Ex-U.S. Secret Service Agent, Legend of Hard-Boiled Noir, Crime & Political Thrillers

Novels

  • 13 Hillcrest Drive

    Hillcrest Drive

    In the streets of Beverly Hills, secrets are the most valuable currency. Meredith Fox, a once-prominent Hollywood publicity agent, has clawed her way back from the brink of obscurity. Now, she’s poised for a comeback, leveraging the dark secrets of her celebrity clients to put herself back on top. But when a routine money drop goes wrong, Meredith finds herself caught in a deadly web of betrayal.

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    Earth Angels

    Detective Sergeant Jose Stepanovich is a member of a new elite gang suppression unit in the Los Angeles Police department. The unit has the verbal go-ahead from the mayor on down to do whatever is needed to end the gang's rule of this city.

  • Money Men

    Charles Carr is a relentless, hardboiled Treasury Agent with a grim mission. A young agent gets violently gunned down during an undercover operation, and it's Carr's job to hunt down the counterfeiter who pulled the trigger.

  • One-Shot Deal

    Charlie Carr, Petievich's unforgettable T-man in the hardboiled, street-smart tradition of Hammett and Chandler, is scouring the underbelly of Los Angeles once again.

  • Paramour

    A suicide is discovered in a top-secret White House file room. Rumors of a dangerous threat to the president have spread, and Secret Service agent Jack Powers is assigned to keep the brewing crises from the press. But death is just the tip of the iceberg --espionage is suspected of a beautiful woman who just may be the President's mistress.

  • Shakedown

    When Eddie Sands decides to shake down a famous Hollywood star whose sex life could ruin his screen career, he sets off a chain of events that leads straight to the white-hot center of Las Vegas, and brings down on himself the attentions of Tony Parisi, the mob's kingpin of Las Vegas, and FBI agent John Novak.

  • The Quality of the Informant

    Paulie "the Printer" LaMonica once cut off a finger to get out of a bind. Now he's got Agent Carr of the Secret Service on his tail, chasing him to and Ensenada, Mexico. Carr and Kelly lost Paulie once-and it cost the life of one of their best informants. Now Paulie is setting up a $50,000 bogus travelers' check scheme that's sure to end in blood. Carr and Kelly are closing in-but Paulie is always one step ahead.

  • The Sentinel

    A White House Secret Service agent specializing in electronic surveillance has been blown away by a masked gunman. The Aryan Clan, a neo-Nazi group, has taken credit. Secret Service Special Agent Pete Garrison fears it's more than a warning shot delivered by extremists.

  • To Die in Beverly Hills

    Beverly Hills detective Travis Bailey knows that beneath the sun-baked sheen of luxury there is a world of predators on the prowl. He also knows how to take advantage-and his million-dollar scams fleecing the Beverly Hills rich are going just fine. Then a Treasury agent named Charles Carr steps onto his turf, and Bailey's cover is blown sky-high.

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    Rick Masters is a big time counterfeiter with big problems. For one thing, one of his dealers, Max ("the Money Man") Waxman, has just ripped him off. For another, his partner, Carmine Falcone, is in jail and threatening to cooperate with the government unless Masters gets him out fast.