Download or read book A Badge a Gun an Attitude written by Dean Scoville and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his 25 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Dean Scoville advanced from nervous recruit to silver-tongued spokesperson to seasoned patrol sergeant. His candid memoir chronicles the personal experiences of police work--the tedium of guarding jail inmates, the consternation of shoot/don't-shoot scenarios, the trauma of being wounded in the line of duty--and offers an insider's view of iconic moments in law enforcement, including the capture of "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez and the 1992 L.A. Riots. Along the way he examines a profession increasingly beleaguered by inimical agendas, administrative cowardice and fiscal restraints.

Download or read book SECONDHAND DAD written by Kayla Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAMILIES ARE FOREVER MOTHER AND CHILD… Noah Garrett had given Caroline Tate back her child. And after years of searching all she wanted was to take Ethan home. But the rugged cop was on the trail of a murderer—and her son was the only witness. So how could Caroline deny the sexy sheriff anything? AND FATHER? From the minute he began keeping guard on the pretty single mom and her son, Noah's investigation became personal. The brooding loner suddenly felt like a family man again. Now Noah would do anything to protect the woman and child he longed to call his own. Happily ever after—with kids!

Download or read book The Professor with Many Faces written by George S. Haines and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PROFESSOR WITH MANY FACES Two decaying corpses are found buried on campus. A bizarre chemistry professor, a developing international conspiracy, and suspected sabotage of a war production factory confront Sam and Howie when they enroll as freshmen at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. The year is 1944 and the United States is at war with the Axis powers. When Sam and Howie discover written communications during their chemistry classes that appear to be coded messages they attempt to decipher the baffling combinations of letters. Ominous and life-threatening events then develop that include Nazi agents, escaped German P.O.W. s, and Spade Digger, the rather odd owner of a nearby mortuary. The county sheriff, his inept deputy, the F.B.I. and the U.S. Office of Strategic Services are all involved in the attempt to solve this complicated and threatening intrigue. Will Sam's romantic interest in Ginny, his long time heartthrob, survive the tensions of war? And will Howie's new-found love continue to blossom? Will Sam and Howie be able to survive the academic challenges at Taylor and at the same time overcome the hair-raising gauntlet of circumstances facing them as they attempt to expose The Professor with Many Faces? You will have to read every chapter to find out.

Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1949-08-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Download or read book Coyote and Magpie written by Duane Shillinger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyote and Magpie reexamines the murder charge and, often under difficult conditions, collects information that will be used during a new trial. Involved in the quest for new information and eventual justice are Deputy Sheriff Lenny Craig and citizen Delmar Mentis, who take the reader along with them as they investigate every aspect of the crime that they believe was committed by Irana Dubliski. As evidence is collected, Deputy Craig and Delmar Mentis convince Sheriff Chester Overman and Judge Wolfe that the ultimate sentence be given to Irana Dubliski. Debts due from certain legislators enable the law enforcement group to carry out an unusual punishment at the old, vacated prison. Strange legal and quasi legal machinations are not uncommon in Wyoming, and although this is a purely fictional possibility, that very possibility of using the old prison during an actual case was discussed in 1992. What will Deputy Craig and Delmar Mentis achieve in their investigation and court room drama? What event awaits the defendant Irana Dubliski at the old prison? We shall see as Coyote and Magpie is read.

Download or read book One Foot in Eden written by Ron Rash and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-01-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Alexander, sheriff of a small town in southern Appalachia, is baffled by a murder case with no body and no suspect, and sets out to find the truth about what really happened to a local thug.

Download or read book Instant Karma written by Donald Frum and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Don Tomlin is the head of the homicide division of the Yonkers Police Department.He is called upon to investigate what at first appears to be the suicide of a Yonkers police sergeant, who is also the head of the City Drug Task Force. It quickly becomes apparent that the sergeant’s death is in fact a homicide.. The investigation of his death leads to the uncovering of the sergeant’s corrupt dealings with local drug gangs, as well as his involvement with a paramilitary militia in the Catskill Mountains whom he uses in a scheme to distribute methamphetamine in the City of Yonkers. The sergeant’s death leads to the unravelling of the plan and to a string of murders in both Yonkers and upstate Haines Falls. The upstate murders are investigated by Lieutenant Tomlin along with the help of the striking female Sheriff of Haines Falls, Joe Fioretti. The demise of the drug scheme leads the methamphetamine cookers and militia commander, an ex army sniper, to a race to eliminate each other and anyone who could tie them to the scheme. The resulting murders lead to an epic manhunt in the Catskill woods and the sniper’s haunted hideout.. Shocking events lead to the unforeseen ending and leave the reader to answer the question: Is there really ever Justice, or merely Karma?

Download or read book Her Special Forces written by Sophia Roslyn and published by Entangled: Ignite. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired Marine Viper helo pilot and ground cover expert, Kacey O'Donnell is called out of retirement for a special assignment: to assist in extracting the kidnapped daughter of a U.S. Senator, after an FBI team is betrayed and taken out. Former SEAL hero Nathan Weatherly looks forward to his new job as Deputy Sheriff in the small, quiet Normal Rockwell town where Kacey grew up. The former lovers have a history she has no desire to revisit, and a dark secret she refuses to share. With a young girl's life at stake, Kacey helps pull Nathan's team together for one last assignment. But, she finds it next to impossible to work with Nathan again—especially when she know he wants so much more, and she has so much to hide.

Download or read book Stalker in the Shadows written by Carla Cassidy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s ready to start a new life… If only her past will let her. Single mom Ainsley Meadows and her daughter have finally found the perfect hideout from her abusive ex-husband. Armed with a new identity, she opens her heart to Deputy Hunter Churchill, but Hunter never anticipates the reign of terror that follows her. He’s eager to get to know the real Ainsley, but first he’ll have to keep her alive. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.

Download or read book The Stronghold written by Dennis Ellingson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saddle up and ride on! The adventure continues with JL and Maddie, set in the times of the Old West in the Oregon Trail town of the Dalles. Their lives and adventures take them to many far-flung places and some unexpected predicaments. Life now is a series of physical, emotional, and spiritual adventures that they never could have imagined—but God knows best. In this story, JL finds himself in a place called the Stronghold, an unexpected place of trial, victory, and joy. As with the other books, this story happens in real places you can visit today. Get ready for the fourth installment coming soon, which is Fort Rock.

Download or read book To Defy the Monster written by Albert Arthur Allison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July 8, 1932, 11 PM. East Austin, an African-American district in Jim Crow Texas. Sixty-year-old Charles Johnson is driving home from Bible study when a car full of young white men swerves in front of him. A brief altercation ensues. Convinced that his life is threatened, Johnson fires his pistol and drives away. Johnson's shot kills the unarmed, eighteen-year-old son of Albert Allison, a prominent cotton landlord, influential in politics and an advocate for racial justice. To Defy the Monster shows how the confluence of unique cultural and historical events determines Johnson fate and why Allison orders his family never to speak of the matter. "A family's compelling racial truth has been unearthed for future generations with Al Allison eloquently redefining justice and healing"-Joyce F. King, author of Hate Crime-The story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas

Download or read book Collins Cobuild Advanced Dictionary of English written by Harper Collins Publishers and published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 1676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary of American English is designed to help learners write and speak accurate and up-to-date English. • Ideal for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English • Based on the Collins 4.5-billion-word database, the Collins Corpus • Up-to-date coverage of today’s English, with all words and phrases explained in full sentences • Authentic examples from the Collins Corpus show how English is really used • Extensive help with grammar, including plural forms and verb infl ections • Fully illustrated Word Web and Picture Dictionary boxes provide additional information on vocabulary and key concepts • Vocabulary-building features encourage students to improve their accuracy and fl uency: †- Word Partnership notes highlight important collocations †- Thesaurus entries offer synonyms and antonyms for common words †- Usage notes explain different meanings and uses of the word • Supplements on Grammar, Writing, Speaking, Words That Frequently Appear on TOEFL® and TOEIC®, Text Messaging and Emoticons

Download or read book The Edge of Justice written by Clinton McKinzie and published by Dell. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining high-altitude climbing action with sizzling courtroom drama and raw tension, The Edge of Justice is a thriller like no other. Set amid the towering beauty of Wyoming’s mountains and the gritty underbelly of crime, here is a gut-wrenching debut novel that features one of recent fiction’s most original and complex heroes: Special Agent Antonio Burns--climber, cop, brother, son, risk-taker. A climber by nature, a cop by trade, Antonio has come to Laramie to investigate a young woman’s deadly plunge. But as he digs deeper into the case, Antonio is certain he has found a murder…and a stunning connection to the trial of two men about to be executed for a crime they did not commit. With a beautiful reporter sharing his investigation, he must make a harrowing ascent: up a forbidding mountainside--to bring a killer down from the deadliest kind of high.

Download or read book Monumental written by Chesley Austin and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Sinister Sudoku written by Kaye Morgan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liza Kelly, Sudoku Maven with the Oregon Daily, is conducting a sudoku class in the most unlikely of locales: the minimum security wing of the Oregon Coastal Penitentiary. The students are eager for the distraction—they have too much time on their hands. And some of them are surprisingly good at their lessons. Though she’s sad when her best student has to quit the class, Liza is thrilled because he’s about to be released from prison. But he doesn’t enjoy his freedom for long. His dead body turns up in Liza’s rented room during a snowbound weekend with her beau. With the police and an insurance investigator hounding her for information, and a rising threat that she or someone she loves could be the next victim, Liza believes her only solution to this murder is sudoku—and the secrets her clever student encoded into the seventeen-clue puzzle he created just before he died.

Download or read book Strengthen What Remains written by Kyle Pratt and published by Camden Cascade Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: