Deadly assets

By William E. Butterworth III

In Philadelphia -- suffering among the country's highest murder rates -- the tension between the Philadelphia Police Department and its Citizens Oversight Committee has long been reaching a boiling...

Top secret

By William E. Butterworth III

In the first weeks after World War II, a squeaky-clean new second lieutenant named James D. Cronley Jr. is spotted and recruited for a new enterprise that will eventually be transformed into someth...

Covert warriors

By William E. Butterworth III

Empire and honor

By William E. Butterworth III

In the aftermath of the surrenders of Germany and Japan in October 1945, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS are given the life-threatening task of maintaining security during a covert U.S....

The spymasters

By William E. Butterworth III

The Assassination Option A Clandestine Operations Novel

By William E. Butterworth IV, William E. Butterworth III

The last witness

By William E. Butterworth III

For Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne, the news from an old law-enforcement friend sends a shiver down his spine: a connection between the Mexican drug cartels and the Russian mob. Russia...

Broken trust

By William E. Butterworth III

While investigating the death of a young socialite, sergeant Matt Payne begins to doubt reports of her long struggle with mental illness and uncovers secrets that place lives at risk.

The vigilantes

By William E. Butterworth III

Hazardous duty

By William E. Butterworth III

Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. The President of the United States is fed up and has what he thinks...