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Newly appointed Ocean Springs Police Chief Jay Delp is trying to rebuild a shattered department and reconnect with his family on the quiet Mississippi Gulf Coast—until the body of a teenage girl turns up on the beach and the town’s calm façade cracks. What first looks like an overdose quickly becomes a missing baby mystery, and when Jay discovers the girl had an infant daughter, he’s forced into a relentless investigation that points to exploitation, secrets, and people determined to keep the truth buried.

Jay Delp, a veteran Marine, returns to his hometown of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to step into his new role as police chief while caring for his ailing father. On the eve of his first day on the job, two fishermen discover the body of a woman in Biloxi Bay. As city officials push for a quick resolution, Jay finds himself uncovering the dark secrets hiding beneath the surface of his once-familiar town.

A peaceful crossing turns into a nightmare. While sailing alone in the Gulf of Mexico, Chase Gordon witnesses the unthinkable—a luxury yacht explodes in a fireball just a mile off his bow, killing everyone aboard. Chase does what any sailor would do: he attempts a rescue. But what he finds in the wreckage tells him this was no accident. Now Chase is a witness to something powerful people want erased.

When Chase and Jay stumble into a murder scene, they recognize a familiar face. A former Marine with a new name and the same face is chasing the men who murdered his family. But why did he change his name? Who else is after him?

Charlie Greene's life is unraveling…. Dismissed from Scotland Yard, she's jobless, aimless, and living with her father in London. But as she struggles to get her life in order, he mysteriously disappears while on a business trip to Florida. With nothing more than a duffel bag and an uneasy feeling, Charlie flies to Miami and quickly discovers… someone has their sights set on her too.

Someone needs Chase's help - his lover's husband. When the former marine thwarts an attack, Chase finds himself protecting someone he can't stand: the lawyer husband of his boss, Missy. Can he protect a man he can barely stand?

An unexpected visitor shows up at the Manta Club, surprising Chase. His sister is searching for her son who ran away from home. Chase leaps to help only to find the trail for his nephew is littered with dead bodies and a high-powered thug who is hunting the boy as well."

Chase is caught in the midst of a cartel war. When Chase first met Esteban Velasquez, the cartel hitman tried to kill him. Now, the man who is second in command of the largest drug cartel in Florida is missing, and a rival drug lord is claiming he's killing his men. Chase quickly turns down a request by the drug lord, Julio Moreno. However, the DEA and the rival cartel come after Chase, thinking he's working at Moreno's bequest.

Harvey Thackerson lost his wife to a seemingly random car accident and now his teenage daughter has gone missing in the Florida Keys. When he decides to leave everything behind to find her, he discovers things about her past that he and his wife never knew. She may be in bigger danger than he thought.

Chase wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there. It takes just a minute to realize he's in the middle of Havana. A minute later, he finds the dead girl, only seconds before the police begin to bang on the hotel door. Soon, he's playing cat and mouse through the streets of Havana while trying to discover who had a vendetta against him.

A sunken U-boat. A lost cache of Hitler's gold. Can Chase beat a band of Nazis to this hidden treasure? Chase's peaceful beach day is disrupted when he rescues the beautiful Rikki Talen from an attempted kidnapping. He finds Rikki being pursued by a group of neo-Nazis bent on finding a missing German submarine filled with a shipment of gold. The hunt for the treasure carries Chase and Rikki in the footsteps of a long-dead Nazi hunter and into the depths of the ocean. Grab your snorkel gear, and join the pair as they dive into history and face a deadly threat.

In the middle of dead calm seas, Chase witnesses a plane crash. The lone survivor is soon targeted by dangerous foes. Can Chase keep her safe long enough to find who is trying to kill her?

Chase’s peaceful afternoon at anchor is abruptly shattered when an old friend appears, telling him of a missing treasure hunter. Rikki Talens ventured upriver on a wild goose chase, and now she has vanished without a trace. Determined to find her, Chase pulls up anchor and begins his search. As he ventures further upriver, Chase finds himself in the midst of a small army of men guarding something suspiciously in the woods. What could be so important that they would kill to keep it hidden? He must continue forward, no matter the cost, to save Rikki.

Chase Gordon has the life. The former marine works part-time as a bartender to support his life island-hopping on his 40-foot sailboat. When the pretty young wife of one of his fellow marines shows up looking for her husband, Chase steps in to help her out. Immediately, he finds himself in a stand-off between one of South Florida's most dangerous drug dealers and the DEA. Now, he's left wondering what kind of trouble his friend might be facing. Can Chase even save him?

Everyone deserves a vacation… even Grant Wolfe. But private investigators don't get to choose when cases come their way, especially this shocking kidnapping in Hawaii… Where Grant is the victim!

After the tragedies befalling their parents… siblings Grant Wolfe and Charlotte Greene prepare to return to their broken lives, a continent apart. But when a persuasive associate of their late father asks them to track down a precious gem stolen from his estate, the pair are thrust back together in their first paying job as a private investigation team. As they unravel the convoluted secrets behind the infamous jewel, their research leads them to Tanzania and the mysterious East African Island of Zanzibar.

Life at sea isn't always tranquil. Anchored off a small uninhabited cay in the Bahamas, Chase witnesses another boat being boarded. Before he can react, the skipper of the other vessel is kidnapped. Chase rushes over to find the skipper's teenaged daughter hiding in a locker.

It always starts with a girl. She shows up asking Max to help her find her brother who has gone missing on the river. Now Max is lost on an isolated section of the Mississippi River called the Kentucky Bend, and he is being hunted by a small army of drug dealers. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is the latest crime-fighter with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon.

Caleb Saunders, the elusive ex-government assassin known as Corsair, is navigating the shadows, juggling the responsibilities of protecting not only his daughter but also Khloe—a young woman he rescued from the clutches of the mafia and drug cartels. As he strives to secure new identities for Khloe, Corsair is drawn to Cartagena, Colombia, on an assignment for a skilled counterfeiter. However, in this vibrant city, he unexpectedly crosses paths with an old adversary, Minuit, a former DGSE agent with a personal vendetta against Corsair, further fueled by the bounty on Caleb's head.

In the heart of the Amazon, the river runs red with greed. When Caleb Saunders—known only as Corsair—agrees to protect a remote village under siege by a brutal guerrilla faction, he expects a simple rescue. What he finds is something far more dangerous: a hidden deposit of gold that ruthless men are willing to kill for—and innocent lives trapped in the crossfire.