After eighteen years of battling severe depression, twenty-four-year-old Sam has made a groundbreaking decision: she's applying for medically assisted death. When her request is approved, Sam begins the mandatory waiting period in a psychiatric facility where she confronts the impact her choice will have on those around her.
Through Sam's final weeks, we witness her relationships with the people who shaped her life: her parents, who have always been by her side, through every attempt and set back; Dr. Clyde, the psychiatrist who's guided her through years of treatment; Denis, a fellow patient who wants something he cannot have; and Amy, her childhood friend who has always been there for her.
Youth is an unflinching examination of mental illness, personal autonomy, and the right to die. It challenges readers to consider what it means to choose your own ending in a world determined to make you survive.
The Connected Crime Series takes place in the Brookway District. The district comprises twelve different cities, each having its own troubles. The district has multiple gangs and multiple mysteries. The story opens up in Kingston with Criminal, PhD. Doug, a tech guy, finds himself face-to-face with Shane, a cold-blooded killer. The story continues with The List of 11 and a father seeking revenge. In The Negotiator at Oak Lake, Shane reappears but this time the gang is working in the quiet city of Oak Lake and Stanley, an ex-cop who worked as a hostage negotiator, finds himself in the middle of a gang war.
Doug’s story continues in Criminal, PhD: the Captured Coder. Doug wants to live a simple life. He wants to be as far away from trouble as possible. But danger still finds him when in broad daylight, he gets abducted. Detective Abbott (from The List of 11) is brought in to try and find Doug. And she isn’t the only one looking for him.
The crime continues in The Boy in the Binoculars. Abraham, a retired detective, made a promise years ago to the parents of an abducted two-year-old. He’d find him and bring him home. But when Abraham thinks he sees the boy years later, he’ll do anything to confirm that this is the same missing boy even though the evidence says otherwise.
In The Kingston Killer, Doug, Abraham, and Abbott all come together to help solve a crime. Can the trio work together and catch a copycat killer?
The Connected Crime Series follows many different characters with some crossing over between novels. Explore a world of crime!
Twenty years ago, the Kingston Killer terrorized a city. Now, a chilling copycat has emerged, mimicking the original killer's gruesome methods: a stab to the stomach and a fatal blow to the chest. But this time, the targets are different, and the stakes are higher.
Doug Hastings (Criminal, PhD), who has a reputation for navigating the underworld, is called in by the fiercely determined Detective Abbott. Despite her controversial past and the disdain of her peers, Abbott is relentless in her pursuit of justice. Joining them is Abraham Cartwright, the legendary detective who captured the original Kingston Killer. Haunted by his own past, Abraham brings invaluable insight to this twisted case.
Can this trio of outcasts work with the local police to stop the new Kingston Killer before it's too late? As the killer's pattern becomes clear, the pressure mounts, and time starts to run out.
The Kingston Killer is a gripping crime novel filled with action, mystery, and murder. It's a thrilling addition to the Connected Crime Series, uniting familiar characters in a high-stakes mystery. Dive into this edge-of-your-seat read!
Scarlett Brim returns home to Burnaby after fifteen years. She left at seventeen to join a secret agency with the promise of saving lives. Her training repeatedly told her that “you and your past are dead.” But everything changes after the latest mission goes wrong. On top of that, she receives an alert about her mother.
Scarlett defies orders and returns home to the city she grew up. But being home is harder than she imagined. She breaks a critical rule in interacting with her past and attends an old friend's wedding. Then everything goes wrong. Scarlett has been trained to trust no one but she'll have to learn to trust again to save her life.
Last Wedding in Burnaby is an exciting novel with action, mystery, and suspense. It’s a new story that takes place in the Brookway District and is a part of the Connected Crime Series.
Abraham, a retired detective, made a promise years ago to the parents of an abducted two-year-old. He’d find him and bring him home.
However, when an accident puts Abraham in a wheelchair and forces him into retirement, that promise was never kept. With nothing to keep his mind off the past, his sister, Noelle, and his old partner, Trevor, are worried about his state of mind and his obsession over this one particular case.
But when Abraham thinks he sees the boy years later, his obsession goes into overdrive. Abraham watches this boy through his binoculars thinking of ways to keep his old promise. He’ll do anything to confirm that this is the same missing boy even though the evidence says otherwise.
The Boy in the Binoculars is a suspense and mystery novel that will make you question everything.
Following the events of the first book, Doug wants to live a simple life. He wants to be as far away from trouble as possible. But trouble still finds him when in broad daylight, he gets abducted.
Detective Abbott (The List of 11) is brought in to try and find Doug but also find the leak in the department. And she isn’t the only one looking for him.
Doug is tasked to destroy a man’s reputation and he’ll do whatever he can to survive. But with access to a laptop, he has some tricks up his sleeve.
Criminal, PhD: The Captured Coder is a crime novel full of mystery and suspense. It takes place in the Brookway District and is another book in the Connected Crime Series.
Stanley Pierce is an ex-officer who worked as a hostage negotiator until he changed careers. He used his skills to help large firms close their most important deals. Now, he is retired from all work and living peacefully at Oak Lake.
Retirement has been a bit boring but things change when a dead body washes up on his dock. Stanley can’t resist investigating the crime scene but soon realizes he may have gotten himself in the middle of a gang war.
Now Stanley is being hunted by the police, the Oak Lake Crew, and the Red Cartel. He must use his skills once again to find a way to survive and keep innocent people from getting harmed.
The Negotiator at Oak Lake is an exciting crime novel full of action.
Rachel, a veteran 911 operator, receives a call she will never forget. A man named John has confessed to murder and tells her to expect more dead bodies throughout the night.
John is grieving from the loss of his daughter, Maggie. She was working undercover when she was killed. However, the police haven’t made a single arrest. Maggie gave her father a list of 11 names. Her instructions were clear: if anything happened to her, John needed to give those names to the Captain.
Upon her death, John had other plans. He wants to deliver vigilante justice. He spent 6 months researching every name on the list. He has planned everything meticulously and on this one night, he attempts to cross off all 11 names on the list.
As people start dying, the police, The Kings Gang, and Rachel start scrambling to find the killer. The List of 11 is a thrilling crime novel full of revenge. It takes place in the Brookway District and is a part of the Connected Crime Series.
Doug Hastings is a recent graduate and a computer security specialist. But with all of his degrees and certifications, he still couldn’t find his dream job during the recession. Working an entry-level job with entry-level pay isn’t enough for him. But Doug has an idea. The Brookway district is riddled with crime and maybe these criminals need a security specialist.
Doug approaches Shane, the 2nd most dangerous man in the district and his city’s largest drug dealer. Doug makes a deal with Shane to help give him and his crew security and privacy. But things quickly get out of control. Doug has to try and keep the city’s best detective at bay while making sure Shane is getting what was agreed. A life of crime isn’t what he wants and as things get worse, Doug has fewer and fewer options.
Criminal, PhD is a crime novel with a bit of mystery and suspense. It takes place in the Brookway District and is a part of the Connected Crime Series.
Mike has written several novels and screenplays in multiple genres. Outside of writing, he has completed his PhD and has received his Masters of Science as well as his Bachelor of Computer Science. Mike is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
He has taken his knowledge of computer science, computer security, and technology to create a fictional world where the crime never stops.