Androids hacked into hitmen. A murderer tapping the past for inspiration. Can a cop’s old-school ways end the slayings before the next body drops?"...packed with action and unexpected developments...fast-paced, entertaining..." —Kirkus Reviews___________________________________________________________________After Jake shoots and kills a murder suspect who turns out to be the son of a powerful city councilman, he finds hims...

Just when you thought you could trust the robots again…A senator's son is strangled by a synthoid in AsiaTown and, just like two other victims, tattooed with an indecipherable barcode.Jake and Kim, his new partner, battle political corruption, the Chinese Triad, and Internal Affairs, discovering a disturbing Fourth Law of Robotics as they decode the tattoos to stop the deviant series of murders."It might not make sense, but the beloved Media tag...

“She was one in a million…and the day I met her I should have bought a lottery ticket instead.” ~Griffith CroweGriffith Crowe, the "fixer" for a Chicago law firm, falls for his current assignment, Helena Nicholson, the beautiful heir of a Tech Sector venture capitalist who perished in a helicopter crash leaving her half a billion dollars, a Learjet 31, and unsavory suspicions about her father's death. As he investigates, ...

Jake and Maddie lead the Artificial Crimes Unit in pursuit of the “Baron” as he digitally resurrects history’s most notorious serial killers.“M.T. Bass melds the characters into a macabre tale of murder and mayhem confounded with artificial intelligence…skillfully crafted to keep you entertained and guessing.” —Rosepoint Publishing Reviews________________________________________________Now unleashed, the “Baron” is resurrecting history’s no...

It was the case of a lifetime……but then it went sideways on her. And now she's partnered again with her former lover, Jake, in the Artificial Crimes Unit.“Of course, the ending caught me off guard but all the best thrillers have this…This is a great thriller/sci-fi story and one series that you won’t be disappointed in.” —J.D. Bronder Book Reviews___________________________________________________________________It was the case of a lifetim...

In this groundbreaking guide for clinicians, psychologist Matthew McKay and Aprilia West present emotional efficacy therapy (EET)—a powerful and proven-effective model for treating clients with emotion regulation disorders.If you treat clients with emotion regulation disorders—including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder (BPD)—you know how important it is for these clients to take contro...

"Most novels don't have footnotes," said a friend. True, but this one is based on real people. Carmelo and Nellie Tosto were my parents. It's a work of fiction because there wasn't enough documentable evidence to write a typical biography.Unlike today, with its surfeit of personal data – photos, videos, correspondence, diaries, and the like – the period between 1901 and 1939 afforded few opportunities for lower class immigrants to leave tangible evidence of their presence.C...

Lignocellulosic Fibre and Biomass-Based Composite Materials reviews the development, characterization and applications of composite materials developed from the effective use of lignocellulosic fibre and biomass. The book gathers together a wide spectrum of cutting-edge research on biomass fillers and reinforcements used for the fabrication and synthesis of composites. The book takes a systematic approach, investigating processing, design, characterization and applications of biocomposites...