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A collection of suspenseful standalone radio thrillers by Edward Boyd Scottish writer Edward Boyd was well known for his TV and radio plays, including The Corridor People and The View from Daniel Pike, and he also penned several episodes of Z-Cars. He specialised in the thriller genre, and this...

As Russian forces drive deep into Europe, American troops fight brutal battles in the Middle East, and Chinese warships close in across the Pacific, the free world is being squeezed to the breaking point. World War III has arrived—and the outcome isn’t looking good. America and her allies are outnumbered, outgunned, and on the brink of collapse. For President Maggie Trousdale, the goal is no longer victory—it’s survival. Preventing nuclear firestorm is the only objective left.

As the low winter sun begins to rise over the river Deben, a body is found, caught up amongst the reeds in the river that runs through the small Suffolk town of Deben Quay. Detective Inspector Morgan could never have imagined the secrets that are about unfold, as he finds himself caught up in a web of lies and deceit that reaches far beyond his life as a detective.

For former FBI-agent-turned-thief Blair Morgan, the world’s most unbreakable vault is her most irresistible target. Blair Morgan has embraced her second career - as an elite thief. Her heist crew has set their sights on their latest target: the Sierra Diamond, an 872-carat stone worth $27.3 million. It will be encased in a new vault known as the Sky Safe, a revolutionary strong room built into the side of a Los Angeles high rise. The FBI says the Sky Safe is impenetrable. Naturally, Blair and her crew think otherwise...and if they succeed, it will be the greatest heist ever pulled.

A frustrated crime scene cleaner...an off duty cop in a jam...a patrol officer who believes in a strange fate...a holier-than-thou Internal Affairs whose world gets turned upside down...plus those that are crazy, surrounded in sadness or just trying to get by - these are the many and varied characters of River City, brought to life in 17 short stories by the author of the River City crime novels.

Dead Even features 15 stories highlighting major and minor characters from the River City series, including series favorite Katie MacLeod, Detectives Finch and Elias, hard-luck Officer Paul Hiero, and transplanted gangster Dominic Bracco.

Explore the tangled lives of these men and women in 14 short tales set in River City!

Sugar Got Low contains a tale of grifters, a prequel story to the well-regarded Ania series, several trips back to River City, and one to La Sombra, Texas. Enjoy a Walter Mitty homage set in San Francisco, a deadly day in Roman Britain, the heartbreaking story of a junkie, and the suspenseful one of a murderer in a black car. And at the end of it all, you’ll experience the dark but inspiring title story of perseverance that was only made possible because of a misunderstood lyric.