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A HORRENDOUS CRIME RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are called in to assist with the investigation of a mass shooting at a drag club. Dealing with a massive crime scene and hundreds of dead and injured entertainers and audience members, they are faced with the reality that the shooter has escaped and that a leading ultra-right-wing congressman is among the dead. The investigation leads Buck and his team in many directions with questions that must be answered. Who is the killer? Why was a congressman who was trying to ban drag clubs among the victims? And what role did a conservative podcaster play in promoting the violence that occurred at the club? It will be a long, complicated investigation with many twists and turns, and they will need all their skills to find the killer.

A HORRENDOUS CRIME RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are called in to assist with the investigation of a mass shooting at a drag club. Dealing with a massive crime scene and hundreds of dead and injured entertainers and audience members, they are faced with the reality that the shooter has escaped and that a leading ultra-right-wing congressman is among the dead. The investigation leads Buck and his team in many directions with questions that must be answered. Who is the killer? Why was a congressman who was trying to ban drag clubs among the victims? And what role did a conservative podcaster play in promoting the violence that occurred at the club? It will be a long, complicated investigation with many twists and turns, and they will need all their skills to find the killer.

WAS IT TERRORISM?Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are called to the idyllic South Park valley in Park County, Colorado to investigate the death of a state brand inspector who was discovered surrounded by dozens of dead cattle. The death of the brand inspector is clearly murder, but there is no apparent cause of death for the cattle. Complicating their investigation is a local family that has been running a criminal enterprise and intimidating the residents of Park County for years. Now, faced with more scrutiny, the family must wrap up several crimes they are involved with including baby farming and human trafficking, but could they also be involved in terrorism? The federal government has determined that the cows were killed by one of the deadliest toxins known to man. It's up to Buck and his team to determine how all these crimes are related and stop those responsible before more people die.

Is it murder? Or something even more sinister?Nothing could have prepared the sheriff's office in Park County, Colorado for what they saw after responding to a missing person's call from the wife of a state brand inspector-a body with bullet wounds. Next to it, a large herd of dead cattle belonging to a member of one of the first families to settle in the county. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team must race against time to solve the mystery of the dead cows, the murdered brand inspector, and several other victims. Set in the picturesque terrain of Park County, Colorado, this gripping novel follows Buck as he delves into the dark secrets of a powerful local family running a criminal enterprise. From baby farming to murder, intimidation to human trafficking, the investigation uncovers a web of violence and corruption. But as the team gets closer to the truth, they realize that the stakes are even higher than they could have imagined. With the federal government now involved, the team must navigate through the dangerous politics and powerful players to uncover the truth behind the deadly toxins that could be the key to solving the case. Fans of C.J. Box and John Sandford will love this thrilling novel that will keep them on the edge of their seat until the very end.

WAS IT TERRORISM?Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are called to the idyllic South Park valley in Park County, Colorado to investigate the death of a state brand inspector who was discovered surrounded by dozens of dead cattle. The death of the brand inspector is clearly murder, but there is no apparent cause of death for the cattle. Complicating their investigation is a local family that has been running a criminal enterprise and intimidating the residents of Park County for years. Now, faced with more scrutiny, the family must wrap up several crimes they are involved with including baby farming and human trafficking, but could they also be involved in terrorism? The federal government has determined that the cows were killed by one of the deadliest toxins known to man. It's up to Buck and his team to determine how all these crimes are related and stop those responsible before more people die.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team have been involved in some strange cases, but their two most recent cases might be their most unusual, yet. While Buck's team searches for a missing Native American woman, Buck must cut through the clutter of conspiracy theories to investigate the mysterious deaths of several hikers. Human skeletons, dermestid beetles, hidden bunkers and sonic weapons lead the team to two conclusions. One crime may prove to be the perfect crime and the other reveals a Cold War secret that will send chills up and down your spine.

CRIME COLLECTION 3 (Books 7, 8, and 9)...Follow Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team as they fight crime in the Colorado Rockies. Murder, kidnapping, drug dealers, arson, and serial killers make these the perfect books for anyone that enjoys a good mystery.CRIME UNKNOWN... A young black college student is found hanged in a campus basement. The local police declare the death a suicide, but is it? His parents, not getting any answers from the college or the local authorities, have come to Colorado seeking the truth, and they have turned to the one team they hope can provide those answers. Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to the idyllic mountain town of Copper Creek, Colorado, to determine the truth. Did the young man commit suicide, was it a terrible accident, or was it murder? The governor of Colorado wants answers before word of the hanging gets out, and civil unrest ensues. The town is sitting on a powder keg, and Buck's investigation is the spark that could set the whole thing off.CRIME EXPLODED... When several explosions shatter the peace and quiet of Christmas morning, Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to sift through the wreckage to determine if these bombings are the work of a mad bomber, terrorists, or home-grown extremists. Making their jobs harder is an overzealous FBI agent with a personal agenda, who has taken over the investigations and will stop at nothing to prove he is right, and the evidence is wrong. In the end, he will put the lives of Buck's entire team in jeopardy as they follow the evidence toward several shocking conclusions.CRIME SPREE... When the sheriff of Pine County, Colorado, mysteriously vanishes. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to investigate. What they find in this idyllic mountain community located along the Continental Divide Trail will lead them to one of their most bizarre investigations yet. An investigation that revolves around designer drugs, Viking rituals, and multiple brutal murders. Complicating their work is the appearance of a Russian hitman, a ghost who is completely unknown to American law enforcement. It is up to Buck and his team to figure out how these crimes are connected and stop the perpetrators before more people die.

When the sheriff of Pine County, Colorado, mysteriously vanishes. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to investigate. What they find in this idyllic mountain community located along the Continental Divide Trail will lead them to one of their most bizarre investigations yet. An investigation that revolves around designer drugs, Viking rituals, and multiple brutal murders. Complicating their work is the appearance of a Russian hitman, a ghost who is completely unknown to American law enforcement. It is up to Buck and his team to figure out how these crimes are connected and stop the perpetrators before more people die.

Fresh off investigating the ambush murders of two police officers, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent, Buck Taylor and his team are called upon to find a missing journalist, in a case that leads to child porn, and murder, in the much anticipated fourth "Crime" novel. She was about to thank the Good Samaritan when he reached a huge hand behind her head and in one swift move slammed her forehead into the steering wheel. The blow was so hard that it cracked the top of the steering wheel. It took two more blows to knock her out.He put the car in gear and, checking once more up and down the highway, pushed the car past the end of the guardrail and stopped it at the edge of the drop-off. The reservoir was still frozen, but he hoped that enough of the thaw had occurred to make the ice thin enough so the car would crash right through it. He was confident that the snowfall that was underway would cover the hole in the ice.With one last look up and down the empty highway, he closed the door, walked behind the car and gave it a shove. With a grinding of metal against the rock, the car bounced over the edge and rolled down the side of the reservoir, crashing into the ice with a loud bang, and after a second's hesitation, broke through the ice and disappeared beneath the surface. He stood on the shoulder of the road and watched until the taillights blinked off.

When a local wildlife ranger goes missing in the rugged mountains south of Aspen, Colorado the local sheriff launches a massive manhunt. Buck Taylor volunteers to help in the search and what the searchers uncover will shake this small mountain town to its core.With years of hard-earned experience, Senior Agent Buck Taylor from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation will need to use all his talents to help solve a murder, unravel a series of years old kidnappings and solve several decades old serial murders with a current twist. As talented a sleuth as there ever was, Buck is known for his dogged determination. Buck's last case-a Mexican drug cartel attempting to set up shop in a small mountain town- had served as a productive distraction from the grief etched into his heart by the death of his wife of thirty-five years.Now, as he turns his attention to the trouble in Aspen, Buck finds himself drawn into one strange situation after another. But as Buck focuses on the two different cases, his intrepid group of helpers including one of Aspen's most "colorful characters" will face danger on several fronts. With serial killers, kidnappers, and kids in the mix, it is going to be a crazy ride.Crime Delayed is a thriller that will have readers burning through the pages.

Copper Creek, Colorado is a picturesque mountain town that is home to an exclusive private college, and that backs up to Rocky Mountain National Park. On the outside, it appears to be a peaceful town. The perfect place to raise a family, but underneath, Copper Creek holds some dark secrets.When the body of a young black student is found hanging in the basement of one of the college buildings, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to Copper Creek to investigate the apparent suicide. Was this just a suicide or could it be a possible hate crime? With little cooperation from the local authorities, Buck's investigation leads them to some startling conclusions about the suicide and uncovers a criminal enterprise that has been going on for over a hundred years. An enterprise that will rock this idyllic town to its core.

While a forest fire rages out of control in a pristine Colorado forest, CBI Agent Buck Taylor, dealing with the death of his wife from breast cancer, is called back to duty by the Governor of Colorado to find the arsonists responsible for setting fire to a multimillion-dollar fishing lodge and causing the forest fire.While investigating the lodge fire as well as a couple fracking site fires that might be related, Buck and his team uncover a scheme to dispose of illegal chemical waste in some of the newly drilled oil wells and uncover the murder of a rogue DEA agent who was investigating a prescription drug ring. Connected to all these crimes is a billionaire hedge fund owner who could care less about the law and whose only interest is the thrill of making more money, any way he can.Complicating this case even further; Buck might end up arresting his brother in law, who is connected to all these crimes through his business relationship with the hedge fund owner.In a dramatic conclusion, Buck must fight for his life while his team fights to defend a small town from the fast-approaching wildfire.

The excitement and celebration of Christmas morning are shattered when numerous explosions occur around the state of Colorado. With the evidence pointing towards multiple bombs and as the death toll rises, Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team are dispatched to several crime scenes. Sifting through the wreckage, it's up to them to determine if these bombings are the work of a mad bomber, terrorists, or home-grown extremists and if they are personal or politically motivated. And more importantly, will there be more? Making their jobs harder is an overzealous FBI agent with a personal agenda, who has taken over the investigations and will stop at nothing to prove he is right, and the evidence is wrong. In the end, he will put the lives of Buck's entire team in jeopardy as they follow the evidence towards several shocking conclusions.

Alicia Hawkins is back in Aspen.Alicia Hawkins didn't become a serial killer in the usual manner. She didn't tear the wings off butterflies when she was a kid, and she never killed a neighbor's cat. Her childhood was perfectly normal, with no signs of anything strange in her make-up. She was a perfectly normal college student until that summer a year ago when she made the discovery that would change her life.Now, Alicia is back and she's preparing to fulfill a promise she made to her late grandfather. A promise that will embolden her and secure both her and her grandfather's sick legacies. With time running short and already involved in a major investigation, can Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team stop her before anyone else has to die, and will one of Buck's oldest friends pay the ultimate price in Alicia's quest for fame?

CBI agent Buck Taylor is back in book 9 of the CRIME series by Chuck Morgan, 2020 Pacific Book Awards Best Mystery Winner for Crime Denied (Book 5).When the sheriff of Pine County, Colorado, mysteriously vanishes. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to investigate. What they find in this idyllic mountain community located along the Continental Divide Trail will lead them to one of their most bizarre investigations yet. An investigation that revolves around designer drugs, Viking rituals, and multiple brutal murders. Complicating their work is the appearance of a Russian hitman, a ghost who is completely unknown to American law enforcement. It is up to Buck and his team to figure out how these crimes are connected and stop the perpetrators before more people die.

When the sheriff of Pine County, Colorado, mysteriously vanishes. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to investigate. What they find in this idyllic mountain community located along the Continental Divide Trail will lead them to one of their most bizarre investigations yet. An investigation that revolves around designer drugs, Viking rituals, and multiple brutal murders. Complicating their work is the appearance of a Russian hitman, a ghost who is completely unknown to American law enforcement. It is up to Buck and his team to figure out how these crimes are connected and stop the perpetrators before more people die.

A young black college student is found hanged in a campus basement. The local police declare the death a suicide, but is it? His parents, not getting any answers from the college or the local authorities, have come to Colorado seeking the truth, and they have turned to the one team they hope can provide those answers.Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team are sent to the idyllic mountain town of Copper Creek, Colorado, to determine the truth. Did the young man commit suicide, was it a terrible accident or was it murder? The governor of Colorado wants answers before word of the hanging gets out, and civil unrest ensues. For Buck and his team, time is not on their side, but worse yet is the lack of cooperation they receive from the local authorities. As they dig deeper into the death, they discover things about the quaint little mountain town that make it clear that things are not what they seem. The beauty and tranquility on the surface hides an ugly underbelly, and their investigation could destroy things that have been in place for over a hundred years. Things that were supposed to remain hidden from prying eyes. The town is sitting on a powder keg, and Buck''s investigation is the spark that could set the whole thing off.

Alicia Hawkins is back in Aspen.Alicia Hawkins didn’t become a serial killer in the usual manner. She didn’t tear the wings off butterflies when she was a kid, and she never killed a neighbor’s cat. She even used to volunteer at the Pitkin County animal shelter, and she loved the family dog. For the most part, her childhood was perfectly normal, with no signs of anything strange in her make-up. She was a perfectly normal college student until that summer a year ago when she made the discovery that would change her life.Now, Alicia is back, and she’s preparing to fulfill a promise she made to her late grandfather. A promise that will embolden her and secure both her and her grandfather’s sick legacies. With time running short and already involved in a major investigation, can Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Buck Taylor and his team stop her before anyone else has to die, and will one of Buck’s oldest friends pay the ultimate price in Alicia’s quest for fame? 

Fresh off investigating the ambush murders of two police officers, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent, Buck Taylor and his team are called upon to find a missing journalist, in a case that leads to murder and child pornography, in the much anticipated fourth "Crime" novel. She was about to thank the Good Samaritan when he reached a huge hand behind her head and in one swift move slammed her forehead into the steering wheel. The blow was so hard that it cracked the top of the steering wheel. It took two more blows to knock her out.He put the car in gear and, checking once more up and down the highway, pushed the car past the end of the guardrail and stopped it at the edge of the drop-off. The reservoir was still frozen, but he hoped that enough of the thaw had occurred to make the ice thin enough so the car would crash right through it. He was confident that the snowfall that was underway would cover the hole in the ice.With one last look up and down the empty highway, he closed the door, walked behind the car and gave it a shove. With a grinding of metal against rock, the car bounced over the edge and rolled down the side of the reservoir, crashing into the ice with a loud bang, and after a second's hesitation, broke through the ice and disappeared beneath the surface. He stood on the shoulder of the road and watched until the taillights blinked off.

All three "Buck Taylor/Crime" novels available together in one volume with a bonus short story. A great gift for the lover of crime fiction. Follow Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team as they investigate crime in the mountains of Colorado. CRIME INTERRUPTED… When a cutthroat Mexican cartel establishes a narcotics operation in a small Colorado town, Agent Buck Taylor is assigned to take down the crooks in a dangerous, high-stakes showdown. CRIME DELAYED… When a local wildlife ranger goes missing in the rugged mountains south of Aspen, Colorado the local sheriff launches a massive manhunt. Buck Taylor volunteers to help in the search and what the searchers uncover will shake this small mountain town to its core. CRIME UNSOLVED… Arson, forest fire, eco-terrorists, a billionaire, a murdered rogue DEA agent, survivalists, illegal chemical dumping and an illegal prescription drug ring are just another day on the job for CBI Agent Buck Taylor and his team.

When a local wildlife ranger goes missing in the rugged mountains south of Aspen, Colorado the local sheriff launches a massive manhunt. Buck Taylor volunteers to help in the search and what the searchers uncover will shake this small mountain town to its core.With years of hard-earned experience, Senior Agent Buck Taylor from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation will need to use all his talents to help solve a murder, unravel a series of years old kidnappings and solve several decades old serial murders with a current twist. As talented a sleuth as there ever was, Buck is known for his dogged determination. Buck's last casea Mexican drug cartel attempting to set up shop in a small mountain town- had served as a productive distraction from the grief etched into his heart by the death of his wife of thirty-five years.Now, as he turns his attention to the trouble in Aspen, Buck finds himself drawn into one strange situation after another. But as Buck focuses on the two different cases, his intrepid group of helpers including one of Aspen's most ';colorful characters' will face danger on several fronts. With serial killers, kidnappers, and kids in the mix, it is going to be a crazy ride.Crime Delayed is a thriller that will have readers burning through the pages.

When news of Mexican gang activity reaches local authorities in Durango, Colorado, the bucolic peace of the small town is shattered. Realizing the severity of the threat, the sheriff's office reaches out for assistance. With years of hard-earned experience, Senior Agent Buck Taylor from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is unquestionably the man for the job. As talented a sleuth as there ever was, Buck is known for his dogged determination. Buck's last casea gruesome triple homicide in Teller Countyhas served as a productive distraction from the grief etched into his heart by the recent death of his wife of thirty-five years. Now, as he turns his attention to the trouble in Durango, Buck finds himself drawn into the dangerous world of cartel violence, drugs, and human trafficking. But as Buck focuses on the cartel case, the players in his triple-homicide investigation become more prominentand deadlythan ever. With multiple agenciesincluding the FBI, the DEA, and ICEconverging on Durango and numerous criminals gunning for Buck's life, the stage is set for a fiery showdown. Crime Interrupted is a thriller that will have readers burning through the pages.