Timothy Cole

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In the wealthy Gold Coast enclave of Westport, a feud betweenmystery writers turns deadly--and retired spy Dasha Petrov must findthe real killer to clear her name. Onceone of the most lethal secret agents in the world, Dasha Petrov hashunted Nazis, Communists, and one common murderer (in The SeaGlass Murders, the first DashaPetrov thriller). But now it's 1991, two years after thatunpleasantness, and Dasha is living asedate life appropriateto anelderly widow in wealthy Westport, Connecticut, spoiling hergrandchildren and innocently flirting with two of her neighbors, therival mystery novelistsBarnaby Jayne and Michael Aubrey. Thetwo writers, both wildly successful and many times married, cordiallydespise each other. Dasha thinks they're just two silly men withbig egos, but the writers' feud boils over into a bizarre series ofattacks that starts with a blowgun dart and escalates to booby trapsand car bombs. And when Jayne and Aubrey both turn up dead, theevidence points to one suspect--Dasha herself. NowDasha has to once again call upon her cunning mind and capacity forextreme violence, honed by her younger years as a Nazi-killingpartisan and a top-rank CIA agent. Teaming up with her old allies, Westport police chief Tony DeFranco and local TV reporter TracyTaggart, Dasha sets out to clear her name, findthe real killer, and figure out why she was targeted--while dodgingjealous wives, a sleazy tabloid reporter, child spies, and a fearsomeMafia hit man, leading to a tense and dramatic confrontation. Fast-pacedand filled with intriguing characterization, Murder This Closeis a stunning murder mystery with a twisty cerebral plot andplenty of hard-hitting action.

A headless corpse tossed in a dumpster unites a small-town cop and a formidable retired lady spy to track a killer in a wealthy New England neighborhood. A decapitated body burned to a crisp might be found in any dumpster in any city in America, but not in the aristocratic Gold Coast community of Westport, Connecticut. Local cop Tony DeFranco dutifully collects evidence, knowing that the State Police will take over the case. But when the state investigator tries to cover up the murder, DeFranco starts a rogue investigation. DeFranco forms an alliance with retired CIA case officer Dasha Petrov, whose elderly, ladylike appearance masks a lifetime's experience with violence and deception. As the body count mounts, DeFranco relies on Dasha's insights and skills acquired over decades of global troubleshooting to stop a killer operating at the pinnacle of American power. A glimpse at the sordid underside of position and wealth, The Sea Glass Murders is an action mystery with an immersive, fast-paced plot and unforgettable characters.

This comprehensive resource demonstrates how wireless sensor network (WSN) systems, a key element of the Internet of Things (IoT), are designed and evaluated to solve problems associated with autonomous sensing systems. Functional blocks that form WSN-based systems are described, chapter by chapter, providing the reader with a progressive learning path through all aspects of designing remote sensing capabilities using a WSN-based system. The development and a full description of fundamental performance equations and technological solutions required by these real-time systems are included. This book explores the objectives and goals associated with tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (T-ISR) missions. Readers gain insight into the correlation between fine-grained sensor resolution associated with WSN-based system complexities and the difficult requirements associated with T-ISR missions. The book demonstrates how to wield emergent technologies to arrive at reliable and robust wireless networking for T-ISR and associated tasks using low-cost, low-power persistent sensor nodes. WSN is broken down into constituent subsystems, key components, functional descriptions, and attendant mathematical descriptions. This resource explains how the design of each element can be approached and successfully integrated into a viable and responsive sensor system that is autonomous, adaptable to mission objectives and environments, and deployable worldwide. It also provides examples of what not to do based on lessons learned from past (and current) systems that failed to provide end users with the required information. Chapters are linked together, in order of system assembly (concepts to operation), to provide the reader with a full toolset that can help deliver versatility in design decisions, solutions, and understanding of such systems, end to end.