David Corbett Books in Order

After serving ten years for a failed smuggling venture, Dan Abatangelo seeks the woman he still loves. Reconnecting with Shel violates the safety of his new freedom and draws them toward criminals with dangerous competing interests.

The murder of blues musician Raymond Carlisle leaves detective Dennis Murchison weighing suspects that include the victim's son. As the investigation unfolds in a troubled California city, racial tensions and further violence complicate the search for answers.

Bodyguard Jude McManus works in El Salvador, hoping to escape the scandal surrounding his corrupt policeman father. A request from his father's former colleague pulls him into a network of corruption and betrayal threatening his new life.

When his uncle is deported to El Salvador, young guitarist Roque Montalvo joins a scheme to bring him home. Criminal control of the smuggling routes turns the journey into a dangerous test of love and family loyalty.

Seven crime stories explore people trying to survive desperate circumstances. In the title story, a former Marine working for a covert corporation encounters an idealistic Guatemalan lawyer, exposing conflicting ideas about saving a country through violence.

David Corbett explores how writers can create convincing characters for fiction, film, and television. Drawing on human behavior, personal experience, and examples from narrative art, the guide connects character development with the demands of storytelling.

Former lawyer Phelan Tierney searches for Jacqi Garza, a teenager still struggling after escaping a childhood abduction. Her disappearance and connection to a fresh murder expose the secrets and powerful interests surrounding her troubled California community.

Thirteen stories follow people whose love, ambitions and livelihoods approach collapse. In one, Marybeth tries to protect her relationship as unemployment, foreclosure and illness close in, facing choices that may destroy what she hopes to save.

Art forger turned artifacts expert Tuck Mercer acquires letters attributed to Doc Holliday and his childhood sweetheart. Arts lawyer Lisa Balamaro becomes involved as rival claims to the correspondence unleash a dangerous struggle over its ownership.

Artist Georgie O’Halloran crosses an America sliding toward civil war to reclaim a stolen work that has inspired militant followers. Her companion Shane Riordan offers survival skills and loyalty, but his obscure past conceals a journey of his own.