The first book in a thrilling British Royal Navy series! Perfect for fans of Dewey Lambdin, Patrick O’Brian, John Winton, and Douglas Reeman.A Royal Navy recruit enters service in Chinese waters…China Station, 1920sThe ‘M’ class destroyers had little or nothing to commend them. Possessing such a low freeboard that they constantly rolled or pitched, they had one redeeming feature — any seaman who survived a term without dying of seasickness, being swept overboard, or going mad, could survive anything in the Royal Navy.Paul Dexter, sent to Chinese waters as First Lieutenant of HMS Mistletoe, finds he has more than just the ‘M’ class destroyer to contend with…Thrown in at the deep end on a mission to intercept gun-running pirates, Dexter gets the chance to prove himself while gaining the loyalty of the crew.But he also earns his ship a dangerous reputation that could put them all at risk…CHINESE POISON is the first book in the Paul Dexter Series: action-packed historical naval adventures.PAUL DEXTER SERIES:BOOK 1: Chinese PoisonBOOK 2: All Stations to MaltaBOOK 3: An Explosive SituationBOOK 4: Shadow of the RockBOOK 5: Second-in-CommandBOOK 6: Redoubtable DexterBOOK 7: Dexter at War

When You Come for the Wrong ManHoward Parker wants to be Secretary of Homeland Security. And he isn't going to let a bunch of Marines who were in the wrong place at the wrong time stand in his way — even if one of them is now a reporter in Seattle, his home town. What are the odds?Former Marine Mac Davis likes being a cop reporter. He gets a regular paycheck, and no one is shooting at him. What's not to like? He'd rather be writing sports, but he took the job anyway.Then someone tries to kill him. Roughs up his aunt. Kidnaps an old Marine buddy. And Mac is going to find out why. And then? He'll put a stop to it. One way or another. If the tools of a reporter won't get the job done? Well then, he's got other tools to use.Book 1 in the Mac Davis thrillers featuring a Marine turned cop reporter in Seattle.