The Code Enforcer
Bryce is a Marine hiding his military-ending injury. All he wants is to hide in his mundane job as the code enforcer while he sorts out his life. What he does not account for is Markie, the emerald eyed beauty who walks through his office door. Markie is a Police Investigator hardened by her cheating ex. When the municipal code violators Bryce is investigating are murdered, he becomes Markie's number one suspect. 

A Brush with Death
Ben is secretly in love with Cori and has been waiting for the right time to make his move, but his divorce haunts him. Cori has had all she can take from men since her ex left without a trace. The last thing she needs is another man who will disappoint her. When Cori opens her heart to Ben, women he holds key information about turn up dead. She realizes she should have never trusted him.

Crime & Passion Stalk City Hall Series is created by Valerie J. Clarizio, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Crime & Passion Stalk City Hall Series

"Back to the grind," Ben whispered to himself as he climbed into the street sweeper. There wasn't anything more boring and uneventful than sweeping in the daylight. Nothing exciting happened then, not like during the hours of darkness. Sneak around time. 


"Shit, damn, shit!" Todd Smith yelled alarmingly over the radio waves jolting Ben out of his mundane thoughts. 


Ben stared at his radio waiting for more words from Todd, or for one of his co-workers to respond. Every public works employee with a radio had to have heard the terrified man's shriek, yet nobody replied, not even Director Mueller. 


Needing to know what had caused such panic to his co-worker, Ben grabbed his radio and pressed the button. "Todd, are you okay? What happened?"


"Smith. What happened?" Director Mueller's raspy voice crossed over the air. 


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