Alastair Brown Books in Order

Joe Beck travels to Texas for a friend's funeral, troubled by the apparent suicide. An encounter with an escort draws the former policeman into an abduction, and the armed men holding them appear to know something about his dead friend.

Passing through a Colorado town, former policeman Joe Beck encounters a barmaid injured by her abusive ex. His decision to intervene takes him into a biker drug operation, turning an attempt to help a stranger into a dangerous confrontation.

Tracking a wanted drug dealer through Detroit, Joe Beck witnesses a murder and intervenes. A woman who sees what he can do offers him work, pulling the former policeman toward a criminal syndicate and a job with hidden dangers.

Driving through Arizona, Joe Beck finds a dying woman beside the road whose last words ask him to save someone. With no name or explanation, he follows the plea into an urgent search for another person in danger.

Joe Beck witnesses a baby being snatched from her mother on a Daytona Beach street. His plans to recover quietly disappear as he pursues the kidnappers, racing to return the child before her trail goes cold.