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“Badal delivers a nice tight mystery and two wonderful female detectives you’ll be cheering for. Don’t miss ‘Borderline.’”
—Catherine Coulter, New York Times bestselling author of “Nemesis”

In “Borderline,” Joseph Badal delivers his first mystery novel with the same punch and non-stop action found in his acclaimed eight previous thrillers,...

“Relentless from start to finish. Badal just gets better and better.”
—David Morrell, New York Times Bestselling Author of “Murder As a Fine Art”

In “Dark Angel,” the second in the Lassiter/Martinez Case Files series, Detectives Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez pick up where they left off in “Borderline.” Assigned to a murder case, they...

Homicide detective partners Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez return in this third edition of the Lassiter/Martinez Case Files series.

Called in to investigate a mysterious death in a retirement center, Lassiter and Martinez find themselves entangled in a case that might very well involve multiple murders committed by a psychopathic killer....

Everything to Lose pits New Mexico homicide detectives Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez against a duo of mass murderers terrorizing Albuquerque, New Mexico…and then their arch-nemesis, Lisa French, targets the detectives for murder.
In this 4th book in his Lassiter/Martinez Case Files series, award-winning and Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author...

Evil Deeds is the first book in the Bob Danforth series, which includes Terror Cell and The Nostradamus Secret. In this three-book series, the reader can follow the lives of Bob and Liz Danforth, and of their son, Michael, from 1971 through 2011.

Evil Deeds begins on a sunny spring day in 1971 in a quiet Athenian suburb. Bob and Liz Danforth’s...

Terror Cell is the second book in the 5-book Danforth Saga, which includes Evil Deeds (Book 1), The Nostradamus Secret (Book 3), The Lone Wolf Agenda (Book 4), & Death Ship (Book 5). “Terror Cell” pits Bob Danforth, a CIA Special Ops Officer, against Greek Spring, a vicious terrorist group that has operated in Athens, Greece for three...

The Nostradamus Secret, book three in the 5-book Danforth Saga, builds on Nostradamus’s “lost” 58 quatrains and segues to present day. These lost quatrains have surfaced in the hands of a wealthy Iranian megalomaniac who believes his rise to world power was prophesied by Nostradamus. But he sees the United States as the principal obstacle to the...

With The Lone Wolf Agenda, (the 4th book in the Danforth Saga), Joseph Badal returns to the world of international espionage and military action thrillers and crafts a story that is as close to the real world of spies and soldiers as a reader can find. This installment in the Danforth Saga brings Bob Danforth out of retirement to hunt down lone...

“Death Ship” is another suspense-filled thriller in the 45-year-long journey of the Danforth family. This fifth book in the Danforth Saga, which includes “Evil Deeds,” “Terror Cell,” “The Nostradamus Secret,” and “The Lone Wolf Agenda,” introduces Robbie Danforth, the 15-year-old son of Michael and Miriana Danforth, and the grandson of Bob and...

“Take an inside look at how our intelligence agents get recruited for undercover ops to combat terrorism. ‘Sins of the Fathers’ is teeth-gritting, relentless suspense from start to finish, on par with the greatest of Clancy novels.”
—Catherine Coulter, New York Times Bestselling Author of “Enigma”

The Danforth family returns in this sixth edition...

Named 2020 Writer of the Year by the Military Writers Society of America

Bob and Liz Danforth are on the vacation of a lifetime—Venice, Italy during Carnevale. But, when they are caught up in the diabolical actions of a secret organization, patterned after the 11th Century’s Hashashiyan, or Order of Assassins, their trip becomes a nightmare of...

2016 Winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best Fiction Book of the Year.

In “The Motive,” Joseph Badal presents the first book in his new series, The Curtis Chronicles. This latest addition to Badal’s offering of acclaimed, best-selling thrillers delivers the same sort of action and suspense that readers have come to expect and enjoy from his...

A world-class thriller with non-stop, heart-pounding tension and action, “Obsessed” brings back Matt Curtis and Renee Drummond and their villainous nemesis, Lonnie Jackson. This second installment in Joseph Badal’s The Curtis Chronicles takes the reader from Rio de Janeiro to the mountains of New Mexico to the Mexico/United States border,...

Amazon #1 Best-selling author, Joseph Badal, delivers “Justice,” the third in his Curtis Chronicles series, with the same relentless tension that is a trademark of his award-winning suspense novels.
In “Justice,” Matt and Renee Curtis return, along with their maniacal tormentor, Lonnie Jackson. On a trip to Costa Rica with their friends Esteban...

SOULLESS features Eddie Parnall and Tatiana Borodvic who were introduced in Joseph Badal’s novel JUSTICE, the third book in the Curtis Chronicles series. Parnall, a retired CIA agent, and Borodvic, a former Bulgarian Special Operator, join a high-octane cast of characters who starred in previous books in the Curtis Chronicles series. Joseph...

The Pythagorean Solution was author Joseph Badal’s first thriller, released originally in 2003. This edition was rewritten, updated, and released on April 28, 2015.

When recently-divorced American John Hammond arrives on the Aegean island of Samos, he is unaware of events that happened nearly seven decades earlier that will embroil him in death...

Shell Game is a financial thriller using the economic environment created by the capital markets meltdown that began in 2007 as the backdrop for a timely, dramatic, and hair-raising tale. Joseph Badal, author of eight thrillers, including the 5-book Danforth Saga, and one mystery, Borderline, weaves an intricate and realistic story about how a...

Ultimate Betrayal, Joseph Badal’s 8th thriller, was inspired by actual events. It takes the reader on an action-packed, adrenaline-boosting ride, from the streets of South Philadelphia, through the Afghanistan War, to Mafia drug smuggling, to the halls of power at the CIA and the White House.

David Hood comes from the streets of South...

When Bruno Pedace learns that his investment banking partners are setting him up to take the fall for their own corrupt practices, he does what he has always done—run away. But the documents he takes with him put a target on his back. He changes his name and, for nine years, goes underground, until an assassin tracks him down in California and...

Hired killers. Vigilantes. Executioners. Paid killers or assassins working from a moral or political motivation. You’ll find them all in this thrilling anthology. But these are not ordinary killers, not your run-of-the-mill hitmen. The emphasis is on the “uncommon” here—unusual characters, usual situations, and especially unusual means of...

Thirteen Chilling Tales to Keep You Up All Night
When the clock strikes twelve, darkness reigns and nightmares come alive. “Nothing Good Happens After Midnight” dares you to explore the shadows in this spine-tingling anthology that pushes the boundaries of suspense, mystery, and the supernatural.
Curated by Suspense Magazine and featuring New York...

There is a peculiar allure of insidious characters--and especially assassins, hit men, and their ilk. Perhaps we find their uncomplicated moral codes and brutal efficiency appealing. These characters care little about ethics--and perhaps that alone, that freedom from guilt, is exactly why we love them. Perhaps, deep down, we wish we could be...

“There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly, and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.” -- Chanakya

Avaricious, cruel, depraved, envious, mean-spirited, vengeful--the wicked have been with us since the beginnings of humankind. You might recognize them and you might not. But make no mistake....