An "exceptional" historical detective story that follows one man's quest to find the German commander who saved his mother—and many other Jews ( Booklist).Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good's book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilnius ghetto —including the life of Good's mother, Pearl. Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often?After ...

Jason Brown walks out of federal prison with a shaved head, a violent past, and two crude words tattooed across the back of his skull: FUCK YOU.Released to a halfway house in Topeka, Kansas, Jason is supposed to keep his head down, find work, follow the rules, and make it home to Springfield, Missouri. But home is not just a place waiting for him. It is an organization. A rank. A brotherhood built on hate.Inside the halfway house, Jason is forced into close quarters with th...

Federal prison can take your freedom, your privacy, and your peace — but it does not have to take your future.In Paused But Not Gone: How to Survive Federal Prison Without Losing Yourself, Michael Good delivers an honest, practical, and hard-earned guide for anyone preparing to enter federal prison, currently facing time, coming home, or trying to understand what a loved one may experience behind the walls.Written with lived experience and direct accountabi...

Room 12 is a gritty suspense crime novella about secrets, survival, and the cost of doing the right thing when the world already expects you to fail.Fresh out of federal prison, Darius Hale is trying to stay quiet, stay employed, and stay free. His night job at the rundown Mount Rose Motor Inn is supposed to be simple: clean the rooms, keep his head down, and avoid anything that could send him back to prison.But when Darius finds an envelope hidden beneath ...

Prison is often reduced to statistics, headlines, and stereotypes. Rarely do people see the day-to-day reality of the men living behind the fences.In Bed Space, Michael Good takes readers inside the federal prison system through a candid and deeply personal account of incarceration, survival, and self-reflection. Written from firsthand experience, the book captures the routines, relationships, challenges, and unexpected moments of humanity that exist within prison walls.

The Naked Truth About Sexual Predators: Myths DebunkedWhat if everything you think you know about sexual predators is wrong?Most people imagine sexual predators as strangers lurking in dark alleys or suspicious individuals who are easy to identify. The reality is far more disturbing. Many predators hide in plain sight, blending into families, communities, workplaces, schools, and trusted social circles while carefully manipulating the peopl...

In prison, everyone talks tough. Not everyone can back it up.Wolf Tickets is a gritty urban drama that explores the dangerous gap between reputation and reality. In a world where respect is currency and perception can be as powerful as truth, one bad decision can set off a chain of events that changes everything.As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, the characters find themselves navigating a landscape filled with ambition, deception, and consequences. Some ar...

The People Who Stay is a powerful story about loyalty, resilience, and the bonds that survive life's toughest storms. Through heartbreak, setbacks, and unexpected challenges, the characters discover that true strength is often found in the people who refuse to leave when everything else falls apart.Exploring themes of friendship, family, forgiveness, and personal growth, this emotionally charged journey reminds readers that success is not measured by how many people celebr...

One decision.One mistake.One pill.When a group of friends gathers for what is supposed to be an unforgettable weekend, nobody imagines how quickly life can change. What begins as a night of excitement, freedom, and poor choices soon spirals into a nightmare that leaves families devastated and a community searching for answers.As the consequences of a single pill ripple outward, lives are forever altered by addiction, loss, guilt, and grief. Through the eyes ...

After losing the person she believed she would spend the rest of her life with, Sage finds herself standing in the wreckage of grief, uncertainty, and overwhelming responsibility. Every plan she once made has been shattered, and the future she imagined no longer exists.As the days turn into weeks and the weeks into months, Sage must learn how to navigate a world that refuses to stop simply because her heart is broken. Bills still arrive. Responsibilities still demand attention. Lif...

In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, the men housed inside FCI La Tuna Federal Prison found themselves confronting a crisis unlike anything they had ever experienced. Locked behind fences and razor wire, information arrived slowly, rumors spread quickly, and uncertainty became a daily companion.The La Tuna Variant is a gripping firsthand-inspired account that follows one inmate's experience as fear, confusion, and isolation spread through the prison popul...

A spring storm forces dozens of high school athletes beneath a crowded track-and-field tent in Atchison, Kansas. What should have been an ordinary afternoon quickly becomes something far more dangerous when a disagreement between two teenagers ignites tensions that have been building beneath the surface for years.Seventeen-year-old Malik Carter didn't come to the meet looking for trouble. He came to compete. But as questions of belonging, authority, and perception collide beneath a...