Meeting ex-FBI agent Jack Davis in the middle of a shootout is the best thing that could have happened to Vivien Chase. But Jack has no idea how deep - and how deadly - his involvement with the mysterious young bookkeeper will get. The pretty accountant may be able to pull a trigger as well as she manipulates a spreadsheet, but her talents may add up to zero if a killer gets their way. As Jack follows Vivien into a lethal web of deceit, years in the making, the only thing that might save them - time - is running out...

### Product Description If you like the suspense, thrills and excitement of James Patterson, you'll love Joel Goldman's Cold Truth! "Joel Goldman is the real deal. In Cold Truth, Lou Mason goes his namesake Perry one better and ought to make Kansas City a must-stop on the lawyer/thriller map." John Lescroart, bestselling author of The First Law "Wanted for good writing: Joel Goldman strikes again with Cold Truth." The Kansas City Star When a troubled young woman turns herself in for murder, Lou Mason takes the case - yet something about her story doesn't add up. To catch a killer, Lou dives into a sordid world of money, drugs and a devastating black market where the price for the truth is paid in blood. A riveting, page-turning romp in the tradition of James Patterson! "Joel Goldman's Cold Truth offers us a fast-paced legal thriller...This one makes good beach reading." The Pilot Southern Pines, N.C. "It's a suspenseful, gritty story that keeps the reader engrossed till the very end." The Facts, Brazosport, TX James Patterson fans will heat up with Joel Goldman's Cold Truth! Don't miss the first book in the Lou Mason thriller series, Motion To Kill! When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill trial lawyer Lou Mason's docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim? Found out in Motion To Kill, the action-packed, can't-put-it-down first book in the Lou Mason thriller series! And grab Shakedown and The Dead Man, Joel Goldman's thrillers featuring FBI Special Agent, Jack Davis! When Jack Davis investigates a mass murder in Shakedown, a leak of crucial information and his imploding personal life throw him into the ultimate danger zone - where truth lies at the heart of betrayal. When people in a study of the brain start to die exactly as they dreamed the would in The Dead Man, Jack Davis crosses paths with a serial killer, taking him onto both sides of the law and into the path of a murderer's terrifying rage. ### About the Author Joel Goldman is the Edgar and Shamus nominated author of the Lou Mason Thriller Series and the Jack Davis Thriller Series. He lives in Leawood, KS with his wife and two dogs.

Fast, furious. . .sharp, stylish writing."—Jeffery DeaverHead GamesA man's body is found decapitated. Wrapped in plastic. Stuffed in the trunk of a Fleetwood Cadillac parked outside a federal courthouse. The car's owner: a sweet-natured con man who's on trial for mail fraud—but innocent of murder. Kansas City defense attorney Lou Mason has no idea how a corpse ended up in his client's car. But when the victim is identified as a criminal defendant in a sexually charged lawsuit, Mason is forced to team up with a woman from his past—a brilliant FBI agent who may be playing head games of her own. . .Praise for Joel Goldman"Locked and loaded and full of the blood of character and the gritty detail that make up the truth. . .I loved it."—Michael Connelly on Shakedown"A page-turner that keeps going full speed until the very end." —Faye Kellerman on No Way Out"Goldman is the real deal." —John Lescroart"A page-turner of the highest caliber." —Michael Connelly

Don’t Miss Award Winning Author Joel Goldman’s Fast Paced Legal Thriller series. If you liked Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller or John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy, You’ll Love Lou Mason. A dead partner is bad for business even when he dies in his sleep. Richard Sullivan was at the top of his profession, a rainmaker in a powerful Kansas City law firm until his body washed up on the shores of a Missouri lake. Now the questions about his death and life are reverberating through a firm that had more secrets than anyone knew. For trial lawyer Lou Mason, that means navigating a maze of corruption, sex, organized crime and cold-blooded murder as he searches for the killer. When another partner turns up dead, his neck neatly snapped, Mason wonders whether it was the same killer. His life depends on the answer. As he gets closer to the truth, Mason discovers a connection between the two murders that runs deeper than he could have ever imagined. With a media firestorm surrounding him, he’s about to get the ultimate lesson that the most explosive crimes aren’t against the law. Lee Child recommends Motion to Kill Grab your copy today! **From Publishers Weekly Only a few months after Lou Mason joins the Kansas City law firm Sullivan & Christenson, the firm's rainmaker and senior partner, Richard Sullivan, turns up dead. At the same time, Lou learns that the attorney general suspects the firm and one of its top clients of fraudulent business dealings. As the newest partner and the one most removed from the scandal, Lou is asked by his old friend and partner, Scot Daniels, to ward off the feds, but he soon finds information that may incriminate Scot and another of the firm's partners. Meanwhile, Sheriff Kelly Holt, a "slap-on-the-cuffs dream come true" beauty who is curiously inept, suspects Mason of Sullivan's murder until someone tries to kill Mason. To prevent further attacks against his person, Mason hires his friend, PI Wilson Bluestone (Blues), to act as his bodyguard. With a hit man on Mason's tail and Blues and Holt providing backup, the action accelerates and the fight scenes multiply. First-time author Goldman does an admirable job of maintaining the novel's high tension, but his apparent contempt for his characters, and for corporate lawyers in general, will distance readers from his protagonists. Nevertheless, Goldman's secondary characters particularly Blues and a twisted hit man add flavor to this mediocre thriller, and a series of fierce action scenes carry the reader toward an electrifying denouement. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Review When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill trial lawyer Lou Mason’s docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim? Find out in Motion to Kill. Electrifying. ---Publishers Weekly Lots of suspense and a dandy surprise ending. ---Romantic Times Legal mystery fans will be delighted. ---Nancy Pickard 

Deadly Truth The lives of three people collide over mass murder at a Kansas City residence that Special Agent Jack Davis has carefully staked out for weeks. Kate Scranton, whose job is spotting lies for high-priced courtroom lawyers, is convinced that mild-mannered Latrell Kelly knows something about the crime. But Latrell is hiding far more than Kate can guess. And with Jack half-blinded by an imploding personal life, and someone on his own side leaking crucial information, they're headed straight for the ultimate danger zone...

<p><b><i>ALL GONE</i> IS ALL ACTION, ALL ADVENTURE AND ALL ROMANCE FROM ACCLAIMED AUTHORS JOEL GOLDMAN & LISA KLINK, THRILLER MASTERS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME</b></p><p>"You'd better read this with oven-mitts because this caper is a scorcher!" Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author of <i>True Fiction</i></p><p>Professional thieves steal the four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta from an impenetrable London museum and demand a one-hundred-million pound ransom in five days. If the museum calls the police, or misses the deadline, the priceless documents will be shredded.</p><p>There are only two people who can find the artifacts in time: Cassie Ireland, a thief who catches thieves, and Jake Carter, a gambler who knows the odds and thrives on high-stakes risk. Together they race against time to recover the relics...while evading the law and a team of assassins determined to stop...

Deadly Truth The lives of three people collide over mass murder at a Kansas City residence that Special Agent Jack Davis has carefully staked out for weeks. Kate Scranton, whose job is spotting lies for high-priced courtroom lawyers, is convinced that mild-mannered Latrell Kelly knows something about the crime. But Latrell is hiding far more than Kate can guess. And with Jack half-blinded by an imploding personal life, and someone on his own side leaking crucial information, they're headed straight for the ultimate danger zone...

Joel Goldman makes a remarkable debut with this legal thriller packed with high-octane action and impeccably rendered detail. ### From Publishers Weekly Only a few months after Lou Mason joins the Kansas City law firm Sullivan & Christenson, the firm's rainmaker and senior partner, Richard Sullivan, turns up dead. At the same time, Lou learns that the attorney general suspects the firm and one of its top clients of fraudulent business dealings. As the newest partner and the one most removed from the scandal, Lou is asked by his old friend and partner, Scot Daniels, to ward off the feds, but he soon finds information that may incriminate Scot and another of the firm's partners. Meanwhile, Sheriff Kelly Holt, a "slap-on-the-cuffs dream come true" beauty who is curiously inept, suspects Mason of Sullivan's murder until someone tries to kill Mason. To prevent further attacks against his person, Mason hires his friend, PI Wilson Bluestone (Blues), to act as his bodyguard. With a hit man on Mason's tail and Blues and Holt providing backup, the action accelerates and the fight scenes multiply. First-time author Goldman does an admirable job of maintaining the novel's high tension, but his apparent contempt for his characters, and for corporate lawyers in general, will distance readers from his protagonists. Nevertheless, Goldman's secondary characters particularly Blues and a twisted hit man add flavor to this mediocre thriller, and a series of fierce action scenes carry the reader toward an electrifying denouement. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. ### Review When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill trial lawyer Lou Mason’s docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim? Find out in Motion to Kill. Electrifying. ---Publishers Weekly Lots of suspense and a dandy surprise ending. ---Romantic Times Legal mystery fans will be delighted. ---Nancy Pickard

Joel Goldman makes a remarkable debut with this legal thriller packed with high-octane action and impeccably rendered detail. ### From Publishers Weekly Only a few months after Lou Mason joins the Kansas City law firm Sullivan & Christenson, the firm's rainmaker and senior partner, Richard Sullivan, turns up dead. At the same time, Lou learns that the attorney general suspects the firm and one of its top clients of fraudulent business dealings. As the newest partner and the one most removed from the scandal, Lou is asked by his old friend and partner, Scot Daniels, to ward off the feds, but he soon finds information that may incriminate Scot and another of the firm's partners. Meanwhile, Sheriff Kelly Holt, a "slap-on-the-cuffs dream come true" beauty who is curiously inept, suspects Mason of Sullivan's murder until someone tries to kill Mason. To prevent further attacks against his person, Mason hires his friend, PI Wilson Bluestone (Blues), to act as his bodyguard. With a hit man on Mason's tail and Blues and Holt providing backup, the action accelerates and the fight scenes multiply. First-time author Goldman does an admirable job of maintaining the novel's high tension, but his apparent contempt for his characters, and for corporate lawyers in general, will distance readers from his protagonists. Nevertheless, Goldman's secondary characters particularly Blues and a twisted hit man add flavor to this mediocre thriller, and a series of fierce action scenes carry the reader toward an electrifying denouement. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. ### Review When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill trial lawyer Lou Mason’s docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim? Find out in Motion to Kill. Electrifying. ---Publishers Weekly Lots of suspense and a dandy surprise ending. ---Romantic Times Legal mystery fans will be delighted. ---Nancy Pickard

If you love the twists, turns and suspense of John Grisham's legal thrillers, you'll love The Last Witness! "Fast, furious and thoroughly enjoyable, The Last Witness is classic and classy noir for our time, filled with great characters and sharp, stylish writing. " --Jeffery Deaver, author of The Vanished Man and The Stone Monkey "The Last Witness is an old fashioned, '40s, tough guy detective story set in modern times. There's a lot of action, loads of suspects, and plenty of snappy dialogue. It's a fun read from beginning to end." --Phillip Margolin, author of The Associate and Wild Justice Lou Mason is back and this time it's personal when his surrogate father, Homicide Detective Harry Ryman, arrests his best friend, Wilson "Blues" Bluestone, Jr., for murder. Mason unearths secrets someone will do anything to keep as he closes in on a desperate killer, setting himself up as the next target. Goldman goes Grisham one better! "Joel Goldman has written another fast-paced legal thriller. Find a comfortable chair and plan to stay up late." --Sheldon Siegel, Author of The Special Circumstances and Criminal Intent "The Last Witness is a legal thriller written the way criminal law should be practiced: from the gut...one of the premier crime novels of the year." --Jeremiah Healy, author of Turnabout and Spiral Move over John Grisham! Joel Goldman is in the courthouse! Don't miss the first book in the Lou Mason thriller series, Motion To Kill! When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill trial lawyer Lou Mason's docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim? Found out in Motion To Kill, the action-packed,can't-put-it-down first book in the Lou Mason thriller series! And grab Shakedown and The Dead Man, Joel Goldman's thrillers featuring FBI Special Agent Jack Davis! When FBI Agent Jack Davis investigates a mass murder in Shakedown, a leak of crucial information and his imploding personal life throw him into the ultimate danger zone - where truth lies at the heart of betrayal. When people in a study of the brain start to die exactly as they dreamed they would in The Dead Man, Jack Davis crosses paths with a serial killer, taking him onto both sides of the law and into the path of a murderer's terrifying rage. ### Review Joel Goldman has written another fast-paced legal thriller. The plotting is tight, the dialogue is realistic and the characters are compelling. Find a comfortable chair and plan to stay up late. --Sheldon Siegel, Author of The Special Circumstances and Criminal Intent Fast, furious and thoroughly enjoyable, The Last Witness is classic, and classy, noir for our time, filled with great characters and sharp, stylish writing. We better see more Lou Mason in the future. --Jeffery Deaver,author of The Vanished Man and The Stone Monkey The Last Witness is an old fashioned, 40s, tough guy detective story set in modern times and starring a lawyer named Lou Mason instead of a private eye named Sam Spade. Theres a lot of action, loads of suspects, and plenty of snappy dialogue. Its a fun read from beginning to end. --Phillip Margolin, author of The Associate and Wild Justice ### About the Author I'm in my fifth decade as a fourth generation Kansas Citian. I spent twenty-eight years as a trial lawyer and plan to spend at least as many as a writer. I started writing when one of my law partners complained about another and I suggested we write a murder mystery, kill the SOB off in the first chapter and spend the rest of the book figuring out who did it. So I did. Read the rest of the story on my website at www.joelgoldman.com.

Syndicated radio psychiatrist Dr. Gina Davenport's sole concern is the well-being of her listeners...until a shove through her office window brings her career and her life to a shockingly brutal end. Before the Kansas City police have a chance to make an arrest, a troubled young woman turns herself in for the doctor's murder. Defence attorney Lou Mason takes the case-yet something about his client's story doesn't add up. Lou believes she's protecting a remorseless psychopath whose deadly agenda is nowhere near complete. To catch a killer, Lou must venture into a sordid world of money, drugs, and a devastating black market. But even on the "better" side of town, there's a price to be paid for the truth. And now, someone wants Mason to pay it in blood.Review"A legal thriller written the way criminal law should be practiced: from the gut...One of the premier crime novels of the year." About the AuthorJoel Goldman is the Edgar and Shamus nominated author of the Lou Mason Thriller Series and the Jack Davis Thriller Series. He lives in Leawood, KS with his wife and two dogs.