Someone is killing young brides. When Gray Ballard has the bad luck to be in the vicinity of the crime and finds the first one, she is nude, on her back, with a small caliber bullet wound to the left side of her chest. Her clothes are neatly folded and stacked on a chair nearby. Forced into retirement from his career as a homicide detective in the state's capital by a job-related injury, Gray has come home to Mount Union, Pennsylvania, finished with detective work. Even when Chief of Police Richard Hogan makes him the lead suspect in the first murder, Gray is determined not to get involved in the case.For one thing, he is too busy trying to win the favorable attention of Anna Vaughn, owner of the local weekly newspaper. Anna has already been burned twice by matrimony and is leery of any relationship with any man--including friendship. And for another, Gray finds even the thought of trying to work with Chief Richard Hogan repulsive. The nearly four hundred pound man could best be described as arrogant and incompetent and has been nicknamed "Bulk Hogan" by those whose misfortune it is to serve under him.But young brides continue to fall, and the police are baffled. Who is killing these young women? Why were these particular women targeted? How many more will die before they get a break in the case and the killer is stopped? And is it Chance, Fate or Gray's uncanny powers of observation that keep putting clues in his line of vision? Like it or not, his input is crucial in solving the case, and he is in it right up until the killer is caught.

Say I do and DIE (Gray Ballard Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Brown, Charles C.

Thrillers & Suspense

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Dead men tell no tells...especially if they can't be found.  During one of the hottest summers in Oklahoma history, Jolie Weaver has worked herself to the point of mental and physical exhaustion trying to keep the Weaver ranch going. Her husband, Wade Allan Weaver, Jr., has been missing for six months, but before he disappeared, he spent so much money on "big boy toys" that Jolie can't even afford to run the AC. Sleeping with windows open isn't an option because most of them are painted shut. And then there's the problem of the prowler--someone who moves things around at night and throws the occasional rock against the side of the house. Not a good idea to give him easy entry. In her desperation, she asks for help from an unusual--and possibly dangerous--source.   He calls himself Mack, and Jolie literally picks him up on the side of the road. He agrees to stay and make her a hand for thirty days in exchange for room and board. And, oh yes, he will pay the electric bill. Mack turns out to be a man of few words and many skills, and he takes to ranching quickly. But the future remains in limbo. Will Wade Allen show up before those thirty days end? Will Mack be as good as his word and stay, or will Jolie wake one morning and find him gone? And what about the prowler who has been disturbing her sleep? What is he after? Will he eventually just go away or will his  activities become more violent?  Most importantly, where is Wade Allan Weaver, jr.? Has Jolie gotten enough of his cheating ways and done him in as members of the Sheriff's Department and her father-in-law suspect? Is he shacked up in Tulsa with a sugar mamma, having the time of his life--a theory Jolie proposes? Or is he just what the old hand at the feed store suggests: a dead man waiting to be found?

Dead Man Waiting

Mystery

In the eyes of a doting Grandmother, a grandson can do no wrong.Christopher Reynolds has been missing for two years, and nobody is looking for him. Then the boy's grandmother asks Dermot "Mack" MacFarland to look into his disappearance. It's a daunting task with no leads until Mack learns of the rumor that Chris had used a date-rape drug on a young girl shortly before he went missing. Could the rumor be true? Was there any proof? Then Mack gets a break and finds videos--eight of them, to be exact, and a passbook account with nearly a hundred thousand dollars in it.Who are the men, and who are these girls in these videos? Where had the money come from? Blackmail? If Mack could find the answers to these questions--with help from his wife Jolie, who has lived in the area longer than he has--would it lead him to Christopher Reynolds? Would the boy be alive? Or would Mack have to tell a grieving grandmother that her only grandson was cold in the ground?

Cold in the Ground

Kitrina (Kit) Townsend had it all. A trust fund husband who wanted a stay-at-home wife. A home on the ridge overlooking the town of Mount Haven that was the envy of many. A future that promised a life of peace and ease. Then her husband, Samuel Jay Townsend the Third, was robbed of his fortune. He shot the man responsible and had to go on the run. The trust fund gone, Kit turned to the only talent she had to keep from losing everything.When Samuel had been missing for more than seven years, Kit went to court and had him declared legally dead.And then the unthinkable happened.

Up From The Grave

Catch and Release

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."POWER AND GREEDSometimes the two go together. Such is the case when E.W. Thornton decides to use his position as Deputy Sheriff to extort money from businesses in Kirk County, Oklahoma. The more his power increases and the money piles up in his accounts, the more he wants of both. When Sheriff Arlo Stewart disappears, E.W. is made interim Sheriff, and his hold on the county is secured.COMPLICATIONS The more people involved in any scheme, the greater the risks and more numerous the complications. Then Evan Pierce, a young lawyer from the back East arrives in the county. In him, Thornton's victims find an advocate, and with his help, they exact their revenge.CONSEQUENCESAn intelligent man can guess the results of his actions, illegal or otherwise, before he even sets his plans in motion. E.W. Thornton pushes any thought of the consequences of his actions from his mind until it is too late to turn back. Straight ahead is his only option, and he is forced to follow the path he has embarked upon to its logical conclusion.

Best Served Cold

Justice Comes Late

This extensively researched account - primarily an intellectual biography - of America's renowned theologian and social philosopher is being published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. The book represents a welcome addition to the existing literature on Niebuhr, filling many gaps in earlier efforts and correcting some misunderstandings of the man and his thought. Although the book relates in some detail the thread of his life, it is not overly concerned with personal intimacies. Rather, it aspires to an understanding of Niebuhr's development and role as a theologian, social philosopher, and political journalist, while also giving attention to his less known contributions as cultural critic, ecumenical churchman, and seminary professor. A concluding chapter appraises his legacy and its significance for the American public and its religious communities in the years ahead. A series of previously unpublished photographs adds to the appeal of this important volume. Apart from its biographical focus, Niebuhr and His Age richly illuminates crucial decades of recent history, and is an excellent introduction to modern Christian thought and its expression in Niebuhr's Christian realism.

Niebuhr and His Age: Reinhold Niebuhr's Prophetic Role in the Twentieth Century

Religion & Spirituality

Trinity Pr Intl

Reinhold Niebuhr's "Christian realism" combined theological insights with moral and political reflection, helping to guide society through its struggles for peace and justice during the mid-twentieth century. Without illusion or despair, he illuminated the possibilities and the limits of human existence. His perspective remains relevant for the problems and issues of our own time.This extensively researched intellectual and personal biography profiles Niebuhr's development and his role as a leading theologian, social philosopher, and political journalist. Brown concludes with an appraisal of Niebhur's legacy—a legacy that continues to influence public discourse and religious life in the twenty-first century.

Niebuhr and His Age: Reinhold Niebuhr's Prophetic Role and Legacy

T&T Clark

Rose Holder was a pretty, intelligent, slightly introverted girl-until brain surgery at age fifteen left her with the mind of a five-year-old, left her vulnerable and defenseless.But with a loving mother Rosalynn and the devotion of Daniel Miller who lived next door, and under other circumstance would have been her husband one day, her life went on as usual.Until three high school boys out cruising picked her up off the street, took her out into the country and assaulted her. Their trial ends in a hung jury, and before her mother can talk the DA into a retrial, Rose is dead-supposedly by her own hand.Now, ten years later, Rosalynn has had time to think and to plan. And she wants her daughter's attackers to be dealt with.And she wants it done with extreme prejudice.

Justice by the Numbers

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