Jackie the narrator is a common young thief, reporting back to his Fence, having gone outside of his comfort zone. He's a successful ram-raider. His hero is The Panther, a cat burglar with a reputation on being Old School. Can Jackie emulate his hero and rob softly softly?
Meet Sergeant Detective Quentin Graves of the Denver Police Department. Murderers are his game, and the game is afoot. The questions went back and forth for twenty minutes or more. After some angst on the suspect’s part, the man broke into a paranoid gibberish for several minutes. Stopping, he took a deep breath and said, “Okay, this is what happened.” And so, William Mitchel began his bizarre account.
In a quiet suburb, with her parents away on a camping trip, 14-year-old Tina is itching for a taste of freedom. When Tina takes her father’s car to see her boyfriend in the wee hours of the morning, her spirit is high. But the night turns unexpectedly. When Tina encounters Deputy Sheriff Rick Mansard, a routine traffic stop spirals into a nightmare.
Lorraine Miller find a large black man waiting for her in her home. He threatens to kill her 2 youngest children if she does not to exactly what he says. He then tells her that the only thing she is allowed to say is "I think that is a great idea" to anyone who asks her a question or for her opinion. What follows next is a sick game between Lorraine and her 14 year old son as a nice, prim, proper and prude mom is pushed to her absolute limits in a desperate attempt to keep her family safe.
INCLUDES TITLE ILLUSTRATION Dr Clare Keller has a certain way with the dead. She knows their secrets. Useful insight for a Medical Examiner who is no stranger to violent death. But Clare fails to heed a dire warning from beyond. A mistake with humiliating consequences.
14-year-old Sandy has escaped home in "wherever" and come to Hollywood, not to become a star but to find a sugar daddy. Homeless, crouching under a bridge, and living off serving men, he is offered a trip to a brothel ranch to be given to a movie star as a favor exchange. It's a "why not?" proposition for him.