Alan Sklar

Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn't suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retired Seattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in what's officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased victim himself. In the process Beau learns that just...

An e-original novella from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, featuring a sneak peek of the next J. P. Beaumont novel, Proof of Life. Since the disbanding of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, J. P. Beaumont's biggest concern is pondering whether he and his wife Mel should finally get a dog. But one voicemail from his old friend Ralph Ames is about to change that. Through Ralph, Beau has become involved in an organization called...

SHE WAS EVERY MAN'S DREAM — AND ONE MAN'S NIGHTMARE! Johnny Hayden and Doug Rance had a scheme to take real estate entrepreneur Wallace Gunderman for all he was worth. But they needed a girl on the inside to make it work. Enter Evelyn Stone: Gunderman's secretary, his lover — and his worst enemy. Gunderman had promised to marry her, but never came through. Now she's ready to make him pay... Johnny Hayden has spent a lifetime working the long...

Your name's Joe Marlin, but you change it almost as often as you change your shirt. It's David Gavilan when you skip a hotel bill and head for Atlantic City. You left empty-handed, and you need luggage to check into a decent hotel, so you grab two checked bags before the owner turns up to claim them. They're monogrammed L.K.B.-so now your name is Leonard K. Blake. But you're not the only L.K.B. in Atlantic City. L. Keith Brassard is the owner of...

AT CARDS AND WITH WOMEN, BILL MAYNARD KNEW HOW TO CHEAT... On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action — but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill's latest mark. Together they hatch an ingenious scheme to get rid of her husband. But in life as in poker, the other player sometimes has an ace up his sleeve...

Bad cop Jerry Broadfield didn't make any friends on the force when he volunteered to squeal to an ambitious D.A. about police corruption. Now he's accused of murdering a call girl. Matthew Scudder doesn't think Broadfield's a killer, but the cops aren't about to help the unlicensed P.I. prove it -- and they may do a lot worse than just get in his way.

In 2008, the mainstream media crossed a line. It's not the same old liberal bias we've seen for years; the media deified Obama, making conservatives blasphemers and liberals gullible fools. What did it mean, and what will the consequences be?

The aim of the Discourse is to examine the foundations of inequality among men, and to determine whether this inequality is authorised by natural law. Rousseau attempts to demonstrate that modern moral inequality, which is created by an agreement between men, is unnatural and unrelated to the true nature of man.

In Wink, author Ed Hotaling skilfully reports and chronicles Winkfield's battles against racism in the New World, his courage and daring in escaping that most implacable of foes, and his success and rise to glory as a rider and then a trainer in the Old World.

Dave Henderson, a seasoned outdoorsman, presents twenty-one great stories about dogs that he's collected over the years. These fictional portraits movingly represent the unique bond between canine and man. Some are new, while others have been previously published to acclaim from all areas of dogdom. Now you can get to know the new dogs in your life while becoming better acquainted with the old, taking the time, care, and relish that these dogs deserve....