Böcker av Bill Metzger

When Michael Brockton agreed to defend a public school teacher against charges of statutory rape and assault, he didn't realize that he would face a corrupt cop, an assistant DA bent on revenge, and an overzealous teacher. Nor did he think that his personal drug use would become a danger. Yet as one of the best lawyers in the city, he had no intention of shrinking from the task of seeking justice for his client and facing down the pressures of a system that pretended to be objective. He, too, had friends, and would use them and his own wits to emerge the much admired, battle-scarred victor.

Frederick Middle School social worker Keisha Jones discovers a body in the school dumpster on the first day of a new school year. When the police identify her as Julia Rodriguez, a student, Keisha visits the reported address and finds an abandoned house. Opening school demands prevent Keisha from pursuing her suspicions about what happened, but experiences in her past cause her to recall events she has never come to grips with. Memories emerge randomly, unpredictable moments of deja vu. Instinct tells her there is a connection between Julia's death and her own memories. While seeking information about the student's death, Keisha discovers a link with one of the school's teachers. Despite lacking evidence, she uses her connections to reveal - and avenge - Julia Rodriguez's death.

When Nate Callahan died, his brother Ed found himself the sudden owner of a micro brewery. And the bearer of a promise to his younger brother to make the venture succeed. Ed never pictured himself as a businessman. He had watched his brother build Callahans Brewery from the comfort of a tenured university professorship. In his forties, married and on a safe career path, he lacked the gregarious nature necessary to run a business built on beer. Running a brewery better suited his brother, a high school football star and pension fund manager who had quit his job and used his money to open Callahans. But Nate's untimely death thrust him into the new career. Someone had to carry on the family name and provide meaning to his brother's dream. "We have no other family," his brother had said. "This is our legacy." Determined to fulfill the promise to his brother, Ed expected to encounter some difficulties. What he didn't expect was that someone wanted Callahans to fail. And would attempt anything, including murder, to achieve that goal.

When the Queen created her utopian society, she visualized a land where all citizens could lead happy, engaged, productive lives. And drink only good beer. Yet as with other utopian societies, there were those who would threaten The Beer Queendom's very existence. None posed a greater danger than the Outer Realm's Overlords, who ruled a world of war, greed and anthropogenic global warming. As if protecting her utopia from the Overlords wasn't difficult enough, the Queen had to deal with a moat dwelling former employee, who despite his lack of sanity provided The Beer Queendom with enough beer to keep her citizens content. She also had to spend countless hours guiding her cantankerous inner circle to a more efficient management style. This story tells the tale of how the Queen manages to keep her utopia intact, prevent incursions from the Overlords, and save the Outer Realm from itself. And all while sampling the best beer on the planet.