Vigilante Crime

Gizmo Jones has an obsession with technology, and he doesn’t care who knows it. The smarter, more connected, and shinier it is, the better. When Gizmo and Ozzy are sent to the backwoods of West Virginia, the worst Gizmo thinks he’ll face is a couple of rednecks trying to shoot down one of his fleet of drones. He doesn’t expect to run smack dab into a cult masquerading as a summer camp who are determined to separate shifter kids from their animal sides. Caleb Brooks had been one of those kids once.

In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco Bay Area unfolds through its most violent and depraved acts. From the city's earliest days, where vigilantes hung perps from buildings and newspaper publishers shot it out on Market Street, to the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and the Zodiac Killer, crime has made the people of San Francisco who they are. Murder and mayhem are intertwined with the city's art, music, and politics.

When amiable Italian immigrant Pigeon Tony discovers that local drug dealers are pressuring his young neighbor into joining their ranks, he resolves to put an end to the crime wave before it can take over the community. Pigeon Tony knows the law isn’t always on the right side, but it takes only one person to rally a revolution.

Detective Hannah Shor gets a case in the worst way possible - a friend calls her for help. Her 12-year-old daughter has been kidnapped, and Hannah joins forces with the FBI to bring her home safely. When the kidnappers post an image of their captive on Instagram, the situation spins out of control. Now, the whole world is watching. Rumors spread like wildfire, and online vigilantes add fuel to the raging flames. As Hannah digs deeper, she unravels dark secrets from the family's past.

Previously published as ShadowMan. There is something terribly wrong in Sanctuary City. When Maggie Bychowski starts her new job as a police officer in Sanctuary City, the small northern California town appears as bucolic as its name. But three young girls are beginning to find out that their beloved home town has a dark, writhing underbelly. When Shadowman, an online fantasy character, starts luring local girls into doing his deadly bidding, Maggie is the only one who can save the town from a powerful evil that threatens to destroy everyone and everything in its path.

A gang of vicious criminals make the world their hunting ground as they search for a cache of hundreds of millions in stolen currency. Their search brings them to a snowbound community in the dead of Maine’s vicious winter. They came one night to torture, rob, and kill. But they picked the wrong night…Levon's Night.

If you were going to die, who would you kill? A hard-nosed former US Marine/retired cop receives a terminal prognosis. But when a local priest is accused of molesting children, he hears the calling of another mission. He enlists a coterie of like-minded patients to seek his own brand of vigilante justice. Tommy Borata has cancer. He realizes he can kill without consequences, and he’s got a list. A pedophile priest, a corrupt cop, a fascist political candidate—where to start? The hardest battles, the ones he hadn’t counted on, are right in his own home: an alcoholic, unfaithful wife and bringing himself to accept his son’s sexuality. In book one of this trilogy, Tommy befriends Moses, a black ex-con. As both seek redemption for their past misdeeds, and with nothing to lose, they set their sights on Father Damien Tarat. Will his fight against evil and his own internal demons come too close to home?

As the Avenger of Blood systematically executes guilty rapists and the lawyers who finagled their freedom, a reporter has visions of this relentless vigilante in action. To her amazement, she soon finds herself in the slammer, accused of being the notorious serial killer. Deep in despair, she retains an attorney who specializes in the insanity plea.

One man's angel is another man's devil. One man's hero is another man's killer. It's a blurred line between hero and villain, between vigilante and criminal, between decent citizen and maniac - and this is where Jack finds himself. Jack is a man haunted by the failures of a justice system he feels is broken and the seemingly arbitrary punishments measured out to those who have offended the state.

Bodhi remains the simple, loving character we all adore. With his back turned on a precarious lifestyle, he stumbles into a deadly game, unearthing a ruthless entity that orchestrates the criminal underworld and makes previous rivals seem like puppets. This merciless power enforces street justice in the cruelest ways by abducting and torturing victims for days at a time, bending the very underbelly of the city to his will. To protect himself and those he loves, Bodhi will come face-to-face against this relentless evil while unleashing a powerful inner force he didn’t know existed.

When you hunt a vigilante, you may well become the hunted. Tommy Borata is a dying vigilante ex-cop who finds himself under investigation by a racist, corrupt detective. Detective Carson crosses a line and involves Tommy’s family. When the unthinkable happens, Tommy switches from prey to predator and partners with a one-eyed Korean martial arts expert and a black motorcycle gang to seek his revenge. Will justice or vigilante justice be served?

Will a dying vigilante choose peace, love, and happiness or one last mission? Will his advancing disease allow for either? Tommy Borata is on the run—quietly living out his last days in the Florida Keys. He keeps a low profile until love finds him just as a hateful, divisive presidential candidate threatens to tear the country apart. As love and his desire to leave the world a better place pull at Tommy’s heart, which will win?In this exciting conclusion to the Vigilante Angels trilogy, Tommy hides in the Florida Keys. He’s prepared to let his disease claim him and die in peace. That is until he finds love and a mysterious rejuvenation. Tommy follows the meteoric rise of a politician that stands for everything he despises. He sees one last chance to make the world a better place before dies. Tommy battles alcoholism, love, cancer, FBI investigators, and neo-Nazis to complete one last mission. In the race against time, which will prevail?

Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines in 2016. In his first 18 months in office, 12,000 people were murdered on the streets, gunned down by police officers and vigilante citizens - all with his encouragement. Duterte is a serial womanizer and a self-confessed killer, who has called both Barack Obama and Pope Francis "sons of whores." He is on record as saying he does not "give a shit" about human rights. Yet he is beloved of the 16.6 million Filipinos who voted for him, seen as vulgar but honest, a breath of fresh air, and an iconoclastic, anti-imperialist rebel.

Fellow orphans, amateur vigilantes, and members of the Santitos, Loup Garron-the fugitive daughter of a genetically engineered "wolf-man"-and Pilar Ecchevarria spent their entire lives under military occupation in a cordoned off Texas no-man's-land that used to be called Santa Olivia, now known as Outpost 12.But now they're free, and they want to help the rest of the Santitos escape.

Chief Inspector Sara Vallén knows the pristine autumn vistas of Lund belie a harsher reality. Just days ago, she had the devastating experience of testifying in court against the man who abused her. Still recovering from that ordeal, she is called to a garden community on the outskirts of town to investigate a brutal murder. A man’s body has been discovered in one of the potting sheds of Västra Sommarstaden. The victim was a social worker whom friends and colleagues describe as a wonderful, kind, and generous human being. But Vallén’s intuition tells her something’s wrong.

Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this audiobook, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we examine the lives of real vigilantes who often had their own agendas.

In front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden, a pop star is kidnapped by a new vigilante group called the Nomen. They leave behind a chilling manifesto leveled against the cult of celebrity, and the names of forty-nine other rising stars about to disappear forever. Bestselling author Fiona Hart is on the list.

When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only to find the recipient dead – brutally murdered in cold blood. To catch the killer, Mason must uncover the relic’s secrets. But he’s not the only one with an interest. The Guild of Night, a dangerous and vengeful cult, is determined to bring the Church to its knees – and the basin holds the power to do just that.

Three cases - two missing persons and one apparent suicide - are pushing PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison closer to the edge.

They could steal any car, anywhere, at any time. Too bad for them that they chose Levon’s Ride. Levon and his daughter, Merry, are on the run. When their SUV is stolen from a mall parking lot, it’s up to Levon to find it. The car means nothing to him. But the million dollars in cash and uncut diamonds that are hidden in it mean freedom for Levon and his little girl. As Levon sets out to recover his car and the valuables within it, he unintentionally discovers a widespread network of thieves and invites the wrath of a local gang.