Books by Michael Golvach

In every private investigation, there are rules and limitations-when a child's life is on the line, all may be broken.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Winter 2021 - Best Crime FictionBRONZE MEDAL: Global eBook Awards, 2021 - Suspense FictionFINALIST: Book Excellence Awards 2021 - ThrillerFINALIST: Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2021 - Crime Fiction~~~Payden Beck has been a police officer, a police detective, and a private investigator. Now, after a lifetime of combatting crime, he's ready to stop fighting.When a young girl named Chloe-kin to his greatest adversary-tries to hire him, he gives her the sad news. But, when Chloe makes her plight clear, Payden knows he must take her case, even if it means confronting a police force on the take, the Spanish Mafia, and, perhaps worst of all, Chloe's family.With life and death at stake, defeat is not an option; only sacrifice.EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the second novel in the award-winning "Payden Beck Crime Thriller" series, from the same author who brought you such greats as fiX, Home, and Missing Pieces. [DRM-Free]Books by Michael Golvach:Payden Beck Crime Thriller - Book 1: 10-30Payden Beck Crime Thriller - Book 2: DormirPayden Beck Crime Thriller - Book 3: BadBloody GulletsfiXHomeMissing PiecesTransmissions~~~More Great Crime Fiction from Evolved Publishing:The "PI Kowalski" Series by Chris KrupaThe "Duncan Cochrane" Series by David HagertyForgive Me, Alex by Lane DiamondThe "A Point Thriller" Series by Jeff AltabefThe "Syndicate-Born Trilogy" Series by K.M. Hodge

In every murder investigation, there are rules—how fast you learn them can mean the difference between life and death.Payden Beck begins his first week after graduating police academy as a phase-one field trainee under the tutelage of Richard LaMont, an experienced, older field-training officer (FTO) who distributes justice on his own terms and keeps the world at bay.When his FTO invites Payden home for dinner, and to meet his eccentric, much-younger wife, Ana, at the end of their first week working together, Payden feels as if he's living his dream. Richard has taken him under his wing. Even better, Ana approves.Richard is called in to work on a mysterious assignment over the weekend, but Payden is happy to stay at their home, per his request, and watch over Ana, even if he isn't quite sure why Richard has to leave. The weekend is pleasant, sterile, and he's able to return home on Sunday with another mark in his FTO's plus column, but....When Richard is found dead at his kitchen table on Monday morning, Payden's dream becomes a nightmare. While he can easily exclude himself as a suspect with his superiors, his time spent with Ana, and the strange relationships Richard has within the department, won't let him go quite so easily. Payden soon realises why his FTO was so intensely personal about his life, and the more he learns—with Ana by his side—the deeper the mystery of Richard's murder becomes.Nothing is ever what it seems, and every revelation in the investigation of Richard's murder leads to greater confusion. Things can seem perfect... even as they become inescapably horrifying.EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a crime novel sure to keep you glued to the page from first page to last, from the award-winning author of fiX.Books by Michael Golvach:10-30Bloody GulletsfiXHomeMissing PiecesSplit the MiddleMore Great Crime Fiction from Evolved Publishing:The "Duncan Cochrane" Series by David Hagerty"Forgive Me, Alex" by Lane DiamondThe "A Point Thriller" Series by Jeff AltabefThe "Syndicate-Born Trilogy" Series by K.M. Hodge