Bøger af Matthew Storm

Twenty years ago San Diego was rocked by a horrific car bombing. Local technology researcher Adam Collins and his young son were killed, and his wife Anita horribly maimed. Although the bombing at first appeared to be the work of the anti-technology extremist "The Unabomber," he was eventually ruled out as the killer. The crime went unsolved. Now former SDPD detective Nevada James, with three months sobriety under her belt, is asked by Anita Collins to take another look at the case. Nevada doesn't believe she'll come up with anything after so much time has passed, but she finds Anita fascinating. Is she the kind, grandmotherly woman she appears to be, or is she something else entirely? Meanwhile, a copycat killer is loose on the streets of San Diego and Nevada's former protégé calls her in for advice. Posing his victims in much the same manner as the Laughing Man, the killer appears to be after little more than respect. Whether he wants it from Nevada or the Laughing Man himself remains to be seen, but the body count is growing. Can Nevada beat him at his own game without losing herself again in the process?

Three years ago, top San Diego homicide detective Nevada James went up against an infamous serial killer called the Laughing Man...and lost. The mental breakdown that followed left her institutionalized and no longer able to work as a police officer. Having lost everything, Nevada is content to do odd jobs to keep a step ahead of the bill collectors and fund her out-of-control drinking problem. But that changes when Alan Davies, a local crime lord, comes to her with a problem. His wife and daughter are missing and he can't go to the police. If Nevada helps him, he'll pay her enough that she'll never have to worry about money again. But what should have been a simple missing persons case quickly turns deadly. Alan Davies has enemies, and in the course of trying to save his family Nevada finds herself in the middle of a gang war. But her own demons are even more menacing, and the Laughing Man is still out there.

Oliver Jones used to live an ordinary life, until one night a stray cat began speaking to him and things began to go very wrong. Now he is on the run, hunted by an inhuman assassin who will stop at nothing to kill him. His only hope for survival rests with a trio of unlikely new allies: A werewolf with a fondness for Hawaiian shirts, a strange little girl who just might be immortal, and a gunfighter with an anger management problem. For better or for worse, Oliver lives in interesting times...

Oliver Jones, a man who once discovered he had the power to change reality itself, used to be called the most dangerous man in the world. Now he's joined The Araneae Group, a team of paranormal investigators under the command of Artemis, a seemingly immortal ten-year-old girl. Things that used to seem fantastical, like vampires and werewolves, are now as commonplace in his life as getting a cup of coffee in the morning. But Oliver's ability to change the world around him is no longer working. Even when his life is in the utmost danger, he finds that he's no more special than any other man. Things take a turn when a cyborg, the lone survivor of a civil war on another world, confronts Oliver's teammate Sally Rain. Sally, once a high-ranking officer in her army, was responsible for his people's extermination, and he wants revenge. While the cyborg is quickly dealt with, Sally is haunted by the terrible memory of what she did at the war's end. She wants a chance to set things right, and she knows just the person to help her do it. Because Oliver Jones is still the most dangerous man in the world. He just doesn't know it yet.