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  • Foreign Deceit

    Jeff Carson

    eBook (Cross Atlantic Publishing, Oct. 26, 2013)
    HIS BROTHER IS DEAD HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD.HE’S NOT GETTING THE WHOLE TRUTH. WIth over a million copies sold and thousands of five-star reviews, the bestselling David Wolf Series starts right here with this thrill-ride mystery. Deputy Sergeant Wolf’s ex-wife is in back in the picture, jealousy of his upcoming promotion to sheriff is escalating to violence, and a boy has just been reported missing—a lot of action for a ski resort town in the middle of the Colorado Rockies. All that trouble falls to background noise, however, when Wolf learns his brother has just committed suicide in northern Italy. Devastation and resentment of his sibling’s selfish act is short-lived, because Wolf knows one thing is for certain: his brother would never kill himself. Or would he? A nagging suspicion there's more to the story is enough to pull Wolf from his volatile life, to Lecco, Italy—a picturesque city along the shores of Lake Como, where danger lies amid the ancient cobblestone alleys.With the aid of a beautiful Carabinieri agent, can Wolf piece together what really happened to his brother without suffering the same fate? Foreign Deceit is the first of the 13-book David Wolf Mystery Thriller Series.If you're a fan of David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, C.J. Box’s Joe Pickett, Robert Ludlum’s Bourne and Janson, John Sandford’s Prey Series, Craig Johnson’s Longmire, Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, Jonathan Kellerman, Robert Dugoni, and Stuart Woods, then you will be sucked into this page-turning David Wolf mystery-thriller. With twists and turns, memorable characters, action, suspense, mystery with pulse-pounding revelation, all amid breathtaking scenery, it's no wonder why the David Wolf Series is gaining such acclaim. Readers are saying …“For fans of C.J. Box and David Baldacci, this will be a welcome series.”“David Wolf is to Jeff Carson as Harry Bosch is to Michael Connelly. I highly recommend any in the series …”“Jeff Carson belongs with the likes of Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, John Sandford, J.D. Robb, and Patricia Cornwell.”“Honestly if you are not reading Jeff Carson, YOU NEED TO JUMP ON BOARD!”“You can not put the books down, so please make sure you have plenty of time on your hands.”
  • The David Wolf Mystery Thriller Series: Books 1-4

    Jeff Carson

    eBook
    The David Wolf Mystery Thriller Series Books 1-4 by Amazon #1 bestselling author Jeff Carson have brought readers across the globe and back again to the high country of Colorado, leaving them breathless and desperate for more. If you love thriller mysteries with action, suspense, and a touch of humor and romance, then the David Wolf Series is for you.The David Wolf Series has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times! Now, for a limited time, you can purchase the first four books of the David Wolf Mystery Thriller Series for 45% off! FOREIGN DECEITSergeant David Wolf of the Sluice County SD headquartered in the ski resort town of Rocky Points, Colorado, receives word that his brother has committed suicide in the Alps of Italy.Devastation and resentment over his only sibling's selfish act quickly gives way to a nagging suspicion that he isn't getting the whole truth. Conviction alone is enough to pull Wolf from pressing events in his Colorado Rockies home town to the entirely foreign land of Northern Italy, and into a deadlier situation than he could have imagined.With the help of a beautiful officer of the Carabinieri, Wolf must piece together the mystery of his brother's last fateful night without ruffling too many feathers, or paying the ultimate price.THE SILVERSMITHDeputy Sergeant David Wolf has been waiting sixteen years for today's opportunity to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become Sheriff of the Sluice County SD, headquartered in the small ski resort town of Rocky Points, Colorado. What he's offered, however, isn't quite what he's expecting. And for Wolf, refusing turns out to be harder, and much deadlier, than he could have anticipated.When a rich and powerful enemy corrupts the SCSD from within, Wolf becomes hunted by his own department, along with a special forces killing machine whose psychotic lust for blood is never denied.In this action-packed, suspense filled adventure -- the second installment in the David Wolf series -- Wolf must draw on all his skills in the high Rocky Mountain forest and solve a disturbing mystery involving an item from his past if he wants to live to see another day. ALIVE AND KILLINGJust for a day, Colorado Sheriff David Wolf trades slogging through murky meltwaters and even murkier small-town politics for an overnight camping trip in the wilderness with his son. But when a man with fresh burns turns up on their trail, falling from the heavy load in his backpack and running wild from something, Wolf suspects his father-son camping trip may have just taken a turn for the worse. Unfortunately his instincts are spot on, and Wolf is forced into action with the last person he wants by his side in a deadly battle — his only son.In this stomach-dropping, action and suspense packed third installment of the David Wolf Mystery Thriller series, Wolf partners with a beautiful FBI agent to bust an inter-continental conspiracy threatening anyone who has the bad enough luck to stumble on it. DEADLY CONDITIONSThe small town of Rocky Points, Colorado has just been hit with an epic snowstorm. When the snow removal process uncovers a dead body -- a young woman brutally murdered and clearly marked with some sort of cryptic message -- Sheriff David Wolf and his deputies are left scrambling to find a killer before he strikes again. In this fourth installment of the suspense-filled David Wolf Mystery Thriller Series, Wolf's investigation leads him to corruption involving the highest authorities and a deadly foe, forcing him to gamble life, limb, and his entire career to dig a path to justice. ...From 1st deadly sin through Sandford's latest I love this genre and Carson's David Wolf is a new friend.
  • Dire

    Jeff Carson

    eBook (Cross Atlantic Publishing, Feb. 3, 2016)
    Just as Detective David Wolf and his new girlfriend get started, so does the killing. The Kindle Bestselling series continues with an edge of your seat mystery thriller that will keep you up riveted until the final sentence. When a man careens off the road into the frigid waters of the Chautauqua River, Chief Detective David Wolf risks his own life to bring the man to shore. News of Wolf’s bravery travels fast through the burgeoning ski town of Rocky Points, Colorado, and before long he’s pulled into the political grinder, where candidates are eager to exploit Wolf’s character for their own gain. Injured as well in the process, it seems his heroic deed was some cruel twist of fate, that is, until he meets Lauren Coulter, a new girl in town and a nurse at the local hospital. Lauren is smart, beautiful, and just Wolf’s type. The connection between them is there. But just as they get started, so does the killing. And as bodies start emerging, so do the secrets from Lauren’s troubled past. Has fate steered Wolf to the wrong woman? Or is someone more devious behind the wheel? Lives will depend on how fast Wolf can come up with the answer, and this time, living with failure will prove to be something much worse than death.
  • Cold Lake

    Jeff Carson

    eBook (Cross Atlantic Publishing, Nov. 18, 2014)
    The truth emerges, one piece at a time.When a fisherman reels in a plastic bag containing a severed human head from the depths of Cold Lake, Colorado, sheriff David Wolf and his deputies scramble to the scene. It doesn't take long to realize more surprises lurk below. Their grim discoveries reopen a cold case Wolf’s father worked twenty-two years ago, and Wolf must try to succeed where his father failed before him. Wolf has the advantage on his dad, though, because he has bodies. Lots of them. Amid sweeping political changes that have his department and the entire county on edge, Wolf and his deputies come to the disturbing realization there is a dangerous serial killer in their midst—one who will stop at nothing to remain hidden. Can Wolf and his deputies unveil the truth before someone pays the ultimate price?This fifth installment of the David Wolf Mystery Thriller series is chock-full of suspense, mystery, and action that will keep you glued through the final sentence.
  • The Silversmith

    Jeff Carson

    eBook (Cross Atlantic Publishing, Feb. 26, 2013)
    Wolf is given an offer he doesn't want. But refusing will prove deadly. Deputy David Wolf has waited sixteen years to follow in his father’s footsteps and be appointed Sheriff of the Sluice County sheriff’s department, headquartered in the ski resort town of Rocky Points, Colorado. But instead of the dream job, he's offered something else. When Wolf refuses, and a dead body shows up with clues pointing to Wolf as the culprit, he soon finds himself chased by his own department, along with a special forces hunter with a lust for blood. In this action-packed, suspenseful second installment in the David Wolf series, Wolf must draw on all his skills to survive the onslaught in the high Rocky Mountain forest. And if he wants to clear his name, he'll have to piece together a mystery unearthed from the ground that could do no less than rewrite his own past, and ensure his future among the living.This is the second book in the action-packed, mystery-thriller David Wolf Series of 13 books (and counting). If you like twists and turns, unexpected plots, characters you'll love, those you'll love to hate, all set in the harsh and beautiful mountain west, then the David Wolf Series is for you. Join the thousands of already hooked readers and see what the fuss is about.
  • To the Bone

    Jeff Carson

    eBook (Cross Atlantic Publishing, Aug. 9, 2015)
    The Bestselling David Wolf Mystery-Thriller Series continues, with a story that will bring you to the rocky, scorched earth of northwest Colorado. In a place where ancient, killing monsters are buried beneath, it seems more are still prowling topside.Chief Detective David Wolf’s son has a new girlfriend, and when she discovers her father—a well known man in ancient fossils trade circles—has been murdered, she and the rest of her shattered family turn to Wolf to bring them justice. With the help of a small town sheriff and a retired police dog named Jet, Wolf follows the clues to a dig site in western Colorado, where secrets have been entombed for eons, and people are dying to keep them that way. In a place where killing monsters are buried under the earth, it becomes clear there are still some roaming topside, and in this suspense-filled seventh installment of the David Wolf Mystery Thriller series, Wolf must keep his wits or it will be his bones found next.
  • Foreign Deceit

    Jeff Carson

    Paperback (Cross Atlantic Publishing, March 20, 2014)
    As if narrowly escaping an attempt on his life, his addict ex-wife being back in the picture, and complications to his all-but-certain appointment to Sheriff weren't enough, Sergeant David Wolf of the Sluice County SD receives word that his brother has committed suicide in the Alps of Italy. Devastation and resentment over his only sibling's selfish act quickly gives way to a nagging suspicion that he isn't getting the whole truth. Conviction alone is enough to pull Wolf from pressing events in his Colorado Rockies ski resort home of Rocky Points, Colorado, to the entirely foreign land of Northern Italy, and into a deadlier situation than he could have imagined. With the help of a beautiful officer of the Carabinieri, Wolf must piece together the mystery of his brother's last fateful night without ruffling too many feathers, or paying the ultimate price. A gritty tale of international mystery and action, Foreign Deceit will keep you guessing until the final pages. All Books of the David Wolf Mystery Series in Order GUT DECISION (A David Wolf Short Story) -- Subscribe at jeffcarson.co/p/newsletter.html to receive a complimentary copy FOREIGN DECEIT (David Wolf Book 1) THE SILVERSMITH (David Wolf Book 2) ALIVE AND KILLING (David Wolf Book 3) DEADLY CONDITIONS (David Wolf Book 4) COLD LAKE (David Wolf Book 5) SMOKED OUT (David Wolf Book 6) TO THE BONE (David Wolf Book 7) DIRE (David Wolf Book 8) SIGNATURE (David Wolf Book 9) If you're into action, suspense, thrillers, mysteries, international intrigue, plot twists, and memorable characters, then you'll love Foreign Deceit and the rest of the David Wolf series.
  • Cold Lake

    Jeff Carson

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 1, 2014)
    The truth emerges one piece at a time. When a fisherman reels in a plastic bag containing a severed human head from the depths of Cold Lake, Colorado, Sheriff David Wolf and his deputies scramble to the scene, and quickly realize there are more surprises to be found below. Their grim discoveries reopen a cold case Wolf’s father worked twenty-two years ago, and Wolf must try to succeed where his father failed before him. Wolf has the advantage on his dad, however, because he has bodies. Lots of them. Amid sweeping political changes that have his department and the entire county on edge, Wolf and his deputies come to the disturbing realization there is a dangerous serial killer in their midst—one who will stop at nothing to remain hidden. Can Wolf and his deputies unveil the truth before someone pays the ultimate price? This fifth installment of the David Wolf Mystery Thriller series is chock-full of suspense, mystery, and action that will keep you glued to the pages through the final sentence.
  • The Silversmith

    Jeff Carson

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 9, 2014)
    Deputy Sergeant David Wolf has been waiting sixteen years for today's opportunity to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become Sheriff of the Sluice County SD, headquartered in the small ski resort town of Rocky Points, Colorado. What he's offered, however, isn't quite what he's expecting. And for Wolf, refusing turns out to be harder, and much deadlier, than he could have anticipated. When a rich and powerful enemy corrupts the SCSD from within, Wolf becomes hunted by his own department, along with a special forces killing machine whose psychotic lust for blood is never denied. In this action-packed, suspense filled adventure -- the second installment in the David Wolf series -- Wolf must draw on all his skills in the high Rocky Mountain forest and solve a disturbing mystery involving an item from his Native American ancestry if he wants to live to see another day. Other Books in the David Wolf Mystery Series Foreign Deceit (David Wolf #1) The Silversmith (David Wolf #2) Alive and Killing (David Wolf #3) Deadly Conditions (David Wolf #4) Cold Lake (David Wolf #5) Smoked Out (David Wolf #6) To the Bone (David Wolf #7) Dire (David Wolf #8) Signature (David Wolf #9) You can sign up for Jeff Carson's new release newsletter at JeffCarson.co (no "m") and receive a FREE copy of Gut Decision (A David Wolf Story) as a gift.
  • To the Bone

    Jeff Carson

    Paperback (Independently published, Aug. 9, 2015)
    Chief Detective David Wolf’s son has a new girlfriend, and when she discovers her father—a well known man in ancient fossils trade circles—has been murdered, she and the rest of her shattered family turn to Wolf to bring them justice. With the help of a small town sheriff and a retired police dog named Jet, Wolf follows the clues to a dig site in western Colorado, where secrets have been entombed for eons, and people are dying to keep them that way. In a place where killing monsters are buried under the earth, it becomes clear there are still some roaming topside, and in this suspense-filled seventh installment of the David Wolf Mystery Thriller series, Wolf must keep his wits or it will be his bones found next.
  • Dire

    Jeff Carson

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, June 14, 2017)
    When a man careens off the road into the frigid waters of the Chautauqua River, Chief Detective David Wolf risks his own life to bring the man to shore. News of Wolf’s bravery travels fast through the burgeoning ski town of Rocky Points, Colorado, and before long he’s pulled into the political grinder, where candidates are eager to exploit Wolf’s character for their own gain. Injured as well in the process, it seems his heroic deed was some cruel twist of fate, that is, until he meets Lauren Coulter, a new girl in town and a nurse at the local hospital. Lauren is smart, beautiful, and just Wolf’s type. The connection between them is there. But just as they get started, so does the killing. And as bodies start emerging, so do the secrets from Lauren’s troubled past. Has fate steered Wolf to the wrong woman? Or is someone more devious behind the wheel? Lives will depend on how fast Wolf can come up with the answer, and this time, living with failure will prove to be something much worse than death. This is the 8th installment of the popular David Wolf mystery series, which are chock full of mystery, suspense, and thrills. The entire series in order is as follows … Gut Decision (David Wolf mystery-thriller short story) Foreign Deceit (David Wolf Book 1) The Silversmith (David Wolf Book 2) Alive and Killing (David Wolf Book 3) Deadly Conditions (David Wolf Book 4) Cold Lake (David Wolf Book 5) Smoked Out (David Wolf Book 6) To the Bone (David Wolf Book 7) Dire (David Wolf Book 8) You can keep up to date with Jeff Carson and his mystery-thriller projects, including a new series starter due out this summer, by visiting his blog at http://jeffcarson.co. Be sure to sign up for the newsletter to get a free copy of Gut Decision and to stay abreast of new releases.
  • Downton Abbey: Rules for Household Staff

    Carson

    Hardcover (St. Martin's Griffin, Nov. 25, 2014)
    Inspired by the Emmy Award-winning television series--and now feature film--Downton Abbey: Rules for Household Staff is a grand gift book for fans that reveals the proper etiquette and techniques required for those working in the manor or on the grounds of the Grantham estate. The household staff of Downton Abbey carries out their duties with effortless dignity, finesse and pride. Yet how do they know how exactly to lay the table, when to leave the room to give Lord and Lady Grantham their privacy, how to care for Lady Mary's furs and which uniform to wear when? This recently recovered and fascinating staff handbook answers all of these questions and more. Covering all the main positions of the Downton household―footman, lady's maid, housekeeper, groundsman and more―and with a general introduction for new members of staff from Carson the Butler, this book tells you everything you need to know about working below stairs in the grand estate of Downton Abbey.