A young, handsome handyman is found dead. Clues and hunches lead Detective Captain Sam Arbuckle from the gigolo’s death to a hit and run accident he investigated 25 years before – or was it an accident? A second look into the files sends Arbuckle from the bleak North Side of Fort Worth, to Viet Nam, to the outskirts of an eastern Oklahoma chop shop where a quarter century of revenge, schemes, and greed culminate. A colorful cast of bored, rich housewives, penny-anti thieves, drug dealers, and a duo of young, ambitious detectives challenge Arbuckle into solving one last case before retirement. His plan was retire quietly, but an unmatched fingerprint from his first case tweaks Arbuckle’s pride in his lifelong career record. No big deal. Just one more case to close.

Road Kill: Quest for Freedom bores a window back through time illuminating an era gone by. The story focuses on a place, and the events of a single Motorcycle Club during a period many call The Golden Age of Motorcycle Clubs. The Vietnam War was not the only war fought by these young men. Road Kill fought another war, one that germinated deep inside his soul. This war was spawned by a quest he never fulfills. A Quest for Freedom and in the end, as this Club looks back, many older members tell their younger Brothers, Its easy to see this was the most phenomenal period in our Clubs long history.

"It has been the best part of 12 years since I investigated a fatal accident and dealt with grieving relatives. It has taken me 12 years to have the strength to write about it, to put pen to paper and record what has caused me so much grief and anguish." So writes Craig Hodge, one of Victoria Police's leading investigators of fatal road accidents. A police officer for 20 years, eight of which he spent with the Accident Investigation Section (now the Major Collision Investigation Unit), Hodge attended the horrific scenes of more than 350 accidents that resulted in deaths and serious injuries. In ROAD KILL, Hodge recounts harrowing investigations and details the processes involved in finding out the causes of such tragedies, which often led to prosecutions. His story is a cautionary tale in which responsible driving messages loom large. ROAD KILL also provides a poignant account of the emotional and psychological impact such carnage has on all involved, not least of all on investigators like Hodge, who struggled at times to find a balance between being sensitive to victims and their families, while also trying to remain emotionally detached for his own sanity and wellbeing.

Twenty-six true-life cases from the files of True Detective magazine document the horrific crimes of such psychopaths as Spencer Corey Goodman, a martial arts expert who killed a beauty queen for her Cadillac, and Keith Allen Brown, a depraved cab driver who crushed a helpless woman to death with his car. Reissue.

Dr. Gerald O’Connor, known to friends as “Road Kill” O’Connor is a retired professor of archaeology and anthropology from Colorado State University. During his career, he became interested in animal skeletal structure and his penchant for collecting road-killed specimens in order to practice the skill of taxidermy earned him his nickname. While watching the news one morning, he hears a report of a skull found along Interstate 90, not far from his home. There is no evidence of a body, only the skull. The only things authorities can tell is that the skull is likely that of an African American woman in her twenties and it has been there for many years. Recalling a cold case in his vast collection of notebooks, O’Connor begins his search for information about this victim. An expert witness for law enforcement throughout his career, O’Connor begins to piece together other missing persons’ cases and a pattern emerges. He concludes a serial killer has been at work for four decades. It’s time this murderer was brought to justice and Road Kill O’Connor is just the man to get the job done.

Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money. On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

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