hawaiian girl reveals the dark side of paradise for a former cop in this tropical noir crime thriller from the author of Ruby Tuesday.Retired LAPD detective Mike Travis has put thousands of miles between himself and his former life by sailing to Kona, Hawaii, where he runs a private yacht charter business and co-owns a coffee farm. But once a cop, always a cop—especially when someone he cares about needs his help.When a local ...

"[A] fast-paced mystery . . . Fans of the prolific Stuart Woods and Randy Wayne White will hope that Birtcher's engaging series has an equally long life." — BooklistA Nero Award FinalistAfter twenty years in the LAPD, Mike Travis should be enjoying his retirement in Hawaii. Instead, he's become a reluctant PI who can't manage to stay out of trouble—much to the chagrin of his long-suffering girlfriend.This time, the problem ...

After being ambushed, Recker goes missing for several days and is presumed dead. Once he returns, he seeks retribution on the men responsible and turns to an unlikely source to help him get his revenge. As he embarks on his plot for revenge, he must not only carefully navigate around Mia's growing feelings for him, but also his own feelings for her.While still not forgetting his main goal of helping the innocent, Recker also further cements his relationship with Tyrell by helping h...

"[A] thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it'll make you bleed." —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling authorFormer Orlando detective Michael Garrity doesn't have a good track record when it comes to women. With two ex-wives and a teenage daughter he rarely sees, the most significant relationship in his life right now is with the tumor in his head. Terminal cancer is no joke, but Mike is determined to ma...

Former LAPD detective Mike Travis returns in a novel of sex, drugs, rock and roll—and murder—from the award-winning author of Roadhouse Blues.The mystery has fascinated the music industry since 1977—the year when some tapes went missing from the Stone Blossoms' final recording session for one of the most anticipated rock albums of all time. The band's charismatic leader committed suicide on the same day.Retired cop Mike Travis learns about the puzz...

Murder and mayhem are all in a day's work for PI Mike Shayne, but when terrorists reach the shores of Miami, he'll have to up his game.No one knows that Murray Gold is back in Miami and the aging criminal mastermind wants it to stay that way. After being imprisoned in Israel, he disappeared during a raid by Palestinian commandos. Being the most wanted man in Florida—if not the world—has its drawbacks. One being that Gold's former allies have abandoned him, and he n...

Miami PI Mike Shayne's reputation has gone global—and so has his enemies list—and there's a dark side to the Sunshine State in this classic mystery.To anyone else, the Japanese man looked like a tourist taking a photo. But there was no lens on the camera—just a gun—aimed straight at PI Mike Shayne's head. Dodging bullets is not what Shayne expected during the Dolphins game, but his fancy footwork saved the day.Shayne soon discovers that the assassin was sen...

Miami has become a political powder keg about to explode, and it's up to PI Mike Shayne to discover who put a target on a politician's head.Mike Shayne doesn't pretend to know a lot about Latin American politics, but he does know that the appearance of an attorney general with ties to a corrupt military regime won't go unnoticed in Miami. Parties from all sides of the political spectrum are planning protests, counter-protests and—quite possibly—an assassination att...

A Necromunda novelZeke of House Cawdor is on a crusade of vengeance. His entire world has been burned down, and he'll stop at nothing to get those responsible even it means facing his own troubled past.READ IT BECAUSESee what happens when the firebrands of House Cawdor step into the spotlight in a tale of faith, fury and lots of fire!DESCRIPTIONFrom within the hives of Necromunda, where unchecked bil...