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"The storyline is arresting!" - Publishers Weekly Amid the sweltering heat of Southern California, a serial killer with a passion for sharp knives and naked flesh attacks their way across the affluent coastal neighborhoods of San Diego County. A banking executive is found slain in his beachfront hotel room. Then, the nude body of a young woman is found slashed and brutalized in a public park. Former NYPD Homicide Detective Kate Delgado is still reeling from a failed marriage and the recent death of her mother. As a San Diego County Sheriff's Department detective, Kate is absorbed in the ...

In My Father's Shadow is a collection of young adult short stories that provide a powerful kaleidoscope of growing up, courage, emotion, relationships, and fantasy. The stories are told through the eyes of a young man who yearns for companionship, to break free from his past, and who wholeheartedly believes in the possibility that he may someday live the dreams born of his vivid, wild, and sometimes chaotic imagination. "I loved this author's style. The short stories evoke a beautiful sense of place and a feeling of wistfulness." --- S.C. Langgle, bestselling author of Alice in Everville

This is a collection of poems about mystery, romance, and life written in various styles, including free verse, haiku, sestina, and tercet.

Nineteen-year-old Tony Schiavone is an adventurous young man who has embarked on a backpacking journey across Europe. His travels take him to the scenic northern shores of Ireland. There, he is introduced to the beautiful and captivating Meaghan O'Malley. Tony and Meaghan share an immediate attraction toward one another and even indulge in a few intimate moments together. But Meaghan carries a painful secret close to her heart that has been locked away from most who know her, and Tony is planning to continue his wayward journey into the unknown. Can these two lost souls find a way to spend ...

“A sharply crafted mystery of a double homicide that shakes San Diego.” --- Publishers Weekly A horrific double murder at a luxury seaside estate leads San Diego homicide detectives Kate Delgado and Jack Langton on a cat-and-mouse chase to find the killer. Multiple suspects emerge, but solid alibis, dual identities, and inconsistent DNA evidence challenge the detectives throughout their investigation. As dark secrets from the detectives’ pasts come to light and they close in on the killer, might their own lives now be in jeopardy? What Publishers Weekly says about R.A. Valletta’s ...

Bourne, Bond, Ryan, and Reacher fans will love this pulse-pounding thriller, which introduces Nick Gallagher, who thrives when the stakes are at their highest... After escaping the clutches of the North Korean Army from a POW camp during a military incursion into South Korea, battle-tested U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Nick Gallagher soon discovers that his father and older brother have been brutally murdered. As Gallagher recovers from shrapnel wounds, his investigation into the deaths of his closest family members uncovers a diabolical plot to murder top Department of Defense research ...