Author: blairhoward
She appeared out of nowhere. A chance meeting. And then she was gone, abducted.The shadow crossed in front of the car so fast I didn’t have time to stop. I hit the brakes hard and swerved into the mud at the side of the road.Looking out through the deluge it was difficult to make out the figure coming towards the driver’s window, but as it came closer I could see it was a girl, just a kid.… just a kid.Instinctively, my hand went for my gun and rested on the grip as she approached. Her hair, dark, bobbed, was plastered…
Twenty-three years ago, someone stabbed Cassandra Smart to death… but who? Police lieutenant Kate Gazzara’s career is on the line as she races to solve a baffling cold case in this taut crime thriller.
The gripping series continues as homicide detective Kate Gazzara faces the most personal—and deadly—case of her lifetime.On a cold morning in October, 1987, Ohio State Patrol Officer Dan Walker finds an odd box on a quiet, county road. Twenty-five years later, in 2012, and more than 600 miles away, a young woman vanishes without a trace and another is found dead from what appears to be an … appears to be an overdose.In 2015, street-smart Lieutenant Kate Gazzara is suddenly transferred to the Cold Case Squad and assigned her first case. But as she painstakingly goes over the file she…
An elite Iranian military unit. A missing tactical nuclear weapon. An aging Vietnam vet with a taste for violence.It began when an FBI informant was brutally gunned down outside a soccer stadium.A tactical nuclear weapon has gone missing somewhere in the Middle East and is thought to have been smuggled into the United States by a small group of Iranian terrorists intent on chaos and destruction. … Iranian terrorists intent on chaos and destruction. The target? Unknown, but the FBI’s local director is convinced that it’s the Sequoya nuclear plant, and that the clock is ticking. Convinced that the threat…
It was late Friday evening when they discovered the body. The girl had been in the concrete pipe for more than a week. The daytime temperatures were hitting 120 degrees. Who was she? Who put her there? Who… killed her? It’s Kate Gazzara’s first case, a mind-bending riddle, and as if that wasn’t enough, she has a new partner to cope with. Check out this gripping, fast-paced thriller. The first in … in the new Harry Starke spin-off series featuring street-smart Lieutenant Kate Gazzara and a cast of fascinating characters, including the man himself, Harry Starke, and several other old friends. more
Book DescriptionHarry Starke loves a cold case, but this one is really cold””more than a hundred years cold. Family Matters is a whimsical tale, a flight of fancy. It takes place on the lonely coast of Maine, where Amanda, a true believer in the paranormal, has inherited””you guessed it””a haunted house. Or at least that’s what the rumors say.It all begins when Amanda inherits the house, … all begins when Amanda inherits the house, substantial assets, and a large sum of money from her grandmother. The windfall comes with a request to look into the disappearance of Elizabeth, Amanda’s great-great-grandmother,…
Book DescriptionEmily Johnston is GONE. She’s been GONE for more than a week. She’s also the daughter of Harry Starke’s one-time boss and nemesis, Chattanooga Police Chief Wesley Johnston. Harry and Chief Johnston haven’t seen eye-to-eye in a long time, but when Johnston needs help, he knows there’s only one man he can turn to. But Johnston’s jurisdiction ends at the city limits and when Emily’s … city limits and when Emily’s body is discovered in a remote part of the county, Harry has to deal with the imperious sheriff, Israel Hands and two incompetent county detectives. So begins an…
An engrossing crime fiction box set! Hidden corpses and suspicious suicides embroil private investigator Harry Starke in a complex world of deception and dark motives in these three mysteries.
Who Killed Tom Sattler? Who Stole $350 Million from New Vision Strategic Investments?It’s up to Harry Starke to Figure it outThe call came on a Tuesday evening in the middle of August at around nine-thirty. It was from an old school friend that Harry Starke hadn’t heard from in almost five years, and he hadn’t thought about him in almost as long. Tom Sattler wanted to meet with Harry urgently, … Sattler wanted to meet with Harry urgently, and it wouldn’t wait until morning. When Harry arrived at Sattler’s luxury home less than an hour later, he found him dead,…
Harry StarkeWhy Did Tabitha Willard Throw Herself off the Walnut Street Bridge? It’s almost midnight, bitterly cold, snowing, when a beautiful young girl, Tabitha Willard, throws herself off the Walnut Street Bridge into the icy waters of the Tennessee. Harry Starke is there, on the bridge. Wrong time, wrong place? Maybe. He tries, but is unable to stop her. Thus begins a series of events and an … her. Thus begins a series of events and an investigation that involves a local United States congressman, a senior lady senator from Boston, a local crime boss, several very nasty individuals, sex,…