Kirjahaku

Congressional chief of staff Dave O'Brien is salivating at the prospects for advancement in the wake of a tragic plane crash that has opened the way for his boss, Congressman Noah Sebring, to take over the powerful chair of the House Appropriations Committee. But Dave has a problem: he's received a threatening e-mail accompanied by a photo of a young intern, bound and gagged. The missing girl's father, unhappy with Dave's explanations about his daughter's whereabouts, hires a reporter, Nick DaPrato, to go to Washington and "shake things up." DaPrato has his own credibility issues, since his newspaper fired him for making up sources on an expos of local corruption. As the battle for the chairmanship heats up, Dave tries to protect his job, while Nick struggles to keep the search for the intern on the front burner in this epic tale of duplicity and deceit in the nation's capital.

In this riveting tale of porn-making gone awry, Brad Frame is trying to find Jeremy Young. He's a runaway from Maple Grove, an institution for juvenile delinquents, and last seen "starring" in an adult video. During the search it becomes evident that other under-age young men have been recruited from Maple Grove to do porn. When things turn deadly, it is clear that the pornographers will stop at nothing to keep their illicit operation from being discovered.

Brad is invited to the execution by lethal injection of Frank Wilkie, one of two men responsible for the death of his mother and sister. Afterward the prison chaplain thrusts the condemned man's Bible into his hands. Within hours another man is anxious to get his hands on Wilkie's Bible, and Brad suspects the motivation could involve the still-missing ransom money from the kidnapping. Brad's world is once again turned upside down as he and Sharon unravel an eleven-year-old mystery.This is the first novel in the Brad Frame Mystery Series.

Sharon Porter, Brad's trusty assistant, is front and center in an investigation of political corruption at the highest levels of city government. She goes undercover in an assignment that brings far more than she bargained. Brad takes on investigator duties for a high-powered defense attorney, and jeopardizes his relationship with his mentor and friend, Nick Argostino.

Zane Scott Tilghman hopes lightning will strike a second time, and his new Off-Broadway play, GAMBIT, will become a hit, possibly transfer to Broadway. His personal life has been a mess, but things are looking up with a new boyfriend and investors willing to back his play, until personal tragedy and on-stage mayhem strike. Brad Frame isn't confident he'll be able to make sense of an untimely death, let alone salvage Tilghman's career.

Turmoil on a college campus in the wake of the search for a new president. Ryan Caldwell, an enterprising young journalist - conflict in Afghanistan still fresh in his mind - finds himself embroiled in controversy as he exposes hidden secrets that threaten to shake the ivy-covered walls and topple those who hunger for power.Lori DeMarco, the college chaplain, has her own secret. She likes Ryan but is unsure of whether to trust him to help unravel her past.

Joel Driscoll, a buddy of Brad Frame since middle school, draws him into the hunt for a missing person. Against the backdrop of a nation reeling from the 9/11 attacks, Brad's quest finds marital infidelity, a tangled web of betrayal from a business rival, and a murder in which the prime suspect has been framed. This case puts Brad and his young career to the test, pushing the limits as he butts heads with the police.