Bøger af George Encizo

John Carter is a prominent Florida attorney with a condition inherited from his grandfather that causes him to fall into deep memory lapses. Unknown to him, those episodes trigger an alter ego, also named John Carter, who works as a county sheriff. Living completely separate lives, these identities have only vague hints that the other personality even exists. When the attorney accepts a teenage rape case at the behest of his adolescent daughter, the sheriff simultaneously becomes involved in a tragic car accident involving three fatalities. As the facts unfold for each case, both men feel the enormous strain from what they discover. Their pursuit of justice for each crime reveals heinous evil that leaves them horrified. They find support in their family, friends, and other crime-solving professionals, but will the strain take its toll before these cases are solved? For fans of Lisa Scottalione and Robert Parker, The Farber Legacy is a dark, gritty tale of good versus evil, filled with thrilling suspense and shocking secrets. Will justice prevail for each of these crimes? Or will John Carter's medical condition prove too much to overcome?

Master Gunnery Sergeant Bradley Harding arrives in the cozy coastal town of Blocker's Bluff, South Carolina, looking for a place to start a new life once his current enlistment ends. But that all depends on finding-and confronting-a person from his past. While renting a room at the quaint Baxter House, his search for truth uncovers long-buried secrets, and an elderly matriarch will do everything she can to keep them hidden from family and loved ones. Still wrestling with his own demons from combat, Harding hopes to help out a former comrade who lost her arm during a mission he was leading. Wracked with guilt about her injury, he enlists the aid of Jessica's roommate-as well as a very special canine. Meanwhile, Molly Dickson, the chief of police, contends with a vicious attack on her husband and his dog. Normally able to restrain her emotions, the case takes its toll and makes her question if a career change might be in order. For fans of Robert B. Parker, Catherine Coulter, and J. D. Robb, Baxter House is a charming Southern drama about forgiveness and new beginnings filled with mystery, suspense, and a dash of humor that will uplift and inspire.

The local Police Chief is overwhelmed with a series of events never experienced in this small coastal town. She iis forced to enlist the services of her predecessor, a surly, self-imposed hermit who was ousted by the town council. Their wit and humor as they sort their way through the maze of events will have you laughing and captivate your interest. With mystery and intrique, a bevy of who done it will leave you wondering in the end.

With a population of just twelve thousand, Creek City is a sleepy rural town in Central Florida. Folks live there because life is simple and peaceful; but once dead bodies start turning up, Creek City is anything but. Underprepared and undermanned, the county sheriff's office scrambles to stop the bloodshed, but the killer is always one step ahead. Sheriff J. D. Pickens, usually a steady hand, loses patience as clue after clue results in a dead end and another corpse turns up. When Pickens gets close to the truth, the killer threatens Pickens's own family, making this murder investigation personal. Anger, terror, and tenacious police work clash in a surprise ending that will leave readers breathless.Descent into Hell is a thriller that will make you lock your doors and bar your windows. Big cities may be filled with crime, but it's easier to get away with murder in rural areas. The silence of the countryside is not always comforting; it can also be a reminder of how alone you are-and how unlikely it is that anyone will hear you scream.

Losing a beloved pet was traumatic for JD Pickens and his daughter Sarah. What made matters worse was when Sarah took a liking to a boy, one Pickens didn't know. Pickens wasn't ready for Sarah to date because he feared losing his little girl's heart. It created a chasm in their father-daughter relationship. When Sarah and her boyfriend witnessed a dog beaten and tossed in a truck, they followed it until the truck turned onto a dirt road. Sarah had called the incident to Deputy Billy Thompson and asked him to run the license plate. Billy agreed but asked her not to follow the truck, and they decided not to follow it. The rift between Pickens and Sarah widened when Pickens solicited the boyfriend's help locating the dirt road without telling Sarah. He agreed even though it got him in trouble with Sarah. After he pointed out the road, Billy contacted a member of his drone club and had her launch a drone to do aerial surveillance of the road. The aerial surveillance revealed a compound with trucks and cages at the end of the road. Using the drone, Pickens and his team descended upon the compound only to discover the trucks were gone and the cages were empty, except for one. That cage had a malnourished dog chained up with no food or water and left to perish. With animal control as part of Pickens's team, animal control rushed the dog to the shelter. Pickens hoped the dog would survive and he might adopt it. Unfortunately, the dog died, which angered Pickens. After Sarah's boyfriend took her fishing, Pickens attempted to bridge the chasm between them by offering to take her fishing, but Sarah thought Pickens was trying to drive a wedge between her and her boyfriend. Pickens assured Sarah he was only trying to bridge the gap between them, and Sarah eventually relented and agreed to go. The event ended up being a relationship mender, but Pickens kept a secret from Sarah. Ultimately, the secret was revealed when they visited Pickens's parents, creating another rift between Pickens and Sarah. With the help of Pickens's mother, Pickens escaped Sarah's wrath, and their bond remained intact. Angry over the death of the emaciated dog, Pickens vowed to track down the men who caged it along with other dogs at the compound. Billy came up with the name of one of the men, thanks to prints from the compound. But Pickens still couldn't locate where the men were hiding, but a stroke of luck led Pickens to a remote farmhouse. After Sarah mentioned that she and her boyfriend were going on a helicopter ride, Pickens asked her to get the pilot's name, so he could enlist the help of the pilot to descend upon the farmhouse and arrest the dognappers. Sarah agreed, and Pickens contacted the pilot and paid for his service by flying Pickens and a small team to the farmhouse. Once again, Pickens was days too late and found the dognappers dead, but a fingerprint left at the scene revealed another name, but it became difficult to locate the person. Although Pickens was disappointed about the dead bodies, they happened upon a female dog and her litter. The dogs were taken to the shelter and cared for, and the veterinarian discovered a chip in the mother. Pickens attempted to locate its owner. Unfortunately, he found the owner dead in his trailer. Pickens decided he'd take the dogs if no one wanted. First, he had to locate any relatives of their former owner. Pickens discovered a son-in-law of the dogs' former owner, but he didn't want the dogs, so they became available for adoption. Pickens still had to locate the killer, but it proved difficult, as though he was a ghost. A twenty-year-old mug shot of the man led to Amy contacting the Jacksonville law enforcement agencies, but they were no help, and the case went cold.

Allison would tag along behind her brother and his friends wherever they went as teenagers. Now, as an adult, a mother, and a prominent lawyer, she kept a secret. One that was at the forefront of Sheriff JD Pickens's investigation into a case of a young girl abducted from in front of her house, and he only had twenty-four hours to solve it. What made it worse was that Pickens had known the abducted girl's mother since she was a teenager and had played high school football with the girl's uncle. And there were other secrets that Pickens wasn't aware of until he started working the case. Secrets left untold for reasons that were in the best interest of everyone.

Quail hunting in Central Florida was supposed to be an exciting experience. But lately, for Bo Tatum, the owner of Tatum's Hunting Resort off Grange Road near Lake Azur, it had been a disaster. Instead of his dogs flushing out birds, they'd been digging up human bodies.Sheriff JD Pickens and County Medical Examiner, Dr. Marge Davids, were planning a festive holiday season. But their plans were put on hold thanks to Tatum's discoveries. Undermanned and ill-equipped in a city and county where such things rarely happened, Pickens and Davids will need to muster all the ingenuity they can to solve the mysteries of the bodies, including getting help from an expert in forensic science.With clues scarce and few leads, Pickens and Davids had to rely on unconventional methods as a last resort. When tempers started to flare during the investigations, Pickens had to use every ounce of patience he could muster to stay calm and in control.

For reasons known only to him, Francis Teague hadn't told anyone about his adolescent years during the 1940s in Monticello, Florida. But that all changed when his granddaughter, Erica Bass, a Leon County paramedic decided she wanted to know about them. Her mother initially discouraged her as whenever the subject came up by her or Erica's grandmother, he clammed up and avoided the subject altogether. But Erica was determined. Urged by her boyfriend, Aaron, she visited her grandfather on his eighty-sixth birthday in an attempt to get him to agree to talk to her and hopefully write a book about his life as a teenager.Surprisingly, he agreed to talk to her and the book. But with the condition, she wrote everything he told her and from his point of view. Erica accepted, and the project began. Her grandfather not only talked about his adolescent years but revealed secrets he'd never told anyone not his parents, Erica's grandmother, nor Erica's mother. Some were emotionally charged, some were highly personal, and some were mysterious and suspenseful. Others were stressful, and some were downright humorous and entertaining. But Erica was overwhelmed when she discovered a shocking family secret.