Ten years ago Police Detective John Bekker had it all: a beautiful wife and daughter and a job he loved. Until his task force got too close to mob boss Eddie Crist. Bekker’s home was invaded and his five-year-old daughter witnessed the murder of her mother. Since then, his institutionalized child hasn’t spoken a word and Bekker is a drunk. Then he wakes up one morning handcuffed to a bed in supervised detox.. courtesy of Eddie Crist.

Sunset (Thorndike Press Large Print superior collection: A John Bekker mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Lamanda, Al

Mystery

Kennebec Large Print

"Published in 2011 in conjunction with Tekno Books and Ed Gorman"--T.p. verso.

Running Homeless (Sequel to Walking Homeless)

Thrillers & Suspense

Five Star

Sunset (A John Bekker Mystery)

Ten years after an undercover operation went bad, former police detective John Becker is forced into a detox program, coming face-to-face with the mob boss who he believes killed his wife and daughter.

Literature & Fiction

United States

John Bekker‚ the downtrodden hero of Sunset -- Egar® Award Finalist for Best Novel -- returns to face his greatest challenge yet … When Bekker's old friend and state prosecutor Carly Simms wakes up next to a murdered young man in a motel room after a night of drinking‚ she doesn't remember a thing‚ especially stabbing the young man in the heart. Although all the evidence points to her guilt‚ Simms hires Bekker to prove her innocence. Bekker soon finds himself ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The murder victim was raised in an orphanage in Utah‚ and Bekker makes the startling discovery that other young men from the same orphanage are being murdered around the country. To clear Carly Simms‚ Bekker must connect the dots and find whoever is responsible for the other killings. As he gathers evidence and closes in on a suspect‚ Bekker and his family become targets. The stakes are high‚ the race is on and there can be only one winner. Sunrise is a fast-paced whodunit that will leave you breathless.

Sunrise (A John Bekker Mystery)

John Bekker returns in First Light to face the toughest challenge of his career. Hired by a man dying of cancer to locate the baby girl he gave up for adoption forty years ago, Bekker discovers the baby wasn't adopted but sold to a New York couple named Gertz. They named the child Sarah, and Sarah Gertz disappeared without a trace twelve years ago in Washington DC. Bekker uncovers evidence linking Sarah Gertz to the powerful Senator Oliver Koch, who is the next candidate for Vice-President. Twelve years ago, Koch and Sarah had an affair that left her pregnant. Bekker is convinced Koch had her murdered, but unless he can prove it, a murderer will be in the White House.

First Light (A John Bekker Mystery)

John Bekker is called back to action when his close friend Sheriff Jane Morgan seeks his help with a perplexing mystery. Norman Felton, a resident of Midnight Island, drove his car to the mainland county high school and, in an out-of-control rage, beat an exchange student nearly to death with a baseball bat before being shot by sheriff's deputies. Felton's fourteen-year-old daughter Amanda is missing, and with each passing day the odds of finding her grow slimmer. Bekker works around the clock ferreting out details until slowly the puzzle comes together and he makes a shocking discovery that will take him to a dark and dangerous place.

This Side of Midnight (A John Bekker Mystery)

After the Invasion at Normandy Beach in June of 1944, Allied intelligence reports indicated a desperate push by the German Army to turn the tide of the war. Reports of a new chemical weapon developed by German scientists could be unleashed if not stopped. Special Forces 1st Sergeant John Ray and his squad of twelve are selected to perform a reconnaissance mission across the French countryside to seek out locations where the German Army may be hiding their new chemical weapon. As Ray and his squad advance closer to the German front they encounter an explosion in the distance and suddenly a looming black cloud appears on the horizon. Equipped with gas masks, Ray and the squad put them on and observe as the massive black cloud engulfs the countryside. Once the cloud has passed Ray discovers their field radio is no longer working and they are cutoff from command. And that's not all they discover. As Ray leads the squad deeper into the French countryside they soon see the results of the chemical black cloud. All who encounter the gas cloud unprotected are transformed into walking, blood thirsty, flesh-eating cannibals who will stop at nothing in their quest for human flesh. Ray and his squad find themselves entrenched in a new war, one against an ever growing Army of the dead. And World War Zero begins.

World War Zero

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Harbor Island is a sleepy little island town off the coast of Maine. When an old man dies, his eighty year old secret is revealed and the power of Satan is unleashed upon the island. Slowly, the power of the anti-Christ spreads throughout the island, possessing citizens and driving them to insane murders and suicides. Seemingly unstoppable, the power is determined to kill every resident on the island and spread to the mainland. The Harbor is classic horror that will frighten and leave the reader breathless as the story races to its startling climax.

The Harbor

Former US Marine, sometimes private investigator, oftentimes hit man for hire, Kellerman is as hard core as they come. Peppered into his life, Kellerman’s closest friend from the Corps and sometimes backup man is gay, his business associate is a Cuban mobster in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen and his girlfriend is a cop. When the three college boys who raped and left a young girl for dead are found innocent on a technicality, the girl’s father comes to Kellerman for justice. He gets it, Kellerman style. From first page to last, Kellerman’s seedy world in Hell’s Kitchen will leave you wanting more and Kellerman usually delivers with a dead body or two along the way. Checkmate is a hard core, action lover’s delight.

Checkmate (A Kellerman Mystery)

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? (A Lee Gavin Novel)

Humor & Satire

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