Mike McCall

The search for a pornographic film director draws Mike McCall into a chase for a killer The film is called The Wild Nymph, and it may be the finest pornographic movie ever made. A relic of the 1950s, when erotic cinema was more artistic than smutty, it was filmed on a shoestring budget by the enigmatic genius Sol Dahlman. But 20 years later, the film has been forgotten and Dahlman has become a recluse. Finding him will be a deadly proposition.   A Hollywood producer comes to the state capital in search of Dahlman, hoping to capitalize on pornography's growing mainstream acceptance. He meets Mike McCall, the governor's top troubleshooter, whose only interest in pornography is in keeping women's lib protestors from picketing the theaters. When Dahlman is found dead, it falls to McCall to stop the bloodshed. Sex can be controversial, but murder is always taboo.

A city seethes with racial tension, and a political fixer tries to keep the peace In a forgotten neighborhood of downtown Banbury, Harlan James preaches the revolution, teaching young black men and women to stand up for their rights. According to the district attorney, he's also been teaching them to make bombs. This is a lie, a political ploy designed to undermine the radical leader and maintain Banbury's status quo. But no matter how tightly the authorities frame James, revolution is coming-and the streets will run with blood.   As the city verges on chaos, the governor asks his top troubleshooter, Mike McCall, to keep an eye on James's trial. When James skips bail, the city's most violent citizens-black and white-threaten to riot. To save the city from destroying itself, McCall must find James and unravel the chilling mystery of the Black Hearts.

A college student's disappearance threatens to upend the race for governor Tisquanto is a quiet college town, and its chief of police wants to keep it that way. For years, the only trouble the students gave the locals was the occasional fraternity party that got out of hand. But now there are kids on campus calling for revolution. When the governor's right-hand man, Mike McCall, comes to Tisquanto, the chief of police promises he'll keep the students in-line, no matter how many bones he has to break. But McCall isn't here about student unrest. He's come to save a life.   The daughter of the governor's greatest political rival has disappeared from the school, and if McCall can't find her, the whole future of the state is in doubt. But to track her down, he'll have to wade into a campus that's about to turn into a war zone.