Michael A Black

Shade's investigation takes a walk on the seedy side, and begins to attract the attention of some very powerful enemies. But whenever Shade gets close to the truth, somebody seems to end up dead, and he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect in a homicide investigation.

For fans of Lee Child, Elmore Leonard, and James Patrick Hunt. Years ago, police detective Kevin McClain was captured and tortured when he was an airborne ranger in Somalia. Now, years later, the mutilation murder of a homeless man brings back a flood of unpleasant memories. At the same time, FBI agent Felicia Knight is busy tracking down a terrorist cell purportedly set to strike in our nation's capital on the eve of the presidential election. What...

Things couldn't be worse for Sergeant Frank Leal. He's assigned a homicide at a seedy motel that suddenly develops into a "heater." Leal's regular partner‚ Olivia Hart‚ is reassigned to the SWAT team. He's also saddled with a college intern tweeting his every move‚ and Hart's replacement is a rubber-gun-squad candidate who has conversations with a hand-puppet named Oscar. Hart's secretly assigned to an internal affairs investigation to determine...

Something's happening in the underworld of Cook County. Tensions are rising between two rival drug lords, and the streets are their battleground. Sergeant Frank Leal and his former partner, Olivia "Ollie" Hart, get involved when one of their informants turns up dead with his ear cut off. When one drug lord decides it's time to eliminate the competition completely, the takeover becomes very hostile indeed. As blood flows in the gutter and retaliation...

Provides general information about tanks and specific facts about the features and operation of the M1A1 Abrams tank.

Comedy legend Johnny Leland has called in his chips. He's organizing a charity telethon and needs TV cop Richard Belzer to cohost. Not one to let down an old friend -- much less the guy who gave him his start in stand-up comedy -- The Belz gets ready to head out to Las Vegas for the headlining event when he receives a mysterious phone call.

"In the years leading up to the Second World War, the fiendish "Sonderstaffel," the Nazi Special Squadron, uses fringe science, the occult, and the supernatural to create super weapons and monster soldiers in Hitler's evil quest for world domination. To protect the nation and the world from these unnatural threats is a unique task force made up of highly- skilled military and civilian daredevils, code name: Intrepid." -- Back cover text.