Mama Told Me Not To Come
Part 1 of the Justice Security series
A security company accidentally makes a mortal enemy of an insane Mexican drug cartel leader.
Take four people that have been friends since college. Add a desire to protect others. Toss in a fun-loving look on life, and mix with a dash of a not-quite-by-the-book way of doing things, and what do you have?
The partners of Justice Security.
They are Joey Justice, after whom the company was named, Misty Wilhite, the love of Joey's life, Dexter Beck, the martial arts master and computer nerd, and Percival "King Louie" Washington, who bears a striking facial resemblance to a particular cartoon character.
In this introductory story, the partners provide security for a society dog show, with unexpected death coming from an unknown source. They also provide security for a Heavyweight Boxing Championship that has no challenger, and they are hired to investigate the deaths of two innocent teens. Those deaths are tied into a government contract, and, through an unfortunate accident, they make a mortal enemy of an insane Mexican drug cartel leader.
They are aided by their government liaison – FBI Agent Marcus Moore. But with the situation turning darker by the minute, can these four unlikely heroes continue to stay alive?
Mama Told Me Not to Come
Part 1 of the Justice Security series
Take four people that have been friends since college. Add a desire to protect others. Toss in a fun-loving look on life, and mix with a dash of a not-quite-by-the-book way of doing things, and what do you have?
The partners of Justice Security.
They are Joey Justice, after whom the company was named, Misty Wilhite, the love of Joey's life, Dexter Beck, the martial arts master and computer nerd, and Percival "King Louie" Washington, who bears a striking facial resemblance to a particular cartoon character.
In this introductory story, the partners provide security for a society dog show with unexpected death coming from an unknown source. They also provide security for a Heavyweight Boxing Championship that has no challenger, and they are hired to investigate the deaths of two innocent teens.Those deaths are tied into a government contract, and, through an unfortunate accident, they make a mortal enemy of an insane Mexican drug cartel leader.
They are aided by their government liaison - FBI Agent Marcus Moore. But with the situation turning darker by the minute, can these four unlikely heroes continue to stay alive?
Inspired by the classic song performed by Three Dog Night, T. M. Bilderback's Mama Told Me Not To Come is an adventure that you won't forget!
Jackie Blue
Part 3 of the Justice Security series
Jacqueline Belew has a secret.Jackie is foster mom to five special needs children.That isn't her secret.Jackie loves these children very, very much.That isn't her secret.Jackie's nickname is Jackie Blue, given to her by the children. That isn't her secret, either.Jackie Blue knows the outcome of any game of chance.Any game. She uses this ability to win small amounts of money to assist in raising and caring for these special needs kids. She tries to never win more than she needs, since she doesn't want to abuse her ability.Someone has noticed her gift, however.
The Giambini crime family has noticed what Jackie can do. And when this desperate crime family decides to kidnap Jackie to be their golden goose, the children hire Joey Justice and Justice Security to rescue her.
Things turn deadly very quickly.
Even Jackie didn't see that coming...
Suggested by lyrics from the classic song performed by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, T. M. Bilderback's Jackie Blue will feed your suspense cravings!
MacArthur Park
Part 3.2 of the Justice Security series
Newlywed Megan Beck must complete a top-secret assignment on her husband's birthday.
Megan Beck has been asked to perform a highly top-secret job for Justice Security, assigned by their FBI liaison, Marcus Moore.
Megan is given sparse instructions on what she is to do, but no information about why she's doing this particular job, or who the target might be.
The job, unfortunately, has to be done on the night of her husband's birthday. Dexter is understanding, but disappointed. Dexter had planned to celebrate with her and his brother that night.
Facing disappointment at missing Dexter's first birthday since they were married, Megan stoically performs the top secret job.
The outcome of this mysterious mission surprises everyone, but the biggest surprise in the Donna Summer song-inspired story MacArthur Park is reserved for Megan Beck!
The Little Drummer Boy
Part 3.3 of the Justice Security series
A Justice Security Christmas short story, in which a miracle happens a second time.
It's Christmas Eve in the city.
Dexter Beck, his wife Megan, and Percival "King Louie" Washington are driving to a special Christmas Eve function.
Louie and Dexter share with Megan a story of another Christmas Eve in the early days of Justice Security, when the fledgling company is providing security for the band, Omega. Omega is in town to perform at a special Christmas Eve charity concert.
Louie and Dexter are driving the drummer, Gil Mullins, to the concert, when the worst blizzard ever to hit the city forces them to abandon their car and take refuge inside St. Francis Catholic Church.
What follows is a story of salvation, comfort, and belief, as a Christmas Eve event repeats itself…and makes a believer of Megan Fisk Beck.
Inspired by the popular Christmas song, The Little Drummer Boy will warm your heart…and make you believe.
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Part 4 of the Justice Security series
The newest, hottest nightclub in the city has hired Justice Security to protect its patrons from danger. Each night that the club is open, it has a rotating force of four grunts and two plainclothes personnel circulating through the paying customers, as the club manager has asked Justice Security to do.
Tonight, Joey Justice and Misty Wilhite have turned up in the rotation, along with up-and-comers Brandon King and Patty Ferguson.As Joey and Misty arrive, Joey goes inside, and Misty returns to the car for a forgotten item. While she's at the car, the club is taken over by a large force of armed men, and the exits are sealed.
Inside, the true owner of the club is revealed to be Justice Security's mortal enemy, the Mexican drug cartel leader Esteban Fernandez, who, by telephone, threatens to kill the club patrons unless Joey gives himself up and brings Misty inside.
Trapped inside the club with two hundred innocent people during a deadly cat-and-mouse game, Joey and his four grunts do their best to keep everyone safe and not get caught. But, with time running out, can he save everyone?
Inspired by the hit song, and taut with suspense, T. M. Bilderback's Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Saturday in the Park
Part 5 of the Justice Security series
On a gorgeous spring day, the partners of Justice Security choose to have their annual partner meeting as a picnic in the city park.
Joey Justice, Percival "King Louie" Washington, and Dexter and Megan Beck arrive at the park early to find a nice picnic spot, as Misty Wilhite and Jessica Queen are shopping for picnic supplies.
The four in the park find unexpected trouble when they are ambushed by a group of killers.
Questions are going through the minds of Joey and his partners. Who are these people? Why are they trying to kill the partners? And how did they know to catch them in the park?
Saturday In The Park gives you the answers, with action as explosive as you expect from the folks of T. M. Bilderback's Justice Security!
Cow Patty
Part 5 of the Justice Security series
While on vacation, two Justice Security employees encounter murder, cattle, the desert, and a street gang.
After the dramatic events experienced in Jim Dandy, Patty Ferguson and Brandon King decide to take a vacation. They need a well-deserved rest before taking on the responsibilities of taking charge of the plainclothes personnel at the new second Justice Security location.
They choose to return to Carson City, Nevada. Patty, not an outdoors person, found the desert to be relaxing. Brandon books them into Big Daddy's Hotel And Casino, where Homer "Big Daddy" Crenshaw is waiting for them.
Big Daddy has had some trouble with a local gang, and would like to let the fact that a couple of Justice Security people are on the premises circulate. With the okay from Joey Justice and the other partners of Justice Security, Brandon and Patty agree to the request.
But, when Big Daddy turns up dead, and the two vacationing young people are left stranded in the desert, Justice Security descends on Carson City to take care of their own, in their own explosive manner!
The Little Drummer Boy
Part 7 of the Justice Security series
It's Christmas Eve in the city.
Dexter Beck, his wife Megan, and Percival "King Louie" Washington are driving to a special Christmas Eve function.
Louie and Dexter share with Megan a story of another Christmas Eve in the early days of Justice Security, when the fledgling company is providing security for the band, Omega.Omega is in town to perform at a special Christmas Eve charity concert.
Louie and Dexter are driving the drummer, Gil Mullins, to the concert, when the worst blizzard ever to hit the city forces them to abandon their car and take refuge inside St. Francis Catholic Church.
What follows is a story of salvation, comfort, and belief, as a Christmas Eve event repeats itself...and makes a believer of Megan Fisk Beck.
Inspired by the popular Christmas song, T. M. Bilderback's The Little Drummer Boy will warm your heart...and make you believe.
The Night Chicago Died
Part 8 of the Justice Security series
It's November in Chicago. Still healing from an encounter with the Corn Flakes Killer, Lieutenant Michelle "Mickey" Rooney and her partner, Sam Tanner, head out into the snowy night to investigate four seemingly unrelated drug killings. They appear to be run-of-the-mill drug deals gone bad...until witnesses at one of the crime scenes report that they saw the shooting. And they have overheard the name of the killer: Esteban Fernandez.
Mickey and the Chicago PD notify the Federal authorities, thanks to a new Federal APB on Fernandez. Fernandez has been declared a threat to National Security, and all movements are to be reported.
Justice Security has been given a government contract: find Esteban Fernandez and stop him. Bring him in for trial if possible, but stop him. When word reaches them that Fernandez is in Chicago, Joey Justice, his partners, and their FBI liaison, Marcus Moore, move quickly to the Windy City, and they take over the investigation.
They also take over Mickey Rooney and Sam Tanner, and draft them into the biggest crime case in Chicago's history...a crime case that Mickey will never be allowed to talk about.
Action, humor, and a two-night-romance for Mickey and Marcus...find out what happens when Justice Security takes on insane Mexican drug cartel leader, Esteban Fernandez, in the Windy City! Read T. M. Bilderback's eighth Justice Security story, inspired by the classic song performed by Paper Lace, The Night Chicago Died!
Jim Dandy
Part 9 of the Justice Security series
In the small town of Tucker's Corner, Oregon, a bank manager is killed because he found some information about payoffs from Esteban Fernandez to a very high-level member of the United States Government. The banker had time to mail out three copies of this dangerous information before he died.
He mailed a copy to himself.
He mailed a copy to his ex-wife.
And he mailed a copy to his old friend in the city...a man that has a security company that bears his name.
The banker mailed the information to Jim Dandy Security.
Two of the three recipients of the information are dead, and so is the Tucker's Corner Postmaster.
Jim quickly finds out that this information is deadly, and he finds that he's in way over his head. He calls in some favors from his competition.
This time, it isn't Jim Dandy to the rescue. It's Justice Security, and the situation has never been deadlier.
Inspired by the hit song by Black Oak Arkansas, and filled with seat-of-your-pants thrills, T. M. Bilderback's Jim Dandy brings danger and action to Justice Security...and to you!
Cow Patty
Part 10 of the Justice Security series
After the dramatic events experienced in Jim Dandy, Patty Ferguson and Brandon King decide to take a vacation. They need a well-deserved rest before taking on the responsibilities of taking charge of the plainclothes personnel at the new second Justice Security location.
They choose to return to Carson City, Nevada. Patty, not an outdoors person, found the desert to be relaxing. Brandon books them into Big Daddy's Hotel And Casino, where Homer "Big Daddy" Crenshaw is waiting for them.
Big Daddy has had some trouble with a local gang, and would like to let the fact that a couple of Justice Security people are on the premises. With the okay from Joey Justice and the other partners of Justice Security, Brandon and Patty agree to the request.
But, when Big Daddy turns up dead, and the two vacationing young people are left stranded in the desert, Justice Security descends on Carson City to take care of their own, in their own explosive manner!
Inspired by Jim Stafford's classic song, T. M. Bilderback's Cow Patty - A Justice Security Novel will keep you laughing as it builds suspense!
Hell's Bells
Part 11 of the Justice Security series
Thirty-seven children, along with their bus driver, have been kidnapped on their way to school. They've been hidden away in a location known only to the kidnappers, and booby-trapped so that explosives will go off at 5 PM, unless the kidnappers receive their demands.
What they want is simple: Joey Justice. They want to trade Joey to Esteban Fernandez for the bounty, and they'll kill the children unless it happens.
The city's FBI chief, Marcus Moore, orders Justice Security to call in a specialist in child abduction cases to help find the children...Nicholas Turner. Marcus also knows that Nicholas will bring his secret weapon along with him - his half-angel daughter, Madeline.
Justice Security finds the kidnappers with plenty of time to save the children. But, when an unfortunate accident kills the kidnappers before the location of the children can be revealed, all seems lost.
However, Joey comes up with a solution that only Madeline can help them with.
Why not go to Hell and ask the kidnappers?
Going to Hell is dangerous, and there's always a mortally high price to pay when someone starts ringing Hell's Bells.
Who lives? Who dies? Find out what happens when Justice Security goes to Hell in the eleventh Justice Security story from T. M. Bilderback - Hell's Bells!
Black Dog - A Justice Security Novel
Part 12 of the Justice Security series
Inspired by the classic Led Zeppelin song, and the twelfth Justice Security story, Black Dog takes place very soon after the events of Hell's Bells. The story opens with Jessica Queen, Percival "King Louie" Washington, and Dexter Beck dealing with recurring nightmares. The dreams are so bad that all three consult with Dr. Caleb Mitchell, the Justice Security staff psychiatrist. Caleb discovers a common thread running through the dreams, and prescribes two things for each of them: a strong sedative to help them sleep, and to deal with the apparent issues that are causing the nightmares.Easier said than done.Jessica must deal with an earlier case - the genetically enhanced dog from Mama Told Me Not To Come. While assurances came from the owners of the deadly dog's siblings, Jessica doesn't believe that all of them are dead.Louie, on the other hand, must deal with the betrayal of his former girlfriend, Donna. Since Donna was an agent working for Esteban Fernandez, Louie has been afraid to date anyone. He must overcome his fears, and convince himself that not every woman is going to betray him and those he loves.Dexter is dealing with his own issues, and his problems won't go away without some serious soul-searching.Meanwhile, Carly Stewart-Li has returned from rehab, and has made an unexpected life choice: she's chosen to turn her back completely on Hollywood, and wants to become a plainclothes operative for Justice Security!Grief, twists, turns, and the loss of another partner...Black Dog gives you a look at the private lives of the people of Justice Security!
Lido Shuffle
Part of the Justice Security series
In this thirteenth Justice Security story, Lieutenant Michelle (Mickey) Rooney of the Chicago Police Department returns, along with Detective Sam Tanner and ex-cop Manny Salazar.
This time, two of them have a price on their heads, along with Joey Justice of Justice Security.The bounty has been placed on them by insane Mexican drug cartel leader Esteban Fernandez. Fernandez has hired Lido Bouvier, a wild Cajun assassin, to eliminate all three.
Bouvier is known to the underground as the Lido Shuffle because of his "shuffling" of murder techniques...and because of his ability to escape capture.
Joey brings Mickey Rooney, Sam Tanner, and Manny Salazar to his Southern city to better protect them from Bouvier...but who will protect Joey and Justice Security?
Find out in T. M. Bilderback's "Lucky 13th" Justice Security story, Lido Shuffle - A Justice Security Novel!
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