J J Lamb: 29 books

Twenty-three noir stories of crime and desperation. Featuring, Michael Bracken Kenneth Gwin, Michael Chandos, Warren Bull, Peter H. Denton, JoAnne Lucas, Karen Gough, J.J. Lamb, Craig Faustus Buck, Patricia Dusenbury, Herschel Cozine, Diane A. Hadoc, Wenda Morrone, Jan Christensen, Ross Baxter,...

Medical thriller about a fertility counselor who goes on a killing spree of barren women in the warped belief that this "act of mercy" will save them -- her "sisters" -- from a life of suffering. Although she hides her crimes by making the killings appear to be accidents or suicides,...

How far would you go to retrieve a quarter-million dollars? Investigative journalists Paige and Max Alper drop everything, leave their jobs behind, and hopscotch from San Francisco to San Diego to New York to Hong Kong to take up the paper chase. Along the way, they are pursued, trapped,...

SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE When a Northern California Indian tribe’s plan to create an oceanfront casino-resort is stymied by murder, a tribal leader seeks help from a friend, Las Vegas-based private investigator Zachariah Tobias Rolfe III, who specializes in solving gaming-related crimes … on either...

A pioneering proposal for a pluralistic extension of evolutionary theory, now updated to reflect the most recent research. This new edition of the widely read Evolution in Four Dimensions has been revised to reflect the spate of new discoveries in biology since the book was first published...

Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, formerly the editor of "The American Historical Magazine," and one of the best informed historical writers of our times, left a great legacy at her death, especially to the citizens of New York, in her masterful effort "The History of the City of New York."...

Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, formerly the editor of "The American Historical Magazine," and one of the best informed historical writers of our times, left a great legacy at her death, especially to the citizens of New York, in her masterful effort "The History of the City of New York."...

The diesel locomotive sent shock waves through rigid corporate cultures and staid government regulators. For some, the new technology promised to be a source of enormous profits; for others, the railroad industry seemed a threat to their very livelihoods. Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive...

The imaging potential of the MR experiment continues to evolve. In recent years, an increasing number of fast and ultrafast imaging strategies has been described. In this evolu­ tion the definition of the terms fast and ultrafast has been blurred. Hence they are frequently used interchangeably. The...

Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon is settling into a quieter life with his wife Ashleigh in Virginia’s mountain country, where they collect and create teddy bears. But even here, stuff happens...    The day is here—and Brad Lyon is helping his wife put the finishing touches on her best bears,...

San Francisco cop Brad Lyon has retired from the force and is loving his new life in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, with his wife, Ashleigh. When not investigating murder, they collect and create adorable teddy bears, and even sometimes encounter real ones.   While Brad pieces together his latest “Claw...

Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon and his wife Ashleigh had been settling into a comfortable life in the Shenandoah Valley, collecting and creating adorable teddy bears. But when they take a return trip to California, things suddenly turn ugly.   Sometimes you shouldn't go home again. When Brad...

This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town’s rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems...

Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon is settling into a quieter life with his wife Ashleigh in Virginia’s mountain country, where they collect and create teddy bears. But even here, stuff happens. The peace of the Shenandoah Valley is shattered when an intruder breaks into the Lyon home and...