A tough-as-nails detective was brought from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up the Priority Murder Squad, a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases.

"THE RULES 1. Listen carefully 2. Do your research 3. Trust no one 4. Run for your life Harriet Reed, a novelist on the brink of literary stardom, is newly engaged to Edward Holbeck, the heir of an extremely powerful family. And even though Edward has long tried to sever ties with them, news of the couple’s marital bliss has the Holbecks inching back into their lives. As Harriet is drawn into their lavish world, the family seems perfectly welcoming....

This book details "how the police create an imaginary criminal gang to trick homicide suspects into a confession and a prison cell. There are people in prison who got away with murder until they told the boss of a powerful criminal gang all about it. When the handcuffs were snapped on, the killers learned they'd been duped -- that 'Mr. Big' was actually an undercover police officer. These killers ended up with lots of time to think about how tricky...

"Heading home after a conference, the senior leadership of a global corporation relax on their private jet ahead of their Christmas break. But their peace is shattered when they realise their jet isn't taking them home. Instead, it's heading east--out over the Atlantic Ocean. And things go from bad to worse when their pilot tells them she is going to crash into the ocean if one of them doesn't confess to murder..." --back cover

This novel is "a gritty and thrilling interrogation of crime, violence, and the limits of justice in the chaotic times after Hurricane Katrina... A 16-year-old confesses to the murder of a local celebrity--a hero of New Orleans's shaky post-storm recovery. The boy's father, doing life in prison for a series of minor offenses, will do anything to save him... Enter Ben Alder from Massachusetts, attorney and former rabbinical student, who drifts into...