Buckle up and hold on tight! Jonathon Marcel’s fast-action novella series will have fans reading cover to cover as they follow the self-willed private investigator DeShawn Mills from case to case.
Under the dim glow of streetlights, a brutal murder wakes a small Kansas City neighborhood. In the morning, police race to charge a young man with the heinous crime. A friend’s eyewitness testimony stands to convict the man, but a lack of evidence and too many unanswered questions suggest he’s innocent.
DeShawn Mills, a private investigator with unscrupulous methods and a checkered past, has been hired by defense attorney Candice Sullivan to uncover the clues that could clear her client. But when the veil of lies is lifted, DeShawn discovers more murders and a tangled conspiracy that will convict Sullivan’s client unless he can unravel the mystery before time runs out.

In a volatile time when political leaders race to make America great again, the nation finds itself judging one another. Jonathon Marcel’s novella crime series dares to confront racism and examine diversity in a way that will leave readers questioning their own beliefs and political views. Get ready for an action-packed, coming-of-age crime story that tackles the issues of social injustice, interracial relationships, police misconduct, political influence, and sexual exploitation.

A high-school graduation party has ripped apart the lives of two young lovers after a rich white girl is fatally injured during a night of drinking and sex. Her black boyfriend is arrested by white cops, only to be released by the town’s black mayor as their quiet Kansas City suburb erupts in racial protests.

As the lines are drawn between black and white, private investigator DeShawn Mills arrives on the scene and finds himself on the wrong side of the fight. All around him, hostile emotions are quickly boiling over. If there is any chance of discovering what happened and who is to blame, DeShawn must act fast before the student body burns down the town.

A city has been saved, but there's no rest for its savior as crime author Jonathon Marcel thrusts his risk-taking PI, DeShawn Mills, right back into the mix in this third installment of the novella series.

Someone is systematically killing members of a prominent family, but the youngest child and last remaining heir to the Delacroix fortune may still be alive. If so, it's anyone's guess where he might be. Lawyers for a mysterious woman have come forward claiming their client is the baseborn child of Jack Delacroix, and she wants the estate all to herself. The probate judge has ordered both would-be heirs to appear in court or forfeit their claims.

As the clock ticks down to the hearing, lawyers for the Delacroix corporation hire DeShawn Mills to locate the youngest son and bring him back in time to take his place at the head of the table. But it seems no one, not even the attorneys, want DeShawn to succeed for fear of disrupting the status quo. Someone is selling DeShawn out, and with every move he makes DeShawn finds himself being dogged by assassins.