As a man in a wheelchair crosses a speeding van's path, the driver loses control, rolling the van. When the driver wakes up in the hospital to find his wife and daughter dead, he embarks on a horrific course of vengeance to punish those responsible for his loss . For the past seven years, Bill Colón has fought to accept his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a disease he calls The Bastard. Forced to use a wheelchair on occasion, he attends a mobility disabilities support group and is shocked to discover that its members are falling prey to a crazed serial killer-a man who targets men in wheelchairs. When Bill's brother-in-law, a homicide detective named Luis Ortiz, is assigned to the case, Bill feels compelled to become involved with the investigation. One by one, unwitting men in wheelchairs are murdered. Although Bill doesn't want to be categorized as a man who fits the killer's profile, he soon realizes that he too is a target. Bill helps Luis pursue leads as much as his crippling disease will allow, but he has his limitations. Will Luis capture the serial killer before Bill ends up as the next victim?
Just five days before Election Tuesday, the nation learns of Charles Dewitt Heubner's assassination. As the charismatic leader of the Church of Divine Destiny, a neo-Nazi group, Heubner had created and nurtured a culture of intolerance toward Blacks, Hispanics, Jews and homosexuals, leaving a trail of blood in its wake. His election to the presidency was to be the crowning achievement of a vicious career. Violence begets violence and more blood is spilled before the awful truth is discovered.
When nine-year-old Tomás Colón is run over by the drunken son of a wealthy businessman, police uncover evidence of an international heroin-smuggling operation that is responsible for several murders. The young victim's uncle, Detective Luis Ortiz, heads up an investigation that begins as a slam-dunk arrest. But a slick, influential attorney convinces the State Attorney's Office that the evidence is circumstantial and insufficient to secure a conviction, and the charges are dropped. Determined to gather concrete proof, Ortiz continues the case. He soon meets Kathryn DiAgostino, a forensics investigator who stirs up passion in him that he thought had died with his previous marriage. It's up to Ortiz and his fellow law enforcement officials to sift through a superficial, shallow world of privileged thugs in their effort to put a stop to a string of heinous crimes. As they do so, however, treachery and deceit spread like a cancer among business associates, friends, and lovers. They all seem to have the same goal: to get cash-and as much of it as possible. Follow the money trail and Ortiz's relentless pursuit of justice in By Reason of Privilege.
When human remains are uncovered at a road construction site in Tampa, Florida, the Medical Examiner determines that the cadavers date back to the 1800s, a time when a church graveyard existed there. However, it is quickly realized that three of the bodies are young, female victims who have been buried there for only six months. The city declares the site to be Hallowed Ground, and the intersection-widening project is suspended. The Tampa Police Department begins an investigation into the three murders, and they soon realize that the killings are merely the tip of a dangerous iceberg. At the core of these crimes lies the ugly world of human trafficking. A young woman appears at TPD headquarters and tells homicide detectives that her sister may be one of the victims. When they were in their early teens, two men had approached their parents with an offer to bring the girls to the U.S. from their native Ecuador where they would learn a career and eventually earn enough money to bring the parents to the States. The parents agreed and took the men's money, but the girls were thrown into forced drug addiction and prostitution. One was sent to Maryland, while the other went to Tampa, Florida. The head of this criminal empire and his underboss have been drifting toward a confrontation to determine its leadership and future. The second-in-command is determined to topple the leader; the boss being equally resolved to maintain his position. Both are like-minded-win, or die trying. Information from several sources indicates that the two warring factions will have their showdown in an area known as Fort Lonesome, a ghost town thirty miles southeast of Tampa. Scores of law enforcement officers from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department and the TPD descend on the area hoping to prevent Armageddon. A major war is about to erupt within sight of downtown Tampa. Hallowed Ground is a moving story of struggle between strong, determined personalities: the boss who refuses to relinquish his power; the lieutenant who feels that he is almost indestructible after two failed attempts on his life; the detectives who must confront and defeat their inner demons of self-doubt; and the young woman who must find her sister and punish the men responsible for forcing them into a life of hell and heartache.
Frank Norris (1870-1902) has long been recognized by cultural historians as a "touchstone" figure, clearly signaling in 1899 the emergence of an Amer. school of Literary Naturalism. "McTeague: A Story of San Francisco" secured this honor for him that year as it registered more fully than any previous Amer. novel the Darwinian view of life that is the essential characteristic of all subsequent Naturalistic fictions. It thus marked as well the rejection of the Victorian Era's habitually idealistic representations of human nature and its basically religious world-view, offering instead a post-metaphysical portrait of the human condition that has remained popular in 20th-cent. literary and intellectual circles. Includes all of the known writings of Norris published between 11 April 1896 and 1897. Illus.
As a man in a wheelchair crosses a speeding van's path, the driver loses control, rolling the van. When the driver wakes up in the hospital to find his wife and daughter dead, he embarks on a horrific course of vengeance to punish those responsible for his loss . For the past seven years, Bill Colón has fought to accept his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a disease he calls The Bastard. Forced to use a wheelchair on occasion, he attends a mobility disabilities support group and is shocked to discover that its members are falling prey to a crazed serial killer-a man who targets men in wheelchairs. When Bill's brother-in-law, a homicide detective named Luis Ortiz, is assigned to the case, Bill feels compelled to become involved with the investigation. One by one, unwitting men in wheelchairs are murdered. Although Bill doesn't want to be categorized as a man who fits the killer's profile, he soon realizes that he too is a target. Bill helps Luis pursue leads as much as his crippling disease will allow, but he has his limitations. Will Luis capture the serial killer before Bill ends up as the next victim?
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