This is the story of a dog a pedigree Alsatian who became a Police Dog in the West Riding Police Force. He was brave, intelligent and loyal, with a wicked sense of humour and a big heart. This is the tale of that career and of the family whose lives he enriched.

Norman Spinrad, a National Book Award finalist for his short fiction collection The Star-Spangled Future, has now written The People's Police, a sharp commentary on politics with a contemporary, speculative twist. Martin Luther Martin is a hard-working New Orleans cop, who has come up from the gangland of Alligator Swamp through hard work. When he has to serve his own eviction notice, he decides he's had enough and agrees to spearhead a police strike. Brothel owner and entrepreneur J. B. Lafitte also finds himself in a tight spot when his whorehouse in the Garden District goes into foreclosure. Those same Fat Cats responsible for the real estate collapse after Katrina didn't differentiate between social strata or vocation. MaryLou Boudreau, aka Mama Legba, is a television star and voodoo queen—with a difference. The loa really do ride and speak through her. These three, disparate people are pulled together by a single moment in the television studio when Martin, hoping for publicity and support from the people against the banks, corporate fat cats, and corrupt politicians. But no one expects Papa Legba himself to answer, and his question changes everything. "What do you offer?" At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Summer. Seventy-seven glorious days to recover from the government-sanctioned, tax-payer-supported dystopia known as public education. Seventy-seven days to practice boomerang tricks, produce more Forensics 411 webisodes, and pretend he doesn’t care that his only friend is a bloodhound named Chaucer. That’s all Hank wants out of this summer in his coast North Carolina neighborhood. Instead, he gets mistaken for a local celebrity, accidentally makes a (human!) friend, and starts investigating a 35-year-old cold case that may or may not be related to the human skeleton unearthed by Chaucer. But when evidence and people start disappearing, it is up to Hank and Hannah to solve the case before they become the next Vanished in Vista Point.

Thaddeus King is a seasoned police detective who tackles a series of high-profile homicides, unraveling a web of corruption that extends deep into the heart of the city police force and the county government. When the quiet city streets of Fort Worth, Texas are terrorized by a Serial Rapist and Sequence Killer, Funky Town’s finest is assigned to the case. Detective King, a Law Enforcement veteran of the City of Fort Worth’s police department, finds his entire career in jeopardy when he attempts to solve this complex case. Haunted by his own demons, Thad struggles with his past failures as a father, being a half-hearted lover and discontented with his city for its racist police force. Love, lust, and Law Enforcement all intertwine as Detective King becomes infatuated with an extremely fortunate surviving victim of the killer. Thaddeus’ excessive appetite for sex, clouds his judgement while he gets closer to apprehending the murderer. As Thaddeus is propelled into his own personal hell, his life becomes a world wind of lies, deceit and heartbreak. Police Detective Thaddeus King wrestles with licentious impulses, resentment of policing disproportionately targeting minorities, and personal obligation to combat evil in his community. In “Police King”, Thaddeus aims to apprehend a ghastly serial murderer who discards the remains of victims at a lake after defiling and murdering these unsuspecting women. As Detective King pursues the killer, he is distracted by his lusts and finds himself frequently at odds with the police department that employs him. As Black people stand against social injustice and protest systemic racism, King grapples with the conflict of being a black law enforcer as he struggles to stop the slaughter of young women by a serial murderer. Thad’s passions lead him to a dark place where he must confront the demons within and track down the demon he hunts. In the end, Detective Kings’ good looks, charm, and charisma just may lead to his own demise.

Gordon Thorburn has worked as a copywriter, journalist, scriptwriter, editor and author. Books include Bombers, First and Last, Animal Spy, and the bestselling Men and Sheds. He lives in Norfolk.

Damon couldn’t wait to start the eighth grade: being in the top grade of the district school, getting to be a crossing guard, and seeing old friends. But at the new school, eighth grade is the lowest grade, there are no crossing guards, and old friends move on. Worse, Damon’s power to control darkness keeps turning itself on and off. Even worse, two former members of The Power Club start a new club—without him. But things at the new school aren’t what they seem. A menacing shapechanger and a friendly werewolf complicate matters as Damon learns of a plot to send his friends away for good and start a war with “ords.” Will his new club—The Secret Club—be enough to prevent a war?