The People's Republic of China's Ministry of State Security, operating from its Washington, D.C. embassy, steal a secret U.S. program. It's disclosure will secure for China Iran's ample supply of petrochemicals and place the U.S. government before the World Court accused of starting World War Three. Action skips across continents as strategists move and counter-move to gain advantage in this international game of espionage and military conflict. Bonds among allies are stretched as national survival threatens to destroy cooperation. Only two men - one, China's foremost diplomat/spy - and, the second, the Deputy Director of FBI's National Security Branch - have the tenacity, cunning and competitiveness to achieve their individual nation's goals. But only at the expense of completely thwarting the other.

Third Murder Mystery in a Trilogy
"Murder Without Borders"
A fanatical foreign assassin driven to revenge vows to murder eight Marine aviators based at nearby Camp Pendleton because of a "war crime" he believes they committed in Afghanistan. One disgruntled resident of Oceana reacts violently to the lack of apparent concern by his neighbors to what he discerns is the alarming threat of international terrorism by clandestinely blowing up parts of the Oceana community. And Carol proves that while on vacation she is capable of solving a robbery/murder on the high seas which, except for her involvement, would have let a murderer escape and two innocent victims be prosecuted.
This is the third action packed book of a murder mystery/thriller trilogy dealing with Carol Olmstead, former Treasury agent and super sleuth, resident of Oceana, a senior homeowners association in Southern California.

Murder in Oceana
Reaching back twenty years into the Cold War, disgraced Soviet spy master, Ivan Serov, sets out to assassinate twenty of his former agents in an act of revenge against the man responsible for his imprisonment. Only Carol Olmstead, a retired government agent, now a resident of a Southern California senior community, stands between Serov and success. A match of two Titans engaged in a cerebral, action-paced, adventure-mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

A serial murderer/caregiver and her accomplices devise what they demonstrate is the perfect means to murder twelve sickly senior citizens of Seaside Hills Senior community and abscond with their estates. Only one person, Carol Olmstead, now a resident of Oceana, another nearby senior community, puts the clues together with the help of close associates to trap the clever perpetrators. Meanwhile, events in Carol's Oceana community spiral out of control with the mysterious disappearance of the manager of Oceana%u2019s golf course and the probability that a murderer is resident in Oceana. Simultaneously, a drug ring operating out of Oceana is discovered with terrifying implications for Oceana's residents.This is the second book in an action packed murder mystery/thriller trilogy dealing with Carol Olmstead, former Treasury agent and super sleuth, resident of Oceana, a senior homeowners association in Southern California.