He hoped that his involvement in crime fighting was over.
But life seems to have other ideas.

Kurtz has settled back into work as a general surgeon, teaching students and residents and planning his wedding to graphic artist Lenore Brinkman, but things are not so placid as they seem in Staunton College of Medicine.

The Chairman of Cardiac Surgery is about to retire. The Chairman of Anesthesiology is making himself so obnoxious that his department is in open revolt and the Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology is being stalked by a lunatic.

Lew Barent and Harry Moran are murder cops. Petty harassment is not their usual crime, but as petty harassment escalates into vandalism and then assault, the College of Medicine finds itself under siege, and Kurtz, Barent and Moran are once again thrown into the center of the mayhem. Free on Kindle.

Young lawyer Holly Park is hired to defend teenager Naomi Linser–charged with murder in the stabbing death of the local Councilman. The crime takes place in a gritty Koreatown ‘room salon’ with Naomi holding the murder weapon. No one will guess the plot twists in K-Town Confidential. Free on Kindle.

A dreadful pile up on the freeway. But more bodies than expected. What a way to conceal a murder! Detective Tanya Miller must piece together the puzzle and find the killer. Free on Kindle.

Frustrated that he can’t get his book published, a young writer crafts a twisted plan to generate some buzz.

A new satirical crime thriller from the mind of Chester Gattle. Free on Kindle.

For author and historian Elle Cunningham Mackay, six weeks on Cape Fear’s Roan Island is a desperately needed second chance. When her host and former flame Stuart MacUspaig invites her to his historic Aldermire estate, she jumps at the opportunity to research first-hand the disappearing Scottish clans who settled North Carolina.

She soon realizes that Stuart has something more in mind and his offer comes with complicated strings. After too many questionable choices—not to mention a failed marriage, a pink slip and a criminal record—Elle knows she is running out of options.

When Stuart is found brutally murdered, Elle fears that her past mistakes may finally be catching up with her. Relying only on her keen mind and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Elle races to find his killer. As the body count grows, her only hope is to mend her ways and make a new start, or she risks becoming collateral damage in the extinction of Clan MacUspaig. $3.99 on Kindle.

When her estranged husband is murdered, Stacie Maroni Noth is quickly identified as the main suspect by police and her prominent in-laws. In her quest to prove her innocence, Stacie discovers she’s not the only one with a motive for murder. What lurks behind the facade of the idyllic life of the rich and privileged? $0.99 on Kindle.

Levon Cade is back in Alabama, home from the wars for good, or so he thought…but he’s soon called back to battle when his young cousin goes missing. A victim of possible abduction.

Levon quickly uncovers an epidemic of vanishings of young boys across the county and a conspiracy of silence to protect the man responsible.

For years he fought in all four corners of the world for his country. Now it’s time for Levon to go to combat again, closer to home in what will be a war without mercy. $0.99 on Kindle.

Rookie detective DC Ruby Knight lands a difficult case on her first day when a man is viciously assaulted in an acid attack. Frustrated with her aged and dishevelled partner, she tries to hunt down the culprit. But the risk is that she’ll dive headlong into danger herself. Free on Kindle.