It's Every Cop's Secret Nightmare

Seattle Police Detective Joe Dunbar knew he'd screwed up big time, maybe even fatally. He swallowed hard, followed by a deep breath to steady himself. He'd managed to dodge the gunfire coming from the dark and nearly derelict house on Queen Anne. But he was trapped, now. He had already called for dispatch for backup. Shouldn't they should be here by now?

Something cold settled in his stomach.

They weren't coming, he thought. He had nightmares like this. They weren't coming.

He considered his options, and then he sighed: hell of a thing, when a cop had to call a reporter for backup because his own had abandoned him.

"Mac," he said softly into his phone. "It's Joe Dunbar. I need help."

Book 4 in the series of Mac Davis thrillers, featuring a Marine turned cop reporter in Seattle.

Is Blood Really Thicker than Water?

Life is good. Mac Davis, a former Marine, is now a cop reporter for the Seattle Examiner. He's had stories nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He has a reputation as a hard-nosed reporter, and a good man to have at your back when trouble comes knocking.

And even Mac admits, around him, trouble usually does.

He has a career, a girlfriend, even a house. He has friends. He belongs.

But his past is knocking on the door.

His cousin calls in a favor. Fourteen years ago, Toby took the fall for a car theft leaving Mac free to go into the Marines. And now? He needs Mac. Needs him badly.

A news clip out of Mexico shows a young man running from a burning building — and he wears Mac's face. So much so, people called to find out what he was doing in Mexico. It's his first lead to his father's family.

Exactly what do you owe the past?

Mac Davis is about to figure that out.

Book 5 in the Mac Davis thrillers — stories about a cop reporter who struggles to believe the pen is really mightier than the sword. But just in case? There's a Glock stashed in his backpack along with a notebook and pen.

She Has No One Else to Turn to

Kate Fairchild was waiting in the conference room of the Seattle Examiner when Mac Davis got off deadline. Well, she probably wasn't Fairchild anymore, Mac thought. She'd gotten married, and she was the type of woman who would take her husband's name.

Kate was tense, upset about something, nervously twisting her hands together. She'd once been taken hostage by a deranged gunman and never lost her serene poise. He grimaced. It must be bad for her to come here.

"Kate?" he asked. "What's wrong?"

"I need your help," she said simply, and she slid a snapshot across the table to him. It was an old photo, taken with a cheap camera, Mac thought, as he looked at it curiously. The photo was of a tall white man, with his arm around a woman — Asian, maybe Cambodian, maybe Vietnamese.

A young girl stood in front of them. Their daughter, he guessed.

He looked at Kate, and raised his eyebrow.

"The girl in the photo came to see me at U-Dub," she said. "She gave me the photo, and said she needs my help."

Mac frowned. "I'm not tracking."

"That's my father, Mac," Kate said. "Does he look dead to you?"

Mac looked back at the photo. No, he conceded, he didn't look dead to him.

Book 6 in in the Mac Davis thriller series features a Marine turned cop reporter in Seattle.