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Five Cards, Underworld Money, and a Sharp Knife. Jake Fallon can’t catch a break. He borrows and crashes a truck, and while getting checked out by the paramedics, the other driver kicks his ribs in. He falls in love at the hospital, only to end up dead a few days later. When Flynt and Steele are called in, they find Jake with Aces and Eights, the dead man’s hand, stuck to his chest with a six-inch switchblade. When shadowy figures are spotted at the hospital, and potential suspects start piling up, where do Flynt and Steele look first? As they dig deeper, even legitimate businessmen ...

Detective Flynt is an unkempt, odd little man known by the guys at the Puta Gorda PD as The Leprechaun. He’s the strangest detective on the force that’s never made an arrest! Maybe his new partner, high flying detective Noah Steele, can change that? Sent to turn the failing Puta Gorda police department around, Steele must constantly battle his impulse to cut and run every time Flynt manages to say and do exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time! Join the two most mismatched partners since gasoline and match, as they try to solve crime in a small southern California town.

Would the world be a better place if you could go back and change history? An old proverb says, “With wisdom comes great responsibility. The wisdom you receive is meant to serve a greater good.” Join Chant as each new journey carries the threat of danger. Go with him to meet Amelia Earhart, land in New York City on 9/11, go to Woodstock, and travel to Ecuador to try and find a supply of crystals for The Pedaler. Along the way, Chant uncovers clues to the origins of his Time Machine. Maybe time travel isn't as safe as he thought! If you could go back and time and save a famous person who...

A new killer has hit the streets. When a college athlete is found naked in a tree with duck feathers in his hair and a dead ducks head in his mouth you know it’s going to be a very long day for Puta Gorda PD’s notoriously mismatched detectives, Flynt and Steele. Was it a peculiar suicide, or is foul play involved? As they delve deeper into the mystery they discover a mind enhancing new drug has hit the streets and bodies are beginning to stack up. The only link they can find is a little yellow rubber ducky.

Dirty secrets. A dirty cop. And a loaded Syringe. A dead paramedic found with a syringe stuck in her chest. A junkie is found with stolen drugs from her ambulance. Too neat? Too easy? But something’s not quite right. Captain Weidman has got his hate up for Flynt more than usual. Blocked and hassled by the entire force every step of the way, are they getting too close to the thin blue line? What is the secret thread running through the case, and what does Flynt know that he’s not telling? Who will step up and peel back the lies and reveal the truth?

Can going back in time make you more mature? Chant, Kurt, and Moorehart find themselves caught in the middle of an altered timeline, and a dystopian society in a war-torn Sonora, that no longer resembles the home they’ve known. The clash leaves Moorehart injured and craving a simpler life. It seems like a good time for Chant and the gang to enjoy some light-hearted time travel as he heals. Amid all the drama of high school, working two jobs, personal relationships, Chant now finds himself leading the time travel team on his own. But through it all, he’s growing wiser and more discerning...

Chant hopes his senior year might finally be where his life settles down and he's able to enjoy a normal teenage life and his time-traveling secret hobby. However, those plans quickly start to fall apart. The toll of traveling through time finally takes hold of Chant's young body. Now, he finds himself being stalked by Mr. Harlett's university colleagues who know too much about the Pedaler. As if Chant doesn’t have enough to deal with, Chai’s teenage attitude only gets worse. His girlfriend Mary needs his help and support to get used to a million things completely foreign to her in the ...

The Time Pedaler series brings to life a new kind of teen hero, Chant Baker, a typical kid who makes a very extraordinary discovery, a time machine. In book one of the Time Pedaler series, a cleaning trip to the basement of his parent's new store leads Chant to a discovery that will change his life forever and take him on incredible and amazing adventures back in time! Along the way he meets a surprise cast of historical figures, and everyday people who just happen to live several hundred years ago.

Where Does Justice End And Vengeance Begin? Cole and his girlfriend Kelly Mitchell go to the Chinese New Year’s Parade in San Francisco and find themselves in the middle of a shootout between two rival gangs. The violence hits close to home for Cole, as his friend Chris Ramos is killed in the gunfire. Cole sets upon the task of investigating the shootings for his newspaper, The Chronicle. The Stakes Go Way Up Cole is aided by Anthony Perez, a young man he saved from a Southern California gang life. Cole sends Anthony into Chinatown to gather background information for the article. While ...

Join us for the grand finale of the Time Pedaler series! Chant thinks that he was finally on the other side of stalkers and midnight break-ins and putting everyone he loves in danger until he and his turn-of-the-century friend were ambushed the moment they touched down in the modern world. Now, everything is a ticking clock that he suddenly feels painfully out of control. Somehow the fact that he owns a time machine isn't helping. Chant is forced to come face-to-face with his own values, and just how far he's willing to push them in order to protect his family and the future of time travel ...

Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Micheal Maxwell is at the top of his game with his new novel No Road Home. Through a series of misunderstandings and cruel twists of fate, Sam Grodin, loses his identity and is given a ten-year detour that finds him with no way home. Sam loses the thing most dear to him, his fiancé Mary. As he tries to find his way in a country foreign to him, he comes to rely on his wit, courage, and undying belief in the faith his grandparents instilled in him. This family saga takes us from Texas to deep into...

If you dig too deep, you might find skeletons! Just when he thought life was going good, Cole’s world is turned upside down when his career as a newspaper man comes to an abrupt end. Unsure what to do, Cole temporarily takes on an academic role, but soon realizes it’s run by the same narrow-minded people as the newspaper industry? Once again Cole is called upon to stand on his principals and defend the rights of those being bullied. Retreating to Orvin, Oklahoma, he decides to write a novel about his grandfather’s life, but unearths more than he expected. Can DNA lie? New discoveries ...

Cole finds a desperate message asking for help from Ellie, one that got away. The one that has continually haunted his life. Cole drops everything and flies to California. He must find what would make her so desperate, she would call him after so many years. Cole finds her terminally ill, and abandoned by her husband. He discovers while Ellie was heavily medicated, she mistakenly signed a power of attorney. Now her estranged daughter Erin's inheritance won't go to her, but her abusive step-father.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present' – Eleanor Roosevelt There is more to Time Travel than just setting a few knobs and pedaling a hundred and sixty-year-old machine. The intricacies of quantum physics begin to take Chant and company through an ominous series of Time Slips, hindering their most well-intentioned plans. Until now, the trips back in time have been planned and intentional. Now Chant and company are faced with slip trips that not only are an inconvenience but can have deadly consequences. With all things in history, even the most joyous ...

What do Anne Frank, Elvis, and Teddy Roosevelt have in common? Nothing! Unless you’re a Time Traveler. In Day Tripper, Book #2 of the Time Pedaler Series, Chant is determined to solve the mystery of the Time Machine. Where is the man who built it? What happened to him? To find out, Chant takes on the role of Time Traveling Detective! With half his first year of high school almost over, he finds his new town more and more comfortable. He even gets a job, outside the family business. But the responsibility of taking The Pedaler back in time weighs heavy on him. What if he messes up? What if...

Where Is Justice? Who will listen to the innocent pleas of a high school teacher accused of an unspeakable crime? When a pillar of the community turns vigilante and begins killing drug dealers in his beloved hometown, who will defend him? Can a tech giant take the home of a defenseless widow just because they have the money to make it happen? Adam Dupree, the former corporate lawyer, becomes the only lawyer in the small town of White Owl, Washington who can defend the vulnerable. But public opinion is fickle and one wrong choice can easily turn a hero into an enemy. If you like JOHN GRISHAM...

You can run, but you can’t hide! Betrayed by his mentor, wounded and disheartened, Logan Connor questions whether he’s cut out for a world of kill or be killed. Can Logan truly leave his life as a spy behind him? But, halfway around the world, a threat is growing, one like nothing the world has seen before; a mysterious hybrid of ancient mystic teaching, fundamentalist fervor, devotion to their charismatic leader, and financial ties to former mentor Titus Crow's old criminal network. Every day the movement is growing larger, stronger, and more frenzied. And the focus of their rage? ...

One Man, Six Wives? What Could Go Wrong? When an arts and crafts dealer is stabbed to death at a music festival, it seems like a cut and dry case of murder, one knife and one killer. As Flynt and Steele track down leads concerning the victim, they discover the victim not only led a double life, but he had six wives! As the head-spinning case of jealousy and betrayal gets darker and the reception line of suspects gets longer, Flynt and Steele find that this case may not be as simple as they thought. Will Noah Steele be able to effectively work the case while still reeling from the loss of ...

A father struggles to cope with the pressures and responsibilities of life while dealing with the soul-searing tragedy. From the depths of his despair, he discovers the answer to forgiveness, healing, and redemption.

Cole’s got a new job but fails to show up. Do the series of child murders in San Francisco and Chicago lead to Cole’s disappearance? A new job in a new city doesn’t do you much good if you’re dead. Follow Cole to the City by the Bay to find out just how far he will go to save a child.