""Tomlinson meshes local politics, college basketball, and the South in this wonderfully gritty crime novel you just can't put down."--Dave White, author of An Empty Hell ... Summer, 1994. Dean Goodnight, the first Choctaw Indian employed by the Oklahoma County public defender's office, pulls a new case--the brutal murder of a once-promising basketball star. The only witness is Caleb, the five-year-old son of the prime suspect, Billy. Investigating...

"When one of the wealthiest and most hated men on the French Riviera is murdered, finding his killer becomes a privilege--and a danger. It's a Mediterranean winter in1888. Though Cannes glistens, it's darker behind closed doors. A real estate crisis has ripped through the city's storied fortunes, upending lives. Courtesan Lola Deslys has survived the runs unscathed . . . until she's drawn into the desperation of a former, and unfaithful, acquaintance....

A selection of posts from the author's blog, Shalom Rav.

"W drodze na Annapurnę, jeden z najgroźniejszych szczytów na świecie, ginie troje polskich wspinaczy. Ekipy ratunkowe odnajdują jedynie przysypane śniegiem, poskręcane liny, ale nie trafiają na żaden inny ślad po grupie. Kilka tygodni później jedyna członkini wyprawy pojawia się na granicy nepalsko-tybetańskiej, po czym zostaje zatrzymana. Polscy śledczy przewożą ją do kraju, gdzie ma odpowiadać za zabójstwo - okazuje się bowiem,...

Canadian William Sampson moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to offer his expertise as a business consultant. In December 2000, he and several of his colleagues were suddenly arrested and charged for a violent terrorist bombing they did not commit. Despite his plea of innocence and no evidence of guilt, Sampson was imprisoned and tortured repeatedly for almost three years. His captors finally got what they wanted: a confession. Sampson was sentenced to...

"Jorge, a chemistry student who is Paquita's boyfriend, recounts the criminal acts of his classmate Goyo in 1942. Even though Goyo maintains a loving relationship with Chela, another student, at night he commits murder by strangling prostitutes. The love story between Jorge and Paquita comes to an end when a police officer discovers the lifeless bodies in the garden of the laboratory."-- "Jorge, un estudiante de quirnica que es novio de Paquita,...

"Francis Petrel tenía poco más de veinte años cuando su familia lo recluyó en el psiquiátrico tras una conducta imprevisible que culminó en una crisis. Pero un reencuentro en los terrenos de la clausurada institución remueve algo profundo en la mente agitada de Francis: unos recuerdos sombríos, que él creía haber enterrado, sobre los truculentos hechos que condujeron al cierre del Western State Hospital, y el asesinato sin resolver de una...

Relates events in Rwanda after the murder of President Habyarimana including the genocide of the Tutsi, the ill-treatment of refugees, and the eventual reconciliation.