A series of seemingly unrelated deaths have occurred around the city. When one is an obvious homicide, Detective Brad Coulter gets the case.Coulter has barely started investigating when more murders take place. It is clear that the killer not only understands Crime Scene Unit protocols but also has special forces military skills—or training in some sort of Tactical Unit.During the investigation, Detective Coulter realizes he has a connection to some of the victims. Then the...

The justice system has failed the Speargrass Tribe. Until Now.Sheriff Franklyn Eaglechild is amid an acrimonious Speargrass Tribal election, as opioids destroy the lives of tribe members.Then he responds to his first murder—scattered bones. Soon, a second body is discovered. This one was more gruesome than the last.At the same time, DEA Agent Riley Briggs is dealing with toxic fentanyl arriving in Montana.Mexican cartels are taking advantage of the United St...

The new tribal sheriff of Speargrass, Montana, is ex-rodeo champion, Franklyn Eaglechild, a man plagued with injuries from the past. His damaged health leaves him with a dim future of lost dreams. While coping with his personal defeats, Franklyn quickly discovers not everyone in Speargrass is thrilled to have a new sheriff in town looking into their business.Franklyn soon makes enemies in high places. Friends are scarce but lucky for Franklyn, he has at least one friend he can rely...

Calgary 1980. Monday morning. A man drops dead in the parking lot of a car dealership in downtown Calgary. No one knows where the shot came from. No one knows why the victim was targeted. The shooter? Invisible.An hour later, another body hits the ground. Random victim, random location.A sniper is terrorizing Calgary.Detective Brad Coulter has just returned to work after a long leave of absence. He is thrown directly into the fire and tasked with stopping what is rapidly becoming one of th...

Calgary, 1978Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs fight for control of the city. The gang war has begun.As the war spins out of control no one is safe—not children, judges, or cops.Who is their next target—Sergeant Brad Coulter?Yet stopping the war will bring an even greater threat to the city.The consequences of failure are unimaginable.

When Jeter Wolfe escapes maximum security prison, he embarks on an elaborate revenge fantasy against everyone who put him behind bars.Detective Brad Coulter discovers the Wolfman’s primary target: Crown Prosecutor Jenny Blighe. But when Wolfe’s plans are interrupted, this predator can’t contain his violence for long, and the city soon sees the shocking results.Coulter and his taskforce track the former enforcer of the Gypsy Jokers Motorcycle Gang with everything they have a...

Crisis PointWhen his partner is killed during an armed robbery, Brad Coulter is left grappling with the loss along with a sudden burst of criminal activity in his quiet city. His new partner is a bitter veteran who challenges Coulter as he lands a spot on the newly developed Tactical Support Unit.Between a violent shootout with a lone gunman high on glue, and a confrontation with a deadbeat father and abusive husband, Coulter and the TSU become experienced ...

Bryce Pedley is a 40s-era PI in modern day Latham, New York, complete with a fedora, a double-breasted suit, a shoulder harness, and a revolver. Where cops fail, he succeeds-and the cops take all the credit.In The Laughing Dog, Samuel Cohen hires Pedley in a bar to find a rare book collection the Nazis stole in 1939. Locate rare books? Easy.Except Pedley's not the only one searching for the books. Wilhelm Hoffmann, of Nazi ancestry, has already purchased several books from ...

Plots, plans, and perfidy — The characters in these four short stories take matters in their own hands when life presents them with their last shot.From Alice Bienia comes a story about an aging mystery writer about to be dropped by her publisher, and under pressure from her agent to write something brilliant. When an opportunity presents itself, she must decide how far she’s willing to go for a killer plot.Dwayne Clayden t...