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Properly Dead

Properly Dead

Author: A.W. Powers
Series: The Origin Story, Book 1
Genre: Serial Killer Thriller

One woman's quest for justice ignites a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Michelle Lewis never expected to witness a murder, let alone that of her boyfriend Brandon. But when she sees Sheriff Walker pull the trigger, her world shatters.

Driven by a thirst for vengeance, Michelle joins a covert government team led by the enigmatic Michael Turner. Her mission: expose the corruption festering in her small Minnesota town and bring Brandon's killers to justice.

As she delves deeper into the web of lies and deceit, Michelle uncovers a money laundering scheme that reaches far beyond Kittredge's borders. With each step, she risks everything - her life, her family, and her very identity.

Armed with her wilderness skills and newfound allies, Michelle must outmaneuver the corrupt sheriff and his cohorts. But in a town where everyone has secrets, who can she truly trust?

The clock is ticking, and Michelle knows she must act fast. Can she dismantle the criminal network before it's too late? Or will her pursuit of justice lead to her own demise?

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First Casualty

First Casualty

A reluctant psychic, a missing woman, and vengeance from beyond the grave.

Rachel Thompson is missing, and the police have no leads. The serial killer who has taken her is efficient, elusive, and seemingly invisible.

Her only hope is Jacob Daniels, a man tormented by his second sight.

Jacob is driven to search for his friend in the slim hope that she is still alive. However, that means accepting he must use his gift and ask the spirits for their help.

Assistance from beyond can be a double-edged blade. When Jacob follows the advice given to him, he finds Rachel.

He also finds her killer and becomes his next target.

Jacob fights for his life as he is thrust into a mind-warping maelstrom of vengeful spirits and plans gone astray. It’s his life or the killer’s. Only one can survive the day.

Will Jacob survive a second encounter with a man determined to eliminate the only person who can identify him?

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The Titan’s Release

The Titan’s Release

In the gripping serial killer thriller, "The Titan's Release," best-selling author Daniel Scott delves into the twisted depths of the criminal mind, as the lives of society's elite hang in the balance.

When a merciless serial killer known as the Poet begins to target the families of prominent politicians, the FBI finds itself in a desperate race against time.

Their only hope lies with Christian Windsor, a disgraced genius and former agent, reluctantly released from prison to lend his expertise to the investigation.

Paired with the dedicated but wary Agent Patrick Collins, the duo sets out to unravel the Poet's deadly web.

As they close in on the killer, the stakes become personal.

Collins is injured, and Windsor is captured by the sinister Poet.

Out of options and with time running out, the FBI turns to the mind of a psychopath, enlisting the help of the brilliant but dangerous Luke Titan.

In "The Titan's Release," Daniel Scott masterfully weaves a dark and unsettling tale that will keep adult thriller enthusiasts on the edge of their seats. Readers will be drawn into the chilling pursuit of the Poet and wonder if Patrick Collins can harness the terrifying genius of Luke Titan to save his partner and stop the killer before it's too late.

Prepare for a heart-stopping journey into the darkest corners of humanity, where nothing is certain, and fear reigns supreme.

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The Poet’s Blood

The Poet’s Blood

The madness is returning...

“Dear Christian,

I hope this letter finds you well. It has been a long time since we conversed, and I find myself thinking about you often.

What fills your time and your thoughts? Do you think about me, Christian? Do you think about Tommy and Veronica? Have you been back to your mansion, or are you afraid to go inside? Do you keep it quarantined in a corner of your brilliant brain, hoping the darkness inside you will never break free from the barriers you have built?

I imagine the FBI will be coming to visit you soon, if they have not already. I doubt that you pay close attention to the world outside your prison cell, but I do.

Outside of your walls and my own, the world is continuing to spin, and people continue to be murdered. This has always been true, but something has changed. I am nearly positive it will bring the FBI to your prison to ask for your help. Perhaps beg for it.

You see, Christian, the elites are dying. Not the criminals and the destitute, but those who create the laws that put you and me inside these cells.

Yet, it is worse than that. It is not the congresspeople who are being hunted, but their family members. Their children and grandchildren are being murdered. Who knows where this killer will draw the line?

The FBI lacks the talent to capture this killer, that I feel quite confident about. You, however, have everything that is needed to catch him—if you want to. What will you do when the FBI come calling? Will you let them in and listen to their pleas for help?

Will you venture back into your mansion and face the horrors waiting there for you? I know you have not killed them. Will you risk letting them infect you again, or would you rather let innocents die?

You know me, Christian. I do not lie. I promise you, they will continue dying.

Yours,
Luke Titan.”

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The Titan’s Empire

The Titan’s Empire

Luke Titan: Esteemed collegiate professor. Genius scientist. Incisive psychiatrist. Brilliant FBI agent.

He was all of these things, until he paralyzed one of his FBI partners and tried to gut the other.

Being a fugitive hasn’t reduced Titan’s capacity for seeing farther than everyone else.

After waging war on the US government and killing thousands, Titan has driven his ex-partner, Christian Windsor, to the brink of insanity.

Titan is still on the run, and Christian will stop at nothing to catch him.

Then kill him.

But is Luke running, or is he putting the final touches to his masterpiece?

Christian continues his pursuit, unaware or uncaring that Titan is baiting him so he can finish what he started years ago.

Turning Christian into a killer with no conscience.

Can Christian find Titan and deliver justice? Or is his psychotic genius nemesis still a step ahead?

Only one of them can walk away from this. Who will it be?

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The Animal’s Hunt

The Animal’s Hunt

Christian Windsor’s life rests in the hands of the madman Charles Twaller.

His only hope of salvation? The person who waged war against the FBI.

His former partner. The genius. The psychopath. Luke Titan.

FBI Director Alan Waverly only knows that Titan escaped. His two best agents are missing and most likely dead.

In Waverly’s mind, Titan won the war and is responsible for the deaths of Christian and Tommy.

The loss of the brightest young mind the agency has ever seen and his longtime friend sends Waverly spiraling.

Going against everything he believes in, Waverly steps outside the law. Refusing to let Titan escape, he hires a killer whose ruthlessness is on a level unlike any of them have seen.

The Animal has only one objective: Kill Luke Titan, and anyone around him.

The world is already on fire, and Waverly has released death walking into it.

Can anyone survive, or will the Animal feast on them all?

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The General’s Weapons

The General’s Weapons

Are you ready for war?

An unparalleled genius, Luke Titan fooled his colleagues and superiors, creating havoc and death throughout the FBI.

Now, he sits atop the FBI’s Most Wanted List while his former partners, Tommy and Christian, lie in hospital beds.

The fight isn’t over.

Luke Titan wants to watch the world burn, and he wants Christian at the heart of the fire. Hiring a sadistic gun runner, Titan declares war on the entire FBI … unless Christian does an unthinkable act.

Only then will Titan turn himself in.

The war is here. Titan is ready to destroy everyone and everything. Will Christian and those he loves die at Luke’s hand, or will he finally rise above Titan’s evil genius?

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The Lover’s Chain

The Lover’s Chain

Til death us do part...

The Heinous Crimes Unit stopped Lucy Speckle’s murder spree. Brilliant FBI agent Christian Windsor was there. He watched as she cut her own throat.

Pushing Lucy to suicide has changed Christian. He’s becoming darker, harsher, crueler, and those around him are starting to notice.

Luke Titan couldn’t be happier because he engineered the whole thing. Too bad his genius keeps him hidden in the shadows.

If anyone knew Titan’s true intentions, he’d spend the remainder of his life locked up before getting sent to the electric chair.

However, his diabolical plans are almost complete.

Titan is done hiding, and he’s ready to rip the FBI apart.

The stakes are raised when a new serial killer emerges. The newcomer is kidnapping women, and only Christian notices. Driven by his relentless mind, he’ll do anything to catch this killer—even if it means breaking the law.

The only question is: What if there is no murderer?

There’s a very real possibility that the killer only exists in Christian’s mind, and he has no idea he’s being played by his psychopathic partner.

Will Christian survive Titan’s trap?

Don't stand outside, looking in. Pull up a chair and sit down. Luke is more than ready to welcome you back...

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The Priest’s Fire

The Priest’s Fire

Are you ready for confession?

Christian Windsor’s odd genius brought him and his FBI unit fame when he stopped the sadistic murderer called The Surgeon.

Christian’s genius couldn’t reveal the sociopath working right next to him, though: the world-renowned psychiatrist, Luke Titan.

Dead bodies begin showing up again, but this time, Christian knows them. The killer doesn’t want other people: he wants Christian.

A delusional psychopath thinks Christian can bring God's return… Which gives Luke Titan the perfect opportunity to continue his own sick purpose.

The Priest has arrived – Can Christian save those he loves before they end up as sacrificial lambs? Can he do it before Titan’s psychological games destroy his own humanity?

If you love a page-turning thriller with serial killers, psychopaths, and makes you think, pick up The Priest’s Fire today!

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The Surgeon’s Scalpel

The Surgeon’s Scalpel

You read about these things. You see them in movies. They don’t happen in safe, quiet cities.
The horror. The depravity. How could it be real?

No one was prepared for him. He’s smart, cunning, and unpredictable. Anyone could be his next victim.

Meticulous in his murders, the newspapers call him ‘The Surgeon’. A serial killer like no other.

A young genius, Christian Windsor, is tasked with stopping him. Fresh out of Quantico, they assigned him to the Heinous Crimes Unit.

The two find themselves in a battle of the mind, a race against time. One searching for answers, the other searching for his next victim.

Only one of them can win, each having very different stakes.

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Choir Practice

Choir Practice

Officer Michael Collins passed probation and is now an official member of district five late shift.

But not everyone in this unbreakable group of cops is welcoming him with open arms.

Collins is still a rookie in the eyes of many of his peers. He is constantly trying to prove himself worthy. He is, however, gaining allies, including two new officers he bonded with and a few sergeants who have his back.

A new partner who is going through her own struggles and the ghost of a previous fling give Collins has a renewed optimism about his job and his shift.

That optimism could be misplaced…

Collins almost doesn’t survive his first New Year’s Eve on late shift in the most violent part of town.

The rookie cop comes within a few feet of becoming the victim of a blue-on-blue shooting and is pushed to breaking point during a hostage situation involving a small child held at gunpoint.

Off-duty, Collins’ love life is heating up with the nurse he has fallen for.

Their future is looking rosy until a mistimed gesture of affection that is misunderstood threatens to derail their newfound relationship.

Between the ghosts of his past, the nonstop pressure of his job, and the start—or maybe sudden end—of his love life, will Collins have what it takes to achieve balance and stay the course?

Get your copy and join Officer Collins as he battles to survive the unforgiving streets and keep his love life on track!

Note: This book contains profanities and situations not for the faint of heart. There is also dark, or what some call ‘gallows humor’ that police officers, and most other first responders use to deal with the ugliness that is thrown their way on a regular basis. This book is as realistic as it gets. Unless you are riding around in a squad car, now that’s real.

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Probation

Probation

Michael Collins made it through field training and a close call with IAD. Now he’s on probation.

Assigned to the graveyard shift in the most dangerous part of town, Officer Collins finds himself under scrutiny from a new sergeant who is threatening to have him fired.

If that isn’t bad enough, his new shift is filled with jeopardy.

Coming under fire from bad guys is an expected part of the job, but no one said anything about being stabbed in the back by his fellow officers.

There is hope for Officer Collins. He is building strong friendships with the more trustworthy cops on his tight-knit shift, and there is help from the kind sergeants who make the job bearable.

Collins’ mettle will be tested when the shift respond to a triple homicide, diffuse a tense hostage situation, and hunt down a killer.

The late shift get all the interesting cases, complete with car chases.

Off-duty, the ghosts of the past must be faced.

The prospect of new romance becomes a reality if Michael can let go of what haunts him while fending off his overprotective mother.

Between a flirty neighbor, internet dating, and a promising connection with a nurse who showed him compassion in a time of need, the time of being alone could be over for him.

Get your copy to find out how the rookie cop will deal with pressure on and off the job, and complete his probation!

Note: This book contains profanities and situations not for the faint of heart. There is also dark, or what some call ‘gallows humor’ that police officers, and most other first responders use to deal with the ugliness that is thrown their way on a regular basis. This book is as realistic as it gets. Unless you are riding around in a squad car, now that’s real.

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