Cupiditas: Evil's Root is a sequel to Michael Segedy's political thriller, In Deep. The novel is set in South America. Like In Deep, it is full of twists and turns, romance and adventure, with dark underpinnings that show how powerful, ruthless political and corporate structures cast shadows over the lives of all of us. In this exciting mystery, you'll meet fascinating characters you'll never forget: Drug lords, mass murderers, a courageous old Peruvian general, and two young Americans brave enough to confront the greatest power on earth.
Michael Segedy's novel tells the story of Steve Collins, an expatriate American journalist living in Peru, who is investigating the death of a U.S. Senator who was allegedly killed by leftist-guerrillas. As he delves deeper into the story, Collins ventures into the jungles of Peru and becomes entangled in a web of schemes involving drug traffickers, guerrillas, diplomats, anti-terrorism operatives, and others who threaten to kill his story and perhaps, ultimately, him. Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor. -- Jake Halpern, author of Fame Junkies and commentator for NPR's All Things Considered
The Bed Sheet Serial Killer begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark and his forensic psychologist sidekick, Marty Robin, investigating a number of brutal serial murders committed within a three-year-period. All of the victims are women, and though they share few physical traits, their backgrounds are similar in one important way. One important way, that is, in the twisted brain of the serial killer. While Rick and Marty speculate on personal events that may have created this moral monster, the reader becomes, if not sympathetic to the perp, at least more understanding of the role the past plays in creating a cold-blooded killer on a mission to save lost souls.
When Steve Collins, a disillusioned ex-pat journalist, sets off to cover a plane crash in the middle of the Amazon Jungle, he has no idea how his life is about to change. Under pressure from his editor, Steve agrees to let Jennifer Strand, a young, U.S. Embassy embedded journalist tag along. Gorgeous and full of spunk, she accompanies him on an adventure where he discovers a shocking truth about American foreign policy, and about blindly following the dictates of the heart.
