Contests with consequences.Recently returned from a harrowing vacation, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek tries to settle into her day job in sunny Hawaii. But practically before her feet hit Oahu, a crisis catapults her back to the mainland.The Popularity Contest: Somebody kidnaps Megan’s sister to star in an online gambling contest.The Hero Contest: When the Club seeks to run a contest for heroes on...

The Shadow Council lurks everywhere …And high-ranking members have taken an interest in FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek. From the beautiful state parks of Hawaii to the chilly backwoods of Pennsylvania in winter, Megan knows how to find trouble all on her own.Money Makes It Deadlier: Agent Luchek steps into high heels and deep danger when she gets assigned to investigate a bank.Revenge Makes It Sweeter:

Vacation with a side of violence …After a stressful few months, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek is ready for a nice, relaxing working vacation.It doesn’t work out that way.Violence in Vegas: A simple case of sabotage turns terrifying when Megan stumbles across a human trafficking ring deep in the tunnels under Sin City.Rescue in Reno: The bad guys make it personal by kidnapping the husband o...

Vacation with a side of violence …After a stressful few months, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek is ready for a nice, relaxing working vacation.It doesn’t work out that way.Violence in Vegas: A simple case of sabotage turns terrifying when Megan stumbles across a human trafficking ring deep in the tunnels under Sin City.Rescue in Reno: The bad guys make it personal by kidnapping the husband o...

The Shadow Council lurks everywhere …And high ranking members have taken an interest in FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek. From the beautiful state parks of Hawaii to the chilly backwoods of Pennsylvania in winter, Megan knows how to find trouble all on her own.Money Makes it Deadlier: Agent Luchek steps into high heels and deep danger when she gets assigned to investigate a bank.Revenge Makes it Sweeter:

Werewolf by Max Brand in Western Story Magazine (12/18/26) involves just such an inward journey for Christopher Royal who is convinced he is a coward and flees a confrontation with Harry Main who is a gunfighter. There comes a time in this story — when Christopher encounters the aged Indian, the old wise man — that the terrain shimmers with the multiple affinities of meaning conjured by the unconscious, which Vergil once sought to capture within an image both awesome and sinister: numina m...

Tom Dallas has changed his way of living. All the shootings in which he was involved were justified, but there are many who want his scalp which prompts him to make a vow that he will not pack bullets in his .45 for a year. Then a situation develops that can only result in breaking his vow.

When Harry French left home he was just another kid looking to make his way. But when he comes back four years later, things are different. He's different. Or at least the town thinks so. Now nobody looks him in the eye. He isn't just Harry anymore, he's the Shifter, a gunfighter who brings trouble with him wherever he goes. And as hard as Harry tries, he finds that a reputation is a lot harder to put down than a gun.

Cassandra’s a Ghost. (Spy Ghost, not spooky ghost).Her parents are spies. To save her from one of their enemies, they gave her to the Ghost Agent Initiative. Thus, the government became her mother, father, and guardian.Now, it’s ready to be her teacher as well.Cassandra is happy to learn the survival skills, but she’s less thrilled with the idea of becoming a killer.Season 1: When a routine training mission goes awry, Cassandra’s sent into t...

Cassandra’s a spy-in-training.(But is she also a killer?)To pass the next training phase, Cassandra must kill a certain target, but the line between friend and foe quickly blurs.Season 3: Hawk’s crazy plan to sell Cas to the target goes well … until he betrays her. Now, she has one slim chance to save her career and her life. She must survive as a rabbit.Season 4: Cassandra’s rabbit training...

THE FAIRER SEX? NOT THESE LADIES…The female of the species is absolutely deadlier than the male in these 14 cunningly-crafted tales of suspense, crimes of passion, and murder, all by women writers. Edited by MWA Grandmaster and bestselling mystery author John D. MacDonald, these bone-chilling stories show the depths that men and women will stoop to in pursuit of what they want. Christianna Brand brings us a story of two sisters who engage in the ultimate c...