Danny Barrett is caught between a family of criminals and the psychopath who is tracking them in the latest novel of the series the New York Times calls, "Dynamite."The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny Barrett is the one they call when they need someone to investigate crimes in the wilderness.This case is a particularly difficult one. For more than a century the Danby family have ruled as kings in their corner...

In this thrilling new series from Edgar®-nominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator in the Maine wilderness walks on two feet—and it is Danny Barrett's job to bring him down.Something is not right in the North Maine Woods.A small family-run lumber company should not have more than two hundred million unaccountable dollars on their books. Money like that comes from moving something other than wood across the border.The first agent the ...

On April 18, 2002, Alpha Company, Third Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was on a training exercise at Tarnak Farms, a former Taliban artillery range in southern Afghanistan. The exercise had been underway for nearly seven hours when two American fighter pilots flew overhead. One, Major Harry Schmidt, saw the artillery fire below, and thinking he was under attack, dropped a laser-guided bomb.Four Canadian soldiers died that night, the first Canadian com...

As the history of a murdered family is pieced together, Detective Frank Yakabuski learns something criminal has been happening at Ragged Lake, with roots going back decades . . . The debut in a page-turning trilogy from award-winning writer Ron Corbett. Gruesome murders, a northern secret, and a buried past While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter's cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered. An army vet co...

In this thrilling new series from Edgar®-nominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator in the Maine wilderness walks on two feet—and it is Danny Barrett's job to bring him down.Something is not right in the North Maine Woods.A small family-run lumber company should not have more than two hundred million unaccountable dollars on their books. Money like that comes from moving something other than wood across the border.The first agent the ...

Danny Barrett is caught between a family of criminals and the psychopath who is tracking them in the latest novel of the series the New York Times calls, "Dynamite."The FBI has a hundred undercover agents who can work in the city, but Danny Barrett is the one they call when they need someone to investigate crimes in the wilderness.This case is a particularly difficult one. For more than a century the Danby family have ruled as kings in their corner...

From the Edgar Award– and Arthur Ellis Award– nominated author of Ragged Lake comes the third installment in the Frank Yakabuski seriesIn the final scene of Cape Diamond, millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds went missing, which is where Ron Corbett’s latest novel begins. When rumors spread that they were buried on Mission Road, an old logging trail outside the town, people swarm to the area, setting up temporary camps and searching for fortune. But when a known murderer shows up,...

Cape Diamond, the second book in the Frank Yakabuski Mystery series, is atmospheric and action-packed. Set near the Northern Divide - as was the first installment, Edgar Award nominee (Best Paperback Original), Ragged Lake - the book opens with Yakabuski called to investigate a gruesome crime scene. A body has been left hanging from a schoolyard fence. On closer inspection, Yak finds a large diamond in the murder victim's mouth. Two criminal gangs - the Shiners and the Travellers - are fig...

Diamanten im Wert von mehreren Millionen Dollar sind aus der De Kirk Mine verschwunden und Gerüchten zufolge sind sie irgendwo abseits der Mission Road vergraben, einem alten Holzfällerpfad außerhalb der Kleinstadt Springfield, knapp oberhalb der nördlichen Wasserscheide. Während die Menschen in die Gegend strömen, provisorische Lager errichten, nach ihrem Ticket für ein leichtes Leben suchen und den "Great Springfield Diamond Hunt" entfesseln, verschwindet ein Student und Detective Frank ...

CAPE DIAMOND ist Ron Corbetts zweites Buch mit Frank Yakabuski. Yakabuski ist Polizist in der fiktiven Stadt Springfield, am südlichen Rand des Great Boreal Forest Kanadas. Als Augustus Morrissey, der pensionierte Anführer der irischen Verbrecherbande North Shore Shiners, ermordet und an einem Parkzaun hängend aufgefunden wird, gibt es viele Verdächtige. Aber der ungeschliffene Diamant im Wert von 1,2 Millionen US-Dollar, der in Morrisseys Mund gestopft wurde, ist etwas Besonderes. Als dan...

Während ein junger Baummarkierer eines Nachmittags an der nördlichen Wassescheide arbeitet, macht er eine grausige Entdeckung: In einer Hütte eines Landbesetzers wurde eine Familie ermordet. Detective Frank Yakabuski, ein Armee-Veteran, der nach einem erfolgreichen Wechsel eine Einsatzgruppe anführte, die eine berüchtigte Biker-Bande zerschlagen hat, trifft in Ragged Lake, einem fast verlassenen Dorf, ein. Er soll den Mord an der Familie aufklären. Aber niemand ist bereit zu reden. Bei ein...

James J. Corbett and Joe Choynski were destined to spill each other's blood.In the beginning, the boxing legends were simply two lads scratching and clawing to find their way in the world. They grew up a mile apart on San Francisco's mean streets during the 1880s, ran in rival neighborhood gangs, and earned tough reputations as teenagers for their fistic prowess.Corbett loved to play the role of the dandy, working as a bank teller and always dressing to the height of fashio...