Books like Nails by Peter Bowen

In The Widow's House, Lord Regent Geder Palliako rises to power while the fate of a kingdom and a dragon’s ancient legacy hangs in the balance.

A rural justice battle against illegal immigration and race relations in North Carolina

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Former PI Joe Kurtz is ambushed, leaving him wounded and his parole officer Peg O’Toole dying. With organized crime and police eyeing him, Kurtz must outwit both the Farino family and mob rival Toma Gonzaga to survive.