While doing a stint for bank fraud the unlucky Joe Riggins meets kindly Chung Zhang whom he learns murdered nine women in a bizarre trafficking scheme for old money back in China. In prison the elderly man is his mentor, but Zhang befriended Joe for a reason, he realizes after women start dying again upon Joe's release. As he begins to suspect the plan for his downfall is bigger than anyone can imagine, involving perhaps his own government, unexpected help comes in the form of cool, inhibited and very British restaurant owner Hester Haley and the unlikeliest ally of all, a cop who believes...

In 1870 Abilene is a destination for cowboys, cattlemen, prostitutes and a family of doctors attempting to practice an unorthodox type of medicine learned in Europe, a technique that involves manipulation of the spine to effect cures and ease minor ailments. Acceptance for their ways has been hard to find, and it's made more difficult by the fact that the Corbett family is Irish. The Corbetts have known their fair share of prejudice and do not share the same attitude toward Indians as those they meet in Abilene. Young Maura Corbett is fascinated by the angry, wounded Tasunka Sapa, (Black...

Cosmetics heiress Terra Donlevy has opted to shun the trappings of wealth and live in the country with only a modest security system and a few dogs to keep her safe. Junius Redwine is newly released from prison and though the rapist-murderer claims to have been born again, he becomes increasingly insistent that Terra place a value on the life his son saved the summer before when Leon prevented Terra's murder at the hands of deadly Joshua Bern, also known as Brother Lowdown. For protection Terra relies heavily on Simon Brith, the troubled homicide detective who has made a habit of rescuing...

A collection of tales by the author of Brother Lowdown, Borderland, The Moons of Summer, The Neighborhood and Green Lake. Join in for the mysterious happening in The Vision and stick around until the final gasp of The Last Secret.

Sara Broulliet, reclusive owner of an abandoned amusement park is shocked to learn a Japanese film crew shooting a horror movie on the premises has disappeared. She sends her musician brother, Moe Sexton, to check things out and all he comes back with is a plastic cup. When they return for a more extensive search the next morning, Sara loses her new and long time in coming love interest inside the park minutes after their arrival. Something is not right on the grounds, in the spook house, or with the sounds that come from the darkened park at night. The FBI enters the picture and the horror...

Three people with deranged pasts are brought together when a drifter called Brother Lowdown comes to town. Simon Brith is a homicide detective known for his intense reactions when in the proximity of any female other than a hooker. Terra Donlevy is a cosmetics heiress, who eschews anything feminine and harbors a violent abhorrence of most men, particularly those who come to her property to poach animals and fish. Simon and Terra meet under unusual circumstances that keep bringing them unhappily together, until a fateful meeting with the indigent Brother Lowdown exposes his desperate need for...