A tough Chicago cop, Commander Larry Cole thinks he is prepared for anything, until a drug bust goes sour, he learns of a series of mysterious disappearances, and he falls for Edna, his new back-up. A first novel. Tour.

Presumed Dead

Literature & Fiction

Holton, Hugh

United States

Forge

Breaking through Margo and Neil DeWitt's portrayal of an affluent, loving couple, Chicago police commander Larry Cole exposes their sexually deviant behavior as rapists and child molesters, only to have the DeWitts target Cole's own young son

Windy City

In Chicago Blues Police Commander Larry Cole returns in his most dangerous case to date. The investigation of the murders of two hitmen employed by a Chicago crime boss leads Cole to an old colleague, FBI Special Agent Reggie Stanton. Cole had known Stanton fifteen years before when the FBI man was a Chicago cop accused of vigilante knife-murders on Chicago's South Side. Now the murders of the two assassins bear the same M.O. as those long-ago cases.

Chicago Blues

Violent Crimes (A Larry Cole Mystery)

Commander Larry Cole, a twenty-six-year veteran of the Chicago police force, comes up against the most vicious criminal he has ever faced, multi-millionaire Steven Zalkin, who turns out to be linked to the first case on which Cole ever worked

Red Lightning (A Larry Cole Mystery)

Veteran Chicago police commander Larry Cole finds himself in pursuit of an eccentric, violent renegade scientist

Olympic basketball game-fixing, a fanatical assassin, and a secret right-wing cabal all play a role in the latest case for Chicago Police Chief of detectives Larry Cole, who is also trying to keep tabs on his teenage son. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

The Left Hand of God (A Larry Cole Mystery)

Meet the black men and women policing our meanest streets . . . LaVerne Dunlap - She infiltrates drug gangs and testifies against them in court . . . only to have the drug lords come gunning for her. Dep. County Sheriff Winroe Reed - He goes into America's "Homicide Capital" alone to apprehend a 6'9" homicidal crack dealer . . . a man so dangerous no other cops would accompany him. Robbie Robinson - A movie actor/martial arts star/probation officer, he takes down LA's toughest gangs. These are just a few of the courageous black heroes in Hugh Holton's The Thin Black Line.

The Thin Black Line: True Stories by Black Law Enforcement Officers Policing America's Meanest Streets

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Forge Books

Hugh Holton, the highest-ranking active police officer writing books today, is well-known for powerful, passion-charged novels. Reviewers compare his books to hurricanes and firestorms, descriptions that are especially apt in the case of Time of the Assassins. The most controversial story in today's inner cities is the CIA's apparent funding of counterinsurgent druglords in Latin America, who, instead of fighting revolutionaries, have used that funding to wholesale crack cocaine in this country's ghettos. In this exciting new novel, Commander Larry Cole battles these Agency-funded druglords. Their "personal representative" is Baron von Rianocek, a hitman. A well-paid professional, known as a world-class "problem solver," he has successfully eliminated both high-profile British industrialists and South American dictators. The CIA, the FBI, and Interpol, all suspect him of being behind various incidents, but they have never been able to pin anything on the slippery millionaire, who claims to be descended from European royalty. Police detective Larry Cole has unwittingly crossed paths several times with the notorious assassin. Appearing at the wrong place at the wrong time, he had twice foiled the assassin's work. Now the well-heeled assassin has a new target. He has set his telescopic sights on the CPD chief of detectives-Cole himself.

Time of the Assassins (Larry Cole)

Contemporary

Police detective Commander Larry Cole matches wits with Julianna Saint, a legendary international thief who has been hired by Chicago mob boss Jake Romano to pull off a nearly impossible heist at the North Michigan Avenue Bank.

The Devil's Shadow

Asked by his doctor to investigate the disappearance of her sister, barmaid Sophie Novak, Police Commander Larry Cole finds himself taking on an ambitious politician, City Councilman Skip Murphy, and Sergeant Joe Donegan, a corrupt Chicago cop, who will do anything to stall the investigation and promote Murphy's political aspirations. 15,000 first printing.

Criminal Element (A Larry Cole Mystery)

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