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Digging deep into city politics gets your hands filthy dirty. When Sherry Proper takes on a case that could expose some of the most influential people in the city, she quickly finds herself in way over her head. With her assistant, Cela, and the help of out-of-favor vice cops, Sherry has to navigate a web of crime, politics, and high drama. As the stakes get higher, it becomes clear that those with something to hide will go to great lengths to...

The nearly true story of the world's best Caribbean boat bum Ron Añejo loves his carefree lifestyle in the Caribbean, sailing his barely seaworthy wooden boat from one dodgy job to the next. It's a life that requires lots of chutzpah and more than a little luck. Legal work for a boat bum can be hard to come by, even if you actually had a work permit. And Ron isn't big on formalities. Ron tries not to take life too seriously, and his optimistic...

It's a very bad landing. An otherworldly creature in pursuit of an escaped criminal crashes his ship in (where else?) rural New Mexico. Now the chase is on. The self-appointed Earth Defense Force, a local shaman, an ambitious reporter, a private investigator, a former hedge-fund manager, a rancher, and a witch or two all are interested in finding the new arrivals and they each have their own agenda. So do the aliens. In short, it's a normal da...

What do you do when things go surreal? When things blow up on Matt Cramer, they can be messy. This time the mess might be blood. Whatever it is, right now that bloody mess is all over the walls. A newly minted private investigator, Matt returned to Silver City, New Mexico to open his office. This isn't a good start. Josh, the office painter, is missing and that's not a good sign. Nor is the ominous attitude of Officer Ravenwalk, or the fact th...

It's time to take a break from the world you think you know and to step through into another one. These five stories offer a guided tour of new possibilities and different places. They rely on magic, science, and sleight of hand, and will betray your trust at every opportunity. But just because they are fantastic, doesn't mean they aren't real (somewhere). You can stay tucked away on a safe perch and let this book unveil the genre-bending cons...

A good man on the run Framed for a bewildering array of crimes, including the murder of a friend, Martin is on the run from cops, cartels, and even someone on a luxury yacht. When he turns to Hodges for help, he learns someone set her up too - she is on the run. This particular misery doesn't love company. He'd rather she had the agency to help him. With both Interpol and the bad guys after them, time is not their friend. A fast-paced acti...

Who can ignore a call for help? Martin can't, but that gets him into a tangle of betrayal, murder, danger, and dancing on the edge with organized crime. It starts with a trip to Trinidad. Now he's on the run for murder and a strange assortment of people are after him - not just the cops, either. In fact, an extraordinary assortment of people seem to want him died. And Hodges is there too. She might even be on his side. You'll love this fas...

Someone wants to kill a Senator And it's a strange crew pulled together under bizzare circumstances that are in place. The mission itself is a hare-brained, off-the-books abduction, grabbing a Dutch national from a private island in The Bahamas. It doesn't help that the senator whose life is in danger is Martin's ex-wife, Polly, or that the intelligence for the mission, the idea of running it, was arranged by a US Navy Admiral who just happe...

Nine short stories and two mighty drabbles complete the thirteenth edition of Wyldblood Magazine, packed with thought provoking science fiction and fantasy tales about time travel, the afterlife, buildings you can never escape from, skilll stealers, the consequences of bad decisions, a devil's pact, findiing your normal when everyone else is different, dreams of the stars and the siren's call. All new, all fresh - Wyldblood 13. Stories fro...

Ambition drives people to succeed. Ambition can make the price of success irrelevant. Ambition can kill your soul. Sherry Proper works hard to keep her life simple. She wants to stick to the important things: do good, interesting work, spend time with interesting friends and lovers. Now her tendency to stick her nose into the wrong working of things is tearing that worled apart! Her work and life have fused together and it's gotten impossible ...

Three friends leave LA in search of something new, embarking on an adventure packed with wild experiences and strange new characters. Hitting Vegas, two want to return, but the main road, the road ahead, leads through the Midwest to a small mountain town--high atop a mountain that doesn't even have a name. It's a town that might well be at the end of the world, where a short-order cook in a small diner teaches himself to read Cambodian from n...

It's a messy, bloody, crime. The kind that call to her, what Sherry Proper calls a proper crime When a crime is textured, layered, and fascinating, it provides glimpses into the dark underbelly where people from all social strata, as well as their money, ambition, and greed can intersect. Sherry calls these Proper Crimes. They are a passion with her. A passion with only dark sides, and one that can plunge her up to her neck in danger and t...

A Fast-Paced Caribbean Adventure! Martin's hunt for a missing businessman in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela escalates into a deadly competition. Corrupt cops, an assassin, and a former British spy all have strong motivations to locate him-and he seems to be the only one who cares about finding him alive. His wife is the only one indifferent to where he is. The rest think he'll lead them to missing money. A lot of missing money. Martin has to fin...

He thought he was through with special ops... But Martin's brother is in jail in Venezuela-charged with murder. Proving his innocence means dealing with the police, a mysterious and gorgeous woman lawyer, a vicious gringo, a seemingly affable drug lord, and a guy named Raul. And every one of them would much rather Martin just turned around and went home. It's a good thing Ugly Bill is on his way. Follow Martin's fast-paced adventures in the Ca...

No good deed goes unpunished. When Martin Billings and Ugly Bill come across a yacht stuck hard on French Reef, they lend a helping hand, rescuing the young woman on board, and getting the boat safely into harbor. The reward for being so helpful? Getting in the crosshairs of professional killers. A thrilling adventure of kidnapping and a pulse-pounding race against time drive the action on what used to be a laid-back Caribbean island. For ...

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If the crime is challenging and tangled, it's a proper crime. When Sherry Proper latches onto a crime, begins digging deep, she doesn't let go-not until she knows what is going on. Some people don't like that, especially the power brokers who run crime, the ones who benefit directly from the crimes. That makes a collision inevitable. Without a badge. Without a legal interest, Sherry is ready to find the truth. Sherry is ready for whatev...

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