David Bates 
Shafts of Strife [EPUB ebook] 

Drawing on classic murder ballads – songs, some of them centuries old, which narrate the tales of violence and skulduggery, and have been covered by artists including Jonny Cash, Nick Cave, Steve Ear …

In the wake of a tragedy, they must get to work.When ironclad body armour inexplicably fails on the battlefield, Army Ranger, Agent Davis Rogers takes on the undercover assignment to find the traitor …

Working undercover…literally Undercover together Rookie Police Officer Eva Colton finally has the chance to prove herself to her force and her family. But her latest assignment means teaming up with …

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The Red Lottery Ticket by Fortune Du Boisgobey is a riveting crime fiction novel that plunges readers into a world of mystery and suspense. This classic work, first published in the late 19th century …

A series of gruesome murders provoke CID to form a Major Enquiry Team, led by DCI Fancourt. The killer teases the police by leaving clues inserted in the throat and etched on the foreheads of the vic …

It was hard working in homicide when suffering from a debilitating phobia. On the brink of giving up on life Rex Saloman was given another chance and he embraced it with every ounce of mental strengt …

Bob Lee Swagger, former Marine Corps sniper, is back. And this time Swagger’s facing an adversary whose trigger finger may be even faster than his own.  When four famous 1960s rad …

Andy heads for the hills to clear his head, meets a mystic who gives him an eco-challenge, and then discovers he`s stirred up a hornets nest of opposition from his partner Liz. He also discovers that …

The first edition of this novelette was published in ‘Twists and Turns: An Eclectic Collection of Stories’ in 2016. I made some minor changes to the text for this version. Delmarva private investigat …