Chris Adams

The author characterizes the book as a memoir, entitled, Notable Encounters. As such, he has diligently documented his recollection of dozens of memorable special people that he enjoyed the unique opportunity of meeting over the years of his professional experiences. Many of the names of those whom he had the pleasure of meeting are easily recognized, while others are introduced to the reader for the first time. Beyond identifying and characterizing...

Two years after walking out of the glass butterfly killer's house of horrors, detective Jones still has nightmares of what he did to the serial killer. Torturing his mental stability almost as much as the physical torture he inflicted on the killer in order to save the niece of the Governor, detective Jones seeking solace for his actions relocates to a quite suburb of Austin trying to rebuild his life. As things slowly start to return to normal a...

Throughout retirement, former detective Jones, continues to miss the action of his former profession. Seeking a return to duty, he's ultimately lured into the search for a CIA trained assassin who was assumed dead. As the hired gun sets his sights on the Governor and his wife as his next victims, can Detective Jones save the Governor, the Governor's wife and his future in time, without sacrificing the lives of those closest to him? With a hidden agenda,...

In cemeteries throughout Australia, gravestones hint at our history - tales of true crime, early settlement, mystery, tragedy, health epidemics, unsolved murders, love lost and sacrifice. The 'Grave Tales' series reveals more than the headstone can ever tell. Written by journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams, these stories feature people who willingly or unwillingly were participants in events that made headlines. The series offers individual short...

For more than a century readers have been entranced by Edgar Rice Burroughs' arid red planet of Barsoom, with its valiant city states and hordes of four-armed green Martians inhabiting the dead sea bottoms, all pitted against one another in a deadly fight for survival. But what was ancient Barsoom like in its prime, before the oceans evaporated and its proud peoples were forced to construct an atmosphere factory to keep themselves alive on a dying...