Michael Lawson
Author
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, evil wizards ruled Toll by force of magic. Common men lived in fear for their lives. Hilan the Peacemaker, a wizard of great power, arose to defend those without magical talent. In an epic battle and at the loss of his life, Hilan cast the spell of Restraint and formed the Flame of Hilan. These Restraints: Time, Depth, and Distance serve to limit the power of magic's operation in Toll. The Order of the Flame, born from the...
2) House arrest
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 13
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
©2019
Language
English
Description
"As the fixer for Congressman John Mahoney in Washington, D.C., Joe DeMarco has had to bend and break the law more than a few times. But when Representative Lyle Canton, House Majority Whip, is found shot dead in his office in the U.S. Capitol and DeMarco is arrested for the murder, DeMarco knows he's been framed. Locked up in the Alexandria Jail awaiting trial, he calls on his enigmatic friend Emma, an ex-DIA agent, to search for the true killer....
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 15
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"When someone close to him is shot dead in a roadside motel in a small town in Wyoming, DeMarco shirks his responsibilities as the Speaker of the House's fixer to make sure the authorities are doing everything that can be done to catch the killer. He soon realizes that the rural area is dominated by Hiram Bunt, a wealthy rancher who is willing to take on the federal government at gunpoint and seems to have a number of politicians under his thumb....
4) House rivals
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 10
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In House Rivals, the tenth book in Mike Lawson's award-winning series, DeMarco is taken further out of his element than ever before, sent to North Dakota to protect a passionate but naïve twenty-two-year-old blogger who has put herself in harm's way.
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 16
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With more than a decade of problem-solving under his belt on behalf of John Mahoney, the Speaker of the House, DeMarco has seen his fair share of dangerous situations. When Andie Moore, a twenty-three-year-old working in the DOJ's Inspector General's Office, is murdered in cold blood in Florida's Everglades, it falls on DeMarco to get to the bottom of things. Paired with Emma, an enigmatic, retired ex-spy with seemingly endless connections in the...
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 14
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Cassie Russell, the only daughter of a mega-rich Boston couple, is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her parents. She's also the goddaughter of the newly elected Speaker of the House, John Mahoney, and Mahoney becomes her legal guardian. Normally, Mahoney would send his kind-hearted wife to deal with his new ward, but she's unavailable so he dispatches his fixer, Joe DeMarco, to make sure the girl's okay. DeMarco's job...
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 8
Publisher
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
D.C. fixer Joe DeMarco must clear Molly Mahoney's name and keep his boss, Senator Mahoney, clean. Before long, DeMarco uncovers that there's far more to Molly's case than meets the eye, and the risk to Mahoney is more than just a little political embarrassment.
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 12
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In House Witness, the twelfth novel in the Joe DeMarco series, Mike Lawson puts his likable protagonist on the trail of a different kind of fixer―one whose job is to influence, and sometimes disappear, witnesses in seemingly airtight criminal cases.
Minority Leader of the House and DeMarco’s long-time employer John Mahoney has kept more than one secret from his wife over the years, but none so explosive as this: He has a son, and that son has...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"With his reputation permanently marred by an insider trading conviction, Jamison Maddox, a young Wall Street broker, reluctantly takes a job with Drexler Limited in sleepy Redemption, Illinois. Drexler Limited is run with an iron fist by a man named Claud Drexler, who tells Jamison that the company mostly does financial research for select clients. Jamison is surprised that an outfit that merely does corporate research has such elaborate security...
10) The inside ring
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Following an assassination attempt that wounds the president and kills the president's closest friend, General Andy Banks, the Secretary of Homeland Security, who had warned the Secret Service about the attack, initiates an investigation.
11) Kingpin
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 17
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The latest pulse-pounding thriller from Edgar and Barry Award finalist Mike Lawson starring his beloved Washington DC "troubleshooter" Joe DeMarco. Carson Newman doesn't wear tracksuits. He doesn't have a consigliere or operate out of the back room of a restaurant. And as evidenced by his ever-growing Boston empire, he doesn't get his hands dirty. Usually. Joe DeMarco, on the other hand, is paid to get his hands dirty. So, when John Mahoney, the...