In the chilling haze of a Pacific North West evening, on November 24, 1971, a mysterious man named 'Dan Cooper' boards Northwest Orient Flight 305.Armed with a briefcase bomb and dark shades to mask his intent, he swiftly extorts $200,000 and disappears mid-flight, leaping into the unknown from a Boeing 727's aft staircase. Beneath his enigmatic facade lies a past intertwined with rural Canada, service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and daring aid-drops in w...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true, unsolved story of D. B. Cooper’s 1971 airplane hijacking, one of the greatest cold cases of the twentieth century, by an author featured in D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!, now streaming on Netflix“Here is writing and storytelling that is vivid and fresh—a delectable adventure.”—Gay Talese“I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me.”That was the note handed to f...

When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive.In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the loneliness and frustration of watching his friends die. And he struggled every day to maintain faith in himself as a soldier and in his country as it appeared to be turning against him.H...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLING SERIESBook 15!Set in the Reacher universe by permission of Lee Child."Ames is a sensation among readers who love fast-paced thrillers."-MysteryTribune

After an unexpected battle with drug traffickers and mother nature, Jack returns to Washington DC, where he finds himself appointed by the president to be the public face of the Twelve Shepherds investigation.The country and the government now look to him to stop their campaign.But the Shepherds have gone into hiding.With no new leads to pursue, and a growing unrest among the population both for and against the Shepherds actions, Jack finds himself ...

Jack and his crew are distracted, searching for the escaped assassin, and not knowing that operation Rubicon is in motion. The General and William are determined see Rubicon through, and send the Shepherds out on their final mission.Haney and The Trust have other plans. But will they be in time?Jack senses something is coming—something big—and he doesn't know that he is now in the sights of both groups.When the final day arrives, it is a day that the citizens of the...

March 8 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo North Dakota to Minneapolis Minnesota. July 25 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and sent to federal prison. July 26 1990 present: Joe Balzer fights for redemption and to regain all that he has lost. Flying Drunk is his story. Since he was a...

Join us in a look at the world’s most notorious unsolved crimes!Crime has always been of interest to people and when it is unable to be solved, it becomes even more interesting. This book will take a look at some of the more famous crimes that have been committed in recent memory and the facts which don’t always point to a logical conclusion.You will discover the inside view on these crimes and much more information about what took place. It can spark your imagination and i...

In 1996 a neighbour spies three Asian men running out of a court in Glen Waverley. It looks like two chasing one. But when they head towards a nearby car with an open boot, and suddenly the boot closes and there are only two men standing there, the chase takes on a more sinister aspect.Young Steve Tragardh joined the police force when he was 18 and a half; he'd tried uni for a while, but it wasn't for him. He had come through the private school system and while his parents might ha...

NIGHT FLARES: Six tales of the Vietnam War, is a frank and graphic combined hybrid “fiction and fact lookback” at one of most painful eras in American political and military history. Written by a two-tour combat photographer/journalist who witnessed the fighting in 1968-69, these six tales tell the very personal stories of men who served, endured, survived, and paid a heavy price for their service to country.  Two unique features of this “hybrid” e-book short story col...

The in-flight explosion of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, was one of the deadliest disasters in American history, spurring the most expensive airline investigation ever undertaken by the U.S. government. To this day the crash remains clouded in doubt and shadowed by suspicion of a government conspiracy.If there was any conspiracy to hide the truth about what really happened to Flight 800, it began long before the crash. Past crashes tell the story: What happened on Flight 800 has...

On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout tore through Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Flight 981 from Paris to London. THY Flight 981 was not as l...