David Mapstone and his wife, Deputy Lindsey Faith Mapstone, are embroiled in two separate cases--in the first, a letter from a man confessing to a forty-year-old murder with directions to the body, and the second, a more recent crime--that may have a sinister link to a series of crimes involving political shenanigans, real-estate fraud, and murder.

[Read by Jim Meskimen] When his friend Peralta, newly sworn in as sheriff, is shot by a sniper, David Mapstone, former historian and new deputy sheriff, can't keep a cool, academic distance and he'd better not. While Peralta lies comatose in the hospital, the powers that be install Mapstone as acting sheriff in his friend's place. Mapstone feels unqualified, but he's the only person whose temporary appointment won't infuriate all the other candidates, who want the sheriff's position permanently. Meanwhile, a cryptic note scrawled by Peralta before the shooting forces Mapstone to confront his own personal history, inadvertently drawing him into danger. Mapstone soon discovers that the past has deadly consequences and the mean streets of the new West have never been more sinister.

Unable to keep away when his sheriff friend is nearly killed by a sniper, historian-turned-deputy David Mapstone discovers a cryptic note written by his friend that forces him to confront his own personal history. By the author of Concrete Desert.

Hired to go through unsolved case files at the sheriff's office and get rid of them, unemployed history professor David Mapstone discovers a forty-year-old case of murder that resembles the disappearance and murder of the sister of an old girlfriend.

He’s a man whose life is so intertwined with his job that we know him only as “the columnist.” He writes for a newspaper in Seattle, isn’t afraid to stir up trouble and keeps his life – including his multiple lovers and his past – in safe compartments. It’s all about to be violently upended when he goes out on what seems like the most mundane of assignments, looking into a staid company that “never makes news.” But from the moment one of his sources takes a dive off a downtown skyscraper, the columnist is plunged into a harrowing maze of murder, intrigue and secrets that powerful forces intend to keep hidden at all costs. All he has to go on is a corporate world where nothing is as it seems, increasingly menacing encounters with mysterious federal agents and the unsettling meme “eleven/eleven.” Meanwhile, the paper itself is dying. The columnist joins with an aggressive young reporter to see if one explosive story can save a newspaper – and much more. They’re running to make the deadline of their lives and failure will bring lethal consequences.Deadline Man is Jon Talton at his best, a novel that is both electrifying and intelligent, capturing the romance and harsh reality of newspaper journalism while raising important questions that will haunt readers long after the fast-paced action ends.

Discovering the badge of a forty-years-murdered FBI agent on the dead body of a homeless man, deputy Mapstone finds the long-unsolved case proving too close for comfort when the gang believed responsible for the killing targets Mapstone's wife. By the author of Camelback Falls.

Product Description: Part of the self-image of Phoenix is that the city has no history and that anything of importance happened yesterday. Also that Phoenix, the Arizona state capital, is a "clean" city (despite a past of police corruption and social oppression)...read more

Product Description: [MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] The private detective business starts out badly for former Phoenix deputy David Mapstone, who has teamed up with his old friend and boss, Sheriff Mike Peralta. Their first client is gunned down just after hiring them...read more

Cheryl Beth Wilson is an elite nurse at Cincinnati Memorial Hospital who finds a doctor brutally murdered in a secluded office. Wilson had been having an affair with the doctor’s husband, a surgeon, and this makes her a “person of interest” to the police, if not at outright suspect. But someone other than the cops is watching Cheryl Beth.The killing comes as former homicide detective Will Borders is just hours out of surgery. But as his stretcher is wheeled past the crime scene, he knows this is no random act of violence. Instead, it has all the marks of a serial killer case he supposedly solved years before. Rebuked by his former partner and unable even to walk, Borders starts to investigate. He teams up with Cheryl Beth, who is desperate to clear her name. But as the city teeters on the edge of violence and a killer grows closer, the two are running out of time to unlock the secrets of the murder and the brooding, old hospital.The Pain Nurse begins a new series by the author of the award-winning David Mapstone series.

[This is the Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.] Cheryl Beth Wilson, a nurse at Cincinnati Memorial Hospital, finds a doctor brutally murdered in a secluded office. Wilson had been having an affair with the doctor's husband, a surgeon, and now she is a ''person of interest'' if not an outright suspect. But someone other than the police is also watching Cheryl Beth. The murder comes as former homicide detective Will Borders is just out of surgery. But as his stretcher is wheeled past the crime scene, he knows this is no random act of violence--in fact, it has all the marks of a serial-killer case he supposedly solved years before. Unable even to walk, Borders starts to investigate, teaming up with Cheryl Beth, who is desperate to clear her name. But as the killer grows closer, the two are running out of time to unlock the secrets of the murder at the brooding, old hospital.

Product Description: Thanks to spinal tumor surgery, Cincinnati Homicide Detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. He’s lucky to be alive and lucky to have a job as public information officer for the department...read more

Product Description: [This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] Cincinnati homicide detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. He's lucky to be alive. He's lucky to have his job as public information officer for the department...read more

Product Description: A handsome young New York professor comes to Phoenix to research his new book. But when he's brutally murdered, police connect him to one of the world's most deadly drug cartels. This shouldn't be a case for historian turned deputy David Mapstone except the victim had been dating David's sister in law, Robin, and now she's a target too...read more