A teenager is found brutally murdered in Carl Schurz Park with his head bashed in.With no shortage of evidence another is quickly arrested in connection.This one is deeply personal for Tommy... Neighborhood loyalties and friendships are tested, and the truth discovered is more disturbing and hateful than it first appeared.

A young woman is dead, lying on the landing of her walk-up tenement building in front of her apartment. Strikingly beautiful, her big blue eyes still open, staring lifelessly up at the ceiling above with an arrow protruding from her throat.A brutal and strange crime scene, but only the beginning of one of the most brutal cases of Tommy's career.

A woman is dead, it's a grim crime scene, her body hanging over a wrought iron fence. The question of course is how did this happen, did she jump from the open window three stories above where she now hangs? Or was she thrown to her death by one of the nine possible suspects who fled the building just as the police arrived? Tommy makes a promise to find the answer. It turns out to be one of the most dangerous commitments of his career.

An elderly man has been murdered, severely beaten and left to die on the sidewalk, the assault doesn't appear to be a part of a robbery, and there is no physical evidence for the squad to follow, but within hours the squad has a suspect, then another, then within days a link to a similar attack. As one clue leads to another Tommy and the squad find they are mixed up in one of the more bizarre cases of their careers, with more victims than the one they started with...

A three year-old boy disappears from a public park, in full daylight, and no one sees a thing-not even the child's mother. In a city of millions, with not a single clue left in the park for Detective Tommy Keane, the suspects could be endless. Where does he start to investigate? And what will he uncover? Are the answers on the streets he knows so well? Or hidden online, deep within the dark web?

A polar vortex grabs New York City by the throat and leaves it almost motionless with its deep freeze. In its wake, a young woman's body is discovered near the East River, frozen solid. With no ID, no Missing Person's report matching her description, and no clues except for a wooden drink token in her jacket pocket, Detective Tommy Keane must find the answers. Did she commit suicide? Was this a homicide? Or was it possibly just a horrific accident? Detective Keane, as always, is determined...

NYPD Detective Tommy Keane has spent nineteen years chasing criminals in the Bronx - investigating unimaginable crimes and solving near-impossible cases. When a puntivie measure forces Keane to transfer to the relatively quiet 21st Precinct in Manhattan, he expects his last thirteen months before retirement to be painfully easy. But as the grisly murder of a celebrated nun soon proves, even the safest neighborhoods can have their secrets, and even the most seasoned detective can be surpris...

To preserve the memory of their service during the tumultuous decade since their commissioning as Army officers, members of the West Point class of 2004 have written The Strong Gray Line. This class suffered the highest casualty rate since those that graduated during the Vietnam War. In this book, thirteen of their classmates who lost their lives fighting the Global War on Terror are profiled to help the reader gain an understanding of the bond forged between classmates during time at West...

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future environment.Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond ...

In this timely collection, teacher-scholars of “the long eighteenth century,” a Eurocentric time frame from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks on education, a global contagion, and a reckoning with centuries of trauma experienced by Black, Indigenous, and immigrant peoples. Taking up this challenge, each essay highlights the intellectual labor of the classroom, linking textual and cultural materials that fascinate us as resea...

In November 2010, three hundred faculty, students, and others interested in Christian mission gathered in Boston to consider how the world, the global church, and Christian missions have changed since the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910 and to reflect on the three previous centennial conferences (Tokyo 2010 in May, Edinburgh 2010 in June, and Cape Town 2010 in October). Participants at "2010Boston" were not delegates from churches and mission agencies, but were students an...

In the annals of history, the lives of great men and women have inspired generations. "Our Young Folks' Plutarch" brings these extraordinary figures to life for young readers, offering a captivating journey through the triumphs and tribulations of ancient Greece and Rome. From the legendary exploits of Alexander the Great to the wisdom of Socrates, from the courage of Julius Caesar to the eloquence of Cicero, this timeless classic introduces children to the heroes and heroines who shaped t...