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Jack Davis Thrillers
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Shakedown April 2008 The lives of three people collide over mass murder at a Kansas City residence that Special Agent Jack Davis has carefully staked out for weeks...they're headed straight for the ultimate danger zone—where truth lies at the heart of betrayal. Read more... |
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The Dead Man April 2009 Billionaire Milo Harper wants Jack Davis' help. People in Harper's study of the human brain are starting to die exactly as they have dreamed they would die. when Jack investigates, he crosses paths with a serial killer inside one of the most advanced research facilities in the world. Read more... |
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No Way Out September 2010 Meeting ex-FBI agent Jack Davis in the middle of a shootout is the best thing that could have happened to Roni Chase. But Jack has no idea how deepand how deadly his involvement with the mysterious young bookkeeper will get. Read more... |
Lou Mason Thrillers
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Motion to Kill February 2002 Richard Sullivan was at the top of his profession, a rainmaker in a powerful Kansas City law firm until his body washed up on the shores of a Missouri lake. For trial attorney Lou Mason, investigating the case means running through a maze of high-level corruption, sexual misconduct, organized crime and cold-blooded murder. Read more... |
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The Last Witness March 2003 Kansas City trial attorney Lou Mason is back...and this time, it's personal. In this case, Mason unearths the kind of secrets someone will do anything to keep. And as he closes in on a desperate killer who's leaving a bloody trail through very high places, Mason may be setting himself up as the next target... Read more... |
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Cold Truth February 2004 Lou Mason defends Jordan Hackett on charges she threw nationally-syndicated talk-radio shrink Dr. Gina Davenport to her death from an eighth floor window. To prove Jordan's innocence, Mason must expose a devastating black-market operation and survive a remorseless psychopath. Read more... |
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Deadlocked January 2005 For fifteen years, Ryan Kowalczyk denied having slaughtered a young couple in their car as their three-year old lay sleeping in the back seat. But when his friend Whitney King, who also stood accused, turned against him, his fate was sealed. Read more... |
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Dead Times Four November 2011 Get all four Lou Mason thrillers—Motion to Kill, The Last Witness, Cold Truth and Deadlocked—in one ebook with Dead Times Four! Four times the action! Four times the suspense! Four times the fun! |
Anthologies
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Top Suspense March 2011 A literary thrill-ride into the wickedly clever, frightening, and exhilarating world of Top Suspense, a sizzling collaboration of twelve master storytellers at the peak of their powers in thirteen unforgettable tales. Joel's story is titled Fire In The Sky, a Depression-era tale about crimes born from love, lust and greed. Read more... |
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Knife Fight (in The Prosecution Rests) April 2009 Joel Goldman's short story about Public Defender Elizabeth Rosenthal, who is defending Travis Runnels. Travis is on trial for his life, charged with carving up Diego Hernandez like a Christmas goose in a drug deal gone bad. Read more... |













