Police Craft

Adam Plantinga, author of the acclaimed 400 Things Cops Know and a 17-year veteran sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department, gives an inside view of the police officer's job, from handling evidence and conducting interrogations to coping with danger, violence, and death. Not hesitating to confront controversial issues, Plantinga presents the police officer's views on police shootings, racial profiling, and relationships between police and the community.

Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo's Spy Games Evy Poumpouras shares lessons learned from protecting presidents, as well insights and skills from the oldest and most elite security force in the world to help you prepare for stressful situations, instantly read people, influence how...

Retirement is bliss—or is it? Newly retired music teacher, Susan Wiles, puts her natural nosiness to work and discovers a talent for solving murders. In Murder is Elementary, Susan finds her former principal dead on the office floor, a half-eaten funfetti cupcake on the desk, and a list of suspects rivaling pre-pandemic lines at Disney! In book two, a dead body is discovered in a construction site behind a school. Susan puts her sleuthing skills into action to save her husband’s best friend, Tank, who is accused of the crime. While Susan works to solve this mystery and exonerate Tank, ...

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries A PINCH OF PARANOIA It’s three days before Christmas, and detective-turned-chef Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is drafted in to cater a charity event...

Spooks and magic, a mystic invitation, and an ancient monster on a killing spree… Free on Kindle Unlimited! It’s Halloween in Kyoto—the city of ghosts, fairies, gods and goddesses—where magick rules. Mandy and Rick Rowling are preparing to go back home to New York. But before they go, the god of thunder summons Mandy and Sara Abe, a local detective and sorceress, handing them “a small and easy” assignment to finish before the Rowlings leave this mystic city. A monster strikes during a fundraiser that Rick, Mandy, Sara, and her fiancé are attending. Once the mayhem begins, the ...

Get three PI Assistant Extraordinaire Mysteries in a bundle. More than 100,000 words, humorous mystery books. FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Ghostly Murder A murder in a locked room…The faceless ghost… Throw in a cross-dressing detective plus his assistant extraordinaire in this new mystery series! A high profile murder calls for a high profile detective. When the famous Sushi Czar is found dead in a room that’s locked from the inside, the evidence just doesn’t add up. Of course a killer ghost (supernatural killer) is no match for the deductive skills of Michael Archangel. The fabulous...

What happens when Teenage Hijinks turn into Murder? When the latest in a slew of Dumpster fires at the local campground turn up a finger and a ring, Jack Lovelace smells a corpse...and a job for his girlfriend Juli...Part-time Detective...Full-time Soup Witch at Snips and Snails Cafe... Add in the bone Juli's half-grown Lab Mix, Holly, digs up and brings home...the human bone... And now there's a new Mystery in town. ...and then they find the second grave. Is there a Serial Killer Loose in Veil Falls? Will they find the culprit before a new grave is dug for the next victim? There’s Spells...

The lines are drawn, the stakes are mounting, and the race is on in the election for Veil Fall's next Chief of Police. Juli knows Larry Jokerbridge is a liar, a cheat, and a first-class jerk. He’ll stop at nothing to win and come out on top; and see Jerry Watson lose. And then they find the first body... It will be up to Juli Mason to solve the case and find out if winning at any cost for the Chief also makes him willing to commit murder…

“There’s more to the world than the eye sees and the hand touches.” Politicians are dropping dead all over the country. Could this really represent supernatural forces at work? FBI agent Richard Fields has always relied on his strong sense of logic and is determined to expose the truth. The lazy beach-town of Fort Sunshine, Florida seems to be the epicenter of a secret New Age society implicated in the murders. Richard’s path to the killers might be Dr. Joy Clayton, a woman who intrigues him. She magnetizes Richard, but he knows better than to trust someone who looks too good to be ...

“Good for what ails you,” this quick, feel-good mystery will chase away the gloom and doom and challenge your ‘whodunit’ skills. ER Head Nurse Laurel Benson and Police Detective Cade Resnick have a sure cure for boredom! On the last Game Day of Aggie football, a patient comes into the ER wearing a Captain Courageous costume. Laurel recognizes the patient as Dr. Arnold Fisk, CEO of Texas General Hospital’s most vocal competitor. He’s also married to Cade’s superior, the College Station Assistant Chief of Police. His first visit of the day is of a ‘personal’ nature; the ...

What Happens When a Fishing Expedition Goes Deadly Wrong? When the Catch on the other end of the Line is a Dead Body...Juli Smells something rotten in Veil Falls... and a brand-new Murder to Solve if Grams has anything to say about it... Because that's not all that's sitting on ice at the county morgue... There are car thieves to catch, a long-buried secret that Grams is hiding, and too many coincidences that don't add up... And an Entire Town Demanding Answers to a Certain Question... When are Jack and Juli ever going to find time to Plan their Wedding?

It's Juli's job to make sure the Soup of the Day delivers...a daily dose of magic that is. But when a mysterious burnt offering shows up at the local retirement home, she's positive it has nothing to do with cannelloni beans and hamhocks. As the new owner of Snips and Snails Cafe, and Veil Falls only Soup Witch in training, she starts every day just hoping her latest creation doesn't turn all her customers into newts and frogs. Moonlighting as Veil Falls only Amateur Sleuth helps pay the bills and keeps her in coffee beans. When Mr. Fried and extra crispy shows up in a resident's bed at the...

Juli Mason hired Bertie the Bag Lady, living in the alley behind Snips and Snails, out of desperation. It was a smooth move. Who knew Bertie would clean up so well? … Or that she was in actual fact, a Sous Chef with serious skills in the kitchen? But the star Cook of Snips and Snails Café is not all she is. When the Hat River in Veil Falls coughs up a wrecked Cadillac Sedan beneath the Fae Road Bridge and Bertie Faints at the news...Juli smells a mystery... Perhaps it's the body they found floating on the floor of the front seat, or the second in the back. Is it murder most foul, or an ...

A sweet n' cold murder… A newbie, pathetic agent… and a hot mess… FREE with Kindle Unlimited! PI Assistant extraordinaire Kelly Kinki is back, and she’s stuck between a hunk and a hard case. A popular college student has been murdered after visiting a local ice cream shop. The suspect list is short and sweet, but with a fledgling FBI agent tagging along on their investigation, Kelly and her drop dead gorgeous boss Michael Archangel have an extra scoop of trouble. Trading his dress for a suit and hitting DC’s top ten list of eligible bachelors may be business as usual for Archangel...

Laurel Benson is a loyal and dedicated nurse. She may be petite, but she’ll take on anyone who threatens her patients’ safety and well-being. That feisty protectiveness creates problems when a hit and run victim lands in the ER and Police Detective Cade Resnick arrives to investigate. There’s no denying the sparks between these two, but their professions put them at odds. As Cade zeroes in on his suspect, Laurel won’t make it easy for him, not while the suspect is under her care. More than once, these two clash when Cade’s quest for justice collides with Laurel’s concern for her...

'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVEN _____________________ Three can keep a secret. If two of them are dead... Two women are snatched off the streets of London...

Charming Lovecakes or a Poison-filled Conspiracy? Juli Mason finds herself in a sticky situation when her cousin Charme's Lovecakes shop becomes the epicenter of a deadly cupcake conspiracy. Someone's using Charme's sweet treats as a lethal weapon, turning wedding celebrations into recipes for disaster. With her own wedding to plan, a cousin to keep out of handcuffs, and a poison-peddling killer on the loose, Veil Falls is becoming a paranormal crime scene. The arrival of the mysterious Seamus Mackey, the new potions and elixirs shop owner, raises eyebrows and suspicions when he moves in ...

Randall Lee Smith is an American murderer who was active along the Appalachian Trail in Southwestern Virginia. On May 19, 1981, Smith murdered two 27-year-old social workers from Maine, Robert Mountford Jr. and Laura Susan Ramsay. Their murders were the first double homicide to occur in the Appalachian Trail.

In the quiet town of Cloverford, bread is more than food—it’s tradition, pride, and the heart of the community. But when a celebrated bakery’s prized loaves are tied to sabotage and scandal, the town’s golden crust of trust begins to crumble. Em Cartwright, a fiery redhead with a knack for uncovering secrets, arrives at the annual Bread Festival expecting friendly rivalries and buttery bragging rights. Instead, she finds whispers of betrayal, a handprint scrawled in flour like a ghostly warning, and a basket hiding more than sourdough. When the bread ovens cool and a body turns up, ...

Was it just an untimely Accident? Or was it Murder? When Honor Mason’s sister, Martina, arrives; a despairing widow, with five rambunctious kids in tow, and haunted shadows in her eyes… Verity and Honor wonder. Are they coming home to stay…or running for their lives? And then they find the first body… Just a taste of what’s to come. A brand-new Paranormal Cozy to keep you up at night. Burgandy Blunder will hit the shelves this November.