The Ball & Chain Thrillers

The torment builds and builds and builds….

He can't deny it. But in what form will the pressure erupt?

Cooper Chain isn't just down on his luck -- he's almost down for the count. The mob wants a piece of him, and he sees no way out.

It's a special week for Willow Ball, a woman who's survived her own tribulations to reach this milestone in her life.

Through fate -- or a temporary misalignment of the stars -- Willow and Cooper cross paths for the first time since college. Will an unexpected spark re-ignite the flame?

A shattering discovery changes everything for Willow and Cooper. The murder is unlike any other. But what will the cops do about it?

Attacks ensure, chaos ruptures a family . . . But can Willow and Cooper find the killer?

As the bodies pile up, a pattern develops and it rocks Willow and Cooper to the core.

And then someone emerges after a three-decade disappearance. Could he be connected to this string of murders?

The past might provide the breadcrumbs to end this nightmare. But Willow and Cooper may not live long enough to see it through.

Will mercy save a life or end many?

If you're a fan of Michael Connelly's Ballard and Bosch, David Baldacci's King and Maxwell, Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles, and the TV show "Castle," then you'll be sucked into this first, page-turning Ball & Chain thriller!
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Mindi Mendrano had it all -- she was a golden goddess with a tennis prowess few had seen.

And then she vanished.

Who had the greatest motive to kill her?

Before Cooper Chain can finally get the green light to pen his first book -- a biography on a once-famous tennis phenom -- he must find her. If she's still alive.

Can secrets kill?

A man disappears into the bowels underneath the city of Dallas, and Willow can't make sense of it or the odd people she befriends. Does at least one man have an ulterior motive?

Two die the hard way, leaving Willow and Cooper scrambling to see through a haze of lies.

Can secrets kill?

Retracing every aspect of Mindi's former life, team Ball & Chain uncover a key to her past. But will it unlock memories that create the ultimate time bomb?

The very existence of a hidden society is on the line -- and one man will either force their loyalty or recreate one of the deadliest events in modern history.

Can secrets kill?

Cooper and Willow have one chance to stop the killing and save a life. But will they be too late?
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Her death has haunted him for over thirty years.

And he's hell-bent on making someone pay.

A father goes missing. Not just any father. But a person once worshipped for his world-class talent.

Enter the most unconventional team around: Ball and Chain.

As a nurse at the community clinic, Willow has seen the painful effects of heroin addiction.

But now she's compelled to help a grieving wife and mother.

Dodging the mob at every turn, Cooper has a plan to bring them down while getting traction on his upstart career.

Is he marching into a trap?

With their relationship bordering the "friends with benefits" stage, Willow and Cooper team up to find the missing person. But it's not that simple. Nothing with them is ever simple.

The hunt corkscrews into an impossible maize of events -- their lives threatened by a swarm of twisted deviants and social misfits.

Emotions run rampant, stoking one savage response after another.

​A spark ignites the hate, but what is the real fuel for this wave of brutal crimes?

Ultimately, can Willow and Cooper save a family from the torment before it's too late?

Only if they can overcome their own…fear.
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Observation is just the first step.
Then comes the action.
And these actions will speak louder than any words. That much is certain.
 
Someone is watching. Scrutinizing every flip of the hair, change of expression, and spoken word.
What about their aura?
 
For Cooper Chain and Willow Ball, it was a normal weekday morning. Until the moment Cooper opened the back door and…
 
Was it just an accident? Or is an invisible force trying to eliminate Ball & Chain?
 
Unable to let go of the memory of her father, Willow takes the lure of learning more information.

But a meeting goes horribly wrong, and death is knocking on her door.
 
Sucked into a vortex of bizarre, deathly events, Willow and Cooper struggle to fight off a never-ending series of attacks.

They take one step, but someone else is always a step ahead. How can they defeat what they cannot see?
 
But when the gauntlet is thrown down, survival takes on a whole new meaning.

​And that's when Willow and Cooper come face-to-face with a force that could bury them for good.
 
How many shapes can evil take? 
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The blade of the shovel digs deeper and deeper.

And the cries from below are slowly devoured by the howl of a coyote.

Willow Ball and Cooper Chain are tied at the hip -- on some days that's a fantasy, other days a curse.

But there's one thing they agree on: if they hope to outsmart a ruthless crime boss, luck will have to fall their way.

But that's only part of their perilous imbroglio. Life slips off the rails in a hurry . . . and the implications could be deadly.

A shallow grave is uncovered… and it's the unthinkable. With little evidence, authorities have no suspects.  But could this be connected to a similar incident more than two decades earlier?

When another girl goes missing, their world stops down. How is Cooper's daughter caught up in the web?

Every path seems blocked, because every person wants something buried. Does that include what Willow and Cooper feel for each other?

Cops are gunned down, friends are framed and murdered -- how can Willow and Cooper make sense of it all to finally end the mayhem?

But when one more person goes missing, it shreds Cooper's heart.

What will Cooper and Willow sacrifice to save his daughter?
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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

If someone dies and no one knows. . . did it really happen?

Cooper can't sleep. He's in a foul mood. He doesn't want to believe it.

Willow -- gone.

Stuck in Miami to drop off his daughter, Cooper's world goes from bad to worse.

But is there a clue on a dead man that could lead him to Willow?

On the run from the cops and befriended by a woman with skills akin to the Black Widow, death seemingly lurks behind every tree.

Who can he really trust?

Ten years ago a little boy was murdered in the hilly Alabama forest.

​Is it possible for a re-connection of Ball & Chain to be tied to uncovering the killer?

There's a dark shadow looming over one county in the deep south.

​And a black hole might just devour Ball & Chain until there's nothing left of them.

Can Cooper and Willow solve a cold case and out-run the legion of people who want to bury them?
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