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COLD CASES

When a ten-year-old cold missing persons case turns hot and a five-year-old murder-rape case gets re-opened, ex-DEA agent Nick Lafferty must juggle fragile loyalties to protect the lives of those closest to him as he searches for multiple killers and uncovers ugly truths from the past.

As Ex-DEA agent Nick Lafferty contemplates a newly-created law enforcement job offer from the Governor of New York, recently re-instated detective Delmar Harley investigates a decade-old cold missing persons case that’s turned red hot—the body’s found entombed in a slab of concrete—and a five-year-old murder-rape conviction gets challenged in court, putting ADA Caitlin McKenna in the cross-hairs of a crusading defense attorney.

Forced to juggle fragile loyalties and conflicting agendas, Lafferty must once again work with FBI agent Jo Kelley as they dig through clues, battle local politics, and dodge attempts on their lives to track down multiple killers. All while keeping his closest friends safe—alive—and uncovering some ugly truths better left buried in the past.

Book 3 in the action-packed Nick Lafferty thriller series by award-winning Author David DeLee

SIEGE AT TIAMAT BLUFF

Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon and his team of highly-skilled operatives must race against time and risk everything to rescue the President of the United States, held hostage in an experimental city under the sea in the thrilling new novel in David DeLee’s adrenaline-filled seacoast adventure series.

During a submersible hydrofoil race for charity, Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon’s best friend Skyjack McMurphy is nearly killed. Was the incident an accident…or intentional?

Before they can determine the truth, Bannon is invited to join the Director of Homeland Security and the President of the United States to tour Tiamat Bluff, an experimental city built one-thousand feet under the sea in the Gulf of Maine. When the city is seized by terrorists and the President’s taken hostage, it’s up to Bannon and his team, Skyjack McMurphy and Tara “Blades” Sardana, to rescue the President before time runs out.

But first Bannon must uncover the truth behind the terror group’s secret agenda, expose a potential clandestine conspiracy, and unravel the secret connection between the mercenary leader and his boss and friend Director of Homeland Security, Elizabeth Grayson. Can he and his team untangle the web of deception, secrets, and betrayals in time to save the President and themselves from a watery grave one thousand feet under the sea?

Siege at Tiamat Bluff – Book 5 in the pulse-pounding Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure series.

THE YAKUZA GAMBIT

Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon and his team of highly-skilled operatives return, this time to face off against New England’s notorious criminal syndicate in the latest hard-hitting, thrill-ride from award-winning author David DeLee.

When a dead body washes up on the shore of Hampton Beach, and a desperate mother pleads for help in finding her missing son, Brice Bannon and his friends Tarakesh “Blades” Sardana and Skyjack McMurphy don’t hesitate to jump into action.

This off-book mission, leads Bannon into the dangerous underbelly of the New England crime syndicate. At stake are a young man’s life, millions in cash and cocaine, and complete control of the area’s dangerous criminal underworld. With not one but three warring crime factions to contend with, can Bannon and his team beat the clock in time to save a young man’s life and stop a deadly gang war from ripping Boston apart?

From the idyllic seacoast of New Hampshire to Boston’s Chinatown. From the glitzy deck of a notorious gambling ship to a seedy downtown strip club. From the belly of a floating World War II sub-chaser to the port terminals of Boston. Join Brice Bannon and his team as they face off against what might be their deadliest foes yet.

Book 4 in the pulse-pounding Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure series

STARTER PACK BOX SET

This first in series bundle contains the first book in each of David DeLee’s thrilling, edge-of-your-seat series featuring bounty hunter Grace deHaviland, ex-DEA agent Nick Lafferty, and NYPD detectives Frank Flynn & Christine Levy.
Join them as they deal with the worst society has to offer. As they track down criminals, solve vicious murders, and bring the offenders to justice without losing themselves to the darkness in the process.

FATAL DESTINY
Stolen Mob Money! Ruthless Hit Men! A Past That Won’t Stay Dead and Buried!

For bounty hunter Grace deHaviland, the job seemed simple. Track down Barry Keegan, a white-collar defendant in a corporate embezzlement scandal who jumped bail. A bean counter. How hard could that be?

But the case turns deadly when Keegan’s co-defendant ends up murdered, and Grace’s best friend, sheriff’s deputy Suzie Jensen, is nearly killed.

Drawn into a web of deception involving stolen mob money, old scores, and ruthless hit men, Grace must track down the elusive Keegan–a man who is more dangerous than anyone could have guessed–while she tries to protect his wife and son from a past they thought long dead and buried.

CRYSTAL WHITE

With Nothing Left To Live For, Will Even Death Satisfy His Need For Revenge? And If So, Whose?

In California, DEA agent Nick Lafferty led the investigation to eradicate a new and deadly form of synthetic crack cocaine called Crystal White. An investigation that took from him everything he cherished, and left Lafferty a broken man. A man with nothing to live for.

Now, the street poison Crystal White again floods the streets, this time in the northern suburbs of New York City.

Aided by his ex-partner, Delmar Harley, an alcoholic cop on the edge and dogged by a beautiful assistant district attorney who believes the DEA agent’s gone rogue, Nick Lafferty relentlessly embarks on a dark and vengeful journey of revenge, mounting a full-on assault against the Crystal White drug cartel. Nick Lafferty will stop at nothing to make them pay…with their lives–or his.

MORAL MISCONDUCT

You Can Choose Your Friends. You Can’t Always Choose Your Partner.

NYPD homicide detective Frank Flynn catches the worst case there is; a murdered police officer. Forced to team up with Internal Affairs investigator Christine Levy, they must get past their differences and learn to work together, and more importantly, trust each other, if they’re to solve a cop’s brutal murder, put a stop to an illegal child adoption ring, and expose a forfeiture asset scheme involving a group of corrupt NYPD cops willing to kill to keep their secrets.

DARK ROADS AND DEAD ENDS

Known for his edge-of-your-seat thriller novels, award-winning author David DeLee brings that same fast-paced, can’t catch your breath excitement to these twelve intriguing short stories and novellas of mystery and suspense.

An alcoholic cop, in mourning over his wife’s death, thought he’d reached the end of his rope, until things got worse. Much, much worse; called to investigate a disturbance at the town’s supposed haunted house, what two officers uncover—friends since high school—will change them both forever; a woman who thought she’d been living the American dream discovers it’s all been a lie, and now someone is dead; and bounty hunter Grace deHaviland gets drawn into a complex, joint task force investigation and must face off against gunrunners, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the ATF, if she’s to find her skip before time runs out…for him and for her. And much, much more.

Vibrant, varied, engrossing tales, filled with interesting characters and heart in your throat suspense, David DeLee applies the same skill, imagination, and gut-wrenching twists and emotional turns his novels are known for to create fast-paced, well drawn out stories that will easily satisfy any thriller enthusiast.

STRIKE OF THE STINGRAY

Cmdr. Brice Bannon and his team of highly-skilled operatives return to take on a vengeful madman determined to commit a terrorist attack so large in scale as to bring America to its knees in this action-packed follow up to David DeLee’s THE OCEANIC PRINCESS

Brice Bannon and his team get pulled in different directions as Tarakesh “Blades” Sardana embarks on a deeply personal mission to find and bring to justice her brother, the person behind the attack on the Oceanic Princess, Skyjack McMurphy makes a desperate attempt to help an old friend whose adjustment to civilian life has been anything but smooth, and Brice Bannon is tasked with investigating the discovery of a missing railgun, the devastating weapon that nearly destroyed a cruise ship with six thousand people on board.

From the shores of Lake Erie in Michigan to the Lakes Region in New Hampshire to the Upper Bay of New York Harbor, Bannon and his team will risk everything to stop a diabolical attack against the homeland…but will they be too late?

Book Three in the pulse-pounding Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure series

THE OCEANIC PRINCESS

The wait is over. Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon and his team of highly-skilled operatives are back in David DeLee’s latest adrenaline-filled seacoast adventure.

Tasked with recovering a dangerous item from a suspicious cargo ship bound for Boston Harbor, Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon and his colleague CWO Skyjack McMurphy get more than they bargain for when they board the vessel along with a highly trained Maritime Security Response Team and discover what the item actually is.

Before long, they’re thrust into a ruthless confrontation with an international terrorist group planning a large-scale attack against the United States, the biggest in nearly two decades.

With the fate of innocent lives at stake and one of their own – Tarakesh “Blades” Sardana – in deadly jeopardy, Bannon and McMurphy must race against time to save Tara, find the devastating weapon the terrorists have acquired, and stop them from using it, all while forced to confront an old enemy, who’s back for revenge and as blood-thirsty as ever.

In this ultimate winner-take-all showdown, Bannon and his people must prevail–if they don’t, thousands will die!

Book Two in the pulse-pounding Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure series 

WHILE THE CITY BURNS

A Dead, Unarmed Black Kid. A Cop On The Hook. And Two Detectives Must Search For The Truth While The City Burns

A storm-drenched night in the lower East Side of Manhattan. Amid pouring rain, breaking glass and barking dogs, a harrowing chase through a densely populated housing project leaves a young, unarmed black kid dead at the hands of the police.
Tasked with leading the Force Investigation Team, NYPD detective Frank Flynn must once again team up with IA investigator Christine Levy to look into the deadly shooting.
Yet before the investigation can get off the ground, community unrest boils over, sparked to violence by a flamboyant civil rights leader determined to get justice for the young man, regardless of the collateral damage.
The investigation spirals out of control as cops are targeted, an overzealous prosecutor forces an indictment, and Flynn and Levy tug at the threads of a conspiracy that reaches the pinnacle of the city’s political leadership, threatens very powerful people, and leaves Flynn and Levy scrambling to put all the moving pieces together while the city burns.

Book Two in the clutch-at-your-throat thriller series from David DeLee, author of the award-winning Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter series.

FACING THE STORM

Someone Needs To Fight For Those Who Can’t

Brice Bannon served fifteen years in the Coast Guard, most recently as captain of the Deployable Operations Group, (DOG), the Coast Guard’s version of the Army’s Special Forces and Navy’s Seals operations. When the command was decommissioned, rather than accept re-assignment, Bannon retired from the full-time Coast Guard.

But, Bannon didn’t leave the Coast Guard behind completely. He remains in the Reserves.

Recruited by the Secretary of Homeland Security, he leads a small, secretive team of specially-trained, highly-skilled operatives capable of responding to and investigating specific, targeted threats against the homeland. Threats that cannot be effectively handled by standard operating means. Threats that call for a unique and often secret approach outside the normal channels of either Homeland Security or the Department of Defense.

When not risking his life for the government, Bannon runs the Keel Haul, his bar in the resort town of Hampton Beach, on the New Hampshire seacoast. There, he also operates as a small town private investigator and tends to get himself in big trouble along with the help of his two best friends and teammates; Tarakesh “Blades” Sardana and CWO Skyjack McMurphy.

Book One in the pulse-pounding Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure series

TOO FAR

A case so big, so deadly, it’ll take two ass-kicking investigative teams to crack it. But will even they be enough when Grace deHaviland teams up with ex-DEA agent Nick Lafferty and his crew, heroes of David DeLee’s thriller Crystal White.

Bounty hunter Grace deHaviland takes on a case involving a couple of drug dealers in from New York, trying to expand their gang’s heroin market into Ohio. To locate her bail jumpers and stop a gang war from breaking out on the streets of Columbus, Grace must make a deal with the devil—against the wishes of her two best friends, sheriff’s deputy Suzie Jensen and BCI Agent Eugene Booker—and work with the drug lord of a notoriously dangerous street gang to broker a peace. But the situation only worsens when her bail jumpers make a violent attempt to steal a shipment of drugs and people end up dead.

With Grace’s bail jumper on the run, Booker calls in a favor from an old acquaintance in New York. Enter ex-DEA Agent Nick Lafferty.

Lafferty tries to do his old friend a solid, but when his poking around results in an attempt on his life, and that of ADA Caitlin McKenna, Lafferty must ramp up his game. With his ex-partner Delmar Harley by his side, they push back against the criminals and law enforcement alike to get what they need, but will they find what they’re looking for before or after more people die?

Then Grace deHaviland arrives in New York, with a chip on her shoulder and an ax to grind. Lafferty’s agreed to lend her a hand, but with the lives of the people he cares most about on the line, if Grace thinks she can run the show without interference, she’s got another thing coming. Luckily, the bad guys have pissed them off worse than they annoy each other and now must face a unified front. But will even that be enough?

Book Six in the award-winning Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter Series