Kirjahaku

"I knew that reporter couldn't be trusted. Now that murdering animal is going to get his fifteen minutes of fame." Back matter: On a quiet Rancho Palos Verdes beach, two young friends frolic in the water unaware they're being filmed by an unknown voyeur with cruel intentions. The next morning, their mutilated bodies are found by the executive producer of a local Los Angeles television show. Since the female victim is the granddaughter of a prominent Federal Appellate Court Judge, the FBI and Sheriff's Department must work together to catch a killer with a penchant for depravity and capturing it on film. Inside flap: Two longtime friends and friends with benefits, are violently murdered on a quiet beach, which makes their heinous murders worthy of front page news. But since the woman murdered is Federal Appellate Court Judge Larry Robinson's granddaughter, even the press is staying away. Their killer has filmed their every move as well as his own, creating a video that makes regular horror movies look tame. When FBI Special Agent John Swenson begins investigating, the body count continues to grow, but the murders have only one thing in common: video proof that the Selfie killer enjoys indiscriminately torturing, raping, and murdering men and women for the sheer pleasure of the power it gives him.

"You do know you're talking about the damn pornography capital of the world, right?" Back matter: Ask a room full of people what the word "suburbia" brings to mind, and you'll likely hear things like: peaceful, family-oriented, charming, and well groomed. But when a convicted pedophile ends up dead behind the local ice cream parlor, law enforcement has little to go on, especially since Los Angeles Sheriff Samantha Pritchard is still reeling over the loss of her soul mate, Maria.Nothing seems amiss, but behind the curtains of those sweet suburban houses lie secrets, dark, cruel and insidious, which stand in for block parties and neighborly gatherings. In a case unlike any the Iron Eagle has encountered, someone is extracting revenge...but how will that play with the Eagle's own sense of justice?Inside flap: Human trafficking and sexual slavery are Third World problems...or are they? In a quiet enclave in Los Angeles County, a covert group of traffickers has been building a clientele and getting rich off the backs of humans using cruel and inhumane practices. Mary Owen, a successful real estate agent in the suburbs, has a secret, and her 17-year-old daughter Sally has become a success in her own right as both a successful student in an expensive private school by day and an "accommodating female escort" with sexual skills beyond her years by night. She also recruits other children into a world of deviancy in her suburban neighborhood. There's only one catch, though, an accidental "recruit" has taken up the mantle usually wielded by the Iron Eagle in a case that has him testing his own decisions about how justice should be handled.

"You're the poison wizard. You can't find an antidote?" Back matter: For most Southern California families, a visit to the Santa Monica Pier is a special treat. But for the Simmons family, a coincidental meeting with a renowned astrophysicist leads to tragedy. Found drowned and restrained beneath the pier, their deaths are the latest in a string of killings by an unknown group of serial killers masquerading as clowns while taunting Swenson and the FBI. In the search to connect the victims and discover how an old poison has been given new life, the Bureau's biohazard specialists are called in, and a far-reaching plot to kill thousands is uncovered. Two questions weigh heavy on Swenson's mind: Who could possibly weaponize the poison ... and how can he prevent its release? Inside flap: Government agencies routinely receive threats, but Rudy Rude's creepy clown videos are more than simple fodder. While investigating the latest murders attributed to Rude, Special Agent John Swenson's team of biohazard specialists hint at a possible Bureau infiltration, forcing Swenson to look at his own team with suspicion. Los Angeles County Coroner Jade Morgan's findings up the ante, leading Swenson to believe that a weaponized version of a common but relatively non-lethal poison might be in the works. And as innocent children and others fall victim, the Iron Eagle knows the clock is ticking on a mass kill experiment targeting the citizens of LA.