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Jake Williams takes a job with a mysterious company south of the border to save his parents' home. But things and people are not what they seem in Mexico. Will Jake earn the money he needs and get away safely or will his temper get the best of him? Payment Upon Delivery is the first installment in a suspenseful new series that explores commercial corruption around the globe. If you like thoughtful, well-researched thrillers and sharp character development, then you’ll love the Jake Williams Series by Hackley Hammett.

Jake Williams is living the high life in Miami when the pandemic deprives him of his 7 figure income. Looking for a new scheme, Jake teams up with Brooks Wade to import fraudulent Chinese face masks through Los Angeles. Along the way, Jake gets entangled with a violent South Central gang and falls for the beautiful Nichole.

Ray Kerze hasn't been having the best time of it. His closest friends are the guys in line with him at the liquor store before breakfast. He lives in his office in the decaying heart of Detroit, and that's only because the building is so far gone, no one shows up to collect rent. An ex-cop turned private investigator, he's not so much investigating as drowning himself in whiskey and helping out other struggling denizens of downtown in his sober moments. His life becomes a bit more interesting—and, some might say, worth living—when a young woman shows up at his office.

After the trauma of his last case, and after three months spent recovering in Ireland, life is looking up for newly retired homicide detective Brian (Brick) Kavanagh. Back home in Washington, DC, a new job shows promise when he's asked to train criminology students in cold case techniques.

Absolute Anger is a stand-alone story of intrigue and suspense revolving around Detective Tyler O’Brien. Promoted to lieutenant since he and his crew of brash detectives captured the man responsible for four brutal and deranged killings, the trial and sentencing of the murderer should have ended the crime spree, but that was just the beginning….

My family are followers of the Baha'i Faith, a religion founded in Iran and practiced by millions of people worldwide today. Muslims in Iran consider it a blasphemous, illegitimate religion. For more than four decades, Baha'is in Iran have been stripped of all human rights. We are routinely arrested, detained, tortured, imprisoned, and executed without cause. This is my story about what life was like living under Islamic rule.

Playground of the Dead is a macabre tale set in a seaside California community of Clear Vista. There have been a number of unexplained deaths of the town’s citizens—all related to tragic incidents involving its children. The police chief, Braden Powell, a man dealing with his own troubled, tragic history, has been investigating the mysterious occurrences with frustratingly minimal success.