Wolf Mallory's life isn't settling down following his forced early retirement from military intelligence. Not only is he now a private investigator, he's about to go up against the most dangerous foe yet--a billionaire megalomaniac with dreams of seeing the South rise again. Confederate gold, electrical grid hacking, and murder aren't things Wolf was trained to deal with during his previous career...but he's about to get some pretty intense on-the-job experience.

Murder seems to hound Wolf Mallory, so why should a routine skptracing job be any different?It always seems to involve a woman. Wolf's old classmate, Chicago PI Allison Grimaldi, asks for Wolf's help finding a man and the Honda Civic he's driving for repossession. Easy money and a friendly favor soon turns into an investigation of the man's murder…and finding the man's mysterious female companion, who may now have the car and a whole lot of trouble on her hands.

Wolf Mallory already has his share of problems—including a congressional investigation and trying to figure out what to do with his life in southwest Florida after his forced retirement from military intelligence. When a friend asks him to talk to a young woman suspected of murder but claiming her innocence, Wolf has no idea what will happen.Vicky Agincourt is smart, beautiful, and Wolf quickly finds she’s likely guilty of nothing more than trusting the wrong people. Someone murder...

7.6k wordsWolf Mallory thinks life is going to settle down now that he’s proven Vicky wasn’t guilty of murder. Unfortunately, Wolf’s friend Vinnie volunteers him yet again to take a look at a case. And with the holidays approaching, Wolf gives in, hoping to bring a little closure to a murder victim’s family. But when even the police don’t have any leads, Wolf wonders how he’s going to pull a Christmas miracle out of his bag of tricks.

[83.2k words, private detective, Florida mystery, suspense]  After a string of brutally gruesome murders shocks the normally sedate Porto Cielo area, Wolf Mallory is dragged into the search for a missing teen boy who’s a suspected witness to a related crime.  A boy who is also the nephew of an assistant public defender, who now refuses to talk.  But when the violence touches those closest to Wolf, it becomes personal. He must call upon ...

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive resource that addresses the growing movement for incorporating spirituality as an important aspect of the meaning and purpose of higher education. Written by Arthur W. Chickering, Jon C. Dalton, and Leisa Stamm—experts in the field of educational leadership and policy—Encouraging Authenticity and Spirituality in Higher Education shows how to encourage increased authenticity and spiritual growth among students and education professi...

This anthology brings together twenty-six stories from authors, Nathaniel Farcas, Lauren Lang, Caroline Shannon Davenport, Jon Fain, Elizabeth S. Devecchi, Eric D. Lehman, Brittany Bell, Ken Goldman, Vincent Czyz, Dalton Mire, Gary Zenker, Mykyta Ryzhykh, Kim Ransley, Mark Williams, Beck Erixson, Ibtisam Shahbaz, Jennifer Cinguina, Joseph A. Schiller, John Tavares, Jerry Purdon, and Justin Lowe. These curated stories center around the human experience, fact or fiction they delve into the e...