Frederick Ramsay

The World Cup, which arrives in June, has ripple effects on all South Africa's neighbors. The arrival of soccer fans, team owners, sponsors, and world dignitaries makes southern Africa, particularly Botswana, ripe for all sorts of intrigue and illicit activities. The American Secretary of State will visit the Chobe. The North Koreans, the Okavango, Arabs, French, Chinese, and Russians are scattered among the various lodges and hotels in the country...

Told in parallel stories, chronicles the exploits of aging businessman Leo Painter who travels to Botswana to secure a lucrative deal for his energy, mining, and real estate company, and diseased alpha male lion Sekoa--each of whom still lead their packs, but are threatened by predators seeking to seize their power.

When Sheriff Ike Schwartz's fiancée, Ruth Harris, gets in a car crash and ends up in a coma, Ike is convinced the crash was rigged, but cannot prove it. Up for reelection, Ike goes on leave and finds help in his unwarranted investigation in unlikely places.

In 28 A.D. Jerusalem, Talmudic scholar Gamaliel is assigned by Pontius Pilate to investigate the murder of a servant girl in King Herod Antipas' bath during the feast of Tabernacles, using his skills of deductive reasoning and a keen eye for details to find the killer.

When an amateur pilot goes missing over the waters of Chesapeake Bay, most simply write it off as a tragic accident. Sheriff Ike Schwartz isn't so sure, however, as so decides to investigate this missing persons case himself. What he finds is far from what he expected and ends up launching him into an international investigation of terrorism that could threaten the nation's leaders themselves.

Ike Schwartz has just become the new sheriff in Picketsville, Virginia, a town whose one claim to fame is the private woman's college, Callend College, that houses half of the billion dollar Dillon art collection. When the collection is stolen and two students are taken hostage, Ike and the college's president Ruth have their hands full.

Growing up as the son of a Jewish woman and a Roman soldier, Judas Iscariot attempts to understand his mother's God and why He allows so many bad things to happen. Later, determined to gain justice for his family, Judas launches a series of fateful events that leave him with a final, history-altering decision. Includes a discussion guide and historical notes.