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This page lists novels that feature the Seattle based investigative journalist Frank Corso.

Fury

G.M. Ford

2001

A Frank Corso novel.

"Monday 10:07 AM - Day 1 of 6: Leanne Samples admits that she lied at the trial of Walter Leroy Himes. In 6 days time, he goes to the chair. But no-one will listen. The FBI wants their pound of flesh. Monday 2.16 PM - Day 1 of 6: Natalie van der Hoven, editor of the Seattle Sun, tracks down investigative journalist Frank Corso. He owes her a favour, and now she's calling it in. Monday 2.58 PM - Day 1 of 6: Leanne Samples goes into hiding. Frank Corso takes on her case. And if Walter Leroy Himes is innocent, a serial killer is still stalking Seattle."

Black River

G.M. Ford

2002

A Frank Corso novel.

"The high-profile, tight-security trial of a thug charged with sixty-three counts of murder has become a media-circus . . . and a real nightmare for a loner type like Frank Corso, the only writer allowed to observe the proceedings. And that’s before his close friend, photojournalist Meg Dougherty, is rushed to Intensive Care after a terrifying and brutal attack. It doesn't take long for the smart, hardened reporter to realize there's a mysterious connection between the story Meg was chasing and the courtroom spectacle he's witnessing. Never a man to play it safe, Frank will follow a twisted trail of lies and rage to dispatch his own style of justice."

A Blind Eye

G.M. Ford

2003

A Frank Corso novel.

"Rules never much mattered to rogue reporter Frank Corso. So when the Texas police release a warrant with his name on it, he runs. Accompanied by Meg Dougherty, his former lover, Corso heads straight into a furious blizzard and the pair are forced to seek shelter in an abandoned house. But in their isolated retreat, Corso and Meg make a horrific discovery - the grisly remains of Eldred Holmes and his young family. With the police firmly on his tail, Corso begins a murder-hunt that will carry him through a chilling history of terror and bloodshed, and make him the target of a rage-driven master of reinvention."

Red Tide

G.M. Ford

2004

A Frank Corso novel.

" Something has been let loose in the city - an airborne horror that leaves a tunnel full of corpses below the streets of Seattle. As the city grinds to a halt, disgraced journalist Frank Corso finds himself evacuated from his friend Meg Dougherty's first photographic exhibition. Determined to find a way into the tunnel to discover what has happened, he unwittingly establishes himself as prime suspect in this deadly conspiracy. While Meg returns home to a terrifying scene of her own, Corso is hauled in by the police and quickly learns of one brutal death that could be linked to the impending destruction of thousands, perhaps millions, of innocent lives. And now he must elude the FBI and pursue the terrorists himself before an infinitely more devastating attack annihilates his city."

No Man's Land

G.M. Ford

2005

A Frank Corso novel.

"Meza Azul Correctional Facility, Arizona is designed to hold the worst collection of criminals in the USA. It is also prided by its founders for being one hundred percent escape proof. So it is with mixed horror and disbelief that Governor James Blaine discovers 'lifer' and ex-Navy submarine captain Timothy Driver has somehow managed to take control of the security and surveillance systems and begin releasing his fellow prisoners. First to leave his cell is the crazy Cutter Kehoe, and together these highly dangerous men are soon armed and holding hostage 163 prison staff. Then Driver makes a single demand - that Frank Corso is delivered to him in person, or he and Kehoe will shoot one prison guard every six hours. By the time Frank Corso enters Meza Azul the riot has escalated out of control, and Driver and Kehoe give Frank no choice but to join them in their spectacular escape."

Blown Away

G.M. Ford

2006

A Frank Corso novel.

" On an icy morning in a small Pennsylvanian town, a man appears at a bank with a note demanding cash and a bomb locked to his body. Minutes later, the bomb is detonated . . . Four years on and bestselling author Frank Corso is reluctant to investigate this unsolved murder. But when a series of bank robberies and bombings rocks the Los Angeles area, Corso realizes it’s just the beginning . . . where the feds see nothing but the random hand of a lunatic, Corso senses the tracks of something more sinister, something with a message. Is this a trail of horror that he and his research assistant, the attractive Chris Andriatta, have themselves inadvertently started and which only they have the power to stop?"