Stories by @bloodshot05

After That Night

15 years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her. Until one evening, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. As the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's.

Play of Shadows

On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding & his brother, River, reunite. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, & a cryptic, "Let the game begin." The opening move is murder. In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cut in 2, a symbol drawn on his forehead & a savage bite to his throat. Given the clues, Evan sees a parallel to a fearsome Greek myth, The Minotaur. Which means his friend Detective Addie Bisset is on the trail of a dangerous & unrepentant serial killer.

Dead Fall

In war-ravaged Ukraine, a Russian military unit has gone rogue. Its members, conscripted from the worst prisons & mental asylums across Russia, are the most criminally violent combatants to ever set foot upon a battlefield. As they move from village to village, committing horrific war crimes, they meet little resistance as all able-bodied men are off fighting the war. When American aid workers are killed, Scot Harvavth is sent to settle the score. Will Harvath be able to find the men in question & will he be able to stop them before they can kill again?

Fire Strike

When Cabrillo is hired to rescue an operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly plot. A Saudi Prince seeks to spark a new war in the Middle East & ultimately destroy Israel. Cabrillo’s crew have met their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength & stamina. The Oregon team must use every shred of courage & cunning they can muster to disable a ship-killer missile before the Arabian Sea becomes a mass grave.

Desert Star

A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny & endless red tape. After the chief of police tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard returns to rebuild the Open-Unsolved Unit. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him; the murder of an entire family by a psychopath. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come work with her as a volunteer investigator, & he can pursue his “white whale” with the resources of the LAPD behind him.

Distant Sons

What if Sean Courtland’s old Chevy truck had broken down somewhere else? What if he’d never met Denise Givens, a waitress at a local tavern in the Wisconsin town where he lands? Or Dan Young, another young man like Sean drifting through, having fled Minnesota for reasons unknown? Instead, together Sean & Dan pick up carpentry & plumbing work for an old man named Marion Devereaux, & Sean gets drawn into the lives of Denise & her father—& of the townspeople, all haunted by the disappearance of 3 young boys decades ago, in the 1970s.

To Die For

In the world of luxury real estate, it is often kill or be killed, something agent Andi Hart knows all too well & after recent events, she’s ready to set her own rules. So when her boss challenges the team to find a buyer for a glitzy Malibu beach house, with a prize commission of a cool $1 million, she knows it’s her ticket to a new life. But each of her 4 colleagues have secrets $1 million would go a long way in concealing. And soon, it becomes clear all 5 would do just about anything to get their hands on it.

Hellburner

When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel & loses a friend in the process, he’s determined to get revenge. Little does he know that the explosion he just narrowly escaped was merely the latest flash of violence from a machine of war that has existed for decades, dating from the bloodiest episode in Armenia’s history. The Oregon may have finally met its match in The Pipeline, a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations. A group that sits with its finger on the trigger of a torpedo so deadly it could level entire cities.

No Plan B

In Gerrardsville, Colorado, a woman is murdered. The death is ruled a suicide. But Reacher saw what really happened. With a killer on the loose, Reacher wastes no time tracking down those responsible. But Reacher is unaware that these crimes are part of something much larger and more far-reaching. There is no room for error. Reacher is relentless when it comes to making things right. For when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B

The Sea Wolves

Summer, 1914. As New England swelters, Isaac Bell is asked to investigate some missing rifles. But whoever broke into this Winchester factory wasn't looking to take weapons, they wanted to leave something behind: a radio transmitter, for the dreaded German U-boats to their location in the seas. This means 1 thing: someone is trying to keep American supplies from reaching British shores. With the outcome of the war in the balance, Bell must hunt down a new piece of technology that is allowing the Germans to rule the seas from New York to England.

Dark Vector

A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. Kurt Austin & Joe Zavala are directed to look for the missing vessel. Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers. With no allies, Kurt and Joe must rescue a colleague held hostage, while keeping the computers out of nefarious hands & the world’s digital information safe from the hackers.

Fast Ice

After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin & his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world to investigate. Even as they confront perilous waters & frigid temperatures, they are also are up against a terrifying man-made weapon--a fast-growing ice that could usher in a new Ice Age. Pitted against a determined madman and a monstrous storm, Kurt & the NUMA team must unravel a Nazi-era plot in order to save the globe from a freeze that would bury it once & for all

Drowning

6 minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes & the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors, but the plane sinks to the bottom with 12 souls trapped inside. More than 200 ft. below the surface, engineer Will Kent & his 11-year-old daughter Shannon are fighting for their lives. Their only chance of survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent, Shannon’s mother & Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife, who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter & rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff. There's not much time. There's even less air.

Dark of Night

When esteemed historian Elizabeth Lawrence is found in her car, killed by a cobra’s bite, only a brilliant professor of semiotics, Dr. Evan Wilding, can see the signs around her death. As he helps detective Addie Bisset decipher the scene, the puzzles left behind offer Evan chilling passage into the mind of a killer. Evan’s investigation merges with that of an Israeli agent, who claims Elizabeth was close to acquiring an invaluable artifact. She was also drawing the attention of unsavory treasure hunters, forgers, & thieves. In a race where there can be only one winner, the final victim might be Evan.

Rising Tiger

An unprecedented, potentially nation-ending threat has materialized on the world stage. Though the United States has long been aware of the growing risk, administration after administration has passed the buck, fearful of engaging this enemy head-on. The clock, however, has now run out & doing nothing is no longer an option. With the stakes higher than they have ever been, it is time to unleash Scot Harvath. Thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture, with few he can trust, the attempts on his life begin piling up. Someone, somewhere, knows far too much.

At First Light

On the banks of the Calumet River, a body has been found posed next to mysterious glyphs, with wounds from a ritualistic slaying. Detective Addie Bisset knows only 1 man who can decipher the message left by the killer: her friend Dr. Evan Wilding. A brilliant forensic semiotician, Evan decodes the etchings as Viking Age runes. They suggest righteous punishment. Bu for what sins? Only 1 thing is clear from the disturbing runic riddles: there are more victims to come. As Evan races to determine the identity of the killer, he & Addie uncover the killer’s motive. This startling discovery puts Evan’s life in mortal danger.

Gone to Darkness

Sydney Parnell is now the youngest homicide detective in Denver’s Major Crimes Unit. In the past, gut instinct has served her & her K9 partner well. But it’s not a trait Len Bandoni, her old nemesis turned reluctant mentor, admires. Not until Sydney’s instincts lead to their 1st case: a man tortured & beaten to death, then left in a refrigerated train car with cryptic messages carved into his body. The victim is a well-liked member of an elite club called the Superior Gentlemen. At 1st glance, the club appears harmless. But beneath its refined surface swim darker currents.

Ambush

Railway cop & former Marine Sydney Parnell is on the hunt. So is a killer she knows only as the Alpha. They’re in a race to find Malik, an eleven-year-old Iraqi boy with secrets to guard. Sydney wants to help him. The Alpha wants him dead. From the alleys of Mexico City to the streets of Denver, Sydney & her K9 partner, Clyde, use their wits to chase down the ruthless killer. But when their path collides with his, Sydney realizes just how far-reaching the Alpha’s past is. And how far he’s willing to go to save his secrets.

Dead Stop

It’s been 5 months since Sydney Parnell & her K9 partner Clyde, survived a confrontation with a gang of thugs. Sydney fears she isn’t ready for work, but when a woman is murdered on the train tracks & a child is kidnapped, she leads the hunt for the killer. While police & the FBI go down blind alleys, Sydney focuses on a cryptic clue, 1 that will send her down a path of greed, violence, & long-ago love. With Denver beset by a series of thunderstorms, Sydney, must wade through a dark history that stretches back 30 years, to rescue a child & catch a killer with a long memory.

Blood on the Tracks

A young woman is found brutally murdered, & the main suspect is the victim’s fiancé, a scarred Iraq War vet known as the Burned Man. But railroad police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell, can't shake the feeling that larger forces are behind this apparent crime of passion. In the depths of an icy winter, Parnell and her K9 partner, Clyde, descend into the underground world of a savage gang of rail riders. There, they uncover a wide-reaching conspiracy & a series of shocking crimes. Crimes that threaten everything Parnell holds dear.