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When his old friend R.J. Burrow is brutally murdered in Los Angeles, Errol "Handy" White must return from exile to attend the funeral, certain that a terrible secret is about to reveal itself. Twenty-six years earlier, Hand, R.J. and O'Neal Holden were three young thieves who pul...
Short stories in which famous literary detectives begin their careers.
Hard times are nothing new for private investigator Aaron Gunner. Working on the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles, he's seen more than his fair share of trouble. But when his cousin and confidante Del Curry commits suicide after allegedly killing his wife and critically ...
"When Andy Baumhower plows his van into ex-cop Joe Reddick's car late one night after dumping a body in the LA River, one of his three accomplices to murder thinks the best way to ensure Reddick's silence regarding the accident is to threaten his estranged wife and young son wit...
The new novel from a critically acclaimed and award-winning author - When Errol 'Handy' White returns to his native Los Angeles to attend the funeral of his old friend R.J. Burrow, who has been brutally murdered, a terrible secret threatens to reveal itself. Twenty-six years earl...
Collection of twenty previously published mystery and suspense stories selected by the author of The Better Sister (DB 94879). Authors include Jenny Bhatt, Nikki Dolson, Alison Gaylin, Ravi Howard, Laura Lippman, Alex Segura, and Lisa Unger. Themes include the suspense in small, ...
The new novel from the critically acclaimed and award-winning author - When Joe Reddick and his family are threatened in their LA home by a masked, knife-wielding intruder, it means serious trouble for a gang of desperate criminals. The threat sends Joe Reddick over the edge. He'...
Gunner attempts to set the record straight for a dead police officer with a racist past No one in South Central is surprised when Jack McGovern, a brutally racist cop, is accused of gunning down a black teenager in cold blood. But they are shocked when the LAPD actually responds ...
An encounter at the Million Man March sucks Gunner into an ice-cold missing persons case Elroy Covington should have run. He had traveled to the Million Man March in Washington, DC, looking forward to a new city and new faces. Then in a Dupont Circle restaurant, a twist of fate b...
Some stories are all about the crime. These stories are about the maelstrom of what happens after...A hard-bitten crew of professional thieves pull off the score of their lives, coming away with seven million in cash. Like any heist there are some unforeseen complications, and un...
A lawyer hires Gunner to help her prove that her gangland client is not a killer Darrel Lovejoy doesn't owe South Central anything. By all accounts, he is lucky to escape this desperate corner of Los Angeles, to go to college and graduate into a well-paid advertising job. But som...
"Inspired by recent true events, the all-original stories in Witnesses for the Dead are set in motion by the act of witnessing; the characters who populate these pages are not themselves the original perpetrators of crimes, but find their lives indelibly changed by what they see,...
When his ex-fiancée is murdered, Gunner vows to take vengeance on Los Angeles For more than a decade, private detective Aaron Gunner has regretted letting Nina Hillman go. They met on a city bus while he was on his way to the Los Angeles Coliseum for a football game, and by the ...
Winner of the Shamus Award: A failed private eye searches Los Angeles for a murderous white supremacist. Aaron Gunner made a lousy private detective. After a year's carnage in Vietnam and a quick exit from the police academy, private work was the only avenue he saw to be a her...