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C.T. Bonnett

Mystery and Science Fiction Author

Thanks for stopping by to look at my books. As I’ve mentioned, I’m a novelist and a developmental editor of more than a dozen mystery and science fiction thrillers. I refer to my writing style as ‘cinematic’. I was a reader as a kid, but I loved going to the movies, and still do. I also like books that move along, so I write what I like to read. 

Lottery

Winning Could Cost You Everything
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 1

A self-proclaimed coward by nature, reporter Morgan Sullivan has a choice. He can run away like he always has, or he can publish a story that will likely get him killed. Whatever his choice, the clock is ticking. Set in current day Chicago, Morgan discovers something suspicious happening to the Tri-State Lottery winners. They’re dying. They all conveniently have fatal accidents a few months after winning. Morgan realizes the only way out is going forward.

Hospital

Don't Let Them Take You
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 2

Ben Rodgers has a problem, he cares too much about his patients, especially when he sees them exploited to maximize the hospital’s revenue. He does what he can to expose the truth but soon learns he is in way over his head as an amateur sleuth. Lucky for Ben he has a few allies. 

Export

The Devil's Contract
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 3

A fallen colleague speaks from the grave to expose a coverup of an illegal, covert program concealed for over a decade. For Jason Foster, the case is personal. For the NIA, it’s what they were created to do.

Embassy

A Test of Royalty
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 4

An assassination attempt on the royal family finds the US Ambassador in prison charged with the crime. The NIA must expose the true conspirators in a land where guilt is assumed until proven otherwise.

Harbor

Drowning the Truth
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 5

After barely escaping multiple attempts on his life for investigating the Chicago lottery, Morgan Sullivan decides to take up residence in Tampa, Florida, and write for the Evening Post. That’s not good news for Tampa because where Morgan goes . . . trouble follows. As a murder-suicide case turns into a criminal conspiracy, this time he calls the NIA for help.

Virus

Behind the Mask
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 6

David Asher’s discovery could turn the theory of evolution on its head, but the establishment will have none of it. Discouraged and unemployed, David finds an interested party with deep pockets and loose morals. What could go wrong?

Harbor

The Seven
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 7

The world isn’t ready for Michael Proctor and his collogues, and even less ready for the message they bring. The NIA is tasked with protecting him from those who wish him harm, but Michael isn’t the one that needs protection.

Sugar

The Promise of Tomorrow
The Organized Crime and Corruption Series - Book 8

What would you pay to never grow old? Two biochemists have the solution, but the cost to society is catastrophic. The only way out is to reverse the process, and the NIA must buy them time to find the answers.

Runaway

The Elaine Mathis Detective Series Book 1

Elaine Mathis has seen her share of crazy over two decades as a Portland homicide detective, but nothing could prepare her for the Barnes family. To complicate matters, politics makes for strange bedfellows, and embarrassing high-level officials could end her career.

Seaside

The Elaine Mathis Detective Series Book 2

The last thing Elaine Mathis expected to see on her stroll was a human skeleton exposed by beach erosion. The twisted conspiracy of murder and corruption that followed was the icing on the cake. 

New York

The Elaine Mathis Detective Series Book 3

Dinner with old friends finds one of the guests missing and Elaine Mathis pulled into another murder investigation. Once again, money is the motivator, as the family points fingers at each other. Their tangled web of deception is even too much for Mathis.

Sisters

The Elaine Mathis Detective Series Book 4

Coming Soon. 

A body with ties to an organized crime family is found in a South Carolina landfill. For Mathis, the list of suspects is long, and the cooperation is short. Just another day at the office. 

Ergot Fanning 2135

Seeds of Rebellion
A Science Fiction Thriller

Inspector Bren Larson has identified a clear suspect for the starter plant facility sabotage. Unfortunately, it’s the son of an influential political family who can make his life a living hell. When his suspect makes a run for it, Larson discovers a high-stakes political game more dangerous than he imagined.

Extinction

Saving What Maters
A Science Fiction Thriller

Chief Inspector, Charles Evans, is a pandemic survivor — something ninety percent of the world can’t say, but that’s where his luck ends. What’s coming next is something far worse.

Mission

Chasing the Red Queen
A Science Fiction Thriller

New Release

The world is at peace, war is obsolete, and crime is nonexistent. Society has finally transformed itself into the egalitarian utopia as promised. The biggest problem facing the average citizen is boredom. What could go wrong?