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Abducted teens. The cops don't care. Can a grandma solve the crime?Seventeen-year-old hip-hop drummer Trace Gowan is abducted from a street corner after a drug deal goes bad. His friend Glyn Jones, and the rest of the band work the underground to find Trace but they soon discover there is way more going on than they ever guessed.The band is afraid to go to the police, so they turn to Glyn's Grandma Willie who teaches report writing at the Police Academy and the prisoners at the federal prison. She knows which cops can be trusted to help them.Things get worse when two girls, including Glyn's sister are stolen from a bus enroute to college. Unlikely sources reveal a connection to a secret child trafficking ring under the guise of a respected transportation corporation, who will stop at nothing to protect their multi-million dollar business. When the traffickers realize that Glyn knows too much, the danger for everyone heats up. Without Trace brings together two often-discounted groups of people: youth and seniors who find power in unity. Can Grandma Willie convince the cops to follow the trail that her prison students have suggested, save the kids and bust the ring?

A Murder Mystery of Unlikely Bonds and Unrelenting PerilInner city architect Sarah Rohann takes on four street kids as apprentices creating an extraordinary makeshift family. But when Kevin, the newest apprentice, mysteriously disappears, Sarah's world is shaken.Fearing he's returned to the dangerous gang life he once led, she searches his old haunts. In a derelict house Sarah makes a chilling discovery. Her moment of horror turns to terror when she realizes she's trapped in a burning inferno.Abe Hallowell, a chaplain for the police and fire department, arrives on the scene and discovers Sarah dazed, suffering from smoke and burns. From this harrowing event, the destinies of two extraordinary families become irrevocably entwined.But vicious threats loom in the shadows, targeting both families through graffiti messages. As dangers close in, Sarah and Abe must summon their inner strength to protect the children.Rae Richen's gripping crime thriller weaves a tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final twist.Get your copy of Those Who Curse You now and embark on a heart-pounding journey of mystery, danger, and the unyielding human spirit.

Injustice Hounds Them. Truth Binds Them...In 2006 seventeen-year-old Xander (Alexander Evans-Lloyd) is the sole known survivor of an attack on the hospital and school in western Pakistan where Xander's parents and their friends worked.After his recovery, Xander moves to Portland, Oregon to live with his grandfather. Xander has lost everyone and is reluctant to seek new friends. However, Haroon Qubadi, with his humor and his love of soccer, pulls Xander back into life. Xander's grandfather, Gilbert Evans, coaches their soccer team with Haroon's Kurdish-American father, Nasdar.But when FBI agent, Guy Saurus, arrests Haroon's father and accuses him of supporting terrorism, any who defend the Qubadi family are endangered.Xander, Grandfather Gilbert, Haroon, and their friends struggle to prove Nasdar's innocence. They grapple with enormous forces of public fear fanned by headline-hungry media and by Agent Saurus's determination to make a name for himself as a terrorist fighter.Scapegoat: The Hounded is the second book in the Scapegoat Coming of Age Political Thriller series.

Young Gilbert Evans discovers the cost of freedom when he stands up against the tyranny of adults during the McCarthy Communist witch hunt of the early 1950's. The threat of Communism looms, and paranoia is the focus for Gilbert's town and for America. By shining a light on how we gave into our darkest urges when McCarthyism ran hot and trust ran cold, Richen artfully illustrates both the human cost of fear and the power of hope.