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When a defeated looking man shows up at Moonlight’s riverfront loft in the middle of the night seeking the P.I.’s services, he does something quite unexpected. He kills himself with a gunshot to the head. After the APD Chief Homicide Detective Nick Miller arrives on the scene, it’s discovered the now dead man was married to a cheating woman who goes by the unlikely name of Virginia Gamble.

A dying billionaire offers Tanner contracts on numerous targets, people who are the worst of the worst. Instead of going after them alone, Tanner gets help from a few of his friends.

I woke to a mass of men writhing and broken, moving as one in their attempt to reach that great circle of light. They looked like ants, but ants without exoskeletons: their soft bits shredding, their hard bits breaking, to make a sort of chicken-leg jello out of humanity. The cries of pain and cries of triumph mixed. But one man keeps saying, "2π28.57mm. 2π28.57mm. 2π28.57mm.” Pointing at the circle of light. Claiming he cut it. Cut what? And why?

Went to the doctor, complained about my immune system, asked about supplements. He smirked. Asked him if something's funny. He called American supplements ignorant. Said he had something better, just approved. "Nanoimmunity bot". Looked like aspirin. Dumb price, but insurance would pay, so... It engineers new paths toward health, teaches my body to adapt to "health threats".

Out of time and place, Wreaker walks into a coffee shop on Long Island. They do not take gold bullion for payment. They do not hand pluck their tea leaves from the tree of life. Their tables can't even support the weight of Öfugr, his sacred ancient weapon. So how will he ever get his coffee?

A blue-collar hoarder sorts through the treasures of his lost past while his kids play on the scaffolding outside. He keeps ignoring the tremors in both the memories and the present.

Mom and dad wanted him to write the next great American novel, so he had a typewriter gathering dust in a closet. They wanted him to compose a symphony that would get him to Julliard or at least U of I. They wanted him to DJ the local radio and work his way up to NBC or even the Tonight Show as a comedian. They focused on so many routes to his future fortune (which would be theirs as well) and future fame that he ended up rebelling his way into mediocrity. But he could drive a truck, by God. Wasn't that worth giving your life to? Blood and all?

In this book, Mexican cartel members make a move to control New York City, and only Tanner stands in their way.

Tanner and Sammy go on a quest for revenge. "Tanner fired three silenced shots at the punk playing video games and watched him tumble off the side of the bed and onto the floor. The man's two companions were in the living room at the end of the hall. They were oblivious to their friend's death, because one of them was asleep with the aid of whiskey, and the other had his eyes closed while wearing headphones. The man who was asleep died without ever waking...."

Joe Pullo considers taking the Giacconi family in a different direction when he’s offered an opportunity to join a revolutionary new crime syndicate. The choice to join the group could ensure the Giacconis' survival for generations, but there are many who want to stop the merger from taking place.

To kill his latest target, Tanner must first track down the man, the last member of a home invasion team, who proves to be elusive.

Tanner hunts down the fabled assassin, Specter, after the legendary killer claims another victim. Is Specter real? Or is he more myth than man? One thing is certain. Specter is deadly.

Erasmus Cromwell-Smilh tackles a full circle of life with subjects like Perseverance, Grit, Kindness, Discipline, Impetus, Tenacity, Greatness, etc., in this fifth and final volume of The Orloj, a compilation of all poems, essays, and fables.

Tanner agrees to help friends of Spenser, who specialize in finding missing people. And the past catches up to Michael and Kate Barlow.

Tanner is under assault by several enemies at once.

An unseen enemy seeks Tanner's death.

Tanner agrees to be an auxiliary cop during Stark’s Fall Festival. When serious trouble arises, it’s up to Deputy Cody Parker to deal out law and order.

Tanner and the lethal assassin Soulless compete to kill the same target.

Young Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II’s adventure happens inside of Venice’s San Marco Square’s astrological clock. Exactly a year after his first quest in Prague’s astrological clock, together with the same band of five harlequin-dressed youngsters, he experiences a city filled with wizards, enchanters, witches, conjurers, and an evil gnome. The youngsters seek clues in order to reach the mysterious the church of St. Giorgio Maggiore across Venice’s basin and become “young wizards”.

Through the wicked streets of Paris, the young wizards must find six statues representing each of the human virtues of respect, selflessness, tolerance, and the human flaws of indifference, arrogance, and deafness. Only after they successfully master them will they earn the clues that will show them how to fix Lyon's astrological clock.