Detective Jake Stalb and his partner, Detective Cheryl McCoy, respond to a report of a drive-by shooting. Arriving on the scene, they discover they have two victims. A young boy appears to be the intended target and an older woman may be only an innocent victim of the crime. Neither victim can be identified. But there may yet a third victim; the woman was seen with a six year old girl before the shooting, but now the girl is missing. After returning to the police station, Jake gets a shock when he realizes the boy reminds him of a bully and a killer from his past. Jake now has to track down...

The second novel in the Detective Jake series. A serial killer prows the campus of Casey Armstrong Preparatory Academy. There seems to be no leads pointing to the killer or the motive for the murders. The only thing Detective Jake Stalb can be sure about is that the unknown suspect is copying a killer from many decades ago and across the ocean in England. Because the person committing these homicides is being very careful and leaving no fingerprints or DNA, Jake thinks his current case will end up with the same solution as that other case; a case he's studied and considers the world's...

It should not take anything more than hearing what people say or watching what they do to figure out that there are some people who are not walking in the ways of the Word of God. Some of those people are members of other religions or do not follow any religion at all; others claim that they are Christians. It is the latter group of people who are being confused by what other people are telling them. The ways of the world are invading the lives of Christians and, unfortunately, the organized church. While these Christians complain about slowly losing their religious freedom, they do not even...

Detective Jake Stalb must face the facts that all of the evidence at the crime scene shows that the death was caused by the victim committing suicide, yet his gut is telling him there is more to the story. Does he hand off the case because it may not be a homicide? What if his theory about the cause of death is so far-fetched all of the other other detectives and his superiors will think he's crazy? Perhaps not all homicides are as easily explained as most people would like them to be. Or perhaps the real answer is being pushed aside because of Jake's own battle with a secret he's been...

The fourth book in the Detective Jake series. The newly formed Special Crimes Task Force is handed a case no one else seems to be interested in because most of the other police and detectives figure it's nothing but harmless college pranks. What the team finds is a group of hippies being persecuted for their beliefs in a pacifist lifestyle. The harassment and violence is building and Lieutenant Jake Stalb wants his team to solve the crimes before someone gets killed. The case is wrapped up and Jake hurries off to the hospital where his wife, Clarissa, is in labor. However, instead of being...

Places of worship are being targeted. At each location, two religious items are taken and a note left in their place. Those notes and the vague descriptions of the thief are the only clues Lieutenant Jake Stalb and the Special Crimes Task Force have to conduct their investigation until the suspect leaves a riddle hinting at his true identity. The case becomes more complicated when a teenager copies the suspect's sketches, citizens file false reports, and the task force recovers the criminal's DNA and fingerprints from a crime scene. There's just one problem with the forensic evidence. Both of...

A paramedic sets off into the wilderness to find a buried treasure and determine where she wants to go in life. A wounded veteran journeys into the same wilderness in an attempt to figure out if he has the physical abilities needed to work in search and rescue operations. Together they discover a treasure much more valuable than gold.