New Releases by T. Jefferson Parker

For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the third thrilling novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, now including an excerpt from his upcoming novel The Room of White Fire. Along the U.S./Mexico border, a man named Finnegan wakes up in the border-town of Buenavista after a hit and run-eerily aware of events he should know nothing about, $90,000 richer, and with Charlie Hood''s name and address in his wallet. Meanwhile when tracking the flow of illegal guns into Mexico, Hood''s team accidentally kills the son of Benjamin Armenta, head of the Gulf Cartel and one of the most violent men in the world. Now, Hood must work to grasp the enigmatic forces fighting for control of Buenavista- forces that circle back to Finnegan, and to Armenta''s unstoppable plan for brutal vengeance.

“Tasty tension . . . a psychologically sharp crime thriller” from the Edgar Award-winning, New York Times–bestselling author of Desperation Reef (Entertainment Weekly). Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for him—his job on the police force—and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard. That was a lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and despair seems to have come to an end. The man responsible for the murders—Stromsoe’s best friend from childhood and his wife’s old lover—is behind bars and Stromsoe has put the past behind him, rescued from the abyss by a former colleague who offers him a job at his private security firm. Stromsoe’s first assignment is to protect local television personality Frankie Hatfield from a stalker. But the further Stromsoe is drawn into this case, the more he finds that the net of intrigue is wide and ultimately leads back to the man who killed his family. As events conspire against him, Stromsoe learns that prison is no safeguard against revenge. T. Jefferson Parker has been hailed as belonging “in the first rank of American crime novelists” (The Washington Post Book World) and praised for “some of the finest writing you’ll ever read” (Chicago Sun-Times). Superbly crafted, emotionally complex, and filled with heart-stopping action, Storm Runners proves why the novels of T. Jefferson Parker are impossible to resist. “[A] taut well-oiled thriller.” —Los Angeles Times

Een agent onderzoekt in het Californië van de jaren ''60 van de 20e eeuw de moord op een ex-schoonheidskoningin, een kennis uit zijn jeugd.

Life in Newport Beach, California is more nightmare than paradise when ex-cop Jim Weir''s pregnant sister is brutally murdered. Life becomes unbearable when Weir is asked to investigate his former department. Political corruption and small town connections make this task even more onerous.

Investigating the latest crime scene of a celebrity thief who has been staging lucrative heists and donating the spoils to charity, rookie deputy Charlie Hood is forced to make an ethics-testing decision when the thief is targeted by a professional killer. Reprint.

Hitting rock bottom after losing his family and ability to work after an explosion that was intended to kill him, former police officer Matt Stromsoe takes a job as a bodyguard for a television personality whose private life has rendered her a stalker''s target.

When Garrett Asplundh''s body is found under a San Diego bridge, Robbie Brownlaw is called on to the case. After the tragic death of his child and the dissolution of his marriage, Garrett—regarded as an honest, straight-arrow officer—left the SDPD to become an ethics investigator, looking into the activities of his former colleagues. At first Asplundh''s death, which takes place on the eve of a reconciliation with his ex, looks like suicide, but the clues Brownlaw finds just don''t add up. Amid rampant corruption and tightening city purse strings, and with pressure mounting from the police and the city''s politicians, Brownlaw fights to find the truth, all the while trying to hold on to his own crumbling marriage. A carefully woven novel of suspense, The Fallen brings to life a superb cast of characters against the all-too-real backdrop of a city fighting for its survival.

Drôle de destin que celui de Joe : défiguré au vitriol à l''âge de neuf mois, il n''avait pu apaiser les blessures de son âme qu''aux côtés de Will Trona, père adoptif et mentor. Mais ce dernier vient d''être abattu par une bande de malfrats. Qui sont-ils ? Qui les envoie ? Brisé et vengeur, Joe, alias " Acid Baby ", se lance dans une enquête qui tourne au cauchemar. Rapt d''enfant, règlements de comptes, vidéos compromettantes : le secteur d''activités de son parent d''adoption révèle des zones d''ombre insoupçonnées. Plus de doutes, Will a laissé en héritage à Joe non seulement un passé trouble mais les plus virulents de ses ennemis...

In 1960''s California, the Becker brothers are forced to confront their past when they discover the body of an old friend in an old orange-packing plant.

Horridus horridus : c''est le nom savant du crotale, un des serpents les plus dangereux d''Amérique. C''est également le surnom que s''est choisi un psychopathe pédophile opérant depuis peu dans le comté d''Orange, en Californie. Il kidnappe ses petites victimes, les travestit et les relâche, sans les avoir touchées. Du moins pour l''instant... Hanté par la mort de son fils, Terry Naughton, chef de la Brigade des crimes contre mineurs, doit agir vite : se sentant talonné, l''insaisissable Horridus accélère le rythme de ses enlèvements. Et Terry sait, d''instinct, que la prochaine morsure de ce monstre tapi dans son repaire sera mortelle...

A beautiful young woman is dead in the bathroom of her home. Her husband - a promising young cop named Archie Wildcraft - is shot in the head but still alive. It looks like an attempted murder/suicide, but something tells Detective Merci Rayborn that there''s more to the story. When the suspect vanishes from his hospital bed, he draws Merci into a manhunt that leaves the entire department questioning her abilities and her judgment. Is Archie''s flight the act of a ruined mind, or a faithful heart? Is his account of the night his wife was murdered half-formed memory, or careful manipulation? Merci and Wildcraft head for a collision in a dizzying succession of cryptic clues, terrifying secrets, and painful truths.

Orange County sheriff''s detective Merci Rayborn''s investigation of a prostitute''s murder leads her to her lover, Officer Mike McNally.

The "ace suspense writer" ("Chicago Tribune") returns with an explosive new thriller that pits an unlikely team of detectives--who become an even more unlikely pair of lovers--against a ruthless serial killer.

Terry Naughton, head of Orange County''s Crimes Against Youth unit, is the champion of children. He''s come up against his share of heinous criminals in his years on the force - but nothing has prepared him for the Horridus. Abducting children from their beds, dressing them like little angels, and releasing them the next day, the only clue he leaves is a piece of snakeskin tucked into the folds of their gowns. So far he hasn''t physically harmed any of them, but as Naughton well knows, it''s only a matter of time. As he races to find the madman before his crimes escalate, Naughton learns that the Horridus may not be the only enemy. When shocking (and seemingly irrefutable) accusations put his career on the line, he is forced to confront his dark and violent past in his search for the truth.

Beneath the teeming and exotic surfaceon, Chuck Frye, renegade son of a powerful land baron, kidnaps his brother''s Vietnamese wife . . . and is plunged into a wealthy family''s web of tragic secrets. Non-stop action from the author of Laguna Heat.#St. Martin''s Press.