In the latest thrilling installment in Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series, a cult leader embarks on a murderous mission.A Native American woman has been abducted and Indian Police Officer Edwin Folsom is determined to find her. Although despised by his people for working for the U.S. government, he is descended from a long line of proud native warriors, and he vows that the kidnapper will pay dearly.Witnesses say the victim was taken by a group of white men ...

A sheriff in search of forgiveness faces off with a preacher who hates the sin AND the sinner. . .The Yates Gang, led by its charismatic leader, William Fox, operates by a code. They'll harm no women or children, they'll give half the money they steal to the poor, and they'll kill any lawman, banker, or trainman who tries to stop them.Then a robbery gone bad sends the gang on the run. Fox knows their days are numbered, so he leads his men to a distant town ...

The latest thrilling installment in Ralph Compton's bestselling Gunfighter series.The law only caught up with the Venom Snakes and their bitter rivals, the Red Trail Gang, because they were so busy killing each other.Now, after twenty years in prison, Ashford Sinclair is broke and broken. Without his gang behind him, the once fearsome leader of the Snakes is reduced to eking out a solitary living as a fur trapper. One day, news comes that his son William ha...

“Schaffer is the real deal. His writing will knock you out.”—J.A. KonrathWHEN EVIL KNOWS YOUR NAMENothing fascinates rookie cop Carrie Santero more than serial killers. Now she’s hunting down the sickest, most twisted psychopath she’s ever faced—an “omnikiller.” Unpredictable, unrelenting. A death machine beyond all evil.As the body count rises, Carrie enlists the help of Jacob Rein, a brilliant, embittered f...

Originally published in 1973, the chapters in this volume tackle a wide range of problems arising from this process of modernization. The first section looks at the discussion of ideas and theories about administration in the nineteenth century, when some organizational ideology became firmly-rooted and went unquestioned for many years. These chapters also examine the inevitable questions of reform and major reorganization which later arose in the United States, Britain and elsewhere....

“The most engaging pair of detectives I’ve seen in a long while.”—David MorrellSOME SECRETS WILL NOT DIEFor three agonizing decades, seasoned manhunter Jacob Rein has been consumed by one case—a missing girl never found and two cops dead, one murdered, the other a suicide.Rein’s protégé, Detective Carrie Santero, shares an equal fascination with the twisted patterns of murder. But when the discovery of a smal...

In the third Santero and Rein thriller, Carrie and Jacob must stop a lunatic who calls himself The Master, as he sends out letters to his potential victims.Fifteen years ago, Herbert Presley Tanner abducted teenager Brenda Drake in order to commit a ritual purification of the flesh demanded by his fanatical beliefs. He doused her in gasoline and was about to light a match when detectives Jacob Rein and Bill Waylon intercepted him and brought him to justice....

THE TRUE BLUE LINE IS NOT THINNow Mandatory Reading in Police Academies, FTO Programs, and Universities! The NUMBER ONE Law Enforcement Philosophy Series.Written by Full-Time Police Detective, and Author Bernard Schaffer, whose new hardback novel THE THIEF OF ALL LIGHT will be available from Kensington Publications in bookstores everywhere.Whether you're a hard luck grunt working the street or a white shirt administrator who'd need a GPS to find it, Way of the Warri...

"It was one thing to fantasize about evil, to reach into the darkness and play with it a little . . ."Rookie cop Carrie Santero has always been fascinated by serial killers. As a teenager, she wrote a letter to Charles Manson in prison—and received a chilling reply. Then she came face to face with a child murderer in her small Pennsylvania town, an encounter that haunts her to this day. Now, as a detective in training, she finally has her chance to make a differenc...

In this powerful psychological thriller, veteran police officer Bernard Schaffer reunites detective Carrie Santero with manhunter Jacob Rein—to plumb the depths of a madman's obsession . . ."I am The Master . . ."Fifteen years ago, a deranged young man abducted a teenage girl in a parking lot. He chose her for her innocence. Punished her for her beauty. Dowsed her with gasoline and tried to purify her with fire. Detective Jacob Rein managed...

In this brilliantly chilling follow-up to The Thief of All Light, veteran police officer Bernard Schaffer digs deep into the past—and the haunted psyches of the detectives who search for truth . . . at any cost."There's a thousand scavengers in these woods."Before being promoted to detective, Carrie Santero was given a rare glimpse into the mind of a killer. Through her mentor, Jacob Rein—a seasoned manhunter whose gift for plumbing the de...

Detective Abish “Abbie” Taylor returned to the mountain town of Pleasant View, Utah, hoping for a quiet life. But that hope dissipates like a dream when she wakes up to an unsettling phone call. Arriving at the scene of a fatal car accident, she discovers that the victim was one of the most beloved leaders of the Church?and an old family friend. Abbie is skeptical when her father insists the death was not an accident, but in an attempt to patch up their relationship, she takes a few days o...