Lives of Crimes
Lives of Crimes is a stark, unsentimental look at how wrongdoing shapes families, friendships, and the stories we tell ourselves about survival. John Scheck writes with a sharp ear for dialogue and an instinct for the small, telling detail — the way a bad decision can echo for years. His mix of hardboiled realism and […]
Criminal Code by John Scheck
When the elite legal firms of Beverly Hills need problems erased for their most select clients, not argued in court or boardrooms, they contract downward to lesser law offices—ethically compromised “ambulance chasers” with no qualms about getting their hands dirty. Shadowy intermediaries are summoned like genies and the best of these is Tag, a veteran […]
Twenty-Seven Calls by John Scheck
Philadelphia real estate magnate James McMillan has “disappeared” three former mistresses, although Detective Elizabeth Owens has no proof of his crimes. She rose from one of the city’s worst neighborhoods to decorated Army MP and now works the Domestic Violence Unit, the worst assignment at the Philadelphia Police Department. She also has no idea McMillan […]