Harvey Stanbrough: 216 books

Melanie Sloan is young, but accomplished. She is also a force to be reckoned with. Or one that will reckon with you. As a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces, she attained a black belt in Krav Maga, a form of martial arts that is more martial than art, less for competition and more...

Sometime before the story begins, Pancho and Lefty travel south to involve themselves in the Mexican war. Pancho is a natural warrior. Under duress from the Federales, Lefty does what he has to do. But maybe there's a way to redeem himself.   

Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD. Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But when a vibrant young woman is hacked to death, who knew there could be secrets far more gut wrenching? The...

Dropping in after 47 years on old acquaintances at a high school reunion can have some strange consequences. Especially when some people have never changed. Sometimes the agent of change is the doomat from yesterday.  

You've experienced the military and had a gut full. You tried being a cop for awhile, but it just wasn't the same. Finally you opted to drop out, work a mindless, physical job on the docks for awhile. Then there's an incident, and it reminds you who and what you are. Maybe you're only suited for "jobs like that." Maybe the waitress in the local bar is too.

You're 76 years old. You're in good health and your doctor has determined that you have 24 years left in your normal lifespan, barring accidents. Would you trade that 24 years to be 24 years younger? So you'd be 52. But what if you could live only half that time on the other side? Would you still go for it?

In a post-apocayptic world, you and a few friends are trying to make a little money cruising the streets, making announcements for the Makers.But a really cute chick catches your attention. You'll never see her again, but you can dream. But what if you do see her again? And what if she turns out to be a great deal more? 

For a boy born and bred in Florida, hanging out in the drizzly, frozen northwest is far from ideal, or even possible. Even if he is in witness protection. What will Harold Nickel risk to feel the sun on his face again, smell the salt air. And how far will he go? And go? And go?

A man can be nice to a woman without any thought of having sex with her, right? And vice versa? That's Pamela's theory, but will it hold in the presence of a tall, nice, very handsome man? On the night before the finality of her wedding?

In this crime suspense novel, someone is wining and dining women, then feeding them to alligators. But a very special group of people have banded together to stop this person and others like him. Fairly soon we begin to get a clear picture of who the killer is, and even why the killer is on this rampage. What we don't know is how he will eventually be stopped. And by whom.

This is a collection of five short stories. In "Pete & Repeat," c'mon, everyone knows the old non-joke about Pete and his buddy, right? Still, seems like there's always one more young'un wantin' to put an old timer to shame. Only it doesn't always happen just that way. "The Breath...

Patricia "Trixie" Burton has it all.  She's platinum blond, wealthy and incredibly beautiful. She's a major socialite who makes all the rounds. From swinging with the club scene to owning a seat on the board of directors for every do-gooder organization in town. Well, she...

In this short literary fiction, a poet struggles with, and finally delivers, the eulogy for his lifelong friend.

These ten stories run the gamut of the near erotic to the pure romance, from the wild west to an incredible future, nfrom murder for hire to a pastoral home to a morgue. The common thread? The women who drove them