William Kelley
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Adventurer Harry Wingate is hired by an obsessive gem collector to recover the "Blue Lightning", a dazzling opal in the hands of Irish Republican Army financier Lester McInally, who has created an impenetrable fortress in a small town in the Australian outback. Teaming up with the wife of a private detective who also ran afoul of McInally, and some aboriginal helpers, Wingate prepares for an assualt that will determine who will possess the "Blue Lightning."...
2) Witness
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When a young Amish woman and her son get caught up in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, their savior turns out to be the hardened Philadelphia detective John Book, who runs head-on into the non-violent world of a Pennsylvania Amish community.
3) Witness
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Shortly after the death of her husband, Amish woman Rachel Lapp takes her son Samuel on a trip to Philadelphia. While in the train station washroom, Samuel sees two men savagely murder a third. Philadelphia detective John Book discovers that people within the police force were involved, and is assigned to escort Rachel and Samuel back home, protecting the boy until the trial. Book blends in with the Amish community, but the corrupt cops Book has exposed...