Amy Dayne has not had a happy life. Abused by her brothers, dumped by her husband, and addicted to heroin, she's started to work her way back to a relatively normal life as a call girl with the aid of her best friend, Starr. But things change when she meets Dave and Andrea McLaughlin, a wealthy and successful couple that has plans for her. As members of the Society of Jack-O'-Lanterns, they have power and privilege. More importantly, they want Amy to join them. Amy soon finds her world a completely different place. But to her horror, she realizes that along with power and wealth come dangers...

THRILLS CHILLS ACTION SUSPENSE This is the world of Block, P.I. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the real world, which is where Block finds himself when a co-worker at a dental office next to his shabby storefront is murdered. Northville homicide detectives Dan Gold and Xander Nicholson investigate Jill's strange and seemingly accidental death. Along the way, Block introduces them to the world of the P.I. and the hidden side of Northville that none dare tackle other than our man Block and his faithful assistant Mindy.

Roughly a century into the future, mankind lives on Earth, the Moon, and Mars. But the existence of mankind is tenuous. The population has declined, and Earth has fallen under the dictatorial rule of Horus, an alien of unknown origins. Bill Gram leads the Outcasts, a clandestine group working for Reverend Omegastadt on the Moon. Gram is a very successful operative, having established a cover on Earth. But never have the stakes been this high. The daughters of the President of Mars have been kidnapped, and the Outcasts realize that if Earth and Mars go to war, the Moon will be caught in the...

A house encased in ice is the scene of a gruesome murder in Northville, bringing homicide detectives Dan Gold and Xander Nicholson into the realm of a group of women with many secrets. As the detectives work to unearth the killer of Fiona Morales, they discover other deaths to persons known to the women. Are these accidents or homicides? Is there a killer or killers working clandestinely inside the group? If so, unless Gold and Nicholson can find out, others are certain to die.

East West Michigan City is the hometown of Northville homicide detective Xander Nicholson. While his partner Dan Gold deals with the Chicken Man in Northville, Xander assists his old friend Suzie and Kyle, her current boyfriend. Obviously, East West Michigan City is not the ideal place for a wild animal safari park, but while investigating the odd crime that has landed Kyle in jail, Xander discovers one being built in the small town. Smelling trouble, Xander rallies his friends and family to assist him. And he has plenty of help: Dennis, his retired, septuagenarian father; Calico, his younger...

Bill Gram is the leader of the Outcasts, a band of six Moon residents that handle 'clandestine' jobs on Earth. With Mars and Earth on the brink of war due to the Outcasts' failure to stop the plans of Hours, the alien leader of Earth, Gram and his team somberly return home. But on the flight to the Moon, they are brutally violated by an attack of unknown physical and psychological origin. Their minds and bodies corrupted, they must fight the invader to save their lives, and possibly the lives of everyone on the Moon. If Gram is to survive and become a god, he must first succeed as a captain.

Horus wants war with the Moon and Mars, but it hasn't happened. To drive the war effort into mobilization, Horus takes action. Somehow, he has discovered Allison's secret lineage, and as a result she finds herself under imminent threat of assassination. As leader of the Outcasts and her friend, Bill Gram finds himself in the difficult position of defending her and respecting her rights. Nothing is easy now. Allison has lost any chance of a normal life, has lost her friends, and is in danger of losing her position with the team. In fact, whether she lives or dies, she is now a true outcast,...

A skull in a cemetery isn't unusual, unless it happens to belong to a corpse not interred there. This is the situation facing Detective Dan Gold on a late summer day. Meanwhile, his partner, Xander Nicholson, has his own problems. While helping a retiree, Xander discovers a series of odd break-ins, situations where items are moved but not stolen. Soon the two detectives realize that the cases have a common link, a young woman named Angela Blake. Gold enlists the psychological aid of an old friend, and while he finds a romance, he also finds in Angela a troubled young woman with a frightening...

When a nude and battered female body is found in a Northville park, homicide detective Dan Gold soon realizes he knows the victim as the daughter of his old college offensive lineman, Jim Ness. As Gold struggles with the dual role of friend and detective, he soon finds Alyssa Ness and everyone involved with her also seem to have dual roles in life. Dan is aided by his detective and friend Xander Nicholson, but despite their best efforts, the case is going nowhere. Frustrated, Dan tries to keep his friendship with Jim alive despite his failure to solve Alyssa's murder, and the discovery of...