Sand, sun, waves, and unforgettable holiday journeys to heavenly bodies of water and exotic homes make up the dreams of summer, right? But not with these seven tales . . . far from it. Murder, blood, and death born from deception, hate, and lust are the norm for this gathering of beach yarns. Read them in the company of the light. They will force you to thank God that such scenes live only in the minds of authors . . . or do they?

This is the fourth book in the Manny Williams Series. Lansing Detective, Manny Williams, took the plunge. He accepted the FBI's offer to join the elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, much to the delight of the unit's supervisor, Josh Corner. Two months later, he was joined by his old partner, Sophie Lee, and Lansing's top CSI, Alex Downs. With his nemesis, serial killer Fredrick Argyle, six feet under and Manny's love life making a comeback, it seemed that life was finally back on the high road until his first assignment. A vicious killer is running amok in El Yunque, Puerto Rico's lush...

Small-town detective/workaholic, Manny Williams, is thrilled with the prospect of finally taking the long-awaited vacation he had promised his wife, Louise. The couple's exotic getaway begins in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, by attending the June wedding of a fellow Lansing police officer, followed with an incredible week-long Southern Caribbean cruise on the glamorous Ocean Duchess. Tropical paradise appears to be a perfect recipe for desperately needed R and R...until the first dead body. A bizarre, seemingly random murder in their posh San Juan Hotel, and the heinous cruise ship deaths of...

Detective Manny Williams and his partner, Sophie Lee, are called to the scene of a disturbing and gruesome murder at Lansing's local adult playhouse, the White Kitty. The circumstances surrounding the ex-con's murder rocket deeper into the bizarre as the forensic evidence reveals more questions than answers. As he begins his investigation, Manny is interrupted by a phone call that shakes his world. His nemesis, serial killer Dr. Fredrick Argyle, has killed again, and sent the evidence to prove it. Argyle's heinous actions force Manny and Sophie back to the Caribbean. All the while, the body...

Manny Williams and his friends in the BAU are rocked. They return home from ordeals in North Carolina to find that Doctor Fredrick Argyle's body is missing from the Michigan cemetery where he was buried almost a year before. If the missing body isn't peculiar enough, Manny's wife, Chloe, receives an Argyle-like text from Las Vegas threatening the future of Manny's unborn child. Those circumstances send Manny and his team on a wild ride to Sin City-where the lights are bright and the murder bizarre-directly into the clutches of a killer who wants nothing more than to see Manny dead.

Vacation is a magical word to all of us, even for workaholic FBI Special Agent Manny Williams. It was finally time to take a break from the BAU and profiling psychotic killers, and Manny was ready. His five-month-old son, Ian, was in good hands with his daughter and mother-in-law so why not? Manny and wife Chloe were going to get away for a few days, far away, and enjoy the honeymoon that had never been theirs. Nothing fit that prospect like Cozumel, Mexico and one of its exclusive resorts. Hot sun, warm sand, teal waters, margaritas, and his wife in a bikini were just what the doctor, and...

Gabe Stark loved his life in the small town of North Haven in Northern Michigan. But a terrible accident changed that, and him, forever. Critically injured, he finally awakens from his coma twelve days later having gained something totally unexpected: a special gift that wasn't entirely welcomed. Throw in a mysterious man dressed in a white suit and wielding a golden sword, and Gabe had more questions than answers. Go with Gabe as his gift takes him to places only seen in movies and dreams, ultimately to combat an evil that is bent on sending his earth into dark oblivion.