Michael Merson

THE ODDS AREN'T IN CHANCE'S FAVOR. HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO DOUBLE DOWN. In a place like Las Vegas, people can find themselves in complicated situations with difficult and dangerous people. Chance Hardway is a debt collector, bounty hunter, assets-recovery specialist, and anything else needed-if the money is right. He's a retired Green Beret, a former police officer, and a man who knows how to deal with difficult people his way, the Hardway. When Chance is hired to deliver a car with a valuable cargo hidden inside, he finds himself at opposite ends with dirty cops, the Russian Mafia, and street gangs. If that wasn't bad enough, Samantha, a beautiful woman from Chance's past, needs his help. The help Samantha needs puts her former bodyguard and a young boy at opposite ends with a violent Chinese street gang and their notorious leader. Chance's problems only worsen when Morgan, the woman he loves, is beaten, scarred, and abandoned in the desert. Needing to help Morgan, Samantha, and the young boy, Chance makes a dangerous wager with a dangerous man. Now, he's forced to double down.

Mystery Suspense and Action: Once her father was pronounced dead, Shelby Finn inherited a small fortune, a collectible coupe, and an old beach house in Florida. It was the perfect time to dump her cheating boyfriend and start a new life far away from Las Vegas.Some people, who had known her felon of a father and wanted him dead, decided she was on the run with their money. They'd earned it, after all.Truth be told, she was on the run. Shelby just didn't know it yet.

Does the perfect man exist? For seven women, he did, well, for a little while anyway.Seven women, seven roses, and seven graves. All seven women have a story, and it's up to Agent Jaxson Locke to discover why they were killed and who killed them. There are just a few problems. Jaxson is falling for Taylor Long, a beautiful woman who's close to the investigation. Agent Locke must also work with a local detective, who doesn't want the FBI profiler's help.

This ambitious book provides a comprehensive history of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Programme on AIDS (GPA), using it as a unique lens to trace the global response to the AIDS pandemic. The authors describe how WHO came initially to assume leadership of the global response, relate the strategies and approaches WHO employed over the years, and expound on the factors that led to the Programme’s demise and subsequent formation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS). The authors examine the global impact of this momentous transition, portray the current status of the global response to AIDS, and explore the precarious situation that WHO finds itself in today as a lead United Nations agency in global health.Several aspects of the global response – the strategies adopted, the roads taken and not taken, and the lessons learned – can provide helpful guidance to the global health community as it continues tackling theAIDS pandemic and confronts future global pandemics.Included in the coverage:The response before the global responseBuilding and coordinating a multi-sectoral responseContaining the global spread of HIVAddressing stigma, discrimination, and human rightsRethinking global AIDS governanceUNAIDS and its place in the global responseThe AIDS Pandemic: Searching for a Global Response recounts the global response to the AIDS pandemic from its inception to today. Policymakers, students, faculty, journalists, researchers, and health professionals interested in HIV/AIDS, global health, global pandemics, and the history of medicine will find it highly compelling and consequential. It will also interest those involved in global affairs, global governance, international relations, and international development.

This ambitious book provides a comprehensive history of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Programme on AIDS (GPA), using it as a unique lens to trace the global response to the AIDS pandemic. The authors describe how WHO came initially to assume leadership of the global response, relate the strategies and approaches WHO employed over the years, and expound on the factors that led to the Programme’s demise and subsequent formation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS). The authors examine the global impact of this momentous transition, portray the current status of the global response to AIDS, and explore the precarious situation that WHO finds itself in today as a lead United Nations agency in global health.Several aspects of the global response – the strategies adopted, the roads taken and not taken, and the lessons learned – can provide helpful guidance to the global health community as it continues tackling theAIDS pandemic and confronts future global pandemics.Included in the coverage:The response before the global responseBuilding and coordinating a multi-sectoral responseContaining the global spread of HIVAddressing stigma, discrimination, and human rightsRethinking global AIDS governanceUNAIDS and its place in the global responseThe AIDS Pandemic: Searching for a Global Response recounts the global response to the AIDS pandemic from its inception to today. Policymakers, students, faculty, journalists, researchers, and health professionals interested in HIV/AIDS, global health, global pandemics, and the history of medicine will find it highly compelling and consequential. It will also interest those involved in global affairs, global governance, international relations, and international development.

A holistic approach to the intricacies of the criminal justice report writing system. Report Writing for Law Enforcement Professionals: From Dispatch to the Courtroom documents all aspects of the criminal justice system, from arrival at the scene of an incident to the presentation of the written report in court, and provides the tools, resources, and practical exercises to master the skill of professional criminal justice report writing. With a focus on the universality of the criminal justice system regarding reports, the authors demonstrate how the basic concepts of report writing cut across criminal justice career fields, from patrol officers to correctional officers, and provide instruction in all aspects of the criminal justice profession that relate to writing a professional criminal justice report. Practical features make the concepts clear, among them The Right Way to Write sections emphasizing the essential writing principles; video scenarios that allow students to apply their observational skills, take notes, and write case reports; practical exercises that reinforce the concepts at the ends of the chapters; examples of forms and documents most commonly used by law enforcement professionals. Report Writing for Law Enforcement Professionals is also available via REVEL™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience. Learn more.