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    The Rook
    The Knight
    The Pawn
    Audiobook series9 titles

    Bowers Files Series

    Written by Michael Specter and Steven James

    Narrated by Richard Poe and Richard Ferrone

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    About this series

    Two-time Christy Award winner Steven James set the publishing world ablaze with his riveting Patrick Bowers thriller series, which began with The Pawn. Taking place a decade or so before events depicted in The Pawn, Opening Moves introduces Bowers as a detective in Milwaukee before he joined the FBI. Here he investigates a chilling case that will shape his character and put him on his way toward becoming a federal agent.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 5, 2008
    The Rook
    The Knight
    The Pawn

    Titles in the series (9)

    • 1

      The Pawn
      The Pawn

      The Pawn

      Steven James
      4/5 - 41 ratings
      4/5 - 41 ratings

      Steven James' Christy Award-nominated crime thriller pits FBI Special Agent Bowers against a serial killer who enjoys torturing women. After visiting the mountain vistas where the murderer posed his dead victims, Bowers receives a taunting call from the "Illusionist." Although Bowers gets close, his insidious foe continues to elude him. "[An] exceptional psychological thriller ."-Armchair Interviews

      Steven James' Christy Award-nominated crime thriller pits FBI Special Agent Bowers against a serial killer who enjoys torturing women. After visiting the mountain vistas where the murderer posed his dead victims, Bowers receives a taunting call from the "Illusionist." Although Bowers gets close, his insidious foe continues to elude him. "[An] exceptional psychological thriller ."-Armchair Interviews

    • 2

      The Rook
      The Rook

      The Rook

      Steven James
      5/5 - 19 ratings
      5/5 - 19 ratings

      Christy Award nominee Steven James writes action-packed thrillers swirling with tantalizing mystery. In this sequel to The Pawn, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers confronts the Navy's darkest secret-and his own painful past. "James delivers the . plot twists and intriguing characterizations that made The Pawn a welcome addition to the suspense genre." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

      Christy Award nominee Steven James writes action-packed thrillers swirling with tantalizing mystery. In this sequel to The Pawn, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers confronts the Navy's darkest secret-and his own painful past. "James delivers the . plot twists and intriguing characterizations that made The Pawn a welcome addition to the suspense genre." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

    • 3

      The Knight
      The Knight

      The Knight

      Steven James
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      Gold Medallion and Christy Award nominee Steven James writes pulse-pounding psychological thrillers that hold listeners spellbound. In The Knight, FBI agent Patrick Bowers matches wits with a psychopathic genius who relishes leading his pursuers on a bloody trail of torture and dismemberment. Although Bowers can predict how the next victims will die, he's not yet sure of the who and the when. But if he can't stop these murders soon, he fears he or a loved one may be next.

      Gold Medallion and Christy Award nominee Steven James writes pulse-pounding psychological thrillers that hold listeners spellbound. In The Knight, FBI agent Patrick Bowers matches wits with a psychopathic genius who relishes leading his pursuers on a bloody trail of torture and dismemberment. Although Bowers can predict how the next victims will die, he's not yet sure of the who and the when. But if he can't stop these murders soon, he fears he or a loved one may be next.

    • 4

      The Bishop
      The Bishop

      The Bishop

      Steven James
      4/5 - 22 ratings
      4/5 - 22 ratings

      Gold Medallion and Christy Award nominee Steven James crafts pulse-pounding psychological thrillers that hold listeners spellbound. This fourth in his CBA bestselling series pushes FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers' cutting-edge skills to the limit when a woman is found brutally murdered near Washington, D.C. While her killers continue a spree of perfect crimes, Bowers struggles to discover a pattern and crack his most difficult case yet.

      Gold Medallion and Christy Award nominee Steven James crafts pulse-pounding psychological thrillers that hold listeners spellbound. This fourth in his CBA bestselling series pushes FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers' cutting-edge skills to the limit when a woman is found brutally murdered near Washington, D.C. While her killers continue a spree of perfect crimes, Bowers struggles to discover a pattern and crack his most difficult case yet.

    • 5

      The Queen
      The Queen

      The Queen

      Steven James
      4/5 - 25 ratings
      4/5 - 25 ratings

      With this fifth pulse-pounding entry in his Christy Award-winning series, best-selling author Steven James explores the rippling effects of life's everyday choices. While investigating a double homicide in an isolated Wisconsin town, Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle East.

      With this fifth pulse-pounding entry in his Christy Award-winning series, best-selling author Steven James explores the rippling effects of life's everyday choices. While investigating a double homicide in an isolated Wisconsin town, Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle East.

    • 7

      Checkmate
      Checkmate

      Checkmate

      Steven James
      5/5 - 25 ratings
      5/5 - 25 ratings

      In Checkmate, critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers the final, chilling chapter in his bestselling series, The Bowers Files. When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world. Clues lead to long forgotten secrets buried deep beneath uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the most deadly attacks ever planned on American soil. Smart, tense and full of mind-bending twists and turns, Checkmate explodes onto the scene, bringing The Bowers Files to a climactic and unforgettable conclusion.

      In Checkmate, critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers the final, chilling chapter in his bestselling series, The Bowers Files. When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world. Clues lead to long forgotten secrets buried deep beneath uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the most deadly attacks ever planned on American soil. Smart, tense and full of mind-bending twists and turns, Checkmate explodes onto the scene, bringing The Bowers Files to a climactic and unforgettable conclusion.

    • 6

      The King
      The King

      The King

      Steven James
      4/5 - 39 ratings
      4/5 - 39 ratings

      FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers has matched wits with some of the most violent serial killers in history-- and one of them has never forgiven him.... Patrick Bowers has pursued the nation' s fiercest serial killers-- and now one elusive foe is back for revenge. Settling into a new post at the FBI academy, Patrick and his fiancEe, Lien-hua Jiang, are planning their future together with his stepdaughter, Tessa. But just when his life seems normal, a demon from the past returns to draw him down a dark road he hoped had closed forever. Forced into a desperate hunt to save the two women he loves most, Patrick is in a race against time to stop an international conspiracy from becoming the most widespread act of terrorism in U.S. history.

      FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers has matched wits with some of the most violent serial killers in history-- and one of them has never forgiven him.... Patrick Bowers has pursued the nation' s fiercest serial killers-- and now one elusive foe is back for revenge. Settling into a new post at the FBI academy, Patrick and his fiancEe, Lien-hua Jiang, are planning their future together with his stepdaughter, Tessa. But just when his life seems normal, a demon from the past returns to draw him down a dark road he hoped had closed forever. Forced into a desperate hunt to save the two women he loves most, Patrick is in a race against time to stop an international conspiracy from becoming the most widespread act of terrorism in U.S. history.

    • Opening Moves
      Opening Moves

      Opening Moves

      Steven James
      5/5 - 17 ratings
      5/5 - 17 ratings

      Two-time Christy Award winner Steven James set the publishing world ablaze with his riveting Patrick Bowers thriller series, which began with The Pawn. Taking place a decade or so before events depicted in The Pawn, Opening Moves introduces Bowers as a detective in Milwaukee before he joined the FBI. Here he investigates a chilling case that will shape his character and put him on his way toward becoming a federal agent.

      Two-time Christy Award winner Steven James set the publishing world ablaze with his riveting Patrick Bowers thriller series, which began with The Pawn. Taking place a decade or so before events depicted in The Pawn, Opening Moves introduces Bowers as a detective in Milwaukee before he joined the FBI. Here he investigates a chilling case that will shape his character and put him on his way toward becoming a federal agent.

    • Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives
      Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives

      Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives

      Michael Specter
      4/5 - 13 ratings
      4/5 - 13 ratings

      New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter has twice won the Global Health Council's Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Denialism, he fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.

      New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter has twice won the Global Health Council's Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Denialism, he fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.

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